The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-10-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Leasure OF Mount Hoo
were in town Friday and Saturday
While here they visited with Mr.. anC
Mrs. Henry Van Blaracom. Mr. Leas
ure had met Mrs. Van Blaracom a few
days before and learned that she was al
old acquaintance Of his fathers family
back in Minnesota. In fact, he haC
been raised with the Van Blaracoms
Mrs. Van Blaracom was rejoiced t.
meet with some one she had known a
her old home, and, overcome with recol
lections of the long ago, had a good cry
inc spell She said she had spanked
Robert many time, as he often de
served it. The Van Blayacoms lef
Minnesota in 1864, and in all this time
Mrs. Van Blaracom had not met a single
acquaintance from her old home unit
she met Mr.. Leasure.
"Did you ever see Yellow Newtownt
as big as these before?" was Captain
Shaw's greeting to visitors as they EN-.
tered the real estate Office OF Geo. D.
Culbertson x Co., last Monday. On
display there were some monster Gloria
Mundi apples golden-colored two
Founders. An apple box wasn't large
enough for 33 of them. They were Hood
River apples, of course, and were grown
by August Paasch of the East Side.
Culbertson and Shaw carefully wrapped
and packed the apples, and forwarded
them to Chicago, where they will be
exhibited at the Office of the Hood River
Fruit Lands company, SO Dearborn
street. There was also box of hand
some, highly colored Sitter Northern Spy
apples.
r. M. Hall, publicity promoter Of the
O. r. q N, accompanied by Mrs. Hall,
was in Hood River last Saturday. Mr.,
Smith showed them his Benlah Landor-
chards, which Mr.. Hall said contained
the largest lot Of fine apples he ever saw
Some particularly good photographs
were secured, among them seven-year.
old Baldwin with l3 boxes Of apples just
gathered from the tree displayed be.
meath it. Professor E. r. Lake, Of the
chair OF horticulture at the Oregon
Agricultural college, Corvallis, also Sc.
cured some pictures of Mr.. Smiths or.
chard. The professor thinks Mr.. Smiths
new apple house is one of the best in
the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. d. Hinrichs returned
ON Saturday from their trip to Europe.
They we're gone just three months tc
the very hour. Their trip was pleasant
throughout. They travelled through
Germany, Belgium and Holland, and
found that the old country is not much
behind the United States in the way Of
improvements. Cities they knew 4C
years ago have increased wonderfully
in population and have beautified theil
parks and public places. They found
no good apples in Europe except what
came from the United States. Five-tiel
American apples were selling at from
10 to Is cents pound.
The friends of Mr.. Whitford, who left
here short time ago for Nowatka, In.
dian territory, will be surprised and
panied to learn OF his sudden death
from heart failure in Arkansas. The
news came to S. Z. Bartmess, yester.
day, by letter from his sister, Mrs. Dr.
Strother, who accompanied Mr.. and Mrs
Whitford on their trip East. While
here Mr.. Whitford purchased the Van
johnson place and afterwards sold it tC
Frank Davenport.
William A. 0ffield, an uncle of Rob.
ert Leasure of Mount Hood, has gone
into the mountains above the Mount
Hood settlement to spend the winter
trapping. Robert Leasure hauled him
and his camp outfit to the mountains
and helped him build his cabins and
make things comfortable for a long
siege of winter. Mr.. Offield is GA years
old and an Indian war veteran.
]. w. jenkins writes from Athena
that he likes his new field of labor very
much. For while he found it Difficult
to secure a house, but is now comfortably
suited Last Sunday week ago, his
church voted to proceed at once to
build parsonage to cost 81 200 or 81 500
Rev. Jenkins many friends in Hood
River are glad to know everything is
moving nicely with him.
Mrs. w. w. Treat went to Portland
Monday, where she will take up hel
abode at the Patton home. She was in
Portland last week and made all ar
rangements to enter the home. There
are now about twelve inmates of the
home, and all seemed comfortably stu.
ated and are pleased with the accommo'
dations provided. They pay each $l4 8
month for board and room.
Lyman Smith met with an accident
last Saturday. He was plowing, when
the plow struck a root. Something
about the harness gave way and Mr..
Smith was thrown across the plow and
received all ugly cut on his head. He
was not so seriously injured but that he
was able to come to town as usual il
the afternoon.
Mr.. Durkee and wife from Oregon
City have moved into the Mount HOOD
settlement. He bought 10 acres of vii
liam Andross, who moved his family
from Oregon City last week. Mr.. An
dross has bought Mrs. Moore's home
stead, and his family will reside on w
S. Gribble's place until spring.
Hon. E. l.. Smith has handsome
apple display at his Office of the follow
ing varieties: Wagner, Mammoth
Black Twig, Newtown Pippin, Arkansa
Black, Roxbury Russet, Baldwin, Pan
aukee, York Imperial, GrimesS Golden
Jonathan. The apples were grown on hi
East Side farm, Beulah Land.
Burney Phelps met with an acciden
last Thursday. He had just returne'
from his homestead and was cleanin
his revolver when it went off, the bal
passing through his left hand. Fortu
nately no bones were touched. HI
came to town and had the woun
dressed.
II. s. Gardner Of Mosier was yisito