The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-27

J.F. Batcheldcr was up from Port
land this week looking after hisinterests
in Riverview Park. Owing to the great
difficulty in securing materials, the
Country Club cottage is not yet complet-
ed. Last week the Hood River Country
Club was incorporated with a capital
stock of S25, 900. The incorporators are
J. Wesley Ladd, A. p. Tiff and J. +.
Batchelder, all OF Portland. The incorpor-
alton proposes TO sell so shares OF stock
and to take in so members who will
have access to the club house at all
times. The club house will be made
resort for the members at any and all
times, the purpose being to make it
place where its members can spend their
vacation at all seasons OF the year, either
summer or winter Mr.. Batehelder
saws it is the intention to build the
800 600 Inn this fall. When completed,
the club house will be presided over by
"Grandma" Munra, formerly of Meach-
am, Or.
J. L. Gordon went TO Roseburg, Mon.
day, to look at band of 100 Angora
goats which he is about to purchase for
the Henderson ranch at White Salmon,
where he and Mr.. Henderson will own
the goats Jointly. He will pay $5.25
apiece for the goats, and says twill proba-
bly, cost another$l00 to get the animalsup
from Roseburg. 1t requires very little
to feed goats. Even with snow on the
ground the goats prefer to browse oak
grubs instead OF hay. The animals turn
off six or seven pounds OF mohair each
year, worth from "a to 46 cents pound.
Mrs. S. HI. Green, daughter Jennie,
and cousin Lalah, who have been visit
ing the families Of Robert Rand and D.
n. Byerlee during the past ten days,
returned to Portland Monday. They all
are enthusiastic In their praise of Hood
River, and declare they are going to sell
at Portland and come here to live. They
tried to get the Judge to come Up over
Sunday, but business prevented. The
little girls begged Mrs. Green to per-
nit them to stay in Hood River, and we
expect them back in the near future to
make their home here.
Davenport Bros, of Hood River, have
their mill at Baldwin, IA miles from
Hood River, now running. In connec-
ton with their mill is small box fac
tory to supply the local trade. = The
Hood River Lumber company of Hood
River are putting in dam at Lost lake.
The company are building new mill
at Ingles on the A. & G. railroad, with a
capacity of 100000 feet daily. The
present mill at Ingles is running stead
lily. The Hood River mill will start up
after the fall ains.-0regon Timberman.
Hon. E. L. Smith is having number
Of alterations and Improvements made
in his residence in town which will cost
SO 800. Architect Crandall OF The Dalles
has prepared plans for a new interior
and several large porches. Mr.. Smith
has whole block devoted to his resi-
dence grounds. Stately oaks surround
the house, and when the improvements
are made, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will have
one Of the most comfortable homes in
Oregon.
J. B. Mason, father Of A. /. Mason
Of the East Side, is visiting his son. He
10 a Grand Army man, having served in
the Cd Missouri cavalry. His home is
in st. Louis, where he has been on the
police force for "a years, 80 years of
which we're continuous service. Mr..
Mason came to San Francisco with the
G. A. r. excursion and is a member of
the Frank Blair post Of st. Louis.
The apple growers meeting last Sat-
urday afternoon was well attended. 1t
was the concensus of opinion that
uniform pack should predominant with
all the members of the union. All the
members declared they would market
their fruit through the union. Several
offers for Spitzenburg and Yellow New
town apples at $l.50 per box we're turned
down, and other bids asked for.
Tom Husbands; wife and six children
are visiting his brother, Robert Hus-
bands, in Hood River. Tom has had
siege Of typhoid fever, from which he is
slowly recovering. His wife, and in
fact the whole family, have been suffer-
ing with the same disease. They have
been located at Umatilla, where Tom
has been employed in the o. R. & N.
round house.
Fred Rordan and Will Ellis last week
captured hive of bees and so pounds
of honey in an old hollow log near the
location of the old Berger place. Some
one had previously chopped hole in
the log and started a fire which had
destroyed half the honey. Bee trees are
quite numerous in the hills about Hood
River, but they are difficult to find.
Miss Annie Griffin, who came to Hood
River from Chicago, recently, with her
mother, brother and sister, and has
been visiting at Robert Rand's, went to
Portland with Mrs. Green, Monday.
The rest of the family will follow in
few days and will visit friends there be-
fore deciding where to locate perma-
nently.
B. F. Belieu purchased 20 acres of N.
w. Bone at Willow Flat. Mr.. Belieu
will improve the land and plant it to
apple trees as fast as he can get it
cleared. There are now go 2-year-old
apple trees on the place. Mr.. Bone took
Mr.. Belieu's home place in town in the
trade.
Joseph Hemmerl, recently from Lew
iston, Idaho, has erected neat cottage
at the juncture of River street with the
State road in Idlewilde. Mr.. Hemmerl
is pleased with Hood River. He is
carpenter by trade.
A. NJ Belieu and family of Portland
are camped at his fathers place
in Blowers addition. Mr.. Belieu is here
for his health and will move to his faith
er's place at Willow Flat.
A good soaking rain Monday night
made it evident that the good old Ore
gon summer time is over and that those
"meloncholic days" Of fall are here
again.
Bob Wright, who is now located at
Wyeth, came up to take in the circus.
Bob is farming and in the wood business.
He has big crop of potatoes this year.
0. II. Rhoades and son Louis, and
nephew Earl Roberts, of The Dalles
took short fishing trip up Toney creek.
Trout in abundance was the result.
Mrs. 7. L. Roberts and son Earl of
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