The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-09-12

from q suburb Of Seattle. The letter
arrived all right bnt the ring was miss
ing. Mrs. Gray was notified. She at
once suspected the postmistress who
mailed the letter, and she went at once
and charged her with the theft. She
told the woman that papers were made
ont for her arrest, but II she would give
up the ring, nothing would be done
towards prosecuting the case against
her. The postmietress wilted and gave
up the ring. SiT4ee then a new post
mistress reads the postal cards in that
little suburban post office.
G. W. Brock OF Moro was in Hood
River last Friday, and while here made
purchase OF the A. q. Wright place, all
joining j |. Miller, in the Crappcr dis
triet; consideration 81 800. This farm
contains little over IA acres and has a
young 7-acre orchard just coming into
bearing, besides three acres in straw
berries, and is a very desirable prop
erty. Mr.. Brock is brother-in-law of
j. |. Miller, who will have charge OF the
place, while Mr.. Brock continues his
grocery business in Moro.
S. G. Jackson was in town Sunday.
He is engaged papering and decorating
a hall at Cascade Locks. Mr.. Jackson
employed the X ray in Portland to To-
cate the carpet tack he swallowed while
papering a room at Carson, and it was
successfully extracted by the doctors.
Mr.. Jackson will be more careful of his
diet in future. He finds carpet tacks
hard to digest.
Belieu & Rea are making good
headway on the work of building the
addition to Barrett school house. The
addition will be completed by October
!. School will begin in the two rooms
September 15. Miss Lorene Bridges
principal; Miss Cora Copple, assistant.
Audrey Markley will be the third
teacher when the new addition is COM
pleted
o. d. Rea, who has been suffering for
years with malignant sore on his neck,
recently took the X ray treatment, and
although it has been quite painful, he
feels that he is in a fair way to get we'll.
He has suffered with this sore for 22
years. 1t was caused by an attack of
measles when he was IS years old.
Nicholas Pautenburg Of Hartwell,
Nebraska, and Charles Kidd of Kene-
saw, the same state, were in Hood River
last week. Mr.. Kidd is an old ac-
| quaintance of Mayor Brosius, who was
once resident OF Kenesaw. He may
decide to locate here and 60 into the
strawberry business.
Henry Gray, who is here with his
wife, visiting mis- father-in-law, +. C.
| l,Onnhk &c -,
Salem | st week. He gave 5000 for one
of the horses, said to be the best 4-year
old draft horse ever seen on the streets
of Salem.
Rev. j =. Hershner was Polk coun-
ty visitor last week. His son and
daughter, Harold and Leila, who have
been spending the summer on their
grandparents farm, returned with him
and have taken up their school work.
Mrs. Sparks and children arrived last
Thursday and moved upon their place
recently purchased from II. +. Stephens,
at Barrett. Mr.. Sparks will arrive from
Kansas after settling up some business
he has on hand.
G. A. Leaning killed hawk last
Friday which measured four foot four
inches from tip to tip of its wings. The
hawk was endeavoring to carry off a
full grown hen when he was first seen
by Mr.. Leaning.
Mrs, Harry Gray OF Seattle arrived in
Hood River last week ON visit to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. G. Rogers.
Mr., Gray was expected to arrive Satur-
day. He has been to Salem to buy
horses.
T.. einhilber, on the old John Swee-
ney place on the East Side, Is building
an apple house. The structure evil
IDENTIFY will be big one, as he is having
delivered $4,000 feet of lumber for it.
Miss Anna Mohr of the East Side
went to The Dalles Monday. She has
accepted a position in H. H. Herbing's
store and expects to remain in The
Dalles all winter.
L. Clark, until recently in business in
this county, was up from Hood River
last week, shaking hands with old time
friends, Of whom there are legions here.
Moro Observer.
- Uncle John Smith arrived in town
last week from Tacoma, on his way to
Minnesota, where he will visit relatives
the coming winter. He left on the Fri
day nights train.
Claude Markham, Joseph Wilson and
party completed the survey for the new
Dead Point ditch for the Hood River
Water Supply company last Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas Bishop and little son
Lloyd are in camp at st. Martins
springs. Lloyd writes to his father that
the tieas in that camp make him sick.
w. f. Sheriff. has fine crop of on
ions coming OH in his garden patch near
the old armory. Some OF the onions now
measure five inches in diameter.
The board Of equalization of Wasco
county will meet at The Dalles October
6, Read Assessor Schmidt's notice in
another column.
The evening meetings at the Christian
tabernacle are being well attended and
will be continued during the remainder
OF the present week.
Miss Anna Nixon of Walla Walla,
Wash, arrived Saturday for visit
with her sister, Mrs. Harry Miller, at
Davenports mill
W. f. Sheriff. has commenced build
ing temporary dwelling house on his
place at Belmont, which will later be
used as barn.
G. A. Leaning departed Monday on a
business ip to Portland. He will Incl
dentally take in the carnival during his
stay.
Il. F.. Stephens, who recently sold his
place at Barrett, starteds Monday for
his new home at Prune Hill, Clark
county, Wash.
Mrs. Truman Butler returned Friday
from an extended visit in California.
Mr.. Butler met her in Portland.
f. d. Calkins returned from his trip
to the Inland Empire Sunday morning.
He was well pleased with his trip.
Roy Slocum arrived from San Fran
cisco Sunday morning and will spend a
twO-weeks' vacation in Hood River.
The general executive committee Of
the Hood River Fruit Fair will hold its
next meeting on Saturday at 8 pm.