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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1923)
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1923 Thanksgiving Day Next Monday night the aettiBd iuee< Ing of thè dramatic group of the Amer ican Aaoociatioa of University Women will be held at TJbrary hall, with Mr». Joe Hackett chairman. important profession. & & KRESSE DRUG COMPANY A day for turkey gobbler, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie; for home-comings, feast ing ahd merriment. Everyone has something to be thankful for— we for more growing accounts than ever be fore; YOU, we hope, because yours Is one of them. The First National Thia Bank will be dosed all day Thursday, Thanksgiving Day COMPANY} TO BE ANNUAL TOURIST HOSTELRY STARTS BIPROVING Surprisingly rapid progress Is being made on the Hood River-White Salm on Columbia river bridge here. A year ago residents of the mid-Coleinbia re gion of Oregon and Washington did not dream that they were mar tile time when an interstate span would bring them closer together. Today tlie cais son work on four piera has been com pleted and pndiutiaary work has I hhh started on three others. In another week the Gilpin Construction Co.. which has the eontract for the >450.000 job, will have started isiuring concrete in caissons on the two »torr nearest tin* Or«*goii shore. If thev weather condi tions of the coming winter are favor able it is anticipated that the big task will be completed considerably before October 1 of next year, tlie time set for opening tlie new span to traffic. The bridge company now has en gaged a crew' of 34 skilled men, acCord ing to P. C. Fletches, who is iu charge of the conqiany's office. Tlie isiyroll is >1,800 peK week. Equipment now in use on the job includes: Five large liarges, three derricks, one pile driver, one steam hammer, three launches. One of the liarges is being equij»ped with apparatus for dredging sand and gravel from a huge luir at tlie mouth of H< mm I river. TfcJx material, it is de clared, is excellent. It is l<M-ated less than a quarter of a mile from the works. 8p»*eiticatioiis call for 7,000 yarda of sand and gravel. The Gilpin Construction Co. has ea- tabllalied a record for the size of the equipment lirought here for the Job. A huge scow arrived last week with a 162-liorse taiiler for driving a concrete mixer and furnishing steam for vari ous equipment atmut the works. The huge mixer that lias been set up on tlie barge is the largest that has ever lieen used on a mid-C-oliuubia con tract. It is even larger than anything ever uaed by the federal government in the construction; of Tlie Dallea-Ollio canal. A fiO-foot elevator has been erect««! on the liarge. whhb will be towed lieaide piers when concrete is is-ing poured. The efficiency and size of the equipment will make the task of pouring the concrete an easy one, as soon as the caissons and false work are put in shape for the work. Work on the piers will be conduct««! in imlrs. The deck of the bridge will be about 90 feet ataive the present stage of tlie river, which lacks about a foot of tlie lowest known stage. The long coutim Ho suecesaful waa the first annuel »how of the Hood River County Poul try Association Friday and Saturday that C. D. Nickeisen. oflicer of the or ganisation, announced that It would tie made an annual affair. C. 8. Brewster, who came to act as judge, declared that the Hood River ponl'ry fancier* had made a remarkable show ing when* it waa considered that the show waa arranged on leas titan two weeks' notices. Mr. Nickeisen declared that the exhibits of next year would lie considerably more elaborate. Edw. Thornton/ however, declared that he tlon, waa given credit by the men for the success of tilia year’s show. Mr. Thornton, how«-ver, declared that be would have been unable to have car ried the affair to conelaalou but for the cooperation of the general public and of tip» merchants who furnished the premium list. Ttie aweepsUkee prize whs won by E. F. Ratten, th«* d«nu of Hood River poultrymen, who for the past decade has taken awards at Northwestern poirtTr.v shows and who won a silver cup, donated by W. F. Laraway on a Rhode Island Red cockerel. Bert Senter was d«*clar«*d to lutve the beet display of fowls nt the show, his Mam moth White Roi-ks capturing all of the awards in all ciasaes except second The teaehera^of' Hood River county cockerel and second nuil third « mi pen, who assembl««! Tuesday morning for won by II. W. Whiteley, of I)ee. Oilier awards were won us follows: their annual institute at the high school, atteuded a Imuquet that night night at the Columbia Gorge hotel. Every aehool in the county was repre sented on the banquet progruin by ad dress, of faculty memiter or musical nunilter by students. Prof, t’auqon, president of the county teachers’ asso ciation, was in charge of arranging fur the banquet. County Hupt. Gibson wus toastmaster. A crew of men has begun extensive landscape gardening on the grounds of the Columbia Gorge hotel. Imiuediat«*- ly in front of the big hostelry will be constructed a large rustic atone foun tain, which will be approximately 20 feet iktork Water will trickle from ita side« in miniature cascade«. A siiower of spray will arise from its cen ter. The stone« will lie moss covered. Tlie overflow from the fountain will form a small stream which will crosa a miniature golf course on the triangu lar In wit in front of the hotel. The small 9-hole course will be complete in every detail. Bunkers will be con structed and the hol«*s will be arranged with as much care as those of a large course. George Otten is In charge of th«* landscape gardening. During the winter months a zigzag Iron staircase will be constructed east of the falls of Phelps creek. Wau-Gnin- Guin faits, as the cascades were known to the Indians, down to the O.-W. R. * N. track. The distance is over 1<M> f«*et. TEACHERS’ BANQUET AT GORGE HOTEL (Concluded on page 8) RED CROSS HOLL "' J. G. VOGT JUST ARRIVED COMPLETE LINE Miller Rubber Goods WING to the fact that this day Is a day of thanksgiving this company takes this opportuni ty to thank its customers for their patronage during the last year and to assure others that It is always ready and willing to render effi cient and modern bulldtnd service to any one IA this community. O These Goods Are Fresh and Guaranteed Satisfactory - 8, J. Moore, chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, has announced that Ernest C. Smith has lx*en appolnt««l to h«*nd the seventh annual roll call, which will be waged here Do-ember 8-10. . . . "We expect to entirely clean up the roll call campaign in the week set,” said Mr. Moore. "The Red Cross has lieen one of the most popular organiza tions in Hood River, and it is antici pated that the work of soliciting com mittee« will lie nothing more than an asaemliling of membership funds.” Membership «Ines are as follows: Annual. >1; contributing, >5; support ing. >25; life, >50. and |iatron, >100. All but 50 cents of each of the first classes of memtiershlp remains in the county in which It is suliscribed. Others of the ex««,utive committ«*e are: Mrs. A. G. Lewis, Mrs. J. E. Ferguson, Rev. R. A. Hutchinson, Rev. W. N. Byars. H. J. Moore and Harold Hershner. District committeemen were appolnt- ««1 as follows: Harold Hersliner, city business district; Mrs. A. H. Keir. city residential district; Rev. R. A. Hutch inson. Parkdale; Mrs. W. J. Filz, Mt. H< m «1 ; N. E. Nelson. Dee; Luhr J «»fl sen. Dee; Mrs. H. C. Walters, Mid dle Valley; Mrs. J. E. Ferguson, Odell; A. W. Peters, Pine Grove; David Pyles, East Barrett; A. C. Wing, West Barrett; Arvo Hukari, Oak Grove; W. T. Price. Frankton; Mrs. Per<-y L. Manner. Avalon Way and Belmont road; Mrs. Fr««I Vog«*i, Wyeth and Vl«*nto, and A. W. Meyers, Cascade Locks. WOMEN’S CLUB NEWS HOOD RIVER DRUG CO WHY? Sunday Evening Club FASHION GARAGE ▲ 11 makes of electrical systems re paired. We specialize in trouble shooting. Successor to TUCKER’S GARAGE Pilone 3743 at Riverside Ctarch, Sunday, 7:45 p. m. Four High School Seniors will speak SÄ Immediately after G. B. Kellogg, cashier of the Mosier Valley Bank, at the neighlHiring Wasco county apple town, bad returned from lunch Tu«*s- A heavy volume of water poured in day two unmaak««! ni«*n entered the to the Hood river gorge. The ntreain bank, one of the men covering the was at a record low stage, however, «■ashler with a revolv«*r while tlw other tied his hands behind him. The meu and no damage result««!. Wind reaching the proportion* of a took a quantity of silver from the gale alarmed reahlenta here Humlay vault nnd ransack««] money drawers night when houses were ahaken and in the front of the bank, wcuring a branchea Idown from tree*. Home total loot of over >900. They then tied damage waa canned to teh^ihone linen. Mr. Kellogg'« feet and threw him In The front doora of the Hood River Ma the vault, whirling the combination. In their haste the robiiers ti«*d Mr. chine Works were blown dowm across the top of an automobile, crushing it. Kellogg insecurely and in about 15 minutes he bad worked the cords on Ills arms loose and was pounding on Miss Taylor Suffers Stroke the vault door when James Cherry, Miaa Kate Taylor, age«! 51» and na Mosier orcbardist, entered the bank. tive of New York, was stricken with Tlie latter called Mr«. Kellogg from aiMiplexy early Hunday evening while her home only a few blocka away, and watching a picture show. Her condi ah<> cam«* immediately, working the tion was noticed by p««>ple who sat im combination and releasing her hus mediately behind her. A physician band. was summon««! and the stricken wom Although the bank is Immediately an rushed to th«* Cottage hospital, across the street from ths jiostofflce where she rallied several hours later. and the Mosier Hotel, no one had ob MI kh Taylor, who lias lH*en hoilse- served the rubl>ery and the men left k«*ejH*r nt the home of Joe D. Thomf- iinai-en. Mr. Kellogg rejairlM that son for tlie past year, came out from one of the men. atmut 30 years old, New York city three years ago. She wore a blu«» shirt and overalls. Tlie was formerly with th«* family of Rev. other, who seeim*d almut 20, wore a Thomas Jenkins, Portland Episcopal gray sweater and khaki riding trous minister. A niece, Mrs. George Hend ers. W. Clark, employed at the O.-W, ricks. a resident of Waahougal, Wash., R. 4 N. station, rt>]M>rt<«i seeing an hurri««! here to lie with Miss Taylor. Oldsmobile parked beside the road Yesterday Mias Taylor showed a near the city. This car was seen gr«»at improvement.. crossing Hood river about 1.30, and officers believe It bore the roblrrs. F. G. Hut rh in win Fatally Stricken A peculiar coincidence J. G. Ruggles F. G. Hutchinson. native of Canada, bad, just after hearing of the Mosier and resident of the West Hide orchard robbery, waa the receipt of a letter district for the peat 13 years, died at from friends In Cottonwood, Ida., who Mrs. Alma Howe's Cottage Farm Tues re[M>rt«»d a holdup there of an entirely day afternoon a few hours after lie similar nature about a week ago. was stricken with afmplexy. Mr. While the Idaho liank was robbed by Hutchinson is survived by his wife, a a single man. he was supposed to have Idock, former headed Wi'sl. slater of Dr. R. L. Paddn /, _____ Mr. Kellogg said that the older rob- eaatern Oregon Episcopal -bishop, and a son, Robert, sH«4euttof the Univer- l>er of Tuesday seem««l perfectly at ease, while the younger was extremely aity of Washington. Arrangements for tlie funeral, which nervous. It is the custom of the Mosier bank will tie held from Ht. Mark's Episco pal church, have not b«*en completed to close during the noon honr. The H. E. Bartmess will conduct the town is very Inactive during this hour and for some time afterward. It is funeral. believed that the robbers hsd careful Ray Slavens, of Hood River, has ly prearranged their plans. The hank waa fully protected by be««i elected chaplain of the student grange, an organization of O. A, U. burglary inimraace. students majoring in markets and marketing, l’lnna are lielng made to bring prominent grangers to address the marketing atudents on topics wtlich the national grange is sponsor ing.