The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-07-03
OAK GROVE

Miss Bertha Hendricks, of Cascade
Locks, visited the past week with Miss
Ellen McCurdy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Ellis, of Caney,
Kans., are here on summer visit to
their son, Guy S. Ellis. This is the
elder Ellis first view of Oregon and
the Hood River region. He reports
having left genuine hot weather in the
Sunhower state-the kind that is warm
till next morning. and makes corn and
melons, and parboils humanity. They
were cutting bumper crop of wheat
when he left, or wanting to get it cut
thousands of acres standing unhar
vested. owing to the shortage of har-
vest hands.
Charles Potter, of Myrtle Creek,
southern Oregon, spent last week here
at the Naples, the home of his brother
in-law, X. B. Lindsay, leaving for
home on Saturday His sons, Fred and
Arthur, who have been helping their
cousin, John Lindsay, through the ber-
ry season, remain to enjoy season of
camping in this delightful spot.
James S. King, of South Dakota, who
has been making his home with his
daughter, Mrs. A. o. Anderson. at the
Deep Dale ranch, has returned from
| Newburg, where he enjoyed the state
served in Minnesota regiment during
the Civil war.
The increase IN the planting of field
crops is noticeable feature this sea-
son in this part of the valley. The
cool season and occasional rains have
| been favorable to an especially fine
growth. Joe Hail and number of other
ranchers have harvested the first cut
ting of alfalfa and are noting the up
ward climb of the second growth. A
clover crop that G. A. McCurdy
chopped sdown in his old orchard the
other day was sight for yield. A
passerby thought McC. would have to
do like that corn grower in the middle
west-ple all he could outdoors and
crowd the balance into the barn.
A number hereabouts enjoyed a
pleasant call the other day from E. G..
Walther, who is working up an acquaint-
ance route and incidentally saying a
good word for the Glacier.
1t is probable that this section will
be well represented and have grand
time at the chautauqua festival. and
many rigs and faces will be turned
toward the head of Hood River valley
the latter part of July.
Fortunate conditions combined to
make this the most satisfactory berry
season as to yield, that has favored
strawberry growers here in many
years. The uniformly cool weather
with skies frequently overcast, brought
the berries to full growth and fur
nished steady picking. Old timers say
this has been the coolest June since
1888, period of 25 years. The worst
drawback on the growers has been the
scarcity of pickers and packers. All
ranchers were short handed and eager
ly gave job to any sort of being
who could move perceptibly. The In
dians. never visited US this year. Old
Chiefs Rutabaga and 0podeldoc and
thier squaws had heap plenty of jobs
down the valley and near their beloved
hunting ground, Hood River city. Still.
our ranchers contrived to make a good
pick, and Of excellent quality. One of
them informed the writer that out of
$50 crates that he packed and market
/ ed, less than so crates had to go as
/ field pick. As the prevailing price has
all along been over 50 a crate, you can
easily figure that berry culture is a
paying enterprise in Hood River valley