The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-09
HAPPENINGS IN OREGON

The Willamette District Confer
ence OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church South met in regular session
at Tangent last week.
The annual meeting of the state
Teachers Association, western dlus
Ion. met In the university building.
at Eugene, June 25, 26 and 81.
Albany is planning the greatest
Fourth Of July celebration that b.
been held in the Willamette Valley
for years.
Kerbyville Masonic Lodge has re-
Gently dedicated their new Masonic
Temple. This lodge was organized
In 1857, at time when Kerbyville
was the county seat of Josephine
County.
The steam sawmill belonging to
the Tualatin Mill Company, located
about one-half mile east of Tualatin,
was destroyed by fire last week. The
loss is about $4,000, with no insur-
ance. II will be rebuilt.
There were four deaths resulting
from injuries received in the rail-
road service in Orgon during April,
according to the monthly reports
made by the railroads to the rail-
road commission.
The debating team Of o. A. G. de-
feated the debaters from Washing
ton state college last week at Cor
Wallis on the question of the estab-
lishment of central federal bank In
the United States.
A new lodge of Masons has been
instituted at Seaside by Grand Mas
ter Lot l.. Pierce of Salem, assisted
by Grand Secretay James Robinson
Of Eugene, and Judge Cleland Of
Portland. The new organization is
to be called Evergreen lodge.
The body of another Of the lost
sailors from the steamer Kelton
wreck was recovered last week about
20 miles up the coast from Newport
1t was impossible to identify the
body at this time, and 1t will be
buried at Newport.
John Folk, aged SO years, was
thrown from his wagon in run
away last week and was found dead
at the roadside by James Gober, a
neighbor. He has eight children at
Humboldt, California and two sis
tors near Albany. The ground
showed Folk was not instantly killed,
but had crawled around several feet.
Thousands of salmon fry from six
to eight inches in length are now
running out into the canal of the Ir-
rigon irrigation project, and many
of them are being stranded on the
bars, where they are perishing. o.
T. Warden, deputy game warden,
will have fish screens placed at the
dam to prevent this destruction.
Dandy Frisco, the undefeated stall
lion of the Northwest (2:11A), who
made phenomenal records last year
ut the North Yakima, Tacoma, Lew
iston, Walla Walla and Spokane rae
ing meets, died last week. The own
er, A. +. Morris, a few days ago re-
fused $500 for the animal.
Vale Is to have one of the finest
hotels in the Northwest. which will
be open for business about August l.
There are IS rooms, with hot and
cold water in each room, electric
lights, electric calls and telephones
Hot water from the thermal springs,
west OF the town, will be piped into
the building for medicinal baths.
Julia Gilmore Stratton, wife OF G.
c. Stratton, was buried at Coquille
last week. She was the first white
child born in Oregon City. She was
the daughter of one of the first mis-
sionaries of the Methodist Church to
the Indians. The large brick church
in Salem was built by her husband,
and the picture of her father, who
or"nnignd u hangs there.
kSsxrs zauaon Service.
Lewiston, Idaho, June S.-Captain
Ralph Baughman, master OF the
steamer Mountain Gem, plying be-
tween ILennewick and Priest Rapids
on the Columbia, arrived In the city
last evening in gasoline launch,
which he will use for passenger ser
vice on the Snake River, between
lewiston Charleston and Asotin. The
boat was built for Captain Baugh-
man In Seattle 1t Is As feet long,
has a 25-horsepower engine and is
licensed to carry 25 passengers. Its
speed Tn stillN water is 25 miles per
hour. The boat started on the Aso-
tin run this morning and it Is ex-
pected. to make the six-mile trip in
SO minutes. uT6o IOuHu-tiAPS POI
day will be made, the boats schedule
being arranged to connect with Nor
thern Pacific trains at Lewiston.
How to Snub sores.
A friend of mine returned the othei
day from an American tour and told
me that he received a severe rebuke
out of the mouth of a babe which cur.
ed him Of expatiating on his expert
cnces. He lunched with his brother
soon after his return and was holding
forth with consciousness of brilliant
descriptive emphasis when his eldest
nephew, aged eight. toward the end Of
the meal laid down his spoon and fork
and said piteously to his mother:
Mummy, must talk. 1t does make
me so tired to hear uncle going on
like that" A still more effective re-
buke was administered by clever
lady Of my acquaintance to a cousin Of
hers, a young lady who had just re
turned from India and was very tUll