The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-08-20

in the purchase Of the c. II. Lewis
orchards, comprising 265 acres. To-
Gated between Phoenix and Medford,
and set to apples and pears. for
total consideration of 100000, OF
about $615 per acre. Most OF the
tract is just coming into bearing, and
some of 1t is said to have returned
$4,000 In fruit per acre last season.
These figures sound 'fishy" but they
are alleged to be gospel, and can be
the more readily believed when II 10
stated that Mr.. Lewis holds the
worlds record for the highest price
ever obtained in the New York mar
ket for pears.
At the August examination of ap.
plicants for teachers certificates at
McMinnville last week, an exception
ally strong class In the work in hand
was passed. and So out of 55 ap-
plicants were granted certificates.
Only five of the applicants were men.
DR.. Annice Myers of Portland,
and Mrs. s. l.. Cline, of Corvallis,
have been appointed by Governor
Chamberlain as delegates to the In
ternational tuberculosis Congress,
which will meet In Washington, d.
c., September Il.
Organization OF the Portland Ce-
ment Company. with a capitalization
Of 100000. was effected during
the vast week and articles of incor-
poratlon filed in Salt Lake City.
Copies of the articles were sent to
Secretary of State at Salem and will
be filed at the state capital
Five days in the woods with moth
ing to eat but green apples con-
vinced two truant Indian lads from
the Chemawa Training School that
life in the wild woods was not such
a dream Of happiness after all. When
apprehended they readily consented
to return to school.
The injunction case of ]. r. Coop
er, of Independence, VS.. e. f. Coad,
as county judge of Polk county, ct
al, to prevent the latter from declar-
ing prohibition in the City of Inde-
pendence, was argued before Circuit
Judge William Galloway in Dallas
last week and the case was dismissed
Fourteen months ago Mrs. s. H.
Elliott, of Lebanon, underwent an
operation in oklahoma Recently she
has been suffering so severely that
four physicians operated again at AL
bany last week, one coming from
Portland and two from Lebanon ia
help solve the mystery. In the body
they found a sponge, left by the
Southern surgeons after they fin
ished with the unlucky woman in
the previous cutting. She will live.
In the long-range tyro rife match
at Camp Perry, Ohio, 1000 yards
with 200 entries, Oregon won three
places among the first 25. Sergeant
Snodgrass, of Cottage Grove, was
fifth; Lieutenant Stewart, of Rose,
burg, was 18Th, and Sergeant
Schwarz, Of Portland, was 21st. The
Oregon team averaged over 40. In
the press match, Sergeant Johnson
of Roseburg, representing the Rose
burg Review, won fourth place.
A peculiar case of appendicitis de-
veloped when James Nowlin, a well.
known citizen Of Prosper, submitted
to a surgical operation at the Mercy
Hospital at North Bend. Several
small gun shots were found In the
appendix and these proved to be the
cause of the disease. The doctors
| declare that the shot found their
way to the mans stomach as a result
OF his eating wild duck, whicr rad
been killed with a shotgun. He will
recover.
The walls of the new wing Of Ag
ricultural Hall have been completed
to the third story. The contractors
will have the building ready for use
by October /. The three floors, 12(
feet long by 73 In width. will AFFORD
room and conveniences that will 81
far to relieve the crowded conditions
that prevailed lest year. The depart
ments of agronomy, domestic arts
and temporarily the department o
commerce, will be housed on thes,
floors.
The establishment of one-yea
teachers training course, to be op
tional with pupils in the 10th, It'll
and 18th grades, Is the principal fea
ture of the new coure of study whicl
was issued by Superintendent OF Pub
lie Schools Alderman last week. ant
which win be used in all Oregon pub
lie schools hereafter The new teach
ers' training course is not designe'
to take the place of Normal Schoo
work, but is provided as an aid t
those High School pupils who con
template entering the teaching pre-
fesson, but who cannot see their wa
clear to attend one of the Norma
Schools.
Five speakers besides Colonel He
for, president of the Willamett
Valley Development League, hel
meetings at the following places thi
week: Corvallis, Wednesday after
noon; Albany, Wednesday evening
Cottage Grove, Thursday afternoon
Eugene, Thursday night; Roseburt
Friday. They will speak at Marshfiel
August "a and 25. At each meetin
a delegation will be added to th
crowd Of Valley boosters who ar
going to help out the Coos Bay Coz
gress, and this campaign for tn
3 awakanina of interest In the Onenin