The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-07-12

and u sample OF mammouth gooseber-
res that measured over an inch in diam
eter. Mr.. Wells owns l60 acres on the
divide between here and Mosier, and he
has a soil capable Of producing as good
results ~ the irrigated lands OF the val
ley. His strawberries grow readily
without irrigation and coming at the end
Of the season they would command big
prices in the market. A special feature
Of MIR. Wells land is that it will produce
the finest kind Of gooseberres and eur
rants and no sign OF worms is ever found
in them. Mr.. Wells does not irrigate,
but timothy and garden truck grow to
perfection, and this year he has field
Of rye that stands seven or eight feet
high.
The Hassalo club will occupy rooms in
the second story Of i. T.. Jackson's new
building The rooms are being papered
this week by L. l.. Rood and when fin
ished will present very neat appear
ance, with sage green paper and an
attractive boarder coloring. Tire club
has membership Of q, and is on n
prosperous basis with $500 worth Of fur
niture nearly paid for The object Of
the organization is the promotion of So
cial and intellectual recreation. During
| the winter months the reading room
! filled with standard current periodicals,
the billiard and card tables, and the
whole Of the cozy club rooms will be
much appreciated by the members.
f. II. Franz, who recently purchased
the {. Z. lleald place, thinks there is II
good opening for the poultry business in
Hood River, and is building n l6x50
hen house. He has sent to Buffalo for
some full-blOOded Brown LeghOrns, and
will get a stock Of Wyendottes from Kan
sas City. MIR. Franz is a rustler and
with 35 cent eggs and As cent wheat he
expects 10 make both ends meet with
neat marginal profit.
j. X. Nlckelsen's house had harrow
escape from fire on the 4th Frecrack-
ers set off by his boy ignited a wood pile
lying between the house and wood shed.
The family were all at the base ball
grounds when the fire was discovered by
Flint Bradford and +. II. Button. BY
hard work these men put out the fire.
1t burned n panel OF fence, some wood
and scOrched the rustic ON the corner OF
the house. The damage amounts to
about $40, covered by insurance.
d. +. Miller, on the Alma Howe
place, has II acres in strawberries.
Eight acres are old plants and four acres
were set last fall His shipments this
year amounted to over 1900 crates lie
estimates that his old plants went l75
crates to the acre and his new plants
about 50. Deducting all expenses, his
crop netted him 81 a crate.
Il. j. Ellis has sold his home place on
Phelps creek, but it is safe to say he will
not leave Hood River, where himself
and family have made their home for
more than a dozen years. Mr.. Ellis is
the kind of citizen we can't afford to
lose.
DIR. +. G. Brosius will have office rooms
in the jackson block, which will make
the best office rooms in town. The doc
tor is arranging to have r number Of
electrical appliances in his new office,
among which will be an y ray machine.
Mrs. NJ. S. Parker and family of Bel
mont will return TO Southern California.
She placed her home in the hands of
Jayne x Isenberg, and VIM. Boorman
owns it now. The land lies just west Of
Boyed's brick yard.
Conrad Repp returned the morning of
the Fourth from his trip to New York
city and the East. For the past eight
months he has been working on new
smelter for the Montana Copper Mining
company at Anaconda.
The Misses Mary Coldwell Kate Baird
,,f nj IN
Hood River for the Fourth, and spent
the week visiting with Miss Carrie
Butler. They returned Monday morn
ing on the Regulator
Professor Freytag of the Monmouth
normal school was in Hood River last
week, the guest of Miss Howe.
Professor Freytag expects to make the
ascent Of Mt. Hood next week with the
Mazama party.
Prof. j. f. Ewing and Prof. j. c.
Hazard of the Portland academy and
Sam Eliot came up on the Bailey Cat
zert last Friday afternoon, and LETT Mon
day morning tor two weeks outing at
Lost Lake.
The reason J. X. Powell looks so
pleasant--Jayne & Isenberg found him
a pleasant home on Phelps creek, nicely
prepared for enjoyment by Ralph Ellis
and wife. All parties are satisfied with
the price.
The Glacier was in error last week in
stating that r. Klrbyson and family had
picked all their crop Of strawberries.
they did the picking and packing OF
about two-thirds OF the crUp.
T. p. Crum and Mr.. and Mrs. J. R.
Rees Of Mt. Hood came down to cele-
brate the 4th in Hood River. Mr.. Crum
is an old veteran of the civil war, having
served in the 18th Illinois.
j. T. Holman & Sons have found it
necessary to get larger quarters to ac-
commodate their growing trade and
have moved into the store room recently
vacated by f. L. jackson.
Master Roy Phelps, day before the
4th, undertook to help his father hitch
up the team and one OF the horses step
ped on his foot, making bad bruise.
Lucia T.. Clark of Wasco has pur.
chased the Levi Monroe place on the
East Side, recently bought by j. l..
Henderson; consideration, $500.
Frank Foley, from Grand Forks, Nd,
is visiting his old neighbor, Captain
Blowers. Mr.. Foley served in the I'd
Iowa cavalry during the civil war.
Mr.. and Mrs Pollock of Portland have
purchased three lots OF the Townsite
company east Of Robt Rand's residence,
and expect to build on them soon.
Ii you want picture OF the Hood
River zuuaves, get copy OF the Port
land Evening Telegram OF July 9th ut
L. X. Bradley's book store.
B. C. Tabor and wife OF Southern Ore
gon are here for Mr.. Tabor's health.
they will pitch tent and camp out for
month or 50.
0. b. Evinger dug up an old relic in
f. b. Clark's strawberry patch the
other day. 1t is copper cent OF the
mntage OF 1875.
Emory Davenport returned Saturday
morning from Logan, Utah, where he
has been attending school for the past