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

Roosevelt Shelley this week sold
an acre of the Livingston tract at
Odell to Harry Kemp, who will cut
it up into residence lots.
Bert Stranahan went to Portland
this week after more buggies. He is
buying them through j. II. Nickelson,
but is picking them from the Wholesale
warerooms at Portland.
Rev. j. b. Spight is recovering from
his attack of typhoid fever, but ID stu
confined to the house. His pulpit VIII
be supplied next Sunday at Boyed s
Hall by Rev. A. H. Green, Baptist
missionary for Middle Oregon, he will
preach both morning and evening.
G. II. Stranahan, Frank Chandler
and W. j. Baker were called to Port
land Thursday afternoon to give OK
pert testimony in suit brought by
Mr.. Reed against the o. II. & N. Co.,
for $500, on account OF a ire run
ming through his prune orchard, below
Bonneville, two or three years ago.
A man in Washington town, who
secured wife through matrimonial
agency, it is reported, is trying to
secure a divorce. Just another in
stance of finding that mail order bar.
gains are not just as represented, and
that a mucn better grade of the same
article could have been secured at
home.
Stranahan & Slavens have secured
the contract to build 50, 100 re 81
dence for F.. G. Sherreib, at Barrett.
, The residence will contain eleven
rooms, besides reception hall, anc
/, is 35x5l feet over all. 1t will be one
of the finest residences in that sec
tion of the valley when completed
Il. A. Jerome is the architect.
/, j. r. Nicholson has sold 81 dist
! harrows this year, against II last year
: There has been a great increase in tn
sale of agricultural implements thi
], year over last, and has kept the ma
: chinery men busy. ID. Mcdonald re
: ports the same increase in sales o
machinery, and it has kept both firm
busy keeling goods in stock for the in
: creased trade.
y y The roof is being put on the ne'
- Odd Fellows block, and the brio
: walls are receiving their last course
~ of brick. The lodge room will be on
~ of the most commodiOus and pleasan
~ ~ this side of Portland, and the buildin
- itself an ornament to the town. Not
' withstanding the delays for lumber
,d Stranahan & Slavens, contractors, 81
g, pect to have the building done O
10 time.
n Bank checks are being refused |
is California banks near San FranclsC
or on account of the closing of the banl
sn by reason Of the fire and earthquake
at Ready money is very scarce, beiI
US tied up in the closed bank vaults, an
le the dealers are requiring remittanc
to be made by postofiice money order
re in order to get money into the COUNT
re to buy the necessaries OF life. j.
ev Nicholson had a check returned a fe
r. DAYS ago from San Jose, where he bu
" spray pumps, with request for pos
en- Office money order.
at A. p. Bateham, Of the East Hot
ce River Fruit Co., at Mosier, was
20. the CITY Saturday. Mr.. Bateham fe'
ng that he is a sufferer from the s
ne Francisco fire. He had contract
he with San Francisco firm for lar
on pump which he wants to use in pt
ting in an irIigating plant on
.er Mosier ranch, and got word since
lor FIRE that the company had lost TIN
a entire plant and could not fill the {
NV der for a year. As this firm was
al. only one who would guarantee to ma
lrt a pump that would do the work
on uuired, the order cannot be plaC
ON elsewhere. Mr.. Bateham has abe
nd forty acres of strawberries which
in proposes to irrigate by pumping
de. water from the lake to the lower G
wn of his place, aud expected to have
DO plant in working order for this 8
md sons crop. The fire will force him
sbandon the project for this year.