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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
PROFITABLE SEASON
FOR THE SPENCER

lt is said that Captain Spencer has
found steamboating so profitable dur
ing the past season that he is thinking
Of placing steamer in operation
on the upper river above the portage.
He will do so, he says, If he is given
sufficient encouragement by the ship
rers. The Spencer has had very
successful season and the Journal has
this to say about It,
'After the most tusy and profitable
season, the Charles r. Spencer has
been taken off The Dalles route, but
the captain says she will resume SER
vice as soon as the traffic conditions
warrant it In the meantime she is
being oyerhau.ed thoroughly and
placed in tie best of shape for active
work. For eight months she was op-
Grated regularly without missing a
single trip. During the season 1t is
estimated that she covered a distance
Of 90, 900 miles, record that no other
boat in local water has to her credit.
Those In q position to know, say that
during this period she netted her
owner no less than $50, eco in clear
profit.
Accompanied by his wife and son
Charles, Captain Spencer left
yesterday on an extended Eastern
tour. They will visit New York, Wash
ington and points on the Ohio river,
where the captain steamboated In the
palmy days when railroads were not
so numerous as now He is familiar
with every bend in the Ohio from
Pitt burg to st. Louis and probably
will make the trip over the old route
before he returns. The captain. ex-
poets to be absent couple of months
at least While in he East he may let
contract 70 the construction of a
boat to run on the upper Columbia.
During his absence he intends to keep
in close touch with Portland affairs. "
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21

Apropos of several specimens of the
seedless apple, which 1t says we're
submitted to 1t by the general mana
ger of the Seedless Apple company,
Rural New Yorker publishes state
ment by DIR. Walter Van Fleet, part
of which is as follows:
A single seed was found In one spec.
linen in an extra or adventitious core
near the blossom md of the fruit
The others were entirely free from
seeds, though the usual woody car
pels OF core divisions we're not only
present, but strongly developed. The
apples are rather small In size, round
and smooth in FORM duh red in color,
with many light dots, The calyx Is
very large and open, and the basin
Is wide and deep, extending almost to
the core. The flesh is white and firm,
quality very ordinary, about on a par
with Llmbef lwig, aud scarcely as
good as Ben Davis. The claim made
10y the promoters that the Spencer
seedless apple contains 25 per cent
more apple substance than other vari-
ejies of the same size is scarcely
borne out in the specimens examined,
as the substance lost by the large
open calyX basin would quite offset
any gain in the spaces normally occu-
pied by seeds.
A pome or applelike fruit is, hotan-
ically, the enlarged and softened
flower stem oyergIowing the ovary or
true fruit, made up of woody or bony
carpels lCore plates and seeds. In
the Spencer and other seedless apples
the seeds alone are absent, but the
Objectionable core is present as usual
Unless the seedless variety should
possess in addition unusual good
quality or other valuable attributes
it is not easy 30 see why it should be
particularly desirable except as a Gu
riosity.
We are told the Spencer apple plo.
moters expect TO develop seedless va
rieties of commercial apples, such as
Winesap, Jonathan, Bellhower and
,Gauo. This can only be done by the
usual breeding methods of cross pol.
lenization and careful selection Of
succeeding generations. While it is
within the range of possibility that
seedless varieties resembling TO some
extent our present successful COM
mercial apples may in time be secur-
ed, such result is most uncertain and
likely to require indefinite time
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
Is Not a Candidate.

E. l.. Smith of Hood River will not
be candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor at the pri-
maries next April 1t has been a
mooted question among politicians
for long time whether Mr.. Smith
would figure in the approaching fight,
but yesterday, for the first time, he
went on record by declaring he would
not be candidate.
"You may say for me that | have
not been, am not, and do not intend
to be candidate for governor of Ore
gon," said Mr.. Smith Further
more, would not by initial on seek
any office in the gift of the people. "
-Dalles Chronicle.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21

The Kieffer pear is as likely to drive
Bartlett, Bose, Clapp and the other
go9d ones out of business as this seed
less apple is to dispose Of Baldwin,
Northern Spy and Other standard
! a0rta
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
illustrates Point About Rates.


The Trenton, N. j., American gives
the following as an illustration: IAN
ignorant co ltractor in Albany not
long ago failed to shore up one pillar
that was a part of the support OF the
building. This pillar gave way, and
the whole building came down. II the
Interstate Commerce Commission
should change the first class rate be-
tween New York and Chicago 1t would
affect fully 10, 600 other rates, because
the New York Chicago rate is base
rate for practically all the territory
east Of Chicago, and for more than hflf
of the territory west thereof. Inter
mediate places take a percentage OF
the Chicago rate, so that single
change, say from rs cents per humid
red to 70 cents per hundred, would
necessitate innumeiable other
changes.
"When the ar yuments on rate leRis.
lati0n are divorced from politics, and
the situation looked at calmly and
honestly from strictly business
standpoint, 1t is quite difficult to rec
oncile the statements Of some OF the
members Of Congress who are in IA
vor Of rate regulation with theil
acts. A representative Is quoted as
stating that il is not the intention of
the administration to have a rate bill
which will enable the Interstate Com
merce Commission to make all rates,
but that they will only change rate
that Ia challenged.
Perhaps this Is their intention,
but what they did in the Esch- Town
send bill was to give to the Inter.
state Commerce Commission not only
full ard absolute control of every
rate, but of every method now in
force on the railroads that had refer.
ence to the transportation of fre ght
and passengers. 1t is difficult to see
how law could be drawn that would
give authority only over certain
rates. -
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
New Thing In Water Wheels,

A new thing in water wheels is go
ing to be tried in the DesChutes riv.
err The device is constructed so as
to float in the water and is anchored.
II will be connected up with the shore
by knuckles and kept as nearly sta
tionary as possible 10y cables that will
be hitched to the bank of the river.
The new wheel only draws three feet
of water and weighs 1900 pounds. IL
has capacity of 10 horsepower and
can pump 1000 gallons of water per
hour
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
Liouid Cold Cure.

Group, Coughs, Colds, Whooping- cough,
etc, have no terrors for children or
adults who "vacuate the bowels with
Kennedys Laxative Honey and Tar
the Original Laxative Cough Syrup and
Liquid Cold Cure. This remedy expels
all cold from the system and strength.
ems the throat, lungs and Bronchial
tubes. The mothers idvorite and child
ren's safeguard. Sold by &. Il. VII
liams.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
The Season of Indigestion.

The season of indigestion is upon us
kCdol Dyspepsia Cure for Indigestion
and Dyspepsia will do everything foi
the stomach that an overloaded or over.
worked stomach can not do for itself
kodol Digests what you eat--gives the
stomach rest-relieves sour stomach
belle Iing, heartburn, indigestion, etc
Sold hy G.. II. Williams.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
In Mad Chase.

Millions rush in mad chase after
health from one extreme of faddism to
another, when, ii they would only eat
good food, and keep their bowels ragu.
lar with DIR. Kings New Life Pills,
their troubles would all pass away.
Prompt relief and quick cure for liver
and stomach trouble, 25c at G. N.
CIark's drug store; guaranteed
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
Here II n RarVaip.

Fne acres tirst-class land, one mile
& m ilo,d River; all in orchard; new
buildings ou place. Must sell at once.
Fo particulars see John Leland Hen
dersOn,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
r. A. M. Elect officers.

Hood River Chapter No. 81, r. A.
NJ, held its annual meeting Friday
evening and elected the following off
GERS:
I IL. p. ID. Mcdonald.
: K.-H. +. Davidson.
Sc 0. Blanchar.
G. ii. &c. r. Castner.
r. A. Cd. X. Carson.
q. M. Sd V.-C. II. Stranahan.
q. M. I'd V.--J. l.. Hershner.
g. M. 1st VI. NJ. Wright.
Sentinel-A. L.. Phelps.
Secretary-A. d. Moe.
Treasurer-E l.. Smith.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
Whv Not Be Fair?

A Minnesota reader of the Ladysmith
News, having carefully noted what
has been published exclusively in the
News with reference to the wrecking
of the First National bank in this city,
and subsequent events, writes:
Why is it that there are no pub
lished proceedings with reference
to your bank failure? Are your
people so wrapped up in graft or
so under it's influence that you viii
allow such matters to drag along
month after month without de-
mand or remenstrance? This is
certainly an anomaly in the usual
conduct of the administration that
the News so proudly and constant
ly lauds. What is the matter?
All of which is respectful, pertinent
and interesting. The Ladysn1ith News
has fully and fairly published all the
news in connection with the bank fail
ure AND subsequent proceedings that
has been made public or well supported
by public understanding. 1t is ready
at any and all times to publish further
facts.
Our Minnesota subscriber knows as
much as we do of the Subsequent
proceedings - The News published at
the time Exclusively as far as Lady
smith papers are concerned) the cali
ing of witnesses to the La Crosse ses-
sion of the federal court and the fact
that two of the officers of the defunct
bank had business Tor pleasure) there
too. Why those witnesses were not
called before the grand jury, is ques-
ton as easily asked by hundreds in
Ladyslnith as by our Minnesota inquir-
err and as difficult to answer. The
News will say candidly that it doesn't
know.
! Our Minnesota reader needs only to
spend an hour in Ladysmith to &C.
quaint himself with the fact that our
people are not wrapped up in graft. .
And he will have no more difficulty in
determining that our people do not
sympathize with the proposition that
honor is measurable in dollars, that
crime may be absolved with cash or
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
lid has been screwed down.

Some people came to their senses
after being deserted by former friends.
The Official corruptionist, the contor-
tio,list of integrity, the wrecker Of cor
porate institutions and he who gives
away assets held in trust, is in poor
position to say: Il am ready to quit
just leave me alone.'
It is a sorrowful spectacle to see
life brilliantly begun, wrecked upon the
reefs Of dishonor and the shoals OF I'M
morality-it is a sorrowful spectacle,
but it has a redeen1ing feature, 1t
teaches lesson to all others. And the
lessons of these lives should be told and
retold 80 often in the public prints and
at the fireside as to inculcate in the
minds Of children that life of dishonor
is failure, that, as Arternus Ward said
of jeff Davis, lit would have been $40
in their pockets if they had never been
born" We crave pardon for introduc-
ing bit Of witticism into serious ar
ticles, but witticism sometimes takes
serious application. AS the fellow said
when driving skunks out of the garden:
eff we must take our medicine, let's
hope for results.
Teach your children that honor begets
strength, that the way to build charac-
ter is to do right, live right, be right.
And prove to your children that
wrong begets weakness and prayer
to t'be left alone.
And drive the key stone in the arch
of your philosophy by pointing to ca
reers your children then can see.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
The Wreck of Dishonor,

The financial fakir who refers to the
fact that he has had thirty-odd years
of somewhat strenuous life as a preface
to the statement that ''all he wants
now is to be left alone" would have
done we'll to have entered his plea for
immunity some time ago.
Some people go so far along the road
of official corruption, fancial fakirism
and personal dishonor that the only place
in which to be properly left alone is a
barren island or such institutions as
your good old Uncle maintains down at
Leavenworth.
Some people wake up after the coffin
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
that official integrity is commercial

that official integrity is a commercial
article.
AS to the present case being an
anomaly TO the practices Of the Roose-
welt administration, the News is not
called upon to plead. President Roose-
welt has clearly proven that he meas
ures honor and integrity with. nom
stretchable steel tape and does it with
out reference to the fact that the
News or any other paper proudly and
constantly lauds'' him. We submit
that it is unfair to criticize president,
covered up with official duties, because
perhaps he may not have discovered
some condition Of affairs in the Wis
consin woods. 1t was Hanna and not
Roosevelt who selected the occasion of
the destruction Of the Maine, TO enun-
ciate the theory that nothing had
been done that dollars wouldn't pay
for And Hanna's idea is the idea
of the stalwarts of today. Our Mime
sofa correspondent knows Of an in
stance where man guilty Of the com
pounded offenses Of fraud, forgery and
perjury being released after having
been arrested, and done by order of
the secretary of the treasury because
some big corporation politicians re-
quested release. Why not be fair?
Why not be fair to the people of Lady
smith--why not be fair to the news
papers why not be fair to the admin
istration.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
What The Student Sees.

The following contribution was writ
ten by one of the brightest newspaper
men in the state and gladly give it
space:
The student of contemporaneous
events cannot help but be impressed
with the thought that the day is fast
approaching when the power of the
political "boss" will be thing of the
past. The recent elections in Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio and other states have
shown that this: feeling is not alone
confined to Wisconsin, although this
state can fairly claim the honor of
having taken the initiative.
The adoption of the primary election
law in Wisconsin, by the voters at the
polls last fall, was bold step, watch
ed with interest of outside states and
if in its application it proves what its
friends hope it will, there is little
doubt of it's general adoption through
cut the country. G..
AS consequence We owe it to our
country to see that nothing is done
to permit shadow of suspicion to rest
upon this law. 1t is our duty to see
that nominations for public Offices are
in fact made by the people. 1t would
be contrary to the expressed will Of the
people, to the promises contained in
the platform and made by public
speeches, should those entrenched in
office endeavor to name the candidates
whose names will appear upon the next
Republican ticket.
The Stalwart element, ever active to
discredit the law, have set up the
claim that the reason Governor LaFol-
Iette did not resign his Office when
elected United States senator, was be-
cause he was DESTROYS of debating who
his successor would be, and wanted to
retain control of the party machinery,
and they now have no opportunity Of
conveying the impression that he is re-
sponsible for the candidacy of Mr..
Lenroot and is giving it his hearty sup
port. No one who appreciates the
governors astuteness as a politician
and UnL mas listened TO his public ut
1erance3 during the campaign, places
any oradence in their runor. How
ever, taare are those who believe them,
VINO boIjcvc 5nac possibly the governor
might be SO short-sighted as to show
preference to one of his political friends
and against the interest OF dozen or
more who have equal claims upon his
regard, and this very suspicion is doing
inculculable harm to the party, and
rs an injustice not alone to all other
candidates, but to Mr.. Lenroot as well.
The governor owes it to the party and
to himself and his friends to publicly
disclaim that he is favoring any one
candidate, and we confidently expect
that he will do so before any great
length Of time elapses,
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
RECOlLECTIONS OF TIL EDITOR
Some Experiences OF Other
Gays thatLinoer i'm EN- e Memory

1t is more Eyears ago than | wish it
was that a. fellow went wrong. He
was young lawyer some ten years
in the practice, and had built up a con-
siderable business. He was bright and
adapted to the pulling of strings-but
he went wrong. His crime was that
Of swindling pensioner. and Incl
dentally committing forgery and per-
jury-quite compound.
He did it this way. He went with
the pensioner to physician. In max
ing the examination the physician de-
veloped a second ground For pension,
which to the quick wit Of the lawyer
was easy English, but in the beclouded
thinktank of the applicant was mix
ture of Greek, Sanskrit, Chocktaw and
Sulu. The physician was called away
for moment and in that moment the
lawyer copied his memorandum. The
application was signed and turned over
to the tender mercies of the lawyer.
He proceeded to copy in the second
ground for pension and got both. One
he turned over to the applicant-less a
handsome fee-and the other went like
that $500 McGill got for the power
franchise. Al went smoothly for a
time, but the trouble was 10 take up
the subsequent quarterly, rea2ittances
from the government FinanYthe APP
plicant got wise and az. S. / fnaFshalI
got W. And what IS . the West?
Simple enough four preeentious sand
sanctimonious fellows got together and
wired the secretary of the treasury to
let the rascal go-and he did. What
do you think of it? Webster couldn t
properly characterize The secretary
of the treasury was fellow townsnan
of this compound criminal and one of
those who place easy estimates on
honor-ore of those who would define
business" after the manner of the
young fellow who said cit is the art of
getting the other fellows dollar and
keeping out of Jail. This fellow kept
out of Jail, but he didn't keep his
crime hid. We published the whole
proceedings. We got it from man
who is now assistant attorney general
of state not "a thousand miles away.
He was a boy then and his father, at
whose house the proceedings took
place, sent him to bed, but there was
a convenient bend in the stair, or the
story would never have been told. /
still have the affidavits covering the
whole affair.
Maybe we didn't see some papers
that week. My recollection is that we
did,
And who were the four interceders
One was Sunday school superinten-
dent and the only man who ever insist
ed that do a job of printing on Sun
day Another was former lieutenant
governor and a subsequent bankrupt
swindler of a score of widows. The
third was a millionaire lumberman
whose sons all died before they were
twenty-five. The fourth I have lost
from mind, but he was sheep of the
same flock.
| The last knew Of this lawyer his
only paying client was the manager of
the light company and he got fired
which?-both.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02

Our Christmas goods have been or.
deredEand will soon be here in vast
quantities We already have nice
lot of choice holiday articles. Ben C.
Lee & Co.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-12-02
THE 500 LINE TIME TABLE

East. I,adysmith. West.
11:20 P. M. 81. Limited AIT A. NJ.
PIG p. M. Accommodation IL Is A. M.
8:l5 A. M. -. Freight. -. 1922 P. M.
?. r. Nelson, Agent.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-29
An EX-SheriR Talks.

Scott City, Kan, March 20th.-(Spe-
cial.)-Almost every newspaper tells
of cures of the most deadly of kidney
diseases by Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma-
tism and Bladder troubles, in fact any
disease that is of the kidneys or
caused by disordered kidneys is read
lily cured by this great American rem
edy.
But it is in curing the earlier stages
of kidney complaint that DOdd's Kid
ney Pills are doing their greatest
work. They are preventing thousands
of cases of Bright's disease and other
deadly ailments by curing Kidney Dis
ease when it first shows its presence
IN the body.
Speaking of this work ex-Sheriff
James Scott of Scott County, says:
Il have used eight boxes Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and must say that they
are just the thing for Kidney Disease.
We have tried many kidney medi-
cines, but Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best of all"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-03-29
HI SIMPLE LIFE
Ways that Are Pleasant and Paths that
Are Peace.

Ways that Are Pleasant and Paths that
Are Peace.
1t is the simple life that gives length
Of days, serenity of mind and body and
tranquility of soul.
Simple hopes and ambitions, bound
ed by the desire to do good to ones
n%eighbors, simple pleasures, habits,
food and drink.
Men die long before their time be-
cause they try to crowd too much into
their experieisces-they climb too high
and fall too hard. A wise woman
writes of the good that a simple diet
has done her:
Il have been using Grape-Nuts for
about six months. l began rather
sparingly, until | acquired such a lik-
ing for it that for the last three
months l have depended upon it al
most entirely for my diet, eating moth
ing else whatever, but Grape-Nuts for
breakfast and supper, and l believe
l could eat it for dinner with fruit
and be satisfied without other food.
and feel much better and. have more
strength to do my homework.
when l began the use Of Grape
Nuts l was thin and weak, my muscles
were so soft that / was not able to do
any work. l weighed only 1OS pounds.
Nothing that / ate did me any good.
l was going down hill rapidly, was
nervous and miserable, with no ambi-
aol foT anything. Ny condition inn
proved rapidly after / began to eat
Grape-Nuts food. 1t made me feel
like a new woman; my muscles got
solid, my figure rounded out, my
weight increased to 1876 pounds in a
few weeks, my nerve grew steady
and my mind better and clearer. MY
friends tell me they haven't seen me
o so well for years.
II consider Grape-Nuts the best food
on the market, and shall never go back
to meats and white bread again."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the little book,
"Vne Road 10 MELVILLE"