The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-13
WHITE SALMON NOTES.

Mrs. h. F. Doris of Eugene, Or, is at
White Salmon visiting her daughter,
Mrs. s. W. Condor.
There were II passengers TO Trout
Lake at one trip a few days ago. This
shows how rapidly our tributary coun-
try is being settled up.
The new drug store is nearing COM
pletion and is decidedly neat-looking
affair. Dr.. Gearhaft and Guy Grove
will furnish the necessary genius TO
run it.
There are rumors in the air to the
effect that several interesting weddings
are to take place in our midst before
the snow flies. One more indication of
a hard winter ahead.
The demand for dwelling houses is
far ahead of the supply. White Sal
mon needs "A number of small neat
cottages for rent. They would be oc-
cupied as fast as completed.
The festive huckleberry is finding its
way into the market and the average
small boy goeth forth with a liberal
hunk in his hand as he seeketh the
shades Of the swimming hole.
White Salmon's reformed lawyer is
getting out his winters wood in the
timber. 1t took him year to build
his house and those who have seen
him split pine knots say he will finish
getting out his winters wood next
summer.
p. H. Sparks has been chosen princi-
pal of our public school for the coming
school term, and has written his ac-
ceptance. The school will open on the
second Monday of September, which
will be the 14th. If the funds available
will permit, we will have term of
months. Miss Georgia johnson will
have charge of the younger pupils.
We rant a good deal against organ
ized wealth, but if J. Pierpont Morgan,
Hartman or the Vanderblts want TO
come to White Salmon and want to
develop water supply, we will wager
our false teeth that they won't have to
walk up the grade from the dock If we
can get our harness menGed in time.
and that they will have all the hazel
nuts and huckleberries they want to
eat during their stay.
White Salmon needs plain, COM
mon, ordinary cobbler--a Surgeon to
old shoes" as Bill Shakespear would
call it. Our souls wear out and need
repairs. We can't afford new shoes
without stopping our subscription to
the local paper, aud we're too patriotic
to do that; we'll go barefoot first. We
can get along with an organ grinder or
a hokey-pokey man, but a good shoe.
maker could demand bonus. The
clods hurt our feet!
We have heard it remarked that hay
at Hood River is SIS per ton. 1t Is $l2
at White Salmon, and that is plenty
high. Last winter the twenty dollar
hay caused many little pile of lucre
to grow emaciated. Must this be?
Where is the fault? If we can't raise
our own hay let's get breed Of cows
that can live on oak bark or pine need
les on the same principle that Bill Nye
tried to develop breed of hogs on his
North Carolina ranch that ''could out
run niger"
Your correspondent, in an interview
with The Dalles agent of the the Regu.
lator line Of steamboats,, gathers that
lively times are to come with the ar.
rival of the Spencer, as an opposition
boat on this part of the river. A round
trip fare of 25c from The Dalles to Port.
land is to be offered by the old line Sc
that Dalles people may do their trading
in Portland. This is one way to pun.
ish Dalles merchants for supporting
competition on great inland water.
way. The Bailey Gatzert will be put
on, and "hot timen is looked for.
Rev. Mr.. Talbot, pastor of the Taylor
street NJ. Z. church of Portland, occu.
pied the pulpit of our church last Sun.
day evening. His effort was to show
that some good, true men fail TO real
ize themselves because of the violation
OF some physical or economic law