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ODELL.
The lecture by VV. I,. Airheart last
Thursday evening was .such that the
interest of the audience was intense
from beginning to end and the line
seemed all too short. Because of the
fact that the lecture and Jsclmol enter
tainment were set for Thursday and
Friday nights respectively, the attend
ance on Thursday evening was much
smaller than should have greeted a
speaker of such ability.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
English was very ill last Friday.
During the day the little one had three
convulsions. l)r. Dutro was called and
attenued him and he improved rapidly.
Derangements of the digestive organs
resulted in so serious, though short, an
illness.
Fred Crockett came home from
Rupert, Idaho, Wednesday of last week
and expects to be at home sm n near
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. I'. Kemp.
Mr. and Mrs. VV. L. Sheirhon are
expected home this week. They have
spent the winter at their old home in
Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ferguson are
here and work has been done prepara
tory to the building of their tine home.
Last week the house in which they now
reside was moved as the new home is
to occupy the site on which the old
home stood. The: lirst car of lumber
for this tine residence was unloaded at
Summit the (irsl of this week.
A recital will be given by the pupils
of Mrs. Marguerite Walter in the
church at Odell next Saturday evening.
We feel that we can safely assure all
who attend that they will be pleasant
ly entertained and that they will by
their presence encourage those who are
making a study of the art of expres
sion. Remember the time, Saturday
evening at H I'. M., the place, Odeil
church, the price, 10 cents.
William Walter and little daughter,
of Spokane, Wash., stopped over Satur
day for a short visit with Mr. Walter's
brother, O. i,. Walter.
J. H. Eggert attended the big K. of
1'. convention and banquet in Hood
River Saturday.
Mrs. (I. F. Cue, of Hull Run, Ore.,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. (',. E.
Uowerman. Mrs. Coe has many
glad to
he may
friends about Odell who art
welcome her hero and hope
soon improve m health.
Mrs. Mary Loekwood who has been
spending the winter in Santa Rosa,
California, will arrive this week and
spend the summer with her son, Wm.
Hannah, on Odell Heights.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. I. U.
I.atl'erty has been ill of lung trouble.
We hope the little one may soon
regain ids usual good health.
A horse, ridden by J. J. Krumen
acher Saturday night anil tied near the
1. 0. O. F. Hall, got away and was
not found until Sunday evening. Dur
ing the time of search rumors of a
horse thief floated about hut the horse
was found only a short distance away
and had evidently found himself untied
and walked away. All are glad he was
found arid that there was no great loss
though the horse had received some
injury from barbed wire.
Elmer Lafl'erty will visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. d. W. Lall'erty. Elmer
was recently ill but is now regaining
health.
Clinton Wood left Long Reach,
Calif., late last week homeward bound.
Mrs. Wood, Clinton's mother, will
remain in California until .lunc, when
she expects to return home.
Hildred Crockett continues to im
prove arid expects soon to accompany
her sister, Mrs. W. P. Kemp, when
Mrs. Kemp returns to her home in
Odell.
Cutler l!ro. and their sister, Miss
Lucy Cutler, are home from spending
the winter in the East.
Walter Bradley went to Portland last
week and returned with his wife and
two children to their home in Odell.
Norman Bradley and family expect
soon to be in the Weber house lately
vacated by J. S. Lester.
The entertainment given by Odell
school last Friday night was a grand
success from every point of view.
Each one taking part was evidently
the one for the place and a very larc.e
audience enjoyed every moment of the
evening's program. Everyone connect
ed with any portion of the program
either as pupil or instructor deserves
great credit for the manner in which
all parts moved toward a sucessful
rendering.
Quarterly conference service morn
ing of fourth Sunday by Rev. Walton
Skipwtrth. S, wice next Sunday
morning by Rev. Crenshaw.
Odd! S. S. is preparing for Easter.
A song story, "A Morning in the
Orient," will be rendered with Miss
Bertha I.all'rty in charge of the musical
portion "ami M:s, Marguerite Walter
the literary. Both these ladies are
specialists in their re.-pectivu lines and
a program of high order may be ex
pected. 'I he S S. rs being reorganized
and a contest for membership is one of
the r.ew features. Mrs. Marguerite
Walter is superintendent of the Cradle
Roli.
MOSIER.
W. O. Zeigler, of Arleta, spent
Wednesday m .Mosier.
.J no. Evans has been busy lately
placing a new fence around his home
place, which will adu much to the al
ready neat appearance of the premises.
Miss Ethel Allison, of Portland,
spent part of the week visiting Mrs.W.
E. Chown.
Mrs. Jennie Wells, of Portland, stop
ped with Mosier friends from Saturday
afternoon to Sunday afternoon while
on her way home from eastern. Oregon.
She also visited with her brother, J.
K. McCregor, while here.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Stroup came
home Monday morning from Portland.
A large crowd attended the Club
dance at Stroup's Hall, Saturday even
ing, all reporting a splendid time.
Mrs. Katie Peterson returned to her
home near Wapanitia the last of the
week after staying all week with her
sister, Mrs. Wm. Johnson.
Mrs. A. Hughes and Miss R. Duos
more went to The Dalles Monday.
Mrs. A. M. Forsberg left for her
home at Lents Monday afternoon after
visiting friends for a few days.
"Mrs. A. Sel linger and son, Bernard,
were in The Dalles Saturday.
R. W. Simpson transacted business
in the county seat Monday.
0. E. Wilson went to The Dalles
Monday to make continuation proof on
his homestead.
Miss Lucy Mullins went to Hood
River Monday.
B. F. Felger, of Albany, Oregon, is
here taking orders for nursery slock.
Another car of apples being loaded
out today (Monday.)
A number of people have made early
garden, and no doubt are wishing it
was now ready to use.
OAK GROVE
After nearly a year of almost contin
uous drilling, the Nichols well is about
completed. It has been one of the most
tedious jobs which the Apple Land and
Orchard Co. has undertaken. For the
pas' several months there has been a
night as well as a day force at work
and it is now hoped that there will be
a goodly supply of water.
Edwin llollenbery went to Portland
Saturday to join his wife, who has
been making a visit there for the past
week.
Mrs. .1. W. Church, and children, of
Walla Walla, spent the week with the
former's parents, Mr. anil Mrs. ( has.
Albright, on their return home from a
visit in Portland.
Raymond Wickham, of Hood River,
spent Saturday with Ins sister, Mrs.
11. A. Cunning.
About twenty of our young people
attended a hurry-up dance in the hall
last Wednesday evening and report a
grand time, in spite of the slim atten
dance. FRANKTON.
Ed. Wren, of Cooks, Wash., was a
caller at the home of R. S. Cohoon
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Elliott moved up
from Wyoth the latter part of the
week and will be located o:i the J. I.
Morland ranch this summer.
Mrs. Ceo. Stokey, of Wyctli.was the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.
R. Noble Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Price returned from
California last week and are now at
home on the S. B. Egbert place which
property he purchased last spring.
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Mr. Price is making many new im
provements on his place.
BARRETT.
C. D. Beale sold several hundred
boxes of apples last week and several
teams were busy hauling them in.
P. F. Eadleman has a force of men
and teams doing work on the county
roads.
A. Osburn was up from Astoria Sun
day, March 4, looking over his ranch
and contracted for several hundred
cords of wood to be cut.
Will Gibbons was seen going towards
town late on Saturday evening with
tne rubber-tired buggy. All we can do
is to guess where he was headed for.
Yea ! The Roekfortl Merchant spent
Friday and Saturday in Portland buy
ing goods to stock up for the spring.
Will Davis can certainly pull stumps
as we watched the machine lift out
some monsters with enormous roots
attached at the Sommenille placejlast
week. It looked almost impossible but
they had to eome.
It is time the road supervisor got out
on the roads to do work as the Metho
dist Lane and Belmont road is a dis
grace to our boosting count-)-. Maybe
we have no supervisor.
WHITE SALMON
(From Hie Kutcrpi Kt
Mr. Ordway, employed as orchar.list
by the White Salmon Orchard Co., of
which L. 11. Clavis is manager, is one
of the most competent orchard men in
the whole country. He had charge of
the Hood River carload of apples which
won first prize at Spokane and Chicago
and was in charge of the packing and
handling of the apple crop for the
Union in the valley across the river.
Howard L. Lindley, T. II. Dunn and
Geo. Callow, three young men of busi
ness ability and ambitious to become
leading orchardists, arrived from
Seattle Tuesday and will shortly go to
Snowden, where they have 12(1 acres of
land to clear and set to trees. The
boys are enthusiastic over their pros
pects, eager to shed their city duds and
patent leathers, and put on the grub
bing hook.
H. E. Spohn of Bismark,
tieen at Bristol the past
owns land near the home
Atwood.
W. M. Leeper and son,
Minneapolis, have been in
N.
D., has
vcek. lie
f Charles
Curtis, of
White Sal
mon the past week. Lurtis, ,ir. owns
land near Gilmer.
The Masons of this place have been
negotiating with Gillette Bros, for the
erection of a building. J. B. Ackley
is the purchaser of a 21 horse power
Schact auto through W. W. Swan &
Son of this place, 'lhe little machine
is a neat affair and climbs hills easily.
Hans Hall of Forman, N. 1)., has
been in White Salmon the past month
sizing up the country.
C. L. Colhurn made a trip to Taconia,
Olympia and Gray's Harbor last week.
Chas. Premo and wife have returned
from Wisconsin, where the spent the
winter.
Walter King and family, with sev
eral head of horses, complete equip
ment for work, and accompanied by
several of his Illinois townsmen, arc
on their way to White Salmon. Mr.
King is the man who purchased the
Wahlron 20 acres for $12,00(1 and re
cently bought the Curtis home in
White Salmon. He is a man of means
and is interesting other men of wealth
in this section.
"The School Ma'am."
The play, "The School Ma'am," will
be given at Pine Grove Hall tomorrow
night. This play proved very popular
at Odell and we assure those who con
template attending that this is an
opportunity for spending a very enjoy
able evening.
The Horticultural Fire Relief will
save you 40 per cent insurance. See
T. I). Tweedy, 12th St. Phone 147-L
in.';)
BARGAINS AT j
The Rockford Store:
We call your special attention j
to a few prices. We cannot I
enumerate all as our Store j
is stocked and ware- I
house full
Best Flour, per sack
Best Flour, per bbl 4.!M
Cane Sugar, per Back ..."((
Lard, the beat on the market, 5 lb.
pails s.H-
tiooil Breakfast Bacon, per lb S.'ic
Hams, per lb .Sic
Clothespins, per doz .1c
Holleil Oats, per sack ((
Our Tinware, Granitware, Crock
ery ware, Glassware and Hardware
are Special Prices.
Ladies' and Children!!' I'nderw ear.
Shoes, Hats and Caps at Cost.
Give us a call and we will convince you
E. BRAYFORD,
(Near litmvtt Solionlliousyi
Free Delivery WtONE 18JX
Notice of Sale of Water Bonds
Notice Is ht'ivbv lElvcn inirMiimt to order of
the Common Council oftbe City of llootl Klv- I
er, Oregon, that waltti prohisalK tor the pur- I
onase oi sw.iMt oi not toexcecti s per eetit. i
water ImmhIk of the Ctly or Hoott KUrr will tie I
received hy t lie untlersinetl Keoortler of said
City at hlN oMU'e l'i Hood ltiver, ortxnn, from ;
lhe date ot this not lee tip to U o'clock noon ou
the 4lti day of April, I'Hi. said honds will In
dated the 1st day of J nly. l'.tl 1, and become j
due thirty year after dale; provided, how-1
ever, that the City of Hood Kiver shall and !
does reserve unto itnelf the option hi take up
and pay ott all ot wild InhuIh at ten or twenty i
years a'ter dalr, ts the Council xhall elect.
Proposals to tmy wald bonds will be opened j
and considered by the Common Council on
the 4th day of April, I'.U I. at Y2 o'clock noon ol I
HHldday. Katd bonds will bear Interest at the i
rate ot not to exceed nIx per cent, per
annum, Interest payable halt yearly, both
principal and interest payable tit the
option of the purchaser, either In the
City of New York, N. Y., Chicago, I lib
noiH, or at theoiMceof the Treasurer of th
Cltyo! Hood lilver, Oregon, aitd said bonds
shall be Issued in denominations ot from jjhHi
lo $1,000 as the purchaser may desire. All
bt.ts must tie accompanied by a rert Uteri
ciieck in the sum ot Sl.tMi payable to the City
of Hood Hiver, Oregon, which sum shall he
lortelted to said cny as Ihjulrialcd thtiiiHeH It
lhe tiidder shall fall lo eomplele the purchase
otsald bonds, they heini; legally i.-Mied. Tin
City of I loo,! Hiver willwiihln tllteen days
alter awarding said bonds to any purchaser,
furnish to said purchaser a eerlltted copy ot
oi all the proceedings leading up to said bond
Issue, and the purchaser will be required to ex
amine and pass upon shM proceedings as to
their legality wlCon tinny days from the ie
eelpt ot ald transcript Tne Common Conn
ell reserve the i ifc'hl lo i ej el any ami all bids;
said bonds will lie sold to the highest respon
slide tddder thereof lor cash.
The forenolnn bonds are to he issued by the
(' million Council of said 'Ity by virtue oi hiiiI
under the iiuiluuliy ot an t of the Leislu
tne Assembly of the stale of Oreon entitled
"An Aet to incorpora'e IheCl o Hood Kiver
air' to provide a Charter l In ivfoi , and to de.
tine cm powers,'' approved by (he tJovn nor of
the Slate ol Oregon ou (liv ysth day ol Kebi n
at , llKil, and i s amended by a sp cm I Act of
lhe Legislative Assembly of the Slate ot (Ire.
mm enttt led, "Ail Act. to amend Hivtlons IM,
yi, IM, Wn and lth of an act entitled, ' n
Act to Incorporate the City of Hood ttiver
and to provide a Charter therefor and to de
fine It powers', approved Keh. 2N, liHM, and to
provide for the construction, repairing and
laying (town of all necessary sewers and
drains of a capacity sufficient to provide tor a
complete system ol sewers o a whole or any
pari of theClty o Hood Kiver, and to provld'e
for issuing bonds of said City tor such pur
pose and other purposes," approved hv the
(lovernor and tiled In theoihceoi the Secre
tary of State l-ehiuary I)t0i, and as further
amended by an Initiative measure submitted
to the tin I i tied electors of said City hy resolu.
t ton of the Common Council thereof, dated
January 1H, IihHI, to amend Sections Iti-J and lttt
of satri'aet, approved by majority vote of the
qualllled el. 'dors of said city at a special
i lection held In said ctly on Ihp '2Mb day of
March, I'.HrU. Said bonds shall be known as
"Water llonds oi the ( 'Ity ot Hood Ulvt r, Ore
gon, ,r und are to be Issued for the purpose of
raWing money with which lo pay (he cos In
and expenses Hint um.v be incurred by said
city In purchaslitu, const n.ei mg and cjulp.
puiK a compu te municipal water system lor
(lie ellr.ens ol the City ol Hood Kiver, Oregon,
tind vlcintty.
'I his notice In published in the Mood Kiver
Ulacter, a newspaper ot general clrcuial Ion In
Hood Kiver, Oreunn, fur alxty full days prior
to the date of opening bids for the purchase
of said bonds, the date of t tie llrst pun heat ton
thereof being the 2nd day of February, Wll,
and said notice will be published for at least
one Issue prior to the date of opening bids for
the purchase of said bonds, In a financial
news) taper published in t In- l it v of New York.
11. K ;,AMHI.LK.
Recorder of the City ol Hood Kiver.
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ru5r43i?;l' SUPEkVISION i
A Special Facility
In addition to affording all the usual fa
cilities for the safe and expedient transac
tion of financial affairs, the First National
Bank in its new building has set aside a
special room in which patrons and friends of
the institution may hold conferences for the
discussion of their business affairs. Our en
tire equipment is cordially placed at your
disposal.
FOR SALE
MY HOUSE AND LOT, 719 SHERMAN
AVENUE, ALSO
Ten acres unimproved orchard land close to
the Columbia river, on the Underwood side of
the White Salmon river. Not a single square
foot of this land that is not line fruit land.
Practically all level, tine, gentle southeastern
slope, no rocks on the entire place. Enquire of
C. R. GREISEN
719 Sherman Ave. Hood River
W. I. NICHOLS IIIKDT I.ISt'O 1.. I'.. Tot 'ST
The Columbia Garage
Cor. Sixth and Columbia Streets
Automobiles
Allium l lr Supplii', 1 1 iwi! ill ;m l Lulu i.'. ml j, A u irn .bilf IV
pttiriiif.' a SpiTiiil'x ( ias n n l S'ciiiti Mnini'H O . i r ha n lc I ,
Kii'Vi'l.'.-i lii'pi ri'l, tii'iH'ril .Miirliinc Wnrk of
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Can always be found at the Stone Store, where every effort is
being made to keep up with a rapidly increasing business. Our
freight team is again on the road every day, and anything we
do not carry in stock we will gladly pick up for you in town, and
at no greater price than you would have to pay.
Poultry Supplies
Scratch Food, just the thing for laying hens, con
tains wheat, corn, meal and everything neces
sary for them, per pound 3c
Cracked Corn, per pound 2 l-2c
Chick Food, for little chicks, per pound. ...3 l-2c
Oyster Shell, Bone Meal, Crit, Wheat.
Garden Seeds
Lilly's Best Garden Seeds, northern grown and
adapted to this climate. New stock in pack
ages and bulk. Onion sets, best to be had, ;
pounds for 25c
Garden Tools
Rakes, Hoes, Shovels
Brighten Up With Japa-Lac
Zerolene Oil for Gas Engines
Lime Sulphur Spray
This season we will handle the Diamond
Lime and Sulphur Spray put out by the
Portland Seed company. This spray will test :il
per cent and is guaranteed to be the equal of any
spray on the market. The price includes the bar
rel, and you do not have to return it, but it is
yours to do with as you like. Per barrel $l.5()
Spray Hose
In Spray Hose we have but one grade, as we
consider the best is none too good. We have the
Pacific Coast Rubber company's Arrow brand,
which is the best obtainable and is a .strictly
guaranteed hose. Per foot 2()c
Gasoline
For the convenience of automobilistsand others
using gasoline, we have installed a Bowser self
measuring gasoline pump connected to an under
ground tank, and we can furnish you any amount
of gasoline you want in a few seconds. Gal. ..25c
We have also installed the same kind of tank
for coal oil. Five gallons 90c
Connaway Merc. Co. Phone Odell 191
Your Money's Worth or Your Money Back