The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-02-13
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A. E. Lindaes went to The Dalles
Monday.
D. Mcdonald made a business trip
to Portland yesterday.
E. L. Smith went to Portland yes
terday morning on No. 5.
W. E. Shay was a passenger on the
local going east Monday morning.
g. W. Brock, of White Salmon,
went to Portland Tuesday afternoon.
G. F. Gilbert and mother we're visi-
tors in Portland the latter part of the
week.
W. w. Swan, OF Bingen, came over
Tuesday afternoon and went to Port
land on the local.
Mrs. Marion MacRae and Mrs. II.
e. Judge, of Portland, were in the
city the first of the week.
Rev. w. A. Wood, assisted by Ash
ley B. Cash, Is conducting a series of
revival meetings at Mosier.
James Carroll and Robt. Beare, of
Mosier, assisted In the dedication of
the Grange halls at Belmont and Pine
Grove the hrst of the week.
Ira Hamilton has closed out his
confectionery business and returned
to his former home at Salem, where
he will engage in business with his
father.
w. F. Laraway has fine oollecti on
Of souvenirs, some of them connected
with George Washington, which he
will place on exhibition in the win
dow Of his jewelry store on Washing
toms birthday.
j. K. Knodell, assistant superinten-
dent of the Anti-Saloon League, of
Oregon, will address those Interested
in temperance work on Friday, Feb
ruary II, at 10 a. M, at the Congre-
gational church.
DR.. Nichol, of Hood River, was
spending a few days in Rend this
week. The doctor says he likes Hood
River very much aud he wants each
and every one of us to vote for Hood
River county. Chronicle.
The cement gang arrived In Hood
River Tuesday and is making prapar-
ations to 20 to work at once on the
new oulvert and steel bridge over
Mosier creek. The work will be one
OF the same chs racter as that done
here on the new steel bridge.
Oscar Vanderbilt and wife returned
the first of the week from San Fran
cisso. Mr.. Vanderbilt says his trip
to China was postponed on account
Of icing threatened with typhoid few
or In Sen Francisco, but that he hopes
to be- able to make the trip about the
middle of March.
E. H. Shepard's fine collection of
medals and prizes, fourteen in pum-
Der, are on exhibition 10 Laraway's s
jewelry store and it Is u collection to
be proud of. Outside OF Hood River
IL Is doubtful IL such collection of
fruit prizes can be shown in any other
section Of the country.
W. G. Snow left Tuesday for Ore
gon City. where he has been negotiat-
ing for some new maohi aery for the
blacksmith shop OF Snow & Upson.
That firm is making preparat ions to
very largely increase their facilities
for handling work in their lire and
when they occupy the quarters vacat-
ed by MIR. Niokelsen upon the com
p,etion of bis new building, they will
be In shape to handle work to the
best advantage for their increasing
trade.
Preparations are being made to
start the mill OF the Oregon Lumber
Co. at Dee next week and work will
be resumed in full force. This will
be Welcome news to the employees, as
well as business interests generally.
Repairs are being made to the dam
this week. The small amount of snow
in ths mountains this year will prob
ably result In getting TO work In the
woods much earlier than usual, unless
heavy snow falls result from now en-.
There is less snow In the mountains
this time Of the year than for years.
The meeting of the farmers at
Grange hall, Belmont, Thursday even
Ing, to consider the proposition OF
purchasing the rural lines Of the Bell
system, resulted in ar agreement to
take the lines They re to pay the
company $3.50 for the lines, pay 81
per year per phons TOR switchboard
service, Sl1 for esr'i phone aud main-
| taiu ONu l'bCSs
will be known as the Hood River
Farmers Telephone Co. Shares will
be s25 each and limited to 500 shares.
Melvin Wetherell, proprietor OF the
Maple Hotel at Bingen, was in the
city Tuesday on business. MIR. Wath.
erell said that Supt. Nelson ordered
steel and track laying supplies to gc
forward again this week and it il
thought that the Carson cut is about
finished, or at least sufficiently so tt
allow track to te laid over it. /,
appears that the delay Mt Carson ii
caused by the contractors being dc.
eeived as to the character OF tht
giound, 1t being bed of loose clay
tull OF springs, which cannot b,
handled In the ordinary mannei, ant
is much worse than wbea dry. Th'
collapse Of pier of the White Sal
mon bridge has not delayed tho run
ming OF trains over IL. the track bein,
trussed up at this point.