The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-07-04

John II. Middleton and family we're
up from Portland during the week and
spent couple of days visiting G. K.
Bone and family on their East Side
ranch.
Frank Noble and family, accompanied
by Mrs. Susie Morgan and son l.. q.
Morgan, started for Long Beach Sunday.
They will rusticate there for several
weeks.
B. E. Prather is cutting wood for V.
Wnchell of the East Side. Mr.. Win.
chel is making big lot OF stove wood
for shipment. He expects to ship ,OOO
ricks by August 20.
The Misses Cora and Carrie Copple
left Saturday afternoon for an outing at
the beach, Miss Cora expects next week
to take up the summer normal course at
the Portland business college.
Tom Calkins and party returned Mon
day morning from three days, outing
on the Little White Salmon, They re-
port good sport in fishing, and returned
with 500 OF the speckled beauties.
Rev. Troy Shelley preached at the
Union church, East Side, last Sunday
His subject, 1.-THE Atonement," was
handled in a mastery manner and some
new and salient thoughts were intro
duced,
The county teachers institute OF
Klickitat county, Wash, will be held
next week at Trout Lake. Combined
with an outing at this delightful summer
resort the institute should prove big
success.
John Bradley and family left for their
home at Dayton, Oregon, Saturday.
They expect to return in the fall and
NAV remain here during the winter.
Little Verona Bradley, a granddaughter,
six years old, came alone from Portland
TO visit MIR. and Mrs. Bradley while here.
Joseph Taylor, aged rs years, an uncle
of L. c. Rogers, came up from Portland
during the berry season to pick straw
berries He gathered 72 boxes the first
day he picked, and picked altogether l6
crates. Evidently he was the Oldest
berry picker. Will some one now fur
nish the record Of the youngest?
S. C. Zeigler of White Salmon reports
fine showing for his tomato crop. The
plants show very little sign of blight.
They seem to do better between the
strawberry rows, where they are pro-
tected from the cold winds when small
and tender. Mr.. Zeigler does not think
the blight on tomatoes in this country IL
a disease but attributes it to climatic
changes.
Frank Caddy has discovered the Sc
cret of making his hens lay when the
price of eggs is up. He stops feeding
when the price gets down to l2c, and the
hens. of which he has very intelligent
flock. stop laying. When the price oi
eggs is up, Caddy feeds them well, anC
the hens do the rest. The price OF egg
is now 20 cents, and Caddy's 80 hens ar,
LAYING about 20 a day.
Colonel O. b. Hartley is suffering
from a badly sprained ankle. Whil'
fishing in Herman creek, near Cascade
Locks, Last Saturday, he slipped from
log and wrenehed his foot by catching j
between rock and the log. He wa
compelled to walk five miles befor
securing horse, which greatly intiameS
his sprain. The colonel reports sue
cessful catch Of rish, he aud the follow
ing sportsmen landing 501 trout: Char
lev Gray and Glen Gordon Of Wyeth
Robert Perigs, Howard Hartley an
Ellsworth Hanna.
l.. Struck, on his 6ls acres ON part q
the Heald place, has 1900 strawberr
plaHts set between the apple tree rows
From this number of new plants
harvested this year 30 crates. The bei
ries growing among the apple trees wer
large and Of the finest quality. He thi
year has part oi his land in clover, an
the clover is some OF the finest we hav
ever sen. He viii turn the clover 50
under and set straw berry plants. Straw
berries set ON clover sod, il set early
make a good crop the next year.