The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-09-25
OAK GROVE

of on Sunday, was the breezisst day Of
the season. About all day the wind
came wsltzing from the west In power
full whiffs. 1t whistled around corners,
dashed the tree limbs, shook down a lot
of fruit. and otherwise behaved in a
very rude manner.
Mrs. G. A. McCurdy is visiting a
few days in Portland. Her dauKh-
ter, Miss Ellen, who accompanied
her. proceeded to Corvallis, where she
enrolls as an o. A. G. student.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert d. Wilson. Of
Oregon City, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Albright for three days this
week. The friendship between the two
families dates back to their early start
| In life, when they were neighbors in
Oregon City. 1t happens that this is
Mr.. Wilson's first visit to this part to
Oregon in some 40 years. He notes
some change in the valley. as when he
last saw It the river ran through a
dense forest and there was only
sparse settlement at its junction with
the Columbia. In those days the site
of Hood River wa hard to reach except
by water.
Albert Sutton and family will be
much missed from here this season, as
they have gone to Portland for the
winter.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert ]. Snow and
daughter, of Portland, and Mr.. Shows
mother and brother from Vermont,
have visited the younger Mrs. Shows
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Lennon,
during the past week.
Miss Helen.Cox has been entertain
ing q bright and merry house party.
namely: Harold Peery, of Springfield;
Miss Vivian Root, of Portland: and
Harold Albers, of Shoshone, Ida.
Guests and hostess are now in Corval-
lis, all being students in the o. A. C.
Mrs. John Bonser. of Portland, re-
Gently of Vancouver, b. c., is up on
visit to her brother, John A. English,
and Mrs. John Lace, of Portland. is
visiting her sister, Mrs. English. seek
ing the benefits of our vitalizing eli
mate for impaired health. Mrs. Bon
ser and her brother have long been
separated by reason of her absence in
the big and growing city to the north
ward. She has hearty, good word
for Vancouver, yet thinks Hood River
is the most charming and desirable To-
cality of all, and doesn't care who
knows it. Her husband was formerly
!. captain Of vessel plying the Fraser
river, but a serious break in his health
necessitated their removal to Portland.
Rev. M. l.. Anderson has been re-
! Gently, reappointed to this charge, and
in token Of their appreciation Of and
: high regard for him the congregation
will tender reception to MIR. and Mrs.
|, Anderson on Thurs. evening, Sept. rs,
, in the main hall of the school building.
All friends are cordially invited. The
Sunday school will have part in the
program.
, The melon thief has been getting in
locality. The artists are probably
hoodlums, but whoever they mey be,
} are ''onery," for the melon stealer is
ever a mean, measley miscreant. As
, most of the sackful they carried from
j one of the ranches we're green, it's to
be hoped the gang had bowel-twist-
, ing time of it. The affair somehow
! suggests the placard which the wary
i and pious farmer set up in his melon
: patch: Boys, do not steal these mel
3 ons, for they are green and God sees
f, you."
Seldom have finer company of peo-
pie been seen in this distict than that
Y which assembled in the large hall of
the school building Friday evening.
The affair was by way of reception
2 to the new coips of school teachers,
and was cordial and happy in all re-
spects. Incidentally, a program OF
music and short talks was rendered.
1t began with a vocal solo, "Mavour-
neen," finely rendered in the rich voice
+, and expressive manner of 0. T. Wede-
0 meyer, who responded to recall with
+, Ben Johnson's Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes," County Superintendent
:, Thompson being called upon, spoke in
structively and appropriately on the
present most prominent educational
e idea, ssthe school as social center.
f Mrs. George c. Gladen favored the
audience with a charming solo, lul-
! laby, and was followed by little Miss
v Hilja Annala with vocal solo that
E merited the applause bestowed. Mrs.
Harry Francis, president of the Par
j, ent-Teacher club, under whose auspices
" the reception was given, then called
|, upon H. M. Irwin for a talk on his
n personal recollections of Abraham Lin
coin and of the congress of the recon-
: struction period, of which he had been
: a press reporter for six years. MIR.
7 Irwin told of his first sight of Lincoln,
u in the grounds of the White House, the
night after the disastrous battle of
b Bull Run. 1t was his good fortune to act
y as reporter to the dedication of the
/. Gettysburg National cemetery in 1868,
Y where part of his job was to report
e Lincoln's great Gettysburg address.
He spent that evening at the home of
h. Judge Wills, where MIR. Lincoln and his
e cabinet were guests, and was able to
! give various details as to Lincoln's g
v manner and appearance. Mr.. Irwin
further gave instances and incidents
: illustrating the congress of those days,
when every question was threshed out
! in debate on the floor, and where the
: encounter OF thrust, parry and wit
called into action such leaders as
Blaine, Conkling. Ben Butler, Sunset
Cox, James A. Garfield, Allen G. Thur
) man, Tom Reed, and others of that
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