The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-07-04

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Merrill has charge OF The Dalles district
and Elder 4. H. Neff the Willamette
district. Rev. B. E. Emerich was elect
ed president of Philomath college and
Rev. J. R. Parker business manager.
During the past year So 900 have been
secured for the college. The many
friends of Rev. H. G. Shaffer will be
pleased to learn that the conference re-
turned him to Hood River.
The annual picnic of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Congregational church was
held last Friday at the beautiful home
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Tostevin. About 40
members and friends Of the society were
present, and the ladies with the children
enjoyed the entertainment provided by
Mr.. and Mrs. Tostevin more than words
can express. Luncheon was served be-
meath the beautiful oaks. Mr.. Tostevin's g
manipulation OF the gramophone was
superb and afforded much merriment.
Altogether the occasion was a marked
success and will not soon be forgotten
by those present.
The Hood River union of the Order Of
Washington had large attendance at
their meeting last Saturday evening.
Twenty-three candidates were initiated.
Two ladies from the supreme Of
flee at Portland we're present
and added much to the interest of the
evening. A fine lunch was eerved at the
close, and all had good time. So far,
ll6 applications have been issued for
membership in the Hood River union,
making it the largest fraternal insurance
order in town.
John Leland Henderson's swimming
record has been beaten. One of the
steers shipped to the Hood River Com
mercial company by boat, Tuesday, be-
came excited when coming off the boat
and struck out to swim the river. The
wind was blowing gale, and the river
was about as rough as it ever gets, but
the steer successfully baffied with the
waves and landed at Underwood, where
he was seen coming out of the water by
the captain of the steamboat.
George |. Slocum returned to Hood
River last Friday after an absence of IA
months at the Buffalo and Charleston
expositions, where he was in charge Of
the Oregon horticultural displays.
George says that since leaving here he
has seen the greater part Of the United
States, but nowhere found any place
that suited him better than Hood River.
He will remain here and 60 into the
apple business.
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s,ns III s'.I ~. soipGtS i; ~. oS ta ~ os sos
tangleu IN Ine @ llnss y 81 ms IeaiH anu was
run Tu ovsI py 'oau u loee ias' o@'ulIay !.
ne suii1Ieu ploAen Ia a'l anu IoiLS 'h;s
pohe. ne 10 9 nov aI sno honio Vi ilio
olothef! .; W. Nie'caii' Sho 10 so'''Ns
aions hiceiy'
L. q. Grewell OF Iopenlsh, wash, ana
his sisters, Mr.. William Taylor and Mrs.
Harvey McEwen OF Ellensburg, wash,
were called to Hood River to see their
mother, Mrs Wagie OF willow flat,Who
has been quite sick, but IS now lnprov-
ing. They all returned nome tuesday
Rev. G.. D. Nickelsen of Goldendale
will lecture at the NJ. E. church Sunday
evening, July 6, at 8 O'Clock, on the
national convention of the Epworth
league at San Francisco. Reverend
Nickelsen is a Hood River boy and will
have large audience.
The Prather Investment company
made sale of the following properties
last week: One OF the Rigby houses and
lot to Walter Hull, consideration $400
the N. w. Hackett place to John Jakku,
consideration $1,000; the ]. 0. Hoshin
place to J. L. Phillips OF Aberdeen,
Wash.
]. r. Galligan sold one OF his grubbine
machines to F. A. Jones, who will clear
40 acres at once for setting to fruit trees
and strawberries on his place recently
purchased OF j. L. Buskirk. Mr.. Galll'
gan has made an Improvement on MS
machine, which now can be operated on
side hill as well as on ieVei grouhu'
H. II; hoDGrts, ollclal olsah'4ef r,ol W,
tlie oruer VI uasiilnsVon noIs ny
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w 4 meeting Of citizens is called for 8
o,clock saturday. at the office of FRIDAY
& Barnes to make arrangements fol
bold;ng the fourth biennial Horticultural
fair at Hood River. A full attendance
is necessary.
Ralmont will celebrate the 4th by a
bosI,at ,ion;c in potter;s grove Every
. bodu IL invited IN come and bring =
weli-filled basket. Orations, singing
, and recitations will be the order of the
dav.
About 35 excursionists went to the
Congregational Sunday school picnic a.
Bonneville Wednesday The rain poured
down all morning, but 1t was taken a.
part Of the outing and made the pest Oh
Master Everett Rand, who is visiting
at Port Townsend, WASH, Wrlung u
his father for permission 10 enter
horse race, says, answer rlgiV away
because want to know before the 4th.
Miss Maude Gilbert, who recently re
, turned from a year's visit with relative
+. in the East, came up on the noon traiI
5 to remain a few days in The DaIles Will
g her father.-Chronicle
: + n Rraea has harvested his frs
crop of potatoes, large, fine ones, ant
| now will plant for a second crop on hi
! town lots near the the Waucoma Man
! ufacturing Cos works.
Professor ]. T. Neff left Yesterday 70
Portland. where he will spend the va
cation months teaching in the Holme
T business college. .-Mountalneer.
:; Miss Martha Schooling, central in tn
telephone office at The Dalles, was il
: Hood River last Friday, and paid tn
/ Glacier office pleasant visit.
wotar in the Columbia is going dow,
L so ron;dlv that the hot sprinSs at Collin