The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-01


yetdue them to call for the same as soon
l as possible. Mr.. Gessling has been
doing this work by himself during the
last two weeks. Some idea OF the mag.
nitude Of his task may be gained when
1t is known that the returns must be
gone over from 1000 different ship
ments.
| briggs, Culbertson & Co., sold the d.
II. Berdan place, AZ acres last Friday
to Christian Knudson of Portland for
$500. Mr.. Knudson was recently of the
firm OF Knudson Bros, Sunnyside,
Portland, having lately sold his business
at that point to come to Hood River to
engage in poultry farming. Mr.. Knudson
visited Hood River during our straw
berry harvest this season, and becom-
ing charmed with our climate, as many
others do, has returned to make his
home with us.
Candy post held a good meeting
Saturday. There was a large attend
ance and lots of fun over rule adopted
| by the post recently imposing fine for
non-attendance. without an excuse.
Some queer excuses were given, but all
were accepted. After adjournment the
comrades were invited into the room Of
the relief corps, where excellent ice
cream and cake were served by the
ladies. Candy post is fortunate in
having one of the best relief corps in
the state.
A party of tourists from Appleton,
Wisconsin, consisting of Miss Stella
Morgan, Miss Ivy Ryan, Messrs. Roy
Morgan, Joe Kaestle and Herbert Gran
mer, arrived in Hood River Fri
day of last week. They were enroute
for weeks camping at Trout Lake, but
stopped in Hood River few hours to
see the place made famous by its straw
berries, and incidentally to call on their
former friends Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Button.
Clarence Gilbert and Charles Tostevin
returned last Friday form trip to
Trout Lake on horse back. They re-
port big lot of campers there, and the
euler house is doing a big business,
setting three tables each meal. The
lake is great resort for people of The
Dalles, half the population seems to be
in camp there.
Marshal Isenberg has resigned his
position as mail carrier for the free
rural delivery, and will be succeeded by
j. III. DeMoss, recently from Moro. The
salary for this work is 5000 year, with
nothing additional for horse hire. Mr..
Isenberg has purchased the George
Rich 10 acres at Belmont, and will raise
strawberries.
N. N. Stoughton, wife and little boy,
from Harrison county, Mo, arrived here
last Wednesday and are visiting the
Cummings, L. d. Blount and the Pughs.
They are making tour of the North
west. Mr.. Stoughton is verteran of
the civil war, having served in the goth
Ohio, and was with Lew Wallace at
Shiloh.
The DIRECTORS OF the Hood River Fruit
Growers union find the present ware
house accommodations too inadequate
for present needs and have levied an as
sessment for funds for putting up
more commodious quarters. The
union will also ask the railroad COM
pany for right to make use OF more
frontage on the track.
John Leland Henderson and son Louis
swan across the Columbia Wednesday
night. The start was made at the Lost
Lake Lumber Co.'S sawmill and the
swimmers landed at the mouth of White
Salmon, having swum distance OF a
mile and half 1t took them 40 min
utes to swim over and an hour to re-
turn by row boat.
Oleta Assembly, No. 103, United
Artisans, accepted an invitation Wednes-
day night to join with the regular meet
ing OF the The Dalles lodge that night.
The Hood Riverites went up on the
early evening passenger and returned
Thursday morning. They report good
time.
The little Misses Ruth Tompkins and
Emma Noble weregiven birthday party
July 28, at the home of Mrs. Gilbert
Tompkins. Ruth was seven and Emma
six years old. There were present: EN-
ma Noble, Ruth Tompkins, Edna and
Alta Boorman, Allena and Minnie Eby,
Gertrude Nickelsen.
D. q. Hill and family will move to
Corvallis in September, where he has
rented small farm near the agricul-
tural college. He has leased his farm
| in Hood River to Alfred Boorman. Mr..
Hill feels compelled to move away form
Hood River to educate his children.
E. Shelley Morgan, of the Mutual La
bel Lithographing company, Portland,
who recently bought the Alfred Boor-
man so acres on Phelps creek, intends
to set out about 20 acres more OF or
chard. His land is capable of produc-
ing excellent fruit.
Arrivals at "The FRS" enroute to
Cloud Cap Inn: Mrs. w. b. Knapp
Portland; Miss Caroline Taylor, De-
troit, Mich, Captain w. A. Beetel, U.
S. army; George G. Tutherly, Van
couver Barracks; Hamsley Evans, Van
couver Barracks.
| Friday & Barnes made sale last week
| of 40 acres for George T. Galligan, near
Belmont, to D. S. Sparks of st. Johns.
Kansas; consideration, $1,000. Mr.
| Sparks will build on his land and will
move his family here next month.
GUY R. Wilbur and family OF Wayne,
Nebraska, are visiting the Shoemaker
brothers. Mrs. Wilbur is niece OF B. F
and ]. ii. Shoemaker. Mr.Wilbur is a
lawyer. He is making tour OF the
Northwest for health.
Uncle Oliver Bartmess has returned
from two weeks visit in the Willamette
valley. While gone he visited Portland
Albany, Eugene and Monmouth. H'
took his bicycle and saw the sight OF the
city from wheel.
A. G. Helms, on the D. G. Woodruff
ranch at Belmont, expressed a box O
Bing cherries, July Z, to his sister a.
Lewisville, Indiana. The. cherries ar
rived FIVE days later in excellent condi
ton.
Rev. and Mrs. II. C. shaffer and G
lD. Woodruff and family left Tuesday
| for a weeks outing at Maple DELL Rev
erend shaffer will return to accupy hi
pulpit, Sunday, August 10.
R. H. Connery, advertising manager,
in the western territory, for the Il. Z
DeWitt Medicine company Of Chicago