The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-06-14

G. A. Bell spent Sunday in Port
land.
Rev. j. W. Rigby and j. W. Moore
went to The Dalles Tuesday morning
on the local.
A. W. Gist and wife went to Hood
River Saturday for short visit. -
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MIR. and Mis-. G. II. Odell, of The
Dalles, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. c. Ii. Jenkins.
Mrs. Hutchinson, of Cascade Locks,
came up Monday to engage the pro-
fessional services of DR.. Jones, the
dentist.
r. Smith, of the Stanley Smith
Lumber Co., came up from Portland
Monday on business CT injected with
the company.
O. f. Paxton and wife, H. S. Stan
ley, j. Il. Flander, and G. II. Plum
mer and wife, of Portland, spent Sun.
day in Hood River.
Amos Underwood went to Portland
IN the local Tuesday to attend the
annual meeting of the pioneers and
Indian war veterans.
j. M. Shelley was up from Eugene
the first of the week visiting his
: brother Roswell Shelley, of the Little
White Store, and Rev. Troy Shelley,
at Pine Grove.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Adams, of Hood
River, Monday ON witt to their
daughter, Mrs. j. e. Nichols Mr..
Adams went to The Dalles Tuesday to
otficiate at wedding.
j. I. Ford, of Dallas, and j. p.
Irwin, of McMinnville, two Willamette
Valley men, arrived in Hood River
Monday to look over the valley with a
view to locating here.
The ladies of the Hospital Club will
have a special meeting next Monday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
Stewart. All those interested in the
work are cordially invited to attend.
j. ii. Carroll, engineer in construc-
tion and logging operations at the
Oregon Lumber Company's mill at
Dee spent Sunday in Hood River, and
incidently took in the ball game in
the afternoon.
Sixty head of Percheron and Ham
ilton horses passed through Hood
River Sunday for Seattle market.
They we're fine stock, from Prairie
city, and will be used for livery and
army purposes.
John Leland Henderson on Monday
sold for the administrator, Edward
Cook, by order of the court, one half
interest of the Owen estate, which is
twenty ACRES near the brick yard, TO
DR.. Kenneth A. J. Mackenzie, of
Portland, for $3.50.
John Van Dellen, of Lind, Wash,
is in the city making arrangements to
start retail lumber yard in Hood
River. Mr.. Van Dellen is practical
lumber man, and will carry complete
line of common and finishing lumber
aud builders material.
There has been some complaint of
curl leaf affecting strawberry plants
this year, but the damage has not
been very noticeable. 1t is caused
by an insect or worm that spins its
cocoon on the leaf, causing it to curl
and wither. II it should become
prevalent, a spraying with Bordeaux
mixture would kill the pest.
W. Ross Winans on Monday turned
owe the subscription list of the Lost
Lake road to the Commercial Club,
having raised about $50 in cash and
work donated, which insures the eX-
penditure of about 5000 on putting
through the new road to Lost Lake.
Work will be commenced at once, and
the wagon road finished this summer.
Geo. Rae, of the firm of Rae & Hat
field, New York, accompanied ly W.
G. Michaels, representing the same
firm, are in Hood River looking over
the apple situation. They stopped off
at Colorado and Idaho points on
their way out, and say that indiCa.
tions are for big crop in these states.
Peaches in Colorado and prunes in
Idaho will be especially big crops.
They will go from here to the other
fruit districts Of the Pacific coast.
Mr.. W. |. Miles, for long time in
charge of the logging operations fol
Mr.. Davenport at Green Point, but
now in charge of construction WORK
of .the Oregon Lumber Company'i
logging road at Dee, was in HOOD
River Sunday Mr.. Miles has had
vast experience in logging and genera
sawmi1l business, and says the plant
at Dee is much in advance of any
thing Of its kind in the northwest.
Considerable complaint is being
made of parties stealing roses anC
other flowers from the yards of resi-
dences in town. As rule the theive
are not content to take just few
flowers, but will cut large brancl
containing the finest flowers on th
bush, thereby causing conslderabl
damage to the bush, as well as tn
, loss OF the flowers. In some cases
! Mt. Hcod lily will be cut off nearl
{ to the ground, running the plant 70
the season. With flowers so plentiful
2 1t seems nothing less than malic
ious destruction of personal property
q IL the parties are tcsught, they wi
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