The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-11-14

E. D. Calkins will start for Idaho next
Sunday, to be gone a month or two.
A new piano was moved into the resi-
dence of f. B. Barnes Tuesday, all oi
which was unexpected by Mrs. Barnes.
e. E. Lyons started Monday night for
an extended trip to his old home in the
East. He will visit in Ohio and Illinois.
| Congregational Endeavor society will
! give pumpkin pie social, Friday even
ing, November q, at A. 0. U. w. hall.
| A. A.Jayne and family moved in from
their fruit ranch last week, and will
spend the winter in the city,
f. L. Chambers of Eugene, one of the
stockholders of the Valley Improvement
Co. of Hood River was visitor in town
Tuesday.
G. :. Copple returned last Friday
from La Grande, where he spent four
weeks in the interest of the order of
| Washington.
G. w. Parsons new dwelling house
on the hill was completed last week and
the family moved into it Monday. r. G..
Chapman of Vancouver was the archi-
tect.
T. G. Dallas has constructed tempo
rary crossing on Fourth street, which
for the present obviates the necessity of
establishing a ferry for the accommoda-
tion of pedestrians wishing to cross that
thoroughfare.
The citizens of Dukes Valley have Pc
titioned the county court to grant a
county road commencing at the south
west corner of section 80, township
north, and running east on the town
ship line to the Mount Hood road near
Booths. The road will pass by the site
of the new school house.
Chris Bartsch came down from Daw-
son last week, and is visiting relatives
in Hood River. Mr.. Bartsch will not
return to Dawson, but will make his
home in Tacoma. He says the Klon-
dixie country is getting to be too much
like civilization, and the chances to
make money are not like they used to
be.
The home of Nels Nelson was surrep-
titiously entered while the family were
away one day recently. The house was
locked and entrance could only be had
taken from the house and mischievous
pranks were played which showed that
the visitors were not friends. Mr.. Nell
son desires to warn the guilty parties
not to attempt a repetition of their mis-
chief, or they might make some trouble
for themselves.
Captain Dukes, superintendent of
streets, is engaged with force of men
putting in crosswalks on all the streets
that have sidewalks. The street super
intendent says G. r. Bone gave the ord
er for the construction of his part of the
sidewalk on Oak street to carpenter
firm two months ago. So when you
walk through the mud on that part of
Oak street where the sidewalk doesn't
connect, don't blame Mr.. Bone; the car
penters are to blame for having too
much work on hand.
]. A. Knox of Dukes Valley was in
town Monday. He reports that new
school district was organized in Dukes
Valley last Saturday. A site for the
school house was selected on the east
side of the valley, nearest the center of
population. c. R. Bone, A. J. Kessell
and w. g. Dodson were elected direct
ors; J. A. Knox was elected clerk. Two
hundred and fifty dollars were sub
scribed towards building a school house.
]. P. Thompson or j. A. Knox will do
nate the land for the school house, sub
iect to the decision of the board of di-
rectors.
J. p Egan, who injured his finger in
the eog-whells OF his cider mill q few
weeks ago, is getting along with his pet
as we'll as could be expected. II was a
close call for an amputatiOn, but the
finger is now on the safe side, and
while it win not have to be cut off, it
will most likely have q stiff joint. A
stiff finger, however, is better than
none, and if friend Egan keeps a stiff
upper-lip he will pull through all right