The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-12-19
GENERAL. news OF
LOCAL INTEREST
ITEMS FROM KEIGHBORING TOWNS
A Resume Of the Weeks DOings Com.
piled from Our EX-
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Mrs. f. A. Hawk presented the Her
aid office with mess of fine ripe
straw berries from. their garden in
Central Point lGst Saturday, Decem
ber 7th. The vines are still full Of
green berries aud the indications now
are that the llua Is family will be able
to enjoy fFe-hl; pickle. ,rawherrries
for their Ch, iGuas dnHrr If any
other section o. the .aollo northwest
can equal i6i- '..t Gs tI Induction OF
an equablo a.. .. the Herald would
like to hear from them. Central
Point Herald.
GIeat flocks OF geese flying over
town in southwesterly direction, Ell
route to the Willamette valley, re.
mind us that winter is not Tar oil.
That the geese have put off their
flight to their winter quarters till well
along in December, is an omen OF
short winter. Last year ere this time
the feeding of stock had been in pro
gress several weeks, while this year
there has been no feeding yet, with
stock as a rule fat aud sassy. Fossil
Journal.
1t will take two days to sign the
500, 600 worth of national bank notes
due now to arrive at the Capital Ma
tional in this city. The bank can then
pay off all of it's demand deposits,
without calling in loan, and have
Sl05, 600 yet on hand to do business
with, The two other Salem banks are
in equally as strong position. And
not man in this section wanting to
draw out dollar to hoard. 10 fact,
thank goodness, we have very few
darn tools aud panicky old women of
either sex in Salem. -Stateman.
John Paschek has completed the
setting out OF ten acre tract belong
ing to Ed Williams, Of this city, to
apple trees. The orchard ~ located
on Pleasant Ridge and Is planted in
Spitzen borgs aud Newtowns Mr..
Paschek is an exponent of the triang-
ular system Of setting cut trees and
believes that the trees produce a bet
ter grade of fruit when so planted. 1t
is reported that Ben Clifford of this
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chard en- Mill creek and that the
Johnson brothers at Dutur, will also
go extensively into the fruit growing
business. Chronicle.
E.. 0. Sheperd, editor Of the Tygh
Valley Bee, has purchased the Dufur
Dispatch from Charles IL. Reed, foI-
mer owner OF that paper, and the two
newspaper plants wilt be consolidated
at Dufur about the first Of the year,
The Bee will be isc0Ht!uued after its
issue of January 8 MI Reed, former
editor of the Dnfur paper, recently
suffered a severe stroke OF paralysis,
and at the present time is confined to
his bed at his home In DufuT. He Is
quite we'll known to the fraternity
throughout the state, who learn with
regret of his misfortune. - Madras Pl-
oneer.
Instructions were received Tuesday
evening from Portland Oy Mark DaV
enport to Immediately shut down op
erations and discontinue all work or
the Davenport Stanley ranch. Con
seuuently the mon were all laid of
Looking after the stock and othel
necessary work will he dcne by MARI
Davenport and his two nephews
Work had inet been commenced on I
large shed which Was intended tt
2 house a number of blended cattle tina
; the Davenport Stanley people pur
chased near Hood River last epfing
} These cattle would have been brCugh
, here soon after the completion OF th
, big shed. How long operations vii
be suspended on this big ranch il no
D known.-Builetin,
! David Norris, of Oregon City, has
+ pen of curious appearing fowls. whic
! we're raised by his mother, that hav
been termed "mule" pheasants. Tn
a birds are cross between bantam
: hen and a Mongoian pheasant roos
ter. Last year Mr.. Thomas, of Noun
Pleasant, while cutting hay, knocked
a Mongolan pheasant hen from he
4 nest and gave tha eggs to Norris VIII
n set them under common hen, an
J. Matched out several, one rooster be
@ ing among them. The new birds br
e very wild, and for a while were KEEP
# In the chicken yard, until one da
!. one of them few down TO the mout
of the ClaCkamas river, but returne
: the same night. Slice that time th
fowls have been kept in coop, wit
very marrow openings, Norris ha
about dozen of these "mule" phea'
ants.
A bill to establish postal saving
hanks for depOsiting savings at inter
est has been introduced by Senate
Carter, Of Montana. The propose
system is be under the supervialo