The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-26
NJ and Mrs. FIJI BIaOo and son 70

Mr.. and Mrs. +. III. Blagg and son re-
turned on Saturday from Sherman
county, where Mr.. Blagg helped to run
the thresher for Francis and Thomas
Peugh, and Mrs. Blagg ran the mess
house. Mr.. Blagg says they had very
successful season. For 40 days they
worked without rain, and just at the
close of the seasons work, as they
hauled the machine under cover, the
gentle rain of last Thursday night COM
menced falling. He met great many
Hood River people at work in sherman
county. On his way home, while COM
ing up the mountain this side of Mosier,
his wagon broke down. He managed to
get the wagon home, but the occupants
had to foot it the balance of the way
home. Luckily, as Mrs. Blagg says,
night overlook them before they passed
through town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mobus of Tacoma,
John Mobus and Mrs. M. I. Nolan
OF The Dalles, and Ralph Rore of
Portland, took dinner with the family
of M. P. Isenberg Wednesday of last
week. After dinner one of the Mount
Hood stages was ordered out and the
whole party was taken drive over the
valley. All expressed themselves as
very much pleased with Hood River.
P. F. Fouts was down from Mount
Hood last Saturday. He brought along
some specimens Of apples from his
orchards that are hard to beat for size.
He also brought big potato, the seed
of which he got in Michigan last winter.
The variety is known there as the Mort
gage Litter. The spud and apples can
be seen at the Office of Friday Il Barnes.
J. B. Rand, while in company with
w. p. Watson looking over Mr.. Wat
sons 40 acres east OF town, Monday
morning, found an Indian arrow head
that is such a fine specimen that Mr.
Watson Immediately offered him So 80
for it, and he accepted. Mr.. Watson is
delighted with his good fortune in se-
curing such valuable addition to his
collection of Indian curios.
William Kennedy of the East Side
will start up his, fruit dryer to dry
prunes for his neighbors. He shipped
his own prunes green, and most of his
neighbors did the same, but some OF
them will have enough left to dry for
their own use. Mr.. Kennedy's price for
drying is 2 cents a pound.
Fred Miller's hay baling outfit fin
ished baling hay of the second crop of
clover Wednesday of last week. He fin
ished up at Roy Smiths place. Roy
baled 80 tons of clover hay off s acres,
two crops. Mr.. Miller baled, altogether
of the second crop, about 80 tons.
If any young couple in the country
contemplate getting married in the
next two weeks they should see County
Clerk Lake and arrange to have the
wedding take place at the carnival.
Mr.. Lake can explain the advantages of
such wedding. .-Mountaineer.
Miss Cora Hinson, Miss Maude
Springer and Amos Buker, all of Kelso,
WASH, left for home Friday, after vis-
it of ten days with Miss Lelah Boorman.
The party were highly pleased with
Hood River and enjoyed trip to the
forks of Hood river.
Frank Gregory came here four years
ago, single man. Since then he has
married and is raising family, and has
been the means of locating seven fam
lilies here who have come from beyond
the Rockies and purchased property in
Hood River.
TO. 0sburn, brother-in-law of Frank
Gregory, arrived here from Pueblo, Col
orado, last week. His family preceded
him, arriving last August, at which
time his six-months old child died. Mr..
Osburn comes to make his home in
Hood River.
Bruno Franz, who purchased G. j.
Gessling's place at Belmont, suffered
quite loss by the forest fires at Wash
ougal. He had timber claim, for
which he was negotiating sale at g., 900
when the fires destroyed the timber.
Hood River was visited by a most
welcome rain Thursday night, Septem-
ber Is. The rain fell throughout West
ern Oregon and as far east as The DaIles.
The smoke has cleared away and lovely
sunshiny weather has since prevailed.
Captain j. P. Shaw was a visitor in
Hood River Saturday and Sunday. The
captain is interested in mining in South
ern Oregon and starts this week to take
charge Of his mine on Coffee creek.
NJ A. Cook lost shirt out of his
pocket one day last week while going
out to the company's mill at 0dell. He
would like to hear from the man who
found it to learn if it fit him.
Captain Coe went to Portland last
week to take charge Of a steamboat, but
the engineers strike had tied up all the
boats. So he returned to Hood River
and this time comes to stay.
The Glacier force is indebted to Ralph
Savage for his donation of big salmon
trout for Mondays breakfast. May
good luck ever attend him when he goes
fishing.