The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-06-16
Tales Of the Town TerseIy Told.


Mr.. Warrens will return to superintend
the harvesting Of his strawberry crop,
r. E. HARRISON Of the East Side was
in town Saturday. He Gays the frost
that morning, was quite sharp at his
place, where potatoes, corn and tender
vegetables were nipped.
Ralph Brigham, jr,, of Traverse City,
Mich, spent couple of days this week
looking over the valley, He expressed
as vely favorably impressed, and says
he will return later and invest in Hood
River land.
Pinehat above the White Salmon
hills, will celebrate the Fourth in the
old fashioned way; a national salute at
sunrise, of As anvils, followed at 10 with
parade, at IL with speaking, at II with
free dinner and in the afternoon with
free for all good time.
In furnishing the Glacier the list of
school teachers reelected for the COM
ing term, the clerk overlooked the
name of Miss Cora Copple, which
should have appeared in the list as
published last week.
At Shaniko Thursday one and quar-
ter million pounds OF wool were sold at
prices ranging from l41S to 10 cents,
under the sealed bid arrangement. This
is about four cents pound higher than
the prices at which the same class of
wool was sold at last season. Sixteen
buyers were on hand.
B. Z. Belieu went to Portland Friday
to wind up his work on couple Of
houses in that city. Mr.. Belieu has
secured the contract to make $500 worth
of improvements to Oscar Vanderbilt's
residence on the Beulah Land ranch.
Mr.. Vanderbilt will also build a barn
this fall.
DIR. +. G. Brosius, member OF the ON.
G. hospital corps, with the rank OF cap
tain, will attend the encampment at
American lake, near Tacoma, COM
mencing July 8, and continuing two
weeks. At this encampment will be
gathered the National Guard OF Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, and the regu-
lar army troops from the various posts.
II. s. Galligan of the East Side pre-
sented the Glacier office with box of
Strawberries Saturday afternoon, 35 of
which berries filled the pound box.
These berries, Mr.. Galligan says, were
grown without irrigation. They are
certainly fine, luscious ones and do not
look as II they needed water. Water
will be secured on Mr.. Galligan's place
about the first of August
AL Lake, county-judge-elect, was
down from The Dalles last week after
the election, looking after his straw
berry farm. The judge, in partnership
with county Clerk Bolton and Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Wilson, has 80
acres planted to the festive straw
berry, Mr. Lake says up to last Friday
he had shipped ] 800 crates, and that
there were that many more to gather.
Tom Wright, the Union banker, ac-
companied by Mrs. Wright, arrived
Saturday afternoon ON a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. j, l.. Carter of the East Side.
Mr.. Wright was on his way to Portland
to attend the annual conelave OF the
schriners. He says his town Of Union
lost the county seat to La(irande at the
recent election, and he has about
agreed to come TO Hood River. No one
would be more welcome.
Butler & Co.'S. bank has installed
Burroughs adding machine, the first Of
its kind in Hood River Adding ma
| chimes are coming into general use in
the larger cities, where they are said to
save the work Of one man in an office.
Butler & Co. said they considered they
had a very complete banking house
| after moving into their new brick last
summer, but increased business neces-
STATED the installing of the adding
machine. The machine is remarkable
invention, and is perfectly accurate in
its operation.
band Of about thousand sheep
excited curiosity, Friday morning, as
they passed through the streets of the
town to the stump lands in the noun
tains above the Davenport mills. The
sheep were driven from point in Sher-
man county, 10 miles south OF Shaniko.
The pasturing of these sheep in the
foothills OF the valley bodies no good to
the farmers Of Hood River. 1t must
necessarily mean a shortage OF pasture
for those who have any number Of cattle
feeding on the summer ranges.
T. A. Decker, secretary of the Hood
River Fruit Co., has let contracts for
clearing their orchard land on the East
Side. William Kennedy will clear the
land secured of W. V. johnson, and
August Paasch will clear his 40 acres
and plant the same to apple trees. Mr..
Decker says his company expects TO
plant 90 acres to apples by May next
Burt VanHorn, president OF the COM
pany is now at his home in Burt, N. Y,
where business will detain him unit!
sometime this fall.
A. l.. Stauffer, who lost sight of
his left eye by piece OF steel striking
it while he was using sledge hammer,
year ago last January, had the in
jured eye.ball removed last week. At
the time OF the accident the doctors did
not think anything was in the eye.
While the sight was destroyed, Mr..
Stauffer did not suffer any pain until
couple Of months ago, when he again
visited specialist, who advised that the
eye be taken out, when the fake OF steel
was found lodged behind the optic nerve.
Mr.. Stauffer says he will be careful
hereafter not to cut wood with steel
wedge
There was a splendid chance for a
good picture at the boat landing below
the depot, Tuesday morning, as the
steamers, Bailey Gatzert and Charles
r. Spencer were unloading passengers.
The little tug, Pearl, steamed out Of
the landing at the same time with the
ferry boat in tow. Altogether the boats
furnished busy scene. The Spencer
reached the Hood River landing ahead
of the Gatzert and the latter boat was
forced to wait alongside while the oppo-
sition steamer took on large cargo Of
passengers and freight There was not
room enough for the two boats to effect
a landing at the same time, and after
the Spencer pulled out it was with diff
Guilty that the Gatzert could get close
enough to the shore to put out gang
plank. The Gatzert looked neat and
trim in new coat OF white paint.
A. B. Billings was down from Mount
Hood, Saturday, to attend the meeting
of the executive committee in charge
of the Grand Army encampment and
the meeting Of Candy Post that after
noon Mr. Killings saws there was a