The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-15
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BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
Bamboo furniture at Bartmess'

oak writing desks.
See those fine golden oak Xmas
rockers at Bartiness'.
Exceptionally low prices on carpet at
Bartmess' furniture store.
Old papers for sale at the GLACIER
office for two bits hundred.
Money to loan on real estate by
JoHN l.. HENDERSON, agt.
The new ad of the Peoples Store will
tell you how to get your Christmas
turkey.
Don't forget the apron sale at Mrs.
Mercer on Friday and Saturday after
moons of this week.
The work Of opening D street is pro-
crossing and will soon be open to the
Barrett-Sipma addition.
T. C. Dallas sold his two lots in the
Barrett Sipma addition, last week, to
Mrs. Searles for SIS a lot.
After January |, l5o0, lots in Barrett
Spma onwill be advanced to SIS
per lot. Pa.ea. p. c2 ~ per lot.
Eand i aHdW changed Il.
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W. J. Baker went 70 Portland the first
OF the week to attend meeting Of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Conductors.
A fine line Of fancy candies for the
holidays can be found at w. d. Coles
confectionery - homemade and i'm
ported.
The drawing for the painting Of Mt.
Hood and Lost Lake, by Lane, will take
place at W b. Coles store, Saturday
evening, at 7 o'clock
A. L. Newton, lately from Salem, has
purchased n. G. Evans town property
and moved into it with his family. Mr..
Evans has moved to his farm.
Dr. f. G. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
4 Brosius' drug store, between the hours
OF l0-ll q. M, 2-3 and 6-7 p. IN.
S. j. LaFrance has the most complete
line OF Christmas goods ever brought to
Hood River. Persons buying early will
have a greater variety To select from.
The O. Il. & n. Co. have made ar
rangements to put On a daily train be-
tween Portland and Huntington. This
will give Eastern Oregon a morning
train from Portland.
A beautiful boquet of white carna-
tions was received from Carnation chap
ter, o. f. S., of Prineville, for the fu-
neral of Mrs. Mary +. Lister, who was a
member Of that ledge,
Miss Rose Smith, trained nurse OF
Portland, was sent for last week by Mrs.
Alfred Boormau of Phelps creek, to
nurse her little daughter Attic, who has
been quite low with typhoid fever.
We regret to learn that r. Pealer is
again quite feeble and requires an at
tendant The old veteran has not been
able to make his accustomed Saturday
trip to town for two months or more.
Mrs. NJ. II. Nickesen has few copies
of the book Golden Gleanings OF Po-
etry and Song" left over and those who
have not signed for this excellent work
will still have Il chance to procure a
copy.
@. l.. Gilbert, superintendent of
schools, was in Hood River four days
last week, visiting the schools through
out the valley. lie found our schools
all flourishing satisfactorily. Mr.. Gill
bert attended the local institute and re-
turned home Saturday night.
Mrs. NJ. II. Nickelsen received a letter
last week from her old home in Ger
many, bringing the sad news of the
death Of her father, n. +. Rordan, at the
age of S3. Geo Rordan Of Hood River
was his son. Her mother is still living at
the age Of 70. The old couple celebrated
their golden wedding last February.
The Mt. Hood Stage Co., consisting of
J. J. Luckey, II. D. Langille and Bert
Stranahan, have purchased the vacant
lot on the northwest corner OF First and
Oak streets Of Louis Seward, on which
they will build a livery stable. The
building will be 80 by 90, one story and
a basement and will front on Oak street
Jas. Langille will superintend the con-
struc.ion and work will commence at
once.
A railroad grader named c. E. James
was arrested on Saturday charged with
assault and battery On W alter Ii. Gerk-
ing. Tie case was tried IN Justice Pra-
theirs court and James was fined $50.
Not beng able to pay his fine, he was
taken to The Dailes Monday evening BY
Constable Olinger and will be confined
in the county jail 25 days. He used an
ugly "b;lly' in his assault on Gerking,
and for this his sentence was made Sc
we're.
1t is suggested that post office be es-
tablished ut Straight's place, south OF
Tucker, and that change be made in
the route OF the free delivery mail car
rier so that he may go as far up the val
leg as Straight's. BY this change the
Mt. Hood d strict could have three mails
a week for about the same as it now
costs for twice a week. The way TO Sc
cure this change would be to petition
the post Office department by the people
who would be directly benefited.
The many friends of C. L. Copple aud
family here win be pleased TO learn they
will soon be residents OF Hood River
again. Mr.. Copple has rented Jesse
Imbler's place, two miles south OF town,
and is expected to arrive here with his
family today. Mr. and Mrs. Imbler
will go to Tillamook, where their two
sons, A. E. and Ray Imbler, are con-
ducting racket store and doing we'll.
They do not leave Hood River for good,
but will return in year or two.
A fatal accident occurred on the rail-
road just east of Hood River on the
night OF Dec. 9TH. Ed d. Ramsey, en-
gineer on the pile-driver train, was
thrown from flat car in rounding a
curve while the train was going at the
rate of 80 miles an hour. He was picked
mp and taken to The Dalles, but sur
vived only few hours. Deceased was
we'll known in Hood River and had been
in the employ of the o. r. & n. Co. for
n number of years. He was sober and
He leaves a widow and
three children. He was a member OF
Idlewilde lodge, l. o. o. F., of Hood
River.
A gentleman and lady, strangers in
Hood River, accompanied by little boy
about ten years old, arrived on the tram
Monday evening. They called at 5. f.
Bartmess' furniture store and the man
asked Sam, Have YOU got any see