The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-01-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELL.

ne past IOuF uAyh nave Decu rtISh
uous ones for the writer. 1t required
three men and horse four days tc
make one transfer in 0dell, 10 wit: To
transfer the Little White store stable
from the east side of Main street and
northward about 800 feet TO the west
side of the street. The life Of the lease
had nearly expired, but now II is per-
manently located and the horses will
soon know their stalls again.
The dance given by Ehrck and Col
Inns, last Friday night, proved the real
thing, and by far the biggest social event
OF the midwinter season. Forty-six
numbers were sold and hundred peo-
pie were present. Will Sears had ad.
vertised a free dance at his hall the
same evening, but the crowd was small
and they adjourned and came to Odell,
Sears with the others, and all went
merry until in the morning.
We are informed that the hall is rent
ed for a dance once a week for two
months ahead. The long-fet demand
for a good comfortable hall has been
met, and the public is showing its ap-
probation.
Glen Fabrick and Mrs. Margaret Reid
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Rob.
erts at their Tanglewood home satur.
day night and Sunday. They made
part of the trip in buggy and the bal
ance in q cutter, returning Sunday af
ternoon.
Ulva Collins, whose name was last
week changed by the Glacier, regrets
exceedingly that his name last year was
not William, for it is long time to wait
for the return OF another leap year.
Mr.. Black returned home last Sunday
from Portland, where he had been for
several weeks in care of his physician.
Mr.. Black has many friends who wish
for him a speedy and permanent recov-
cry. He is good citizen and capable
of accomplishing much if he could only
engage in business actively.
While the weather Is somewhat dis
agreeable during the midwinter months
in Hood River valley, yet they are not de-
void of pleasure, II we only get into the
secrets Of nature out in the country.
have Just finished reading an article In
the Independent by e. ?. Powell, au-
thor OF "The Country Home" This ar
ticle furnishes q text not only for an
article along this line, but is inspiration
10 all who are fortunate enough to have
a home in the country 10 improve upon
the methods of living in that home that
they may finally have, an ideal home.
'Tis true, there is work in the country,
but this outdoor work that the country
provides is the handspring Of life. Men
who have always actively engaged in
work or business and who retire in old
age very soon go into decline, both phys
ically and intellectually. Idleness and
contentment do not walk hand in hand.
At the eleventh hour q petition for
organizing Cascade county was sent to
the Little White store for signatures,
and the very next day was taken away.
Had the petition been sent at the proper
time, many names could have been se-
cured that probably will not be gotten
0dell is on the map and q suburb Of
Hood River, and whatever is to the best
interest Of Hood River should be ours
also. We stand ready to lend helping
hand to any enterprise that tends to
benefit both town and country.
@. r. Bone and DR.. Shaw passed
through Odell Sunday on their way to
Mount Hood in behalf of the proposed
new county.
II your Willow Flat correspondent
were a resident Of this district, perhaps
he would be better acquainted with the
facts concerning road supervisors and
road work. The fact is that w. H.
Sears, the then duly appointed road au-
peryisor, did much OF the work on the
upper end of the district, and especially
the particular road that your correspond
ent is 80 vitality interested in. Fact sec.
ond: This road is not the regularly trav-
eled road. IL is not the Cloud Cap Inn
stage road. 1t is not the Mount Hood
mail route. Mr.. Massey, the newly-ap-
pointed supervisor, is entirely capable
and worthy, and we are quite willing to
trust him with the interests OF the dis
trict; but as the 0dell correspondent,
and as a resident taxpayer of District Z,
we think we have right to ask why
this unusual interest is manifested con-
cerning our welfare by nonresident OF
our district
Oscar Cameron was delivering hay
last week TO Mr.. Vanderbilt at Beulah
Land. The rancher who has something
TO sell is the winner, Oscar is fixed on
the hay question. He made hay last