The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-04

United Brethren church. j. Grotf, sr.,
Mr.. Croft, jr., and Mr.. Kellogg were
elected trustees. A subscription paper
is already in circulation and from pres
ent prospects it will not be long until a
church building is erected.
Alfred Ingalls, for the past year or
more has had gathering on his face
that lately got to be very painful, 1t
was thought to be caused by an ulcer
ated tooth. He was advised by physi-
clans here to go to Portland and be ex-
amined by specialists. Last week he
went to Portland, when physicians told
him he had a sarcoma or cancer. He
was operated upon and the operation
was successful. Mr.. Ingalls, is now at
the Portland Sanatarium. His son
James was with him last week and Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howe spent the
day with him. They report him getting
along as we'll as could be expected. Mr..
Ingalls, has been a resident of Hood
River since 1875 and is 66 years old.
L. A. Herman OF the East Side came
to Hood River in April, 1902. He bought
40 acres unimproved land in the cele-
brated apple belt at Pine Grove and
went to work clearing. He has built a
comfortable house, doing most of the
work himself, and has succeeded in clear
ing six acres of land, and this spring set
out six acres of apple orchard. Besides
he has cut saw logs on his place and has
II 900 feet on the river bank and 81, 1000
feet in the timber. Mr.. Herman was
unaccustomed to hard labor, but has
hired very little help SO far in improving
his place.
William Kennedy Of the East Side has
purchased a gasoline engine spray pump
from the Davidson Fruit company which
he finds to work very successfully.
With his own orchard Mr.. Kennedy
has charge of the Lacey ranch and it
keeps him very busy giving the apple
trees proper attention. The Lacey or
chard will turn off a heavy crop Of
apples. In the fall Mr.. Kennedy will
use his gasoline engine to grind cider for
the East Side people.
The Women OF Woodcraft of the Cas-
cade Locks circle unveiled two monu-
ments, Saturday, to Mrs. Lena Schmid
and Mrs. Mary Carlson. Professor w.
G. Hawley, of Willamette university,
Salem, delivered an grafton for the occa-
sion. A large crowd witnessed the cere-
mony.
Frederick & Arnold commenced w. NJ.
Stewards house, on State street, last
Thursday. From the appearance Of the
work done on the foundations and the
stone work on the front of the lot, Mr..
Stewart will have the most imposing
dwelling on this favorite residence street.
The ladies' aid society of the Congre-
gatiOnal church will meet at the home
of Mrs c. D. Thompson, Friday after
noon, June s. This is the annual meet
ing of the society and election of officers
will take place. A full attendance is
requested.
Miss Edna Sheriff. was in Hood River
Saturday, on a visit to her brother, w.
E. Sheriff.. She left that night for
Baker City, where she has a position
with the Pacific Mutual Insurance com
pany, at salary of SIS month.
The Prather Investment company last
week made sale of j. X. Powelps place,
ON Phelps creek, to G. R. Alternately, re-
Gently from Iowa consideration s., 500.
Mr.. Abernathy is a family man with
wife and little boy.
w. L. Clark, Familiarity known as
Louis Clark, visited in Hood River Sum
day. Mr.. Clark is now a member of the
firm of Paget and Clark, located in room
SS, Washington building, Portland.
Mrs. NJ. c. Miller, Of Scholls, Oregon,
came up on the noon train, Wednesday,
on visit to her several sons, the Miller
brothers here. Later she will visit a
daughter at Spokane.
Harry Pidcoe, an attacheol the wealth.
er bureau at Portland, was in Hood
River Saturday. Mr.. Pidcoe is an old
man, formerly of Fort Worth,
Texas.
A. E. Lake came down from The
Dailes Monday and is tenting on his
strawberry ranch. He will try to make
a full hand during the strawberry har-
vest.
George D. Culbertson, accompanied
by his hired man, ]. /. Loving. was up
TO his claim on the headwaters of Rock
creek, last week. Mr.. Culbertson saws
while spending the night in a tent loud
rumblings Of thunder were heard and
wind storm began to spring up. Strange
ly enough there were no clouds, except
over the mountains to the west, never
theless the campers felt uneasy in the
deep woods with a threatened falling Of
timber. The storm passed in a short
time. Mr.. Culbertson is satisfied he has
a splendid place. Forty acres contain
some choice red FIR timber. There are
four springs on the l6O acres, furnishing