The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-09-15
aood River Glacier
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1899.
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
Do you want lumber? II 50, see

j. Herbert Preston, the Estey organ
man, is again in town.
Clyde T. Bonney made business trip
to Spokane last week.
Lee Morse is moving his logging out
fit up to Dayenports mills.
Misses Grace and Helen and Sam
Eliot went to Portland Tuesday.
Mrs. S. A. Knapp is in Portland Sc
lecting her fall styles Of millinery.
u Louis Baldwin and John Buck return
cd from Sherman county last week,
Mrs. Ed Birth and Miss Grace Rogers
have returned from Sherman county.
Oliver Chilled Plows for sale by A. S.
Blowers < Son, sole agents for Hood
River.
. Mr.. Hopkins, lately from Columbus,
Wash, has rented the Sheppard place
in Crapper district.
Mr.. Knutson, at the Elk beds, sent in
fine samples OF apples, Gravensteins and
fellew Transparent
Claude Copple left today for Eugene,
where he goes to resume mis- studies in
the University Of Oregon,
" Have YOU seen Mart Rand's kissing
bug, received from the Philippines? II
not, ask him to show it to you.
- VIM. Allen and family returned from
Idaho, Monday. Mrs Allen has been
quite sick with fever, but is improving
u Lost-On the road os, from Rwin Oaks
farm, small black cape Finder will
please leave at this Office and receive re-
ward.
o. T.. shippey of the frm of shippey
Bros, Lyle, Wash, was in town last
week. This firm has saw mill and box
factory at Lyle.
rs Mr.. and Mrs. John Donohue will be
greatly missed from the Kent region.
After this week they make their hcme
in Hood River yalley.-Moro Observer.
Miss Nellie Olinger Of Hood River,
cousin to Mrs w. Ii. Heisler and Mr..
II. f. Temple Of this place, is guest Of
the latter this week.-Dufur Dispatch,
DR.. f. c. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
q Brosus' drug store, between the
hours oi l0-ll a. nj, 2-3 and CT p. m,
Parties intending to plant fruit trees
will do well TO see Tlllett. he has a
fine lot of trees, and has 200 Lambert
cherry trees. two years old, for lOc each.
S. w. King went to St. Martins
springs Monday to get rid OF rheuma-
/ tism, which has laid him up for the past
month. His daughter Nettle went
with him.
re The ladies' Of the aid society Of the
Congregational church wish to announce
that they will do plain sewing, either NJ
the church or ut home, for 80 cents an
afternoon.
Talking about big fish items, Mart
Rand tells the biggest and is still ai
large He said he caught fish so big
that the river fell foot when he lifted
1t out Of the water
Misses Mary, Margaret and Annie
Frazier left Monday for Portland, where
Mary will axe up her school duties anc
Margaret viii be her housekeeper An
nie will attend school.
Miss Helen Eliot and Sam Eliot re-
turned to Portland Tuesday, Where San
goes To resume his studies in the Port
land academy. He is a DIember Of The
class to graduate next June.
Richard Kirbyson has rented his farm
to his neighbor, Jas. Gordon, and lef
with his family for lyle, Wash, wherl
he will be employed clearing the righto
way for the Lyle-Goldendale railroad.
While the mercury was up to SIS in ths
shade, last Monday, Uncle Oliver Bart
mess got out his bike and took a spll
several times around the block. Every
body else seemed content to remain u
the shade. 81
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Stranahan re
turned last week from their Outing,o ,ol
Hood river. Oscar WAS very snccesAu
at fishing and kept the harder we'll sup
+ piled with mountain trout They wer
IN camp a month"; ,'t.
J. II. Gerdes and family left last Sa'
urday for Marion county to pck hops
Mr.. Gerdes has recovered sufficient
from the effects Of his accident last win
ter TO 90 around with the use OF Il cane
though his right leg from the kneo dow
! is paraIyzed.
Lewis johnson, ii partnership wit
John fsnskirk in gardnering at IN
Dalles, brought down q small boat loa
OF waterme1ons last week and sold thel
70 Bonney. sIf. johnson is an old sol
(, .iier Of the civil war patl served in tn
!, 23d Illinois. & s.,. = ant,ao,,
IS 8 Workmeri were engaged during th
week by the Oregon Telephone eompan
in putting another cross-arm ana /
stringing two more copper wires upo
the poles on their route along the Co
4, umbia river. This gives the telephon
8 wires for the long-distanee system be
tween Portland and spokane
! Earl and MeigsB essleayeSaturda
a. for Corvallis, where they go to take
eonrse in mechanical engineering at tn
state agricultural college. The boys hav
earned reputation in the Hood Rive
school for promptness and theroughnes
{ in all their school Affairs, and ought t
make success OF their college career.
The following Hood River teacher
were in attendance at the institute q
The Dalles last week: Misses Cora Coz
ple, Minnie Elton, Grace 4. Graham
Nettie Kemp, Me Ia White, Madge Wa
rem, Jennie Parsons, Marguerite Shelley
Messrs s. G. Sheriff., Fred B., Barnes
G. p. Thompson, II. Ia Howe.
A. H. Tieman offers his stock ranci
the best in the valley, for sale. lie ia
been quite sick but is getting well agalI
and ii buyer doesn't come along 500
I he may withdraw his ranch from ma
ket. lie is getting old but feels youn
enough to still run his ranch. lie tel
us that his grandfather was eommapds
OF a sea-going ship at the age Of 30.
.J.P.. Watson, wife and daughter Lul
will start about the first OF October II
5 Omaha, where they expect to make the
future home. Mr.. Watson has 81
brothers in Omaha, all engaged in blacl
smithng and horseshoeing. The Wa
sons have been residents of Hood Rive
for eight years and their many frienc
will miss them from society. lie otte
for sale his household goods in an ad
another column.
A. s. Disbrow returned last Frida
from trip to Umpqua valley, where I
went to visit his brother-in-law, NJ. v