The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-08-19
MOSIER.

MOSlEH.
G. l.. Carroll and family returned
last week from a short camping trip ir
| the upper Hood River valley. They
report having had lovely time. They
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. M. II. Graft
while away.
Messrs. Foster and Bennett are haul
ing wood from their recently purchased
woodland south Of town, using two
| trucks.
Mrs d. w. Hudson, of Portland,
and her sister. Miss Eunice' Horton, of
Hawarden, Ia, spent part of last week
in. Mosier.
Miss Pearl Mcclure returned last
week Wednesday from visit in Port
| land and The Dalles with her sisters.
D. j. Roberts and VIM. Davis drove
to Hood River,over the new Highway
recently.
Mrs. Jonh Elder and daughter. Miss
| Sylvia, stopped in Mosier one day last
week while en- route home from The
Dales.
Mr.. and Mrs Thos. Lelliott went to
Portland Thursday for few days
stay.
G. p. Morden attended to business in
Portland Thursday.
Miss Ann Shogren returned from
Portland Thursday accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. McLynn, and Mrs. F. A..
Shogren, of Portland.
F. C. Cornett was in The Dalles
Thursday.
r. II. Kemp, of Odell, visited re-
Gently with his brother-in-law, j. T.
Davenport.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Newland left
early Friday morning for Portland.
Mrs. w. A. Marsh was in Hood .Riv-
er Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T.. ChOwn and chill
dren, accompanied by Miss Arvila
Husbands, are spending a vacation at
Rockaway Beach and Tillamook.
G. C. Brooks is excavating under his
residence near town, making an addi-
tion to his cellar, which when complet-
ed will givesa storage space of about
36 feet square.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f.. Evans. their son,
Forrest, and daughter, Mrs. Wilcox,
and j. r. Wilcox returned last week
from a tour of l,089 miles, going via
Seaside and Salem to Crater Lake.
where they spent two days and nights.
They came home by way Of Bend, find
| ing some very bad stretches of road en-
route. At Salem they we're joined by
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt. Shinn, who accom-
panied them to Crater Lake, thus ad-
ding to the pleasure of the party.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Locke, whose
home is in Port Angeles, Wash, have
been located in Mosier the past week
or so, where Mr.. Locke is doing some
of the concrete work on the new school
house. They have travelled about a
good deal the last year. Since leaving
thier home in Washington, coming to
The Dalles, they stayed five weeks on
job of work, then to Portland and
Corvallis. where Mr., Locke worked five
weeks on a bank building; then on to
Grants Pass, where they spent five
months on concrete work. Leaving
there in their Franklin they crossed
the mountains into California. Febru-
ary'l0, being told that that was the
first car TO succeed in making the trip
over the mountains at that time of the
season. They passed over roads that
had been deserted for three years in
going TO some places in the Coos Bay
country. They went to San Juan,
Calf. then TO Pacific Grove, where
they STAYED few months. In going
from San Juan to Pacific Grove. dis
tance of 96 miles, they left winter and
found summer time. Passing over the
mountains they travelled through snow.
~, 70, 4 A Argvnlau fhaty nod
three DAYS on the beach at Venice,
where they paid Sl.50 for the privilege
of camping on the sand space between
the tidewater and the fence around
mans yard. Leaving there they went
TO San Diego. where they looked across
the line into Mexico. Looking was
enough, they did not venture over. On
the return trip they came up the coast
route 20 Eureka, Calf, visiting the
old missions en- route. Coming over
this route they encountered more diff
culties and had not a few exciting
thrills. They declare that parts of the
roads are not fit for travel for man or
beast One place they found a cordu-
roy road for a distance of Is miles
very rough. the boards in and out,
mostly out. The road on each side of
Crescent City is a series Of very dam
gerOus curves. One called Death
Curve. seven miles south Of Crescent
City, was the worst. Here the road is
on steep grade and around a sharp
curve directly above the ocean. and in
order o. make this curve one must pro-
ceed very cautiously and 60 forward a
few feet. then back Up. Imagine this
within a very limited space and a view
Of the ocean hundreds Of feet below,
down a perpendicular wall Of rock.
curve derived its name from the
many accidents that have happened
passing travellers. Leaving Euerka
they climbed over the mountains again
10 Grants Pass Here they turned into
the road TO Crater Lake. paying s. 80
toll t0 pass. They came on 70 Bend
and Msuuin. where they visited a few
DAYS with Mr.. Locke's brother. Here 4
they left their car about FIVE miles .
from the brothers house. walking the .
Intervening distance over the rough .
-1af and through the timber. They
arrived here about August I. After
his wur, Is completed they viii return