The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-21
news FROM
COUNTY SEAT

A movement is on foot TO either
decrease the size of the classes or in
crease the salaries of the teachers at
The Dalles TIE average number Of
pupils for each teacher is said to be
SO. This is thought to be too many
for them to handle effectively.
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Charles Posey was fined so by Jns-
tice Douthitt at The Dalles recently
for pummelling Wilson Tibbeta, a six
teen year old boy. Both persons we're
employed on sheep ranch belonging
to Thompson Il Cooper near that city,
and Posey says that Tibbets had ag-
gravated him to such an extent that
he gave him a sound thrashing He
was on his way to pay the fine when
apprehended.
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Mayor Kelly has brought before the
school directors proposition to dis
pose of The old school building at The
Dalles. The structure is said to be
not "a thing of beauty and Joy for
ever" and mars the appearance of the
park site on which it is located.
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The temperature at The Dalles last
Thursday morning was only 3 degrees
above zero.
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Cascade Lo1ge of Elks recently sent
Senator Gearin an umbrella as a token
Of its esteem. Mr.. Gearin delivered
an address at the Lodge OF Sorrow
held In that city by the Elks a short
time ago and this was the way 1t took
of expressing its appreciation.
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The football game between The
Dalles invincibles and the second
Multnomah team WAS postponed on
account of the death of relative of
Henry Bartell, the star half back OF
The Dalles team.
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IL is the intention OF the city gov
ernment of The Dalles TO expend S6,
900 in the improvement OF streets
there during the coming year, A spe-
cial three-mill tax has been levied for
this purpose Crushed rock will not
be a factor in these improvements. |
The work will consist in filling in,
rolling the dirt or gravel down hard |
and then sprinkling with oil. This
treatment is said to have been very |
successful In other cities.
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The funeral OF Miss BaTtell will take
place at the family residence Thursday
morning, at II o'clock. The servic
will be conducted by Rev. ID. V. Poll
ing.
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AT meeting of the council held in
The Dalles Thursday evening that
body decided that the saloon keepers
we're not paying enough license. AS
a result an ordinance was passed rails
ing the licenses of saloons In the city
from $500 to Si00. This ordinance Is
In accordance with the state law,
which provides for S400 license.
The amount, however, is discretion
ary In municipalities
Another ordinance refers to drug I
stores or other places where spiritnous
liquors are sold. This ordinance pro-
vides for license of 500 being paid /
where liquors are disposed of in less
quantities than one gallon in bottles
or packages only and not drank on
premises. An infringement of this
ordinance makes the dispenser liable [
to a fine OF not less than s25 nor more [
than $50 for the first olfense and not :
less than $50 nor more than 500 for [
subsequent violations. /
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Mrs. Mary Campbell who died at !
The Dalles last Thursday, where she
had taught school for some time, did
the very unusual act Of writing her
own obituary, which in part is as fol-
lows: 81, Mary N. Campbell, nee
Mary Ann Northrup, was born in Til
lamook county, Oregon June 9, 1868,
being the daughter of Harvey and
Sarah Northrup. Grandparents ON
both sides and father we're emigrants
of 1916. At the age of years, in the
year 1872, moved with my parents to
Glencoe, Washington county, Oregon,
where | received my early training in
the Shady Brook country school, In
the fall OF 1884 | attended school in
Hillsboro, Oregon, remaining there
until June, 1885. Then | spent two
years In the Portland public aud high
schools. In tho fall Of 1887 began
teaching in the public schools of
Washington county, and withhthe ex-
oeption of one year spent at the Ore
gon State Normal, have tai ght al
most continuously in the public
schools of Oregon, considering this
one of the greatest opportunities to do
good and impress righteous principles
in the hearts of the youth.