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


county,
Tops, toys, dola, aud books at Han.
na'H, Hud they VIII be sold nA cheap
us the cheapest. Everything that viii
please n boy or giH viii be found
among my selection Of Nmns goods.
Mr.. s. NJ. Baldwin brought In several
head Of cattle Wednesday, which hc
sold 10 .. Is. Hartley. There was one
big fellow that would dress about 800
pounds, aud all Of them were fine
DcCvea.
We have accepted the agency for the
German American Insurance Co, one
OF the oldest and most reliable In the
world, mud are prepared to give rates,
etc Give us II call II you want TO Ia.
sure your property.
School district No. . now has Il hand.
some llng for the school house. This n
/ n very pretty idea, and one that IN
growing IN popularity 80 rapidly that
soon the school house without a ilng
viii be the exception.
The display nj Snipcs q liincrsly'H
at The Dallcs lust Saturday was one OF
/ the most pleasing affairs of the kind
/ we ever saw. Their Immense drug
store looked ike Iulry palace whcnn
/ every article was more beautiful thun
/ It's hcighhOr.
a farewell reception was given Ia
/ Doctor aud Ms. 1nomas Friday even
/ ing nt the Is Of l.. hall by the Relief
( Corps, of which Mrs. Thomas was a
member. As we Went to press before
II came of, IT was impossible 10 give II
: further mention.
w. j, Mariner county Judp" Of Gil
liuni county, was here Thurs, =. lie
( Is here for the purpose Ofarang * for
/ lumber aud woOd iur II company at
BnlOcks when proposes 10 ifrigalc Il
large tract of laud mere, by pumping
wafer nom the columbia.
Making newspaper at Hood River
just now ~ diiluult task, for the rca-
SON that there Is Tut little doing. II
some OF our readers would give Us IL
recipe for making custard without eggs
or milk. 1t might suggest pointer by
when our local page could Gc improved.
VIM. Saunders and four or five 9TH
ems ARE cutting iiye-hundrcd cords Of
expect To drive down Hood river In
the spriug, We understand two.
thousand cords viii be cut on the east
fork which viii also bc sent down In
the spring.
Mr.. lluukins, who has been In the
Willamette valley iUr some time, came
back here last week. lie has growth
at the corner Of one eye which Dr.
Jones Of Portland has pronounced Il
cancer lie proposes To fight 10 by
drinking tva naue from clover blooms;
which rs perhaps as good rs anything
else.
DIR. T.. }. Thomas was telegraphed
for !ust SATURDAY lrom Nycth To at-
tend "A enid OF Air. H. G.. Moony's sui-
lerng from spasus lnc train beng
delayed tie Df. did not 20 down us an
danger Was pust before the train aIrl-
we'd. Mis-. .. l.. s,tranuhan went
down that night.
j. I. Delk, convicted of selling spirit
Gus liquors IN less quantities tnan one
gallon without inst having procured
"a ncensc therefor, VS. iiucd Monday
IN the sum OI tnree hundred dollars
and costs. Inns should Ue sufficient To
put II stop tu the business here, but
whether II w,l Ur hot remains To be
seen.
The literary in the school house last
Friday night was well attended, but
lis results were not AT all satisfactory.
especially the newspaper portion, win
winch iault Was luullu on account OF
its personalities. lne EDITORS loo IL Il
thankiess one, even though but respun-
sible iof a iit,Ie sen0oi paper with one
copy.
Wednesday at noon the few remain
ing snow drlits furnished material for II
snow ball battle between the school
children and Bert Strdnahau, win
Haynes aud Henry York. Ihe battle
was hot considering the ammunition and
the give ana take plan was the only
one IN force. The school boys made 1t
tropical for the outsiders nut il was
finally about draw battle.
0. b. Hartley and Win Rand went
TO Vancouver Thursday, taking about
II dozen horses there 10 winter. The
prce charged 10y the Regulator is, we
understand, Sis per head, and as
horses can be wInttred ut Vancouver
for ~ per month, II is the cheapest ana
best pan, though it seems odd to SEND
II horse from the country into town to
have HIM wintercd cheaply.
If the storm which prevailed here
during the week extends over Eastern
Oregon there Is promise of another
abundant harvest next year. The
ground Is thoroughly soaked and with
an average season next year, the Inland
Empire should produce The largest
crop of wheat III It's history. of course
there are many contingencies that
might arise to blight The prospect, but
up to date the season is most favorable.
The question as to whether it was
better 10 hold on or let go once having
hold of tigers tall, was debated ut the
Barrett school house Wednesday night,
and decided in the negative. The sub
iect for debate next week Is: "ReSulVed:
that hope OF reward is II greater ineen-
tive to action, than love OF right -
We wish TO say that it was impossible
for Us to get hold OF the tigers tail let
alone hOld on, as we Were unable to
attend.
A patent medicine Faker, or rather
a representative of the heeley Institute
for The cure of the liquor habit, left
some Of his advertising matter wirh us
last week, with u request that we put
it where it would 10 the most good.
We have complied with his request