The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-06
tFrom the Hnterprise)

The young son of R. G. Connor was
the first victim of the Fourth. A fire.
cracker exploded so close to his eye
that it scorched the pupil slightly, but
without serious results.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ireland and friends of
Hood River were visitors at the homes
of the Day Blothers Monday.
Claude Keefhaver attended the
cherry festival at Salem this week !;
also visited his home at Lebanon.
Thomas Lawson and party passed
through White Salmon the other day
on their way to Trout Lake for day S
visit. Wade Dean carried part of the
party, among whom were Miss Law
son.
The two big things in Hood River
the past week were Thomas Lawson
and an apple that went to Jerusalem.
They have us beat on the financier,
but the writer had half box of apples
that went where printers never go.
j. w. Sherwood, of Portland, was in
town Saturday to give his place fare
we'll before departing for Cleveland,
Ohio. to attend the Grand Lodge of
the Maccabees. In August he will
return to White Salmon and bring his
family up from Portland for a few
weeks at the ranch.
A couple of tourists from California
we've in town Tuesday. They had just
returned from hike to Lost Lake at
the foot of Mt. Hood and are now
bound for the Mt. Adams district.
They are doing their travelling afoot,
with fishpole and camera and enjoying
their vacation immensely.
Miss Natalie Williams arrived this
week from Wellesley, Mass, to spend
her vacation with her parents at
"Tawasentha. Miss Williams attend
ed Harvard commencement as the
guest of one of the senior students of
that college. After Wellesley com
mencement she was entertained by one
of the upper class girls at house
party at Dorchester.
Geo. Wayvo, claims he has lost about
$3.50 in currency. He had been to
Underwood and went to sleep back of
the pool hall, and thinks it may have
dropped from his pocket while rolling
around there. Another man came into
this office the first of the week claim
ing to have lost $50 or $40 and last
week a Jap labor contractor lost a
coat containing 500. Yet they say
money is tight.
The matter of the proposed railway
up the bluff is not being dropped,
though little has been heard of it.
One of the members of the Mt. Adams
Electric Line Co. says they not only
are working on the bluff road, but its
extension northward. He says that if
they will build the line as far as the
Cameron farm at least they are as
sured of 100, 900 tons of freight, to start
with, for the Northwestern Electric
Co., who are going to build the big
dam on the white Salmon for power
purposes. Mr.. Davis, of the North
western. says that he would like to
see the road built, and will do all he pos
sibly can to make the road a success.
The object of the Northwestern at
present is to develop power, preferring
to have others put in an electric line.
The Co. has purchased no rights of
way much lower than the Narrows.
Mrs. P. b. McCracken died at her
home, Hunter Hill Orchard, two miles
: beyond Husum, last week. The cause
of death was tuberculosis, against
which Mrs. McCracken battled for
. several months, going to California
} last fall to spend the winter to ward
it off. Mrs. McCracken was a young
woman, marrying in Nevada a little
over three years ago, and one of the
most lovable women who ever came
into the valley. Her husband, with
his father. j. r. McCracken, purchased
the Hunter Hill Orchard, which is the
largest bearing orchard in the county.
and. the deceased looked forward with
pleasurable anticipation to home life
ina fast developing and desirable sec
tion. Mrs. McCraeken leaves no child
ren, but besides her husband, a sister,
Mrs. Barker, and brother at Kent.
this state, survive her. The body was
taken to Portland, where funeral
services were held at Trinity church.