The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-01

The Dalles. Director Uquart speaks in
high praise of Miss Isenberg's abilities
in the school room.
Invitations are out for a dancing
party, Friday evening, at the opera
house, given by the ladies Of the Rath.
bone Sisters, assisted by the Knights of
Pythias. Charles R. McCallY will
furnish the music.
The ladies Of the w. r. G. will give
a tea at the home of Mrs. William
Yates, Thursday afternoon, December
/. The proceeds are to 60 toward the
support OF the Roseburg cottage, to aid
in the comfort of the old soldier.
w. J. Baker was in Portland Sunday,
where he attended the annual meeting
OF the order of railway conductors, of
which he is member Mr.. Baker is
well known among the railroad men Of
the o. r. & N. having for number OF
years been trusted employe of Il Q
company
Ed Miller has completed his work as
tie inspector for the Denver & Rio
Grande for this season, and will remove
to his ranch at Mount Hood, where he
will plant 800 more Newtown and Spitz-
enburg apple trees on the land he
cleared last winter.
Mount Hoodites enjoyed a party at
Miss Thomas Saturday evening, Novem-
Der 10. In spite of pouring rain the
guests assembled and had very good
time. All went away delighted with
the evenings enjoyment, and feeling
more than repaid for the ride through
the storm.
In the case of Francisco vs.. VanNorden
in the circuit court at The Dalles last
week the jury remained out As hours,
and then returned verdict for the
defendant. Francisco was suing for
damages because of what he consid-
cred false imprisonment on the charge
of robbing Van Norden's jewelry stores
Speaking of the numerous Stranahans
in Hood River, j. F. Stranahan says he
is related to 81 people in this city; but
worse than that, he says he attended a
reunion of the Stranahan family few
years ago in York state where there
were 1856 of his relatives. And these
were not all his relatives in one county.
John Jaku lost the case wherein he
was the defendant in suit in the cir
cult court al The Dalles last week in
which his wife sued him for $3.50. The
money came from Mrs. Jaku's parents
in Europe, and had been applied in
improvements on the place in the Crap
per district. The man and wife are
suing for divorce, and the wife brought
suit to recover her money.
Marshal Olinger has couple Of men
cleaning the cross walks Thanksgiving
morning. The men had spent the night
IN Jail for being drunk, and were serv-
ing their fine on the streets. The
streets needed cleaning, and the mar
shal's plan for cleaning is good one.
1t is hoped he can put more drunks to
the same good use. 1t is an ill wind
that blows no one any good.
The social given by the Y. P. s. G. f.
Of the Valley Christian church last Sat.
urday evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brosus was decided success.
Seventy-five persons ate supper. The
cost of the supper was reckoned by the
difference in weight of the gentleman
and his partner. This feature offered
a great deal of amusement. The great
er part of the evening was spent in So
cial games.
Marshal Olinger, acting as street COM
missioner during the incapacity Of Mr..
Cunning, did some good work last week
in replacing the crossings at the corner
of Third and Oak streets. The streets
Of Hood River are again muddy, not
withstahding the large amount of gravel
placed on them last summer, and it will
require vigilent service to keep them
clear of mud and the bitches open to
carry off the large amount Of surface
water during the winter season.
Clarance Gilbert, manager of the
Mount Hood hotel, fears that some one
has been poisoning his hogs. A large
number of them have taken sick and
died giving evidence of fdeath from poison
The hogs had been kept in the pasture
below the railroad track, but last week
were taken to the farm OF Robert Rand
at FranktOn. Six out of % hogs died in
one week. The hogs are fed from the
refuse from the hotel dining table, and
are valuable by-product, having turned
/ in about 5000 last year.
The building used as store, postoffict
: and laundry at the Collins hot springs
: and owned by Captain Belcher, burned
Sunday at II 80, and the building, al
: we'll as the entire contents were de
1 stroyed. 1t is supposed the fire originat
ed in the laundry, where some clotheI
8 were being dried, and as 1t was the time
. OF day when people were at dinner the
d fire was not discovered until it had sucf
a start that it could not be checked
The loss is estimated at 5000 and NJ
;. insurance. Pioneer.
= John P. Aplin left last week 70
Portland to look after the shipment O
I some mill machinery for the Hood Rive
: Touring mill. Other machinery vii
= arrive the first of the month from tn
4 East. The railroad company has GREY
y Of men laying track to the mill, whic
!. is now completed, with the exceptio
OF installing the machinery. The ma
- chinery will be taken from the cars o
the sidetrack and placed directly in tn
\ mill. N. Rogers, a millwright fror
Portland, is here assisting Mr.. Alpin i
setting up the machinery.
The ex-devi!, pressman, composition
copy-holder, blacksmith and man-of-al
work of the Glacier force was invite
with his family to eat Thanksgivin
dinner at the Coats sisters place o
Oak street. When old Sol had climbe
we'll up to the high water mark the r,
tired Pluto with his better half and nun
erous progeny boarded their one-hor'
Studebaker automobile and rode
state, and lively gastronomic anticipi
ton, to the home Of these genial ladie
Evidently they were not disappointet
for the hiu tyee of the 0akdale trit
declares the feast served by thet
good ladies, assisted by their sister, Mr.
Z. D. Calkins, was the most deliciol
and enjoyable he has had the hapT
privilege Of helping to punish in Il
last two centuries, at least. II
ladies are artists in the culinery lii
and as entertainers, and it will be
long look before our ex-devil and b
family forget their happy Thanksgi7il
of 1904.