The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-02
ARDENT SU|TOR IS
LE ROY ARMSTRONG
Union With Wealthy Hood
River Woman Follows ~
Hcur Wooing.
SAID TO HAVE NET WIDOW
THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT
This, However, Editor Is Quoted
as Denying; Hcod River
GoSSips Busy.
Special TO The Tribune.


PORTLAND. Or. April l.4LeRoy
Armstrong. editor OF the salt I3aka Her
ald-Repubican. seems TO have wcddod on
the wings OF the wind As facts relative
TO his remarkable romance In a nutshell
come to light. 1t appears that one OF the
swiftcst and TO all apparent purposes
most satisfactory wooinss was brought
TO a climax at the end OF a three-days'
acquaintance.
Since Mr. Armstrong announced. few
days ago. that he had resigned mis- posi-
tion with the Herald Republican. and
would henceforth become lawyer and
apple grower of Hood River sixty miles
from this city, there has been a tendency
to gossip over the hasty wedding In the
usual scdatc little town. Mrs. Armstrong
is now there and Mr.. Armstrong will re-
turn from Salt Lake In week or TWO,
and open A law office.
Unknown to Daughter.
The cIdes, daughter of Mrs. Armstrong
Miss Lenora Adams. said this morning
that she had not known that her mother
was engaged or that she bad ever known
a man named Armstrong until sum-
Inoned by telephone 10 Portland TO at
tend the wedding, which was held at the
Hotel Portland in the presence of the
Rev. W, q. Eliot. Jr.. pastor of the First
Unitarian church OF Portland; the daugh-
ter. and two Witnesses, named III. O.
Judd and T. f. Young, both clerks Of tho
hotel.
heard OF him. and had no idea that nay
mother had ever known him." said Miss
Adams, 'fHe had never visited Hood
River, and If my mother became acqualnt-
| ed with him she must have met him in
| Portland.
81 like Mr. Armstrong" continued the
young woman, with a noticeable desire
| but the wedding was certainly a sur
| prise. My mother never gave one OF us
| The slightest intimatlon that she was en-
| gagged. | think this strange as she has
| always kept me posted concerning her
Met Through Advertisement.
| Mrs Adams through an advertisement IN
| q newspaper and that they were never
| acquainted until threo days before the
| wedding ceremony. Friends of Arms tronG
here insist that the pair had known each
other for about year. and that they
had correspondent but they admit that
there was no engagement ever menticnec
and that the wedding was hastily
Mrs Adams left Hood River four days
before the wedding and came 10 Port
land. where she remained with friends.
| Armstrong was at the Portland hotel and
| the day OF his marriage to Mrs. Adams
called up q friend. whom he had once
known intimately in Salt Lake. and told
| him OF his intentions. The hotel we'd
ding followed soon after this blunt an
| noUnccment.
| II is said in Hood River that ARM
| strong makes a sweeping denial OF the
| allegation that lie met the wealthy widow
| through an advertisement. but Hood
| River folks say that they had heard the
| report from several sources which, how
| ever. cannot be traced.
| Tho Rev. Mr.. Eliot saws. 'AU L Know
| of the affair is that 1 was called 10 the
| Portland hotel by clerk TO perform tine
| ceremony. ] asked the necessary ques-
| tions and summoned the witnesses. MI
| Armstrong seemed TO be anxious 10 get
| through as quickly as possible. That's
about all the Information l can give
| you"
| Mrs Armstrong is a wealthy woman.
| She had married twice before she met
| Armstrong. She is not attractive In ap-
| ncarance..