The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-28

w. B. Cole and family returned from their
trip to Camas Prairie, WASH, Monday morn.
ing. They found some bad roads on The trip.
| After crossing the divide from the White Sal
mon they found two feet of snow in places.
The pioneers reunion at Glenwood was a
great success In every way. The weather was
fine, and about two hundred and fifty people
were present from the surrounding country.
Peter Conboy, one OF the first settlers in Cam
as Prairie, was master OF ceremonies. J. o.
Shaw, chairman, was the principal speaker,
but many Others availed themselves OF the
occasion to make short addresses. II was an
oid-fashioned gathering OF old neighbors. and
one can readily imagine how they all en-
loyed themselves. After basket supper In
the evening, dancing was the order. Young
| and old Joined in the dance and hOed IL down
| till the wee small hours in the morning.
Music was furnished by Bertschps band.
These reunions are held annually at Glen
wood.
| Fred RordeD now has 81 Angora goats,
which have been inspected and six OF them
registered by the American Goat Breeders
Association. The registered goats are worth
| S21 apiece. He recently sold one of the regis
tered goats to II. C. Crockett This goat was
a great favorlte with Fred and learned to
chew tobacco; but he Is particular what brand
| ne chews and will chew nothing but Star
| plug. Mr.. Rorden has made a study of the
| goat business and says he learned good deal.
| He finds II pays TO feed goats when q deep
snow is on the ground. During the late spell
OF weather with snow on the ground his goats
dld we'll on two pounds OF clover hay each
per day.
Miss Edna Groves OF Corvallis is visiting
her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. @. d. Thompson.
]. w. Berry, well known In Hood River, is
now travelling for the Farnsworth.Herald
Tailoring Co. Of Portland and was In town
last week.
Sam Stark, young attorney from The
Dalles, was In town last Saturday.
ryt..
TO their fruit ranch in Hood River. Mr.
Chandler was travelling for a tobacco COM
pany that has been absorbed by the trust. He
now finds he has better thing in looking
after his fruit interests here in Hood River.
Truman Butler bought the east lot OF Flint
Bradford's property, on State street, for $500.
Mrs. Flint Bradford's heart leaps 4th with
JOY see her baby's lst 9th.
l.. D. Boyed, who is doing the fine job OF
putting In the shelving for the handsome
store rooms of Frank A. Cram and q. e. Will
Jams, has about finished the work and will
TO burn another big KILN or brick BY the LIST OF
May.
Doc Foley started last Monday from Ontario
with shipment of sheep for Chicago.
Uanby post had good meeting last Satur-
urday. There was good attendance. Capt.
j. P. Shaw was visitor and was called upon
for remarks. He entertained the post for
probably half an hour in recOunting war
stories In his inimitable style. Several mem
bers Of the post were reminded of a story"
after listening TO Capt. Shaw, and they told
some whoppers.
The democratic county central committee
will meet In The Dalles, March Sth, to fix the
date for the primaries and county convention.
Trout Lake people deny the assertion made
by our White Salmon correspondent that
there was three feet OF snow In that section
this winter.
J. Wicktor's name is solitary and alone in
the letter list advertised at the post Office this
week.
Special music for DR.. Strong's lecture at the
U. b. church Friday night will be solos bv
Miss Anne Smith, Mrs. A. A. Jayne and j. II.
Nickelsen, and solo by Mr.. Bunnell, with
Miss Lizzie Roberts as piano accompanies.
The meeting at Odell Monday evening, call
ed for the election of trustees for the church,
elected NJ. d. Odell and Troy Shelley trustees
70 serve two and three years respectively.
This is Union church, built by the people of
the neighborhood of various religious beliefs,
supplemented by few donations from gen.
erous individuals of the town. AT the meet
ing, ways and means were discussed for the
completion of the building, which will be
ready for occupancy in the early spring.
Mrs. Iva Small went to Portland, Tuesday,
on visit
The title of Captain j. p. Shaw's lecture at
the U. b. church Friday evening, March l4th,
will be "Ciyil War Between the States" and
the causes leading up to 1t. He will endeavor
to portray the life of the soldier ''behind the
gun, and to show that to him almost alone
was due the preservation of the Union.
Mrs. H. NJ. Abbott is spending the week in
Portland attending the millinery openings.
Some enemy of the canine kind gave the
handsome dog belonging TO Ernest Jensen a
dose of cold poison and he died Wednesday.
He was the incest dog in town.
The "Irish Duke" tonight.