The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-15

place, and is anxious to secare 400 tons
OF green prunes for drying purposes. He
will pay $13 ton for green prunes de-
livered at his dryer in Mosier. His
prune dryer has a capacity Of II tons Of
prunes a day. Mr.. Henningsen has
been located at Mosier for the last ten
years and is now one of the successful
fruitgrowers of that prosperous little
community. He owns 100 acres of land,
mile and three-quarters from the Mo
sier station. He has also rented the
McNeal place, and this fall will gather
80 or 40 tons of prunes. Mr.. Henning-
sen raises but one variety OF winter ap-
Piles, the Red Cheek pirpin, for which
he has been able to realize each spring
81 Us box. He expects to have some
fine specimens of dried fruit for exhibi-
tion at our fruit fair this fall.
John Leland Henderson is preparing
an abstract Of all the property in Hood
River valley. He has been at work on
this for the past six months, and when
completed it will be valuable compila-
ton for the people of Hood River.
Louis Henderson is at work now in the
clerks Office at The Dalles copying the
county records. Mr.. Henderson's work
will comprise complete record of all
land transactions in Hood River valley
from the time the original owners Of the
land obtained their deeds from the gov
ernment land Office.
H. G. Bateham, proprietor of the
Columbia nursery, presented the Glacier
compositorial force with some fine sam
Piles OF choice summer apples, Wednes-
day afternoon. The apples we're chiefly
of the Whitney Grab variety, very
choice eating apple and also an excel
lent jelly-maker. This variety, Mr..
Bateham says, grows upright, and is a
very prolific bearer. Some large Red
Beitigheimers were in the lot. Mr..
Bateham will have some extra fine
specimens Of this variety for exhibition
at our fruit fair this fall.
Guests the last week at "The FRS" I:
Mr. and Mrs Alfred Holman, child and
nurse, Portland Mr. and Mrs w NJ
Ladd, family and nurse, Portland; Miss
Bessie Merriam, Brooklyn, N Y; Mrs
John Crane, Portland; Mrs L H Adams,
Portland; Miss M Taylor, Little Rapids,
Mich; M s Perry, San Francisco; E v
Chevesich, San Francisco; 0 H Freys-
chlag. Kansas City; L Leadbetter, Ca.
mos, Wyoming; Irving Laugumier, New
York; Miss Stella Wilmot, Cheyenne
W M Chase, Cheyenne.
Albert Mckinney of Mount Hood was
in town Saturday. On his way down he
met rattler in the road. He got of
his horse to kill the snake, but it got
into the brush. He spent an hour, and
had to call on one of ]. P. Hillstrom' 8
boys to assist him, before he found his
snakeship and killed him. The snake
was big one, with ten rattles and q
button.
All those who expect to attend the
Hood River school this winter and who
would like TO do l0th-grade work should
notify Professor Thompson at once.
Three or four students have signified
their intention to take l0th-grade work,
and if few more pupils can be obtained
the board OF directors will arrange to
have this advanced work taught.
Some one stole an ice cream packer
from the rear of Ernest Jensen's confec-
tionery store. Mr.. Jensen says he didn't
care SO much for the loss of the ice
cream, but he would like to have the
packer returned. If this is not done
soon, he will institute means for gaining
possession OF the same.
DR.. Thomas Condor of Eugene and
his daughter, Mrs. H. F. Mccormack,
after visit with Seymour Condor and
family at White Salmon, returned to
Portland by boat, Wednesday morning.
They spent Tuesday in Hood River, and
visited with the family of S. F. Blythe.
George T. Prather was at The Dalles
the first part of the week, attending the
tax sale. Mr.. Prather made purchase
OF a number OF lots in the Hood River
park addition, near the Odell school
house. Ex-County Surveyor j. B. Colt
also bought some of these lots.
Lafe Little sold his 20 acres at Willow
Flat to the Davidson Fruit company
consideration, $675. He paid $40 for the
same piece year ago last February.
He will leave next week for Toppnish,
Wash, but expects to return in the
near future to Hood River.
There will be no services at the Con-
gregational church next Sunday except
ing Sunday school at 10 O'Clock. The
church has given its pastor, Rev. J. L.
Hershner, a months vacation. Ser
vices will be resumed the first Sunday
of September.
Hon. J. w. Morton cleared $500 over
and above all expenses this year on 211S
acres OF strawberries. Estimating that
farming land should produce 10 per cent
profit, this would make Mr.. Norton g
strawberry land worth $1,000 an acre.
The Lage- HARRISON thresher began
threshing for Hans Lang, Tuesday.
About 900 bushels of grain were threshed
that day, it being chiefly wheat and oats.
The yields are not very heavy, about 20
bushels OF wheat to the acre and 80
bushels of oats.
o. L. Stranahan made sale last week
of corner lot opposite the Mooney res
idence to James Farley of Cowlitz,
Wash. consideration, $l75. Mr.. Far
ley will at once erect building and
open dry goods store.
Judge L. Henry and wife and Mrs.
Fred Howe and children returned Mon
| day from two weeks outing at Maple
Dell. The Judge caught 200 fish while
on the trip. He says the fishing was
not very good this year.
Ralph Savage, who accompanied Tom
Calkins and party to the Little White
Salmon last week, returned Monday.
He reports good fishing, and says there
is plenty of big game to be had in the
mountains.
Friday & Barnes sold this week the
Donahoe place at Belmont to A. o.
Lindis of Perry, Oregon; consideration,
$500. Mr.. Lindis will move here with
his family about October l.
Rev. Mac H. Wallace, pastor of the
First Congregational church, Eugene
made business trip to Hood River,
Tuesday, returning to Portland by boat
| Wednesday morning.
Rev. ]. w. Crawford, pastor of the
Christian church at Heppner, arrived in
Hood River, Monday. He visited for q
few days with Simpson Copple and fam
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