The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-03-15
FRANKTON.

Guy Eastman is working with the
railroad repair gang.
E. Shelley Morgan, from Portland,
came up last Saturday to attend the
apple growers meeting and to look
after his big orchard interests on
Phelps creek.
Mrs. C. F. Gray, of Frankton, was
one of a number of Royal Neighbors
who met at the home of Mrs. j. w.
Forbes, in Hood River, last week
Wednesday at an informal meeting of
| the order.
Mrs. Roy Eastman entertained a
number of her neighbors at sewing
bee one day last week.
The sixth and seventh grade pupils
of one side and the fifth and eighth
grades on the other, contested for the
supremacy in hot-time basket ball
game Friday afternoon which resulted
in favor of the fifth and eighth grades
by score of 25-1.
Mrs. Tom Calkins and Mrs. Walter
Isenberg visited last Thursday with
Mrs. W. A. Mack, at the Merymack
ranch on the Highway. P. S.-lf all
the ranchers living along the highway
would take half the interest in fixing
up their places that the Macks have
the Highway would look 100 per cent
better than it does.
The Misses Hilma Imholz and Lii
lian Brock were sight seeing in Frank
ton Saturday. The young ladies were
hiking for pleasure and exercise.
Ivan Shere, who has charge of the
Boorman place, has been making some
needed improvements new roof on
the house, sidewalks, and other re-
pairs.
| A big slide on the Columbia Highway
below the Mitchells Point tunnel
stopped traffic last week until large
crew of men went down and removed
enough to make it possible to use the
road again.
Quite number from Frankton at.
tended the good roads meeting in Hood
River last Thursday. j. R Nickelsen.
who was elected president of the or
ganization, told the meeting, when he
was nominated, that he was the father
of twin babies and that other business
prohibited him from serving, but ii
wouldn't work.
Mrs. E. j. Nicholson returned last
Friday from Grand Forks, N. D.,
where she has been spending the last
two months or more visiting her hus-
band, who is in the employ of rail-
road company there. Mr.. Nicholson
returned with his wife and will prob
ably remain until after his daughter,
Ruth's, graduation from the Hood
River high school this spring.
| Little Rose Hanigsman, a six year
old pupil in the primary room, started
/ the last of the week for Prescott,
| WASH, to visit relatives. The little
Miss went alone, having tag pinned
on her breast telling where she was
going so the railroad officials would
see that she didn't go wrong. Little
her teacher and classmates wish her a
safe journey.
The Frankton Social clubs big mas
querade ball and oyster supper will b e
held tomorrow evening. Come out and
have good time. Music will be fur
nished by Chandler's orchestra.
Mrs. B. F. Barrett from the eastern
part of the state, was week end WIS.,
itor at the home of Dan Malaer and
family.
The Sunday school was we'll attended
at Frankton last Sunday.
1t seems now that it is only matter
of time until the gap in the Highway
l. Ak. 49, -
the top of Ruthton hill will be begun.
One of the last acts of the old State
Highway Commission was to set aside
ample funds to complete the grade.
work will start as soon as bids can be
let if the right of was is secured,
which has all been done long ago ex-
cept across one small tract, and this is
being held up by a technicality. But
this will soon be overcome and the
long looked for work completed.