The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-01-18
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John Elder was In Hood River Fri.
day morning on business.
Lee Evans was q visitor Friday
afternoon in Hood River.
W. n. Davis was q visitor in the city
Friday from Hood River.
Mrs. Z. L Root and son, Howard,
were in Hood River Wednesday.
v. G. Young returned Monday morn.
ing from a trip 10 Hood River.
J. Strein was in Hood River Monday
uorning attending to business matters.
Mrs. Ed. F. Reeves returned Tues.
day morning from trip to Portland.
John Elder was in Hood River the
frst of the week on business.
The Misses Marie Shogren and Emily
Husbands were visitors yesterday in
Hood River.
r. A. Arlington and son, Darrell.
were visitors Wednesday in Hood
River.
Mrs. F. A. Arlington and her mother,
Mrs. G. Ruscher. were Hood River
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. W. J. Wollsm and Mrs. E. P.
Watson, of Hood River. we're visiting
with friends here this week.
Rev. Leon L. Myers and bis little
son. Paul, were visitors monday in
Hood River.
Walter Clay and Lloyd Fisher were
visitors the first Of the week in Hood
River.
Mrs. J. P. Tryon and children re-
turned Friday afternoon from The
Dalles.
Ray Bailey has leased the Wagner
ranch east of the city for year, and
will soon move with Mrs. Bailey to
the place.
Jas. E. Cole spent Sunday and Mon
day in Portland visiting with relatives
and friends and also attending to busi-
ness matters.
MIR. and Mrs. P. L. Arthur were vis-
itors in Hood River Sunday, walking
down IN the afternoon and returning
in the evening.
p. L. Arthur has been making trips
to Hood River every morning this
week keeping appointments with a
dentist.
Mrs. B. A. Berry was taken to Hood
River Monday night by DR.. H. L.
Dumble, and was placed in the Cottage
hospital there following a severe i'll
ness.
Roy Stoltz returned last week to
Portland to resume his studies at the
Behnke-Walker Business College. He
spent his vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Stoltz. on their
ranch at Greenwood.
J. P. Tryon hes been having trouble
this week with an infection in one of
his little toes. He went to Hood River
to have the injured foot taken care of,
the whole foot being in swollen con-
dition.
Miss Edna Hildreth returned Sunday
to her home in Portland after visiting
for short time at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Chas. Abernathy. Miss
Hildreth had been in The Dalles where
she was a witness for Miss Miriam
Sheldon Ripley, who was given final
FIVE year proof on her homestead
claim.
Rev. p. o. Perry. presiding elder of
the Methodist Episcopal church, will
be here from Kennewick, Wn., and
will preach Saturday night at the I'm
manuel church. Rev. Perry ia an> ex-
ceptionally good speaker and is coming
to fill an engagement which he was
compelled to cancel recently A cor
dial invitation is extended to everyone
to attend the meeting SATURDAY night.
Lee Evans. accompanied by his sis
ter, Mrs. F. M. Hunter. left Wednes-
day for Alsea where they will visit
with friends and relatives. MIR. Evans
plans to remain month and states
that now is the right time for fishing
for steelheads and salmon as they are
now running in the short rivers. He
expects to fish in Alsea Bay, at Wal.
port and also at Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L vannortwick, and
daughters, = lice and Fay, stopped off
on their way to Portland for a visit
with their daughters and son-in-law,
MIR. and Mrs. G. l.. Dunsmore, and
also with friends. They were on their
way to Rockaway Beach where they
were formerly located. Mr.. Vannort-
wick took his bowling alleys to Enter.
prise where he has been with his
family during the winter months and
will now resume bis business at the
summer resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank R. Howard mo.
tored over from Hood River Tuesday
and Mr.. Howard spent a part of the
day patrolling the lines of the Pacific
States Telephone company between
this city and Hood River. Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard also motored to their
ranch in the Grandview district and
are planning on erecting a small house
on the place and expect to spend
part of the time here this summer.
They returned Wednesday afternoon to
Hood River. *
At the close Of the present holiday
season the receipts of the local post
Office were found to show a slight in
crease over the same period of year
ago. The incoming as well as the out
going mails were much heavier, es.
pecially the outgoing mail for the
months of November and December,
owing to the heavy shipments of apples
and other produce for delivery within
the second zone. At the close Of bust.
ness. December 81, 1916, there re-
msined sll24 to the credit of the postal
savings depositors of the Mosier post.
Office.
Streets in the city are being i'm
proved this week. Tailings from the
rock crusher are being spread on the
streets and the ruts and low
places filed. While excavatirg the
street in trout of the Church of Christ
yesterday heavy blast. to break up
big rock in the street. shattered l2I
panes of glass in the church building.
No other damage was done, although
rocks we're thrown considerable dis.
tsnce. Dirt and rocks taken from the
street are being used to fill in low
places at the corner of the TUNA
Lum building and near the rock crush
er. Tailings have been spread as far