The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-09-21

Ray Leslie of Seattle is visiting rel
atives at Twin Oaks farm.
Mrs G. d. Woodworth and daugh-
ter we're Portland visitors last week.
q. r. Castner was up from Portland
Tuesday to attend special meeting
of the board of directors of the Hood
River Irrigation district.
Marriage licenses were granted
Thursday to II. +. Dunn and Marga-
ret Densmore of Hood River, and
James Nj. Thomas ana Mary can In
dian woman
Richard Thompson leaves today for
his home at Hood River. He put in
the season with Emmett Olds' thresh-
ing outfit, and kept up an unfailing
water supply. Moro Observer.
Mrs. j. Il. Nichols is here on a visit
to her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. j..
Adams, en- route to her new home at
| Hood River, where Mr.. Nichols is 60
ing into business. Moro Observer.
d. Allen Wiley of the Outing Maga-
zine, New York, is in the valley at the
instance of r. M. Hall of the o. k. &
N, to secure views of apple and berry
farms, for descriptive article on fruit
culture.
A box of handsome three and half
tier Snow apples we're sent to the
Wasco county exhibit last Friday by
G. p. Knowles. Each apple is highly
colored, and the display should at
tract attention at the fair.
- M,,,nt Had ie
elated over the propsects of the exten-
sion of the Mount Hood railroad to
his neighborhood, and will clear land
this winter for larger berry patch.
His neighbor ID. |. Miller has set Il
acres in berries this fall.
j. M. Wright was awarded the con.
tract for the erection of the a. o.
Lindis cottage on Columbia avenue,
between the residences of A. A. Jayne
and f. o. Blanchar. The new build.
ing will cost in the neighborhood OF
$1,000. Work will begin at once.
G. &. Rolf is here from Boise, Ida,
no, looking for fruit farm. Mr.. Roll
came West from Wisconsin last year,
and purchased land in the Boise val
ley. He finds fruit-growing in that
country very uncertain because Of the
frosts, and is anxious to locate in
Hood River.
j. |. Miller finds strawberries the
bets paying crop he can grow, and il
planning to clear five acres of grounC
for berries, which when planted viii
give him eleven acres of berries. His
crop this year netted him over $3.50 al
acre. His berries are not early, com
ing in after the berry season in the
lower valley has passed its height
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Arnold of Vine
land, N. j., we're guests during the
week with Mr.. and Mrs, A. W. On
thank. Both families we're formerly
neighbors in New Jersey. Mr.. anC
Mrs. Arnold are making an extensive
tour of the Pacific coast. Phey visit
ed the Yellowstone Park, and will re
turn home by way of California.
Rev. j. l.. Hershner returned Mon
day evening from Seattle, where b,
attended the annual meeting of tn,
American Board of Foreign Missions
The meeting was one of national ant
international interest in that ques
tions of home and foreign mission
we're concerned, and men of wide ex
perience were present to present tn
needs and progress of various lands
Among those heard we're DIR. Dawson
of London and Washington Gladdel
of Ohio. Mr.. Hershner reports Seattl
very beautiful and busy CROWN
city.
James Carnahan of Dukes Valley
aged 10, was examined last week be
fore County Judge Lake and adJudge,
insane. The young man has sine
been taken to the asylum at Salem
Some months ago, Carnahan under
went an operation in Portland, an
since that time he has never been quit
right At times he is violent an
when the officers attempted to pu
him in the cell in the county Jail,
took the combined force Of the jaile
and prisoners to manage him.
Work is progressing on Captain an
Mrs. Olson's 20-room hotel, which
nearing completion at Underwood
says the Pioneer. Mrs. Olson has ha
years of successful catering to I'll
travelling public, has Travelled exteI
sively and is of that thorough, pain
taking and genial disposition calcu
lated to please. In fact press of trav
has compelled the adding Of tent aft
tent till they are already doing a goO
business in advance of opening Il
"Rockhaven. From its basemen
hewn from solid rock throughou
light, health, breeziness, comfort an
! handiness, drawn from Mrs. Olson s g,
q perience, has been planned and workt
out in substantial detail.