The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-31

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OF 7 mills.
The best Sc smoke in town-Feifer'f
Union, at w. B. Coles.
S. j. LaFrance of Portland was in
town Monday on a short business trip
Mcclure Bros. meat market will be
closed hereafter on Sundays during the
winter months.
Lots of candidates for county offices in
Hood River but none OF them are bold
enough to announce their candidacy.
Letters remained in the post office,
January 9th, for Mrs. B. B. Westland,
Clayton S. Cook and S. R. Winans.
The Knights of the Maccabees will
meet at Artisans hall Friday evening.
The attendance of every member is
earnestly desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Rand and son
Harvey will move to University Park in
a few days, where they will make their
home temporarily.
The attendance at the public school
is rather light during this spell of
weather. But there is a good turnout
on the coasting hills, and the skating is
good.
Next Sunday is grounding day. If
that much-talked of animal is as wise as
he is credited with being by some peo-
pie he will never venture out in weather
like this, shadow or no shadow.
The firm of Cole & Graham dissolved
partnership. w. b. Cole purchased
VIM. Graham's interest and will go it
alone. He will continue to furnish the
hest of everything in his line of goods.
at the meeting OF Candy post, G "A. R.,
last Saturday, committee to make ar
rangements to properly observe Lincoln's
day was appointed. The committe con-
sists of r. j. Cunning, A, S. Blowers
and E. D. Calkins.
The cold snap is severe on house
plants, and many of the choicest are
now in the sere and yellow owing to
Jack Frost's visits. The teachers of the
public school lost good many plants
that were left in the windows the first
night of the freeze.
Dallas, the plumber, is reaping har-
vest. Bursted water pipes all over town
make loud calls for Dallas. His chuckle
of satisfaction when listening to tale
of woe from the owner of bursted pipe
is worth going a mile to witness, except
to the victim. Looks like Jack Frost
and Dallas were in cahoots.
Bert Rand was up from Portland
during the past two weeks helping to
care for his brother Harvey, who had a
touch OF pneumonia. Harvey now re-
covered and is about as usual. Their
father, NJ. " Rand, has also been sick.
He had severe attack of the grip. He
was cut last Saturday for the first time
in ten days
No examinations of applicants for
common school certificates will be made
in the state of Washington during the
month of February for the reason that
funds appropriated for this work have
been exhausted, The next examina
ton will be held in May, and in the
meantime temporary certificates will be
granted to teachers who may need them.
Grant Evans and family moved to
Portland last Saturday. They went
away rather Unexpectedly, as the family
had expected to remain here three
weeks after Mr.. Evans sold his business.
Mr.. Evans is in the Sound country,
looking for a place to locate, but he
may conclude to locate in Portland. The
family will he missed by their many
friends in Hood River.
Marshall Isenberg received telegram
from Representative Malcolm A.Moody,
on Monday, stating that the house had
passed the urgent deficiency bill, in
creasing the rural mail carriers'pay 500
annually from February lst. This is a
pretty good starter, and Mr. Moody will
have the thanks of all rural mail carriers,
but it is not enough yet. Marshall Isen-
berg will now get 5000 year, and out
Of this limited salary he hss to keep and
feed horse.
The cold snap shut off the electric
lights in Hood River Friday morning,
about O'Clock, and since then the light
of other DAYS has been brought again
into use by patrons of the Electric Light
Co, The slush ice running into the
company's ditch clogged up and choked
off the water. There seems TO be no
way at present to prevent the ice form
ING in the ditch, and we'll have to grope
about in the dark at nights till the back
bone of winter is broken by the visit of
a chinook
Alta meeting of the woman's mission
airy society at the Congregational church,
last SUNDAY evening, Mrs. {. II. Gordon
of Des Moines, Iowa, made very able
and iorcible address ON some OF the
moral issues OF the day. The speaker
depicted in a most interesting manner
the evils Of the saloon, Sabbath desecra !
ton and places of immortality. Her
gifts of mind aud heart and earnestness
OF purpose entitle her to q place among
the foremost workers in our land. Mrs. !
Gordon is a sister OF DIR. I. c. Brosius. |
]. II. Gerdes, the efficient janitor for /
the Hood River school building, showed
the Glacier man through the basement /
of the building last Briday, and showed 1
the workings Of the two furnaces which |
heat the building. The furnaces are /
giving good satisfaction. About 80 0eords |
oi wood are required 10 heat the build. |
1ng for the term at eight months school. I
The basement is the playground OF the /
pupils in stormy weather, and here ]
they assemble TO eat their lunches. Some !
more excavating is needed 10 give the /
school children more room in the base
ment.