The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-08-20

ncrOss hir cougar In The ilold near
lndlun pu''H plnce Thursday; aud got
| Captain tOc md oNlors out nlfer him,
but hc made good his escape.
Mrs S. G., Smith hna been caring for
4 small patch Of strawberries IN the
yard at her residence 10 such good pur-
pose TINT, although the vines bore
their usual crop this AprlHg, they are
now loaded with linc ripe berries.
our old friend Murk Niclclaou " rc.
covering from Il lUug and painful ut-
tack Of rheumatism. Tie VIII move
into town Monday, nnd viii opcu Il
store, probably IN the Prnthcr build
Ing, handling books, stationery, no-
/ tionS, etc.
Captain Coc hns Just had framed a
black and whit" marine view painted
hy hia daughter Katie, II IN IA splen.
did prcc of work and shows that Miss
Katie possesses talent of n high order,
us rhe hus devoted but IA few months to
the stady OF the art.
Rcyiynl services at lhc Il. B. church
are growing in iuiercst from night 10
night, Hood River may well afford
to- congratulate herself for having sc.
cured the able ministry Of Mr. Parker
the Evangelist. Meetings viii be con-
tinucd until further notice.
Mrs Emma Mccker aud her sons,
Charles and Frank, who have been
camping ut Mr. Blythc's place for
month, left for their home, Portland,
Thursday afternoon. Frank was in
very poor health when he cnmc here,
but goes away fully recovered.
NJ f. Watson and Mr.. Irwin will
spend II year IN California, selling coun.
~ rights fora preparation for destroy
Ing the sun Jose scale and other fruit
pests. The preparation Is nou.p0ison-
Gus, and X said to do It's work thor
oughly; II 80, these gentlemen have n
better thing than gold mine.
The De Moss family have returned to
Oregon after thrce-ycars tour In the
East They assisted In the exercises at
the Camp.mcrting here last SATURDAY.
improved greatly In the last three
years, u statement we do not doubt, uS
there wuc plenty of room for It.
George Prnther left at our office one
day this week three handsome peaches
raised by him from the seed. They are
a week or such II matter enrlicr than
the Early Crawford, which they re-
scmblc IN appearance somewhat, are
free and of Il rich yellow color # is
likely to prove valuable variety.
The travel 10 Cloud Cap Inn still
continues good. Two ladies made the
round trip, Saturday, and had nn hour
on the mountain. They had Just been
through the Yellowstone Park, but
PRONOUNCED the trip to Mt. Hood far
ahead of II, or, for that matter any
thing they had ever seen. This is the
most delightful time Of the year in
which to visit the grand old mountain.
The game law expires one week from
next iUur-iay, bat rs most OF the birds
have been EilirJ uif, IL does not matter
much. IL uoeIlofts are made To en-
force the law, aud certainly none were
made hN luc Rod aud Gun club here.
II had hclicr hc repealed, ats 1t seems
now to protect the game from the law
abiding aud turn IL over to the tender
mci'ics of tho lawless,
Mr. Joseph a. Wilson surprised his
friends here 10y dropping In on them
from Ashland Sunday morning. He
Is looking fine, and has a very Sclf-cou-
tented smilc, caused hy the pIethoric
appearance Of his mine and the near
completion of the mill, which will
probably make Its first run next week.
Joe, ot course, had 10 take II fishing
trip 10 the lake branch, but will return
TO his iabors next week.
Captain Coc O. l.. Stranahan and
the writer hereof will start Monday on
II trip into the Cascades, between Wind
aud Lewis rivers IN Washington. The
paper during the absence of the ed.
itOr, will be in charge of the editors
better half aud Mr.. Blythe, and, for all
we know, may be u red-hot political
paper or womun's rights organ before
we get back. We feel, however,
that we can stand II, and realize that
our readers will have to.
Wednesday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
w. i. Watson, gave an out door lunch
con to few of their friends the
occasion being a farewell to Mr.. Irwin,
their son-in-law who goes TO California
to remain for u year or more, Lunch
con was served under the 0ig trees and
was delightful affair Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs w. p. Watson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin, Rev. G. w. and
Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Cap
tain Coe, Mr. and Mrs. John Watson,
Mrs. Haynes, Miss Dempsy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cradlebaugh and Rev G. 5. Par
ker. We did ample justice to the
luncheon at the time, but find words
inadequate to do justice to itagain.
True to name" Perfection" dyes at
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