The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-02-25

Harvey A. Stauffer and family are ex-
pected to arrive in Hood River about
April /, from Canton, Ohio. Mr.. Stauf-
fer expects to make his home in Hood
River valley. He is cousin of A. l..
and G. F. Stauffer of the East Side. The
sister Of the Stauffer brothers, Miss Ella
who was for time resident here,
where she has many friends. is now
married to L. G. Yoder, and lives at
Easton, Ohio. She, with her husband,
expect someday to make their home in
Hood River A. L. Stauffer and L. G.
Yoder served in the same company, in the
8th Ohio in the Spanish war and were
together in the Cuban campaign.
A. L. Stauffer came to Hood River five
years ago. He bought 40 acres of land
then in the Pine Grove district for $15
an acre. He has 20 acres cleared, 500
growing apple trees and will set $50
more this spring. Mr.Stauffer now con-
siders his 40 acres worth to him $500 an
acre, and nothing under this price would
tempt him to sell. The Stauffer broth
ers are among Hood Rivers most indus
trious and estimable citizens.
The burglars who broke into Frank A.
Grants store last Thursday morning
we're arraigned that afternoon before
Justice Nickelsen. Waving examina-
tion they were sent to The Dalles that
night in charge.of Deputy Sheriff Olin-
ger and placed in the Wasco county Jail.
The men gave their names as Fred
White and AL Foote. Before eXamina-
ton it was the general opinion that
these were the wrong men and they
would have to be turned loose for lack
of evidence. If so, the gentlemen saw
good chance to secure three months
board at the expense of the county and
took it up. They will appear before
the circuit court the first Monday in
May. Mr.. Cram was not inclined to
prosecute the men, as he had suffered
no loss, and thought the men perhaps
needed some dry goods worse than he
did.
The Scappoose Lumber Co., OF Soap
poose, Or, has purchased OF j. f. Han
ma his saw mill, logging engine, two
miles OF fiume, timber contracts, ,etc for
the sum OF $l3,500. The new company
was incorporated February 8, by local
capitalists of Scappoose for $25, 900. J.E.
Hanna retained one-fifth interest in
the new company and was elected secre-
tary. The new company has an
abundance OF fine yellow fir on the north
FORK OF Scappoose creek, where their
mill is located two miles from the rail-
road. They expect to install a planning
mill and box factory at the end Of their
flume where it reaches the railroad, and
will have one of the best paying plants
in the state.
Carpenters are busy enlarging the
office room of the Mount Hood hotel. A
new counter will be installed, tele-
phone booth, drinking fountain, window
seats and chairs put in, and the office
otherwise fixed up to accommodate the
constant rush of business at this hostel
ry. In tearing out one OF the partitions,
carpenters came upon a hath marked
in shipping ink TO +. l.. Smith. This
building was started in 1881, when Mr..
Smith was Hood Rivers pioneer mer-
chant.
Everything seems to be full of water.
The talk is about all water, the papers
are full Of water, the farmers and even
the very air seems to lie full of water,
for at the Woodcraft meeting, Friday
night, the women had nothing but wa
ter in the cOffee-pot, and so, it caused
nothing but water in the cups on the
table at lunch, but all enjoyed them
selves, and after one initiation, went
home at a very late hour,