The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-03-30
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.


so per sitting. +. E. SAVAGE.
b. e. Savage is on the sick list and
der the doctors care.
gol. Hartley is building a neat fence
,und his residence block.
Il Pugh is building quite an addition
Biz house occupied by Capt. Davidson.
Austin Wilson is laid up with a bad
dand has been under the doctors care.
II. Nickelsen and family visited c.
EARLY and family at Viento on Satur-
Eull-blood one-year-old single comb
own Leghorn rooster for sale by j. IL.
Dherg.
The ladies aid society of the Congre-
tional church will meet at Mrs. Noah
mes Oh Friday afternoon.
Rayburn the milkman, delivers milk
orning and evening. He drives 4
bite horse and new spring wagon.
Mrs. Charlotte Koplin has been dan
rously sick with heart trouble for the
st week, but was improving at last
counts.
Miss Emily Palmer of White Salmon,
no Was quite sick last week with the
ip, is getting better and is now in a
ir way to recover.
DR.. F. G. Brosius has returned and
n be found in his office over Williams
Brosius' drug store, between the hours
l0-1l a. M, 2-3 and 6-7 p. IN.
Is acres finely improved land. 90
res suitable for fruit or dairy. Fine
sreage tract, with house, in town. For
Ie E. Z. SAVAGE.
DR.. Shaw's cottage, on State street,
ear Second, is nearing completion, and
sing in commanding location, will
axe one Of the prettiest homes in town.
Judge Prather has procured for the
ood River library the Standard His
bry of All Nations, in ten volumes,
his is a most valuable addition to our
brary.
Il. B. Crawford, of Hazeldean, near
White Salmon, died of heart failure at
is home Friday, March 23d inst, aged
2 Wears. A wife and adopted daughter
uryive him.
Il, L. Denzer is rushing work on the
fmmer boarding house he is building
Blowers addition for Portland parties:
he building will show up nicely from
he state road.
Z. X. King, who has been visiting with
is brother A. w. King, in Hood River
uring the past winter, left last Satur.
ay for his home at Weiser, Idaho
vfere he has q large stock ranch.
Mrs. A. C. Lender OF Groton, s. Da
ousin of Mrs. f. w. Angus and tht
Morse brothers, is visiting her relatives
n Hood River. Mrs. Lenders husband
editor and proprietor Of the Grotoi
Independent
Our valley was visited by a soaking
ain last Saturday night and Sunday
t was the first rainfall for two weeks
md roads were dusty and newly Sc
trawberry plants were suffering 10
noisture.
w. L. Clark OF Cascade Locks was il
own Saturday, MIR. Clark is sub-in
spector OH the works at the Locks. II
-eports that about fifty men are employ
Ed in building a protection wall on tn
sIand at the mouth Of the locks.
30 part of town is building up NOR
EapidIy than Blowers addition. Th
new houses Of n. Tostevin, L. E. Denzel
!. "A. Knapp and Ii. w. Wait, along tn
State road, have been occupied for som
time and the owners have graded oil an
are identifying their lawns.
d. D. Calkins, proprietor Of the Franl
ton poultry ward, laid an egg on 0U
table last Saturday that weighed =
ounces. The egg was first laid by Nj
Calkin's favorite Light Brahnla hei
and to the hen of course all credit
due Mr.. Calkins is making succe'
OF the poultry business.
Commencement exercises at Barre
school, on the evening of March 2ls
were attended by over 200 people. TT
ESSAYS read by the graduating class WEI
highly complimented, which speaks we
for the teachers as well as pupils Prof
Ackerman and Gilbert were both presei
ard delivered addresses, the latter pr
senting the diplomas.
Ed Miller of Yiento was a spectator
The Dalles convention. Ed, as is We
Known, lost his right arm in plan
last summer, and is therefore incapat
tated from following his trade as sa
mill man. He has lately attended bus
ness college in Portland and brushed !
his knowledge of clerical work
NAV bloom out as a candidate for coun
clerk when another republican coun
c0nvention comes along.
The fruit crop was never more prol
ising. Peaches, plums, cherries, prun
and strawberries are in bloom, a.
early apple trees are showing the hioo
Drchardlsts are preparing to spray
the Goblin moth. The heavy loss OF t.
wears ago, when we had an immer
crop and lost most of it through fallu
ID spray, was an object lesson that W
not soon be forgotten.
The cantata OF Lost and Saved, tt
Was to have been repeated March 81
has been postponed indefinitely. M
Simmons was called to Portland by
Illness of her sister. Miss Ida Foss, t
leading character, is teaching at Irt
Lake. w. S. Gregory will remove
Portland, and other changes have TAX
place which necessitate the postpo
nlent of the play for the present.
Instructions sent out from the P
pffice department, office OF the super
tendent free delivery system, state Il
all carriers are under the control OF
postmaster from whose office the serV
i established, and it is his duty to
port any derelictions upon their par
Rural carriers are now supplied W
stamps. postal cards, ETC., for the
eommodation of patrons, and they
also receipt for money orders.
Fred Bailey and wife came to to
the night of the band concert to att
the same. While driving down I
street one of Mr.. Bailey's horses stl
bled at the crossing at Rogers st'
where the gravel crosswalk makes a
in the ground. When the horse tei
was pushed along by the impetus gai
by the team, and with its head ON
ground, rubbed the skin from about
eyes Roth IFS ewes were soon so ba