The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-08-18

Miss Clara Blythe spent last week in
The Dalles, the guest of Mrs. ]. T. Neff.
Mrs. S. A. Knapp went to Portland
Tuesday to see after fall STYLES in the
millinery line.
Mr.. and Mrs. +, H. Shepard and lit
tie daughter left Tuesday afternoon for a
visit with relatives in Portland.
r, H. Weber of The Dalles nurseries
was in Hood River during the week,
looking after his East Side fruit farm.
G. f. Galligan is home from Silver
ton, where he spent the winter. His
mother will remain at Silverton another
month.
Early Crawford peaches from the C.
A. Shurte ranch at White Salmon were
on sale in Hood River markets the first
of the week.
S. B. Fay,who has been doing orchard
work in the valley since spring, left last
week for a short vacation at his former
home at Dayton,
Rev. Robert Copple, wife and little
son arrived from Portland Saturday
on visit to Rev. Copple's parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. S. Coppe OF the East Side.
The Hood River Plumbing Co. put up
a new sign last week This company
have secured the contract to do the
plumbing for the new court house at
Stevenson.
Burt Van Horn arrived Monday from
Burt, N. Y. to look after his orchard in
terests here and to attend the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Hood
River Fruit Co., which will be held
Thursday Of this week in Hood River.
AT a recent meeting of the board of
commissioners of.Klickitat county C. +.
Royal was awarded the contract for con-
constructing the Camas Outlet bridge
for the sum of $838.99 The report on
the Claterbos road was deferred until
October 8.
DIR. Z. L. Tiffany spoke at the Odell
tchool house last Saturday evening, re-
surning afterward to Hood River, and
with Mrs. Tiffany and their two children
were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. f. R.
Bradley until Tuesday morning, when
they boarded the Spencer for Portland.
James McBain expects to have the
foundation for the new school building
completed by Saturday of this week.
Cunning & Wright, the contractors for
the school building, hope to begin work
the first of next week, They have been
delayed by the Jumper company's inabil-
ity to supply the proper lumber.
Last Friday, j. H. Groves bought n.
F. Lamar's interest in the grocery busi-
ness located south of Indian creek
bridge. This is the store building
which is said to have sold 1900 loaves OF
bread in l5 minutes last strawberry
time. The new firms name is Groves
& Co., who win be glad to greet all
comers.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Clark we're up from
Portland the first of the week in attend
ance at the funeral of the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Everhart. Mr..
Everhart and Mrs. Clark are brother
and sister. Mr.. Clark is now resident
of Portland, where for year he has been
doing office work for the United States
engineer corps.
Slocum the book man has secured tenn
porary quarters with J. +. Rand, while
workmen are putting up brick on the
present site of Slocum's store. Mr.. Slo-
cum announces the arrival OF half a
ton of school books. He proposes to be
on time, and will have everything
needed for school children. Notice his
new ad in this weeks issue of the Gla-
cier.
Ed Calkins, who last summer pur-
chased the Spaulding three acres at
Frankton, has this piece of property in
fine shape. The orchard has been well
taken care OF and will this fall turn off be-
tween 400 and 500 boxes of first class
apples This little place is now valu-
BILE piece OF property. Mr.. Calkins pro-
poses further improvements in placing
tile drains in the land.
Mrs. McCuen, on the A. E. Curtis
place, killed rattle snake last week
which measured four inches in diam
eter Some children attracted Mrs.
McCuen's attention to the snake, which
had coiled itself up on log, and with
kissing tongue was ready for battle
The plucky woman was not to be turned
aside by his naughty snakeship, and in
few minutes she had stretched him
out cold in death.
J. w. Saucer of Belmont gathered in
his friends and neighbors Sunday after
noon, and together they enjoyed a
sumptuous repast OF ice cream. Those
present were: Grandpa and Grandma
Ellis, j. r. Ellis and family, Scott
Boorma and family, Warren Miller
and family, William Ellis and family,
Roy Ellis and family, Alfred Boorman
and wife, Alfred Eastman and family,
Levi Bangle and family.
Miss Mabel Walker of Portland came
up Thursday of last week and is visiting
friends in the valley. Her friends were
in hopes, from indications at the time OF
her last visit in Hood River, she would
domestiC&te and undertake the task OF
managing one of our valley farmers and
his ranch, but the fair Mabel it seems
is uncertain, coy and hard to please" "
but her friends say they will continue
to live in hopes if they die in despair
Jasper Wickham left Monday evening
for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to assist in set.
Ting up the estate Of his father, who
died there this spring. Mr.. Wickham
was arranging to make this trip East
this summer even before his father died.
He had not been back to his old home
for 20 years, and while there will COM
bine business with pleasure and visit the
familiar places ON his old stamping
ground. Mr.. Wickham took with him
some issues of the Glacier, which he will
use in inducing some of his Iowa friends
to remove to Oregon.
E. r. Bradley is in receipt of letter
former Nebraska friend who writes for
special information regarding Hood
kiver valley. The gentleman visited
our town a day or two last year and
since that time has been in California.
A number of his relatives and friends
contemplate removing from Nebraska to
the coast and his request for informa-
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