The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-07-26

Mrs w. 7. Watson has been at 81
MARTINS springs for the past four week.
and her health is much improved. Thi
is the third trip she has made TO thes,
springs and each slime she has beet
greatly benefited. Mr.. Watson, while
at the springs, made himself useful anC
earned the lasting gratitude Of invalidi
by building more seats along the trai
leading up from the bath houses TO th,
hotel. He also set posts and stretched
a rope 10 assist in climbing the hill
The price OF board at this popular healtl
resort has been raised TO Sl0.50 a week
+. B. Clark purchased for $50 thC
frame building occupied by Sherrill's
furniture store, and will remove tn,
same to the lot now taken up by the
photograph gallery on Third street
Sheriff. will continue with his bushes:
in the building for a couple Of months
l.. d. Boyed has completed burning the
bricks for the Often building, and prep.
arations for erecting the same will begir
at once. John Often will be here from
Salem next week to let the contract fol
the building
The Underwood brothers, heretofore
doing business in partnership, give no
tice in another column OF mutual disso,
luton, and the ferry they have been
operating between Underwood and
Hood River will hereafter be operated
by Amos Underwood The firm n I'm,
derwood Bros. has existed for 30 year,
or more, during which time they opere
ated line of fiat boats on the middle
Columbia, and did an extensive wood
and saw log business, besides conduct
ing their farms.
The following party went to Mount
Hood last week Sam Bartiness and
sons Earl and Meigs, Rev. and Mrs. III.
G. Shaffer, Miss Grace Earl OF Attica,
Indiana, Miss Sadie Orr of Wasco, and
Miss Lydia Hiestand. Johnny Roberts
manipulated the reins Of the four-horse
stage. All of the party, excepting the
Misses Earl and Iliestand, reached the
top of the mountain with the north-side
Mazama party, Friday. They returned
Saturday and report delightful trip.
Charley Evans, the l2-year-old son OF
n. G. Evans, met with painful accident
Sunday that came near destroying the
sight Of his right eye. He was stringing
a crossbow, when the stock OF the gun
snapped and was driven with terrific
force into the corner Of his eye. His
father with difficulty pulled out the
splinters, bandaged the eye, and DR..
Watt was called to ease the pain.
p. d. Hinrichs, reporting from Hood
River for the u. s. Crop Bulletin, sends
the following for last week; Fruit is
not as plentiful as a year ago still there
will be many prunes and pears The
second crop of clover is looking fine and
will be ready to cut in two or three
weeks. Corn is not doing SO we'll, on ac-
count of the cold weather. Many people
are busy cultivating Strawberries and
setting out young plants"
Charles Lamberson of Portland pur-
chased, last week, 10 acres Of Mrs. Par
ker's property, located between the
tracts recently secured by j. G. Boggs
and S. A. Knapp; consideration, $3.50.
Mr.. Lamberson is brother to Buell.
Lamberson, the Portland seed man. lie
will Immediately build a residence, inn
prove the land and set the same to
berries
Ferguson q Wright of the Mountain
Stage and Livery Co. are agents for the
Regulator Line and are prepared to sell
tickets to all points on the Columbia
and to check baggage and receive freight
for the same. The old reliable Reg
ulator Line has been doing big freight
business this summer
Il. +. Lyons last week sold 5 acres OF
land to j. r. Kinsey for $50 an acre,
Mr.. Kinsey and wife are recently from
Ohio and have been visiting T. }. Cum
ming and wife. They are well pleased
with their purchase and will erect a
neat cottage in the near future and
make their home in Hood River valley.
Charles Chandler expects to harvest
about 80 tons Of hay this summer. He
is experimenting this year with a new
kind of grain, recently from Germany,
called speltz, which makes good stand
for hay. Speltz is very similar to rye
and is used for bread purposes by the
Germans.
Some excitement was caused in Vi
ento, one day last week, by the report
that crazy man was running loose on
the mountain above town. The man
who started the report was misled by
hearing a man shouting at his COW,
which had proved rather contrary in
driving.
The steamer Regulator is making a
Sunday trip from Portland to The Dalles
and return now. She leaves Portland
at o'clock in the morning and arrives
there again at in the evening She
passes Hood River about | O'Clock going
up and o'clock coming down
Professor S. G. Sheriff. arrived in
Hood River from Cornelius, Tuesday,
and is visiting his brother, w. Il. Sher-
rill. Mr.. Sheriff. has accepted the prin-
cipalship of the graded school at Castor,
Oregon, and will begin his labors in
September.
Doug Langille and W. b Cole, with
their geological surveying outfit, are
camped at Cloud Cap Inn. They expect
to take some measurements OF the
mountain during the week. Bert Stran-
ahan is with the party.
J. w. Overbaugh, who has farm Of
several hundred acres at White Salmon,
directly opposite Hood River, realized
$500 from three acres OF strawberries
this season, and the berries were grown
without irrigation.
Capt. Judd Ferguson went out to
Trout Lake last week, with II. w.
0'Melveny and son for a days outing at
that well-known fishing ground. Mr..
O'Melyeny is an attorney at Los An
geles, Cal.
n. c. Evans and family are camped
on the fishing grounds Of upper Hood
river. After 20 years residence in Hood
River this is Mr. and Mrs Evans first
outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Phillips and child,
Mrs Bamford, Mrs. Wheeler and two
children, and John Lentz, all Of Port
land, are stopping at the Ingalls, house.
Col. Harry Haines and family Of For
est Grove are visiting A. c. Staten and
family. Col. Haines is successful
farmer and a veteran of the civil war
F. c. Sherrieb cut 35 tons of timothy