The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-11-02

Mrs Root and family left Tuesday
for Ella, Sherman county, where they
will live on homestead.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Con
gregational church will meet Friday
afternoon at the resi- 'ence of Mrs.
Charles Castner.
Dr. U. O. Deputy and family have
left for Riverside, Calf, where he
will locate and practice his profession.
DIR. Deputy has brother there.
George Ireland of Mosier was
Hood River visitor last Thursday.
Mr.. Ireland owns one of the fine
fruit ranches of this growing commu-
nifty.
Mrs. +. j. Nichols arrived Tuesday
from Moro, whore she has been Wis it
ing for a week or more. Mr. and Mrs.
Nichols will move in the Bateham
cottage in Goes addition, Mr.. Bate
ham and family moving out to their
Columbia nursery.
Three basket ball teams have been
organized among the school girls of
Hood River and team is in process
of organization among the young
women teachers. 1t is the intention
of the young ladies to give several eX-
hibition games during the winter.
Invitations are out for dance this
Thursday evening at the opera house,
under the anagement of Nh McCul-
lay and John Culbertsou. The young
men are assured "A good attendance,
! ,,,1 bn nHair nEnptiGnl tn hn pf
the pleasant social events of the sea-
| son.
At the insurance office of George I.
Prather are samples of Yellow Dent
corn which would be prize winners
even in Missouri. The cereal was
grown by j W. Strong, adjoining
Mr.. Prather's farm south of fuckers,
and goes to show the possibilities of
this country in its agricultural re-
sources.
Owing to illness, Rev. j. b. Spight
was unable to fill his appointment in
the Baptist church last Sunday. Mr..
| Spight holds services here the first
and third Sundays of each month.
Last Sunday was the fifth Sunday,
and he had hoped to give the people
of his church an extra discourse, but
sickness prevented. Mr. Spight was
better yesterday, but is not yet well
He no es however to fill the pulpit
next Sunday. The second and third
Sundays of each month he is in
Moser.
Manager A. c. Staten of the Farm
ers Irrigation Co., started Monday
with force of men and camping out
fits for Pine creek, where several
weeks work will be done on improve.
ments to the big ditch. Improve.
ments will be made to the ,fume where
it passes over the shell rock this side
of Pine creek, and at the old Var
johnson place portion of the Hume
will be replaced with ditch. Mr.
Staten and men expect to be at this
work until the middle Of December
unless snow interfeies beforehand.
A "strenuCus term" might be tho
proper term to apply to the session
of court just held in Prineville, from
which place Judge Bradshaw, Distric
Attorney Menofee and Court Stenog
rapher Dufur have just returned, re
! marked The Dalles Chronicle. Sever
p days we're consumed In trying sever
criminal cases, and as a result 81.
prisoners are now on their way to tn
, penitentiary at Salem to serve ter
! varying from one to five years, On
murder case was up, that of Corbet
b Holt, an Indian, who killed anOthe
r Indian on the road near Madrass las
May. The jury brought in verdic
a of manslaughter and Holt was given
q two-year sentence. Speaking Of Prime
4 vile Judge Bradshaw says, 81 te
{ you th little town is booming thes
Y days, several fine buildings are goin
up and in every way it is on the u
;. move.
y W. II. Buskirk, who was d wn froi
r Umatilla during the week, states tina
Q he and his brother John nave sold tn
: 10 acres they purch sed there fe
II years ago. TIE purchasing price wa
n $40 an acre, aud the selling $40. III
land lies first under the lrrigo
10 ditch. and il very fertile. This yea
k the Buskirk Bros disposed Of lars
N crop of berries and watermelOns {
10 very good profits. The berries, IL
k Clark seedlings, sold at S6 crate
t. and ale slightly earlier than Hoo
70 River berries. The watermel0ns wei
to sold in the patch, so great was the d.
10 mand for fruit and vegetables at Um
10 tilla this year. Mr. Buskirk says
ID vegetable garden would do well
re- Umatilla. The land produces bount
b. fully. r. J. Mcfarland of Grass Va
Of lev is the purchaser of the trac
in John Buskirk's 3 family reside in Por
land. He has not decided Just y