The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-02-06

I htrAWbefIY NlneAi but uOt seriously.
Steps nre bcing taken towards reor
gnnIznp the horticultural society. II
N II good move and shbuld he Joined by
every one Interested In fruit growing
Mrs. Writ Adnms and son arrived
here from New Orleans recently. Mrs.
Adams has taken the Middleton HOUSE
! for II year and will rVnlnin 40 least that
long with Us.
Abraham LIncoln's birthday, Febru-
Ary 18th, commonly known na Union
Defenders day. wifi lie appropriately
celebnted by the q. A. r., w. H. G.
and X. Of V.
Indian Dave came over from White
Salmon one day this week aud came
into our office with q notice 10 the ef.
feet that hls daughter had presented
her husband with daughter,
The sound Of the steamboat whistles
VIII bc heard ON the river probably one
week from Monday. The Baker has
been put In good trim, aud the Reg
1lalor IN about ready for business.
j, j, Lucky has sold that portion Of
his ranch lyiuR north Of the state road
10 Mannen Willis and Eleanor Foley.
There are about forty ncrcs In the tract,
and IL sold for lifty dollars mn acre.
Arrangements are being made TO have
Miss Winifred Mason, who IL teaching
a clnss In dancing at The Dalles, take
charge Of Il class here. IL will be done
II the proper number of pupils can be
obtained.
Cast your eye over Drs. Brosius a
Williams new ad. In this issue. IL
will make You twink the other eyeu
and wonderif you can walt until spring
70 give your house another coat Of
paint.
Hans I4age, NJ. V. Harrison, V. Win
chell aud John a. Wilson drew the
Jury prizes for the term commencing
next Monday, aud were duly sum
moncd Tuesday. T. r. Coon and y.
J. LaFrancc also drew prizes.
Mcssrs. Bishop aud Cox have formed
a partnership Ia the carpenter business,
and their nd, appears IN this issue.
They ARE both excellent workmen. and
the new firm will no doubt command
large portion Of the business.
rs the spring approaches our road
supervisors should get In readiness 10
put the roads in good order One doll
mrs worth of work Mt the right time IL
worth five times as much ns IL done
later or when the ground Is dry.
j. w. Wallace has moved the build
Ing erected 10y Il. Berdan for stable
aud Is having the same remodeled by
Messrs. Bishop & Cox II Is quite Il
high building and will make n very
neat story aud half residence.
Cloud Cap Inn will be opened this
year II possible before the first of June.
Arrangements have not yet been com
pleted, but IL II pretty well assured
that II will he advertised thoroughly
and have large number Of visitors.
Alta meeting Of the stockholders of
the Armory Association, held saturday
evening last, the directors We're author
izcd To have the work commenced M
soon as possible and the building erect
ed on the lot donated by the Watsons
In Waucoma.
There was dance at r. G. Rogers
place Tuesday night, music being fur /
nished by w. ID. Rogers, j. Nealeigh !
and Henry iIlhhnrd, and these were
by Henry York aftermidnight. |
Dancing was kept up until 3 3o'clock in /
the morning.
T. G. Dallas received letter from !
VIII Langslle during the week, which |
we had the pleasure of perusing win
is pleased with the Ashland country, /
hut we can perceive that he w0nld like I
to see Hood River ngain aud that he /
pines for trip up to the summit Of
Mt. Hood.
The East Side frrigating Company
filed articles Of incorporation this week, |
with capital stock Of So COO divided into /
10 shares Of the par value of $50 each. /
This company expect to take water /
from the East Fork Irrigating co. S
litch and To furnish water for all the /
EAST side of the valley.
The republican state central COM
mittee met at Portland Wednesday. |
Among other things the committee
recommended the holding of the pri-
maries March 10th and the county con-
ventlons March Goth. The first con-
gpessional district will have III votes
N the convention ahd the second ll6.
Thursday morning few of our cit
zens asserted they had felt an earth
quake shock about half-past s o'clock
he previous evening, but were not be- !.
ieved, rs the great majority had failed
o experience the shake. The fact that
Portland and other Oregon points re-
Dorta quake at that time compels the
loubting Thomases to yield the point.
Indeed, the proof was so convincing
hat nne-tenths of our population have
become convinced that they felt it at
he time.
The sheriff is sending out those ten
Ter epistles customary at this time of
year, beginning "Dear Sir'-and az
ectionately stating that "Your state
md county taxes for the year 1891, am
to blankety blank dollars are
low due. Our invitation to call at the
heriff7s Office bore an extra statement
rom the sheriff that: "none but the
wealthy should enjoy this life.n This
# course was q joke but tax collector
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