The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-20
WHITE SALMON NOTES.

The Husum post office Is to be re-
moved 10 the Falls, two miles south OF
its present location.
james Strain and Scott Davis, EN-
land, are at Guler's.
George Adams shipped SO boxes of
tomatoes last Tuesday. for which he re-
reived check for $22.
Our "vilIage blacksmith" Frank
Groshong, is putting in limited stock
Of hardware at his shop.
Messrs. Poland, Frazier and McGin-
mis-, with their families, all of Van
.couver, are camped on the banks Of
Trout lake.
Mrs. Porter Mcmillan of Hood River,
with her son, came in Saturday from
the Mcmillan homestead, 8 miles this
side Of Trout Lake.
Rodney Baker, son of r G.. Baker,
who is manager of the lace department
of Lipman, Wolfe 4 Co. g store, Por.-
land, is ihe guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. d. D
Mcclure.
Two large parties are being organized
for the ascent of Mount Adams during
the present week. One composed Of
guests at Guler's, the other headed by
Judge Frazer of Portland.
ID d. Mcclure has reservoir of solid
masonry Of 60, 900 gallons capacity and
has laid nearly 5000 feet of pipe for ir-
rigating purposes Keep your eye on
the Mcclure place; it's coming one.
James Greaves of Oakland, CAL, will
remove TO White Salmon in May, hav'
ing already purchased land here. He
is young man of character and en-
ergy, and as he is expected to come in
double harness, we extend the hand OF
welcome this far in advance.
Ground has been broken for the new
Enterprise Office. Editor Harlan will
lay the corner stone, officiating as both
chaplain and orator. After delivering
an original prayer, in his inimitable
way, bro. Harlan will give an address
on Journalism During the Glacial
Period" after which picnic lunch
will he served to all tire employees of
the Office.
G. A. Shurte says there is good money
in growing peaches at White Salmon.
He is now shipping about 40 boxes II
day, besides 20 and 25 boxes tomatoes
Peaches are worth rs cents box in
the orchard at White Salmon. Some
of our ranchers below the bluff talk of
grubbing out their peach trees and cul-
tivating the ground to Strawberries and
tomatoes.
w. C. Duniway, with his wife and
two little daughters, are among the
guests at Guler's. Mr.. Duniway has
taken the right course in placing HIM
self under the coaching of the veteran
fisherman, Charles Waters, who at S3
years of age has more 'steam" in him
than many of his pupils in the art
Mr.. Duniway hooked in % in three
hours the other day. Three in % hours
was his former record.
The new drug store is White Sal
mons "sky-scraper, Other buildings
are to follow, among them meat mar
ket, for which lumber is being gotten
out. A new school building is going to
be built. We are growing into a vii
lage. Some day we shall have to in
corporate so that we may have ordi-
nances to prevent swine from bum
ming the streets and to prevent non
residents from expectorating on the
sidewalks.
J. p Egan, up to the 18th, had
shipped 900 boxes of tomatoes and
ships about IS boxes per day, The
week ended with the price per box 70
cents S. @. Zeiger had shipped 1850
boxes, all raised in his strawberry
patch Of acres, and shipped at the
rate of about 100 boxes per day. G. d.
Moore shipped 1850 boxes The price
during the week has ranged from so to
75 cents per box. The California prod
uct, which has been hawked at any
old price on the streets of Portland,
has been exhausted and the White
Salmon article is firm at 75 cents, with