The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-02-28

The annual meeting Of the Horti'
cultural society Saturday afternoon ia
free to everybody, and good attend
anoe is looked for. There will be
good program.
Harvey SlusheI returned from Du
fur last week after ten days visit
with relatives. There is rumor afioat
that Harvey has some attraction at
Dufur outside of the parental roof,
but he says there is nothing to 1t.
Every fruit grower Of the valley,
whether member of the Horticultur-
al society or not, az well as ladies,
should attend the meeting Of the SO.
ciety at the opera house Saturday
afternoon. The program will be in
teresting and Instructive.
D. 7. Williams, of Hillyard, WASH,
was among the prospective purchas-
ers of Hood River land last week Mr..
Williams Is an oil orchardist, having
recently disposed of so acres Of or
chard near Spokane, and is now look
ing for a good location for a home.
Oscar Vanderbilt and wife returned
Thursday from the coast, where they
spent month fishing and enjoying an
outing. They we're at Seaside and also
at Newport. They found the latter
the best place, the weather being very
pleasant, with very little rain, and
fishing good.
Miss Lavonia Thomson, of Cali
fornia, sister of George Thomson, Of
the Paris Fair, who has been visiting
her brother and family here during
the winter, and who is protest. onal
nurse, started for Reno, Nevada,
Thursday on No. Z, where she has 9
position in hospital.
Axel N. Rahm has sold bis ten acre
tract, mile west of town, to 81. W.
Wait, the feed store man, taking the
latter's residence In town as part pay.
Mr.. Rahm will move into town al
once, and give his attention this sum
mer to improving his ranch near the
Rorden place.
The Electric Light Go. are string.
ing heavier lead wries from the plant
through the main part Of town. The
new wires have q capacity Of carrying
500 horse power. There are prospects
of considerable more power being
needed in the city the coming year
and the company are getting ready
for the business.
I. W. DeBussey and A. l. Masor
went to Mosier Saturday, where they
attended q horticultural meeting. r.
III. Dunn, of Portland, also came uI
for the meeting. Mr.. DeBussey anC
Mr.. Dunn are interested in larg'
land pr opposition at that place, which
they are developing and putting out
in small tracts on easy payments.
Track laying on the new trestlel O
approach to the new railroad bridg
began in earnest Monday morning.
frog was put In connecting the bl idg
track to the sidetrack, and power
full derrick 10 being uaed to lit tn
rails and heavy material In place. A
soon as the track 10 laid the bridg
material will be carried out and pu
in place.
The new proprietor of the Ramon
, hotel. E. Goldsmith, is showing tn
right kind of enterprise, and is hxin
up the premises in good shape. H
intends to thoroughly renovate th
) place, fitting up the Office In hott
style, will put In writing desk an
other impI ovements and convenience
r that will be appreciated by his pt
{ irons and result In more business.
]. p. Barnet came up from Eugen
Monday evening, and will remain her
t a week or two settling up his affairs
: He wishes to sell his place on MethC
dist Lane, az he will run his father
farm In thesvalley and keep his Chi
: dren with his parents, where they ca
be well cared for. His mother, wh
was reported seriously i'll last weel
was much better when he left.
4 Daniel Satire was over Tuesday fro
Underwood, and reports th { there
, still twosfeet of snow on his plac
four miles back from the river. Cor
\ siderable damage was done TO your
Z trees In that neighborhood. The sno
tall exceeded four feet, with hea,
coat of sleet and Ice crust on q
snow, and when 1t settled 1t strippe
the trees very badly.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Dean arrive
from Berkeley, Cal, to visit Mr.
| De6u D SiSb6I, MEb. VIII. Ohuk6
Their home is In Gillian county, b.
they have teen 10 Berkeley for sever
months while Mr.. Dean was beil
treated for cancer. The treatment b
apparently been successful, and
comes back rid OF the disease b
with bad scar on his face, paint
reminder of its ravages.
j. Il. Osborne, who has been iden
lied with the banking business
Sioux City for long period, and {
first of the year resigned as assista
cashier of the Live Stock Nation
bank, will leave the latter part
March for his new location at Ho
River, Ore. r. W. Pratt, who is
Hood River, was formerly associat
with hanks at Hurley and Parker,
D., and was for short time CASH
oil the Frederickspn Live Stock Co
mission company at the stock yart
Both of these young men have
ceived the proper schooling In !
] banking business. They have ami
\ backing and their friends predic
i successful future for them in th,
u u,w home. Sioux City Journal.