The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-08-06

! T.. II. Stanton, IN lOndng wood Inst
week, caught his right hand between n
/ heavy stick OF wood and standard on
the wagon, breaking one OF the bones
Of the little finger.
! The lumber for Mr. WntsOn's resi-.
dcnCc ~ on the ground, aud work will
he commenced on IL ut once. This
building IN IN Waucoma, on lots pur.
chased from A. Il. Jones,
II seems duh here Just now, but there
never wua season when such marked
! improvements hnve been made
throughout the valley. The orchard
ana herry areas are rapidly Increasing.
General Comps0n intends visiting
Hood River this fall for the purpose Of
having n henr hunt. Our old friend
stump Of White Salmon will probably
do the hOnors Of the occasion, and also
XIII the bear.
VIM. Birgrcld, accused Of poisoning
his molhcr.ln,lnw, at The Dnlles, had
his preliminary examination before
Justice Shut, Wednesday, aud was
held 10 await the action Of the grand
jury without bonds.
DR.. Snedeker will bc Mt the Mount
Hood hotel Monday and Tuesday next.
lie finds this additional stay necessary
owing 10 the number requiring work
done, The Doctors work is all first
class and guaranteed.
Mr. Dave Ecclcs was nj the mills last
week, making II very brief stay. He
examined the ilumo at Little White
Salmon with II view of purchasing IL,
but failed ignominlously to report his
intentions at this Office.
Ed Hawks, w. II. Woods Jas. Feak,
Burnett Duncan and f. II. Stanton
went io Lost lake last week, getting
home Wednesday. They report hav-
ing fine time, the huclSlebcrrcs being
ripe and abundant and the fish like
wise
Mr.. G. G.. Roberts and fnmiIy arrived
from Mountain Home, Idaho, Tues
day. We ARE glnd indeed to state that
their daughter Lucy, who hns been
very low from m attack of typhoid
fever, IL out Of danger and IL rapidly re-
covering.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
Cree Of MUsicr died Monday night
The remains were brought here Tues.
day, aud the funeral took place from
Mr.. Coon's place Wednesday. Mrs
creed was very sick but recovered suf-
licIcntly To attend the funeral.
Captain Cnc and j. B Hunt, assisted
hy case of concentrated lye aud an
assortment of hrooms, spOnGcs and
RAYS, amused themselves Tuesday by
taking the rich red paint oil the for
mer peutcman's wagon. They paint.
ed that portion of the town u rich terra
Gotta hue before they finished the job.
II r.. Mclean has finished his con
tracts with the Oregon Lumber com
pnuy and Will leave shortly for Mon
taua, taking his logging ou'lt with
hIln. Bob iS good citizen, u hard
ustlcr and au acquisition TO any COM
muniiy. MAY good luck and prosper
ity follow and remain with. him In his
new home.
General Compson of the Oregon mil
lila and Major jackson. Il. s. A., were
here Monday and inspected ID COM
pauy. They were highly pleased with
the efficiency shown, and spoke in very
complimentary terms of the company
stating among other things that there
was II better turn out than any other
company Of the Third had made.
The wafer troubles seem to be in
c'cnsing, the last being the stopping of
work hv the Hood River Supply Co.
10y Mr.. Winans, who forbade trespass-
Ing IN his lands, and now proceedings
10 get the right Of way will have to be
commenced. IL * quite probable, also
that there Is going to be trouble CON
cerning Ditch creek water before long
Mr.. j. +. Richardson has bought ten
acres Of bottom land lying on the east
bank Of Hood river, three miles from
town, of NJ. L. 10y, and will move his
family 10 it ns soon as he can get IA
house ready for them. He has one of
the best natural tracts for berries that
we know of, and as all Hood river is
available for irrigating purposes, he
will have no trouble about water.
DR.. Loring and w. i. drummer of
Mountain Home. Idaho, and recently
of Chicago, have been examining the
valley during the week with the view
of locating. They left for visit to
Portland Wednesday night, but will
stop here on their way home next
week. Mr.. drummer has been in the
fruit business in Illinois, and both en-
press themselves as highly pleased with
Hood River We Drelict that n faw
months will see them located here.
Mount Adams is the destination of a
camping party which left town this
morning. Martin Donnell, Bert Phelps
and Max Vogt go first up Hood river
valley to Cloud Cap Inn, returning
Saturday to Hood River, where they
will he joined by Fred Wilson, and all
leaving for Trout lake and the ice caves
Of Mt. Adams. The young men are
enthusiastic devotees of mountain
climbing and are bound for the top of
snowy Adams.
Mr.. Wiley and his partners, who
purchased the Clarke place on Indian
creek, have made considerable improve
ments thereon, among them hy-
draulic ram of large bone and long
staple, has been placed in the creek for
the purpose of supplying water neces-
sary In setting out Strawberries. The
first few days the ram refused to work,
and Wiley estimated the cost of the
water furnished at a dollar u drop, but
realizing that it couldn't be avoided,
the old "butter" went to work and is
furnishing q woodly sunDly of water.