The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-10-10


lOndCd with wheat gOInV by, ana 10 re-.
nliac Tint our hud working granger
friends of Eastern Oregon, ARE for once
getting 10 hundIc some Of the yellow
coin Of the realm.
j, ~ DcIk went cast Saturday being
summoned Ia Town. on account Of tn"
serious Illness of hIa hoy ngcd about
ten yCnrs. If the boy RECEIVERS snlllcl-
entity 10 stand the trip Mr.. Dclk viii
bring him home with him.
The memorial services Of Rev. i. II.
lInIch will hc preached at the First
congregational church. Sunday morn
Ing October II, nt II O'Clock, by Rev.
Ccphns Chpp, general superintendent
Of Home Missions for Oregon.
I,cst some might hc mistaken con-
ccrnlng the notice Of the memorial SER
mon to he preached tomorrow In mem-
ory Of the late &. i. lIalcli, we wish to
state that the First Congregational
church, h the valley church.
+. II, Button has j. o. Mack's horses
here for the winter. From the way he
Is building II trnck, aud the number of
good horses he has, We incline to the
belief that MIR Button will hnve II reg
ulnr linc.stOck farm hcfOrc many years.
j. r. Rankin II preparing about Ave
acres Of ground for strawberries. most
Of which lac will sct this fall. He has
already about mn acre set to plants.
Vet n few years and Strawberries will
be shipped by the carload from this
point.
Wednesday G. j. Hayes, made n sur
vcy Of the fraction of land lying be-
tween the old Clark and Coc donation
hand claims the title to the land " In
dispute, or rather II IL II question ns to
which Of two clnmants shall yet title
from the government,
Work was commenced on the new
icc-housc Monday, and IL will be crowd
cd 10 completion ~ rapidly ~ possible.
This viii give the company storage
room for nj least 10000 tons of ice, and
will put II In shape 10 Talk business to
the Ice companies Of Portland.
VIII l.angillc arrived in from Cloud
cap, Monday. lie reports ten inches
Of snow on the level In the woods
around the Inn, and drifts Of from
four to six feet. The snow fell as low
dowu ~ the Elk beds, but did not re-
main long. The Inn Is now closed for
the season.
Amos and Ed Underwood put in
Wednesday bear hunting AT their place
near the mouth Of White salmon, kill
ing five, four being to the credit of
Amos, because, IA lac says: Ed watched
the wrong wnllow. We sampled IA
piece of one of the cubs aud found II as
good ns bear meat can be-
Lieut.. r. II. Norton, Of The DalIes,
arrived here Monday for the purpose of
doing some surveying and measuring
the water in Patton creek. This work
* being done for the purpose of per
icctiug evidence 10 Toe used in the suit
Of Warren AID Others against the Ore
gon Laundering Co., concerning the
right 20 the waters of that stream.
6. l.. Gilbert Is exercising himself to
some purpose recently; walking eight
miles per day To attend To his school
duties, teaching our future presidents
aud congressman for seven hours; and
working on his new residence until
eight or nine O'Clock Mt night. He II
going To have u neat and comfortable
homc-and he deserves it.
Judge Condor, Of The Dallcs passed
down to Portland Wednesday evening.
The Judge was one Of Hood Rivers
early settlers, and tells us he planted
the orchard near the rivef on Mr.. But
toms place. That gentleman not being
present, we did the honors of the oc.
casion by asking him to come down at
any time and help himself to the fruit.
B :. Pugue continues to furnish us
statistics showing with unerring accu-
Hcy the state of the weather last week.
II ts interesting matter for those who
like antiquarian researches and does
well enough to fill dead space, but we
must confess we have no use for it,
If he will tell us what the weather is
going to he neXt--well say-7.Ianuary,
he Will assist us materially in figuring
on the size of our proposed wood pile.
John Buskirk's house near the ice
house, was burglarized recently, and II
shotgun valued at $65, an oil coat, and
some sheets, tablecloths, etc, were
taken. Mr.. Buskirl had been away for
some TIME, consequently does'not know
Just when his house was broken into.
Entrance was made by cutting n hole
in the panel of the door and unlocking
il, the key being on the inside. The
burglar also helped himself to II gener-
GUS feed of canned Strawberries.