The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-01-14

F.C. Meade Of Alexandria, Mimi,
during the past week, visited G. t. Ro-
bards and family, who are old acquaint-
anees. Mr.. Meade was Mr.. Robards'
Sunday school teacher back in Michigan
when he was small boy. Mr.. Meade
is veteran OF the civil war, having
served in the second company OF sharp-
shooters attached to the 9th Michigan
regiment. He is distant relative of
General George G. Meade, who
commanded the union forces at the
battle of Gettysburg. Arthur Robinson,
from the same place in Minnesota, came
in the party with Mr.. Meade and is Wis
iting his sister, Mrs. Alice J.Dcken. Mr..
Meade is also former newspaper man,
having started the first republican paper
that lived in Appleton, Wis. He is
looking over the Pacific coast for a loca-
tion for home, and as he found no
place that suited him better than Hood
River, we may look for him back here
with his family in the spring.
Man is yet fallible and the Glacier di-
roctory was not free from errors. G.. H.
Stranahan was listed with the Fashion
stable proprietors, whereas he is in
charge of a wholesale -four and feed
warehouse at the depot Stuart of
Stuart's confectionery was inadvertently
omitted from the directory, although in
cluded in the count. Sam Blowers was
put down as a clerk, but he objects to
this and says like his father he is at
present retired. A family of four we
overlooked in the census, e. P. Arm
strong having moved from the hotel into
the Smith house at the head OF Front
street the day after the Glacier man
made the count in that end of town.
H. G. Coe, listed in the directory, says
he is now a resident of Portland. Off
setting Mr.. Coe, Harvey Boggs, teamster
for Joe Wilson, was not counted, his
boarding house failing to turn in his
name. Altogether there is little mate
rial change in the total number of peo-
pie as given at l406.
The heavy rain Sunday night over
flowed the cutters throughout the town,
and in some places filled cellars with
water. On the south side OF State
street there is deep gutter, capable of
carrying off the water that comes from
the row of blocks above But some one
living on the south side of this street
above s. E. Bartmess' residence allowed |
the leaves raked from the lawn to be
thr own into the gutter, which turned |
the water across the street, and during |
Sunday night Mr. Bartmess' cellar was
flooded to the depth of two or three feet,
soaking his dry wood and doing other
damage
A gentleman at Los Angeles, who had |
evidently heard from our late city cleo
ion, wrote to Hon. E. L. Smith,
asking him to rent him room for a
'aloon in good location. Mr.. Smith
hought Sam Bartmess might give him
oom in his new building, and handed
he letter to him. Sam referred Mr.
smith to Mr.. Shaffer, who, he thought
night have room to let in the gymna-
ium building.
William Westerlund of Westerund
I Co., immigration agents of SO Dear
orn street, Chicago, was in the city
Wednesday, having come West with a
arty of intending settlers. This firm
, doing a good work towards bringing
esirable class of people to the North
rest.
S. II. Cox has secured the contract
,r Skamania county's court house at
5 ,434. J. G. Snyder will do the shingle
nd lath work. 1t is the intention to
egin construction Immediately, and to
ave things completed by July.