Hood River Glacier

Hood River GlacierType| Newspaper

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Founder(s)| George T. Prather
Founded| 1889
Ceased publication| 1933
City| Hood River, Oregon
ISSN| 2379-3287
OCLC number| 39319148

The Hood River Glacier was a newspaper serving Hood River in the U.S. state of Oregon from 1889 to 1933.[1][2] Its founders claimed that profit was not a motive, stating that they would be satisfied if the paper covered its own expenses.[3][4][5]

## History

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George T. Prather, who came to Oregon from Kansas in 1857, became the first groom in Hood River when he married in 1883, and was appointed postmaster of the city in 1886, founded the paper in 1889.[6] Samuel F. Blythe bought the paper in 1894.[1] After enlarging the paper, Blythe sold to Arthur D. Moe in 1904.[1]

In 1921, the Glacier was named the best newspaper in Oregon, with its rival Hood River News taking second place, in a contest conducted by the Oregon Agricultural College. (The Enterprise Record Chieftain took third place.)[7][8]

Walter H. Walton, an editor of the Glacier, also edited the rival Hood River News and the Better Fruit publication.[9] A. D. Moe, who by coincidence was married (in Wisconsin) on the same day the Glacier was launched, later served as its publisher for 27 years; he was succeeded by his sons, Roger W. and Mark E. Moe.[10] The Moe brothers purchased the Dufur Dispatch, founded 1894, in 1933.[11] Joe D. Thompson was editor in 1933,[12] and may have also served as publisher.[13]

Pioneers of Hood River formally requested in 1934 that the archives of the Glacier, which had ceased publication a year prior, be placed in the county library as a public reference; the Hood River News, which had acquired the Glacier's property, had already taken steps to do so.[2]

In 1936 the Dam Chronicle moved into the offices in the First National Bank building formerly occupied by the Glacier.[14]

Author Doris J. Smith incorporated clippings from the Glacier, along with the Dalles Optimist and the Mosier Bulletin, into a publication of the journal of Mary Evans, Wasco County pioneer. The book was titled I Am All Alone.[15][16]

The Dalles Chronicle reported plans to digitize early issues of the Glacier, along with selections from its own archives and that of the Maupin Times, in 2013. Funding came from the National Endowment for Humanities' National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), and the Glacier's coverage of Japanese immigration to the Columbia River Gorge and the birth of Hood River County's fruit industry influenced its selection as a top priority Oregon paper.[17]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Hood River County" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords & Mort.
2. ^ a b "Pioneers See River as Hopes Fulfilled: Hood River Old-Timers in Annual Reunion". The Oregonian. May 9, 1934.
3. ^ "Hood River Papers Available, Thanks to Hood River Library! | Oregon Digital Newspaper Program".
4. ^ "Hood River, the Hood River Glacier | Oregon Digital Newspaper Program".
5. ^ "Oregon Historical Newspapers: The Hood River glacier (1889 - 1933)". University of Oregon Libraries.
6. ^ "Hood River Couple Observe Golden Anniversary". The Oregonian. March 19, 1933.
7. ^ "Out of the Past: 6.23.11". Wallowa County Chieftain. June 23, 2011.
8. ^ "In Other Days" Ten Years Ago". The Oregonian. June 20, 1931.
9. ^ "Ex-Editor's Rites Due Here Friday: Funeral Services Set for Walter H. Walton". The Oregonian. February 17, 1937.
10. ^ "Anniversary Double One: Paper Started and Editor Married Just 45 Years Ago". The Oregonian. June 4, 1933.
11. ^ "Dufur Dispatch Sold: Moe Brothers, Hood River Publishers, Acquire Weekly". The Oregonian. January 22, 1933.
12. ^ "Tax Collection Reforms: Weekly Press Opinion on New Penalties and Rebates". The Oregonian. November 7, 1933.
13. ^ "Those Who Come and Go: Tales of Folks at the Hotels". The Oregonian. July 1, 1929.
14. ^ "Dam Chronicle Moves Into Larger Quarters". The Oregonian. January 21, 1936.
15. ^ "Pioneer diary details life for Mosier settler March 12". The Dalles Chronicle. March 11, 2011.
16. ^ McDonough, Patrick (December 12, 2010). "I am All Alone: the diary of an early female settler". The Argus Observer.
17. ^ "The Dalles, Hood River papers to be digitized". Dalles Chronicle. November 20, 2013.

## External links

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Browse Digital Archive Editions Online: Library of Congress