The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-19

carnival, some one who could have stai,
there all the time and given ont infor
nation to the many visitors who war,
asking about our section. Itwould hov,
Paid HOOD River well, too, he says t.
have had liberal quantity of our de
scriptlve. pamphlet there for distribn
= ton. About 5000 strangers visited the
carnival, and many were home-seekers
}. Mr: Schanno is proud OF the exhibit ol
fruit made at The Dalles from different
! parts of the county.
Judge L. ]. Davenport of Mosier met
j, with an accident last Friday which re-.
suited in q broken arm. He drove to
: the saw mill, where his pony took fright
at the noise OF the mill and broke Iis
buggy shaft, He fixed up the break as
best he could and started home. On his
way, while going down the hill to the
: bridge near his place, the broken shaft
pressed against the pony in tender
spot and caused him to run away. The
. Judge was thrown out of his buggy and
sustained q broken arm. He came to
Hood River ON Saturday and DR.. Watt
set the fractured arm.
The little steamer Iralda was well M
tronized by Hood River people going to
The Dalles carnival last Friday. Among
the passengers from Stevenson were Ed.
itor Ginder and family, Frank Clark
and Eugene Bush. Eugene has been in
the employ of Frank Clark for the past
two years. He was glad to meet SO
many Hood River people and said he
noped TO come back some day to live in
Hood River. The ex-candidate for citv
marshal was looking we'll.
Special Bible Studies.-At the regular
prayer service, Wednesday evening, Oct.
oath, Rev. II. G. Shaffer will give the
first OF series of eight Bible studies at
the First U. B. church. The subject
will be, "The Holy Spirit and His
Work" All who may wish to enter the
class are requested to bring a small tab
let and pencil. The young people are
specially urged to take advantage of
these studies.
The Dalles carnival closed Saturday
night with a wedding. Shirley 4. |
Parker and Miss Laura d. White Of
Wapinitia were the happy couple. The
Dalles merchants gave them enough |
presents in the shape of furniture, house
hold goods, groceries, etc., to set them
up in housekeeping. The carnival was
a great success in every way and will |
prove good advertisement for The
Dalles and Wasco county.
H. S. Richmond Of Mt. Hood, who put
in the past two or three summers as for
est ranger in the Cascade reserve, came
home last week. He says he will not
accept reappointment but will here
after devote his time to his ranch at Mt.
Hood. His orchard is bearing this year
for the first, and the apples are of the
best quality. Mr.. Richmond says 81 800
wouldn't tempt him to part with his
homestead, undeyeloped as it is.
Jas. Welch and wife of Astoria spent
last Thursday in Hood River, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. FL. j. Hibbard.
Mr.. Welch is grand master of the I. 0.
0. F. of Oregon and paid Idlewilde lodge
a fraternal visit Thursday night. Mrs.
Welch is president of the Native Daugh- |
ters of Oregon. Both are making the
roundsof their respective lodges through {
out the state.
The Pacific Monthly for October is a
most excellent number. The fourth ar
tjcle in the series ON "The Rivers of
Oregon" appears in this issue. The
fifth, which is now in preparation, will :
be devoted to the Columbia. Geo. NJ. I
Gage, subscription manager of this fa- !,
vorite publication, is now in Hood River !
and will make thorough canvass Of the
valley.
The Davidson Fruit Co. has received I
some heavy orders for canned apples !
and pumpkins. They are paying 40
cents per hundred pounds, or 20 cents
per fifty pound box, for apples. This is
or second-class fruit not suitable for
Their steam cider mill will
De running next week.
A syndicate, composed of P. Spangler, :
7. Bagley, R. r. Erwin, G. D. Thomp- 4
on, T. B. Barnes, L. Bradley and John v
J. Henderson, have bought block 2, il
'arkhurst, for 5000. This block lies just h
outh of the cannon house on the hill. "
t will be cut up into 16 lots and sold for Il
heap homes. a
Politics are beginning to warm up !.
ven in Hood River. We occasionally y
ear the presidential candidates mem Z
lOned on the streets and are reminded
hat the election is only three weeks off. &
iov. Geer will speak here on the 9th, L
nd later Dell Stuart and Earl Sanders d
ill speak. .
Chris Dethman took first prize on I,
.uit at The Dalles carnival. VIM Ehrek n r
eceived special mention for his box of q
Iyde's King apples, one of them meas :
ring 15I inches in circumference. Geo.
ooth's big Gloria Mundi apples also re-
eived special mention in the newspapers. r.
The editor of the Glacier was given J,
redit at The Dalles carnival for exhib- =
ing the biggest squash. The squash &C
-as grown by w. P. Watson and pre- n n
anted to the editor just before Mr.. Wat n
On left on his visit to the Sound. 70
Fred Bailey and family went to Port h. +,
Ind last Saturday. Mr.. Bailey, who is 4,
n expert drummer, will take lessons =
nd practice on the tap drum in the or
hestras of the leading theatres. He
lay remain in Portland all winter.
The winter apples Of Hood River have :"
olored wonderfully in the past two or Sc SC
hree weeks. The rain of two weeks ago II
nd the fine sunshiny weather since w
ave caused the apples to color beauti- W
lily. M
E. E. Savage last week bought of the a.
Emporium lot l, block l, Waucoma; III
onsideration $3.50. This property lies ae
lst north OF DR.. Shaw's residence. Mr.. p'
avage will build upon the lot in the N N
ear future. 81 81
Up to the first of this week the David az az
On Fruit Co. had sold to Hood River w.
-uit growers $4,000 apple boxes for this fe
ears crop. It is estimated that 10000 tv
lore will be required. ad
Richard Kirbyson and family are th
realty in love with the site of their new III
ouse 1t is situated near the bluff and &C
ommands fine view up and down the vi
olumbia river. ia
n.to ,,a,, st<sro IF Hanna and Hartley tb