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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1910)
2 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1910 v f n-a 7& crrarr ttv tt .ftv Orchard property took a urt last I week and a numlier of good sales are reported. Several o( the largest were made through the agency of IVvlln Jk Flrebaugh who Saturday I old to Edward A. Z!rtl a salesman with the Lowengart wholesale milll-, Dery eftaMiiihiuent lu Portland. '-Vi acre of the Marshall & Wallace j tract for $1..im. Mr. Zirlel will erect ' a tine residence on bis new property and come here to live. Through the J same agency Evan A. F.vans. a Chi-j cago capitalist bought the A. T. Ful-; ler place near town for which he paid S.'lO.tn'O. Mr. Evans will take possession the first of the year, the crop being reserveil by Mr. Fuller. Another sale by IVvlln - Firebaugh wm :0 acres of their tine (ilenhurst tract to O. R. Ball, muuager of the American Type Founders Company's branch house In Portland, for $4,500. Mr. Bull also owns proerty In White Salniou. The tract purchased by him Is unimproved and he has let the contract to clear and set It to trees as soon as possible. The same firm was also successful In Interesting an Atlantic coast man In Hood River by selling C. D. Hoyt, a resident of Philadelphia, the Sarah E. Tousey place for $1S,000. The purchase con sists of 40 acres, IS of which are tn six-year-old trees. Another sale was 20 acres of unimproved land belong ing to J. C. Pattee. near Summit, to Ralph HInrlchs for $3,500. A bunch of sales of Interest are re ported by G. Y. Edwards & Co. who during the week disposed of 20 acres of the W. B. Allen place In the Oak district to Paul M. Collins of Peotone 111. Messrs. Winter & Duck wall, of Indianapolis, Ind., were also sold 20 acres by the Ed wards company, the purchase being situated on the east side and formerly owned by Mrs. Laura Crofut, of Portland. The tract which Is situated near the Tucker bridge will be cleared this winter and set to trees and a log bungalow built on It. Ten acres be longing to Geo. J. Watson on the west side about a mile from town and purchased by him about a year ago was sold to Mr. (Jones of Dan ville, 111. The latter will not occupy the place this winter, but will bring his family here next spring. A sale of city property of Interest has been made to a wealthy .Seattle bouse which has just purchased the quarter block on Cascade avenue at the northeast corner of fifth street, where they lutend to erect a brick building tn the near future. The sale was made through the agency of A. W. Onthank. To Open Club Rooms A meeting of the board of directors of the Hood River Commercial Club was hold Saturday to consider a for mal opeulng of the club rooms. The affair will take the form of a big re ception which It Is expected will lie largely attended by residents of the city and valley and a number of out of town guests from Portland and other neighboring cities. Invitations will be extended to members of the Portland Commercial Club, railway officials of the O. R. & X. and others who will make the occasion a promi nent and successful one. To aid In preparing for the event a committee on arrangements wns appointed, consisting of Chas. Hall, Truman Butler, C. I). Thompson. R. H. Wallace and I). Currier, Jr. An auxiliary committee of ladles was also selected, Mrs. J. H. Hellbronner lelng chairman with Mrs. P. S. Dav idson, Mrs. X. W. Bone, Mrs. F. P. Friday and Mrs K. H. Wallace as the other members. After a general discussion of a pro gram the arrangements were left In the bands of the committee which will meet tonight to perfect its de tails. Woodmen Gain Many New Members The Modern Woodmen held an other big membership rally Wednes day evening at the K. of P. hall, when sixteen candidates were Ini tiated, followed by a banquet. The work was put on by the offi cers and class from the Dalles lodge, who came down on a special train, and the festivities were continued un til long after midnight. Over 100 members of the Modern Woodmen were present and the meeting was one of the largest ever held in this city. This Is the second class of can didates that have been Initiated Into membership In the local order this month. The first class contained eleven candidates. Twenty -seven new members were added to the lodge's roster during the month. Copy for advertisements must be In the office by Monday noon. Colonist Rales to "Norm Banh" Points Daily Sep. 15 to Oct. 15 from St. Paul $25.00 Kansas City 25.00 Omaha 25.00 Indianapolis 33.65 Chicago $33.00 MUwaukee 31.50 St. Louis 32.00 New York 50.00 Other points in proportion. Tell your friends in the east of this opportunity of moving west at low rates via C. B. & Q., Nor. Pac, Gt. Nor., and "North Bank" lines. You can deposit with me and tickets will be furnished people In the east. Details on request. ISTOHIA PECATTA Astoria, Ore., Aug. 29, 30, 31 GREATEST WATER MEET EVER HELD ON PACIFIC COAST. Motor boat and sailing races. Marine illuminated parades. Battle ships and light ships, SPECIAL ROUND TRIP RATES via PORTLAND & SEATTLE: RY. "THE NORTH BAN K ROAD' I. L COIAR, General ft. and Pus. Agent L A. GIBERT, Agent, White Salmon, Wash, JLujcuriant Fluffy Hair Nature will provide the beautiful hair you have longed for. All you need to do is simply to keep your scalp perfect ly clean and healthy by using Clarke9 s Shampoo Jelly It means clean hair, a perfectly clean and healthy scalp, and best of all a chance for nature to work, so a strong growth of manageable hair is the result Uae CtarKe'j Shampoo Jetty, 25c CHAS. fJ. CLARKE GLACIER PHARMACY Hood River :: :: Oregon PINE GROVE There will be services at the church next Sunday morning. Mr. Roles Is building a residence on his lot near the grange hall. Ralph Jarvis spent a few days at the hot springs, returning Tuesday morning. Mrs. K. E. Lage Is eutertalnlng her mother and sister from Long Reach, California. Mrs. Coyle and two children from Portland are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Johu Mohr. The W. C. T. l will meet with Mrs. J. U. Jarvis Friday afternoon of this week. Mr. Manning's family and Mr. and Mrs. Itlrger from the west side vis ited 1'pper Hood R'ver valley Sun day. A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Maosn, Mr. Stantou and family aud several others went to the Piiiich Row I Sunday, Johnson Itrothers and Hale have opened u meat market tn connection with their store and no doubt will be liberally patronlxed. Our schools opened Monday with following teachers: Mrs. McLaughlin, principal; Mr. Long, grammar de partment; Miss Ralley, Intermediate and Miss Broom head, primary. The grangers held their regular meeting Saturday evening. At the close of the business session a pleas ing program was rendered by the gentlemen and a good lunch was served. Mr. aud Mrs. D. H. Thorn receded ti visit last week from a lady who comes Into the valley for the purpose of arranging dates for Mrs. Sabldy, a reader who will be In -Hood River at the Commercial Club rooms, Sep temler 14th. No Local Travel on Limited Owing to the large volume of through travel, the Oregon Railw ay & Xavlgatlon Co. has found tt neces sary to discontinue carrying local passengers on Its Oregon-Washington Limited between Portland, Hood River and The Dalles In either direc tion. The order Is effective Thurs day, September 1st, and continues In force until further notice. The trains affected are: Eastbound, from Port land, 10:00 a. m.; westbound, from The Dalles, ":00 p. m.; from Hood River, 5:4." p. in., arrive Portland :00 p. ui. New Methodist Pastor The Columbia River Conference of the Methodist Church, which com pleted Its work In Spokane alonday, has assigned a new pastor to the church In Hood River lu the person of Rev. E. McOmber of Dayton, Ore. Rev. T. B. Ford, the retiring pastor, was not assigned at his request, and was placed on the supernumerary list for the present. He announces that he will preach his farewell ser mon next Sunday and arrangements are being made by the members of the church to attend In large num bers. "Who's Who in the Northwest" Frederick Conger, secretary-treasurer of the Western Press associa tion, was In town for several days last week In connection with a book which will soon be Issued by the as sociation, entitled "Who's Who in the Xorthwest." Mr. Conger was here gathering data for the book, which he says was first suggested by the late Harvey W. Scott. The book will contain the names and a short biography of the business and pro fessional men lu Idaho. Washington and Oregon. Meeting of Woman's League A regular meeting of the American Woman's league will le held at their rooms Wednesday afternoon at 2:.T0 p. in., Sept. 7th. All members are urged to l)e present and arrange for qualifying for a chapter house. Bring your friends along that they may learn of the great licnetlts ac cruing to league memlx-rs. Mrs. J. W. Rkjhv, President. Notice to Apple Packers The Apple Growers Union requests all pnekers who want to pack ap ples this fall, to call at the office of the union and register their names and place of resilience. Good pay and a long season of work guaran teed all experienced packers. C. H. Sl'HOAT, Manager Hood River Apple (irotvers Union. Relay Cowboy Race A relay race with cow ponies and cowboy riders promises to be one of the great attractions at the Western Washington Fair which opens nt 40th and Madison streets, Seattle, on Sep tember l!)th, for one week. In this race there will Is four ponies to each rider, and ponies and saddles w ill Ite exchanged each mile during the four- mue race. Qrsataat Battles of History. Burke In his letter on "Natural So ciety" says thai Sylla destroyed 300, 000 men In each of three battles, one being at Cberonea. Tbs Persians art said to have lost 230,000 men at Pla taea. II Chronicles z 111. 17, records 600.000 slain on one side, which, how ever, may not hare been In a single battle. I Kings tl. 20. tells of 100,000 men being killed oo one side In a single Er Copyright Hart Sihaffner Mirs Edward JrOCf see here a reproduction of Edward Penficld's - beautiful poster, used to announce THE STTLE BOOK, Hart SchafFner & Marx authoritative guide to correct style in men's clothes. Whenever these best of clothes-makers do anything posters or clothes they do it right. 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