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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1896)
5o.od Iiver'Slacier. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, IS9G. Drowning of Carl Wood anil I. V. , Dcitricli. A frightful accident happened on Hood river last Monday, which result- . ed In the drowning of Curl Wood and I. W. Deitrich. A boat was built at the Davenport Bros, saw mill to be used ns a ferry boat at the point where the Improvement company is building , ' the bridge to wrry the flume across the liver. Deitrich had built the boat, which was 18 feet long, 18 inches deep and about four feet In width. While the bout was being built there was con siderable dispute among the men on the work as to whether it' would be safe for a parly of men to undertake to iftvigate the boat in. the swift waters to where the bridge Is being built, half n iniltt below t h mill.. Home contend ed that Hie boat could not be managed In tbe treacherous stream, while others thought there was' no danger. Three men, C. A. Bell, Carl Wood and I. W. , Deitrich, volunteered to steer the boat to its destination. All were familiar with the river, and as they shoved into the stream, had no thought (if danger. They had not proceeded far till the lioat struck a rock and went to pieces Jn the angry current of the river. Mr. Bell managed to gain the shore, but the oiher two men were drowned. Their bodies were seen floating down past where men were at work on the bridge. The accident happened bout 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and search was at once begun for the bodies. Some time after night Deitrich's body was found by Mike and Frank Neff, at the Divers- place, about three miles below i where the boat was wrecked. Mr. Bell and Bruce Lindsay brought the body to S. E. Bartmess' undertaking rooms at 12 o'clock Monday night. A watch found in Deitrich's pockets showed that the watch stopped and the accident occurred at 16 minutes past 1 o'clock. The body of Carl Wood was found Tuesday forenoon, lodged on an island just below R. Pealer's place. It was discovered by Joseph A. . Wilson, Will Langille and William Graham, who had followed up the river from town on the east side, while another search party followed up the iinut ft 3 - Traoi irnpA nnt trt rviiilro n ri V-.a. r i u i i v v , , ... v uv . 1 ' ...... i w foot-logon which to reach the island, , but as they failed to strike in the right pluce to be of benefit, Will Langille waded to the island. .'. A rope was thrown from the party on the west bank, and the body was hauled to shore. John Kroeger went for his team -and hauled the body to the house of Win, Slingerland, where it was dressed hibaH irt fha lim-rio rtf Ilia mirpnlo Wednesday morning. Fuueral ser vices over the remains of both men were held Wednesday afternoon and they were buried in ldlewilde cem .. eiery. ' , ' Carl Wood was a young man, un married, 28 years of age. He was a member of the mv mill and flume company cf Davenport Bros. His pa rents, Mr. und Mrs. Alfred "Wood, re Bide in the Odell neighborhood, on the East Side, ' He is highly spoken of by till who knew him as being a very worthy young man. I. W. Deitrich had t een in the employ of Davenport Bros, for some time and was also known by the name of W. W. Edger rnan. His age was 52. ' The School Laws. ' ' ' Reform in the school laws is urgent ly needed and is being demanded by everyone connected witli the public schools. Most strongly urged is change in connection with teacher's certifi cates and of this there is greatest need. As the law is an inexperienced candi date need ouly reach the ridiculously Jow average of CO per cent., and may fall to 40 in some branches, and still be licensed to teach. Even the dullest pupil, coming fresh from his books, tan not help parsing. Having nothing to recommend him he offers to work at any prioe'in order to get a start and some gmull district which desires to . have as much school as possible em ploys him in the belief that his cer tificate is evidence of his ability to teach. This county now has teachers receiving $12 and $15 a month, hardly f nough to pay board. The experiment, may be a success, but it Tarely is, and . in three month's a poor teacher does , more harm than a good teacher can correct in a. year. In fact, wrong . teaching can never be entirely correct ed and will continue to hamper the pupil throughout his lifetime. Bet- ter no teacher thai) a poor one. forest Grove Hatchet. ., Lecture. ; " -v; ; Dr. H. K. Hines, having been re quested by a number of those who heard his lecture of two weeks ago on "The Early History of theNorthwest," to continue the theme for another lect ure, announces that he will do so next Sunday evenjng, at 7:30 o'clock. He , will particularly speak of the immigra tion of 1842-43, ana the real connection of Dr. Whitman with them; and the incidents ofvcivil and religious develop ment from that time forward to about ' J86Q, AH are welcomed. Here lsa little ante-Chrfetmn8 advice: Don't buy any more presents than you' can well afford. Don't feel offended toward any one from whom you ex pected a present that you didn't get., if you are going to spend a considerable . amount of money for Christinas pres ents, use a liberal portion of it for pro viding neceessary or useful articles for those nearest you who are in need. Re member Hint the proper celebration of . the holiday wnsiats in being und maki ing others happy or, coml.oi table and I The Funeral at Bingly'd. The Sunny South is not altogether devoid of attractions other than the dreaded centipede and tarantula, famil iarity with which produces the usual feeling of contempt until one of these hideous animals punctures your flesh in an unguarded moment, and you realize that you are elected for an early obituary notice on your "untimely de I have paid but little attention to at tractions since I came here, having to exercise ull my energies to foil the proverbial wolf, that it may be sup posed my senses nave become some what dulled in that respect, with a growing lack of interest settling down on me. It was probably a well-directed turn of providence that tore me away from . my fast-growing apathy and mossyness and put nic in the whirl of hik'h life for a few hours the other night. ' A young man of rather solemn look drove slowly by, near where I was at work day before' yesterday, and, halt ing opposite, without circuitous ver biage, thus delivered himself: "Come up to Bingly's, tomorrow night, and I'll give you something to eat." Hav ing had some previous intimations as to how things bad been runnin' at Bingly's, and, for the moment, over powered with a desire to see and be seen or, to state it different, to see the scene I answered as promptly, in my usual eloquent way, stripped of uncer emonious accompaniment, "I will." Without another word, the expected corpse drove away. Bingly's residence is about a quarter mile off the maiii road leading from "Bellhobbleundlurnout" to thu coun ty's fair metropolis, enthroned on a high point of the prairie and set as an opal in the surrounding verdure. Bingly's residence is not his'n by right of discovery or seizure, or by right of any method made and provided for de fense Of ownership or conveyance, but only so long as his good looks or man ners are satisfactory to the legal pos sessor. But this, by the way, I'm coin iug to the point as rapidly as the wheels of Time and my good pencil will permit. Bingly had two gals. One of 'em was not, and yet she is a number of sturdy kids attesting so incontrovert ibly to the fact that no court of justice could or would stand on its dignity in their presence. The other gal was not, but she: had a growing desire to be knotted in the customary 'style, and that's Low came another fuueral in the family the other night. 1 his girl has a history, too. Two years ago she was sweet on the younger brother of the corpse she took, and, after all arrange ments had been made to pass the boufne separating single blessedness from the Hymeneal halter, the pros pective, corpse met a free and easy black-eyed maiden and went back on the other. This black-eyed maiden had just dropped in from the "Pan Handle" on a visit, atid soon laid siege, and the somewhat unstable young man : fell at her feet. The betrayed young woman not havhig yet discovered that "hell hath . no fury like a woman scorned," bore up under the trial with magnificent fortitude, even declaring that she was glad she did not marry a fellow who knew to little of his Own mind, and .not then dreaming the sweet revenge in store.when, after the lapse of two years, the gulling news should reach him, now struggling in the northwest of Texas, that she had quietly scooped iu his brother. Repairing to Bingly's house, I fourfd a large bonfire blazing on the south side of the house, surrounded by a large number of persons of all ages, sitting and standing around, and a large con tingent of kjds romping and cutting didoes. The house was also full, main ly of the phemale element. ' After the lapse of a half hour or more, a rush be ing made for the house, I followed and edged my way in the jam and took a standing position near the large open fire-place, and as I did so my elbow knocked against the minister, who was standing with back to the fire, looking towards an open door leading to the room opposite. Soon after, a young man came out of that room bearing a lamp and came directly across to where I was and turned around beside the minister. In a few seconds the "couple", that were not, .and were soon to be, entered from the opposite door aiid stood without any exasperating frills and furbelows or bewitching snob bery. There wus solemnity and silence you could have heard a pin drop among that crowd of fifty people, assembled in those homely apartments, as the preacher touched the button and pro nounced them man and wife, and said: "What Uod has joined together let not man put asunder." " After a short ben ediction, the newly wedded turned and re-entered the opposite room. Not a single congratulation was offered. Pt'es-f ently the groom and bride passed through the main room, where I was, into the kitchen to the right, where I had been frequently looking, as, from the position I occupied, standing in front of the fire, I could see through the open kitchen door a bewildering array of tempting articles spread on the table. The hostess now took out the minister and wife, with a number of others selected for the first table, which "would . hold" only 'ten at a time. There were no chairs to sit down, either the left of the fire-place, on which somebody's grandmother sat, compla cently smoking her clay pipe. I still kept my position, and it so happened that the newly married were placed on the opposite side of the table, so that both were in full view of me as they munched the bridal supper. If they cracked a smile or spoke a word,! could not discern the slightest manifestation. A pall-like 'stillness rested over the scene. The expressionless face of the bride rarely turned the slightest from the plate or a straightforward look. I The minister made one remark to some- ; body on his left, and a restrained smile j froze quickly ou his lips. All seemed ; to eat as a matter of solemn duty, but i they seemed to eat a long while. I was ! drafted for the second table, and as I j left for the kitchen, interrupting a con versation I had just been engaged iu with the minister, I turned, remarking that I "hoped the Cubans would gain! COUNTING OF THE VOTES. Iu Recent Elections There Hag Been Lit tle Fraud in New York. The counting of votes has been in the past more fruitful of trickery and falsification than- any other part of the election process. In 1893 the can vassers in certain districts reduced the matter to its lowest terms by simply reportins a unanimous vote on their side, and then going out to fling up their hats for the rest of the night. In tho subsequent election competent and in corruptible men supervised the canvass so strictly that the percentage of fraud was so small, if any existed, as never to be heard of. This watching, says a writer in Century, at the count not only ! prevented intentional lying, but save.l ' accidental mistakes. In one case the i hoard of inspectors confessed they did ' not know how to count the votes, and ' submitted entirely to the guidance of ft. vvpll-infni'Tnrl wntolipr The counting is done in public, and is often an interesting sight. Every or- ynrnzatiOTi and. pfiph. ennmrinte mnv their independence," and entered thejs.en(i a representative to observe it, kitchen and passed around to the far ! though, nobody but the inspectors is end of the opposite side of the wonder- ' permitted to touch the ballots. The ful counterfeit display. , I was among j straight tickets are first counted in tens the first to enter, and while others were i bv fo,i:r men iu succession, and a tally being slowly selected from the crowd, is kePt. at least two assistants. Each .. . . . , , ' Tiame is credited with as many votes tune hung ou my hands and I soon I as there w tickete for his s!d J The made a discovery puzzling to the uniu-; one jnspector reads off 'of those tickets itiated. There lay the same tempting ' which are "split," or have pasters at- array my eyes had first feasted on not tached, or upon which, names have been a morsel had been touched. With my "rased or new names written, and each hands iu my pockets, I simply awaited ! candidate is credited with a vote every developments while the table was be-1 "ame aPPears- . When this is . .. , ,, ... , .. ... ' finished the most prominent office is ing "filled up" with new recruits with- ak(m Md the of fhe VQtes fop out reference to ,age, size, sex or pre- eaoh caiicliclate is ascertained. vious condition of servitude, each tak-1 . ing a position as he or she saw fit. All' he VOWED VENGEANCE. the eatables were o"n an off table. Ai . , . . ,, , ,. ' And Got It with a WiU tord Reginald! plate of alleged light bread, resembling j path. the first efforts that were ever made in "He struc-c-c-k me!" , that line before the invention of but- j The villain strode up and down the termilk, soda, baking powder, butter, ' stage cycle path and ground his teeth etc., was first passed around, followed i Wlln raffe. Ws tne-iew iorK worm with large dishes of meats, cuke and ! pies. All the imitation of cake, pie, tarts and other culinary gewgaws ou the table, iced (?) and trimmed with cedar with faultless precision, were the veriest sham and were not intended to "He struc-c-c-c-k (3ecil Legree!" In a very ecstasy of fury the villain stamped his feet and tore his hair. v "He struck Cecil Legree! No man ever did that and lived to tell the tale. And as for the girl ah, me proud beau ty, you shall yet feel the vengeance of a lie eaten. Since that night I made in- : Legree! quiry of an elderly lady who was npt ' What venom, Vhat hatred there was there, and she informed me that "back 1 in,!he b"er ordB- , . . ' . , . ' T Even the pale moon wobbled in the in leu (lessee, where I was raised, that ! C)nvas heavens. was the way they did; all the vittles to T have the papers; ha, ha, ha! I'll be eaten were on a side table and passed bide me time, and then, then I'll cross round, while the table was fixed up his path again!" with old biscuits and bread that wasn't Raising his clenched hand the villain fitteu to eat." j served notice npon high heaven and the As I came out of the' kitchen I ai property moon that some day he would puncture prouu ixru negmaia s lire. most run against the bride near the open, nre, una before 1 had time to think, I abruptly wished her "much joy,-" and she freezingly thanked me. I sup pope I hadn't oughler done it, aud I feel kind o' mean over it yet. While the "third table were eating," 1 lit my pipe, as did a number of oth ers, including some women, most of whom carried the ubiquitous slick, in their mouths most of the time, not even removing it when the solemn ceremony was being said." With others, I went out . to the bonfire to smoke and, chat, aud as guests were constantly leaving after they had got "something to eat," wesoon left. When "I'll cross his path again! I'll cross his path again!" he repeated. - A whirr on the air of the stilly night, an ominousgrindingtipon the theatrical macadam, a pneumatic "biff" like the "bill" of a pile-driver, a bent, battered shape crashing into a pale-green tree trunk with a dull, sickening thud aud then silence sileneel . v It was even h. He had crossed Lord Reginald's cycle path again! A POLITICIAN TESTED. Play A Congressman Who Could Not Checkers to Salt Constituents. "One of the ablest men in congress w ill lose a number of votes in his dis- we reached the gate leading out of the cjerk to a Washillffton star reporter, field, the corpse and corpsess drove up ; a friend of mine wrote me some time in a carriage, and we opened the gate ago that the judge was safe so far a for them. ..They had left while the fourth table were being stood, and were on their way to a party two miles east ward. A bright little girl of three summers sat on the lap of the bride a neighbor's child and I could not help i but think that, iti due course of time, j unless history abandons Jts time-hon-1 ored way of repeating itself, there may be indubitable living memeutoes of the funeral at Bingly's. S. T. Howe. WANTED SEVERAL FAITHFUL MEN or women to travel for responsible estab lished house In Oregon. Salary S780,p,y able 15 weekly and expenses. Fositlon permanent. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en velope. The National, Star Buildlng.Chloago. his reelection was concerned, but mv friend visited one of the back coun ties a" few days ago and found that a decided charge iu sentiment had come iibout. He asked cne of the political leaders: " 'What is the matter with the judge?' , " 'He ain't no good.' " 'Why, what did he ever vote for that you are not in favor of?' " '1 dunno.' " 'Did ho vote against anything you wanted passed?' , r . " 'Not as -I know on.. " 'The newspapers all speak well of him. , "' " 'Newspapers is alius lyin'.' " 'What' is the matter?' Administratrix Notice, i P" 'JT?' ?i-T?n1. ka.in t play a little bit, an' what km o Notice Is hereby ilven that the undersigned has been appointed Administratrix of the es tate of David K. Ordway, deceased, and has duly qualified as such. All persons having claims against said estate are therefore noti fied to present the same to her, properly ver ified, within six months from the date hereof, at the oltice of the county clerk of Wasco county, Oregon, or at the office of her attor ney, J. H. Cradlebaugh, in The Dalles Chron icle building, at The Dalles, Oregon. Dated this 21th day of December, A. D., 1896. FANNIE A. KENNEDY, Administratrix of the estate of David K. Ord way deceased. d25fo play a figger kin a man cut. in congress who kain't play checkers better'n thet?' " Taken Up. Strategy Well Employed. The wise men of the east understand the value of strategy and know when to use it. A rich merchant died. He had one son, who when quite a lad had been sent to an uncle in India. When on his way home the young fellow was shipwrecked. It was believed that h escaped drowning, though no tidings o him could be obtained. His father died, "leaving his fortune, to the care of an old friend, not to be handed over to any claimant until certain' injunctions had been fulfilled. A' tho end of a year a young man p,jpeared, who declared himself the' heir; then a second and a third arriVad oii the scene. The guard ian gave ti each a bow and arrow and desiTed them to use the dead ma.i's pic ture as a target to aim at the heart. i i iiie ttrst nearly mt tne mark, the sec- Eighty acres of land in Hood River valley ond drove his arrow home, but the third forsaleatjao an acre.- Good mnrovtmpntu! i . .... ... ... 2 acres in strawberries; 40.1 apple trees, and Durst into tears and refused to dishonor. That old, puzzling questiotyj Came to my place, about October 10th, a little pig. Owner will please come and prove property, pay for this notice and tbe foed.and take him away. JOHN A. MOHK, Estray. At my place, one 3-year-old steer, pale red, split in right ear, branded MD on right hip. THOY SHELLEY. $30 an Acre. plenty of other fruit to supply a family; nine acres in cultivation. Plenty of water for irri gation from private ditch. This place is one of the earliest in the valley for strawberries. ror mrmer particulars aaaress the Ulacier. his father's memory by desecrating1 th portrait if one whom he had lovel and revered. Then the guardian knew which of the three was entitled to the fortune. Choice Hibernlolsms. At the convention of the Irish race last month in Dublin two speakers, who had come from the United States, con tributed the following sentences in the course of their speeches. One of fhfm, in giving some details of personal his tory, informed his hearers that "he had left Ireland 53 years before, a naked little boy, without a dollar in his pocket." Said the other: "Until last week- I had ncrer set foot in the land my birth." ' is up aqaifi What shall I buy for presents ? Read the answer in our windows. Good perfumery always acceptable appropriate sensible. New and delicate odors made by Rieger Return Gifts for New Year's Time. the Cali- i H III ! A little return memento to tbe friends who remembered you at Christmas. appropriate as choice perfumery. Nothing so To be able to select fine perfumes, the merchant must have special knowledge of their manufacture. That Is why the competent Pharmacist, always has the most elegant line of fine perfuumery. He knows how to choose the most elegant odors. Our stock is unsurpassed. Williams & Brosius. Pharmacists, Hood River, Oregon. Koz. fancy . bottles. 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