The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-09-19
PARKDALE.

The dance at Mount Hood FRIDAY
night was attended by sll the dancing
/ folks IN the Upper Nslley, ana al
/ though u Was the dccble Hoodoo day,
I The music was far above that usually
supplied 10 dancers here, and everyone
/ iett expressing their wishes for an
other enloyat.s evening soon. Joe
Hess and Stanley Walters we're the
ones responsible for the good time.
Il Eiler, Of Portland. is spending
few days on his ranch at Parkdale.
Mrs. George Nelson, of Hood River.
Who has been spending the summer
with her neither, Mrs. Crisp. at Park
Gale, has returned home for the win
ter, after quite a struggle on the part
Of Mr.. Nelson. George is another OF
the boys who does not believe in batch
ing. As ms many friends know. he
Is Of a large aud robust build when
feeling like himself. but the boys on
the upper end of the Mount Hood line
began 10 worry about him losing flesh
and we honestly feel that if Mrs. Mel
son had not returned home when she
did we would have lost our George for
the want of home cooking.
Col. W. F. Tucker, of Mount Hood,
had quite a runaway Saturday. While
in to see +. H. Gordon on some bust
ness, his team became frightened and
succeeded in breaking the hitehing
post, and started for home. After GO
ing a short distance the hack struck
tree and the team freed itself, leaving
pieces of harness along the road. until
caught by men who were working for
W. c. Smulin. We are glad to know
the colonel was not in the rig at the
time, thereby escaping all injury.
The Middle Fork Irrigation Co. held
their annual meeting Saturday at the
Parkdale hall and the following officers
were elected: President. W. |. Cor
nell; vice president, G. I. Rawson !;
secretary and treasurer, ID. Gordon.
Here is a new one for the housewife,
called Mount Hood Raisln cake and
served at the Hotel Portland. Cream
one-third cup of butter and add gradu-
ally one cup of sugar. When creamy
add the yolks Of three eggs and the
whites of two beaten together until
vrey light, and beat the whole vigor-
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one.half cups of water and one and
one-half cups of pastry -four which has
been sifted with two level teaspoons
baking powder; add one-half cup
chopped raisns, beat moment, and
pour into cake tin. Bake one hour
and cover with white icing favored
with rose extract.
The ranchers of the Upper Valley
are all busy finishing the hay and are
very grateful for the fine weather we
are having. For time il looked as if
the entire second crop was lost as most
of it was cut and raked.
Mrs. A. X. Baker, of Parkdale, and
her son, Geo. W, have gone to Port
land for the week.
L. j. Bronaugh has returnedsfrom
Portland very disappointed man, for
upon his arrival there last Saturday
night he found it necessary to postpone
his wedding on account of the poor
health of the bride to be.
R. j. NcIsaac and family have
moved into their town house for the
winter, in order tnat the children may
attend school.
Bobbs, the thoroughbred English pit
bull dog owned by h. Collins, met with
what seemed fatal accident last Sat.
urday. While passing around horse
he was kicked over the right eye, frac.
turing his skull. He was sent to Port
land, where DR.. johnson removed four
small pieces of bone.
j. F. Thompson is making extensive
improvements on his town place at
Parkdale, which was formerly owned
by Fred Refs, aud in short time ex-
poets to, aud will, have beautiful
summer home.
If anyone is in doubt as to how much
loneliness there is on homestead after
one sings Good Bye Ladies, " all they
have to do is to call up John Cooper
and he will tell them. John put in five
yeras patching here and this year his
sisters spent the summer with him.
They have gone. John has no cook,
apd 10 noitiu Ia have onp