The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELI..

The Odd Fellows hall Is nearing
completion. Rumor has 10 that 1t will
be ready for the holiday festivities.
There will be festival given here on
the 28th, under the direction of Mrs.
Frank Neff, who has been elected mu-
sical director. There Is plenty of mu-
sical and literary talent In the COM
munIty, and the advent of the Nefls
will have q. tendency to develop 1t,
This entertainment will be of high
order but free to oil and well worth
hearing. The public Is cordially in-
Vited TO attend. And It Is the wish of
Encouragement that you bring along
your purses and patronize the booths
that will be In evidence there, The
proceeds of this entertainment will go
toward seating and otherwise fixing
up the church, which for about three
years has been crying necessity.
There isn't much suggestion of sanctity
In the appearance of rough interior
Of church with no comfortable seats
.Heubert Morton has sold and trans,
terred his lease upon the Roberts place
(the old Odell homestead) and will
soon leave Hood River valley. Mr.
Morton has by his worthy and gen.
erous conduct endeared himself to the
people of 0dell. Mr.. Morton has truly
proven himself kind, generous friend
and good neighbor. What greater
monument could u man desire? His
departure from us Is serious loss to
the community, and on behalf of the
good people Of Odell, we wish him all
the success he deserves wherever his
lot may be cast.
In January, road supervisors wilr be
appointed. The friends of good roads
should at once recommend to Commits
sioner Hibbard some suitable person
for the place. The taxpayers of the
district should be entitled to name the
man.
Recently, while on my way home
from town, ]. w. Moore hailed me,
saying he had Just learped something.
As was looking for news, asked him
what II was, and here are his words
when l commenced clearing the rock
from this piece Of ground first hauled
oil the small rock off; and In digging
out the big ones am at loss to know
what to fill the holes with. was a
---- fool" Tell your neighbors that
when they want to clear their land of
rocks to reserve the small ones TO fill
up the holes made by removing the
larger ones. We never get too old to
learn. My advice TO Bro. Moore Is to
come over to East Hood River valley
and cease his warfare on rocks.
The Slanderer. - The word slander
probably is the very best definition of
cussedness that the English language
could furnish, and the slanderer is the
most dangerous type of humanity that
infests any community. They insin-
uate themselves into churches; they
crawl in under disguise into fraternal
organizations, and leave their venom
Gus sting of poison on everything they
touch. They are fit reminders of the
one thousand lepers that are today
crawling through the streets of their
doomed city outside the gates of Can.
ton, China, who are public charges aud
who simply exist without living. Read
Proverbs, 18th chapter.
Solomon evidently was Judge of
human nature, and his words of wis
dom are verified even down to the 10Th
century. Truth is stranger than fic-
ton, This axiom is titly illustrated in
the Proverbs Of Solomon. Special at
tention Is called to the 18th verse of the
18th chapter.
Some time ago 1t was reported that
new road was to be opened up run.
ming east from the Little White Store
and connecting us with the Pine Grove
road near Frank Stanton's place. This
proposed road would prove great pub
lie convenience, and we hope the mat