The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
MOUNT HOOD.

M. Dumas will be one of the big
strawberry growers in year or two.
He has five acres in now, and got the
ground ready for five acres more. In
the spring he will put in about ten
acres of apples.
W. Fl. DuIkee is finishing the new
school house in district 43. He has
made very nice job of it considering
the weather.
The ranchcrs are making lots of i'm
provements up he . tlis winter, the
weather having been fine for all kinds
of farm work
W. S. Tower has built new wood
shed and a new barn, or at least he
has made stanchions in the side of
his barn, so that as the hay is fed out
he can move the stanchions little
closer.
W. S. Gribble is jumping sideways
these times, getting his holiday goods
ready for sale.
Mount Hood is coming to the front
very fast. 1t is only matter of a
short time when we will make people
open their eyes and respect Mount
Hood, as a dairy country, also as
fruit country, as it has passed the ex
perimental stage, AS for vegetables,
although we don't raise them so large
that two policemen can sleep on one
beet up here, yet it is hard to beat us
in all kinds of vegetables.
AS for dairying, M. Dumas has one
for you. He is milking three COWS and
shipping the cream to Hazelwood, and
Oh the 1lth Of December, he got his
check for S35. 65. How is that? All
the rest Of us Nho are shipping cream
are well pleased y ith these returns and
are going Sc try aud be better fixed
for the business by another year.
There are about seven shipping cream
with a prospect Of more going in in
the spring.
W. II. Marshall will set ut about
20 acres to apples next spring and set
berries between the rows. With the
railroad ia reach Of us we are bound
TO grow and land can be bad at almost
any old price. Raw land is very cheap
and the soil oe believe is superior to
the soil in ,he lower valley. On an
average it Car bs cleared for about $50
per acre.
Special Core, pondence-
n. b. Harvey and Mrs. Stark of
Milwaukee, Or. came up on the stage,
Saturday, to look over the upper
valley.
Quite numter ffom this place
went to Hood River to meet With the
United Artisans. Some returned
Sunday morning and some not till
evening. All said they had good
time.
The Oregon Lumber company gave
an order lor lumber, which viii be
used in constructing the large mill
near Winsns City, to Kelly 4 Wish
art. We can hear the buzz Of the saw.
every uay.
Many think that james Davidson is
little late in the season with his
straw hat. Jim says it is all right
since he gave it a coat of paint.
0. Frederburg took dinner with
jesse Davidson Sunday.
Floyd Hess and Fred Wishart at,
tended the entertainment at Odel
Friday evening Fred said the best
part of it was the walking home, while
+, B. went to the Pine Grove dis
trict. Hav good time while you
are young.
Basketball was not very well attend
eI Friday and Saturday nights. Ihe
club is a little behind in membership,
as a number OF the players last winter
lett or dropped out. Every one should
take an interest in it, as there is no
other amusement fer the young peo-
pie.
The hall will be put in order for
C1iistnas this week. .. A. hhoX,
GLorge Cooper aud Fred Wishart VIII
get the tree.
he weather was somewhat disagree
l,i Saturday, but it Is time to ex
pee, some bad weather.
MIR. Soruson left yesterday for The
Dalles, where be will spend the WIN
ter.
Walter Dagidson is limping around
With a sprained ankle which ne Ie-
ceived Sunday. Walter is rather I'M
lucky. as he had one ankle spralned
about six weeks ago; then be cut his
foot with an ak, and now sprained
the other ankle. W. says he cannot
play basket ball now.
The following is the program 10
the christmas exercises:
Chorus-"O Ginning Bell, Choir
Praver- SUPERINTENDENT Puddy
Recitation-'tChristmas Angels,
Lura Miller