The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-11-16

I Il. J.. McBroom, of White Salmon,
! recently sold his fruit ranch near that
place for "a, 600 Foui years ago he
paid S2, 400 for it. 1t consists of 100
acres and is considered one of the
best ranches in that section. Mr..
McBroom's plans for the future are
not known.
Mrs. H. A. Tawney went to The
.Dalles last week to attend the funeral
of her brother, Frank Conlin, aged %
years, who was killed at a logging
camp at Hoquiam, Wash, In an acci
dent which occurred last Sunday. The
services we're held at II o'clock and
the remains we're inferred in the fam
lily lot in the Catholic cemetery.
The weekly meeting of the young
ladies' guild of st. Marks church was
held NJ nday evening at the home of
Miss Baker, The meeting was well
attended and work for the bazaar to
be held the first Wednesday in De-
cember was lanned. The next meet
ing viii be held at the home of Miss
Bowen.
Captain Baugham, an old Columbia
river man will bring the steamer Han
nalord to the portage road some time
this week and will operate her on the
upper Columbia and Snake rivers.
She has a capacity of 200 tons of grain
and will be quite an addition to the
feet of steamers already engaged in
the transportation Of freight on this
section of the river.
petition will be presented to the
commissioners TO have a new road
opened from Goldendale to Cleveland,
leaving the present road at Bear
Springs and running south Of the
present highway 1t will be eight
miles shorter than the old route and
viii be more level and easier to haul
heavy loads over than the present
road
Master Clyde Arnold, son Of S. W.
Arnold Of this cty who is at present
residing at CgsCade Locks, where he
is executing a contract for tho govern
ment, spent Saturday and Sunday in
town. The young man says that the
work at that place is progressing
nicely.
The Electric Light & Power com
pany installed a 40 horsepower West.
inghGuse motor in the Davidson Fruit
oompany's regtrigerating plant Satur-
day. The motor is a great improve
ment over the team power which the
company has had in use since the
plant has been in operation, and op-
crates the compressor, two pumps and
two fans, 1t is much more economi.
cal than steam and runs the plant with
25 horsepower.
Hood River Lodge No. 7O5, A. Il. &
A. M, commcmorated 1ieman Day at
their regular communication Saturday
evening There was large attend
ance. The third degree was CON
fsrred, followed by n banquet. DIR.
Doane of The Dalles made very in
teresting talk On Masonry, and short
talks were NJ 70 by mombers of the
lodge eulog ing Brother Tieman,
who willed ti bulk Of his property
to the lodge November l has been set
apart by the ! dge as Tieman Day, as
an annual oL.ergance.
Albert Tozi.r an old time newspa
per msn of rilaud, cropped in at
the Glacier Office Monday on bis way
home from Coeur d Alene, where he
has extensive mining interest. Mr..
Tozier's sister, Edith Weathered, has
claim near the Winans settlement,
and MIR. I9Mer expected to visit
ber, but found out after his arrival
that she toCh the boat for Portland
that mornilV, so he left on No. !
Tuesday afternoon.
With potatoes imported from Ger
many selling a5 $500 for sack weigh
I ing 1853 pounds in New York ty, ii
would seem & at there ought to be a
market for n, tern tubers at a profit
able figure Good potatoes can be
bought at HCcd River for 60 cents q
sack and selected ones at 70 cents.
/ Why don't the railroads encourage
the home producer by giving him
a rate that win allow him to compete
with foreign marketsY
| Boards are very likely to become
| very prevalent at White Salmon this
winter. The local barber there is said
to have closed up his shop and gone
on a two weeks fishing trip. A gen.
tleman living across the river who
came to this city recently to receive
the attention of one of our tonsorial
artists remarked that he didn't know
Wheti or it was worth while, as by the
time he had made the journey over be
would be ready for another shave.
Mrs Chas glatten il pontemnlatinp
giving a production of "Pinafore'
under the auspices of the Congrega.
tional church this winter. Mrs. Slet.