The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-02-18

A. |. Mason, last week, bought new
ak and going home, made good use of hi
ak by cutting down 100 of his six-year
old Delaware Red apple trees. He will
replace these trees by planting Spitzen
burg trees. Mr.. Mason had before this
top-grafted $40 improbable varieties
apple trees. He also had dug up &c
Early Harvest, sold to him through
mistake of the nurseryman. This makes
total Of $50 trees that he has changed
since planting his orchard six years ago
He ia making his entire orchard of over
20 acres, half to Spitz and half Yellow
TNewtowns. His experience has been a
bitter pill but he has swallowed it man
fully. II more OF our orchardists would
follow this good example set by Mr.. Ma
son, our valley would be still more fam
GUS for high grade fruit. His excuse
for cutting down and digging out the
Delaware Reds instead Of top-grafting
them is that the bodies of this variety
are not suitable for sustaining a good
tree.
A Congregational church was organ
lied at Pine Grove last Friday afternoon.
Rev. j. L. Hershner was chosen moder-
ator of the meeting, and j. G. Por-
ter, secretary. Twenty persons, all OF
whom are adults but one, covenanted
together as a church, and adopted the
name, Pine Grove Congregational church.
Officers were chosen as follows: Deacons,
V. G. Brock, U. A. Newman; clerk, j.
G. Porter; treasurer, Henry F. .Lage
trustees, r. E. HARRISON, D. H. Sears,
Roswell Shelley. Committee on coun-
Gil of recognition, Mrs. V. G. Brock,
Mrs Henry F. Lage and J. G. Porter.
Rev. ]. L. Hershner will minister to
the church on alternate Sunday after
moons.
w. Eugene Knox, the impersonator,
with his company Of singers, will appear
at the M. e. church next Monday night,
February %, and will be accompanied
by Raymond w. Kelsey, who will speak
in behalf of the local option law. Come
out, everybody, and hear an able pre-
sentation OF this very important propo-
sition. No admission will be charged,
but q silver collection will be taken to
assist in defraying the travelling expens-
es of the company.
The snow fall during the past week
was considerable and Sunday it was "a
inches deep throughout the valley. AT
Parkertown it was four feet deep and in
the timber near by six feet. The sleigh
ing was fine for a day or two, but the
rain of Tuesday and mildness OF the at
mosphere Wednesday made the roads
and streets full of slush. The cross
walks in town have been in frightful
condition.
Sears & Porter have cleared 80 far this
winter Is acres of land. They expect to
plant 15 acres more OF apple orchard in
the spring. 1t is the intention of the
firm to finally set the whole of their 1l9
acres in apple trees, except few acres
OF wood land and wind break.
J. H. Hoover has cleared two acres on
his place on the East Side, making about
nine acres cleared, most OF which he will
plant to apple trees in the spring. He
has given b. Z. Young a contract to cut
200 ricks OF fir wood with his steam saw
The circuit court is said to be full of
prunes," still laboring away on the
Hood River prune case in which White
head is suing Peter Heningsen to recov-
er $633 81 lost on pruue sale.-Chron-
icle.
c. E. IIemman has been appointed
clerk Of the school board. An examina-
tion of the 10 Ks of the deiaulting clerk
Barnes showed the district to be loser
through him to the extent of Sl67.
T. c, Dallas and Uncle Oliver Bart.
mess deserve the thanks Of the commu.
mtg for sl,nvalinr naihs In the snnm