The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-14
Tales Of the Town TerseIy Told.

Collins.
Judge J. II. Nickelsen made busi-
ness trip to The Dalles, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Imbler of Husum
were in Hood River Monday.
J. G. Snyder is now night clerk at the
Mount Hood hotel, having assumed his
duties, July s,
7. +. Hughes OF the Eilers Music
house, The Dalles, is in the city taking
orders for his house.
Miss Irene Urquhart of Hood River,
is visiting friends in Goldendale. Col
dendale Agriculturist.
Ebert Vaughan of Hood River,
former Newberg boy, was in town on
Tuesday .--Newberg Graphic.
Mrs. ]. l.. Atkinson and her son-in-
law, A. B. Cousin, were up from Port
land, Sunday, returning Monday.
r.. Smith, president OF the First
National bank, came up from Portland
Monday noon, returning the same
afternoon.
II. A. Tawney sunk 3O-foot well on
his lots on the hill last week, and now
has five feet of splendid water. Mr.,
Tawney is preparing to put up a resi-
dence.
Indian Gardens sent to town last
week, an eleven-months-ol hog that
weighed 26l18 pounds dressed. II sold
for 7 cents a pound and netted the
owner 1897.
Mrs. Peter Ryerson and daughter,
Mrs. Ora Stepp, returned last Friday
to their home in Kansas, after a two
months visit in Hood River with Mrs.
T. j. Cunning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Emstrum moved
out to Parkertown the first OF the week,
where they will be at home to their
friends after July Is. Percival Harrel
from Vancouver is visiting his mother.
The residence of A. A. Jayne In Riv-
erview Park presents very neat ap.
pearance with improvements to the
lawn and new picket fence. Attorney
Jayne can now take comfort in the pos
session of one of the fine residences of
Hood River.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. d. Tracy, after an
extended visit with Mrs. Tracy's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Carter OF the
East Side, left Monday afternoon for a
visit in Seattle before returning to their
home in Canyon City. Mr.. Tracy is an
employe Of the Canyon City bank.
Oscar Vanderbilt OF Hood River is the
defendant in a suit brought in the state
circuit court for Multnomah county by
Aimee Austin, known as "the human
fly," to recover a diamond horseshoe
pin and pair OF diamond earrings
which she says are worth $500. Mr..
Vanderbilt has just filed an answer to
the suit, in which he says that he held
the jewelry as security for the payment
Of bill for printing, and after that All
NEE had failed to pay the bill at the
time stipulated he sold the jewels, real
izing 1855 therefrom; that he made her
a tender OF the surplus $55 but she re-
fused it, preferring TO sue him to re-
cover the diamonds. He asks that her
suit be dismissed.
At q meeting Of the board of directors
Of the Valley Improvement company
held Monday night in the Office OF Judge
Henderson, committee consisting of
John Leland Henderson and J. w. Ba-
ker was appointed to make an estimate
of the value of the remaining shares of
stock yet unpaid. This committee is
to report Tuesday evening, July 10.
Those present at the meeting Monday
evening, we're: President, N. G. Evans,
Secretary John Leland Henderson, f..
N. Benson, W. J. Baker, NJ. II. Nickel
sen, w. II. Peugh. When this commit
tee reports and the stockholders OF the
old Valley improvement Co. are paid
up for their stock, the former com
pany will be legally dissolved and the
Valley improvement Co will be no mere.
Hon. T. r. Coon, who advertises in
another column OF the Glacier that he
has his home place for sale, it is under
stood will leave for New Zealand, this
fall Mr.. Coon has been attracted to
this British possession by thorough
study Of the economical and sociological
conditions OF the country. II the coun-
try is as he has had il represented he
believes he will find place better even
than Hood River By leaving here in
the fall he will arrive at New Zealand at
the opening of the spring season. The
climate in that country is about like it
Is here, possibly little more like South
ern Oregon or Norther California. 1t is
about as far the other side 2f tie equator
as Oregon is north of the fine. II Mr..
Coon finds a suitable location in the
insular province on the other side of the
globe he deserves to succeed. His Hood
River friends will wish him ABUNDANT
success.