The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-02-15
School entertainment Feb. 22d.

School entertainment Feb. 22d.
Virgil Austen is quite sick with pneu-
nonia.
Little Curby Ross is quite sick with
the grip.
Bartmess is business. Read his ad.,
it may be your business.
Letters remained in the post Office,
Feb. iIth, for Joe McNeal and Hugh
McKeone.
NJ. V. Rand has been suffering with
the grip and was in bed for week, but
is getting better.
Prof Troy Shelley is teaching the Mt.
Hood school. He commenced four
months term Feb. lst.
W. D. Richards of Eight Mile was in
town last week. visiting the family OF
his son-in-law, G. NJ, Sisson.
JOS. A. Wilson returned to Hood Riv-
err last Saturday, from West Virginia.
lie is looking hale and hearty
The Ladies Asd Society of the Congre'
gational church will meet with Mrs. G.
y. Thompson on Friday afternoon.
Ed. Williams, the carpenter, has beer
rlaid p fora week or more with rrheuma
tism and disease called shingles.
E. ii. Pickard is still confined TO the
house and is bedfast most OF the time.
Mr.. Picksrd has had a serious time oil
it for two months or more.
The Davidson Fruit Cos. box factory
will make a short run next week ant
those having mill work to do will pleas'
send in their orders at once.
F.E. Bailey is home from Portland
for few DAYS. He has decided to offe
his home here for sale. 1t is one Of th'
best improved small places in Hoo'
River.
Miss Ezma Jones of Portland hai
bought one acre OF ground from d. Il
Hill, and will build q neat dwelling oi
the same at once. j. F. Armor has tn
contract.
Jas. Langile, who went to San Fran
cisco last December to visit his son Bert
returned home last week. He fount
Bert fourishing in the big city by tn
Golden Gate.
Ed gar Stevens, who is clerking IN tn
office of the Portland board OF fire under
writer's, spent Sunday in Hood River
He was accompanied by j. o. Thomas
an attachee of the general passenge
agents office of the o. Il. q N.
Chas. Chandler returned Tuesday iron
a trip to the Willamette valley. Ii
took in the meeting OF the fruit grower
in Portland and then went to Browns
vile to visit an old Texas nelghbor, w n
Preston. He found one OF Mr.. Preston
sons very low with consumption.
Mr.Gambie of Wahpetoh, Mimi, an
81. Vidger of Fargo, n. D., wholesal
fruit dealers, spent a couple OF days las
week in the valley on invitation OF tn
Hood River Fruit Growers Unof
They handled all Hood River strawbel
ries they could get last year at $500 pc
crate and upwards /. o. b. Hood Rive
and they report the demand will D
much heavier this year.
NJ. NJ. Davenport has about compile
ed the west lateral of the Valley In
provement Co.'S. ditch from F. w. Al
gus place to Belmont church. Partle
Wanting water on this lateral shoul
make application as soon as possiDl,
This ditch when finished will hold 4C
inches of water and will cover 600 acre
of land not reached by the main ditch.
The gymnasium and reading room
at last an assured success. 1t was foun
impossible to raise enough money to br
lot and erect building, so with u
consent of those who subscribed. u
building will be placed just north OF u
Z. B. church. The committee eXpec
to get $500 more than is already su
scribed. A list OF donors will be pu
lished soon. The work began last Mo
dav, and will be pushed as rapidly
hln
Hon. H. V. Gates of Hillsboro was
town last Friday. Dir. Gates IS u
owner of electric light plants indiifere
towns in Oregon. He buys 800 CORDS
wood every year for his plant at hep
ner from Davenport Bros. lie louhu
old schoolmate here in the person
E. E. Savage. They were at college.
gether in 1866. w. ]. Baker also llN
In the same town with Mr.. Savage wh'
both men were boys, but they neV
made the discovery until few days az
The old oak tree that stood at !
south door of ]. Z Rand's store was c
down Tuesday morning by the woi
men erecting poles for the teiepno
company. As J. H. Middleton hten
soon to move this building across
street, his permission to remove
tree was no doubt given. The I'm
showing the age OF the tree were counl
nv Doug Iangille who is making a stu
ri the age of trees. and he fe1nd Il
the tree was 2SS years old. IL was
thrifty growing tree and measured
= inches in diameter.
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