The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-06-20

lawn III tne lnulanS discovered they
were on the wrong boat. The narrow
gang plank was let down for them to %
ashore. The two squaws, heavily loaded
and one OF the bucks walked down the
plank, but the other Indian, after glanc
ing down the long, narrow plank, got
down and cooned it. The big crowd O.
spectators laughed and guyed him, and
the TWO squaws squatted on the beach
laughed till they rolled over.
There will bea grand opera in the new
opera house Saturday night and Mul.
doon's picnic will be there. 1t is one Of
the best musical farce comedies that
has ever been written, and the people
are the best in the country. 1t contains
plenty of good singing and dancing. Sa.
vile and Tate the comedians are the
monarchs of Irish characters and will
keep you laughing from the time the
curtain rises to the finish. Don't for.
get the date, Saturday, June 2lst. Chill.
dren 25c, adults SOC. Curtain rises 8 :15
G.. w. Riggs, the shoemaker, about
three years ago, while living at Kalama,
was a victim OF the convict Tracey,
who, with Merrill, made his escape from
the Oregon penitentiary after killing
three guards. Mr.. Riggs absented him
self from his shop one evening for about
10 minutes, when Tracey entered the
shop and stole $50 worth of clothing,
shoes and watches. Tracey afterwards
owned up to the theft while under arrest
in Portland.
Hon. E. L. Smith spent last week in
Portland attending the sessions of the
supreme lodge A. o. U. w. and the
grand lodge of Oregon Masons. Mr..
Smith went from Hood River as dele
gate to the grand lodge Of Masons, and
was on the committee OF reception for
the visiting Workmen. Mr.. Smith was
chosen orator for the grand lodge OF
Masons, and was also made one Of the
trustees Of the Masonic educational fund.
H. G. Bateham of Columbia nursery
presented the Glacier on Tuesday with
two boxes of handsome strawberries.
One box contained Magoons and other
kinds of very large berries; the other
box the pine apple berry, something new
to the Glacier man. The latter variety
is of pale color, average size, and deli
cious when served with cream and
sugar.
The noble red man seems to wrap his
blanket all the tighter about his manly
form as he walks our streets these
blankety hot days, while his dutiful
squaw is in the berry patch earning the
necessaries of life for her lord and mas
ter, or patiently tudging along after him
under a burden of $50 to 200 pounds OF
camp equipment.
A. L. Craig, R. NJ. Hall, W. C. Cow.
gill and Mr., Craig's son Harry passed
through Hood River today and stopped
over long enough to take drive up the
valley. Mr.. Hall is advertising agent
OF the o. h. & N, succeeding Col. Pat
Donan. Mr.. Cowgirl is city editor Of
the Baker City Democrat.
2. +. Fouts was down from Mt. Hood
Tuesday. He reports crops OF all kinds
good, especially the apple crop, and
says he will have to thin the fruit on
his apple trees. P. f. is now horny
handed farmer and has the callouses to
prove he has been at work.
Rev. II. G. Shaffer will preach his
farewell sermon next Sunday morning
This closes his second years work in
Hood River. Next week he goes to
annual conference at Irving. ). K.
Bartmess is lay delegate and will proba.
bly, accompany him.
Mrs. G. D. Thompson left Monday
afternoon for Corvallis, where she goes
to attend the commencement exercises
of the Oregon agricultural college. Mrs.
Thompson expects to spend several
weeks with relatives in the Willamette
valley.
An unique ad was that of Booths,
stamping foot prints on the sidewalks
all over town leading to Booths store.
1t was great puzzle to the Indians.
They thought the man who made the
footprints took long strides.
H. Lage, one of Hood Rivers most
prosperous farmers on the East Side, is
proving that good crops Of clover can be
grown on his place without irrigation.
Other farmers on the East Side have
made the same discovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Crawford of Heppner
visited Rev. and Mrs. j. w. jenkins
over Sunday. Mr.. Crawford was re-
elected county clerk of Morrow county
at the recent election, it being his third
term.
S. II. Cox has the contract to build
another story on G.. A Bells house on
State street, besides making other i'm
provements which will make 1t one OF
the most desirable residences in that To-
cality.
Miss Mary Brown, visiting deaconess
at Spokane hospital, conducted services
in the NJ. E. church Sunday and was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs B. Warren.
She lett on Tuesday for the seaside.
George Knapp, in charge of the
bridge carpenters and bridges on the
Columbia Southern railroad, came
down from Sherman county Tuesday
and is filling up on strawberries.
S. A. Bubb arrived in Hood River
last Thursday from Howell county, Mis-
souri,. He is Frank Gregory's step-father
He expects to locate here and send for
his family in the near future.
J.C. johnson, wife and son Ralph, OF
Wrentham, Wasco county, are visiting
Mr.. Johnson's uncle, II. G. Crockett.
Mr.. johnson is Il wheat farmer He is
delighted with Hood River.
Mrs. n. A. Monroe returned from
Portland two weeks ago to get her share
Of the strawberry crop. Mrs. Monroe
agrees with the rest of us in saying there
is no place like Hood River.
One day last week the little gasoline
launch OF the ferry company crossed
the Columbia from White Salmon tow
ing a scow with two buggies, one wagon
ali loaded and six horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Watson, of Was
co. visited relatives in Hood River first
of the week. They had been gone from
Hood River for three years and of course
found many changes.
Elder C. C. Bell preached very in
teresting discourse at the u. B. church
last Sunday evening, and conducted the
quarterly conference business session
Monday evening.
A Young man counted the teams pas
sing Idlewilde cemetery, one day last
week. and counted 1872 between the
hours of o'clock in the morning and 6
in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Watson ana son
of The Dalles spent Saturday and Sun
day in Hood River Mr.. Watson is a
Hood River boy who has been gone from
here four years.
Our old friend Van johnson remem-
bered the Glacier on Tuesday with a
nice lot of strawberries. Van knows it
is more blessed to give than to receive.
Ed Berth is up from Portland on a
visit after an absence of about three
wears Ed was so unfortuns.e as to lose