The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-06-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELL.

Thomas Lacey sold horse to @. X.
Bone, of Willow Flat, last week.
j. X Crosby and B. L. Young have
gone to shear sheep for Davenport
Bros.
One may see car being loaded with
lumber at the Dukes Valley siding
most any day now and this is one Of
several such spots along the line of
the Mt. Hood r. r. that indicate
something doing.
j. T. Ford, ex-sherif Of Polk coun-
ty and an old friend of Roswell Shell
ley, is visiting Mr.. S. and looking for
land with intent to buy. Mr.. Ford
speaks well of Hood River valley and
what 1t promises.
Il. L. Folts and family fare snow at
home on their Willow Flat ranch. Mr..
Folts expects very soon to begin
building cottage there.
Mrs. VIM. Ehrck's visit in Portland
waslprolonged by her grandson, Floyd
Mccoy, developing a case ofsmeasles
about the time Mrs. Ehrck intended
coming home. She came later and all
are we'll.
j. II. Eggert is home from the log
ging camp for few ays.
l.. A. Il. Clark and W. A. Lockman
have finished clearing the old slashing
on the tract owned by A. ID. Moe and
Mr.. Moe has something near Is acres
of land that will soon be ready for
trees. Mr.. Moe was certainly forum
ate In securing the land Of which this
is part.
A game of ball was played Sunday
on the Odell ball ground by Odell vs.
The Strawberry Pickers. At the end
Odell had the victory. by big majori-
ty. Boys have you. tried Saturday af-
ternoon gamesY In :some places this
plan has met with great success.
The Q. Il. Of Odell had an interest
ing meeting last Sunday evening
Marie Lockman and kVenus Callison
were leaders. Some special numbers
we're a pantomine by Ellen Shelley,
Phila 'dcDuffee and Letha Davis and
bass solo by Prof. Anders.
Miss Marguerite Shelley Is expected
homo from Portland soon. The Gil
lespie School OF Expression of which
Miss Shelley is assistant teacher closes
this week.
The Mt. Hood Telephone Go. have
poles up through Odell for their line
from Mt. Hood to Hood River, and
II we may Judge from present indica-
tions, this company is In the field for
good work and to stay These very
poles speak Of dignity and sturdiness
and all that goes to make useful citi-
zens and even though we derive no d.
rect benefit from this line OdeIl is
bettered by Its passing through. We
hope, however, that some who have |
not been so fortunate as to have |
phones may be able to arrange so as
to be connected with the new line and |
thus receive direct benefit.
At the annual school meeting held
in the school house at Odell Monday,
June l8, at p. M, l.. d. Boyed was
elected director and M. ID. Odell
was reelected clerk of the school
board. This Is the beginning of the
sixteenth year Mr.. Odell has acted in
this capacity and it goes without say.
ing his work has been satisfactory.
The vote given Mr.. Boyed indicates
the confidence of manvIof Odell's vo-
tors. Ii was voted that the 10th grade
be taught In Odell school, This
means one more year in our home
school for our young people and Is a
step In the right direction. The ques-
tion of obtaining additional land for
school purposes was referred to the
board to ascertain facts concerning
price, ETC., when special meeting will
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