The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-01

one thankful for the clear weather which
enabled them to have SO pleasant atime
and such splendid view Of eight snow
peaked mountains which we're in view
at one point. This is the first time women
have gone to the lake from this side. The
party saw few yellow jackets on the
trail, and one bald-faced hornet(?
X. w.
The Wasco News says harvest il III
full blast and harvest hands very scarce.
Be sure to get coupon and secure
one Of those elegant liie-size photos Of
yourself that Rogers is giving away with
each $5 cabinet. No cheap'crayon work.
The Prineville Review has changed
hands. VIM. Holder, proprietor of the
Shaniko Leader and Moro Bulletin, is
the purchaser.
Edward Everett Young, the ex-news-
paper man, has recently gone into the
numbering business at Klamath Falls,
Klamath county.
Cascade Locks school district is soon
to have commodious school building
that is being erected by John Gates. 1t
will have two large class rooms, an en-
trance aud a library room
"Strange thing about Tracy and Mer-
lrill, the Oregon desperadoes, ventared
Judd Fish. sLet'er 60, said EIobson.
"Why, they were not only brothers-in-
law, but brother outlaws, "-Chronicle.
The Portland Evening Journal chang
ed ownership last week, G. s. jackson
Of the PendletoD Tribune taking charge.
The name and headline dress were also
changed-for the worse. II is NOW the
Daily Oregon Journal
"a contribution to the Wasco News
says farmers are not getting any benefit
from the rise in the price olmeats caused
by the meat trust He advocates a
vegetable diet, says it is very easy to
get accustomed to, and cites instances
OF great endurance of men who never
eat meat
AT the solicitation OF The Dalles Fruit
Growers Union, Agent Ireland has sue
ceeded in having the 0. r. q N. put on
a refrigerator car between The Dalles
and Portland, to leave at about
a. m, in time for the market. Fruit to
be delivered not later than s p. m.--
Chronicle.
There are about 1000 persons who
will be benefited by the recent Indian
war pension act of the northwest. AS
the average-age Of these warriors is "a
years, it is very unlikely if Uncle Sam
will have very many years to carry the
remanant of the 1000 brave men who
fought between 1916. -Yamhill Re.
porter.
The Cascade Locks sawmill is cutting
100000 feet of lumber daily and EN-,
ployes about Is men. The logs are
principally from Wind river, in Wash.
ington, and are towed across by steam
launch. The company has a large body
of timber on Wind river and has i'm.
proved the stream so that logs can be
hoated to the Columbia.
The people Of the town of Hood
River have shown their confidence in
the virtue of advertising by agreeing
to supply the Hartman system with
100000 circulars descriptive of Hood
River valley for free distribution
among the homeseekers Of the East
Cannot The Dalles do as well as HOOD
River?-Mountaineer.
The steamers Bailey Gatzert anc
Dalles City make trips from Portland
to Cascade Locks every Sunday, ane
are earring an immense number OF ex
cursionists every trip. Last Sunday
: both OF the boats came up loaded t
their full capacity with Portlander,
who took advantage OF the opportunity
to get out Of the city for a day.
That the human race has recentl,
wonderfully increased in all the ele.
ments of civilization is shown by this
: stupendous fact, stated in an address
by Sir Robt. Giffen: During the l9tE
century the number of European
people rose from 170,000,000 to 500,000
900. Ii the same rate of increase con
tinues during this century, at its enc
this population will have become l.,
50O,O00,0O0 TO 2,000,000,0OOn The re
mainder of the worlds population will
so far as can be judged from the past
remain nearly stationary.
A Washington dispatch say: 'As I
physical 'seeabe' thing the famou,
Declaration of Independence is ne
more The stirring text and the sig
natures of the members of the cont
mental congress have faded away
This precious document is preserved II
acabinet in the state department libra
ry, but it is now practically nothing
more than q large sheet Of parchmen
on which no legible writing appears
Part OF the words Declaration of In
dependence, which were written ii
large letters with many ornamental
tlourishes, are decipherabe. Not
signature is visible to the naked eye
One hardly discernible stroke of join
Hancock's pen is all that remains o
his bold and vigorous autograph
which he purposely made large so a
to show the British government tha