The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-02-13

j. s. Booth made business trip to
Portland tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Heilbr onner
went to Portland Tuesday.
e. p. Wray, of Lakeport, Cal, was
in the city the first of the week.
A valentine rarity will be given at
the Epwoith League Friday evening.
County Assessor Stogsdill came
down from The Dalles on the local
yesterday.
b. Il. Fiske, of Portland, was sell
ing optical goods to the trade the
first of the week.
Mayor Blowers is having touch of
grip, which kept him from his duties
in the bank Tuesday.
S G. Babson, of New York, was in
the city the first of the week, the
guest of g. ID. Woodworth.
The WomeD's Alliance of the Uni
tartan church will meet with Mrs.
Huxley next Wednesday afternoon.
There will be preaching at the
Christian church iu Hood River next
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Kew. b. f. Brown, of Cascade
Locks. was in the city Saturday aud
went to Moser to preach on Sunday.
| Mrs. Alice Crane, who hes been
visiting Mrs. DR.. Shaw, left for her
home in Portland yesterday after
| noon.
Manager Brownell is acting as night
operator at the Home telephone cen
tral this week, until the arrival OF q
night operator.
Geo. Dimmick. of Starbuck, Wash.
is spending a few days in the city on
business and visiting relatives in
the Mt. Hood district.
Invitations have been received here
for valentine party aud dance at the
country home of A. P. Bateham at
Mosier Friday evening.
Hon. L. L. Geer. of Pendleton, was
passenger Oh the local for Portland
tuesday and stepped off the train to
shake hands with friends here.
w. r. Starrett, of Westfield, N. j.,
is spending few days In the city
looking over the vailev. Mr.. StarIett
is an old friend of Willis Van Horn.
Mrs. Elsie DeVore, of Heppner,
visited friends In the valley tor few
days and yesterday went to Collins
springs, accompanied By Mrs. j. M.
| Hamblett
Frank Akers, of Moro, spent a cou-
pie of days In the city he first OF the
week, the guest of VIM. Ganger, re-
turning home tuesday. Mr.. Akers Is
looking for a new location and may
locate here In the near future.
Six young men we're arrested Mcn-
day and hrt ught before Judge Hen
derson for disturbing the revival
meetings ID the Belmont M. Il.
Church. One of them plead guilty
and was fined $40. The others will
stand trial and their cases will come
up before the judge tomorrow.
+, There will be temperance oratori-
cal silver medal contest held at the
Pine Grove NJ. Il. church February
10 under the auspices OF the Ladies'
Aid Society. Admission fee of 25
cents will be charged adults and chill
dren Is cents. The recitarions will be
interspersed with musical selections.
. w. ". Cotton, of the o. X. q NJ,
came up from Portland Saturday and
took a drive out through the valley.
Mr.. Cotton was still further impress
ed with Hood River after attending
the banquet of the Commercial Club
and may purchase q Hood River ap
pie ranch without waiting to sell his
farm property east of Portland.
Postmaster Yates is having a siren
uous time this week. Elwood Luckey
just recovered from the mumps and
was taken down with the grip, aud
the other two clerks, Harry and Stel-
la Richardson, are now confined to
the house with the mumps. Fortun-
ately Edgar Button was able to help
out and Miss Eva Yates came to the
rescue, and Hood River patrons are
able to get their mail as usual.
G. d Hildeson, alias e. johnson,
was killed at Stevenson Monday while
thawing out dynamite. Ii seems that
Hiidesoa was working with the pow
der over Gre, at some distance from
ina companions, when terrific es-
oIosioD occurred. aGd the unfortun-
ato man was badly inanglsd, dying in
stantly. II appears from papers found
among hi ELECTS that he assumed the
name OF Il. johnson when coming to
this country. The address OF his rel
atives, it he hae any. could not be
found. j e. Nichols had charge Of
the remsins
w. + Laraway has received the
special silver medals given as prizes
at the last Hood River fruit fair and
has co., pleted the engraving of the
pames en- the prizes, which now await
thsir ogters 1t bis itore. The design
= in the shape of en- apple, suspended
from bar, ou the outer surface OF
which Is Nj Hood and orchards in
the fcre2fannd iu relief. while the
owners ueme is engraved on the bar
, aud Gu the reverse side 10 the name OF
{ fru,t Ter which the prize was Civ
Ell. II is he harlsomest design OF
, any medal given at any OF the fruit
shows.