The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-03-12
First Assistant, Walter Dabney.
Second Assistan.. ". T.. Coulter.
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Third Assistant. W. Ganger.
The time OF the monthly meeting
was changed to the secoud Monday
evening 1T eHrn month
1t WAS decidsd 10 dis. hrrge tte
chemical Sunday unrnir. n . 30 and
I'll men hrrs rf The department are re-
questpd To turn uDli he chemical
$ i'll ,Ien he iecbsreed, "a it Is desir-
ablo that he eontsUts he kept fresh
Aggressive Fight fur Better Fruit.
Walla Wslla, Wasl,.. March 9.-En
listing the ser,ices OF tho CONNER
cisl Club of this city in the cant gu
tor the ttndnttivn ni lntter fruit 10
Walls Malta, lie loetl Organization of
the Washington State Horticultural
Association has maie the tirst move
to bring abort the end desired. Yes
terday ommittees from the horticul-
tural association and the CONNIE, cial
Club called on the county commission.
ers now in session and asked that
Fruit Inspector q. l.. Whitney lie Civ
en- as many deputies as ne deems nee-
essary In order to enforce the laws IN
regard to placing on the market fruit
which ia infected with worms, scale
Of other diseases. 4 he commissioners
granted the request and pl-o instruct
ed the county sti iorney to make rs
many prosecutions as possible, in or
der to bring about the desired end.
Those at the head of the move are
working to increase the standard of
fruit in this county. Their desire is
to have Wslla Walia fruit as widely
known as the Hood River or Wenat-
chee fruit.
Concert for Benefit Of Public Schools
March 80 LsRoy Gesner, the fam
Gus violinist. assisted by Miss Bird, a
noted pianist. and Mrs S.ettin, solo
lst. will give concert in Hood River,
the net proceeds of which will 90 to
the Hooi River public schools.
Mr.. Gesner appeared here year
or so ago aud his performance Was
greatly eniayed. The following press
notices ere highly complimentary to
bis ability:
At the end Of her first years study
In Bostoh, Mis- Byrd appeared In
public recital aud siuoe that time has
ooncertized extensively with gleat
success In Boston and surrounding
cities, coming as tar west az Indiana,
the past season
Miss Byrd graduated from The New
England Conservation ot Music in
1905 under Mr. Carl B.crmann. Prot.
Baef manu- is Que ut the foremost cot
cert piauists aud teaehers ct this
country aud Europe. She vac al.o n
pupil, while there, of Madam Helen
ilopekiik, an exponent Of the famous
Le-chetizky school, aud pisnist If
internhtiof 4 reputation
Upon fei graduats ION, she was ap-
pointed by the director, MIR. George
W Chadwick, to teach in the institu-
tion, 6nd for the past two years has
taught bath there and privately In
Boston
"When Gesner appeared upon the
stage the first time he was given
rather mild reception, but before he
had finished his first number he had
won the admiration OF his hearers and
thereafter applause ran high. Ore
gouian.
"Wh GesneI began to play a still.
ness pervaded the vast audience, a
hush hat can enly be had when in
the presence Of master, a genius to
whom the world gladly pays homage. :
playing was q revelation.
lie is wholly lost In his art The |
Strad,varius was wholly
under his power. The most difficult i
of the Pagannin Concerto
or the small sweet lullaby were alike
to him easy. Statesman.
"From the time Gesner first touch
sd the horse hair on the strings he
,aught the crowd and kept 1t, and
hey not only asked for encorss but
demanded them. The most cultured
people IN Salem sat almost breai HESS
through all OF Gesner's playing and
what violinist could ask Tor or get q
higher compliment. "-Sslem Capital
Journal.