The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-08

| torhelluS Tuesday Forest Grove
Times.
Sam HARRISON arrived up from Albany
| Friday night on visit to his brother
r. S. HARRISON of Meadow farm, East
Hood River.
Mr. and Mrs. L. c. Baldwin of Hood
River were in Wasco last week, visiting
with Mrs. Joe Marsh, aunt of Mrs
Baldwin.
DR.. and Mrs. T.. L. Eliot passed
through Hood River last week on thei
return from seven weeks trip to st
Louis aud the East.
A. P. Tiff, who was mentioned las
week as being connected with the
Country Club Inn, sold out his interests
there over year ago.
Mrs. J. S. Landcrs accompanied
Superintendent Landers to Hood River
Saturday, to attend the educational
meeting at the high school,
]. II. Ackerman, state superintendent
of public instruction, was up from
Salem last Friday to transact some real
estate business in Hood River
Mrs Spear, who lives on the heights,
lost a valuable COW last week. With
the scarcity of milch cows in this city,
losses of this kind are not light ones.
T. n, Chapman has contracted to
sell five-acre tract of land through a
25c ad in the Glacier Glacier adets
bring results, and they don't cost much.
Try one when you have anything to
sell.
The Hotel WauComa opened Monday,
with r. f. Fewel heading the list on
the first page OF the register. p. f.
Fouts will act as day clerk, while Web
ster Kent will hold the position of night
clerk
j. G. Tate, grand lecturer for the
\. 0, U. W., arrived last Fri lay from
Denver on Il visit to his sons, who own
farm in the Barrett district, which
they purchased last summer from New
ton Clark.
E. /. Smith left on delayed No. l.,
Tuesday afternoon for Portland, where
he went to confer with Secretary Lam
berson regarding the annual report of
the state board of horticulture of which
he is president,
Jim Langille completed his work in
Hood River last week, and SAYS he will
take a lay off for while and spend a
few weeks at the coast, He expects to
90 to Haquina to hunt for birds and dig
clans in the sand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen McCrum of Mount
Hood were in the city last Thursday
Mrs. McCrum's mother Mrs. Dlsbrow
after an extended visit in Hood River
left Friday morning for her home in
Nashville, Lincoln county.
Mr. Ingram, the fruit inspector for
klickitat county, states that more apple
trees have been planted in White
Salmon this fall than in all the rest of
the county. The apple industry Is
coming to the front in western KIickitat
county.
The First National bank gives notice
that the money received from the state
commission in payment for the apples
sent last October to the st. Louis fair
has arrived, and will be paid to the
farmers on application at the bank.
E. A. Franz and family have moved
in from their farm in the country and
will occupy the former residence of Mr.
Friday on West State street. Mr.. Franz
is yet undecided as to what business he
will enter, but says he has had several
propositions offered him.
Mr.. and Mrs n. W. Bone returned
Sunday from their trip to Chicago, st.
Louis and New Orleans. They had a
very enjoyable trip, and spent Il week
at the worlds fair. New Orleans, Mr..
Bone says, is the drtiest city he ever
saw. He had no desire to locate there.
J. F. BatcheIder spent Sunday and
Monday in Hood River. Mr.. Batchel-
der states that Mrs, Batchelder and the
children will arrive Saturday to make
Hood River their home They will be
located for the present at the Country
Club Inn. Mr. Batchelder will contin-
ne with his business in Portland, COM
ing up to spend Sundays here.
II. f. Macomber is home from a visit
with his brother at Prosser, Wash, and
will spend the winter on his farm in
Hood River. Mr.. Macomber saws his
brother is doing well in eastern Washing
ton, where he raises alfalfa potatoes and
garden truck. He has plenty of irrigat-
ing water, and is in fair way to get
rich.
Sheriff Sexton, who was in the city
Sunday to investigate the post Office
robbery, is Of the opinion that the same
gang that has been operating in valley
towns, is responsible for therobb 9ry. He
drew this conclusion by examining a
well.worn improvised funnel which
had been often used for injecting the
/ powder and was left behind. No trace
has been secured of the robbers.
c. F. Stauffrr and NJ. II. Craft of Mo,
sier were Hood River visitors last Thurs.
| day. Mr., Stauffer secured a copv OF
the year book Of the department of agri-
culture, and will put in the long winter
evenings learning the latest improved
methods of scientific farming. Mr..
! Craft marketed his crop of Northern
Spy apples in Portland, where he re.
ceiyed Sl.25 a box for them. He has
about an acre in bearing orchard, but
last spring set out 500 Newtowns and
| Spitzenbergs.
From a marked copy Of the Glenwood
Gowa) Opinion at hand it is noted that
Laraway q Son are doing a big business
in holiday goods. A monster ad tells
the public Of the special attractions at
Laraway's "Stories Of the West" has
been clipped from the paper and ap-
pears in another column of this issue.
| 1t will be noted that the bounding west
is spoken OF as "out there" DR.. Lar.
away was tireless advertiser for Hood
/ River when here last summer, and he
is evidently keeping up the good work.
By arriving from The Dalles one day
last week, ahead Of their usual time the
/ steamers Charles r. Spencer and Bailey
Gatzert surprised the waterfront fire.
/ quenters. 1t was learned that the
| quick passage resulted from race that
the steamers engaged in while coming
down the river. In their eagerness tC
win the contest some Of the landings
were cut out. The Spencer reached hei
dock at 2:35, just 20 minutes in advance
OF the Gatzert. Usually they have no
been showing up at Portland until aite
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