The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-08-11

new single desks and a bell has been
placed that will hereafter call the pu-
pills to their studies.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.S. Boorman returned
Tuesday from visit to their daughter,
Mrs. Ward Tompkins, at Glenwood,
Wash. They report everything lovely
in that country, and that the saw mill
Mr.. Tompkins is interested in at that
place is doing fine business, and get
ting out lumber of a very fine quality.
Scott says it is great place for fishing
and duck hunting. He went out one
day and caught 40 catfish. What will
puzzle the majority of us is how so many
catfish could get away up there past the
numerous falls OF the Klickitat Must
have been towed up by the trout, Eflie
Boorman, who accompanied her parents,
will remain at Glenwood until time for
school to begin in September.
Dorrance Smith and Harry Hansberry,
who are in charge of the steamer Maja,
employed by the Menominee Lumber
Co. in towing logs to the mill from the
mouth of White Salmon, layed over at
Hood River during the heavy wind
storm Tuesday morning, Mr.. Smith
says the Menominee Lumber company
have between 5000, 900 and A, 100000 feet
of logs in the White Salmon river.
About 10000 feet of the logs are in
boom at the mill, three miles below
town, and the mill is cutting about 50,-
600 feet day.
Mrs. Corey and daughter, Miss Sarah,
nF Gan loon Nal of Mtuo
Teal at Pinehurst few days last week.
They were returning from trip to the
st. Louis exposition and came via Port
land in order to take run up to see
their sometime friend Miss Teal. Both
of the ladies expressed much dilight
with Hood River and thought it very
restful place. They were sorry not to
be able to make longer stay, but were
obliged to leave after only three days.
George w. Thompson is home from a
two weeks trip to the mountains. Life
among the tall uncut with apologies
to Geo. l. Slocom) was very enjoyable,
but the return to the warmer climate of
the lower valley was too much for Mr..
Thompson and it required several days
for recuperation. Mr.. Thompson reports
business very good for the summer mon
tbs, better even than he expected. With
a shOrt-handed force the Paris Fair
people are kept pretty busy.
Misses Blanche, Hester and Ruthie
HARRISON returned last Saturday from
visiting their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. s. HARRISON of Tangent, Oregon,
stopping both going and coming to
visit at University Park with their
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. NV. Rand.
They also brought home with them
their grandmother, Mrs. M. l.. Harbi-
son, who has been staying with her son
at Tangent since last fall.
Contractor Soule obtained the con-
tract for raising and improving the
Pine Grove school house at $2,2O0. The
building is now elevated to the full
height needed for lower story and the
work. which is going on rapidly, will no
doubt be completed in time for the term
of school beginning September 10.
C. L. Copple is again laid up with
weak and infiamed eyes. His condition
is such that he was compelled to give
up business in town and has disposed of
MS OlllCG nAluTGs anu Itdl tbldit buSl-
ness to the new firm of Staten & San
bourn.
Virgil johnson of Claremont n. H.,
who had been visiting his mother, Mrs.
w. II. johnson at Eugene, spent last
Friday in Hood River with his grand
father, DIR. w. L. Adams. Mr.. johnson
is pastor Of the First Baptist church at
Claremont.
Elmer McCray of Portland spent his
vacation at Hood River, and returned
home the first of the week. Last week,
he, in company with Bert Stranahan
went to Trout Lake. He reports $50
people in camp along the stream about
this favorite resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Tompkins and
their little daughter, Ruth, came down
from Glenwood with W. S. Boorman,
Tuesday, for visit with old friends
here.