The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-04-21

bovs about town have taken delight in
fooling Mth the electric lights he has
kent every night for the past year on his
Corner for the benefit of the public. In
this time he has had to buy new burn
ers because Of the boys breaking the
glass. AT other times they have turned
of the lights. Sunday night last the
burner was again demolished, evidently
by some one striking It with cane Or a
club, as the glass was scattered along
down the sidewalk. such malicious
mischief as this deserves severe punish
ment, and the Boys. will certainly get it
if they persist in the contemptible work.
Mr.. dallas donates this light for the
public good, and should be protected il
there is any law that will reach the
perpetrators Of such vandalism.
Burnette e. Duncan is up from Port.
land cultivating his IL acres OF orchard
on the East Side. .Rnd preparing ground.
for more trees. Mr. Duncan, last week,
came out of the Burlington office in
Portland, where he has been employed
all winter, and feeling hungry for out
door labor pitched in during the hot
epell OF last week, but the enervating
weather proved too much for his ardent
spirits and 'he was glad to hunt the
shade with a well developed case OF
spring fever. The welcome change in
the weather the latter part of the week
fixed him all right again for work.
w. r. Hoole received, last week, the
incorporation papers from Sal m for the
| Valley Christian church. This church
has been organized for nine years, but
not until Rev. A. "A. Beery stirred up
his congregation to the importance OF
incorporating and securing proper title
to the church prorerty was any move
made in this matter. Mr. Hoole kindly
consented to do theAegal work for the
congregation, and I've expects soon
to have everything established on bus
mess basis. The incorporators for the
church are Thomas Bishop, FSed Miller
and j. N. Bridges.
Mrs. x. s. Olinger, last week, received
a letter from her brother, Frank Back
US Of Spokane, conveying the sad in
telligence of the death OF his daughter,
Mrs. Lottie Hamilton. She died OF
cancer of the breast. Lottie was well
known in Hood River, where she was
born and grew to womanhood. The let
ter further states that Mrs. 0linger's
sister, Mrs. Kiger, and her husband had
both died at Tucson, Arizona. Mrs, Kiger
died Of fever and her husband OF par
alysis.
Frank Chandler and other residents
on the hill are circulating a petition
asking the council to order a sidewalk
built on the street leading north from
Sherman avenue back Of DR.. Watt's'res-
idence to the top Of the hill, The petit
TONERS also ask that this street be
graded. This is the one street most ac-
cessible to large number of residents
on the hill and the Glacier hopes the
council will see fit to grant what the
petitioners pray for
One day last week a travelling man,
]. B. Hall, called at s. +. Bartmess'
furniture store and in the conversation
which followed they discovered that
once they were boys in school together,
having been classmates in Otterbein
university, Ohio. They had not met in
the 80 years since intervening and had a
very interesting visit recalling old times
and associates.
w. G. Carrier has closed out his res
taurant br siness for the reason that he
was unable to rent building suitable.
A. Whitehead is fitting up the rooms oc-'
cupied by Mr.. Carrier and will open up
his ice cream parlors same as he did
last season. Mr.. Carrier says he has not
taken lay off from hard work FOR seven
long years, and now he will take much
needed rest.
Geo. D. Culberts N & Co. exchanged
0 l.. Clyde's farm near White SalmoN,
last week, for property at Park Place
and Newberg, recently owned by B l.
Town, who has removed to White Salmon
with his family and Mr.. Clyde and fam
lily have taken up their new home at
Park Place. near Oregon City.
G. E. Day, an electrician, is a pew.
conner, forptCly from Colorado. His
family is now residing at Walla WRlla,
but Mr.. Day thinks he will move to
Hood River, as he likes this country.
For y years Mr. DAY seas a wrter
and correspondent for the Alton, Fll.,
Telegraph.
Mr.. and Mrs.J. M. Melton and grand.
son, who came out from Missouri las TALL
and spent the winter WITH their sJn,
George, left for Hood River, WI pes
day, to spend the summer with tkeif
son Ed, who resides there. -Arlinaon
Appeal.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Sunderland are up
from Portland to spend few dayA On
their country place on Hood hiveg
Heights. Mf. Sunderland is putting n
garden and cultivating bis strawberry
patch. After the first Of Nay lis family
will be here for the summer
e. Bardefini, Portland representative
of the Calkins Newspaper Syndicate,
was in Hood River last week ID the in
terest of the Orchard and Farm, a
monthly farm andohorticnltnfal journal
fast gaining 2 big circulation in the Pa
cific coast states.
w. r. Ii8ole, tho always takes an
active interest in politics, spent last
week Ia Portland attending the repub-
licap state and district Conventions
WhiR there Mr.. Hoole had charge Of
Malcolm A. Moody's headquarters at
the Perkins.
]. f. Batchelder informs the Glacier
that the Country Club cottage will be
open for guests in few days. A large
number Of Portland people are inquiring
about Hood River, and many of them
will be here to spend the summer.
The concert which was to have been
given by the ladies Of ST. Marks guild
has been postponed indefinitely on ac-
count Of Mrs. Josephine Kennedy Ryan
being called to New York city because
Of the serious illness OF a sister
Dorrance Smith and Harry Hansberry
OF Stevenson, WASH, were in towfi Fri
day. These gentlemen are now engaged
in towing logs on the Columbia for the
Skamania humber Co. They have pur
: chased the iteamer Maja.
M. r. Noble is still quite feeble from
the effects OF the siege Of blood poisen
ing he suffered during the winter. Hi
2 left arm is perfectly useless, and he viii
not be able to do any work for some
time to come.
| Geo. d. Culbertson & Co. sold, othi
week, to Timothy Beatty lately OF Wamic
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