The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-21
Shining Season Begins.

Strawberries are beginning to come in
lively now, and Wednesday night IL
crates went from Hood River. The cool
weather during the week has been good
for growing berries, and all brought IN
have been large and fancy. ]. W. Nor
ton OF Riverside fruit farm furnished the
first full crate from the Hood River side.
The Fruit Growers union received the
same. d. ID. Mcclure OF White Salmon
got the first crate of the season. de
feels proud of this, as this is his first
year in the business. The union also
shipped this crate. Mr.. Mcclure has
sent out four crates already and will
realize over $50 for the same.
Hood River will furnish strawberries
for President Roosevelt. The Davidson
Fruit company has arranged to supply
the presidential party with berries in
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and
Montana points. Those growers who
will have the honor of knowing the pres
ident will feast on their fruit, shipped
by the Davidson Fruit company, are:
WE Wheeler, S @ Zeigler, G F Ad-
ans, G F Lamb, N G Evans, 6 W Nc
Intosh, J N Mosier, G D Moore, w /
Register, H G Coe, A R Byrkett, r Lau-
terbach, S + Smith, d f Lamar, Hart
Bros, A L Phelps, Cook & Owens, G I
Warrens, ] ] Turner, G A Abbott, A 0
Hershey, A H Jewett, G A Shurte, G R
Knutson.
G. ]. Gessling, of the Fruit Growers
union will supply berries direct to the
Portland hotel for the Presidents ban
quet tonight He also has orders for the
banquet at Tacoma. Following are IT, {
growers who supplied the berries S {
Zeigler, D D Mcclure, J W Morton, J T
Egan, Hoyl Green, M Willis.
STRAWBERRY NOTES.
Florin Strawberries sold in Portland
last week for $1.50 crate, while South
ern Oregon berries we're quoted at from
20 to 25c box.
The first strawberries for The Dalle
market were brought in from the Hoer
ing place on Mill creek Friday mornin,
and sold to J. A. Carnaby. There wer'
five boxes which brought 80 cents box
Smallpox seems to be general among
the Indians OF the Warm Spring reserva
ton. w. II. Bishop, who is in the gov
ernment service at this agency, in let
ter to the Glacier, says: 1--WE ar
receiving many communications from
Hood River relative to the Indians pick
ing berries. Smallpox, OF the lighte
type, is much in evidence on the reser
vation AS many OF the Indians will
not submit to vaccination, we deem
desirable that they have this light form
of the disease, and SO no steps are takel
to prevent its spread" This mean
that no Warm Spring Indians will b
here to pick berries this year. Tn
agency authorities will likely see to
that no Indians leave the reservation
during the smallpox epidemic, and Hoo
River certainly doesn't wantany of then
here.
The following report on the strawberr
market in Chicago is taken from tn
Chicago Packer of May 8. "Market il
good condition with better feeling TO
nice, ripe, sound berries. Louisian
berries coming rather tender. Man
trade is in Tennessee stock which sell
WE'LL Arrivals from Mississippi light
Stocks from that section have been s
small and poor and had to be sold s
low that it has not paid shippers t
send them in. Train service is still ba,
and some berries en- in carlots whicl
should be in one day are not receive,
until the next. This causes them to al
rive often soft and in bad order. i
case OF delayed berries some often leake
so badly they were constantly dripping
Illinois berries sell about the same a
Tennessee, as there is little difference i
qualify. Some Illinois very common
poor color or soft"