The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-21

Oregon to ignore our Douglas MT Dy
clubbing it "0regon pine," and so adver-
tising it all over the country.-Seattle
Trade Register.
Captain +. G. Brosius returned We'd
nesday from his two weeks of strenuous
life with the National guard at Ameri-
can lake.
G. W. CrowelI and family, who came
here in March, and who have resided
on the hill, will leave shortly for Sher-
man county.
Professor Everett, who taught school
last winter in the Crapper district, has
been elected to position in the public
school at Fairview.
Mrs. w. b. Perry and daughter Miss
Helen OF Bellingham, Wash, who have
been visiting friends in Hood River, re-
turned home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Jewett of White
Salmon returned Wednesday noon from
Portland, having accompanied the body
of Aeolus Jewett to the crematorium in
that city.
Jack Bagley returned last week from
a hunting trip to Arlington. He report
ed having bagged so rabbits, but on be-
ing asked where they were declared he
had just taken them into Fouts'.
T. j. Kinnaird, o. r. & N. station
agent, has been granted six-weeks'
layoff He will spend week or so with
his family at Maple Dell, where he
expects to entice the speckled trout
from their lair, and will then leave for
| his former home in Iowa. Mrs. Kim
naird will accompany him. During his
absence from Hood River, his position
as agent will be filed by G. s. Van
Auker of Portland,
These clear days remind Joe Wilson
of the summer of 1884, when, after a
thunder storm had cleared the atmos-
phere, he made the ascent of Mount
Hood and was able to see almost the
whole of the states Of Oregon and Wash
ington, at least all that was worth see
ing as he expressed it. The rivers and
lakes OF Eastern Oregon appeared clear
like threads of silver. People who are
climbing the snow peaks this summer
must obtain some splendid views.
Mrs. Charlotte Koplin has been APP
pointed guardian of the property Of her
son, Walter d. Hull, who is undergoing
treatment at the asylum in Salem. In
her petition to the county court, pray
ing that she be appointed guardian of
her sons property, it was stated that
Hull has property in the town of Hood
River valued at 81 800, and Mrs. Koplin,
his mother, desired the power to man
age said property. The petition was
granted by Judge Lake, and the nee
essary order made.
Uncle Sans rural free delivery car.
riers are to wear uniforms saws dis.
, patch from Washington City. While an
: order to this effect has not been issued,
the department has the matter under
consideration and has practically decided
that the carriers must provide them
selves with uniforms. There are l26
} rural carriers in Oregon, 100 in WASH
ington, and Gain Idaho and like num-
OF substitutes. No branch ofthe govern
q ment service has grown with the rapid
ity of that OF rural free delivery In the
past three years. From less than score
few years ago the number has inCreas.
ed until there are now %, 1852 rural free
= delivery carriers with additions daily
being made from 10 to 25.
Mr.. and Mrs. II c. Waterman of Port
land were in Hood River last week, the
, guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. I. Mason of
!, the East Side. MIR. Waterman made
the trip to Hood River to see Mr.. Ma.
sons orchard. He had been shown a
l plan of the orchard by Mr.. Mason before
he left Portland ten years ago and was
! anxious to see II everything worked out
as planned. The orchard had been
leaned up, the trees whitewashed, and
Mr., Mason declared he would give a
; doliar for every weed found in it, when
Mr. Waterman came along. The Port
lander was delighted. He had never
eenanything like ii before. Mr.. Water
man owns an apple orchard at Payette,
Idaho.