The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-10-15


grew very tall but didn't mature the
seed. Two years ago his sister visited
him from Illinois and brought along
well-matured ears, and the big stalks in
the Glacier Office came from that seed.
These tall samples of corn, both from
Mr.. Lawless' and Mr.. McIntosh's patch
es, show what can be done in Hood Riv-
er towards growing forage. With irri-
CATION our soil is prolific.
W. 6. Dodson Of Dukes valley was in
town Saturday. He brought along some
Of the products Of his homestead on
which he recently made proof. He
brought to the Glacier Office samples of
potatoes of the White Elephant variety,
four OF which weighed eight pounds.
From two medium sized potatoes of
this variety, he raised 120 pounds OF
marketable spuds. One hill yielded 25
potatoes. OF apples he brought three
Of the following varieties: Gravenstein,
King, Gano, Bailey Sweet, Shackelford,
Ben Davis and Arkansas Black. These
apples we're picked from three-year-old
trees. Some Of his three-year.old trees
bore as much as box of apples. The
Gravensteins are sound and apparently
just in season. He didn't find a worm
in his orchard, neither did he spray. OF
pop corn he brought three varieties
Mapledale Prolific, Striped Rice and
Red White and Blue. He has pop corn
to SELL The whole collection makes a
nice display. 1t is the first exhibit of
the kind ever brought from Dukes sal
ley.
A. w. King says he will have a short
crop of apples this season, but what he
has are No. and free from worms. He
will save 80 per cent of his crop from
the Goblin moth. Last year he saved
So per cent, He aims to spray every 10
days and says every nine days would be
still better. He also wraps his trees.
Mr.. King has II acres of young orchard
set last spring. He is growing young
trees to set ten acres mora. He plants
the apple seeds early in the spring, cul-
tivates the seedlings until budding time,
and had Mr.. Galligan do the budding.
By this means he gets whole-root trees
He will try planting, say half dozen
seeds, just where the tree will stand in
the orchard, and when they sprout, will
pull out all but two of the young trees.
These when budded, if one of the two
dies, he will have the other left to take
its place.
]. P. Carroll and w. H. Craft Of Mo-
sier we're in Hood River Friday. Mr..
Carroll was down to procure boxes for
his apple crop and to learn when the
Davidson Fruit company wanted the
Spitzenburgs picked and shipped that
the company engaged of him. Mr.. Car
roll has splendid crop Of apples this
year. He is an old fruit grower, having
been interested in fruit all his life and
made study of the work but says there
is always something to learn. His meth
cd of starting young tree to branch
out near the ground, so that when it
comes to bearing, the lower limbs rest
on the ground is proving a great success
with him. By this method he not only
gets more apples, but the fruit is easily
gathered and there is no danger from
the wind blowing down the trees nor the
apples off.
The acorn crop is full this season. By
some people this is considered a sure
sign of hard winter. From one tree in
his yard E. w. Winans gathered 300
pounds OF acorns. He says that another
tree that stands in the street near his
residence had still more acorns on than
the one he gathered from. He had no
use for the acorns, having gathered
them to keep them from sprouting on
his lawn and garden. Somebody is los
ing lots Of money this year by not hav-
ing hogs to eat the acorns. The ground
is covered with them in many places m
der the trees. Several years ago, when
acorns were as plentiful, they sold for
80 cents sack for hog feed. Sol Kiser
and wife earned $32 that year gathering
acorns at 80 cents a sack
W. A. Eby, wife and three children
returnedSaturday from Vancouver, where
they were engaged helping to gather
the prune crop. They also picked hops
at Aurora. They picked hops eight
days and made $500 a day. Picking
prunes, the family gathered 1921 boxes
-2,9Sl boxes at y cents a box and 80
boxes at 81 cents-making $3.50 a day
for "a days. In the 46 days they were
gone from here the family earned $500
day and we're idle 10 days of the 46.
A good many of the prunes were picked
in the rain and mud. The prunes were
put right into the dryer, and of course
being wet did not matter.
A protest has been sent to the post
office department at Washington regard
ing the route taken by the mail carriers
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Since the cut off across the Lake at
Camas has been completed the stage
has adopted the shorter route. BY this
change residents along the east road, the
old stage road, are left out, their mail
neither being taken nor delivered as for.
merly. Hence the protest.-Golden-
dale Agriculturist.
Peter Mohr went to Vancouver, Wash.
last week, having in charge his two
daughters, Josie and Maria, and Eliza.
beth LEM, who will attend the Sisters
school at that place this winter. The
girls are delighted with the school. Mr.
Mohr says it was pleasing sight and
one well worth the trip to Vancouver, Il
see the little ones OF the kindergarten OF
this school disporting on the play
grounds, as free as the birds of the air.
Howard Shoemaker met with an ac
cident Monday Of last week. He wa:
driving one of Davenport's teams, anG
coming down the mountain from the
mill, and in handling the break, il
slipped from his hand and he wa.
thrown against awheel of the wagon
breaking his arm in two places. The
injured arm was set and put in plaster
cast and the boy is getting along nicely
f. r. Bradley, the Hood River jol
printer, received last week a new $35 typ,
cabinet and $75 worth of new type. MIR
Bradley has been buying new type face,
during the past year until now he ba:
one OF the best equipped job offices il
Oregon. Mr.. Bradley is up-to.date will
work and is prepared now to turn ou
any sort Of a job from a calling card to
colored theatrical announcement.
George l. Slocom, agent for the Ore.
gonian, is placing tin boxes about tow
for the newsboy to put the paper in eacl
day. After depositing the paper tn,
bov will sound whistle. The boxe