The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-05-03

Regular meeting of Hood klver
Lodge No. l05, A. +. & A. NJ, Satur-
day evening, May 5. Work on f. A.
degree. Visiting brethern welcome.
Considerable rock is being found in
digging the sewer on Sherman avenue,
and this will add to the cost. There
are also some deep cuts, owing to the
irregular formation of the land.
1t is said the fruit acreage of Wash
ingtOn has been increased % per cent
by the planting done last fall and this
spring and large crop is looked tor
by the orchardists every where IN that
state.
Miss Heinlein, of Portland, who has
been nursing the patients at the Hood
River Hospital for couple of weeks,
returned home Monday. The new
matIon in charge is Mrs. Wells, OF
The Dalles.
j. +. Stranahan, of White Salmon,
went to Condor Tuesday to finish up
some work there in course of con
struction. Upon his return he Will
20 to San Francisco to help, as an ar
Chitect, to build up the stricken city,
E. e. Gray, of Omaha, was in Hood
River last week visiting Murray Kay
and looking over the valley. Mr..
Gray is a brother of G. d. Gray, who
until recently was in the employ OF
the G. & N. W. Ry. at Portland and
we'll known in Hood River.
W. W. Ross and his sister, Mrs.
Brownrigg, of Ruthton, went to their
homesteads near Lyle Tuesday. They
came from Kansas year ago, and are
much pleased with this country
They say they have secured some fine
land about eight miles from Lyle.
The Woman's Relief Corps will give
dinner Saturday at the X. of T..
Hall, for the benefit of Mr.. kellog, an
old soldier who has become blind and
Is in need of assistance. 1t is hoped
that the dinner will be literally pat
ronized.
III. G. Debo, of Underwood, expects
to have ripe Strawberries about May
10. Mr.. Debo has one of the earliest
patches on the north side of the Co
lumbia. He has not settled yet with
the north bank road for the right of
way across his place, and the suit Will
come up for settlement at Stevenson
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward and daughter
arrived from San Francisco last week
and al Q staying with Mr.. Wards uncle,
Frank Ginger, at Mosier. Mrs. Ward
was Mrs. Mitchell, who was engaged
in the real estate business in Mosier
year ago with Mr.. Ginger. They were
sulf erers by the fire at San Francisco
but escaped injury.
A new sign was put up this week by
j. B. Hunt on the Jackson building
calling attention to the fact that it il
the headquarters of the Comme1e ela
Club. 1t Is the intention to keep th,
club rooms open during the day TO
the use of strangers or members VIII
wish to meet there. 1t is move ii
the right direction.
Mike Welch went to Green Point
few days ago to attend valuable
horse of Frank Davenport's, and ais
attended a sick horse at Hanson I
Thomsen's mill. MIR. Welch report
: that quite a good many are losing val
liable COWS, which are afflicted wit
: milk fever. Henry Avery recently los
), an imported Jersey COW from thi
d disease.
The dog tax is now due, and MAJ
u shal Ganger started out tuesday
II make a house to house canvas fl
Il dogs. He says he will take every dc
on which the tax is not paid and sta
10 1t on its way to the dog heaven. III
Ie object of the dog tax is to weed OF
!. the worthless ours, but it is too oftt
the case that this class of dogs escap
:, Sherman county has been visitt
at this week with several good shower
III and while the rain was not needed
Or any great extent it will prove of nut
benefit to all reseeded grain. Farme
t. are getting along nicely in the matt
be of reseeding as the weather has be-
Id most favorable; and all farmers th
In we have talked to this week inform
that all conditions are most tavorat
I'M for a bountiful crop. Observer.
10, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Hogan we
lt, down from Green Point Sunday, whe
lie they have moved from Mosier. Th
have rented their Mosier land and N
Ite Hogan is now working In the Stanle
de Smith mill. Mr.. Hogan has be
cd busy white washing the buildings
to Green Point, and says that the pls
now presents very neat appearan'
-. The large band saw is now work.
'nt "a hours day at the mill, and t
q machinery for the other side of
Is mill is nearly in place, and will so
'"' be In operation.
Marshal CANCER locked up labo
est Tuesday just before No. ] came in,
aus being drunk and making himself
ers nuisance on the depot platform. O
IDe 80 was found on him by the marsh
sen and he asked the mercy Of the co
mo for a small fine. Judge Nickel'
told him that the city needs work
an the streets about as bad as money,
~, would be pleased to have him put
'eet four days for the trouble he had ma
be He batted his eyes, and then dug dc
m" into his shoe, where no pulled out
ood paid his fine, and started for Portl
on the next train,