The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-05-28
CORRESPONDENCE
ODELL.

q. w. Smith has been to Columb bus
WASH, looking after his rane b at tina
place.
Mrs. L. ID. Boyed and daughter
Naomi, went 10 Portland last Satur
day. They 60 that Naomi may re
ceive treatment at Portland SHnitar
ium.
Henry Lewis and family, Of Port
land, we're expected to arrive hers
Saturday. They will stop with Ralpi
Il. Lewis until their residence, which
is in progress OF construction, II
completed. Odell is pleased to count
these people hers.
Mis-. g. Il. Bowerman and her baby
daughter had several bad days last
week, bu' both are reported impIov'
ing.
L. ii. Wilson went to Portland early
business and pleasure.
Mrs. g. w. Smith has been quite
i'll. Her daughter, Mrs. Allen, OF
Belmont, came over to care for her.
Guy Wilson has teen up Mosier
way working at something in the car
penter line.
Mrs. J. w. Wilson has been suffer
ing from severe attack OF pleurisy.
The lecture by Rev. Merrill last
Thursday evening Is said to have been
excellent and the recitations by his
daughters we're we'll received. A good
crowd was In attendance.
The pipe boring machine has been
at work last week and this and pipe
has been laid so that very soon water
will be running and ready to use
where needed. About one mile of
pipe is being put In here extending
along the north line OF Eliza Billens
and Thos. Lacey's land, thence west
across the land owned by A. Wood
and along the south line to Il. l.
Klemer's forty acre tract. Clinton
Wood has been acting as engineer for
the pipe machine.
Mrs. Peck, who owns part OF the
Geo. Prather land, will be here sever
al weeks directing the work connected
with her property.
VIM. Ehrck's plant for furnishing
water for home use Is now complete.
A gasoline engine pumps the water
into tank built high enough so that
the water can be piped where needed.
Mrs. EngIish's sister, Mrs. SulIin-
ger, has been very i'll for several
weeks. She so far recovered as to be
able to leave the hospital In The
Dalles and be brought to the home of
Mrs. English, where she Is thought
to be slowly regaining strength
Miss Matte Cleland, of Portland,
visited Mrs. John Kroeger Saturday
and Sunday. A trip to the falls in
search of beautiful specimens OF ferns
and flowers was included In her visit
Miss Cleland visited Mrs Vaughan, of
Hood River, and friends at White Sal
mon.
Mrs. Hawthorne Is visiting her son,
M. Hawthorne.
Miss Kennedy, Odell's primary
teacher, was called to her home In
Seattle, Wash, Friday, consequently
there was no school Friday and Mon
day.
Gid. Ellis, representing the Atkins
Co., stopped over with his friends,
j. FL. Eggert, Friday night.
Grace Hodge and Miss CoyIe, of
Mosier, have been visiting Bertha
LenZ.
Sunday morning woman whose
home is near that af John West ON
the mountain southeast OF Odell, was
found dead In bed. She had retired
Saturday night sin apparently her
usual health and those of her children
who we're home prepared breakfast aud
when she did not arise went to her
bed and found that death had come
some time during the night. Her
husband and two oldest children we're
away from home at work. She leaves
nine children motherless. Heart fail
ure Ia supposed to have been the
cause of her death.
An interesting @. Il. meeting last
Sunday evening" b. I. Young, leader.
MOSIER.
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