The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-12-05

tcndcnt II. w. Baxter aud w a. llnr-
vcy, acting superintendent Of bridges
and building department.
a. will he seen by u notice In this
Issue. DR.. E. j. ThOmas hns sold his
drug store and business 10 DR.. +, G..
BrOHlus. The Dr. aud Mrs Thomas
Will leave In time 10 spend Christmas
at their old home In Pennsylvania.
An cxtn bridge gang hns been or
ganlzcd In c'iurge Of II. w. IIrlce, and
II now located ut Vlento. This nddi-
tlon wns found necessary on account Of
the extensive improvements aud re-
palrs going on all along the road.
There will be- n meeting Of nll citizens
interested at the OdcIl school house,
Friday, Dec. llth, for the purpose IT
pcrfccting arrangements for getting
water for irrlgntlng aud other purposes.
Every person Interested II requested to
attend.
Circuit court II rapidly drawing to n
close, and Judge Bradshaw has demon
strated that he Ii the proper person for
the position he occupies. The work
has been pushed, the dockcts cleared
and the court run ut the very lowest
expense.
The school bell for this district arrl-
we'd Thursday. IL has the names Of
the committee that raised the funds
for its purchase cast In H. II was much
needed and II u perpetual reminder Of
the energy of the school children who
needing the bell, procured It..
Monday was the banner rainy day Of
the year, the sky nj times seeming tO
fairly pour out lts contents, aud be-
tween clouds aud rain IL was at times
ny dark as twilight. Tuesday was
pretty good for rain, too, ANA the
ground II thoroughly soaked,
The Slmitsburg post Office has been
discontinued, aud letters addressed 10
that office will be- found In the Hood
River office. The reason the office was
discontinued was that Mr.. Straight ex.
/ poets 10 go East soOn at least we have
been informed that such IL the case.
| j. 4. Delk, charged with selling
| liquor without "A license, had his trials,
there being two indictments against
him, last week, being cleared OF one
charge and convicted on one. He will
rcccivc.his sentence Monday, the least
penalty being 500, the greatest $iOO.
The first snow of the season fell here
Thursday. The big, lazy flakes came
floating slowly down In hopeless 0ppo-
sition To the more nimble nindrOps,
and after an hour or 80 gave up the
contest, leaving the field to the gentle
webfoot rain that rained aud reigned.
The annory site has not yet been de-
I clded upon, but IL will be either on the
southwest corner of \. B. Jones' block
or on the corner west of 1t. We under
stand II has been decided TO build n
twO.story building, which Is emincntly
correct \ One-story building of The
, size proposed would look like the expo
nent Of distress.
Watch our for sale columns for some
Of the best real estate bargains IN the
Ic0untry. you want to buy call on
Us, and If you want TO sell, come and
SIZE what We can do for you. We ud-
vertse all property placed In our hands
! free of charge, and are so situated as Ia
make the quickest sales Ii will cost
| you nothing unless n sale Is made.
Read /. G.. Nickelsen's ad. in this
issue. Although Durned out in the big
! fire at The DalIcs, Mr.. Nickelsen has
again opened splendid stock of goods.
| An examination of his stock will amply
reward those intending to procure
Christmas goods, ms presents suitable
for that occasion, pianos, jewelry books,
Fand fancy articles. Call oil him when
| In The Dalles.
At the regular meeting of Waucoma
/ Lodge, No. 80, X. of r., the following
officers were elected for the term COM
mencing with the first meeting In Jan
uary next: j. IL. Cradlebaugh, &. c.;
George T. Prather, V. c.; A. Hershey,
Prelate; J. II. NicIclsen, NJ. of 4.
T.. j. Thomas, NJ. of f.; IL. G. COe,
NJ. of +. Installation, Saturday even
ing, December 5th.
The all-absorbing question as to
whether or not IL Is under given cir
cumstances better to hold on to II tigers
tail than to let 20, still remains to be
demonstrated. The Samsonian debate
! (Sanlsonian Is no doubt correct, since n
jawbone was Samson's heavy weapon)
did not take place, but we understand
will be argued and submitted next
Wednesday night, If the weather is not
too bad. We fail TO see any particular
argument in the premises, but like
Goldsnith's pedagogue. all can "argue
still"