The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-08-10
Mr.. and Mrs. Leibe of The Dalles
II

Mr.. and Mrs. Leibe of The Dalles
we're in Hood River Tuesday.
Ed Rand and family of Sumpter are
visiting relatives in Hood River.
Sunday the thermometer registered
80 degrees in the shade at The Dalles
Mr.. Rakestraw of Frankton is erect
ing new barn to accommodate the
size of this years hay crop.
Mrs. M. p. DeWolf and A. II. De-
Wolf of Grand Forks, N. D., register
ed Tuesday at the Hotel Waucoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Brice expect
soon to occupy the Byrkett cottage
on River street. Mr.. Brice is book
keeper in the banking house of Butler
Il Co.
Mrs. Clara Hulburd and Miss Esther
in Hood River last Wednesday. They
are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. A.
Butts.
There's no need of any one going
hungry for lack of work in The Dalles.
Farmers are busy harvesting, and the
Great Southern are in need of large
number of track layers.
Mrs. j &. Ruff, who was down from
Mount Hood Tuesday, says that on
Monday afternoon the Thermometer
in the shade on the north side of the
house registered an even 100,
The watermelon season is now fairly
opened at The Dalles. and the yield is
very abundant. Wagonloads arrive in
the city every day, and are shipped
to Portland and other less favored
points.
A. M. Hoskins returned from Hood
River few days ago where he spent
seeral days, calling on Cyrus Vaughan,
j. l.. Davies and other former resi-
dents of this community. -Newberg
Graphic.
The Dalles public schools we're the
recipients one day last week of sill
YER medal for work exhibited at the
st. Louis exposition, and bronze
medal in conjunction with Ashland
and McMinnville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Cornell and
little daughter of Locke, Ohio, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. q. j. Cess
ling. Mr.. Cornell is brother Of Mrs
Gessling. They are on their way to
the Portland exposition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Aye of Man
hatten, Kans., we're guests during
the week of DR.. and Mrs. II. l.. DUN
BILE. Mr.. and Mrs. Aye visited at the
Portland exposition, and left Tuesday
for their home in Kansas
Gladys, the l2-year- old daughter of
L. A. ReaVis, was badly scalded about
the knees and feet Sunday morning.
At last reports she was resting easy
The young lady accidentally upset a
teakettle of water as she was remov-
ing it from the stove.
A Hood River man is experiment
ing with hop yard with such prom
Using results that already the Hood
Riverites begin to think their hops
will yet rival their famous strawber-
ries for profitable crop, Forest
Grove Times.
Mrs. Mary A. Rickert and Mrs.
John Alspagh who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Butts for the past
four weeks, left Hood River last Fri
day. They will attend the fair in
Portland for a few days before start
ing for thier homes in Iowa and Illi-
nOis.
A large rattlesnake having eleven
rattles and button was killed on the
Billings ranch one day last week.
Mrs. Billings drove the rattler into a
log, where he was held at bay until a
gentleman happened along with a
gun, and his snakeship was promptly
dispatched. Harold Billings killed
another rattlesnake few days after
ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Birge and chill
dren arrived this week from Marion
county, Illinois, and are visiting rel
atives in the valley. Mrs. Birge was
formerly Mrs. Cameron, and conduct
ed the eating house for the lumber
company at Viento. Jacob Copple,
father of G. L. Copple, accompanied
the party, also Mrs. Ann Kell, sis
, ter of Mrs. j. II. Dukes.
Mrs. George Bentz and her two
daughters, Agnes and IneZ, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cooley and son Roy of Waterloo,
Iowa, and Mr.. Hazelton of Council
Bluffs we're guests last Sunday at the
Billings home on the East Side. Mrs.
Cooley is the mother Of Mrs. Bentz.
She was greatly pleased with the
beautiful mountain scenery and spark
ling spring water on the Billings
farm. Although over 80 years old,
she walked a mile and half and
gathered six quarts of wild blackber
ries, which she preserved and will
take with her to Iowa.