The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-02-11
Hood River Banking & Trust Co

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teachers of Riverside Congregational
church Sunday hool will be next
Sunday at IL a. m. All members and
families of the church and Sunday
school are urged to be present.
Postmaster Yates has received a
quantity of the new Lincoln centen-
nial stamps, which will be put on sale
here February IL, and for short time
hereafter. They are Of the two. cent
denomination, having profile of
Lincoln in the center
Mr.. and Mrs Jchn A. Wilson cele.
Erated the 4Cth anniversary OF their
marriage last Thursday. They we're
married in Illinois February 4, 1869.
In 1876 they came to Hood River and
are among the first of the pioneers OF
Hood River valley. They are now on
their wedding tour" visiting theii
son, Austin, in eastern Washington.
A. G. Lofts has purchased four lots
from p. f. Fouts, on Columbia street,
aud has already started excavsting for
a residence. Mr., Lofts has sold his
team and wagons to Mr.. Lathrop,
who is on the Jayne ranch, and wilt
give his entire atten ion to the duties
OF marshal, to which he WAS appoint
ed by Mayor Mcdonald
A. j.. Haynes vas over from Under
wood Saturday IN business. Mr..
Haynes lives Ju above the Hood sta
tion, about two miles west of Under
wood, and says that the new grade
has been finished to the new Hood
station, which is great convenience
to the settlement near there. The
Hood Development Association was
formed last week with mbership
OF forty. b. W. Arriss was elected
president and H. W. Dehart secretary
and treasurer Mr.. Haynes says that
the cold weather in January has not
apparently hurt the fruit near his
place, although there are fears of
some damage down on the lower ele-
vations TO peaches
February 10 is the date decided up
on for big concert to be given by
Hood River talent under the auspices
of the Congregational Ladies' Aid So
oiety. The program, which will be
rendered at the opera house, promises
to be of an exceptionally high order,
and will be participated in by such
talented entertainers as j. Adrian Ep
ping, William Chandl +, Mrs. Louise
Goddard, Mrs. II. l.. DUN BILE, Miss
Radford, Mrs. Gertrude Gleason Slet-
ton, Mrs f. h. Deem, Mrs. Charles
Hall, Mrs. r. s. Davidson aud others.
A lecture was given on Judo and
Jiu Jitsu Monday night at the opera
house by Professor Ito of japan lie
explained the terms and what they
meant and the advantages OF these
modes OF defense. Exhibitions we're
given in fencing aud also Jiu Jitsu 10
which several japanese participated
and we're watched with intense inter
est by the people Rev. Bandy intro.
duoed Prot. Ito aud announced the
program. A full house turned out
and oil proclaimed ii az excellent ex-
hibition and marvelled at the manner
In which the japanese have mastered
tbs art
Considerable comment has been
caused on account of the placing OF
the real estate sign over the crosswalk
at the corner of Oak and Third street,
with the result that the marshal has
ordered IL taken down. Uprn investl-
cation all signs hanging out over the
street are Ia violation of the oIdi.
nance, and they have been ordered
down. The matter was pretty we'll
threshed out Tuesday evening at the
business mems meeting, and 1t finally
ended in the majority agreeing that
the business streets would present a
much better appearance if all signs
that hang ont ovei the walk we're tax.
en down The electric signs are most
ly an ornament and help light the
streets, and 1t is prohs BILE tha' the
council will pass a new ordinance
modifying the present one, and which
will more readily meet the needs of
be OCCASION.