The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-12-27

Mrs. C. Ruscher returned fro n
KeIso, WASH. the last of the week
where she hadsbeen attending to busi-
ness affairs and seeing old friends.
Mrs. Jas. Piercey and daughter,
Mrs. Ray Bailey, went to Portland
Sunday to visit Mrs. Bailey's husband
who is in st. Vincent's hospital.
VIM. N. Akers came home Monday
evening from Portland where he has
been visiting his family. He will
return to Portland the last Of the
week.
Orie Hodge and Clyde Bailey, who
have enlisted in the aviation section of
the Signal Corps, left Vancouver Bar
racks Tuesday morning with contin-
gent of 200 soldiers in that branch of
the service for Camp Kelly, San An-
tonic, Texas, where they will go into
training for several months.
John Brown, of Vancouver. WASH,
spent few days in Mosier vicinity the
past week with friends. Mr.. Brown
resided near Mosier about eight years
ago.
Mrs. Jas. Piercey and daughter.
Violet, and son, T. D., accompanied by
her daughter, Mrs. Frank d. Stuart
and little daughter, of Madras, were
visitors yesterday in Hood River.
Ullman and Shannon Weller, sons of
Mrs. Jessie M. Weller, who have been
students at Columbia University in
Portland, arrived yesterday to remain
two weeks during the Christmas vaca-
tion.
James B. Blum, nephew of Mark A.
Mayer, stopped off at Mosier for few
days visit at Mayerdale while enroute
to his home in San Francisco, after a
three weeks trip through eastern
cities.
Carlton L. Pepper, R. C. Bradshaw,
Mrs. Alexander Thompson and Miss
Douthit. of The Dalles, were here yes.
terday afternoon and evening to attend
the big Red Cross bazaar held in the
Odd Fellows hall.
Bernard Nichol stopped off Saturday
to visit his parents for the day while
on his way to Butte. Mont, where he
will be cashier in the Armour Co.
business house, having been trans
ferred from the house in Portland
where he has worked for the past year.
His many friends in Mosier wish him
success in the new position.
Ed. F. Reeves, who came up last
week from Portland for visit at the
ranch which he recently sold to Mrs.
C. G. Carpenter, returned yesterday.
Mr.. Reeves is now connected with the
Investors Syndicate, Of Minneapolis
and his territory includes Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana. He
is making his headquarters in Portland
where his wife is in charge of educa-
tional work for Chicago publishing
house.
Leo Nichol, who left here nearly two
months ago accompanied by Will Olsen
for California, returned home last
night. He spent the greater part of
his time at Stockton where he was
employed in the garage of the Holt
Manufacturing Co. He says that there
are many men seeking work in that
part of the country, and that all posi-
tions are crowded. Young Olsen ex-
poets to return in a few days.
Former Mosier residents who have
been employed at the various ship
yards in Portland are Charles and Roy
Abernathy, Fred Nelson, d. F. Wool
ington, F. S. Pomeroy and Stark
Akers. The two latter young men are
awaiting news regarding their applica-
tion for commission to be gained in
the flying squadron of the aviation
section of the Signal Corps.
| Mr.. and Mrs. S. e. Evans and son,
Forrest, and daughter, Mrs. J. r.
Wilcox, went to Hood River on the
local yesterday afternoon. They Wis.,
tied for a few moments with Mrs.
E. X. Vickers, of The Dalles, sister OF
Mrs. Evans, who went through on No.
II en- route to Aberdeen, Wash, where
she will reside at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Barrager. Mrs.
Vickers recently returned to The
Dalles after two months visit in
Mosier.
Orie Hodge, Clyde Bailey, Roy Du-
vail and Ernest Gillette came home
Saturday evening from Vancouver,
WASH, to spend Sunday with relatives
and friends. When time came Sunday
afternoon for their return, they found
train No. II annulled and having
missed No. /, there was no other way
for them to do but get some one te
ferry them across the river and &c
into Vancouver on North Bank train.
They did some lively moving around in
order to make connections. two OF
them going to Hood River on speedei
and crossed the Columbia from there.
| All reported at the barracks on time.