The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-02-16
food River Glacier
RIDAY, FEBRUARY ls. 1900.
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS,

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Mrs. F. c. Sherrieb, who has been
iangerously sick, is recovering.
Al. L. Phelps has been quite sick
ately, threatened with pneumonia.
Natural gas is flowing at Parsons,
Sansas. L. d. Blount is nOwin Parsons.
sam Kelley has gone to Pendleton
gith view of locating if he likes the
lunch grass country.
ID. w. Hodge, Mrs. P. G. Barrett and
ier grandsons, Edwin and Edward, left
n Monday for Buffalo, N. Y. The re-
nains of the parents OF Mr. Hodge and
Ars. Barrett, which were buried on the
jarrett farm, were taken up and shipped
o Buffalo, where they will repose in the
amily lot in the cemetery at that place.
Dr. H. X. Hines and wife spent Sun
lay in Hood River DR.. Hines preached
"a the NJ. E. church Sunday morning.
Warren Davenport is expected to ar
i've here from Idaho this week to take
he position OF bookkeeper for Davenport
3ros
Miss Madge Warren closed success
ul term of school at Cascade Locks on
friday last and returned home Sunday
svening.
Last Sunday was beautiful day and
many people strolled to the country.
Dur Sundays have generally been fine
al winter.
. Miss Winifred Marsh, one of the con-
testants for prize in the oratorical con-
test at Pacific university, won second
prize, SIS.
MIR. and Mrs. A. z. Curtis came up
from Portland Saturday evening and
went out to their place ut Curly Top to
rusticate for few days.
S. P. Shut shipped his printing ma
terial on Saturday to Granite, where he
has made arrangements to start news
paper to be called 1.-The Gem"
Dr. F. c. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
4 Brosius' drug store, between the hours
of lO-ll a. M, 2-3 and 81 p. IN.
As acres suitable for fruit and dairy
ranch. 20 acres well improved. Choice
acreage tract in town, for sale.
E. E. SAVAGE.
Ho My is the new janitor at the Has
salo club. Heretofore the first member
of the club that showed up of an evening
had to build fires and fill and trim
lamps.
The new livery stable of the Mt Hood
Stage Co. is a model of its kind, and the
members of the firm may well be proud
of It. Jas. Langiile was the architect
and builder.
Allen Fulton has completed his new
house in town far enough for occupancy
and has moved in with his family. This
saves good deal of tramping back and
forth from his ranch while he is at work
on his house.
A correspondent of the Pacific Farmer
claims to beat any Hood River record
for laying pullets. He says his pullets
netted him 62 cents piece from Novem-
ber 25th to January oath. But he
doesn't tell how many pullets he had.
A Bible school has been organized at
the Valley Christian church. Elder
jenkins is teacher; Mrs. Jenkins, assist
ant teacher; Arvilla Poor, secretary.
/ Much interest is manifested in the work.
Everybody made welcome.
Fred Shoemaker telephoned from
Baker City to Dell Rand ON Monday,
stating that he was laid up with small
pox, and asking Dell to send word to his
folks. He said he was getting along all
right and expected to recover in good
shape.
Miss Laura Hill, who is attending the
Portland high school, came up on Thurs
day evening. She returned on Satur-
day. Grandma Clark went with her
and will stop for awhile with her son,
Newton Clark.
III. H. Holmes, wife and son Philip
spent several days in Hood River last
4 week. Mr.. Holmes is county clerk of
Multnomah county. He says the regis
tration of voters in Portland makes a
great deal of extra work in the clerks
Office. Philip Holmes is a student at
BISHOP Scott Grammar School.
The genial old-timer, j. H. Middleton,
WAS in Hood River couple of days last
week. He finds great changes in Hood
liver since the days when he was a
leading merchant here. Mr.. Middleton
now devotes himself to the practice of
law, the profession for which he was ed
ueated and for which he seems to have a
special gift.
s. w. Heppner, who has been en-
plOyed at Davenport's planer, rejoices in
the addition to his family of ten-pound
girl. Mr.. Heppner is a native of the
keystone state, and resided in Northum-
berland and Dauphin counties. He
came to this coast 10 years ago and at
one time was we'll fixed in this worlds
goods, but the panic of '93 deprived him
Of his wealth.
A freight train was derailed and
wrecked just below Viento last Satur-
day. Several cars we're filled with cat
tie and sheep. All hands got off the
train without injury. Several of our
oitizens intended going to Viento on the
A O'Clock train Sunday, to view the
@reck, and return on the 6:l7 train, bu t
the west bound train was two hours late
and the trip had to be abandoned.
Morse Bros, who have been logging
Tor Davenport Bros, have completed
heir contract and are now moving their
logging outfit to the Washington side OF
The Columbia, where they have con-
tract to furnish logs for the Lost Lake
Anmber Co. They will bnfld a chute on
ne bluff near B. F. Beal's place. This
will give them access to fine body OF
timber, about 100000 feet, belonging
g Jas. Crowley, B. +. Beal and others.
a few evenings ago, while the pro-
uacted meetings were being held in the
u. B. church, man from Viento, who
Ras carrying considerable of jag, in
passing the church was attracted by the
Ausic. He went inside and stood by the
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advancing to the person nearest the
aoor, who happened to be Mrs. julia
Knapp, he handed her half dollar,
aging: "That's good (hie); good
nus(hic) glad l (hic) come; nice peo-
pie; I'm always (hic) willin to pay fol
7omethin' (hic) good" He was invited
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