The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-01-18

j. r. Warner,an old resident of White
Salmon, died at his home in Bingen,
January Is, 1901. He was in his usual
good health on that day and went out
and shoveled some earth to mend the
road and soon after was taken down
with heart failure and expired j. X.
Warner was veteran OF the civil war
and served in the sgd Massachusetts, reg
iment He was member of J. w. Nes-
mith post, g. A; r., at The Dalles, and
always took deep interest in the work
Of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He was member OF the council of adj
ministration, department OF Oregon,
and never failed to attend state en-
campment of the G. A. X. He was rs
years OF age.
! The oldest inhabtant in Hood River
says he never saw it rain like it did last
Saturday and Sunday nights. Saturday
was a mild, springlike day, with light
chinook breeze and the mercury jumped
! up TO 60. About three o'clock in the
afternoon il commenced raining and
there was a heavy downpour till next
morning. Hood river was roaring and
many logs that were cut and throwninto
the river during last fall came down and
about 500, 900 feet we're caught in the
Lost Lake Lumber Co.'S boom. The
streets OF the town were badly washed
in many places. The roads throughout
the valley suffered washouts. The sixteen
inches Of snow that covered the ground
! Friday morning was about all gone Tues
day except in the timber.
The Hood River Electric light Co., on
Tuesday, received cedar poles from
Portland, enough to string their wires
all over town. The poles were delivered
on the ground ready for setting by the
| Mountain Stage Co. The dynamos and
water wheel have been ordered from
San Francisco. The route of the poles
out OF town will be by the road leading
south by the school house, thence south
to f. n Benson's place, thence east to
the power house on Hood river. The
poles TO be set in the streets are all 30
feet in length and inches in diameter
at the top. On the hill the poles will
be 30 feet in length.
Miss Bertha Prather gave a party
Tuesday evening in honor of her BIRTH
day. Games and light refreshments
were the order Of the evening. All
present spent very pleasant evening.
Those present were The Misses Nellie
Oinger, Emma Bonney, Eva Nicklason,
Nellie Rogers, Edna Sheriff., Carrie
Butler, Tina Cramer, Nellie Clark, Pearl
Slusher, Vera jackson, Clara Blythe,
and Messrs. Clarence Gilbert, John
Booth, Charley Tostevin, Louis Ulrich,
Bert Prather, l.. NJ. Davidson, Winnie
Olinger, David Flemming, Ralph But
ton, Howard Searles, Bert Huckabay.
Mrs. Boyden- Goddard has in course
of preparation another of her enjoyable
entertainments, which will be given
about the lst of February. In addition
to the usual programme there Will be
presented an operetta in one act, entitled
''Love and Whist, which will be staged
by Mr.. Grenville Goddard, and in which
he will also take part. The full pro
gramme will be published later on.
At the annual meeting of the Water
l Supply Co. Jan. 5th, the following diree
tors we're elected F. G. Sherrieb, H. j
Hibbard, G. L. Markham, q. J J.Gessling
| d. G. Hill, Chas Chandler and r. j
2 Ellis. The board afterwards organized
: by electng F, G. Sherrieb, president
b. II. J. Hibbard vice-president; G. +
4 Markham, secretary; q. j. Gessling
2 treasurer.
\ Another proof that it pays to adertise
/ d. A. Turner sent an advertisement t
i find the owner OF stray animal tha
came to his place, and before the notic'
f reached the Office by the free deliver.
r the owner was on his way to get his an
J. imal Advertise in the Glacier.
J. A special meeting of the taxpayers il
J, school district No. is called for Jan
26th at 10 o'clock, for the purpose OF vot
4 ing tax to pay interest on bonds, t
0 pay for furnaces, for school purposes AM
a for incidental expenses.
g For one week only we will sell din
e ner set of A pieces of our semi-porcelail
ware for $420. Don't miss this.
, J. f. RAND.
J, Ye that are hungry for shoes shoul'
II read the Denver Clothing Store ad.