The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-12-31

j. M. Spriggs, the Glacier Chenowith
correspondent, was in Hood River, Sat
urday. Mr.. Spriggs is logging for the
Washington Lumber company, while
Mrs. Spriggs has charge of the boarding
house for the loggers and mill men. He
says Davenport and Kautz will finish
up this winter with the timber around
their present location, ana will then
move their mill nearer the Columbia.
The Chenowith country has splendid
future. The Columbia River Northern
people have expended 100000, says Mr..
Spriggs, in surveys and work on a
gigantic irrigation system. This com.
pany has bought up all the available
land and when water is brought out,
this land Will be cut up into small tracts
and sold to settlers. The soil is fine for
apples and in a few years Chenowith
should be marketing this fruit by the
trainload
s. E. Bartmess moved into his new
brick annex last week. He now has over
10000 square feet OF floor SPACE, ,affording
him plenty of room for proper display
of his large stock of furniture. The IN
dertaking department has been moved
to the second floor, where it is entirely
separate from the rest of his store. The
interior OF the first floor has been paint
ed white, and with the plate-glass win
dows the main display room is we'll
lighted. In the rear is separate apart
ment for an immense stock Of paints
and oils. Facing Oak street in the
second story is desirable suite Of Office
rooms ready for renters. With these
extensive Improvements Mr.. Bartmess
has one of the most commodious and
best arranged stores in town, we'll suited
to his growing trade.
He who did not hear the Cosgrove
Concert company missed rare musical
treat. Every member is an artist.
Harry Woods can not be excelled on the
xylaphone. Louise Torgensen, violin
ist, possesses a fine instrument, OF which
she is perfect mistress. She was re-
called at both her appearances. Will
lam Hawkins plays an excellent from.
bone. The musical novelties are fine
and the work done on them was perfect
The company is composed Of refined,
skillful, musical artists whose difficult |
selections afford the players almost as
much enjoyment as they do the audi
ences. They will be long remembered |
here and will meet with packed house
should they ever return.
Preparations are we'll under way for |
the Oregon Christian Endeavor conven-
tion, which is to be held at Pendleton,
February 1922. State President Lock-
wood has given out an outline of the |
The convention theme will |
be Forward" Rev. E. L. House will |
preach the convention sermon Friday |
evening. Saturday morning will be de-
voted to school Of methods; the after
noon to business session. Sunday
there will be regular church services,
with junior rally in the afternoon.
Mondays theme will be Evangelical
ton" The o. r. Il N. has made rate
Of So So if 100 go from Portland.
l. A. Macrum of Mount Hood gave the
Glacier Office a call Monday. He had
just returned from University Park,
where he went to see his son, a new
conner in this country. Mr.. Macrum
says A. s. Disbrow is very proud to
think he got ahead of the Glacier man
four days in becoming a granddad. The
child was born at University Park while
Mr.. Macrum was at Mount Hood, and
the birth notice in the Glacier was the
first notification he had OF the import
ant event.
George Dimmick, who came down
from Walla Walla three weeks ago, re-
turned Monday to that place, where he
s farming 500 acres of wheat on rented
land. John Dimmick. who has been
working for his brother George, with his
vile and child, came down from Walla
Walla two weeks ago and will make his
home at Mount Hood. His child, a boy.
was born November 8, 1908.
Miss Edith Clarke, late of New York
,ity, has been the guest of Miss Ethel
Entriean at Paradise farm for the past
our days She left for Portland this
and will depart from there
shortly with her mother for London and
hen to Dresden, Germany, where she
will take three-years' musical course.
Thomas Calkins presented the Glacier
With jar OF strained honey from the
apiary of the Idaho Industrial Institute
It is fine. f. D. Calkins will in few
lays have for sale 200 pounds Of this ex-
,ellent alfalfa honey.
Residents OF Road District No. 6--Re-
the meeting called for 7 80 p.
M, January Z, 1904, at Pine Grove
school house, to take action for gravel
ng the new grade, beginning at the Foss
bridge.
1t was a green Christmas at Hood
River and promises to be the same for
New Years day. We have had no rain
since December 10. The thermometer
has remained near the freezing point
since that date, with light east wind.
James E. Hanna, who is running
saw mill at Scappoose, Oregon, came
home for Christmas. Mr.. Hanna cuts
lies principally, He has good business
md is doing well.
S. s. Wilkins is a new arrival from
Kansas He is pleased with Hood
River, and says he wouldn't take $500
and return to the land OF cyclones and
IN certain crops.
DR.. E.. T. earns and family are at
Phoenix, Arizona. lie writes to have
1ls Glacler sent to that place and says
5he home paper will fill in the lonesome
spots.
William ]. Helmer, IA years ol d, does !
5he freighting for his fathers store at
Mount Hood, driving a double team. He
was in town Monday.
Sheriff Sexton, County Clerk Lake,
.. ]. Crandall and J. B. Colt, all Of The
Dalles, were in Hood River Monday.
The annual meeting for the election of
offcers for the Union church, Mon
day, January 4, at o'clock.
The ladies' aid of the Congregational