The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-11-07

After nearly two weeks Of steady and
coplOus ruin, the sun made It's appear
nncc for the first time Thursday. The
ground II pretty well soaked aud fall
grain never looked better.
Mr. aud Mrs. S. II. Husbands Of
M0scr were nt Portland during the
week. Mrs. Husbands health hUs
been poor for some time, but we are
glad to state II improving.
Col. HOught0n has resigned the Col
0nclcy Of the Third regiment, 10 take
effect about the lst Of December The
I'OlOncls change Of residence from The
Dallcs to Portland made the reslgnn-
ton necessary.
Revival meetings will bc held at the
u, Is. church, commencing Friday
eve, the 18th Inst. Rev. q, SickHtOOsc
nnd Mrs. ELLA Jones will bc present to
nssist IN the services. The public are
cordially invited.
U. B. Church: Preaching Mt 1 n. NJ.
Sunday school nt 10 o'clock In the
morning. Young Peoples meeting nt
7 IN the evening A gospel song-servlce
Will take the place Of the regular service
In the evening. a welcome to all.
Mr.. j. r. Delk was arrested Friday
evening charged with threatening 10 do
injury 10 the person Of another, and
was placed under bonds 10 keep the
pence In the sum Of $1,000. He pro-
cured bondsmen at The Dallcs satur-
day.
Mrs. Champlin took her daughter
Winnie to The Dalles last Sunday and
placed her In the SISTERS school mt that
pnce. II Is one Of the best schools In
the state, and Miss Winnie will have
the best Of opportunities TO acquire II
good education.
The school-house flag has been sup
planted during the wet and stormy
weather by handsome pennant. All
the building lacks now IL n mast aud
sail 10 make one believe that Hood
River was n deep-sca port and that the
admiral himself WIS here.
The demand for Orc0ORidH's We'd
nesday morning was 80 great that the
train pulled out before the newsboy
could supply II. All Of which shows that
the great American citizen Is Inter
csted In the elections In the East, an
interest that the mcagre reports of the
Wednesdays dispatches was unable to
satisfy.
Mrs. Stella Gny desires us to state
that her suit against T. II. Gruy. for II
divorce, has been withdrawn. The
reason-well, she didn't give us any,
and as we can't keep II secret, we give
our readers the full benefit of our In
formation. The iuct il true, however,
that the case has been dismissed.
Watch our for sale columns for some
Of the best renl estate bargains In the
country. If you want TO buy call on
us, and II you want 10 sell, come aud
see what We can do for you. We ad-
vertse all property placed In our hands
free of charge, and are 50 situated as to
make the quickest sales. II will cost
you nothing unless n sale Is made.
Mr.. Bast showed us his patent square
one day this week. We uTe not up IN
matters of that kind, but this seems to
be II vcJy convenient instrument. II
shows ut glance the length of rafter
and jack mfters required for any sized
house at any pitch, and ut the SAME
time furnishes II pattern for cutting
them.
Mr.. Fred G0odfellow, who has been
visiting friends in Astoria, arrived
home Wednesday morning. lie took
some Hood River apples with him,
which attracted considerable attention
and caused extended inquiry concern
Ing this place. This is the right kind
Of advertising and is IN example that
other of our citizens should follow when
going away from home.
The time of holding services in the
Congregational churches, to begin Nov.
Sth, IL changed as follows: Services in
the Riverside church will hereafter
take place ut 1870 II. m, instead of I
p. m, us heretofore. Sabbath school
ut 1890. Services in the Valley church
will take place ut 3 p. M, instead of II
H. M, as heretofore. All are cordially
invited. +. NJ. AUNKs.
Superintendent Farley's report for
the first months operating expenses Of
the portage road Mt the Cascade Locks
shows that the earnings will not yet
pay the operating expenses. He sug-
gests, however, that with the present
earnings the operating expenses can be
cut down sufficiently to make the road
self-sustaining. We understand from
the tenor of his remarks that he will
resign before January lst, and will rec
ommend that the services of superin-
tendent be dispensed with.
Hollowe'en was evidently week
late In arriving here, as the boys did
their celebrating Wednesday night in
the usual humorous manner by placing
boxes, barrels and other impediments
on the porches aud sidewalks. AT the
post office u dry-goods box as big as Il
small barn held possession of the porch,
and at Harrison's the hind wheels of II
big lumber truck loomed up in the
gray light Of the morning. Other eX-
tremely ludicrous boxes and trash prop
erly disposed no doubt caused the cele-
brants of the occasion intense amuse-
ment.
The proposed irrigating ditch seems
to be hanging fire temporarily between
several parties who had intended con-
struction of it. So far only one COM
pany has been incorporated, the Cen
tral, and the route proposed by this
company, we understand, will not go
as high as desired. If this is true, an