The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-01

to examine into the legalityof our town
ordinances and prosecute offenders of
the same. Blowers moved to amend by
submitting the matter TO the attorney
general OF the state. The amendment
was lost. The original motion carried
by the following vote: Yeas-Bonney,
Dukes, Ferguson; noes Blowers, Bell.
Mr.. Bonney has since examined into the
law more fully and finds that there is
no need OF employing counsel and will
push the matter no further.
T. j. Cunning Is making extensive inn
provements in his residence on the
Markham place. lie is putting in bay
window, with porches around the house,
and on the inside is making radical
changes The kitchen il being enlarged
by taking in the back porch. This will
give Col. L. d, Blount, when he comes
home, a better show at the dinning table
and will make room for more guests on
state occasions Mr.. Cunning believes
in making use OF the services Of j. /.
Blount, who is an expert carpenter and
builder, and these improvements are
being made while he is with them.
Uncle George Booth was greatly de-
lighted when he came 10 town last Sat
urday and saw the dog presented him
by j. l.. Atkinson. Clarence Knapp
had informed him of the dog 5 arrival
and described il as a ''yaller dog with
long ears and looks like a hound, I"
Uncle George didn't know but what a
joke had been perpetrated by his friend
Atkinson, but was rejoiced to find that
the joke was by his neighbor, Knapp.
Uncle Georges new dog is the kind that
any man would be proud to associate
with.
Prof. Louis f, Henderson, professor of
botany in the state university Of Idaho,
has been granted years leave of
absence on half pay. Prof. Henderson
will take a post graduate course at Har-
ward and will leave for Boston in few
days. His family will reside in Port
| land, and his mother, Mrs. G. L. Hender-
son, will come to Hood River and spend
the winter with DR.. and Mrs. Barrett.
II. f. Davidson will start next Monday
for visit to his old home in Canton,
Illinois. He will be gone about month,
and during the time will visit Chicago
and all the principal cities along
| the Northern Pacific and Central Pacific
railroads, where he will look after mar
kets for the products of the Davidson
| Fruit Co. cannery and for Hood River
Strawberries.
The weather continues springlike.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday occurred
the heaviest rainfall we have had for
years. Monday night a lively chinook
wind prevailed, and Tuesday WAS like q
spring day. Fruit buds are swelling,
strawberry vines are blooming, and even
apple trees in some places are in bloom
John L. Henderson has sold % lots in
Barrett-Spma addition, six of which
sold for $40 each, the present price until
4 January lst. He sold two to A. 2.
Holmes, last Saturday, and located him
on homestead on the East Side. Mr.
Holmes will soon make his home in
Hood River.
Uncle Oliver Bartmess hauled off the
piles of muck in Oak street, last week
in his wheel barrow and dumped it or
Dallas lot. Uncle Oliver is the best
superintendent Of streets the town eyel
had. He has swept the sidewalk clean
for whole block east of the U B. church
r. T. Mills arrived here with his fam.
ily from Washougal by boat on Tuesday
and will make his home here for th'
winter. He is q stone and brick masor
by trade. Mr.. Mills is an old soldier
having served in the S6th Illinois during
the civil war.
w. P. Watson presented the GLAcEI
office with a supply of his nice crisp eel
cry for Thanksgiving. Call at Ever
harts, and among the many nice thing
you will find there, don't forget th'
celery.
j G. w. Phelps and Miss Cora Har
were married in Heppner Nov. 9th
, Bert Phelps, who is a Hood River boy
is now an attorney at law and partne
} with ex-congressman Ellis.
William George, who was a residen
/ OF Hood River last Summer, was il
town last week He will move her
} again with his family from Portlan'
? next week.
The board of directors OF the Hoo
River Fruit Growers Union has rescind
: ed the action of the former board Il
t levying assessment No. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Potter will shortl
leave for California, where they vii
: spend the winter for the benefit Of Nh
Potter's health.
Mrs. Milton Sunderland Of Portlan,
( visited Mrs. L. Henry and Mrs. Frc
! Howe and other friends in Hood Rive
y last week.
Capt. H. C. Cook Of White Salmo
has been recommended for the positio
of census enumerator for wester
: Klickitat county.
d. i. Miller returned from Portlan
: last week. He was taken sick in tn
{ metropolis, which detained him ther
two weeks.
A fine line Of fancy candies for tn
! holidays can be found at w. B. Cole
confectionery = homemade and in
! ported.
The Lost Lake Lumber Go. sent me
/. up Hood river on Wednesday TO driv
logs. The river is at a booming stage
A birthday surprise party was give
G. A. McCurdy on Tuesday evening
! Nov. 2Sth, it being his 49d birthday
For Sale at The Emporium-A quartz
: block in Parkhurst, only 500. Beaut
g full view Size of lot 1876 by l50 feet.
d DIR. t. l.. Eliot was in the vale
1 during the week and returned to Por
n land "Wednesday evening.
Y Miss Fffel Hull and Mrs. W. s. Brow
u OF Milton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. A
O. Hershey.
7 Contributions for the Children's HON
= can be left with Prof. Thompson up
2 Dee I'd.
:. Chris Rortsch and bride arrived WeC
o nesday evening from their southern tou
: Geo. w. Mcintosh and family returne
! last Friday from their trip East.
r H. Prigge's big barn has been painte
( red and looms up grandly.
Chas. NJ Morgan, an attorney OF Por
6 land, was in town Monday.
In WebfOOt
4 A letter from Earl Bartmess, who is
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