The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-04-04
Lots of men would leave their footprints
Times eternal sands TO grace,
Had they gotten mothers slipper
AT the proper time and place,
Mart Rand is up from Portland.

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Geo. Rich started on Monday for Los
Angeles,
A. A. Jayne went to Portland and
Vancouver Wednesday on legal business.
Edwin Henderson, son of attorney
John Leland Henderson, is here from
Olympia on visit to his father.
Attorneys W. w. Wilson of The Dalles
and G. w. Phelps of Heppner were in
Hood River Friday and Saturday.
Miss Anne Smith visited in The
Dalles last week and on Easter Sunday
rendered solo at the Episcopal church.
A. NJ. Belieu and May Oliver of Port
land visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. f. Belieu, in Hood River last Satur-
day.
The many friends of Mrs. f. R. Alb
stem, who has been in poor health for
some time, will be pleased to learn that
she is steadily improving.
Jack Binns recently received let
ter from Charlie Hayner, who is in Al
berta, B. C.,with his family. His fam
lily don't like the country little bit,
l.. H Richmond has contracts TO build
houses for d. A. Turner and E. J. Mich
olson. Mr.. Turner will build cottage
on his lots just east Of the Grant Evans
property.
Mrs. IL. II. Holmes and daughter
Gertrude were guests of the Alma Howe
house last Friday and Saturday, Mrs.
Holmes is about to sell her place of ten
acres to Joseph Teal of Portland.
Mrs A. w. King went to Missouri,
starting March 18th, where she has
gone to visit sister who is in poor
health. She left Missouri Is years ago
and had not been back since until this
trip.
The Prather Investment Co. on We'd
nesday sold two lots in South Waucoma
Park addition to Rev. Geo. r. Archer
who will build on the lots for his home.
Mr.. Archer is a son-in-law of Rev. J. W.
Rigby.
Workmen are engaged in setting tele-
phone poles to Glenwood, Wash. The
line will cross the river at John Koberg's
place. Mr.. Koberg's patrons and friends
will soon be able to talk to him by
phone.
If you want town lots on the hill
south of and within two or three blocks
of the post office, see Dr. Watt He is
selling the Townsite Co.'S lots. The
price will be increased soon. Get in be-
fore the rise.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Peugh, who have
been visiting relatives in Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Oklahoma, returned
home Friday. They didn't find any
better country than Hood River and
were glad to get home.
j. N. Teal, of the law firm of Cotton,
Teal 4 Minor, Portland, purchased the
Holmes place last week. Miss Teal,
who has been living on the place for the
past year and half, will remain and
have charge of the strawberry crop.
J.I. Miller has rented Bob Wright's
place, which has couple of acres in
strawberries. With this patch Mr.. Mil
ler will have about six acres in berries.
Mr.. Miller has cleared up 5000 an acre
with strawberries on his own place.
S.J. LaErance was elected assistant
secretary Of the Multnomah county re-
publican convention. He was one of the
six members of the minority, or regular
republicans, who refused to become
soreheads. About 40 members OF the
minority refused to take part in the
proceedings.
ID. +. Lamar is making great improve
ments in his place of 25 acres on Indian
creek. He is getting cry acre he can
into strawberries. He now has 10 acres
in strawberries, and by next fall expects
to have as much as IL acres in this fruit.
The old Jones place will this year turn
off crop like it used to.
p. Nesson, an old timer in Hood Riv-
er, who has been in Montana for the
past three years, was here on a visit
last week. Mr.. Nesson is manager Of
the Shields River Park Co'sranch, one Of
the largest stock ranches in Montana.
He was surprised to see the many
changes that had taken place in Hood
River in the past three years.
Doug Ladd and wife of San Jose, CAL,
were in Hood River for a couple Of days
last week, guests of the Alma Howe
house. Mr.. Ladd is clerk of the st.
James hotel at San Jose. He is native
Oregonian and during the first Cleveland
administration worked with the editor
of this paper as mailing clerk in the
Portland post office under Postmaster
Ruby. He was hard worker and very
efficient, and we are glad TO know that
he has risen TO the proud eminence OF
head clerk in a leading hotel.
NJ. b. Potter and his son William were
in town from Heppner last Friday. NJ.
b. Potter has been confirmed invalid
for several years, but he is now looking
much better than when he left here last
summer. VIM. Potter is in the en-
ploy of Minor * Gillian of Heppner,
one of the largest and solidest mercan-
tile firms in Eastern Oregon. Mr.. Pot
ter will soon remove to Spray, in Wheel
er county, where he will have charge
of branch store for his firm at hand
some salary and a per cent OF the sales,
Flint Bradford sold his l0-acre ranch
at White Salmon to c. d. Moore for
5000. This place is situated on the
river, under the bluff, and the land is
some Of the earliest for strawberries
along the Columbia. Ii adjoins Mr..
Moore's place. Three hundred dollars
an acre is a pretty big price, but Mr..
Moore undoubtedly knows just what he
can do with the land and what il viii
bring per acre in strawberries. Straw
berries at this point are sometimes q
week earlier than in Hood River valley.