The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-04
Nood River Glacier
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.

John Rayburn, the milk man, has
rented Lyman Smiths farm.
Eggs for Matching, pure bred stock,
81 so per sitting. E. E. SAVAGE.
Albert Mason found a horses head
stall and left it at this Office for owner. |
Buy your magazines and periodicals
at Bradley's Book and Stationery store.
Subscriptions taken for all publica- |
tions at Bradley's Book and Stationery
store.
Capt. Henry Coe is in command of
the D. p & A. n. Cos new boat on the
river.
Miss Mary Wolfard of White Salmon
spent Sunday with friends in Hood
River.
The Davidson Fruit Co. is booking
applications every day for work in the
cannery.
70 Loan-At Emporium, $500 in one
loan on improved real estate. Interest
8 per cent.
The Oregonian and the Evening Tel
egram for sale at Bradley's Book and
Stationery store.
w. S. Gregory has closed up the
land Wednesday.
William A. Mercer has ac pied
position in the general merchan disc store
OF a. S. Blowers & Son.
Mrs. Cortland Hunt of Spokane came
down to attend the funeral of her sister
in-law, Mrs. A. l.. Ho1son.
A man driving mule team passed
through town Saturday. He had only
eight dogs following his wagon.
For Sale--One good work team, weight
about 2200 or 2250, and harness. A bar
gain. E. T. FoLTs.
All of block 7, Parkhurst addition, one
of the sightliest blocks on the hill, for
sale by Geo. 7. Prather. Price 1926.
E. II. Pickard has treated himself to q
swinging scaffold for house and sign
painting, which will greatly facilitate his
work.
DR.. and Mrs. earns and son Clarence
went to Portland Saturday. Mrs. earns
and Clarence will visit for week or
more.
w. A. Ramsey, the artist who assists
Dallas in his tin shop, took day off and
went to Portland Saturday, returning
Monday.
Smith Bros. sold their band of horses
before arriving here. All who want horses
should address Smith Bros, box 329,
The Dalles.
The march of improvement has climb
ed the hill, and O.. j. Hayes is putting
up neat addition in the shape of
Kitchen IL by i6 feet in size.
DIR. F. c. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his office over Williams
< Brosius' drug store, between the hours
OF l0-ll a. M, 2-3 and 6-7 p. m.
Capt. Coe is putting in dormer win
house, painting the roof and wood shed
and making other Improvements.
Frank Davenport estimates that there
are 500 acres in Strawberries in Hood
River valley. Ii anybody can make a
better estimate, let him speak out.
The GLACIER has received from G. A.
6hnrte samples of rye and wheat of this
wears growth, grown in Gillian county.
The rye is 81 inches tall and the wheat
49,
Geo. Alleck successfully rode Col.
'Hartley's sorrel horse Monday evening.
The horse is eight years old and never
lad saddle on before ridden by George
Monday evening
III. M. Huxley of Portland has ac cep-
ted position as bookkeeper for the
Davidson Fruit Co. and arrived here
Monday. Mfr. Huxley thinks Hood
River is all right.
Chas. N. Clarke and bride returned
from their wedding tour last Thursday.
Che aroma of good cigars that foated in
kln otp told fhnf (thorlip' c
friends were celebrating his return.
Geo. T. Prather has 3311a acres of John
Sweeney's place for sale. This land is
well watered miles from town, and
must be sold in the next rs days or the
price will be put back to $500. Now $500.
Comrade Smith, a veteran of the Sec.
0nd Wisconsin in the civil war, came to
Hood River last week. He belonged to
the famous Iron brigade along with E
ID. Calkins,.J j. B. Rand and Id. Blount.
j. H. Thatcher and wife came up from
Portland Friday and went out to the
Parker house, where Mrs Thatcher will
remain for some time. Mr. Thatcher il
superintendent of the Oregon Telephone
Co.
b.. j. Young OF the East Side, while
working with road scraper, about
d month age, had the misfortune
TO get his right knee knocked out o.
joint and he has since been unfit fol
labor.
Feed and -four will always be furnish
ed by Rand & Stewart at lowest market
rates. Bran, slipper ton; bran and shorts
slS per ton; Shorts, $14 per ton. Pea
cock -four, 75c sack; Dalles Diamond
85c sack.
Somebody's pet rabbits, white ant
black one, are a great nuisance about
town. They dig out the flower bulbs in
the gardens. II the owner can not keeI
them up they ought to be killed and
made into an elephant pot pie by tht
tirst party who can find gun handy.
Davenport Bros. are filling contrac
for 10 1000 railroad ties for the portage
road at The Dalles. The ties are ship
ped by scow and loaded near Nicolai'l
mill. H. F. Blagg, B. F. Gerksng, ABB
Foley and N. Hall are hauling the ties
from the planer and haul about 200 {
day each.
The upper floor of Bone Bros. largt
Warehouse is almost full of strawberry
erates, and more crate material ordered
The lower floor contains the largest stocl
Of feed stuffs ever in Hood River, anC
they will sell you, by the sack, wheat
shorts, bran, rolled wheat and barley a
prices that will make you wonder wh'
paid the freight.
Sunday and Monday were quite warm
the mercury going up into the eighties
A strong east wind filled the atmospher
With dust from east of the mountains OF
Sunday. The hot east winds mad
Strawberry growers fear that their crop
Hould suffer, but the welcome chinoo
hat came up the river Tuesday evenin