The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-29
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELL.

ODELL.
The yule tide has again flowed In.
The yule block has again been put on
the fire. Christmas, with all that It
means to the little ones, has again
passed into history. The story of the
babe cradled In the manger, as record
ed by Luke, I'd chapter, has been read.
The thrilling story of the shepherds
who were keeping watch over their
tiocks by night, comes to US older ones
with touch of pathos and sweetness
that should soften even those of us who
are travelling the thorny road of sin,
On this sacred day, like the multitude
of the heavenly host praislng God and
saying, Glory TO God in the highest,
and ON earth peace, good will toward
men," should we too lbok forward to
the time when the realization of this
beautiful picture shall leave its impress
upon the modern world. Perhaps II
will come with the dawn of the mil.
lennlum.
The Christmas exercises conducted
by the school In the new building
across the way was creditable affair
A special feature of the program was q
recitation by Miss Nettle Kemp, who
arrived from Portland ON Saturday foi
week at home and with friends here
Nettle was at her best and brought the
house down and was compelled to re-
spond to an encore, Nettie's friends
always greet her kindly and enthusi.
astically. The last feature of the pro.
gramme was the distribution of pres.
ents, and the children went home
happy.
The question OF knitting the boun.
daries OF the school district Is now on
and will be settled by the boundary
board, which convenes on the 4th OF
January, This Is question which
materially affects the future of our dis
triCt and one that the boundary board
should be thoroughly informed upon
before settling.
AT special school meeting called
for 3 p. m. Monday, January 2, this
question, together with other ques.
tlons affecting the interests of the dis
trict, will be discussed, and IL Is the
wish of the school directors and the
general interest of the district that
full attendance at this meeting be had.
Odell has as good a school this year
as there is In Hood River valley, and
we should see to II that the directors
are aided in every laudable manner to
perpetuate the school upon its present
basis. To do this, taxes must be levied,
At the school meeting last week Is
mill tax was voted. This may seem
extravagant to some, but when we
consider the benefits accruing from u
good school, 1t is the only sensible view
to take Of the case. BY all means, let's
stand by the directors In giving TO the
community a school that we are justly
proud Of.
Otto and William Ehrck jr. returned
last Friday from quite an extended
visit to Portland. The boys started
with the intention of going to San
Francisco but changed their minds and
returned. Their friends welcomed their
return.
At the close of the year the Little
White Store desires to extend their SIN
cere thanks to their friends who have
30 literally patronized them. For more
than two years we have, by painstak-
Ing effort, been trying to place the
business upon q respectable and paying
basis. The record of the sales is salts
factory, and the best evidence of the
manner in which the business has been
conducted.
At this point we desire TO dispel any
rumor that may be ahoat to the effect
that the Little White Store is going out
OF business. There is no thought on
the part of the management Of this
kind, and we would probably know
something about II If such was the case.
The business has passed the expert
mental stage, and we expect ii to grow