The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-08
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
Bamboo furniture at Bartmess'

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rockers at Bartmess'
Exceptionally low prices on carpet at
Bartmess' furniture store.
Dallas 4 Spanger have had the street
graveled in front of their store.
A few full blood Plymouth Rock
roosters for sale by ID. q. Hill.
Old papers for sale at the GLACIER
office for two bits a hundred.
D. Bradley has organized lodge Of
the order OF Pendo in Stevenson.
Money to loan on real estate by
JOHN l.. HENDERSON, agt
Miss Lollie Templeton died recently
at Los Angeles, California, of consump'
ton.
The Frankton literary meets at the
school house Friday evening OF each |
week.
G. r. Castner nearly severed his left
thumb while splitting wood with an ak
on Monday.
Wm. Haynes, after wrestling with
chicken pox for week, is out again on
the streets.
Prof. Daut the skilled optician from
The Dalles, was in Hood River last FRI
day and Saturday.
Lands bought, sold and exchanged at
Emporium Keep your eye on the En-
porium ad, ID page Of GLACIER.
Note the O. r. & n change OF time
table. The first train from Portland
now passes Hood River at 6;l7 in the
evening.
A fine line Of fancy candies for the
HOLIDAYS can be found at w. b. Coles
confectionery - homemade and i'm
ported.
DR.. f. G. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
& Brosius' drug store, between the hours
OF l0-ll a. m, 2-3 and 81 p. IN.
S. j. LaFrance has the most complete
line of Christmas goods ever brought to
Hood River. Persons buying early VIII
have a greater variety to select from.
Tom Wickens has rented his farm to
Jocob Wagonblast. Tom thinks OF buy
ing lot in town and building upon it,
where he will make home for himself
and mother.
w. Z. George has taken contract
from J. L. Henderson to open D street,
running south from the NJ. +. church to
the Barrett-Sipma addition. lie COM
menced work on Wednesday.
The U. b. parsonage will be improved
by having porches built in the front and
rear. Rev. Z. f. Fix has volunteered
TO do the carpenter work and the Lost
Lake Lumber Co. donated the lumber.
Winans Bros. received an engine and
boiler from Portland on Monday which
they will use on Hood river to draw logs
from the bluff to the water. They also
received 500 feet Of cable that will be
used in this service.
Mrs Vim. Thompson was called to
Goldendale last week by the serious Ill
ness OF her daughter, Mrs. lnez Hodson.
Little Murl accompanied her. Mrs.
Hodson, it is feared, is in the first stages
of consumption.
Mr.. and Mrs c. r. Bone went to Port
land on Monday. MIR. Bone was on his
way to Monmouth, where he has SUIT
in court against Jas. Hanna. 5. Ii. Cox
was supenaed as n witness and alsc
started on Monday for Monmouth
Geo. Knapp came up from Stevenson
on the boat Monday. He says the east
wind was blowing a gale at Stevenson
when he left. r. o. Evans is running q
racket store at that place and doing
well. Mr.. Knapp says he keeps no fire
in his store and has no room for loaiers
r. II. Howell is at work for tht
Nicolai-CGmeron mill company III build
ing their saw mill four miles below
town He says the late rains made th'
work very disagreeable, but the mill l.
now nearly inclosed and the roughes
part OF the job is over with.
Davenport Bros have moved their bis
saw mill from the Parker place to fou
miles below The frame for the nev
building is up and the roof on, and al
the machinery is in place except th'
boiler. The mill will be running within
ten days, employing about ~ men IN TN
timber at the mill.
f. II. Blagg is canvassing for the sal,
of an excellent book for young folks
It is "The Twentieth Century Speaker
45O pages, handsomly illustrated, anC
containing gems from the writings O
eminent authors. 1t will be grea
help to school pupils and others VIII
wish to take part in debates and publ
entertainments.
A letter from Alvin, Texas, to II. {
Bateham speaks OF ripe strawberrle
Dec. 1st. The writer further says, Il
speaking of strawberry plants received
from Columbia Nursery; 1--WE are set
ting the Hood River today. Many 0
these plants have the finest root system
ever saw on a Young strawberry plant
and have handled over half million.
A young man named Snipcs OF IL
Dales got off the west bound train las
Wednesday evening. He was afme'
with shot gun and said be was lookin
for two men who had entered his hous
and robbed il OF q valuable shotgun an
other articles. He seemed to think tn
guilty parties were about the hoo.
River station, and as he was handling III
gun in a nervous manner in the croWo
Marshal Olinger took it from hlm am
placed it in the Nit Hood hotel Snlpe
failed to locate the robbers here
John Ellis, late soldier in the Set
ond California regiment, passed throug
Hood River during the week on his wa
east of the mountains. He is printer
looking for work, and is making his wa
on foot, without cent. He was wit
his regiment in all its hard battles an
marches in the Philippines. He serve
as buger in the Seventh cavalry durln
the Indian war under General Custel
Mr.. Ellis says be has had enough SO
diering but doesn't know but that b
would be better off if he had stayed !
the Philippines; it was better tha
tramping through Webfoot at tins tim
of year.
Thanksgiving day in Hood River wa
generally observed as suggested IN fh
presidents proclamation. Busnes
houses were closed, and the union Sc
vices held at the Z. B. church were we
attended. Rev. Frank Spauldln
preached an able sermon, and Rev J.l
Hershner and Rev. ii. X. Benson a
sisted by the former offering prayer an
the latter reading the president