The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-11-26

lings doesn't regard the present snow
storm as anything unusual. The Other
day he was talking to Dave Cooper, who
located here so long ago that Mount
Hood was then but a hole in the ground
Dave remarked that winter began I'M
common early this year. "No, no,
said Billings, "you can't expect anything
else at this time of year" "Hoot mon,
what's this country coming tor was
the old.timer's reply. Mr.. Billings re-
ported the snow no deeper at his place
than in Hood River. He made the trip
by wagon.
J. W. North and wife of Forest Grove
spent last week with the family of W.T..
Hansberry. Mr.North is an old soldier,
having served in the same company and
regiment with Mr.. Hansberry-Com'
pany H, 32d Iowa. These two old COM
rades met at the Forest Grove encamp-
ment of the G. A. II. two years ago,
when they had not met before since
1866. They take great pleasure in josh.
ing each other. John North could tell
some pretty good stories about Hans
berry, and Till could tell equally as
good ones on John. Mr.. North said he
would be sure to come to the encamp-
ment next year.
G. J. Gessling came near losing a
$125 horse last week. The animal
pushed over a barbed wire fence in an
effort to get at some clover. In step
ping back fore foot caught in the wire,
and, dumb-brute-like, the horse began
see e-sawing back and forth, cutting the
wound deeper at every movement. An
artery was severed and the foot bled
profusely. Mr.. Gessling, who happened
to be in the house, rushed out and by
bandaging the wound right away saved
his horse. The animal was weak from
loss Of blood, but is getting along nicely
now.
Mrs. G. E. Copple rushed into the
Glacier Office Tuesday morning with
strict orders to discontinue the little 25c
ad calling for some one to work on a
fruit farm. "We just haven't got time
to answer all the letters which keep pour
ing in every day. 'The foreman "killed"
the ad. A Mr.. Williams, recently from
Nebraska, will move onto Mr.. Copple's
place. Claude has 60 acres on the East
Side, Is of which are cleared, and the
coming spring he will set IA acres in
apple trees.
Mrs. Louise Goddard Is In Hood Riv-
er to spend Thanksgiving at home. Mrs.
Goddard has large class of music pu-
pills in Portland, and says she is get
ting along very nicely. She will, of
course, return next spring to spend the
summer at her country home. Mr..
Goddard is expected home from New
York then,
Barnes, the real estate man, sold on
Monday, the Goss place on Belmont
road to Horace C.Deitz of Prosser, Wash.
II. G. Deitz is son of Fred Deitz, who
recently located here, and who is well
and favorably known to Hood River
people, The Glacier isgad to welcome
his son to Hood River. Mr.. Deitz is to
move here with his family at once.
Mr.. Tenold is adding another resi-
dence to the many new houses on the
hill. He is building on his lot just
north Of o. G. Dean. Mr.. Tenold came
here last summer from Minnesota, and
has concluded Oregon is pretty good
country to live in,
Milton l.. Bingaman Of Dukes valley
was in town Monday. Mr.. Bingaman
says A. J. Kalsel and family expect to
leave this week for the logging camp of
the Mount Hood Lumber company,
where they will spend the winter.
w. H. Root left Tuesday noon for
Morrow county, where he will put in his
time improving his claim.
Mrs. w. d. Rogers left for Salem,
Wednesday, to eat Thanksgiving turkey
with her mother.
Mrs. Louise Goddard brought our
devil copy of the Unit, the official or