The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-10-24

Hon. Malcolm A. Moody of The Dalles
was in the city last Friday.
Geo. NJ. Gage, assistant manager Of
the Pacific Monthly, was in the city
Monday.
H. ]. Frederick made business trip
to Portland, Sunday afternoon, return
ing Monday evening.
w. B. Glafke, of the firm of Glafke &
Co., was among the Portland visitors
last week.
John Middleton was up from Portland
during the big apple show, taking in the
beauties of the exhibition.
Mrs. M. +. Jacobs, and Mrs. H. J.
Frederick returned home Tuesday even
ing after spending several days in the
metropolis.
There was one thing during the fair
that was conspicuous bv its absence, and
that was band. Hood River has
abundant musical talent. Why can't
we have band?
Sears & Porter's wagon passed down
the street Monday morning bearing aloft
big new broom above their fine exhibit
at the fair, which captured the prize.
1t was a marvellous collection OF big
apples, and Messrs Sears & Porter
are justly proud of it.
A noticeable feature of the decorations
for the fair was the great number of
American flags brought into service.
Over 200 flags of various sizes were used,
and if this is any criterion Hood River
certainly has patriotic population.
While the fair visitors we're enjoying
themselves and viewing the various ex-
hibits, considerable stir was created
| by the sudden debut of charming
"belle." Necks were craned to get a
| glimpse of the sweet-voiced newcomer,
and at last she was located in the belfry
of the Methodist church, which will be
her abiding place ia the future.
The fair committee made some little
mistakes, perhaps, and we wouldn't
give red cent with hole in 1t for
committee who would not, under
such bustling, trying circumstances
so long as human beings have the
management of our fairs; but 1t made
no mistake when it appointed w. H.
Perry door-keeper at the fair, and to
this appointment is due in no small
measure that this was our most Success
ful fair He admitted but one individual.
that we noticed, without the proper
credentials, and that was little black
dog which the door-keeper attempted TO
catch as 1t was trying to slip in, as we
used to, at the circus when boy; but
the little fellow skipped over friend
Perry's cane and ran up the aisle with
loud ki-yis, much to the chagrin of the
| door-keeper and the amusement of
"other small boys" and in this way
managed to see the elephant without a
ticket.
1t was sight to give an old maid
the horrors to see the Hood River school
children marching into the pavilion
Friday morning. There were 264 of
the little ones, marching like veterans
to the tap Of drum, all in the best of
good spirits. They entered the pavil-
ion and marched up the center to the
west end. where they brokeranks and
took the place by storm. They swarmed
every where, and it was interesting to
note the difference between the tastes
Of the girls and the boys. The former
hurried up onto the stage at the west
end and Inspected, admired aud criti-
cized the display of fancy needle-work
photographs, etc, in the art depart
ment, while the boys made trough
ridern charge on the big cider "barpI
on the north side of the enclosure and
swarmed abont it like yellow Jackets
around q mellow apple. A dozen glass
es would have been insufficient to do
service, and there were but two. Sume-
times in their eager scrambling to get
a taste of apple juice they forgot to turn
the faucet and the ambrosial fluid
streamed down on the ground. Prof
fessOr Thompson however, soon STONED
their fun by routing the youngsters.
who, like band of pirates boarding a
treasure ship, clambered over, into and
around George Riordan's goat pen.
pushing, scrambling aud fighting for
just a touch Of soft, silky, hairy cnAts
of his AngOras. Once in while a boy
more fortunate than his fellows would
get his arms around one of the Kids
neck aud rub his face against that ot
the struggling kid, much as he will his
best girls or l0years hence, and with
apparently the same rapturous delight.
Watching the wriggling, squirming,
hilarious mass OF juvenil Humanity
made US turn away with sigh for the
OLD da, that come not, when we used
frequently to be gathered gently acruss
our grandmother's knee and receive
our portion Of energetic disenuragement
OF this same exubenince of soul We
felt lOnesOms in this youthful crowd
until We ehanced 20 see President Smi a.
Carpenter Arnold aud several other