The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-04-26

W. B. Strowbridge has just com
pleted new sihns of undertaking par
lor windows of j. Il, Nichols.
Il. A. Huntley, commissioner of
horticulture for the state of Washing
ton was in Hood River Tuesday.
Frank A. Cram has engaged the sell
vices of Mr.. Grass, of Portland, to at
tend to his advertising, and will start
a progressive campaign along that
line. lie has also engaged /. X. Levy
of San Francisco, who will have
charge of the dry goods department.
A strawberry carnival sale has
been inaugurated, and an extra force
of clerks secured
Peter Smith received fatal injuries
in runaway accident at Trout Lake
Monday, from which he died at nine
O'Clock in the eteIins. Mr.. Smith
leaves a family to mourn his loss. The
funeral was held at . 30 yesterday af-
ternoon at Trout Lake. j. E. Mich
OILS had charge OF the funeral arrange
ments.
II. j. eager, of North Yakima, is
IN the city with view to locating
here. MIR. eager intends to work
here for year before investing, and
as he has several years experience in
fruit in North Yakima, where he
owns a fruit ranch, he will rave nc
difficulty in finding plenty of work,
He is much pleased with the looks ol
the valley.
Mrs. Eva Hall, daughter of b. f
Beleu and wife of j. B. Hall, former
ly of Hood River but now living a
LYLE, Wash, was brought to the Hoot
River hospital last week, suffering
from typhoid fever. Her condition
is very critical, but she has show
/ some improvement the last few days
and hopes are entertained of her re
covery.
The ladies of the Hospital Club wis
|, to thank those who so kindly contrib
,, uted and patronized the dinner an
: supper that WAS given last Friday
. The next meeting of the club will b
: held Monday, May 8, at the residenc
: of Mrs. Levi Clarke. Everyone intel
ested in the work of the club are mos
cordially invited to attend and bt
come members of this permanent ol
. ganization.
y Mrs. Mary G. G. Bradford will leC
g ture at M. Il. Church this evening o
y Wonal's Suffrage. She is praotlca
y brilliant woman who has long bee
y identified with the reforms and phi
anthropies Of her state, and is one
y the finest lecturers on the America
= platform. She was formerly pres
dent of the Colorado Federation
u Woman's Clubs. Come and hear win
d Woman's Suffrage has done for Col
% RADIO. Admission free. t'reewill OF
- ering.
A. Mark f. Thomas proved up on h
: ~ homestead Tuesday before U. 5. Con
! missioner Prather. Mr. Thomas h
n. valuable claim just east OF the I'm
~ Grove school. Mr.. Thomas has bee
~ ~ doing some carpenter work for M
10 Davis, who bought the Carl Gilmo
place at Pine Grove, and in using
ne chisel while ceiling up the porch, b
TX it a glanCing blow, which caused IL
es fall. striking him on the bridge
OF the nose. 1t cut a deed cash and la
,h him up for couple of days, but
I'd serious injury resulted.
ne N. b Harvey, proprietor of the NJ
Up waukee Nurseries, was in the CT
n Monday finishing his deliveries
TO trees for this season. He says I'll
they have sent out 1900 trees Il
w. season, large number of which cal
h. to Hood River. Nearly half of tn
ty sales of apple trees in the Willamei
". valley have teen Spitzenbergs, I
III balance being the ordinary varieti
[r, They have put out good many ch
40 ries in Eastern Oregon, and also 2,
lr- many prune trees in various localltl
lso Mr.. Harvey says that the valley
al "gone crazy" on English walnu
to The planting of these trees has b'
very genela al in that locality.