The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-03-21
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Land plaster at Bartmess'.

Land plaster at Bartmess'.
Get your land plaster at Bones.
Chester Shute is home from Sunset,
Wash.
Miss Carrie Butler is visiting friends
in The Dalles.
J. G. Holman is building on his lots
near the ball grounds.
Mrs. Joseph Teal of Portland came up
Tuesday for a few days. visit.
The family OF P. A. Reed came up
from Oregon City Wednesday.
Miss Florence Hall of Fairview is
visiting friends in Hood River.
DR.. Welty came up last Wednesday
evening and returned Thursday.
II. d. Stewart OF Portland has rented
one OF Lee Morse's houses and moved
into it.
Syracuse plows, cultivators and har-
rows at City Blacksmith shop. j. R.
Nickelsen, proprietor.
Lost--A pocket book containing about
500 Finder will receive reward by
leaving at this office.
Mrs. J. H Koberg's chickens broke the
record last Thursday when they laid 1886
eggs. She has l50 laying hens.
The Misses Edna and Stella Brown,
teachers at Nicolai and Frankton, spent
Sunday at their home in The Dalles.
Miss Minnie Elton, teacher in the
public schools OF The Dalles, was the
guest of Miss Mella White Saturday and
Sunday.
The United Brethren orchestra has
been reorganized with Mr.. Chas. Bun
nell as leader. They will play every
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Margaret Ried has been quite
sick with the grip since last Friday. q.
B. Atterbury took her place in the
school room this week.
Maltie Dukes returned Shome from
Corvallis last Saturday. He went to
work the same day taking care of small
pox patient at the pest house.
A large number of magazines have
been donated to the free reading room.
Any person. who desires to give reading
matter will please give notice to Meigs
Bartmess.
All members OF Candy w. R. G. are
urgently requested to be present at the
regular meeting tomorrow, Saturday, at
2 o'clock Important business. BY or
der of the president.
W. H. Buskirk, who spends his win
ters in Western Kansas, returned to
Hood River Tuesday. He reports good
times at Ellis, where he spends his win
tersfor the benefit Of his rheumatism.
Odell School-Applicant rSth grade
certifcatesof graduation at mid-year ex-
animation we're Frank Wyman, Edith
Iafferty and Owen Davis. They re-
ceived their diplomas Thursday even
ing.
John r. McVay, wife e,child and moth
er, arrived here Friday from Grand Is
land, Nebraska. MIR. McVay has rented
Twin Oaks farm for three years. They
are old friends OF our devil and his fam
lily.
A case of small pox developed in Hood
River last week. A travelling man was
found with the disease. He was imme-
diately taken to the pest house and every
precaution taken to prevent the spread
of the disease.
T.R.Coon reports that some miscreant
trespassing in his orchard cut his ini-
tials,"S. b. lin big letters on his favorite
Gravenstein apple tree. The initials
stand for Sam Bartmess, Sam Blowers
and Sam Blythe, and Mr.. Coon is try
ing to find who is the guilty one of the
three. The editor of the Glacier thinks
he can prove an alibi.
At the meeting of the tie manufactur
ers held in Portland on March 10th to
18th, which included the Representations
from Kalama, Lewis River, Troutdale
and Hood River, an association was
formed under the name of the Columbia
River Tie and Lumber Association, with
2I tie mills represented. Action was
taken placing the price OF standard ties
at Hood River and vicinity at 26c each
and 25c each at Albina Vancouver and
Troutdale Frank Davenport is one of the
directors and vice president of the asso-
citation.
, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. 0rser of Chenow-
eth, Wash, were visitors in Hood River
Monday. Mr.. 0rser says an effort is be-
ing made BY the citizens Of Skamania
county to have portion of the govern
ment reserve thrown open to settlement.
The reserve cuts down the territory OF
the county TO a strip only five miles
wide along the Columbia river opposite
Hood River. Some of the best fruit land
in theeounty is tied upin the reserve. Pc
titionssent tothe congressman from the
state Of Washington, asking them to use
their influence towards getting part OF
the reserve thrown open to settlement,
were never heard from. Finding that the
congressman would do nothing for them,
they wrote to the president and received
an immediate answer stating that he
had never before been approached upon
the subject. The citizens OF Skamania
along the Columbia are also working
hard to get a county road from the set
tlement on Little White Salmon TO the
county seat at Stevenson. Mr.. Orser
says he can locate intending settlers on
good government land in his nelghbor-