The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-05-30

The u, II. church corner Of sixth
nhd Onk, SUNDAY school Mt 10 n. m.
Praise aud Thuuk-ollcrings service ut II
II. ~. Services IN the evening ut 7AJ,
preaching by Rev w. H. Bust.
Active work II 10 bc commenced on
lhe Cascade portage rHilrOnd next week.
Mr. &. &. Hobart formerly muster mo
chnnic of The Dallcs shops holds the
snnlo position on this road. The select
Ion IL II good one.
Captain Frank Coo came up from
Portland Monday morning. We can
scc no change for the better In his con-
dItlOn, but # anything can help him 1t
II our cool brcczcs, and rest here amid
the scenes Of his boyhoOd.
Inst Sunday was the hottest day Of
the year. notwithstanding there was II
breeze the greater portion Of the day.
Some Of the ladies attending memorial
services ut the L. Il. church were com
PEELED 10 leave on account Of the heat.
Mr.. Me Neal, Superintendent Of the
I. l.. with headquarters at Portland,
w. II, HurlDurt assistant general pusS-
T.. Lytlc, agent at The DullCs were here
SUNDAY last looking after the wreck Mt
NicntU.
Mr.. Wickham has variety Of straw
berries on his place that ARE new to Us.
They are shipped like II thinble only
II little more pointed, of white flesh
and fine flavor. We sampled them
'IIury5uV and ,ttr ,ttiti,u a. that th.y
cannot De beaten Tor appearances or
iluvor.
The GLACIER would like to have n
correspondent in every nelghbOrhood,
not only on this side Of the river, but
ut White Salmon, Trout lake, Gilmer,
Cnmmas prairie and Chcnowith and
points ncross the Columbia. We want
local news, aud not essays, for We have
not room for the latter.
The I. Il. church has received sup
ply of IS copies Ola new church hymnnl
with Responsive readings; also the same
number Ul copies OF II new book entitled
"Ihe Masters praise for use In the
Sunday school, so that henCclorth the
service af song will bc no uuimportamt
feature In the exercises,
Blowers Il Crowcv have jnst placed
an order direct with the manufactures
In Boston for $4,000 worth of boots and
shoes, thereby cutting of the commits
sion paid middlcmen, and will give
their customers the advantage OF IT,
VIII rctailut Portland wholesale prices
When the goods arrive call and be con-
vinccd.
A fine rain visited the head Of the
valley Monday, the edge of the storm
reaching almost 10 town. At NicntO
there was II heavy shower, and The
Dulics received II moderate wetting
Points in sherman, Grant and morrow
counties report goud rains which will
brighten the crop prospects materially
George Herbert, NJ, V. Harrison, and
James Hunt were appointed appraisers
of the estate of Elmer Griffin, and up-
praised the property Thursday. Out
side of the real estate, which is mort
gagged, the property consists largely
Of odds and ends, chips and whctstOncs,
and ragged remnants of contracts. The
paints, oils etc, will be sold at private
sale.
We are selling glassware and crock
cry chcnre' than it was ever sold in
this place We have full line of fruit
jars, and we are selling quart Mason
jars complete, nt Sl,5O per doz., quart
Sl.20 per d0z. Perfection, qts. Sl.iO per
doz. all other goods correspondingly
low. Call and get quotations on sugar.
The fact is we will not be undcrsold 10y
anyone who does business on business
principals. BLOWERS IL CROwELL.
Mr.. B. II. Nichols who has been at
Wyoming Ohio for some time writes
us that he is AT present working on the
big irrigating ditch at North Yakima.
He informs us that the ditch will cX-
tend in II sOuth-casterly direction about
fifty miles, or to within fifteen miles
of Prosscr Wash. The canal at its
head will carry 3GS cubic feet of water
to the lineal foot, and will irrigatc
about $50, 600 acres of land.
The sale from Capt. II. c. Coc, to T.
J. Watson, is Off owing to n difference
of opinion concerning certain pay
ments. Captain Coo refused to make
the deeds, and will now hold on to the
property until after it is plated, In
the meanwhile Idlewide is being adj
vertiscd and will aid materially in call
ing attention to this section. When
an addition to Waucoma is laid out, we
predict the lots will sell for II little
while as fast as the deeds can be made
out.
Mr. James Langilles building re-
quires but few finishing touches to
complete it, Ii was built by him and
shows the marks of his excellent work
manship. The second story contains
eight rooms, is hard finished and well
ventilated. The lower floor which will
be used by J. l.. Hanna as n grocery
store is ceiled all around showing the
handsome grain of the wood. Mr..
Langlle is Il first class workman and
will go to The Dalles in few days to
work on the new steamer which is
being built there.
Mr.. George Smith who came here
last year from Nevada for the purpose
of locating, is now at Chehalis and has
a fine property there He is an ener-
getic man, and would have bought and
improved Il place here had it not been
for some of our citizens Of small minds
deliberately discourging him, and
giving Hood River black eye. We
are clad to know he is DrOsneriuw, but