The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-07-11
CDEIL.

Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Brett. OF Port
land, have been here visiting Mr.. ano
Mrs. Mark Cameron. Mr.. Brett Is
cousin of Mrs. Camer ron and is sales
man for the Cadillac Company.
Rev. VIM. A. Sunday and his family
are here for a short rest at the Sunday
home in 0dell.
]. 4. Stanton, who travels over
Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma. is here
for a visit with his wife and with his
daughter, Mrs. q. '. Smith and hei
family.
Mrs. +. NJ. Tilley. who has been WIS
iting her friend, Mrs. Perry Smith. lef'
Sunday for Wisconsin.
]. H. Eggert and son, Louis, left
Wednesday for Portland. Mr.. Eggeri
will return the last of the week and
will be accompanied by his sons. Elmer
and Fred. who have been.visiting rela'
tives in Portland. Louis will remain
for visit
Mrs. Claude Duncan and little daugh.
ter, Neva, are visiting Mrs. Duncan
mother in Portland.
Chas. Davis and family are riding In
fine Maxwell ear which they pur'
chased recently.
Thomas Parr and Charles Alfred
Parr are at home with their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Parr. after having
spent the winter with their grand
mother in the east and south.
Mrs. Sarah A. Smith and son, Carl
ton. have been visiting friends at the
homes of 6. w. Lafferty, |. U.Lafferty
and Wallace Young.
Hugh Smith is back in Hood River
valley after having spent several years
in California.
w. l.. Carnes has sold his property
at Elk Creek, California for about
$1,000, doubling thespurchase price, and
he is now looking about for another
investment.
VIM. Ehrck left Friday for month s
stay with his daughters in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Ferguson and
daughter, Martha, left Tuesday for
Portland. where they will remain for
the Elks' convention. They will then
visit friends in Astoria and at Seaside,
and they also expect to visit friends in
Salem.
The Fourth of July was celebrated
by the residents of 0dell in various
ways, some remaining at home, others
going to Hood River and Paidale and
probably the largest picnic party. the
Ferguson Bible class, going to the
Punch Bowl.
ABOUT twenty members of the Ferg-
uson Bible class accepted the invitation
of the Sunfiower Bible class, of Pine
Grove, and were delightfully."- enter
| tanned at the home of Mrs. E. E. Lage
Tuesday evening Of last week.
Miss Ada Martz, of Portland, has
been'here for visit with her brother,
Cal Martz, and with her friend, Miss
Gladys Crosby.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Cameron and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Jarvis attended the
ball game. Portland VS.. Heights, Sun
day. Art Baird and j. H. Eggert also
attended the game.
MIR. and Mrs. w. N. Barnett and
family, of Wasco, Ore, are here look
| ing after their interests, as they own
an orchard tract formerly owned by b.
T. Young.
| At the last meeting of the board of
directors of Dist. No. 5, Odell, the
board decided to post notices calling
| for bids for 20 cords of good dry four
| foot fir wood to be delivered in the
wood shed at Odell school house not
later than August Is, 1912. Also bids
for painting school house, putting in
glass and heavy screen in around win
dow in bell tower, and extending pipe
| on chimney, this work TO be completed
not later than Aug Is, 1912. The board
| also decided to offer cash reward for
information resulting in the conviction
of the person or persons who are and
have been breaking windows and other
wise defacing and damaging school
property. The condition of this school
building is a disgrace to the commun-
ity ana the destruction is going on
right through vacation. and 1t is time
someone is taught lesson in respect
ing rights of property, whether public
or private. On recent drive via Dee,
Pakdale, Mount Hood and Middle Val
ley your correspondent had occasion to
observe not less than four school
houses and in every instance their out
ward appearance was all that could be
desired and we thought with shame of
our school house, which should equal
these in appearance and yet fall so far
short in this respect.
A special meeting of the Develop
ment League of Odell has been called
for Friday tomorrow evening at the
hall, for the purpose of giving smok-
er in honor of Wilmer Sleg, the new
manager. of the Apple Growers Union.
This will be fine opportunity for be-
coming acquainted with Mr.. Sleg.
A large and attentive audience en-
joyed Rev. Ii. A. MacDonald's address
on good citizenship and temperance
Sunday evening. Leslie Buffers re-
marks along temperance lines were to
the point and gave evidence of careful
thought on this subject. During the
evening those present enjoyed the fol-
lowing special music: Solo, Miss Mary
Sheppard; song, double quartet, Misses
Viola Mapes. Blanche Lafferty, and
Mary Sheppard and Mrs. C. C. Chap
man and Messrs. Noel Davis, Harold
Sexton, Lloyd Moss and l.. j. Gates
also selection by male quartet, the
four gentlemen named above.
The July meeting of the Ferguson
Bible class will be held at the Fergu-
SON. Hawthorne home Friday (tomor-
row. evening. Miss Alberta Warner
will have charge of this meeting. The
class has arranged for series of lee
lures. the first of which will be given
within few weeks a steriopticon .ad-
dress Illustrating the work of the Y. M.
G. A.. by the state secretary of the Y.
M. G. A., Ivan e. Rhodes. of Portland.
Complete announcements as to date,
etc., will appear later.
Miss Alberta Warner has been
Portland visitor during the past week.
Sunday school at 10 a. M, Epworth
League, p. m. Service by Kew. H.
o. Perry, 8 p. m. Those who heard
Rev. Perry before will be glad of the
opportunity to hear him again. At the
Methodist church next Sunday.