The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-07

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leave the latter part of this week for
southern California, where they will
spend the cold season. Their sons,
Fordham and Kimball Stewart, will
spend the winter with Mr.. and Mrs. A.
W. Peters.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Henderson were
down Saturday to see the Overland
pass through. Raymond P. Caufeld,
of Oregon City, Mrs. Henderson 8
| brother, was member of the party.
Mr.. Caufiel6 is a banker at Oregon
City.
| H. Z. Mcclure, who is now residing
in Portland, was here last week visit
ing his brother, W. B. Mcclure. and
making arrangements to move the fix
lures formerly used by MCGUIRE Bros.
in their market on Third street to Port
land. Mr.. Mcclure will open a new
meat market in the Rose City:
Harry Farrell, formerly a member of
the force of the Apple Growers Associ-
alton, who for the past year has been
IN business in North Dakota, is ex-
pected here this week to visit friends.
Mr.. Farrell will 60 to Camas, WASH,
where he will enter business with his
brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Cash announce
the engagement and approaching we'd
ding of their granddaughter, Miss Yer.
dass altz and Harold Clarke Anderson,
of Eugene. The wedding will take
place on Tuesday, December 26. Mr..
Anderson and his bride will make their
home in Eugene.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Cones, who have
been in the valley for the past several
weeks, left yesterday for Long Beach.
Calf, where they will spend the win
ter. They expect to return here next
summer. MIR. Cones, with bis stepson,
Ed b. Winter, is interested in West
Side orchard property.
If you do not attend services else
where, you are most cordially invited
to the services of Asbury Methodist
church. Rev. Young will speak both
morning and evening. Themes: Morn
ing. "Life's Broken Ships" evening,
1.-THE Shepherd Psalm" Come and
bring a friend.
Mrs. Stanton Allen and Miss Mary
McLaren, accompanied by their mother,
Mrs. W. P. McLaren. left the first of
the week for Seattle. Mrs. McLaren
and Miss McLaren will reside in Seat
tie. Mrs. Allen after short visit will
60 to Chicago to be with her daughters,
who are there IN school.
Miss Helen Cutlery, accompanied by
her cousin, Miss Marie Latin, of Cor
dova, Alaska, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays here with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. J. D. Cutlery. They returned
Sunday, Miss Cutlery to Eugene, where
she is attending the University of Ore
gon, and Miss Latin to Portland, where
she is a student at st. Helen's Hall.
Alvin W. Wick, of Portland, travel.
ing passener agent for the Southern
Pacific R. R. Co., was in town Friday
visiting prospective travellers to south
ern California. MIR. Wick declared
that heavy list of passengers was ex.
pected from here this winter, as we'll
as from eastern and central Oregon
points.
G. B. Viets, of Portland, superin-
tendent for Oregon and Washington for
the American Express Co., was here
the first of the week calling on busi-
ness men. MIR. Viets was distributing
copies of "The American Express Ser
vice." a publication that is sent over
the globe in large quantities by the
big express concern. The current issue
of the publication contains an article
telling of the wonderful productivity
of the Hood River valley.
Mrs. Harry Dewitt has received
from her husband, who was a member
of the party of Northwestern Overland
automobile dealers who left here Sat
urday for Toledo, O.. a specimen copy
of the daily paper that was being is
sued on the Overland train. The mo-
tor junketers passed numerous compl-
mentary remarks about Hood River.
"The boxes of apples distributed by
local men," MIR. Dewitt wrote, made
a great hit"
E. E. Brosius. district manager for
the Oregon Life Insurance Co.. re-
turned last week from a three weeks
trip through eastern Oregon points.
Because of the frequency of his calls to
return to Hood River to look after To-
cal duties, Mr.. Brosius being lieutenant
in the coast artillery company, he has
been forced to give up his work in
eastern Oregon, and will leave here to-
day on his last trip over this section.
With Hood River as headquarters, MIR.
Brosius will continue in charge of this
county, the eastern part of Multnomah
countv and the western portion of
Wasco for the insurance company. MIR.
Brosius says that eastern Oregon coun.
ties. heretofore considered rather poor
territory, are experiencing an unparal-
leled prosperity. He says that the av-
erage per capita return in Morrow
county this year from the sale of grain.
live stock and wool will reach $500.
"As a result" says Mr.. Brosius, "this
prosperity is being advertised by the
sales Of carloads of the better makes
of automobiles.