The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-11-21
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The ladies Of the Christian church
will give dime leaf social at the res
idenoe OF Mrs. W. H. Peugh this af-
tsrnoon and evening. There will be n
good Program and refreshments will
be served.
Roy Slocom was called to Portland
Thursday on business con nnected with
his house Roy is taking a vocation
which will be of more or less dura-
tion until business conditions assume a
normal tone.
An alarm of fire brought out the
fire department Sunday evening just
after dark, but 1t was only small fire
in some slabwood on the liver bank
under the wagon bridge of the. mt.
Hood railroad.
MIR. and Mrs A. s. Keir returned
Sunday evening from their wedding
trip to Portland, where they spent a
week visiting friends. They have gone
to housekeeping In their home near
the high school
"The Christians Cause for Graft
tude" will be discussed by Pastor
Nutley at the Baptist church Sunday,
November "a, at IL a. m. In the
evening the topic will be "Antagonis-
tic Spirits," temperance sermon.
Rev. j. W. Rlgby returned Monday
from Portland where he attended the
meeting of the Home Miss onary So
ciety. Rev. Rigby again met the
clergy of national reputation in the
M. Il. church, some OF whom he met
in conference over thirty years ago.
Editor Ireland, Of the Moro Observ-
er, was in the city Monday on busi-
ness. Mr.. ireland has purchased sew
eral carloads of wood Of +. l.. Klem-
er, in the Odell district, and made ar
rangements for another Car while
here.
Mrs. Jas Firebaugh and baby, of
Hood River, are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Williams. She was
accompanied by her sister. in. law.
Mrs. Guy Williams, who will also
spend some time here. Rogue River
Courier.
We mentioned the fact a c,uple of
weeks ago that Jas. Lacey had brought
In potato from his place that
weighed over four pounds. Since
that time he unearthed mammoth
spud from his potato patch that
weighed six pounds Next.
II. II. Hillegos, of Naperville, Ill.
spent couple of days in the valley
the first of the week. Mr.. Hillegos is
looking over the coast country in the
interest of several eastern parties who
are contemplating locating on the
coast. He was we'll pleased with the
valley.
All the Hood River attorneys went
to Portland Tuesday to attend the
meeting of the Bar association. Judge
Henderson went on the early morning
train and Attorneys Jayne, Hartwig,
Derby and Morton took passage on
No. |. Mis-. Jayne also accompanied
her husband to the Rose City.
j. MCGUIRE, member of the bridge
crew on the North Bank, had his arm
broken at Underwood Friday. The
weight of the pile driver struck O
piece OF timber that had fallen in the
way, and it coming up struck Nc.
CURES arm, breaking it. He was
brought to Hooi River, where the in
juied member was attended to
Clarence Gilbert, his mother anG
Erwin Parkins went to The Dallel
Sunday in his touring car, took din
ner there and returned Eefore dark
They we're two and three quarters
hours going and two and half hour
returning. 1t was a delightful triI
and they had no trouble In making
the heavy grades over the mountains
When you 60 to Portland from nov
until Monday, ask for transfer t.
the Washington street line and run ~
to Sixth and Washington and see th,
prettiest display of apples the eyes o
man ever beheld. 1t is the exhibi
placed there by Messrs. Wilson an,
Shepard, two Of Hood Rivers mos
rampant genealogical warehouses;. Mr.
Shepard is the proprietor Of Bette
Fruit the best horticultural magazin
yet, and Mr.. Wilson, we'll, he jus
boosts Hood River apples for the Low,
of 1t. He has the best there is an,
knows 1t, and 1t makes him laugh AM
grow fat just to tell about them. Now
don't forget to see this show or yoI
will regret 1t st. Johns Review.
Considerable comment is bein,
made on the new grade established ol
Oak street in front OF the Ramona no
tel. 1t has been established accord
ing to the new plan of having but on
foot fall across the streets in the bus
iness section, inst cad Of two feet, a
heretofore established. The originu
plan should have been to make th
grade across the Business streets level
but established brick buildings no,
make this impracticable. A compro
mise ia being made, however, In hav
ring the fall across the street but on
foot. While the cut made In the side
walk line is still one foot higher tha
the street at the Paris Fair corner
it looks the reverse, and hence ha
given rise to consider able comment
When the steret is cut down to grade
we believe It will meet with genera