The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1889-06-08
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.


Miss Julia Barrett is visiting friends
in Portland.
Rev. i. II, Balch is lecturing IN
Eastern Oregon.
Several Dales people are camped at
the forks Of the river.
Mr.. C. P. Heald visited The Dalles
Tuesday on business trip.
About twenty men are putting the
hewed logs of the Glacier hotel IN place.
Mr.. S. Il. Blythe who is foreman in
the World office is again home recupera-
ting
Mr.. j. N. Reynolds is putting up a
neat residence on the hill the other SIDE
Of Hood river
Rev. Troy Shelly, will preach at the
school house here Sunday the 10th inst.
at II o. clock A. M.
DIR. Van Horn piano tuner OF Portland
was in town last week, and Will make
us another visit soon,
Mr.. i. L. Smith has just finished
she'd addition to the store building occu-
pled by blowers ~ son.
Mr.. B. Hull purchased "a fine buggy
last week and seems to be getting Whole
lots OF comfort out OF it.
Mr.. Prather has shipped on an aver
age % crates Of Strawberries DAY,
during the present season.
Services are held at the Congrega-
tional church every other Sunday,
Rev. Frederick Balch Pastor.
Geo. Prather has new buggy and
new horse both block and now rides out
in the morning. mot mourning
The public school is still running with
30 pupils in attendance, quite large
number for so late in the season.
MIR. G. Wells has completed his resi-
dence the other side Of Hood river and
viii move his family into it next week.
Olnger & Bone have as many as 30
horses in their stable most of the time.
This OF coarse includes transient teams.
The Misses Jameson came up from
East Portland last Saturday TO spend
the summer ON their ranch two miles
south OF town.
S. J. La France, Tuesday sold to G..
IL. Palmer fine Cottage organ, and it
was sent over the river to White
Salmon Wednesday.
Mr. II. Hem our night operator is in
charge of the office at Bonneville tenn
porerily, and Mr.. Thompson of Portland
is filling his place here
Mr.. Johnson, proprietor of the nur-
sery at Astoria with two friends from
California went up to Lost lake on a
hotanizing expedition last Monday.
Mr.. 7. r. Coon has shipped so far
this season 125 crates OF Clarks seeding
strawberries, all in the very best con-
dition and the very best quality too.
The horses for the Mt. Hood stage
line arrived here last Sunday and We're
taken to their statious along the line by
Mr.. S II Adams, who has charge OF
the line,
Rev A. j. Barrett, the celebrated
divine OF Rochester New York, and his
wife accompanied by Dir. p g. Barrett
and wife. OF this place, were at the gla-
ciers last week.
Mr. William Booreman, Wednesday
evening sold to Mr. Prather, fourteen
crates OF berries that were as fine as we
ever saw. They were large, bright red
in color, and OF splendid flavor.
The post Office here is the distributing
office for Srraitsburg this county, for
Chenoweth Skamana county and White
Salmon, GiIner. Fulda, Trout Lake,
and Glenwood Klckitat County w. T.,
I. D, McCully, deputy sheriff Of
klicktat county passed down on the
train Wednesday with an insane man he
was taking to the asylum.
Joseph Wilson left yesterday for the
Elk-beds about five miles this side of the
summit, to survey los Of pasture land
ior the Mt Hood stage company.
Messrs. I.add 4 Wood on their recent
visit instructed their foreman TO hire
every available team in the valley to
work In getting material on the ground