The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-14

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ident, ]. II. Ferguson, vice-president,
N. G. Evans secretary and Leslie
Butler treasurer. The company will
proceed Immediately to the work Of sur
veying the route for the poles from N. G.
Evans place on Hood river A ditch
and flume will be constructed on Mr..
Evans place to take water from Hood
river to furnish power for the electric
plant. A turbine wheel will be put in
at the lower end of the fiume, where
power house and dynamo will be located.
Every advantage will be taken Of the
weather that will permit OF work, and
the project will be pushed to completion.
John Dark arrived home at Under
wood Monday from Mccoy Greek mines
He left Mccoy Creek Saturday and
reached Lewis river in seven hours.
Next day he made Trout Lake in seven
hours and came home by stage from
Trout Lake on Monday. He reports very
little snow on the trail, no place was it
over two feet deep, and he could walk on
the snow without breaking through. He
left Ed Swaziland in campat the mines,
where the two have been running a
drift. They killed big black bear last
week, and other game is plentiful. Jno.
Dark started on the return trip yester-
day.
The route over which the mail carrier
for the free delivery has to make his
daily rounds is in some places next to
impossible. The road from Frankton to
Belmont is said to be in deplorable
condition. 1t should be remembered
that the mail carrier is not obliged to
make trip when the roads are not in
fit condition. Now that farmers are
over the rush Of fall work it is q good
time to call for volunteer work on the
roads. If we wait for the paltry sum
we pay in road taxes to make good roads
we will never get them.
Miss Agnes Smith, who is the guest
of Mrs. I'll. G. Bateham, received tele-
gram two weeks ago stating that sister
had died at Cleveland, Ohio A few
days later she received letter telling of
an accident to the husband OF the dead
sister, by which he lost one of his hands
and all but two fingers on the other
hand. The unfortunate man has nine
children.
One hundred miles east of Hood River
wheat is sellingat 43 cents bushel.
Eggs are selling in Hood River at 35
cents dozen. How many dozen eggs
can be manufactured from one bushel
of wheat fed to hens? In other words,
how long will bushel OF wheat feed the
average hen that will lay twelve dozen of
eggs year.
w. j. Baker attended the annual
meeting of the Order of Railway Conduc-
tors in Portland on Monday. Mr.. Baker
has been one OF Hood Rivers leading fruit
growers for years, but he has never be- |
come entirely weaned from his old love
of railroading and likes to meet with the
boys, pay his dues and swap stories of
old times.
Joe Mayes met with serious accident
at Bonney's wood camp at Wyeth on
Monday. He was dislodging a jam in
the fume when stick of wood came
along unexpectedly and mashed two of
his fingers. The index finger on one
hand had to be amputated at the first
joint, and the middle finger was badly
lacerated.
Thursday night of last week was
most beautiful moonlit night. So bril-
liant did the moon shine that at 1920
o'clock letter was read by its light on
the porch OF residence on Lyman Smith
avenue. Mt. Hood stood outas clear and
white as one ever sees it on a sunshiny
day. Itwas indeed sight well worth
seeing.
The entertainment this evening, to be
given by the pupils of the public school
for the benefit of the school library,is one
in which we are all interested. The object
is most worthy one, and everybody is
expected to buy ticket whether he
can spare the time to attend or not.
Frank Miller of scholls Ferry, Wash
iDgton county, visited his brother III
Hood River last week. Frank had not
been here for two years and was sur
prised to find the many changes that
have taken place in Hood River In that
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Woodworth spent
few days in Portland last week. Mr.
Woodworth has one of the best improved
farms in the valley and it shows the
amount of labor he and his boys have
expended on it in the last year.
FL. Prigge's three calves that have
been missing since the snow storm were
found last Saturday in the woods south
of Rail gulch. All three were dead, and
it is supposed they perished during the
storm.
VIM. Edick and Peter Felthausen of
Mt Hood were engaged Monday and
Tuesday in repairing the telephone line
between Mt. Hood post office and Hood
River The line is now in good working
order.
H.O. Everhart has fine display of
preserved fruit in his store. The fruit
was put up by his mother, and an in
spection will show that she is an artist
in that line of work.
D. E. Miller returned from Portland
last week and will look after his IL acres
of strawberries ON Alma Howe's place.
During his stay in Portland he was clerk
in the Overland hotel.
The Regulator Co. has decided to keep
the steamer Iralda on the route between
The Dalles and Cascades. This steamer
is great accommodation to the people
along the river.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Davenport of
Egin, Idaho, father and mother OF
Frank Davenport and brothers, arrived
here last Saturday and will remain for
year.
VIM. Cheney, a relative of T. G.
Church, from Minneapolis. visited Mr..
Church's family last week, He left Sat
urday for his home in Southern Mime
sofa.
Jack Luckey has purchased the inter-
ests Of FL. d. Langille and Bert Strana-
han in the livery business and is now
sole proprietor Of the Mt. Hood Stage
Co.
Judge Prather and NJ. A. Cook will
serve a supper on the Filipino plan 10
the A. O. IT, W. members and their lam
lilies next Saturday evening, Dec. To-
NJ. H. Nickelsen of Belmont went to