The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.


Tents at Sherrill's.
Croouet sets at Sherrill's.
Land plaster at Bartmess'.
Watch Sherrill's ed next week
Look atthose new couchesat Sherrill's.
Harness and bikes repaired by ] .fIullt.
DR.. Brosius has good horse for sale
at $75.
Regular meeting of Candy post, G. A.
r., tomorrow.
Something new in dressers at Bart
mess furniture store.
A full stock of lumber, lath, shingles
and brick at Bartmess'.
Sheriff. guarantees Portland prices
and YOU save the freight.
Buv your magazines and periodicals
at Bradleys Book and Stationery store.
VIM Luckey OF Portland is visiting
his brother Jack and family in our city.
S. f. Bartmess has just received two
carloads of lumber and one OF shingles.
Theo. Smith is building good-sized
house at Tucker, having commenced
work on it Tuesday.
Another iron mail receiving box is be-
ing put up at E. f. Savages corner.
This makes four in the valley.
Lost or Stolen-0ne box of writing
material, containing letters of value to
the owner. Leave at GLACIER office and
receive reward.
The Misses Cora and Carrie Copple left
Wednesday for a trip to Portland and
the coast. They will also visit Mrs. E.
B. Clark at Fort Stevens.
G. A. Thomas, merchant OF White
Salmon, started East on Sunday with
his family and will make an extended
visit at their old home in Iowa.
DR.. f. G. Brosius has returned and
can be found in his Office over Williams
& Brosius' drug store, between the hours
OF 10-ll a. M, 2-9 and 81 p. IN.
Sheriff. has arranged with w. P. Full
ler & Co. in Portland to furnish doors
and windows at bottom prices. Get his
estimates before going elsewhere.
Our town needs more hitching posts
Several teams were left standing in the
streets last Saturday afternoon for the
reason there was no place to hitch
Insurance adjusters from Portland
were in town last Friday to adjust the
loss in the ice-house fire. The buildings
and contents were insured for $5,000
The cheapest place to buy furniture
and building material in town, and we
will back up the statement by figures.
Ask our patrons. s. E. DARKNESS.
Rev. C. D. Nickelsen and family are
down from Heppner on visit to rela-
tives. They expect to spend month in
the mountains at Lost Lake and Mt.
Hood.
w. J. Campbell commenced Monday
morning on the new house for F. E.
Jackson. The building will be 24x40,
one story, with glass front on Third
street.
Fred Bailey took his father and mother
to the camp at Maple Dell on Monday.
He reports that from the number OF fish
heads and other evidences in sight,
Grant Evans and Mart Rand have been
having fine sport,
Thos. Bishop has recovered from his
late illness and is able to drive to town.
He says he shall never forget the kind
ness shown by his neighbors during his
sickness. Mrs. Bishop, who has also
been sick, is recovering.
Mrs DR.. Stewart and Mrs. Sterritt OF
Walla Walla, sisters OF G. M. Wolfard,
are visiting the family OF the latter at
White Salmon. They arrived Friday
morning, with their daughters, and
gave their brothers. family an agreeable
surprise.
w. J Campbell has about completed
Chas. N. Clarke's cottage on Sherman
avenue. E. H. Pickard, the painter and
decorator, is now putting on the finish
ing touches. Jos Frazier did the plas-
tering and hard finishing. 1t is neat
job all the way through and will make a
cozy home
Will Rankin loaded his scow with
5000 feet of lumber at the Lost Lake
Lumber Co.'S MILL last Friday, to be de-
livered at Bingen. In towing across the
Columbia the scow swamped and was
beached at Underwoods. Mr.. Rankin
will at once build bigger and better
sc0w.
For Sale at the Emporium-l60 acres
60 can be made ready for plow for $lO0;
40 good timber. Fine soil; no rock on
$50 acres; big hay shed; school and post
Office only q mile; on daily stage line
we'll watered. $50 down, $50 in month,
$50 in months; bal. in 4 years. Only
$500; a rare bargain; Is miles distant
Messrs. w. A. Slingerland and B. f.
Shoemaker made trip to Vancouver
and Portland last week to get pointers
on building fruit dryers to be better
able to care for their big crops of prunes,
Both being we'll posted there was moi
much for them to learn about fruit
dryers. Both have decided to bulld
model, up-to-date dryers, and VIII DC
able to dry for others.
During the hot days last week water
was scarce article in town. Too many
patrons OF the water company left then
faucets open so that the water would be
cool when they wanted drink. Econ
omvin the use of water should be OBJ
served at all times while our supply is
short. and especially on warm days
When YOU let your faucet run you are
cheating your neighbor, sometimes leav'
ing him without water supply entlrely
The hot days of last week scalded the
tomatoes on the vines at several places
in White Salmon, and there was consld'
cradle loss. C. D. Moore has a few to-
mato plants in his garden staked ano
trimmed, allowing only the main branch
to grow and bloom. The fruit hangs II
clusters and is fully exposed to the sun
1t is in all stages of ripening, but there
is no sign of it having been blistered py
the sun. S. C. Zeigler's fine patel, o.
tomatoes is badly affected with blight
and the crop will be materially lessenec
in consequence Frank Noble has flnt
garden on his beaver dam land, and his
tomatoes are free from blight and have