The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-03-26

@. W. Wilcox was up from lone,
Ore., the first of the week on busi-
ness.
Alex Stewart came down from Mo :
sier Saturday sttetnoon, returning in
the evening.
Rev. @. w. Kennedy arrived yestsr.
day from Dutur to spend couple Of
days In the city.
A new drinking fountain has been
put 10 at the depot. which will be a
great convenience to patrons.
Miss Moore, o; Bellville, Mont, has
been visiting friends in the city for a
few days and left for Portland yester-
day afternoon.
John Cook went to Portland yester
| day to visit his wife. who is recover
ing, having left the hospital and is
now at the home OF her daughter.
Jas McBain Is putting In the foun-
dation for tbe new drinking fountain
this week at the jackson corner on
Oak street and it will be installed
forthwith.
w. Il. Sherman and DIR. Shaw went
to Portland yesterday to bring back
two new Cadillac autos, which will be
added to the hor seless roadsters now
10 the valley.
L. G. Stanley, of Chippewa Falls,
Wis.,, Is visiting his son, +. G. Stan
ley, Of Portland, and spent a couple
Of days In Hood River the first of the
week, the guest of E. o. Blanchar.
The Woman's Club will meet on
Wednesday afternoon, April !, at the
call will be quotations from Eugene
Field.
Among the Portland people In Hood
River over Sunday we're: Madame P.
Fl. Carroll and Phillip Carroll; Mr..
and Mrs Herbert e. Judge, Louis
Bruce, Frank Chandler, Arthur P.
lift, Prot. Robt. Krohn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Watt and Mrs. Marion MacRae.
The revival meetings at the Chris
tian church continue with good inter-
est aud attendance, due both to the
pleasant and lucid presentation OF
the subjects by Evangelist jackson
and to the special songs which this
week are illustrated by Rev. II. L.
Ford by the use of the stereopticon.
The meetings will continue Indefinite
ly and all who attend are always vel
coined In most cordial manner.
W. s. U'Ren addressed the people
Of Hood River at the opera house
Tue sday evening and spoke on State
ment No. /. Owing to the short no.
tice given to Mr.. U'Ren's appearance
here aud the stormy night there was
but SUI II audience, but be was lis.
tented to with attention by Republi-
cans and Democrats alike, who we're
there mostly for infor rmation on the
subject. He endorsed II. M Cake for
the U. 8. senate and his campaign Is
partly In the interest of Mr.. Cake.
The Leroy Gesner concert at the
opera house Friday evening was we'll
attended, and like the former occa.
sion OF Mr.. Gesner's appear ance here,
was thoroughly enjoyed. Since his
first visit Mr.. Gesner has completed
his studies with the great masters OF
Europe and there was a noti cable
Improvement In his mastery of the
violin even to the ordinary music
lover. Miss Byrd's execution on the
piano was perfect and, while ths Sc
lections were OF the difficult classical
kind, yet they we're appreciated by
the audience, and especially those
who more thoroughly understood
them. Mrs. Sletten was favorite,
| not only because she lives In Hood
River, but she received the recogni.
tion OF the true artist. Ii was mu-
sioal treat all through.
Will Sausser, of Frankton, the son
of Lou Sausser, developed In anity on
Saturday, and gradually grew verse
until yesterday morning, when he
became so violent that 1t was neces-
sary to bind him to keep him from
doing violence. He was brought to
the city, placed on board the morning
train and taken before Judge Lake,
who committed him to the asylum.
lt required several men to hold him,
The young man Is about twenty years
old and never manifested any signs
OF insanity before, and wss favorite
in the community. His particular
haliucinaiion Is taking religious
turn, be imagining himself invested
with supernatural powers. or re-
ligious disposition, be was constant
attendant at the revival meetings at
Belmont and 1t Is thought this has
tened the trouble.
Phi. q. Young is Installing the new
refrigerator plant In his meat market,
which will make that market one of
the finest outside OF Portland. A long
cold storage room has been fitted up
at one side of the shop and track
will DO run out to the sidewalk, where
a side OF beef can be run from the |
wagon direct into the cooloI A
switch inside the shop will enable |
them to transfer from the cooler to
the refrigerator without lifting off |
the hooks. Pipes have been Installed |
In the ice department OF the large re- |
trigerator, so that the tox eau be
kept at any temperature desired. A
glass counter will be put in, with the
cooling pipes inside, aud the meat
will be ia tull view, although inside
the chilled receptacle, keeping the
meat free from dust or dirt, flies aud |
the heated atmosphere of summer
weather. The plant Is new and of the
latest pattern, being air cooled in
stead OF water cooled, as in the large
or old systems, The Improvement
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