The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-06-07

more generally observed tnan usual IN
Hood River The day was beautiful.
Considering that Memorial day comes
when every man, moman and child in
Hood River has work 10 do, the old sold
iers we're highly gratifed to see so many
OF their friends at the cemetery. Canbv
post formed at the ball ground and with
the relief corps in carriages, marched
to ldlewilde cemetery, where the exeT-
'cises we're conducted at the grave of
their late comrade, ID II. Clough. Ser
vices were conducted according to the
service book. Lincoln's speech at Gettys-
burg and general orders from headquar-
ters We're read by the adjutant. Rev
j. l.. Herehner was called upon and gave
an excellent impromptu address. Com
mander Cunning gave short address, full
OF feeling, after which the comrades andre
liel corps visited the ten soldiers graves,
including one confederate, and decked
them with flowers. The post then as
sembled in the shade Of an oak tree and
sung America, after which Rev. ]. W.
Jenkins and Comrades lsenberg and
Hayes were called upon and delivered
short addresses full pntriotism, charity
and loyalty. Rev. Jenkins Sthen dis.
missed the assemblage with a bene-
diction. o
The base ball game between The
Dalles and Hood River mines, on Sunday
resulted in favor OF The Dalles Is to g.
The Hood River club became demoral.
lied in the first inning, in which their
opponents scored s runs Dorrance
Smith pitched for the first inning and
gave such good balls that they were
knocked clear out of the township. Ber-
ry pitched the balance of the game, and
some good playing was done on botn
sides Both mines played in good
humor.
A man named Lacy, engineer at But.
ton q Sohn's logging camp on Wind
river, sustained broken leg on Monday
and was brought TO Hood River for treat.
ment by DR.. Brosius. The accident was
caused by the locomotive used in haul
ing logs becoming unmanageable on O
down grade. +. ii. Button got shak.
ing up also but had no bones broken.
A sharper dropped into town last SIT
urday and procured a city license to run
a fish-pond game, claiming to the re-
corder that he would give a prize with
every chance taken. His game proved
to be a dead sure swindle, and the mar
shal closed his game after it had run
about an hour. The sharper cleaned W
SIS or $40 from some of our brightest
citizens, who thought they could beat
the game.
Two arrests were made on the base
ball ground Sunday. Two Dalles boys
got too much tangle-foot aboard and be-
came disorderly and resisted the officers
who placed them under arrest. Mar
shall Olinger and his assistant, w. A. Is
enberg, marched them to the lock up
They were allowed to return home witt
the rest of the party on the boat.
Mr. and Mrs. Ladd, Mr., and Mrs Ins
ley, Miss Holton and Mr.. Howard, all O
| Portland, came up last week and went
out to the Parker house. Thursday the
party went TO the DEVILS Punch Bow
at the falls of Hood river, On their way
home, Friday, they stopped at e. N
Benson's and got a supply OF Hood Riyel
| strawberries to take with them.
II. d. Langille and Bert Stranahar
came in from their camp on the heaC
waters of Dog river on Friday and re
| turned the next day. Mr.. Langille re
ports the nights have been very cold il
| the mountains, ice freezing every night
He found considerable snow when at al
altitude of 5000 feet There the
grass and wild flowers were just starting
from the ground.
Mrs. Chas B. Prathar has made sale
of her six acres on the East Side to Chas
Ness. Mr.. and Mrs. Prathar will move
back to their ranch on Rock Creek. Mr.
Ness and family came here from Yaki
ma to pick berries and like the country
SO well he decided to locate. The price
paid for the six acres was $500.
John Dark was badly hurt on Monday
while working for Cameron at White
Salmon. He was engaged in blasting
out a jam in the river, when a BIAS
loosened a rock on the mountain side
which rolled down and struck MIR. DARK
in the face. He was badly cut about the
forehead and cheek. 1t was close call
L. b. Royal came up from Portland
last week to spend a few days with hi
friend, I. Meldrum. The latter super
intending the work of putting in thC
electric light plant which is so soon t
furnish illumination for our city anC
suburbs. Mr. Royal returned to Port
land Monday.
Chas. F. Rand, first volunteer of tn,
war, 18th N. Y, cousin to the RanC
brothers, Bent and Mart. Rand, volun
teered April 10th. Bent and Mart volun
teered April 18th, three days later
Bent and Chas F. were in the first bat
tie of the war at Blackburn's Ford, Jul,
18th, 1861.
1t was common remark with tn,
many visitors to Idlewilde cemetery OF
Memorial day that never before had the,
seen it kept in such good shape. A. o
Hershey, the present sexton, has Ger
tainly kept things in order and proven
himself to be the right man for this i'm
portant work.
Mrs. Geo. p. Crowell has wonderful
success in growing roses, and her fiowe
garden is much admired by passers by
She is generous in her bestowal Of flow
ers, and many lover of the beautiful
has been made glad by boquet iron
her hands
The salary of Postmaster Yates c
Hood River has been raised from 81 40
a year to 81 800 year. Mr.. Yates is a
industrious, efficient and painstakin
official and all his patrons'will unite j
saying that he deserves the rise i
salary.
Last Friday Howard Isenberg and
ticket agent for the merry-go-round ha
, "merry-go-round" of their own. w
, do not know how many rounds they ha
but the agent was obliged to go to Por'
land Saturday. Howard is able to b
about, as usual.
Mrs. S. B. Crockett, after spending
weeks in Hood River, visiting friend
and relatives, returned to her home 9
Kent, Wash, last Friday, accompanie
bv her sister, Mrs. B. Warren, who wi
make an extended visit on the Sound
Hon f. L. Smiths Monarch sprayin
machine is proving a grand success
| XXr;+b chic machine he can sDraV 20 acre