The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-03-01

Mrs. NJ. +. Shaw and G. r. Bone
are entertaining the Cascade Gard
club today at the home Of Mrs. Shaw,
Had 1t not been that one Of their
engines met with an accident the
Mount Hood Railroad would have
steel laid to the end OF line by last
week. 1t Is expected that the track
laying gang will soon reach the new
mill of the company and that it will
soon be started up.
Chris Dethman recently purchased
from Norman Young fine farm team
Of five-yeaI -olds. The team is well
matched for size and weight and will
no doubt be a valuable addition to
Mr.. Dethman's facilities for cultivat-
ing the fine Spitzenbergs for which his
ranch is noted.
A. r. Upright, who has spent con-
siderable time in this vicinity during
the past ten months negotiating for
right of way for the north bank rail-
road, lett here Sunday for Tacoma.
Mr.. Upright's duties in this part of
the county are about completed and
he does not expect to return.
An open meeting of the United
Artisans will ba held here March 7th,
at which time Dr.. Manion, one of the
general officers of the organization,
will address the meeting. Supper will
be served and other social features
provided for the entertainment of
guests.
The Van Cleve Stock company
which gave two performances here
last Friday and Saturday evenings,
was we'll patronized. The company is
very good one, and we have seen
dramatic companies that we're far
more pretentious in their announce
ments who we're not as good as the
Van Cleve.
P.yS. Davidson has been busy for
a day or two spraying the trees and
shrubbery in his yard in order to
eradicate any possible chance of their
becoming infected with disease. This
is considered the best time of year
for doing this work and those who
have trees and bushes in their yards |
will do well to look after them.
Lawrence and s. Blowers went to
Waitsbulg, Wash, last week where
they purchased stock of general
merchandise which was being sold
out. The inferior portion of the
goods they resold. The new and sea-
sonable goods have been brought to |
this city where, with other stock that
has been bought, it will be placed in |
the store formerly occupied by j. II.
Rand, back of Wood and Smith Bros.
1t will soon be opened with a full
line of shoes, and gents furnishings,
and will be conducted by S. Blowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Vanderbilt re-
turned Sunday morning from an OK.
tended trip to California and other
states. They we're at Los Angeles for
some time, afterward going as far east
a4 Chicago and visiting several other
cities on the way. Mr.. Vanderbilt
met many people Interested in Hood
River while away and talked with a
good n any others who had never
heard of 1t, but became very much
interested through his description of
the many attractions and advantages
of its soil and climate. Many of bis
listeners have promised to pay the
valley a visit and no doubt his tour
may be the means of several of
them locating here.
Foster Adams, who kept a hotel In
Heppner previous to the food of
June, 1903, from which, together with
real estate deal, he amassed quite a
little wealth, il happy man today,
for tomorrow he is to meet two
whom he has not seen for
twenty years, aud who are coming out
from Kentucky to visit him He lost
bis second wife and 20 many friends
in the flood that he could not lear to
remain in Heppner, and moved to
Portland. Recently through CORE.
spondenoe he has located his chill
dren, with the result that they will
arrive In Portland tomorrow. A num-
Der Of Dalles people who have kept in |
touch with Heppner remember MIR.
Adams well. l.-Chronicle.