The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-04-29

Miss Grace NJ. Stevenson, Of Port
land has arrived here. She contem
plates making Hood River her home.
c. p. Yeoman has purchased from j
k. Phillips his tract on Phelps creek
Gus Miller has purchased the Cliftor
place Of M. K. Noble adjoining.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Cash last week
received a cablegram from their son,
Harry Cash, who has been principal
] of a school at Tarlsc, near Manila. T..
/ J., stating that he was en- route home
for visit. Mr.. Cash has been in the
Philippines for the past five years.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Union of Riverside church
will be held in the church parlors to-
morrow afternoon at 2 80. The pro-
! gram is in charge of the Mothers in
Council department, and an address
will be given by Mrs. Blakely. county
public health nurse. All women inter-
ested are invited to attend.
Growers from different sections re-
port that Hood River valley will not be
absolutely peachless this summer.
While most bud and fruit spurs were
killed by the December cold weather,
& r. johnson. Oak Grove orchardist,
and j. c. Duckwall. Of the Odell dis
trct, report that branches of several
trees, buried under snow at the time of
the extreme cold, have bloomed.
Miss Hazel Erchinger, county libtar-
ian, spent part of last week in PEN
dleton attending conference of east
ern Oregon librarians. Miss Cornelia
Marvin, state Librarian, was present
and emphasized the need of closer co.
operation among the libraries of the
state. The delegates toured Uamtilla
county and observed the well organized
branches there.
Sanford Smith is advertising his cows
for sale. He declares that his animals
have grown too playful for him. The
other day one of them in facetious
mood butted Mr.. Smith down as he
was crossing his barnlot and trampled
on him with her hind feet. ''l'm get
ting too old for such frolcs," he de-
clares, land so | am disposing of my
cows"
Prof. r. G. Walton and Miss Sarah
Peetz, of the Castle School of New
York city, will be at the Pythian hall
next Monday evening in fancy ball
room and classic dancing. They will
be accompanied by Victor Nigro oee.
brated Broadway jazz copation orches
ira A prize of $25 will be given the
local dancer defeating Prof. Walton in
competitive dancing. He will give
lessons Monday Afternoon.
Rev. Fr. Thomas Zegan. who has
been stationed at Cowlitz, Wash. has
arrived to take temporary charge of
st. Mary's Catholic church in the alb
sence of Rev. FIR. Maximlian Klein,
who has been assigned to establish a
new chuI ch at Goldendale. FIR. Michael
Zegan, brother of st. Mary s pastor.
has been stationed here to supply mis-
sion chapels in Hood River county and
Klickitat county. Wash.
Mrs. j. S. Mexican. wife of Rear
Admiral Mexican, u. S. NJ. who is in
command of the Sixth Division, has ar
rived here for visit with Mrs. W. F.
Tucker at Ell Corregidor. Mrs. Tucker
will take her guest to Portland over
the Highway. Admiral Mexican, now
in Washington, d. c.. will come west
soon to join the Pacific Fleet. He Wis
tied Portland last summer with the
party of Secretary of Navy Daniels.
The following appeared last Friday
in the Oregonian, Those Who
Come and Go column: "a. S. Kolstad,
the movie magnate of Hood River and
speed demon Of the Columbia Highway,
doesn't bother about trains when get
ting to Portland. He gets out the little
old bus and just steps on her. When
most Hood River people are in bed Mr..
Kolstad decides to visit Portland and
turns 'er loose. for around midnight
there's no traffic and besides the con-
struction work can be passed over. Mr..
Kolstad was at the Benson"