The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
Edgar Holman was in Portland last

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The celebrated Sinclair hams, bacon
and lard may be found at Holman's on
the Heights.
Mrs. Chas. T. Early has been in
Eugene during the past week visiting
her son, Reymund B. Early, who is
there as student in the University of
Oregon.
William Stewart, R. W. Pratt, DR..
George C. Skinner and }. Paddock left
here Wednesday in Mr.. Stewart s
White Steamer to spend several days
fishing at Trout Lake.
Call and see a fine stock of new
pianos just arrived this week from the
factory. Our prices are SIS below the
Portland houses. Piano tuning a
specially. p
Phone 1881. Soule's Piano House.
L. E. Ireland and family arrived last
week from Minneapolis and will make
their home on the place purchased last
fall from William Kerr. Carroll Clip
pell and wife accompanied the lrelands
and Mr.. ClippelI will superintend the
construction of house on the Ireland
place this summer.
George Sharpe has sold the Hood
River Dairy to W. R.Winans and taken
on in the deal 40 acres of land near
Dee. MIR. Sharpe is operating the
milk business until July l, when the
cows will be taken to Mr.. Winans'
place. Mr.. Sharpe expects to go onto
the land he has acquired and improve
it.
Mrs. F. E. Deem, of Pine Grove,
and her mother, Mrs. M. H. Parkin,
who has been visiting here, left last
week for Galva, ILL.,, where they will
attend the wedding of Mr.. Deem s
sister, Miss Dora Deem, to Cover N.
Carlisle. Miss Deem has many
friends in Hood River, having visited
her brother and his wife here last
summer.
G. P. Schlosser, of this city, was
employed last week by the Roseburg
Commercial Club to act as publicity
manager. He came here about eight
months ago from Utah where he had
been engaged in commercial club
work. During the winter he was en-
ployed in the publicity work at Walla
Walla.
The real estate Offices of the firm
of Shelley & Shelley have been moved
from the Young building to the rooms
on Cacsade avenue just west OF the
Mt. Hood hotel formerly occupied by
G. Y. Edwards & Co. The Shelley firm
is now comfortably located ia ground
floor offices and they are offering
some bargains in orchard lands.
Last Sunday at the Unitarian
church, in the discussion of "a Sane
4th of july" it was expressed EN-
phatically that if the children are
going to be deprived of the use of fire
arms, they should be provided with
such entertainment and fun as vii
make the day valuable and enjoyable
Next Sunday evening at the Unitarian
! church T. A. Bishop will lead the ser
} vice, giving a view of Ray Stannarc
Bakers book, Spiritual Unrest. u"
The sale of 20 acres from l.. E
Taft to Z. c. Mahaney was reported
Monday by Shelley Shelley. & Mr.
Mahaney recently sold his 20 acre place
west of Odell to a Portland man foI
5000 and he has bought this twent!
of unimproved land about half mil,
away for So, 500 and he expects Il
begin work Immediately to clear VI
and improve his new place.
Mrs. Doletha Mortimer, of Belmont
has announced the engagement of he
daughter, Miss Lulu Mortimer, T.
Robert r. Carter, the marriage t.
take place in the early part of July
The young couple, although neithe
of them have been residents of tn
valley for year, are we'll known AM
have many friends who had guesse
that the announcement would be mad
. before the summer was far advanced
Miss Mortimer came here with he
family last fall from Minnesota an
resides on the Belmont road. Mr.. Car
ter is one of the Hoosier colony and !
in the employ Of the 81 wart Hard
. ware & Furniture cor panV.
County Assessor jay ?. Lucas ha
received a con inui ,icatiOn from tn
Eugene Commercial Cub asking hi
opinion of a Latter which II Is pre-
posed to put before the next legisla
ture, which has in view a law to hay
county assessors make a statisticf il
census of Industries in the state. H.,
would result in the gathering of
large amount of information whic
, would be valuable in the development
work and it would amount to an annus
industrial census for the state. Assesso
Lucas of this county, has plan whic
he is following this year which wi
. bring together very valuable lot G
information as to the amount of appl
orchard in the valley. He has pre-
pared blanks for use of the deput
assessors which will carry the acreag
of orchard held by each land owne
in the valley. The number of acre
of trees of each year up to eight an
the bearing orchards are divided int
two classes. This will greatly simplif
/ the matter Of assessment and wi
result in exact information on amour
of orchard in the Hood River valley.