The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-02-17
DEE
Thursday, Feb. 10.


Your correspondent has not had an
opportunity to hear the village gossip
and 50 the Dee items for this week are
rather short.
We have plenty of snow at this writ
ing. Some places over six feet, but
since the rain of Saturday and Sunday
the snow has melted considerably. Our
ranchers have been kept busy shovel
ing snow of the roofs of buildings and
breaking roads. Tuesday of last week
was the last time we received the mail.
the train not being able tos.run. Sunday
morning our postmaster. Wenc Pashek,
with one of the lumber company's
drivers. took the weeks mail tt. Hood
River, returning Monday with the Dee
mail. 1t took the men an hour and
half to drive from Dee to the Holsteen
station, the road being so unbroken.
Although we have been practically
snow wbound, many of the young folks
who have lots Of vitality have been en-
joying the winter sport of skiing. The
pond at Dee has been frozen over and
provides good skating which many
enjoy.
Greetings from snowbound Fairyland
Dee and vicinity certainly has the
aspect of fairyland. with all the build
ings covered with snow and not many
trails broken. The Mount Hood train
came up Tuesday of last week for the
first time for several days. although
men had been bringing the Dee mail
out from Hood River in a'sleigh.
The prophesy of dull week turned
out to be entirely wfopg after all. as
there were meetings of some sort crop
ping up every day.
Checker parties seem to be the most
popular form of entertainment among
many of the young men.
Miss Velma Rowntree entertained
members of the Chatterbox club Satur-
day afternoon at her home. The girls
arrived at the ranch about o. clock af-
ter very strenuous walk, with the
rosiest of cheeks, and spent very en-
joyable afternoon. Ice cream, delicious
assorted cakes and hot chocolate were
served by the hostess. Although from
the clubs name one would think the
girls spent the afternoons at their
meetings in chattering and gossip, they
really have accomplished much. Sew
eral have learned tatipg; others cro-
cheting. So kind people, give the girls
the benefit of the doubt and don't think
all they do 10 chatter, although an
eavesdropper would certainly think so
from the chattering, giggling and
snstches of songs they would be apt to
hear.
H. N. Fleming, of Trout creek, above
Dee, returned last week from an ex-
tended visit in Portland and other parts
of Oregon.
Geo. h. Adams was a Portland busi.
ness visitor last Thursday and Friday.
G. NJ. Wilson was in Hood River on
business last Wednesday.
School has been closed for the past
two weeks. None of the roads above
Dee. on the flat, have been broken.
Mrs. Viola Stockham, our school
teacher, who is a very energetic young
lady, walked to Hood River from the
Collins ranch. above Dee, Saturday.
Mrs. Stockham made the trip in four
hours, spent Saturday afternoon shop
ping and walked back Sunday, arriving
at Dee early in the afternoon.
Mrs. Jennie Sparkling, of Portland.
arrived in Hood River Saturday, but
was unable to get out to her brother 8
ranch, Geo. h. Adams. where she in
tended visiting with her daughter, Miss
Mary.
W. j. Horbelt drove to Hood River
Sunday to purchase medicine for a sick
member of his family.