The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-02-11
FRANK A. CRAM.

g. R. Selinger, the sawmill man OF
Trout Lake, was in Hood River Friday.
Mr.. SeIlinger says Trout Lake has ex-
perienced a pleasant winter, but with
not enough snow for the logger. The
Trout Lake country is growing
rapidlYa and Mr.. Sellinger says they will
haye town there before long. Mr..
Sellinger is proprietor of sawmill and
box factory. He has profitable busi-
ness with more orders than the factory
can fill. His fruit boxes are made Of
first-class yellow pine, and are sold at
so low figure that Dales factory men
declare it is impossible to compete with
them. Dalles fruit growers made big
call for Sellinger's boxes last summer.
Meigs Bartmess, who graduates in
June from the Oregon Agricultural col
ege at Corvallis, has been elected vale
dictorian of his class. His father, S. +.
Bartmess, was gratifed to receive this
news in letter from Professor A. B.
Horner, congratulating the young mans
parents, and inviting them to attend
commencement exercises in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bartmess will be pres
ent. Meigs is bright young man,
and TO such as he, success is sure.
A Hood River man, while in Seattle
few days ago, was attracted by pla-
card in grocery window reading" Fresh
Hood River Eggs The Hood River
man went into the store and inquired
the price and found the enterprising
grocer was offering the eggs at five cents
above the market price. Hood River
is noted for its fruit, Why shouldn't its
hen fruit sell above the quotations same
as its apples and strawberries?
Six and eight-horse teams have been
hauling out new mill machinery during
the week for Davenport Bros. Lumber
Co. A donkey engine constitutes part
of the machinery, which will be made
to pull itself up the hill to Parkertown,
by fastening cables to trees along the
roads. 1t will then be used to pull up
the rest of the machinery, slow process
but great saving on horseflesh.
When Hood River pupil dares to
call his instructor rubber neck "he is
then fit candidate for initiation into
the mysteries of the rubber tube, it hav-
ing been decided by the board of school
directors of the schools at that place
that in administering corpor, al punish
ment a rubber tube is to be used instead
of the old time switch Chronicle.
The latest fad is to have monograms
on peaches, says the Chronicle. The
monograms or crest is cut out in paper
and pasted on the peaches while grow
ing. As soon as the fruit is ripe the pa
per patterns are removed, when a fac
simile of the monogram or other design
used is found picked out in the most
delicate green, while the rest of the
fruit is rosy and deep hued.
Rary A.Collins is attending a business
college at Los Angeles, Cal, and will
graduate next June. He expects to re-
turn to Hood River Fred and Emil
Frautchy are expected to come back at
the same time to make their permanent
home in Hood River.
w. &. Howell learned while at Yaki-
ma, last fall, that the farmers
there get their irrigating water for 81 an
acre And they have all the water they
can make use of at that price.
Phil Warren of Viento was in town
Friday One of his cows had been
killed the night before by the cars. This
is the first animal Mr.. Warren has lost
by the cars for two years.
Aldne Bartmess went to The Dalles
Friday and returned home Monday,
after delightful visit with friends
at the county seat.