The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-17

cery went to Portland and Vancouver
last week on business,
Roy F. Dean left for Portland Monday
to take a position as salesman in one
of the large stores there.
The ladies' aid society of the Congre-
gational church will meet Friday after
noon with Mrs. A. b. Garfield.
C.L. Rogers was called to Portland
Monday morning by the death OF his sis
ter, Mrs. J. f. Howe of Woodstock.
]. T. Bordan, representing athe Eve
ming Telegram of P ortland, is in the
city canvassing for his paper.
Mrs. J. G. Davis left Saturday morn
ing to Join her husband at their Hood
River home. .-Newberg Graphic.
r. T. Mills of Chenowith has bought
Saul Kiser's four acres near town. Mr..
Kiser will build house on the heights,
The Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tartan church will meet Friday after
noon at the homo of Mr". Edward
Blythe.
L. A. Childs of Eugene stopped off at
Hood River Thursday on his return
from The Dalles where he worked for
prohibition on election day.
New Mexico received 3S medals at the
worlds fair for fruit exhibits Most Of
the awards are for Pecos valley fruits,
There were gold medals, Is silver and
IA bronze.
The concert advertised to take place
at the opera house Monday night under
the auspices of the U. b, church has
been postponed because OF the cases OF
diphtheria about town,
A. l. Mason, president of the Hood
River Apple Growers union, sent two
boxes of fancy Newtown and Spitzen-
berg apples to his father, who is captain
of the police force at st. Louis. The
express on the two boxes was 81 rs.
Congressman J. N. Williamson start
ed Saturday for Texas, where he will
attend the irrigation congress. He ex-
poets to return home before going to
Washington to prepare for the fall ses-
sion of congress. Chronicle.
After the meeting Of the Royal Neigh
bors last Friday night, the members en-
joyed basket social. There was short
program, and the receipts of the sale of
the baskets netted very neat sum.
The entertainment was voted a complete
success.
Roswell Shelley left Monday noon for
The Dalles, where he is serving on the
Jury of the circuit court. Mr.. Shelley
was never before drawn on the jury, but
realizing this Is one Of the duties OF citi'
zenship he did not shirk when called
upon.
A visitor at the Central school Friday
witnessed the voting test which PROBES
sor Wiley had the pupils take, in order
to show them how the votes for presi
dent are cast. The visitor was impressed
with the quiet but firm manner of tht
professor, and also the apparent contro
he has over the pupils.
The heavy rains of the past few day
have raised the waters of Panther creel
and Wind river so that the Wind River
Lumber Co. opened the dams Monday
and something over 100000 feet of log'
came down Wind river to the Columbia
Quite an amount of logs remains yet tt
be flooded. Stevenson Pioneer.
Mrs. Mary Booth, who has beel
up from Hood River visiting he
daughter, Mrs. w. H. Sharp, on Thre
Mile, spent this morning with old-tim
Dalles friends and returned home thi
afternoon. Mrs Booth is improving il
health and as genial as in the days 0
yore.-Chronicle.
Clarence Copple has given up mi
| position as carrier on rural route No. !
, There are no other applicants for tn
; position, and Postmaster Yates is un
fable to state when the service will b
resumed. Mr.. Coppe found that tn
salary allowed him by the government
, is insufficient for himself and team.
j. w. Kirkwood, the orchardist
crossed to White Salmon Saturday morn
ing with 5000 fruit trees for the orchard
of Mordecai Jones, Sam Ziegler AM
others. The trees came from Th
Dalles and Milwaukee and were apples
cherries and peaches Mr. Kirkwood say
his nurseries deliver trees to the Wash
ngton side of the river at their own eS
pense.
Alton Cunning, who has been suffer
ing from blood poisoning by a splinte
having run into his hand, was dow
' town last week, but Saturday was take
much worse. Tuesday night the docto
s lanced the middle finger, and report
0 that it will have to be amputated, an
possibly the whole hand. Mr.. Cunnin
S has the sympathy of his neighbors an
friends in this serious atiliction.
c Twenty-Five new members have bee
y received in membership in the CongrC
tional Christian Endeayor society du
ing the last three weeks. Among TIL
new members are some very able worl
> ers. Most of the new members thong
= are young people. Mr. Sanborn led I'll
s meeting last week and it was a vel
r helpful meeting. Professor Wiley wi
e lead next Sunday evening and all a
G invited to attend.
After a three-months contest whit
began August 3, Miss Allen of the Dali
= has been announced as winner of Il
worlds fair trip. A like contest bega
\ in Hood River the latter part of Angus
and at the end Of 30 days not coup,
remained in the hands of1he merchan
Miss Cramer won the contest and I
turned from her trip to st. Louis
month ago. And some people decla
Il The Dalles is not slow. 1t is stated tn
Miss Allen OF The Dalles will not ma
the trip, preferring to spend the Sl62,
e in other ways She is in the employ
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