The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-05-22

Thomas j. Wall, general passenger
agent of the 500 Spokane lines and the
Canadian Pacific at Spokane, and l.. V.
Blanchard, travelling passenger agent
Of the line, were in the city yesterday
on business.
F. W. Dehart, of Hood. Wash, was
in the city yesterday on business. Mr.
Dehart says that w. II. Galligan will
begin today to pick his wberries.
His ranch is on the protected fiat on
the Washington bank of the Columbia
near Hood.
Ernest c, Virgins, of Washington,
d. c., an expert from the United
States Department of Agriculture, was
here last week securing samples of
spray materials used by the valley
orchardists which were sent back to
the laboratories of the department at
Washington for tests.
Miss Frances Bragg entertained last
night with dinner party in honor of
her brother, Robert Bragg. Those en-
joying the pleasant event were: Miss
es Ellen McCurdy, Viola Crapper, Will
ma Thomson and Fred Coshow and
George and Robert Bragg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Van Horn have
just returned from Niagara, New York,
where they spent the winter. Ned Van
Horn. will soon be home from the Uni
versity of Washington, where he has
been pledged to the Sigma Chi frater-
nifty. Miss Marion Van Horn will grad
uate this spring from st. Helen's hall
in Portland.
The Cornet band will give concert
Saturday evening. If the weather will
permit the concert will be given on the
court house lawn, where ice cream will
be served, the proceeds to be used by
the band boys in purchasing instru-
ments and apparatus that is badly
needed. If not on the green the banC
will play in some building. Listen fol
/ the music and follow the crowd.
Miss Mary Montgomery, who has
been aching the Middle Valley school
Tor the past two years, left Friday at.
ternoon for San Francisco. j.. After q
visit with friends at Berkeley and
Stanford University she will proceed
to Shelbyville, Ind, to spend the sum.
mer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter s. Montgomery.
Services at Christian church Sunday
morning will be of special interest tC
all. The subjectsof sermon will follow
closely the one of last Sunday. Sunday
school AS. Communion and preaching
following at II. The young people s
meeting at p. m. is attracting many,
Preaching at 8 in the evening. YOu
are invited to all these services.
A. J. Brunquist, who has been IN The
White Salmon district for the past two
months, where he pruned large acre
age of orchard, returned home yester
day. Mr.. Brunquist says that pros
poets for a large crop at White Salmon
are good Considerable development
is being done in the region and th'
growers all evidence great spirit q
optimism. Growers at Bngen have
already begun to pick berries, although
it will be a week before the harves
for the market will be begun.
II. II. Johnson, ST peiiatendeHt Of til
Cushman Indian Agency and the Cush
man Trade School at Tacoma, Wash.
was here last week visiting his ole
friend, L. a. +. Clark. MIR. Johrsol
ard MIR. Clark were schoolmates, al
though they had not seen each othe
until last week for about II years. MIR
Johnson was taken out to Mr.. Clark
home at 0dell. He was very much i'm
pressed with the beauty of the scenery
The annual Memorial sermon to tn
officers and members of the Gram
Army of the Republic and the Wom
ans Relief Corps will be preached a
Riverside church next Sunday morning
by the pastor, who will speak on 9Th
Heroes of the Battle of Principles.
Special music will be rendered bv tn
quartet. The Boy Scouts will hav
charge of the decorations. The publ
is cordially invited. The evening sci
: vice will be held as usual.