The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-10


J. NJ. Culbertson of Fort Worth
Texas, is in Hood River visiting hi,
brother, George D. Culbertson, the rea
estate and insurance agent.
Frank Chandler finished digging hi
potatoes on his farm in the Rose Hill
district last week. His eight acres pro
duced 200 sacks.
The Dalles Chronicle states that Mrs
Wheeler, who has been a patient in the
hospital there, returned Monday to hel
home at Hood River.
Z. L. Smith left Tuesday Afternoon
for Portland, where he will Join the Ore.
gon delegation bound for the Nationa
Irrigation congress at El Paso.
Frank j. Perkins, representing the
Oregon Fire Relief association of Nc.
Minnville, was transacting business in
this city, Friday and Saturday of last
week.
c. L. Gilbert, the genial host at the
Mount Hood hotel, is confined to his
bed under the doctors care. Billy Ship
man is assisting as clerk at the hotel
during the illness of Mr.. Gilbert.
l.. Parmenter of Candy, Clackamas
county, is in Hood River visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Alma Howe. Mr.. Parmenter
is looking for position as cook in a
lumber camp.
DIR. E. 7. earns expects to close his
dental parlors in the Bartmess building
the latter part Of this week and will
leave shortly for Southern California,
where he and his family will spend the
winter.
j. T. Cooper returned Tuesday morn
ing from Eastern Oregon and went up
to his ranch in the Mount Hood settle
ment, where he will make some improve
ments. Mr.. Cooper has disposed of his
sheep business at The Dalles.
Dave Vannet, roadmaster of the
Northern Pacific, was in the city yester-
day. He has purchased a twenty-acre
tract of orchari land in the Hood River
country, which he will hold as a specu-
lation.-Grand Forks IN. d. Herald.
Excitement ran high for a few mo-
ments in Paradise hotel, a week ago
Sunday evening, when in some manner
the wall paper took fire in one of the
rooms. The blaze was smothered, but
not until it had broken through into
another room.
G. U. Dakin moved into his new resi-
dence just east of II. j. Cummings last
week. Mr.. Dakin has built very
substantial house here. He moved, he
says, to stop paying rent One hundred
and fOrty-four dollars wear is too bio
tax. Contractor Wood, who has a
new house adjoining Mr.. Dakin has also
moved in.
John w. Adams of White Salmon,
Wash, formerly of Charlton county,
Mo-, arrived in Gillian county last
week Mr. Adams was accompanied by
his wife, nee Mrs. Helen Alvort, of
Denver, whom he recently we'd Mr..
and Mrs. Adams will spend the winter
with the formers step-son, G. G. Clark,
near Blalock.-Arlington Appeal.
John Kelly, the man whose hands
were burned so badly two weeks ago, is
undergoing treatment in portland hos
pital Mr. Bartmess received a letter
from him last Sunday in which Kelly
thought the left hand would be saved,
but the right hand is yet in a critical
condition. Mr. Kelly feared he was not
receiving the attention he should at the
hospital. Mr.. Kelley returned Tuesday
night. His left hand is healing nicely,
but his right hand is yet poinful.
The value of Glacier advertising was
strikingly emplitied last week when
Clarence Gilbert, manager of the Mount
Hood hotel, lost his bunch Of keys.
Clarence was pulling out asheet of paper
to prepare lost ad, when someone
stepped in the door and remarked: care
these yonr keps?" They were. A few
weeks before, o. II. Gray lost purse.
He inserted 25 cent lost ad, but before
the copy got to the composing room Mr..
Gray returned with the announcement
that the purse had been found. Glacier
want ads bring quick results.
The granting of long list of bills was
the principal work of the county court
at the regular monthly meeting last
week. Commissioner Hibbard reports
that a petition signed by Shelley and
others was granted for new road on
the East Side, giving an outlet to sew
eral settlers near the foothills. At
Mosier petition was granted, moving
the county road to conform with the
street grades as laid out in the Mosier
townsite. Another road was ordered
surveyed in the southeastern part of
the county.
Members of the Hood River Fruit
Growers union should note that the
bour Of tho ANIMAL t,aat.r,,, ooI1nl 60. D
O'Clock Saturday afternoon in Artisan
ball has been changed to 10 O'Clock in
morning at the same hall. Remember
this il you are a member OF the union
and make it point to turn out. II
you are not a member attend ANYWAY
and learn the best methods Of conduct
ing the berry shipping business. Sew
eral important questions will come up
for consideration. The annual election
of the board of the board Of directors
will be held.
Thomas Harlan has disposed of the
White Salmon Enterprise to A. II. jew
EFT, and Tuesday morning, after casting
his vote for Turner, he left for Ifeppner,
where his son Milton has been interest
ed in the Gazette for the last three
months. Mr.. Harlan says he started in
with a subscription listof 1926, but when
he let 90 Of the Enterprise the paper
had but two names on the paid list. 1t
was a hard row for the old man who
learned to set type at the age of 62 and
did all his own work, but he says that
he leaves White Salmon with regret.
He will 60 to Vancouver, where his son,
who has let go at Heppner, and other
parties expect to start democratic
paper
At the home of Devillo G.. Jackson.
Saturday afternoon, October 20. the
ladies OF the Unitarian Alliance gath.
cred to surprise his mother, Mary +.
Jackson, who resides with him. The
occasion was her birthday. The week
from Tuesday until Friday was spent at
Salem, attending the North Pacific
Unitarian conference in session in
that city, from October 25 TO q respec.
lively. She returned late Friday even
ing, giving them ample time to prepare