The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-09-29

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perses is
dead
A Prineville gymnasium has installed
shower baths,
The leading business men of Pendle-
ton will fight local option in that city,
A cooperative mercantile company
will begin business at Prineville, 0cto-
Der Is, with a capital stock of 5000,
divided into 200 shares of $25 each.
Right of way has been granted for an
automobile road from Shaniko to Bend,
and the promoters of the new transport
tation line expect to have the road in.
operation by December |.
Following is the business transacted
at The Dalles, Ore, land office during
the month Of August, 1904: Homestead
entries, "a; timber. land applications,
IA; homestead combinations, 10.
The vertical system OF writing, in use
in the schools OF Astoria, has met with
so much general disfavor that the mat
ter of changing the system back to the
Spencerian will probably result before
the winter is over.
At the meeting OF the Oregon Irriga-
tion congress at Ontario last week, EN-.
Brannck was elected president; A..
King Wilson, secretary; A. II. Nevers,
treasurer. The next meeting of the con-
gress will be held in Portland.
A Sumpter miner found a gold nugget
worth $l20 in the craw of chicken he
killed. The chicken business is one of
the most profitable Industries in the
West We have always contended tina t
"there is big money in chickens in
Oregon, and now the proofs are begin
ming to come in.-lrregon Irrigator.
For renting column to the local OPP
tionists in the late campaign The Dalles
Chronicle lost all the saloon business,
and now a local option subscriber has
ordered his paper discontinued because
once more a saloon ad appeared in the
Chronicle. 1t is great sport publishing
a newspaper-if you have plenty of mon
ey, and don't care whether you please
everybody or not,--Prineville Review.
The Lewis and Clark souvenir dollars,
fresh from the mint at Ph ladel phia,
have been received in Portland and are
now being sold for 81 a piece. The coins
are highly attractive in appearance, and
will serve the purpose OF souvenirs.
They are the same size as a gold dollar
and considerably smaller than dime.
On the diverse side is a portrait of Cap
tain William Clark, with another of
Captain Merjweather Lewis on the re-
verse side. One side has the date and
the words, Lewis and Clark Exposi-
tion," and the other Omitted States
One Dollar"
Ever since the discovery of the Won
deriul curative properties of the waters
at st. Martin Springs, it has been the
regret of those who desired to take adj
vantage of it, that they were not in the
hands of some enterprising persons who
would make improvements at the re-
sort. Up to this time the elder st,
Martins would not consent to do any
thing with the property. Now their son,
Amos st. Martin, has secured their au-
thorty and leased a portion of the prop
erty, containing the springs, to Samuel
Mccartney, who is planning to erect a
$4,000 hotel, which will be the begin
ming of developments there and it is
thought lead to the building OF a modern
Spa, rivaling the Hot Springs of Ar
kansaS,-Chronicle.
Although this years prune crop will
not bring much money to Oregon grow
ers, the fruit crop Of the state, as
whole, will aggregate in value a large
amount OF money. The peach crop has
been unusually good and for the most
part has sold we'll, The apple crop is
better than an average, and the sholt-
age OF the apple crop in California has
helped the prices ON both cary apples
and export apples. The strawberry crop
was not heavy for the state as a whole
and did not sell as high as usual, but in
the aggregate for the whole state repre-
sented about as much money assny pre-.