The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-01-13

call from being destroyed by fire Sun
day night. Mr. Woodw0rth had taken
the ashes from the stove Sunday morn
Ing and built fire to keep the room
warm. He put the ashes IN a box aud
left ii near the stove. Dnring the
night the ash box took fire and burned
a hole through the floor. Mr.. Gregory,
who was sleeping In the store, was
awakned at O'clock by the smoke and
put the fire nut. Mr. Woodwork had
Kept the ashes in sight all day for
safety, and before going home made
sure there were no Goals in the box.
His stock Of goods was insured foy
5000, but he has since taken out d
policy for another 5000.
HARRISON Bros. of the Pionee. Mills,
East Side, have sent large order for
flour sacks with brand specially de-
signed for their popular whole wheat
graham. HARRISON Bros whole wheat
graham has hecOme necessity In most
Hood River families, and the firm will
make an effort to enlarge their trade
with towns up aud down the Columbia
river. Their whole wheat graham is
made from selected winter wheat, and
as they never grind any quantity ahead
of orders, its freshly ground qualities
can always be depended upon.
Candy post had full meeting last
Saturday, when the new officers for
the ensuing year were installed, rs
follows: Commander, ID q. Hill; senior
vice, J. w. Rigby; junior vice, w. II.
Perry; surgeon, l.. ID. Bluunt; ad-
justant, 4. j. Cunning; quartermaster,
l.. Henry; quartermaster sergeant, G..
j. Hayes; inside guard, j. b. Rand;
sergeant major S. f. Blythe.
AT the stockholders' meeting of the
Hood River Water Supply Co., last
Saturday, the following officers were
elected: Board OF DirectOrs-C. T..
Markham, +. G. Sherrieb, j. i. ArmOr,
q. j. Gessling, Frank Davenport, d G.
Hill aud Chas. Chandler. The board
organized by electing ID. q. Hill pres.
ident, G. f. Markham secretary, and
q. j. Gessling treasurer.
The weather continued stormy during
the past week. Snow fell every day
till Wednesday, when light chinook
wind sent the thermometer Up to the
4Os. The snow was about two feet
deep Wednesday morning, but the
chinook settled it and it is now not
more than Is inches.
Capt. John w. Lewis delivered his
lecture in Hood River Monday eve
ming, which proved to I've about the
stOrmiest night Of the season, and in
consequence the audience was small.
We have not heard from the country,
where he lectured at Barrett and Odell
school houses.
The X. Of p. lodge, of which John II
Gerdes is a member, gave him wood
bee last Monday. A fine lot of wood
was hauled and cut up. There were
present: Tom Wickens, o. Eastman,
Frank Caddy, w. s. B0orman, Sam G.
Smith, VIM. Buck, Charlie Lloyd,
Warren Miller.
Chas. Bradley, NJ. F. 10y, VIM. 10y
and Oliver Richardson, who were get
ting out the timbers for the new bridge
above Winans, were compelled to quit
work and came home Sunday on ac-
count OF the snow, which was then
about 2! feet deep.
G. d. Woodwork received a letter
from p s. Davidson, jr., which said |
the family were getting ready to move
to Hood River and that some of them
would arrive here in the latter part of |
January.
Mr.. H. Pugh received telegram last |
Sunday from Wasco stating that his
granddaughter Esther Pearl Pugh,
aged about five years, died of pneunlo-
MIA January 9TH.
Edwin Henderson, son of Attorney !
I To Tod ff,
to Hood River from Olympia about |
February lst to make his home with
his father
DIR. Benjamin, dentist, will be in
Hood River Friday and Saturday, Jan.
20th and Dist. He has moved his Port
land office to room 3l4 Oregonian build
ing.
Work will commence again next
Monday with a full force on the new
bridge above Winans, provided the
snow is off the trees.
Mr.. j. ID. McCully, a prominent
banker and merchant of Wall0wa val
ley, Oregon, was the guest of DIR. Shaw
over Sunday.
Robt. Husbands is seriously sick
with typhoid fever He brought the
disease with him from Sherman county.
Don't forget the union meeting to-
morrow and If you can't attend send !
proxy by some member
Before you go to drive logs on Hood
river get your boots filed with calks ut
Denzer's.
Miss Madge Warren spent the holi-
days at Portland, visiting friends.
&. T. Bonney pays highest cash price
for fat stock Qf all kinds
Mr.. G. r. Bone was In town last
Saturday.