The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-08-08

j. r. Nickelsen, R. R. Bartlett an,
William Price left Wednesday of las
week for Lost Lake district on hunt
ing excursion. They killed two dee
on Eagle creek. The party left tn,
road at point near Mineral springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fraser. Mr.. ant
Mrs. W. L. Steinweg, Miss G. Vai
Flett. James E. Fraser and F. H
Starky, of North Yakima, and Mr.
and Mrs Coral White, of Seattle
formed motor party that spent yes.
terday touring the valley.
Miss Northway, of Milwaukee, Wis.
who has been in California, has peen
here making a visit with the family of
F. H. Blackman. Miss Northway is
very much pleased with the west and
will probably return to the Pacific
coast to make her home.
F. A. Jones, of Portland, arrived
yesterday on the Bailey Gatzert.
Mrs. Jones will arrive today and they
will spend two months here. on their
ranch west of Dee Mr. Jones brought
his automobile up with him in order to
make extensive tours over the valley.
Mrs. Robert R. Carter spent last
week with Mrs. Harry 7. Dewitt at
Camp Minnehaha. She was joined
over the week end by Mr.. Carter.
Other visitors at the camp Sunday were
Crawford C. Lennon and Frank Potter
Lucas.
The piano and music store of S. H.
Soule is being moved from the Smith
building at the corner Of Oak and Third
streets to the Bell building on Oak
street. The place vacated by MIR.
Soule will be occupied by the county
library.
H. f. Davisdon, president of the
Davidson Fruit CO., left last week to
be present at the convention of the
National Apple Shippers Association.
The greater number Of the apple mer-
chants of the entire country will be
present at this convention.
The j. U. G. girls convened at the
home of Miss Mae Davidson Monday
evening. when Miss Davidsou's birth
day was celebrated. A large number
of Jaranese lanterns OF different colors
added to the attractiveness of the
place on Second Street. beside the
steps that lead up to the Heights.
Mrs. Lottie E. Wood and son. Warren
Wood, of Santa Cruz, c allf., are here
spending the summer with Mrs. Wood s
daughter, Mrs. o. B. Nye. Wallace
Wood, who is located in Seattle. Wash, /,
arrived last week to make short visit
with his sister. Mrs Nye.
DR.. W. S. Nichol and family have
left on an extended visit of the east.
They will first visit relatives on the
Atlantic coast in Maine. On
the return trip they will stop with
friends and relatives in numerous
points in the States ard Canada.
Frank Caddy, who sold his farm here
last fall, removing with MS family TO
Ore., where he has pur-
chased ranch, was in the city on bus
mess last week. Mr.. Caddy will erect
a handsome new home on his Gresham
property. The new building will be
by j. Nj. Wright and Ed.
Knott. of this city.
|. Roland Mckee, of Chico, Calf, VINO
has charge of the experimental work
being done west of the Rockies by the
United States Department of Agricul-
turde on forage crops, was here over
the week end to inspect the work that
has been done here by Prof. W. H.
Lawrence, the county plant patholo-
gist, on cover crops for orchards. Mr..
Mckee was impressed with the exten-
sive experiments and declared that
they should prove beneficial to orchard
lists in all parts of the west.