The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-19
a fine pepper plant, carrying well
matured crop was shown by II. o. Ever


! From the Skamania Pioneer.
: Last Friday morning the pencil pusb
r er Of the Pioneer climbed aboard OF N,
swift and commodious little steame,
lralda and started out to see the sights
and take in the Hood River fruit fair.
leaving Stevenson at about O'Clock i
The display of fruits was sim.
ply splendid. There was good many
varieties OF fruits displayed, but the
principal display was apples, which was
the finest that could be collected any
where. The largest varieties. and the
largest and finest specimens OF each va
rlety, were present in large onantitias
Every kind Of apple that had ever been
neard OF before, and great many that
never had been heard OF and some that
had not even yet been named, were to
pc seen there. There may be other places
III this country where they can raise as
good apples as in Hood River valley
there is no place where they do raise
them. We met several old friends
whlie IN town, among them Amos I'm
daerwood, well known everywhere. and
Mr.. +. f.. Denzer, who was at one time
.nuge OF the superior court at Stevenson.
Mr.. Denzer is now proprietor of butch
er shop in Hood River.
A Peculiar Case.
The woman who died two weeks AGO
on the East Side, whose name was re-
fused by the family for publication, was
Mrs. Marie Sauer The family lived for
awhile on land purchased of j. C. Boeps
ana recently moved to place abont
eight miles up the valley. A son of the
dead woman and her brother. Frederick
Meyer. came to town for coffin. They
refused to tell the undertaken who the
coffin was for, stating they had enemies
VINO had caused them a great deal ~
trouble, and they didn't want them IN
know OF the death. Last SUNDAY
week after the coffin was taken out. the |,
neighbors reported that the corpse was
still unbnried. Deputy Sheriff Olineer
went out to the place and brought the
remains in the coffin TO town. He ar.
rested Meyer and young Sauer and
brought them along. The county cor
1ner was notified and came from The
Doalles and held an inquest. DR.. Bro.
nus examined the remains and testified ,
nat Ihe woman died of cancer in the
'reast Meyer could speak no English
md j. X: Nickelsen acted as Interpreter
Neyer said he had been expecting money 3
very day, and when it came it was his |
ntentlon to take the remains to Port
ana Tor burial that he had made tin a
'ox ior the corpse and soldered the box r
lr tlght before placing it in the coffin. :
Jpon Delng questioned as to his object
a keeping the dead woman s name from
he public, he said, after some hesita.
ION, that witches in Hood River had =
aused the family good deal of trouble
hd they had hoped to get away from
ere before the death became known.
no before the witches could get in any
'ore OF their bad work. After the cor
ners jury found there had been no foul
lay, the men were discharged. The III
)rpse was left in its coffin in the dead
'om OF 5. E. Bartmess' undertaking es-
.blishment Sunday night, and Monday
orning, just before daylight. Never In
occurred livery team and, without no ~
lying Bartmess, entered the dead room X,
"a took the coffin and its contents back to
his home in the country. At7o'clock
irtmess discovered that the corpse was =
lssing and he made search for Never
ID young Sauer. Meyer could not be D.
una, and Sauer knew nothing about u
9 corpse being taken. Later it was
armed that Meyer got team of the
I. Hood Stage Co. The man is be-
yer IN .witchcraft; otherwise his ac-
'ns, as It proved, were all right. The FL
MY came from Germany four wears
o; The deceased woman was afflicted
Tn cancer before she came to this
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