The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-18

DIR. Kent, Of Barstow, California,
is visiting his sons at Hood River.
G. H. Shaw Of Mount Hood arrived
in town from Wawaka, Ind, Saturday
after spending month at his forme
home there.
The ladies aid society Of the Con.
gregational church will meet on Fri
day afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
Kinnaird. Come early and bring
thimbles.
G. A. Dano and r. d. Gould have
purchased the LaFrance building and
Prather's meat market near the Ore
gon Lumber Co. g store. Mr.. Gould
takes the east half and MIR. Dano tie
west half. Consideration, 5000.
W. Shipman Of The DalIes made q
visit to our city Monday and inciden.
tally dropped into the Glacier Office
and advanced bis subscription. Hi
reported things quite lively at The
Dalles at present.
W. F. Byars publisher of the Gold
endale Sentinel, this week bought the
subscription list and good will of the
Centerville journal. He will consoli.
date the two papers, which will be
published under the name Of the Sen.
tinel.
The W. G. 7. U. will hold q Fran.
chise meeting Friday afternoon Jan.
uary %. The exercises will be held
in the Congregational church at the
usual hour. A cordial invitation il
extended to all.
A dance will be held at Odell hal
Friday evening 26, given by MARI
Cameron and William Wheeler. Ev.
eIybody cordially invited. Tickets,
rs cents. Supper will be given by B.
G. Boardman at 80 cents per couple.
Last week the Dalles Chronicle in.
stalled Merghenthaler Linotype ma
chine. This new feature will enable
that excellent parer to get up its news
with greater facility, and the manage.
ment promises with its aid o still
further improve its publications.
The Glacier is in receipt of letter
from 0. ID. Rea, who is well know il
Hood River, and who is now at Esbon,
Kansas, taking a course Of treatment
He says that while he is not altogether
well be is IMPROVING rapidly. Mr.
Rea says they have fine winter weather
there but be still likes Hood Rive
best. We hore to soon see him onc'
more in our midst.
We are in receipt of an Anonymous
communication regarding forming o.
| - nj Mt - vk ~
Mount Hood anl other districts. Al
the writer neglected to insert his name
the Glacier must refuse to publish
same. 1t is rule of all newspaper
offices not to publish anonymous
communications. Names should al
ways accompany same, not for publ
cation but as an evidence of gooC
faith
G. X. Castner had fine box o
Newtowns at the state horticulture
society's meeting at Portland last
week, which ran 81 to the box. A
Miss Sweigert purchased these beauties
and had them shipped to Naples,
Italy, where they will be eaten or
board steamer operating on the river
Rhine. Mr.. Caster also furnished a
permanent exhibit of box Of mixed
Spit2enburg and Newtown apples, fol
the Cha Der of Commerce in Port.
land.
After a long spell of open weather
the snow came on the night of Janu'
ary TO- Up till yesterday snow fell
every day since that date and piled
up to depth Of two feet. Tuesday
afternoon Chinook commenced
blowing overhead and the mercury al
once commenced to soar upward.
For "A hours We have had rain, and
now the slush in the roads and streets
makes not the most agreeable going.
For day or two the sleighing was
good. and the roads of the valley were
filed with turnouts of every descrip.
tion on runners. The Chinook has
not as yet struck low enough to affeci
the snow in the valley, and the same
may be expected to stay with us fol
some time. The snow Is welcomed
by the strawberry growers.