The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31
9{ood River Glacier
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1902.
The Cold Snap.

The Cold Snap.
The snow has come at last. Friday
morning, January oath, Hood River
people walked up to realization Of the
first touch Of winter for this season. At
daylight the ground was white, and the
fakes came down like old times in Hood
River. By nightfall six inches Of the
beautiful covered the ground and buried
out of sight the wild flowers and the
strawberry blooms that came before
their time. A biting east wind came
with the snow. Friday night was clear,
and by 10 o'clock the mercury had gone
down to Is degrees above zero.
Saturday morning, at 8 o'clock, the
thermometer marked degrees above
zero, but reports from the valley stated
that the mercury went below zero in
several places. 1t remained clear and
cold all day, with bracing east wind,
the mercury not getting above Is above.
Saturday night gave every promise OF
being record breaker for coolness. At
10 o'clock the thermometer got down to
above, but the sky was overcast with
clouds, and towards morning the wealth
er moderated.
At 7 o'clock Sunday morning the
thermometer marked degrees above.
Towards night it commenced showing,
and about an inch Of snow fell.
Monday morning the thermometer
showed above. The weather was
bracing and clear all day.
Tuesday morning, at o'clock, the
big thermometer in front Of s. E. Bart
mess furniture store registered one de-
gree above zero. This instrument is
considered about correct in indicating
the temperature, but M. E. Cook claims
he has tested thermometer that hangs
out in the open, and on Tuesday morn
ing it registered degrees below zero.
Tuesday, though cloudy in the morning,
turned out to be another sunshiny day,
with cold east wind. The Columbia
river closed with ice on this date, and
the steamboats, running on The Dalles-
Portland route.are laid up.
Wednesday morning the mercury
went down to degrees above zero. The
day was cloudy; thermometer Is at 2
O'Clock.
Sleigh bells commenced jingling early
Friday morning and have kept it up
ever since, even into the wee small
hours of the morning. The roads are in
fair condition for sleighing, and the hill
streets in town are monopolized by
coasting parties of youngsters. The
ponds near town afford excellent skat-
ing, and skaters are out in full force
day and night.
Strawberry growers are rejoiced to
know that the snow covers their straw
berry patches. They hope it may lay
on the ground for month, till all dan.
ger of severe weather is past. The tree
fruit is also thought to be safe, except
peaches and cherries, which likely are
hurt in some localities.
The cold wave seems to have been
general all over the Northwest coast,
At Portland and on the Sound more
snow fell than in Hood River valley
Even Southern California had touch
of winter, and at Los Angeles the mer.
curry went down to the freezing point.
Thursday morning, as we go to press
it is showing, with about three inches
fresh snow. Thermometer Is, above
The weather bureau predicted rain for
today.
Wednesdays Mountaineer says" From
Crates Point to opposite The Dalles the
Columbia river is frozen over from bank
to bank, and should the cold spell con-
tnue few days longer, teams can cross
on the ice, the first time in three years
the river has been frozen over or traffic
interrupted. The past two winters have
been unusually mild and traffic on the
river was not interrupted"
People have been crossing the Colum-
bia river on the ice since Tuesday morn
ing at The Dalles.