The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-04-22

Dalles will he ready to take Hood Riv-
er pears at S22 per ton.
/ FINS, FURS AND FEATHERS
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During the course Of the season local
people and their visitors, while on fish
ing excursions and when hunting in the
mountains, have many interesting ex-
periences. The Glacier will be very glad
to have fishermen and hunters to give
an account of their experiences to this
column of the paper. II you hear a
story or a good joke, report it,
Fishing has begun in earnest on
Hood river, and the spOrtsmen are dis
playing evidences Of the tales they
tell. The finest Chinook salmon seen
in Hood River in recent days was dis
played early Friday morning at the
Franz hardware store. 1t was caught
by |. P. Richardson, salesman of the
Standard Oil Co. Mr.. Richardson land
ed the big Chinook with a number
three hook. But before he could pull
him ashore he had to call in two men
who were watching him from the bank
D The fish aroused great interest. 1t
was caught before breakfast, and by
the time business men were arriving
for the days work, it was placed in
state in the Franz show window.
Crowds looked, wondered and ejacuIat-
ed at it all the morning.
A. W. Bishop declares that he still
holds the record for the number of
steelheads caught in one day. Last
season he landed seven big fellows.
"Chas. Foster can beat me this year, "
says MIR. Bishop, "for he can wade. !
have been forced to quit wading on
account of rheumatism. Mr.. Bishop
landed a steehead last year that
weighed, when it was dressed, q
pounds.
Gus Miller, after looking at the big
salmon caught by Fisherman Richard
son last Friday morning, Immediately
tdChlG anu was bCGU VII tuC
river early Saturday morning.
On Sunday the fisherman on Hood
River were so thick that every rock
was occupied, and it is declared that il
was necessary for the anglers to take
turns at fishing from the points of van
tage. Among those on the river were
the following: DR.. E. L. Scobee, j. B.
Hunt, Arthur Howell, Fred Rand, F.
H. Coolidge, J. F. Volstortf, MIR. and
Mrs. Irl Blagg, j. A. Wandling, Mr..
and Mrs. e. c. Nepple and daughter,
Miss Olive Nepple,s and Frank f.
Haenner.
Cecil Holman and T. }. Kinnaird
spent Sunday on Lindsay creek, where
they caught nice baskets of fish.
The following party spent Saturday
and Sunday on Green Point creek :
Frank Davenport, Jr, Kay W. Sin
clair, Ernest Edlridge and Harold
Hershner. In addition to catching all
the trout they could eat while on the
camping trip, the men brought home
nice messes of fish. 1.-THE weather was
as fine ss have ever seen it," says
Mr.. Davenport, "and was ideal for
MIR. and Mrs. X. E. johnson and
family spent Sunday on Hood river
fishing and enjoying picnic excursion.
Application blanks which must be
filled out and sworn to by Civil war
veterans wishing to take advantage of
the law passed by the last legislature.
have been received by County Clerk
Shoemaker from State Game Warden
Finley, of Portland. The blanks will
be delivered to eligible parties.
On receipt of blanks properly filled
out, the county clerk will issue fishing
licenses. According to the letter of in
structions all applications must be
made in person or in writing to the
clerks office in this city.
Game Warden Finley's letter is as
follows:
"At the last session of the legisla-
ture law was enacted providing that
Civil war veterans could procure hunt.
ing and angling licenses without pay
ing the fee provided by statute. and
with this object in view we have pre-
pared application blanks which it will
be necessary for such veterans to fill
out and execute before some officer
authorized to administer oaths, and
upon filing such application with your
office. a combination license may be is.
sued to such veterans. A supply OF
these application blanks is being for.
warded to you under separate cover.
"lhe application should be attached
to the stub of the license issued, which
would be your authority for issuing the
license and not remitting the fee there.
fore to the state treasurer.
This statute, however, does not be.
come effective until May 22. and fees
for all licenses issued prior to that date
will have to be collected the same as
heretofore.
'We would advise you not to allow
your various deputies in the different
parts of the county to issue the H.
censes to Civil war veterans, but have
them forward the applications to your
Office. SO that the matter can be taker
care of entirely from one source"