The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-10-29
WHITE SALMON NOTES.

Old Zekiel came home from Jim-Jam
And his hard-working wife tried to film-fani
A Nat iron she hastened to slim-slam,
And hit Zeke swat on the him-ham.
II our reservoir isn't covered soon, or
at least surrounded by something to
keep children away, somebody's child
is going to be drowned in it. School
children have been seen on its edge
looking into the water. It's a danger
GUS place for child.
There's little wee girl in this conf
munitv-a little miss Of eight or nine
summers only-who has the stuff in her
character that real heroes are made OF.
She rides over mountain trails to school,
all alone, through a lonesome section
where she often meets no human being
throughout the entire journey. No
mothers kiss is hers as she leaves the
home away on the mountains crest, and
none welcomes her on her return at
eventide. Last winter the mother was
taken from the little home and the
brave little girl knows her but as a
sweet memory. The world is full of
child heroes whose bravery goes un-
sung. We do not know what inspires
and cheers this courageous little soul
possibly the mother still, who can tell?
but we will take our hat off to Hyacinth
Bedwoin, as a little heroine worthy of
respect and admiration.
II anyone really wants to know the
amount Of business done at White Sal
mon let him look at the freight handled
at our dock. Its increase in a years
time has been astonishing,
Where does all the stuff go? Who con-
sumes what is handled on the dock?
Well, to begin with, White Salmon, as a
village, has grown and improved rap
idly. Instead Of single business house
we now have modern store laying in
an up-to-date stock, hotel, two board
ing houses, two blacksmith shops,a drug
store, feed store, a printing Office and news
paper, two public halls, meat market
building and half dozen residences re-
Gently completed, several repaired and
others in process of construction. That's
a truthful picture Of White Salmon.
Give US healthy development, pro-
gressive spirit, people of character and
honor and deliver us from the "boomer"
and the immoral hound who first tries
to plant "den' in or midst.
The foundation is completed and the
lumber on the ground for the parsonage
Mr.. Mickleson of the Falls will take
charge of the construction Wednesday
of this week.
An operation has been performed on
Aeolus Jewett,in Portland, which is re-
ported as successful, and his friends
now hope for better results.
Our local post Office has undergone a
remarkable change for the better. Be.
ing located in the store building of G. NJ
Wolfard Il company, it has come in for
its share of attention in the thorough
Wolfard is entitled to the thanks of our
people for his enterprise and public
spirit. Our post Office, with its lock-
boxes and other features is now up to
date, strictly, and would be credit to a
much more populous community. Lock-
boxes are 80 and 40 cents a quarter, ac-
cording to size,
G. M. Wolfard q company's business
has grown so as to call for modern store
with modern appliances, including cash
carrier system. The floor space has
been more than doubled.
We visited Trout Lake last week. The
cheese factory is on firm basis and is
turning out cheese that commands top
notch prices in the city, The two stores
there and the one at the Falls,or Hu-
sum, as it is now, are doing a good bus
mess. The Trout Lake school building
is credit to the people who taxed them
selves to build it, They bonded the
district and they have the best school
building in this county with the excep-
ton of the one at Goldendale. Mr.. Mil
Ter, the principal, and Miss Locey, the
assistant, are teachers of experience. Mr..
Miller, as he stood in the well equipped
school room, assured us that the school
house was the product OF progressive
community" That's just the point ex-
actly.
An Indian whom the angels call
"Snatapps," and who comes to break
fast when they call Jake" tells us
that he found - sheep somewhere up on
the Little White Salmon and that they
are stravs from some band, and had
been lett behind. He has them in his
possession at this place and seems anx-
ious to deliver them to the owner. A
letter addressed to Jake Snatapps, care
of S. w. Condor, White Salmon, will
reach him and if the sheep recognize the
handwriting the mutton is yours.