The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-25
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
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will please leave at GLACIER Office.
Buy your magazines and periodicals
a. Bradley's Book and Stationery store.
gyrkett's butter at Bone & Nc DON
Rld'e every Monday morning. Leave
four orders.
Those owing the Valley Improvement
Go. for water can pay at the bank and
get their receipts.
Al japanese, on his way from La
7rande to Portland, died in a box car at
The depot last Friday.
All OF block 7, Parkhurst addition, one
Of the sightliest blocks on the hill, for
ale by Geo. 7. Prather. Price $925.
Lost-On the Belmont road, near the
Pierce place, tail-gate OF three. seated
hack. Finder please return to Mt. Hood
Stage Co.
Hon. ]. s. Bradley, a noted demo-
cratic speaker of Texas, will address the
citizens OF Hood River this evening, at
Jackson's corner.
A match game of base ball will be
b'aved in Hood River next Sunday, at
:3O d. M, between the Vancouver and
Hood River mines.
DR.. F. G. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
& Brosius' drug store, between the hours
Of lc-1l a. M, 2-3 and 81 p. m.
Geo. T. Prather has S31S acres of John
sweeney's place for sale. This land is
well watered. 2 miles from town, and
must be sold in the next rs days or the
price will be put back to $500. Now $500.
Feed and -four will always be furnish
ca by Rand & Stewart at lowest market
rates. Bran, $l2 per ton; bran and shorts,
SIS per ton Shorts, $14 per ton. Pea
cock -four, 75c sack; Dalles Diamond,
S5c sack.
AL meeting OF the common council
Tuesday evening, Bell introduced an or
dinance amending ordinance 81, in re-
gard to liquor licenses. The amendments
change the license fee from 81 900 to
5000, and allow licenses to he granted
upon the petition of twenty legal voters.
nj. willis presented the GLACIER with
q lovely bouquet OF roses and sweet peas.
This is early for sweet peas, but Mr..
Willis has them in perfection. He
plants the seed in the fall which he says
Is the right time to SOW the seed for this
beautiful flower.
Mrs. Cilas. Hubert, OF Dilley, and
Mrs. Fred Mallett and two children, OF
Portland, arrived in Hood River by
TUESDAYS boat, and will visit few days
with the families of John and E. R.
Bradley. Mrs. Hubert is sister Of E.
r. Bradley.
Robert Deunsmore Of Mosier was in the
valley Monday. Mr.. Deunsmore was
frst in Hood River 81 years ago. He
was surprised to find the changes
here and the productiveness of our soil,
which at one time, before we got irri-
eating bitches, he considered worthless
Tor any kind of farming.
Buy your crates and boxes at the Hood
River Box Factory. They are the best
TO be had, are the right size, have the
best and smoothest hallocks, and are
MADE IN HOOD RIVER. Support
the factory. 1t makes prices low and is
convenience to the fruit growers.
DAVIDSON FRUIT Co., proprietors.
Strawberry pickers were scarce for a
few days last week and this. But In.
dians in great numbers have since come
Ii, and now the growers are well sup.
piled with good help. OF the numerous
hoboes that gathered here very few
could be induced to work longer than tC
obtain enough to get.a square meal.
The Camera club OF Portland ant
their friends. to. the number of 800 OF
400, came to Hood River last Sunday il
special train on the O. R. & N. Many
Of the excursionists brought their lunch
baskets and lunched in the groves neal
town and strolled through the country
They were weli-behaved party of ex
cursionists, and Hood River will be glat
to see them come again.
w. P. Watson last Friday brought tt
the GLACIER office bouquet of hand
some flowers, and among the lot was {
rose that is q world record breaker Tht
rose is Paul-neron, and measures sever
inches across Mr.. Watson is very sue
cessful in the cultivation OF flowers, anC
his beautiful gardens are the admiration
OF all who come to Hood River.
Since the above was put in typ
DR.. Watt brought in, on Tuesday, {
rose OF the same variety that measure
~ inches. 1t is perfect in form and
beauty.
T. ii. Johnston, republican candidate
ssssioint senator, was in town Monday
Mr.. Johnston is engaged with hi
brother George in merchandising at Du
fur. They are also farmers, and con
duet one of the largest and most success
ful wheat farms in Wasco county. The
cultiyate about ZOO acres, and thei
wheat crop never goes less than 40 bush
els to the acre. Early in the sprin
their land is plowed and then cultivate'
to keep the weeds down through tn
simmer, and in September the land i
seeded. They never fail to have goot
growth of wheat that protects the root
In winter, and their grain never freeze
ont
Last Saturday horse belonging to c
G. Massiker caused lively stir anon
tie settlers along Neal Creek. MI
Massiker stopped at G.. D. Boardman'
house on an errand, and had hardl
aIighted from the wagon before tn
horse broke away and headed for HON
atfull speed It ran down the road pas
Pioneer Mills, distributing beans, ban
rels and boxes all along the route. Whe
the outfit shot past FL. Hennagin' s place
Mr.. H. promptly mounted horse an
started in pursuit. He overhauled tn
+ rlnaway above Frank Stanton's, owe
~ miles from the starting point, an
etppped it by seizing hold Of the bridl
xsin, while riding alongside. The dan
age done to the vehicle was slight, bu
seyeral dollars worth of groceries an
other supplies were nearly ruined.
FL. J. Ormsby, of Black River Falls
Wisconsin, special agent of the pos
ofice department, inspecting and invet
eating rural free delivery mail route!
apant Saturday and Sunday in town, TIL
guest OF his old friend, F. H. Buttor
While here he drove over the mail rout
and found it success in all particular