The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-05-02

Alleging that the knives of the
planer were bare, with which he was
injured here in March, while working
at the Belmont planer, Gilbert Morse
has brought through his attorney f. G.
Smith. a damage suit of SIS, 900 against
the Stanley Smith Lumber Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Miller, of Ash
land, Neb., who have been spending
the winter in southern California, spent
the first of the week here visiting the
family of A. G. Buck. Mr.. Buck and
Mr.. Miller were both members of the
Seventh Minnesota regiment of the
federal army during the civil war.
W. II. Hermiston, of New York,
where he is prominent in musical cir
cles, has just returned to the east
after visit with Mrs. f. X. Arens and
son at their Middle Valley home. Mr..
HermistOn expects to return to Oregon
during the summer months to prepare
a musical comedy.
Remember that if you want good
chicken dinner for yourself and your
visitor Saturday go to the new Bell
building, where the ladies of the
United Brethren church will serve one
of their famous repasts. A chicken
supper will al,o be served at the same
place.
Grace u. B. church, Sixth and Oak.
Splendid revival meetings still in prog
ress. Sunday was the most encourage
ing day of Rev. Parsons past0rate in
Hood River. On Friday night Rev.
Kirk, of the Missionary Alliance
church will fill the pulpit. Everybody
welcome.
G. G. Van Tress, the public stenog.
rapher in the Eliot building, has in
stalled in his office a dictograph ap-
paratus. A number of the merchants
of the city have placed the machines
in their offices. AT night they dictate
their letters to records which are
taken to Mr.. Van 1ress' office, where
he places the records on a phonograph
machine and makes copies of the let
ters.
In an item relating to the Porter-Wells
trial last week the Glacier erroneously
stated that the Wells estate had Sc
cured an injunction against Mr.. Porter.
However, it was vice versa. Mr.. Por-
ter had secured an injunction against
the estate and the proceedings had
been brought by Attorney A. j. Derby
for the estate to dissolve it. l.. A. 4
A. P. Reed representing Mr.. Porter.
The Blossom Festival committees
urge that all Hood River people who
desire to take advantage of the auto
mobile rides through the valley do
so on Friday before the many visitors
begin to arrive. On the other DAYS,
Saturday and Sunday, the visitors will
be given the preference of the cars and
it will be almost impossible for any
great number of local people to take
the trips on those days.
The high school class of 'l3 enter
tanned the class of II at the rooms of
the Commercial club Friday night.
One of the features of the event was
an amateur theatrical production,
Scenes at a County Fair" After
playing games the students participat-
ed in an enjoyable dance. The ices.
which were served as refreshments,
were in the class IL colors, red and
white. The assembly hall of the club
was uniquely decorated with college
banners and pennants.
Arthur Bonebrake, business man
of Goldendale, Wash, returned to the
city Thursday afternoon with Clarence
Gilbert, who had made the trip there
to look after the Gilbert Implement
Company's automobile interests. The
return trip was made in the Chalmers
1885,