The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-12
MOSIER.


Miss Florence Middleswart came
from Portland Tuesday To visit her
grandmother. Mrs. ". 7. Mcclure.
j. NJ Elliott came from Portland
Monday to spend a day or so attending
to business affairs and also to be pres
ent at the election Tuesday.
Pvt. Gail Brown returned home on
No. l9 Tuesday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. W. Hudson were in
The Dales Tuesday.
Mrs. Higley went to The Dalles Mon
day for short stay with her daughter,
Mrs. f. ID. piercey.
S. A. Merrill. Chas. T. Bennett and
Leslie Root motored to The Dalles
Wednesday.
T. l.. Evans, of Corbet. is spending
some time on his Mosier farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". l.. Rowland attend
ed to business in Hood River Saturday.
A. c. Hage and Z. F. Latferty were
in The Dalles Saturday.
Mrs Leo Nchol is reported as re-
covering nicely from the recent seri.
Gus illness, which has caused her con.
fnement in the hospital in Hood River
for the past few weeks.
David Rea, who with his wife spent
he winter in Mosier, is now enjoying
aetter health than for two years past
He recently underwent an operation
fer chronic trouble. They are at
present in Idaho, where Mr.. Rea is
.onvaescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Merrill arrived
trom Portland Tuesday morning en-
route to their home in De, Moines, Ia
they spent several days here with
their son, l.. j. Merrill, before contin.
dlng their journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Merrill left Fri
lay evening for Nampa, Idaho. where
they will remain few days before
ontinuing to their . home in Des
Moines, la.
Stark Akers arrived Wednesday noon
from San Antonio. Texas. aero fields.
He stopped over between trains to see
as father, who accompanied him to
Portland to see Mrs. Akers and Estel.
Lloyd Powers, who formerly resided
in Mosier, but who now lives near
dlst, ore, stopped few days in Mo-
sier to greet friends while on his way
home from France. He went on to
Gist the last of the week.
Mrs. VIM. johnson received word
! Tuesday of the death of her sister.in.
law, Mrs. Alma Nelson, about O'Clock
Wednesday evening at The Dalles hos.
pital, where she has been confined for
the past two months with a serious
: illness Mrs. Nelson is a sister of the
ate William Johnson, and will be re.
nembered by older residents of Mosier.
The funeral services We're held in The
Dalles Friday afternoon at O'Clock.
fhe aged parents live in Sweden, one
3 sister at The DaIes.
In the early morniog hours of Thurs
lay an attempt was made to rob the
Mosier Valley Bank The burglars en-.
b eyed through rear window and blew
{ I'll the locks of the outer and inner
ioors Of the vault They evidently
/ sere frightened away before they had
chance to finish their work, as moth
.ng was missing, The explosion was
heard by several people in the hotel
across the street and nearby residents,
and the shadows of the men were seen
in the bank. BY the time people were
aroused and reached the scene, the
birds had flown and left nothing but a
lot of tools which were no doubt used,
and an ample supply of tobacco juice,
r which adorned the wall under and
I around the rear window, where one of
h the gang had evidently stood guard.
d Sheriff Chrisman was notified and all
t care is being exercised to apprehend
e the parties.
J Acting upon word received from
Sheriff Chrisman Friday about noon a
good sized crowd of Moser citizens,
headed by Deputy Tryon, awaited ar
rival of a big Studebaker car loaded
! to the limit with booze, and steered by
a supposed gang of bootleggers, one of
= whom the information described as
posing as a United States marshal.
Sure enough, it all worked out
+ beautifully. Along came the car with
t the three men as stated, and when
It halted by the officer one man at once
c stated that he was United States
i deputy, according to the warning, say
q ing that these men were his prisoners
and that he was on the way to Port
land with the men and the carload of
booze to turn it all over to the federal
: authorities. OF course, this informa
l. tion was hooted at, and all three We're
a ordered to vacate the car and when
confronted by the shining muzzles Of
the several guns they promptly did as
requested.
II The next thing was to await the ar
# rival of Mr.. Chrsman and his party
>. from The Dalles, which was no longer
a than the time required for them tC
if drive over the hill. In the meantime
II the man who claimed to be deputy
e marshal produced papers to show that
he was no fraud, but really what he
claimed and begged to be allowed tC
continue on his way He was told that
he would have to wait with what pa
tence he could muster until Mr.. Chris
Is man arrived.
" Quite a crowd had gathered at the
IS scene to see what would happen Mr.
o Chrisman. accompanied by Deputy
IS Knight, arrived and upon the examina
ton of the papers and explanations
from the man who proved be Deput.
Tichenor, of Portland, apologies wer,
in order and after Mr.. Tichenor, among
other things, said that he made a seri
Gus mistake when he sailed through
The Dales at a gait of about 40 mile
re an hour, which resulted in their uncer
)r emonious reception in Moser. He biz
~ the crowd. farewell and turned his fac,
4. toward the difficulties ahead, which w
If understand he found when he reached
Hood River. Nosdoubt,he was hap
py man and drew long breath of re
lief when at last he landed in Portland
with his charge, realizing that h
caused and experienced a number o
n thrills, which mostly appear to th
n majority in fiction.
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