The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-21
Al Scott Discharged.

AL Scott, who was arrested on the
charge of being mixed up in the case of
Dollie Yields, the IL year-old girl who
was recently sent to the Boys and Girls
Aid society at Portland, was given an
examination before Justice Nickelsen,
Tuesday afternoon, and discharged
through lack OF discriminating evidence.
Some half dozen witnesses were
examined, among them the mother of
the Yields girl, but the star witnesses
failed to star, and after the evidence
had all been given, the attorneys sub
mitted the case without argument, and
the judge discharged the prisoner.
s. +. Fouts appeared as attorney for
the defendant, while Il. II. Hartwig,
assisted by District Attorney Frank
Menefee, prosecuted the case. Willard
Udell was down from The Dalles in
charge OF Deputy Sheriff Haight.
Scott was arrested at the logging camp
of the Oregon Lumber Co, early Sunday
morning by Deputy Sheriff 0linger
Mrs. A. A, Jayne returned Tuesday
afternoon from The Dalles.
Joe Wilson made business trip to
Portland Tuesday afternoon.
Il. r. Bradley went to Portland Tues
day afternoon as delegate to the
grand lodge Of the A. o. U. W.
George Romney and w. W. Ritter,
directors Of the Oregon Lumber Co.,
were in Hood River last week, and went
out with w. H. Eccles to the lumber
camps at the headwaters of Hood river.
Henry McGuire moved into his new
residence on River street last week Mr.
Mcclure has here model, up.to-date
home that is another residence of credit
to the city of Hood River,
William Bander got mixed up with
some big timbers used in the construc-
tl0n of the court house Cox & Wallin
are building at Stevenson and received
broken ankle He was limping abou'
on crutches Sunday, and ii was reporte |
his ankle had swollen so the doctors
were unable to set the broken bones
L. +. Morse OF the Transfer and Liv-
cry Co, was in The Dalles last Friday,
interviewing the farmers there, accord,
to the Times Mountaineer with view
to buying 76 TO 100 tons OF grain hay.
Mr., Morse secured the hay for $ll u ton,
while the farmers here demanded $40
for the same kind Of hay says Mr., Morse.
The Portland Journal copies the re.
marks of the Glaciers Odell correspon
dent respecting the necessity of the pn-
irons of X, +. -. No. |, taking in subscvi, e
tions for the carrier, and adds this com
ent: What does Uncle Sam think Of
this, his mail carriers having to take up
a collection?"
Wild strawberries are plentiful in the
neighborhood Of Dechutes, and many are
the small berries that have been picked
and eaten along the river. OF course,
the berries are not quite equal
to the Hood River variety Clark's seed
ling still takes the prize. The Dechutes
berry is small and rather tart and lacks
the rich color and flaverofthe cultivated
article, There is no reason to doubt
that Strawberries can be grown there
when they grow without cultivation
There is u hint to some enterprising
fruit raiser in this item which will be
well to consider -Prineville Review.
Another Oregon bubble has been
bursted. Heretofore Hood River straw
berries were the first to come on the
Puget Sound market following the early
California crop, with our. home berries
coming in at the tail end. 1t now tran
spires that Yakima valley berries, near
keEniwick, are the first to ARRIVE on
this market, sent here under the mis-
leading name of Hood River berries or
Oregon berries" This is in line with
the continued efforts still making in