The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-09-07
MOSIER.
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afternoon train Tuesday. He is now
employed at Green Point, at the saw
mill Of the Stanley-Smith Lumber
pany of Hood River.
o. p. King. brother-in-law OF A. M.
Roop, is up from Ventura. Calf. for q
few days. Mr.. King, who has mail
route, will 90 to Grass Valley In few
days to watch the harvesting OF the
grain on his wheat ranch.
Mrs. G. E. Heineck returned to
Hood River Monday afternoon after
visit at the Godberson home, Bear
wallow, in the Greenwood district.
Rev. Heineck, who is pastor OF the
Pine Grove Methodist church. accom-
panied by his daughter, Orletta, mo-
tored over Friday for brief visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Harlan and
children, Mrs. Grace Payton, Tom,
Norrene, Mitt, Bob, and the baby
Harlan have been here from Vancou-
yer, Wn., visiting at the home of Mrs.
NJ. E. Harlan and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Ginger. Newell Harlan is a brother
of Mr.. Ginger.
Pearl Frice came up Monday night
on the steamer TahOma from vancou-
YER, where he has been located since
leaving the sawmill of E. L. Root. He
took with him OIL his return trip on
the boat Tuesday morning a load of
furniture. He expects to come after
another load later in. the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Torgler. daugh-
ter, Agnes, and son, Arthur. and wife,
left Portland at 4 p. m. Saturday
afternoon, arriving at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. C. A. Brown in the Green
wood district at 8 o'clock. The return
trip was made over the Columbia River
highway Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Vensel. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Mcneil and Lee Evans re-
turned Saturday from a week spent
camping at the Punch Bowl on Hood
river. Several big steelheads were
landed as we'll as all the trout that
they could eat during thier stay there.
A suitcase full Of fish was brought
back with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Brown and fam
lily came up from Hood River Thursday
accompanied by their children, May,
Floyd, Rosie, Tommy and two weeks
old baby, William. They expect to
remain here for the winter on the place
of Edw. Ball. of The Dalles. in the
Greenwood district.
Mrs. E. l.. Root accompanied her
sister, Mrs. E. J. Deckleman. and hus.
band, on the boat to Portland Thurs.
day. E. L. Root and brother, Leslie
expected to motor down over the
Columbia River highway Friday, re-
turning Saturday accompanied by Mrs.
Root.
Indian Jack Coover was sent to The
Dalles Hospital Tuesday night by
local citizens. His face was badly
swollen. He believes it to be the
result Of mosquito bites received while
living in his house boat on the river
below the city, while others are in
clined to think it an attack Of erysip-
elias.
Chas. Smith again has his fish nets
Columbia river. The nets. which were
brought up from Portland, where they
have been since the season ended last
year, has them set opposite this city
on the Washington side of the river.
Each year he catches tons and tons of
salmon, part of which is sold in the
local market and the remainder sent to
Portland and other points.
Fred Evans is shipping large guam
titles Of fancy tomatoes on the
steamer Tahoma to the Front street
markets in Portland. Many Of these
are suitable for canning and be Is hav.
ing difficulty in supplying the demand.
One commission merchant wrote to
Mr.. Evans that recent shipment was
gone in five minutes after arriving and
that he desired more, as many as pos
sible, right away.
Mrs. Wm. Johnson and two children,
Bert and Thelma, left Saturday after.
noon on the boat for Portland where
they will visit for two weeks with
friends, returning in time for the
! children to start to school. On the day
before starting Bert fell on rusty
nail which pierced his hand. In a
letter from Thelma to Miss Lenora
Hunter, the former states that her
brothers. hand is in bad shape. Thelma
has been camping with friends on the
Sandy river.
s. D. Fisher returned Friday morn.
ing from several months spent in
southern Oregon. Mr.. Fisher for some
time has been in the vicinity of Coos
Bay where he has been working as
millwright in the construction of a
sawmill which will have capacity of
about 80. 900 feet daily. Mr.. Fisher is
delighted with that country and after
the warm weather expects to return to
his work. He stated that his work
was we'll along and he took this oppor.
tunity for a few days rest and visit
with his family and also to attend to
business matters.
Hugo E. Birkner, who has had
charge of the fight against the elm
leaf beetle in Portland, left the city
service Friday to accept better posi-
tion in Ohio. He left for the east
Saturday. Mr.. Birkner has been with
the city park bureau in Portland for
some time past in the capacity of tree
surgeon. He made a reputation as q
tree repair man and also in his capacity
as head of the elm leaf beetle crew.
| His position in the east will give him
a good increase in salary. Mr.. Birkner
was formerly a resident of Mosier,
where he has orchard interests, having
left here last fall to 60 to Portland.
W. L. Rowland has a turkey hen
that has made a record that Is the
highest in the community to the best
of our knowledge. To date this hen
has laid 81 eggs that have been taken
from her. laying 83 in one nest and
then disappearing for time. Later
she was found sitting on q nest of
eight eggs and is due to hatch the first
of the month. Bluejays have been q
q menace and several times around the
nest broken shells of turkey eggs have
been found, presumably stolen by
these birds while the hen was off the
nest. Taking this into consideration
Mr.. Rowland believes that the 100
mark has easily been reached.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Isom and two
children, Burritt and Robert. have
returned from q months motoring trip