The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-05-22

An important meeting OF the Parent
Teacher Association Of the city Will be
held .at O'Clock Thursday. MAY %
All citizens interested in the schools
are urged 10 be present. Mrs. NJ A
Rand. Pres.
Reuben Frasier. Of Hecla. ). D.. ac-
cOmpanied by his wife. is here visiting
his son, ". T. Frasler. whom he had
not seen in l3 years. Mr.. FRASER had
the pleasure last week of making the
acquaintance Of two grandsons whom
he had never seen.
J. ". Robinson and family and A. c.
Spencer and family, Of Portland. mo-
tored here for trip through the orch.
ards Sunday. The men. high officials
Of the ON r & n. Co, were shown
through the fruit areas by J. II. Fred
ricy.
L. g. Morgan. formerly fire depart
ment chief, was taken from an O.-W.
K. l. \. train Monday in a critical
condition. suffering from heart trouble.
He was hurried to the Cottage hospital
and Is now resting we'll. Mr.. Morgan.
who recently left here to engage in
ranch work near Bend. had started
here for treatment when the serious
attack struck him.
Rev. J. G. Tate, now located in Port
land, returning home from White
Salmon, where he delivered the com
mencement address at the high school,
was here over the week end visiting
friends. MIR. Tate declares that the
valley presents an appearance of prog
ress and prosperity.
Glad to see Hood River so prosper
ons and everyone dong so well.
writes L. A. Baker from Sioux City,
la. Hope to count myself among
your numbers before long" Mr.. Bak-
er and W. W. Hardinger. Of the Wash
ington State Public Service Commits
sion, owns West Side orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Descher and
daughter, their Oak Grove ranch hav.
ing recently been sold to Johnson Bros,
cousins of Sheriff johnson, left Satur
day for Indianapolis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Deschler had many friends in all parts
of the valley and their decision to leave
Hood River brought much regret.
Mr. and Mrs. A. p Slade spent the
week end visiting relatives and friends
in kickitat county, Wash. They visited
Mrs. SHADES sister. Mrs. Jack Clark,
and husband, at Husum, and relatives
and friends in Glenwood and Trout
Lake communities. They were accom-.
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carnes.
Mr.. Slade says kickitat crops look
| fine, and the roads are excellent.
Malcolm Button. who while IA flying
cadet at March Field. Calf, sustained
a broken ankle and other minor injur-
les recently, has recovered and after
discharge has returned home. He
spent a year at San Antonio. Tex, as
training sergeant after his enlist
ment. He began his training as fly
er after course of intensive study at
the University of California.
When a cream separator exploded on
the Twin Oaks ranch of S. F. Blythe
last week, Mrs. Geo. W. Starnes, who
was operating the instrument, was
struck on the back of the head by fly
ing debris. Her injuries were minor.
Something became deranged while the
machine was going at high speed, and
/ fragments showered the room. Eric
/ tion caused sheet of fire to be emit.
ted by the separator.
l.. A. Kerr had a narrow escape from
serious injury when an emery wheel
with which he was cumming a circular
saw exploded recently A small piece
/ of the wheel, the force of which had
been broken by shelf flatened Mr..
/ kerr's nose. A larger piece pierced a
fir slab to the depth of an inch and a
/ half.
Chas. Hall, former local resident.
who is now a member of the State
Land Reform Board. has recently pur
chased a controlling interest in the
Bank of Bandon. Mr. Hall several
years ago reorganized the Bennett
Flanagan Bank, of Marshfeld. chang.
ing the name to the Southwestern
Bank of Oregon. He is president of
the Marshfied bank.
G, d. Woodv orth, Upper Valley orch,
ardist, here Saturday on business, says
he has never seen the bloom of the dis.
trict's orchards heavier or more regu
lar. "Our trees are now in full bloom
on the higher attitudes. =" he sal !. "anC
indications point to the bumper yield
for he district. We have enough bios
SONS for a 40 600 box crop on our place
Upper Valley growers will need pick
ers. P"
H. F. Davidson left Tuesday on {
tour of inspection of Northwestern ap
pie districts, where he will visit con
nections whose export business he is
handling. He will leave soon for I
canvass of all European boxed apple
markets. In addition to the trade OF
the British Isles, he vii visit nortf
European countries and France. He
will start the journey east by motoring
with Mrs. Davidson and daughter
Miss Helen, as far as California