The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-06-21

Mrs. j. IL. Ntckelsen and son visited
friends in The Dalles on Tuesday.
j. W. Morton and daughter were
passengers on the local for Portland
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. I. Johnson and daughter, cf
Kentucky, is visiting her son, Ralph
johnson, in the valley.
Miss Clara Blythe returned Satur-
day from two months trip to Lewis
ton, Idaho, and eastern cities.
d. f. Lamar came in from Idaho
Monday and will remain few days
visiting friends and looking after bus
mess matters.
The Southern Pacific is sending out
ia picture car ~ along the road TAX
ing views to be used in avertising the
section Iof country through which the
road runs.
Matt Russell went up to The Dalles
Tuesday to visit his mother Jaw,
Mrs. Pierson, at the hospital. Mrs.
| Pierson Is recovering from an opera
tion which was successfully performed
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. DeMoss and two
children, of DeMoss Springs, Ore, ar
rived Tuesday afternoon on visit to
the Dakin families. Mrs. DeMoss is
daughter of G. |. Dakin and a sister
of g. U. Dakin.
Ben Vass, an employe of the Stanley
Smith mill at Green Point, fell
across the dam last week and received
an INJURY which developed traumatic
peritonitis He is being treated at
the Hood River hospital.
The cherries iu the valley will be very
short, in fact, there will be practical
" no cherries. But few trees have
any fruit, and the frequent rains have
cracked open much Of the fruit that
Is on the trees.
Hood River will play ball at Colum.
bia Park next Sunday with the Schil-
lers, the crack amateur team of Port
land. Several additions will be made
to the Hood River team, and good
game is assured.
The g. A. r. encampment will lie
held at Grants Pass, June 20, q and
%. The Southern Pacific has made
one and one-third fare from all
points. Tickets will be good till June
q, with a stop-over privilege at Rose
burg on return trip. Everybody can
avail themselves OF this privilege.
II. M. Gould, Of The Dalles, an old
pioneer resident of this section s'nce
1857, visited Hood River for the first
time in Ave years. He was astonished
at the progress made in this city in
that time and said that we we're max
ing much more rapid progress than
The Dalles.
Snow & Upson are still covered up
to their eyes in work. An unusual
amount Of work in their line is being
one this year, both in the new work
and general repairs. Among the new
work Just finished we notice new
truck box for the Green Point logging
Co. made to order to fit the particu-
lar uses of that company.
f. s. Lewis, of Ontario, Cal, spent
several days in the valley, with view
to locating. tie comes here in the in
terest Of colony of Southern Califor-
MIA people, who will probably come
here il the report is favorable. Mr..
Lewis was especially pleased with the
upper valley, and has about made up
his mind that Hood River is all right.
The Chicago Record, Herald says: :
The beneficial effects Of the raise OF
saloon licenses from $500 to $1,000 a
year were shown today when 1t was
announced that more than 200
saloons had gone out Of business
that the revenues of the city from
this source would be over $500, OOC
r more than under the old system.
, A gang of Japs working on the rail.
! road grade near Dee got into row
I Friday and the affair wound up by X
. Shimado receiving several cuts on the
Z arms and legs. He was brought dowT
on the Mt. Hood train and placed IL
K the Hood River hospital, where hi
Q wounds we're dressed and sewed ar
3 and he Is on his way to recovery Tht
d jap who did the cutting has left thi
y part Of the country.
A tough on the local Saturday at
; tempted to get away with a box o
!, berries from one Of the boys that sci
berries at the trains, but the marsha
J. was too quick for him and made hin
pay. Earlier in the week several mel
= got off the night train and made
u rush at Ivan Dakin, who had baske
= of sandwiches, scooped up handful
and Jumped aboard. One of the gan
also grabbed hat from boy and Car
!. ried it along. A couple of days il
n Jail for the offenders would help t
Is stop such practices.
81 Alex Reid, who has one of the con
q tracts for logging at Green Point
y fuds it an easy job to keep the por
'k full Of logs, on account of the goo
preparations made for logging, an
Of the large quantity of timber that
he being cut near at hand. He rigged u
be very powerful donkey engines, an
~ planned his work in a business-lik
ly way. Everything is now running ver
ey smoothly at Green Point, although Il
" mill is In operation only on the ds
Is shift, with both sides Of the mill sav
lis ing timber. The cut is from l25, ,OO
to 15O, 900 feet per day.