The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-21
Tales Of the Town TerseIy Told.

Hood River Thursday.
Seymour W. Condor, United States
commissioner at White Salmon, was a
Hood River visitor last Thursday.
Miss Hazel Wood departed last Thurs
day for Portland via the water route.
The has been visiting Mrs. Joseph Fra
zier, sr.
Mrs. Lena Smith writes to the Glacier
from Mosier to make the correction that
the party mentioned last week as given
by Mrs Smith was insteada surprise given
by Mrs. Myra Depee.
The editor of the Goldendale Sentinel
announces that he will leave in the
near future to do survey work for the
government in the eastern section of the
state, north OF Spokane. During his
absence his paper will be in charge of
o. Z. Nelson.
Mrs. Eggert was in from Eggermont
Saturday and reports everything moving
along nicely at that model country seat.
The cottage has been finished and the
farm house is framed and will soon be
enclosed. The Eggerts will have quite
a colony when they have completed
their plans and will have one of the best
equipped and most desirable country
properties in the valley.
Work on the Great Southern is pro.
crossing with all possible speed, says
the Mountaineer. OF 20 miles between
the Gushing place and Dufur, II miles
are graded and ready for the ties. On
the six miles between The Dalles and
Cushings no grading has been done, but
work on this stretch will commence
soon. The company expects to have the
road from here' to Dufur completed in
time to move this seasons crop.
Edgar Holman writes from Prosser,
telling the Glacier that he and Howard
Macon Der reached there in good shape
after hot and dusty bicycle trip. They
left Goldendale at o'clock Friday
morning, and went to Bickelton, 81
miles, arriving there at 7 o'clock. They
reached Prosser, SO miles further, at
noon the next day. The Yakima valley,
writes Mr. Holman, is beautiful, level
country, waving with alfalfa, clover and
timothy.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Price of Pine Grove
were in the city Saturday and visited
the Glacier Office. Mrs. Price SAYS they
have the banner berry patch of the val
ley this season. From their patch of
less than half acre of vines they
shipp at ia crates Of strawberries, and
let neigi vors have enough more after
slhpr'n time to bring the number up
to 100 crates. If any one has done bet.
ter this season than the Prices the Gla-
c:er would like to putiton record. Where
is Hoo.e and Barrett?.
Rev. Earl Morse Wilbur has handed
the Glacier copy of his prospectus OF a |
new school of liberal theology, recently
established at Oakland Cal, and Of |
W .ch Mr.. Wilbur has been made dean.
This institution will be the first school
for Unitarian ministers on the Pacific
coast, its establishment being made pos
sible by donations from friends of the
church in California. Any information
about the school may be obtained by
addressing Rev Earl Morse Wilbur,
14l3 Bush street, Oakland, Cal.
The amount asked by the Great
Southern Railway Co. to construct
shops and terminal works in the city
has been subscribed, and now the only
thing to be done is to agree upon the
conditions. A written copy of these
will be presented to the company, and
as soon ne the contract is signed, the
deeds will he deposited in escrow in the
bank, waiting for the completion Of the
work to be delivered. There is no |
doubt now that The Dalles will be the
terminus of great railroad running far
into the interior, and will reap many |
advantages Observation-Disclosures.
The first house west of the log chute |
on the bluff on the north side of the Co. |
lumbia is the home Of A. j. Haynes, the
man who carries the mail to Chenowith
three days in the week, rain, shine, |
wind or calm. Mr.. Haynes is making
improvement to the home |
stead. But short time ago there we're
about dozen large trees at the edge of
cliff which hid the view of Mount Hood |
from Mr.. Haynes house. He says his
wife couldn't rest until the trees were
removed, 50 together they operated a
crost-cut saw, and while Mrs. Haynes
was not an adept at this sort OF exercise
she nevertheless persevered until the
last tree obstructing the view was out
Of the way and over the bluff into the
Columbia. Besides a plucky wife, Mr..
Haynes has ranch that will some
day bring him in a neat income when
planted TO fruit trees.
A. ]. Haynes, the Chenowith mail
carrier, brings word from Underwood
hat workmen began Saturday building
she bridge over the White Salmon near
he mouth of the stream. This is the
bridge put in jointly by the two coun-
lies, Skamania and Klickitat, for the
benefit of the settlers on the head waters
IF the White Salmon river. The mon
~ has been appropriated for building
Ihe road, the slashing of the roadway
las already begun. This road shortens
he distance to Trout Lake and Camas
Prairie by four or five miles and gives a
much easier grade. Mr.. Haynes says
he people Of Underwood propose to put
N a dock whan thia will haaouna o,,;ta