The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-02-22
ODD FELLOWS WILL
ERECT $4,000 BLOCK

Excavation was commenced last
Friday for the erection of three
story brick block on the corner now
occupied by the Paris Fair. P. M.
Hall Lewis is the architect of the new
building which will be 50xl00 feet
and cost $40, 600. 1t is being built by
the Odd Fellows.
/ 1t will be of the slow burning, semi
fire proof construction with lected
common red brick front. The belt
courses, corbels and lint courses
will be laid in red mortar. The exca-
vation will extend under the side
walks which will have steel supports
with concrete arches and will be of
the latest approved type in use in
New York, Baltimore and other East
ern cities.
The first two floors will be built to
conform to the needs of w. o. Ash &
Co. for the Paris Fair, giving then
room for greatly Increased sto space
in their rapidly growing business
The third floor will be devoted IT.
lodge rooms and ante rooms for the
Odd Fellows and other organizations
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1t is the intention to have the first
two floors ready for occupancy by
May lst, and an effort will be made
to have this portion of the building
completed as near that date as pos
sible. While the building is in course
of construction the business of the
Paris Far will be conducted in the
brick part of the store which is now
in use. The new store will be fitted
up with what is latest in fixtures for
dry goods stores, and everything made
to conform to the needs of its pat
rons.
PrOtracted Meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. j. Cunning, Mr..
and Mrs. +. E. Newly and Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Markha gave two valen-
tine whist parties on the 18th and 10th
inst. at Highland Home" the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. I. J. Cunning.
The rooms we're nicely decorated
with Oregon grape, pendant hearts
and a pair of swinging Cupids. Each
gentleman presented the receiving
hostess with an original valentine in
comic or sentimental rhyme which
was drawn by lady who became the
gentleman's whist partner at desig
mated table. Appropriate to the occa-
sion only hearts we're trump, and af-
ter each deal the winners moved in
different directions to other tables in
regular order, the losers remaining at
the same table, but taking the victor
for partners, thus making an entire
change at each hand. The excitement
of the game was lost in the pleasure OF
meeting and remeeting as partners
or opponents, aud the utmost good
feeling prevailed.
A substantial lunch was served
about IL p. M, in which heart shaped
sandwiches we're conspicuous. Each
guest was served apple salad in a cup
made out of a Spitzenberg apple,
which seemed to me menial u.e OF
one of Hood Rivers best products,
but then my taste is perhaps plebian,
rather than patrician. Coffee, cake
and pine apple sherInet completed the
MENU after which the ladies read the
valentines they had received with the
name of the authors, and of course
thi raised the meIriment to over
flowing. E. L. Smith almost blushed
himself hands me when his ardent
lines we're read. His valentine was
peculiarly appropriate "Farmer
Smith" being in the center of gor.
geousIy colored and embossed repre-
sentation of garden products, such as
pumpkins, cabbage, carrots, etc. with
one of his latest pictures, as it ap-
peared in the Oregonian in abbreviat-
ed clothes, saying,
"Oh, who will be my Valentine
Dear Mrs. M, or N, or G?
really cannot, dare not choose.
Oh, happy thoughtful take the
three.
But he looked very dignified when
Mrs. Smith read that Mr.. Kinnard
wanted her for his "Iootsie, Wootsie. y
The reading of the valentines was
attended with hilarious laughter, and
developed the fact that Hood River
has about forty unnamed poets, and
the poets laureate will have to look tc
their laurels or Hood River will win
another prize.
The prizes on the first evening were
won by Mrs. Matte Markham anC
Mrs. Brock, and the next night by
Miss Clara Blythe and VIM. Nichols
and consisted OF choice bouquet o.
flowers and miniature world. 1t II
hoped the pleasures of the evening
will outlast the fragrance of the flow