The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-06-11
OREGON STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The thirteenth annual reunion Of
the Umatilla county pioneers was
held last week at Weston.
Isaac II. Smith. IS years OF age.
q prominent and wealthy builder and
contractor of Tillamook, committed
suicide last week by using carbolic
acid.
One OF the largest shipment. OF
sheep this season was made from
Condor last week, when 20 carloads
we're sent East. The price paid was
$3.50 a head after shearing.
George Mcdonald, of Pendleton.
has lost $50 head of sheep In two
nights through their eating a weed
common on the Mckay Creek ranch,
but to which the sheep were not ac-
customed.
w. e. Conyers, Of Clatskanie. a
noted hunter, killed a cougar last
week that measured nine feet two
inches from tip to tip. After the
animal had killed about $3.50 worth
Of stock the farmers telephoned for
Conyers, who soon ended his exist
ence.
william Wight, a prominent citi-
zen OF klamath County. was serious
ly injured last week by being kicked
by horse. He fell under the ami
malls feet and was trampled until
several ribs were broken. 1t Is
thought he has fair chance for re-
covery.
Joseph Jacobs, the Eugene mer-
chant who was found guilty last
week by jury Of selling liquor In
violation of the local option law, was
given the maximum fine by Judge
Bryson. He was fined $500 and given
80 days In the county jail. This was
Jacobs second offense.
Stripped stark naked, his body
bruised and covered with mud and
filth and his mind blank. c. c. Mar
uuette, an erratic character OF Pen
dleton, was found near Bingham
Springs last week and taken to Pen
dleton, where he is confined as an
insane inmate OF the county jail
Dragged 200 yards by a runaway
horse, his head pounding on the hard
ground, kicked and trampled upon
by the frightened animal. Waldo, the
16-year-old son of Oliver |. 8. Geer,
living near Burns, was severely In
jured last week. The doctors say he
has a chance for recovery.
The Summer Visitor.
Probably most of you have already
made your plans foi the summer.
IL you are to stay at home with no
special recreation during the hot
months you are probably resigned to
1t and IL you are looking forward TO
making trip and visit. you have
doubtless notified your to. be hostess
ere this. But 1t is to the woman who
not only must stay at home. but who
lie to be besieged with company that
cne's heart goes out She may not
require sympathy. She may be one
Of the fortunate mortals, able to hire
plenty of help, and to whom hospi-
tality means no sacrifice OF strength
or Of personal desires or needs. Or
hei guests may be OF that rare class
who do not demand much entertain.
ing aud who lit into the home and
take parts In it's duties as II they
we're mem bers of the family. But II
her means aud room are limited, en-
tertainine often entails much hard
work and Inconvenience, and the
hostess frequently looks forward to
the advent OF guests with dread, par
tioularly II they have never visited
her before and she does not know
what to expect. A young matron
was relating her experiences during
her brief married life and she said:
81 have been 50 swamped with CON-
pany during the two summers We
have kept house that each fall Dick
and had to close the cottage and 60
to boarding to give me rest. You
never really know people till they Wis
1t you.> Two Of my lifelong friends
wrote me that they we're coming to
spend month last summer and was
overjoyed at the prospect, but after.
wards. Those girls knew before
they came that had to do my own
work, but after breakfast the first
morning Maude excused herself. say
ing she had letter to write. Grace
asked tor dust cloth and said
"While you are doing your kitchen
work III dust the piano." so ! went
bllthely ut my dishes, thinking that
the rest of the house would be all
put In order by the time waf
through. But 1t wasn't. The dust
ing had stopped at the piano, and
the girls we're out In the hammock,
reading and eating candy, and by the
time | had Strengthened things, II
was time to start the lunch. don'l
know what wise spirit prevented me
from making their bed and picking
up the room, but they did not touch
1t till O'Clock that afternoon, evil
IDENTITY thinking | had forgotten II.
As had not made 1t the hrst day,
ii was easy not to do 1t at any time,
so spreading the bed and hanging NJ
their clothes was the only systematic
work they did the whole month. Eacf
I them wiped the dishes few times,
but their washings we're 80 enormous
that | had to hire my laundress two
days week instead of one. They
ou ght me beautiful present bsfor.
hey went, aud since It all happened
year ago try to forget 1t and thinl
much of them as | did before, but
Dick was so enraged that he declares
he is going to have some cards print
cd to mail to every person who threat
ems to visit us. He hasn't formuIat
ed 1t so that IL will read smoothly
and easily and hurt no ones feelings
but the real meaning Ia to be about
like this:
MADAM: My wife doese all hi
own work. If you will agreto hel,
her through all of 1t, to make uI
for the extra work you cause, we shal
be delighted to see you. Otherwise
please stay away Wouldn't that b,
awful, but really you don know how
overworked was last q ear, and Sc