The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-15

TO proceed at once with the surveys and
securing rights Of way and to have the
road IN operation within two years.
salmon trout have begun to enter
Hood river, and will be quite plentiful
about September |.
The Glacier acknowledges receipt of a
season ticket to the Elks' carnival in
Portland, September ] to lS inclusive,
Sunday was the hottest August day
on record for Portland, the government
thermometer going up to 81 in the
shade.
Portland has had a little hot weather,
but the citizens OF the East viii wait a
long time before they hear anything OF
sunstr0kes or heat prostrations from the
Nobfoot metropolis - Evening Tele-
gram.
Ira Sturgis, the l9-year-old son Of /
N = StilFgis OF Mosier, was killed near
chat town last Wednesday by the caving
III Of q sand bank under which he was
working, The parents Of the young
man have the sympathy Of the commu-
nifty in their loss.
lee Wilson, a frst-class barber from
Hood River, recently of Weiser, Idaho,
has taken charge OF the tonsorial parlors
10 the Grand hotel His brother Aus
tin, who came with him, is an expert
enced engineer and has gone up to the
dreenhorn to accept a position.-Granite
Gem
The board Of equalization for Ska
mania county has decided not to lower
The assessment on the st. Martin hot
springs Judge Bennett appeared be-
fore the board along with the ST. Mar
tins and aeked for reduction from the
Sl7, GOO assessment TO $1,000, but their
entreaties were Of no avail.
J.. M. @. Miller, who has been princi-
I pal Of the Woodstock public schools for
the past two years, was reelected at the
last meeting Of the school board Mr..
Miller has made himself almost indis-
pensable to the community. His two
assistants also were reelected for the
coming year.-0regonian.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Cornett returned
4 from Hood River Saturday, where they
spent the last two months on very
4 pleasant camping trip, w L. Barker
and family, A. w Sharrard and family
and several other Arlington people were
also in the party All enjoyed the trip
immensely and were greatly benefited
in health.-Condon Globe.
Frank, the lA-year-old son OF Lee
4 Bunch OF The Dalles, lost 2 leg. Thurs
day morning OF last week, by being run
over by a freight train. 1t seems that
( the boy had jumped on a moving freight
train between the Umatilla house anC
the depot. He frequently did this, and
was as often warned Of the danger. The
boy was taken to a Portland hospital
where the doctors pronounced his case
critical He was call boy at the Una
tilla house.
Two feed warehouses at The Dalles
belonging to the Waseo Warehouse com
pany, and the center building of the o.
| X. 4 n. eompany's stoekyards, were
burned at noon Monday. The loss i.
about $500, well covered by insurance
/ One warehouse contained about 50 ton,
OF hay, which was DESTROYED, as wer,
two or three sheep and hogs confined il
lthe enclosure. The fire is supposed tC
haye originated from a spark from ;
passing engine.
I A Wisconsin farmer purchased iron
an ageut a I'm rooster, which was guar
anteed to turn red six hoRrs before eacl
and every storm, thus giving him plent,
of time to prepare for the blow. Storm
came and went, but the rooster did no
change color, and he started to investi
gate He tound that while the rooste
had not changed his note had. for tn,
$50 was $500 when he came to paw. Thi
mere mention Of the rooster makes Tia,
whole farm red now.
As the State agricultural school turn
ont mostly school teachers and hars
doctors and pharmacists and f0ottal
players, the journal editor has decidei
! 10 open school of praeticsl HORTICULTURE
The professor can be found any mon.n
this week in his two-acre strawberr
field on his hands and knees armed witt
q butcher knife cutting off the runner
and slashing weeds Vocabulary O
t8mmon weeds will be taught, as wei
as tlr uss Of baruyard manure. .-Salen
journal.
4 new school district has been forme,
{ 10 be taken from the territory on th
east side Of district No 7 knowAi as Pin
Grove district. There are twenty-sevel
children IN this new district. the bonn
. daries ol which are as follows: Com
meneiul at The northeast corner of tn
s4..af g. t,-4azf af eliza ufIrf y sxazf rf s..a
zion 5, township north, range 10 east
thence south on line parallel with sec
ti0n line to township line between
north aud ] north, range i east; theme
east to Rock creek; thence down Roc
eaeek q tAe Columbia river: theme
: down the Columbia river To- where sail
l river crusses the township line between
. -luNnshin. ? nnrlh and 8 north. ranse