Hood River Glacier

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Hood River Glacier
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)George T. Prather
Founded1889
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1933
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]

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History

George T. Prather came to Oregon from Kansas in 1857. He became the first groom in Hood River when he married in 1883, and was appointed postmaster of the city in 1886. He founded the Hood River Glacier on June 8, 1889. [3] Its founder claimed that profit was not a motive, stating that he would be satisfied if the paper covered its own expenses. [4] Samuel F. Blythe bought the paper in 1894. [1] After enlarging the paper, Blythe sold it 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). [5] [6]

Walter H. Walton, an editor of the Glacier, also edited the rival Hood River News and the Better Fruit publication. [7] 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. [8] In 1933, the Moe brothers purchased the Dufur Dispatch, founded 1894. [9] Joe D. Thompson was Glacier editor in 1933, [10] and may have also served as publisher. [11]

The Hood River Glacier ceased in November 1933 after the Moes gave their printing plant to credit union. [12] The paper's founder Prather died May 1934 and the Glacier never resumed production. [13] The Glacier's property was acquired by the Hood River News, who placed the paper's archive in the county library for public reference. [2] In 1936, the Dam Chronicle moved into the offices in the First National Bank building formerly occupied by the Glacier. [14]

Legacy

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, published in 2010, was titled I Am All Alone. [15] [16]

In 2013, 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. 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] In 2016, the University of Oregon made nearly 1,650 issues of the paper converted into digital replicas accessible online via its Oregon Digital Newspaper Program. [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Turnbull, George S. (1939). "Hood River County"  . History of Oregon Newspapers  . Binfords & Mort.
  2. 1 2 "Pioneers See River as Hopes Fulfilled: Hood River Old-Timers in Annual Reunion". The Oregonian. May 9, 1934. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Hood River Couple Observe Golden Anniversary". The Oregonian. March 19, 1933. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Oregon Historical Newspapers: The Hood River glacier (1889 - 1933)". University of Oregon Libraries.
  5. ↑ "Out of the Past: 6.23.11". Wallowa County Chieftain. June 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ "In Other Days: Ten Years Ago". The Oregonian. June 20, 1931. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Editor's Rites Due Here Friday: Funeral Services Set for Walter H. Walton". The Oregonian. February 17, 1937. p. 9.
  8. ↑ "Anniversary Double One: Paper Started and Editor Married Just 45 Years Ago". The Oregonian. June 4, 1933. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "Dufur Dispatch Sold: Moe Brothers, Hood River Publishers, Acquire Weekly". The Oregonian. January 22, 1933. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Tax Collection Reforms: Weekly Press Opinion on New Penalties and Rebates". The Oregonian. November 7, 1933. p. 8.
  11. ↑ "Those Who Come and Go: Tales of Folks at the Hotels". The Oregonian. July 1, 1929. p. 8.
  12. ↑ "Glacier Office Closed | Hood River Newspaper in Hands of Credit Assocation". The Sunday Oregonian. November 5, 1933. p. 2.
  13. ↑ "Hood River Paper Founder Succumbs". The Oregon Daily Journal. May 25, 1934. p. 2.
  14. ↑ "Dam Chronicle Moves Into Larger Quarters". The Oregonian. January 21, 1936. p. 4.
  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. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  17. ↑ "More The Dalles, Hood River papers to be digitized". Dalles Chronicle. November 20, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  18. ↑ Malinalo-Alvarez, Azle (May 21, 2016). "Hood River Papers Available, Thanks to Hood River Library!". Oregon Digital Newspaper Program. Retrieved 2025-01-23.

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