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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1922)
CO CO 13 5. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922 VOL. XXXIV a No. 8 in 3 0 MILLIONS of persons have carried Travelers Cheques to every nook and cranny of the earth. Inexperienced travelers as well as veteran globe trotters have found this form of self-identifying travel funds essential to their comfort. When you buy Travelers Cheques at this bank you convert your travel money into a form of currency which is readily negotiable anywhere, and yet which can be spent by no one but you. ' Travelers Cheques are popular with tourists because they positively safeguard travel funds. They are popular with hotels and railroad and steamship companies because they are not alluring loot to thieves and because they eliminate embarrassment and hazards incidental to cashing personal checks. We regard the sale of this international currency as one of the most important phases of our complete banking service. It costs little to insure your funds against loss by purchasing Travelers Cheques at this bank. The First National Bank HOOD RIVER, OREGON Use All of Our Service Ye Old Swimmin' Hole ! Several attempts have been made by public spirited associations and citizens to establish a swimming pool. All of them have lacked the evercbanging, flowing water so absolutely necessary for a public resort of this kind. Incidents that happen and may happen and the urging on of friends that come to our place year after year have given us no alternative. We must either make improve ments and run it on a business basis or close our beach to the public. So we have decided to find out just hovv far Hood River people will go to support a place of this kind and have gone ahead making improvements. That part of the beach set apart for children and those who cannot swim, has been enclosed by a net, supported from a log boom, anchored down, giving absolute safety. Dressing rooms and other buildings have been constructed and we are adding to them as the demand warrants. We wish to make it known that we would like to make this a Family Resortin fact, it is almost exclusively so now and, keeping in line with this idea, we are making a small charge per family. At present we will call it as it has been known for years : KOBERG'S BEACH r wm M I w& "CI I a vj s ek ' Better il '.Ji 5 itjfcj Cheaper KrdOuUYhy! i h :1 it ! " ! : (. It-- w W" " "Everything to build Anything" Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. . . SLABW00D AM) KING COAL Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade Exclusive Rrprcentiiiive of Naiionj! Builder Bureau Eastman Kodaks and Films Our Stock is Always Complete Kodak Developing and Printing 24-Hour Service The quality of our developing the tone and finish of our prints the success we have In brlnln out unfavorable exposures prove that Experts Do Our Kodak Work KRESSE DRUG CO. Come In and hear the new Victorola Records. Human Interest It may be said in defense of the old time banker that he was perhaps a better man than his contemporaries thought him to be, but the fact remains that human interest stories were not a part of earlier bank publicity and the ban ker of former times held a position of aloofness that was not creditable to him or good for the banking business. The bank of today that senses the spirit of the times is A live pulsating, warm blooded institution, keenly interested in all the activities of the district it serves, and no officer or employee is worthy of his position unless he' fully subscribes to this sentiment. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal Reserve System A GUARANTEE THAT MEANS SOMETHING CLOTHING This is what the manufacturers say and we pass it on with the same good faith. "If material, linings or tailoring do not wear to your entire satisfaction you may return this garment to the merchant from whom you bought it. He is authorized to give you a new garment free. The only time limit is your own good judgment." NEW FALL 16 0Z. 16 OZ. SERGES ana Bankers Gray $35.00 J. G. VOGT Nationally Known Merchandise Hj I ii . 1 1; YOUR FORD Was made In n first class shop to serve your purpose. It will serve that purpose best when In proper repair. I am well equipped lor Ford Repair Work and will &lve you a flat price in advance on any job you may Lrin in. N'nno I it ftonnino Ford rwts uwi. Yours for t "Satisfactory Service All-ways" 24-UOVR SERVICE ' Shay's SERVICE Shop AT THE FASHION STABLES shop i:u Re. 2712 Hood River Machine VKs. General Automotive Repairing Welding of all kinds and General Machine Work of all kinds HOOD RIVER MACHINE WKS. UNGER & LENZ, Props. Tel. 3173 The Baptist Charts. Next Faday morning at 11 o'clock, F.ev. Austin from Portland will deliver the sermon. He will report on the In-diar.apt-'.is convention. At 10 a. m. Sunday school. Gospel cf Luke. Chapter LEGION CLIMB IS A SUCCESS SUMMIT REACHED BY 111 CLIMBERS Those Participating Reached 249 Recre ational Stunt Wins New Enthusiasts Mayor Baker Booster 16. Junior B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m. Senior B. Y. P. U. at 7 p. m. Sub ject, Deuteronomy, or last words of Mow. At 8 p. m. evening worship. Revelation. Charter 4 and 5. A vision of Heaven aa seen by John at Patmo. j Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m. j C R- Delepine, Paster. . The second annual Mount Hood Climb of the American Legion ended successfully Sunday with 111 of the party of 249 participating in the base camp activities reaching the summit. Weather conditions were ideal, and only about 10 of those starting at 5 a. m. on the arduous ascent dropped out of the lines. While the atmosphere around the mountain was clear, dense smoke from Oregon and Washington forest fires off to the north prevented good views of the Washington snow peaks. At the campfire program Saturday night the following speakers expressed appreciation of the efforts of the local Legion Post: Ed. J. Eivers, of Port land, national president of the Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses ; Geo. L. Baker, mayor of Portland ; Col. Creed C. Hanmmond, who was present as representative of Adjutant General Geo. A. White; Secretary of State Sam A. Kozer; Harry Nelson, adju tant of the Oregon department, Amer ican Legion. A concert was given by the Knights of Pythias band of this city, and community singing was led by Mike Brennan, of Portland. Taps were sounded at 10 o'clock, and members of Company C, 186th Regi ment, formed an armed guard around the camp. Sentries forced those arriv ing after taps to'sleep outside the lim its of the camp, in order that the climbers might not be disturbed. Sev eral groups of stragglers reached the camp after midnight Every speaker around the huge bon fire, which lighted up the mile high forest and was reflected by the cas cades of Tilly Jane creek singing be low the camp, declared that they would dedicate themselves to the task of making the mid-summer mountain climb an annual national feature of American out of door life. The visit ors were given a taste of the fruits of the Mount Hood Loop Highway, which will be open to traffic by next year'a climb. Surveyors are now engaged in laying out a six-mile lateral road from the Loop road by way of the Legion camp to Cloud Cap Inn, and it is an ticipated that this improvement will give the Legion climb a great stimu lus. Mayor Baker, who decided the as cent to the summit a task dispropor tionate to his avordupois, and Mrs. Baker, both of whom visited the cre vasses and ice cascade of Eliot glacier, declared the event one of the most in teresting of their lives. "After participation in the Ameri can Legion Climb," said Mayor Baker, "one gains a new respect for Mount Hood, and the closer association wins a reverence for its magnificence." it was significant that many of the climbers this year were repeaters from last. Among them was Mr. Kozer, who says be is going to take part in the annual sport until old age robs him of the joy. Guide Weygandt, who has made 615 trips to the summit, declared that he had never escorted a more willing and enthusiastic party to Hood's top. Although the Mount Hood Climb was established only a year ago, when it drew to the scenic highland wilds on the northeast side of Mount Hood about 150 nature lovers, it bade fair this year to grow faster than its found ers anticipated. Every prospect the two weeks before the climb this year indicated attendance of about 500 climbers. The forest fire now burning up Herman creek laid a dense pall of smoke over the mid-Columbia low lands, however, and threw a "damper on the enthusiasm of prospective rec reationists. When the day finally came for leaving for the mountain camp, tne sun of this district ascended tn the zenith of the heavens with no greater effulgence than a winter's moon in a hazy sky, and scores who had planned the trip changed their plans at the last moment It was remarkable that the Legion cilmb of this year drew prac tically all of its attendance from out side points. Except for the K. of P. band and members of Company C, who policed the camp. Hood Kiver was rep resented by a mere handful of citizens. The local folk lay their absence tothe smoke. When the final count was made of those around the campfire it was found that only 251 were present Members of Hood Kiver Legion Post, however, express no discouragement over the lack of attendance, and they will make preparations next year for a doubling up or maybe a quadrupling of the attendance of this season. Although the task of reaching the legion camp and the added exertions cf hiking up the trail to the top of Cooper Spur and thence ascending step by step over the vast snowfields to the end of the 2,000-foot lifeline, where the real test of physical stamina be gins, the 'J9 men and women who suc cessfully essayed the sport all returned to Hood Kiver enthusiastic. Those who declined the strenuous task of a journey to the top declared on starting on the long motor trip back down the length of the Hood Kiver valley Sun day night that they had gained a pleas ant experience that would last for a lifetime. To reach the snowline of the moun tain and there at eventide to see the marvelous changes in coloring as the sun's rsys gradually lift themselves from the shadows of the for eit on up beyond the last line of brave mountain pines, those hardy conifers that seem to send out every root and branch in a grappling bold on rock and sand, to re sist the raging storms of wintertime, to behold this slow ascent of the sun light, while all around you is becoming a blacker shadow, is an inspiration. And this .was an experience that the climbers were given on Saturday. They left Hood Kiver in a caravan It motor vans early Saturday morning. It is over 20 miles t the end of the mountain road, where the party lead ers shouted. "All off for the long hike!" At the road's end Lxgan a trail 2 miles long op a gigantic hoeback be tween the Tilly Jane creek and Sand canyon. The trail, rough and dusty, the crowds cf ahufT'.ing climbers send ing up a dust of volcanic ash aa fine aa flour, sapped the vigor of the hardiest reereationist. It begins at an eleva tion of 3,700 feet, and one rises en route to 7,003 feet on Finch Spur. From this summit the party dropped again into the wooded fiat along'.the UDper reaches of the Tilly Jane. When the big point was topped, and this little descent was begun, sighs of re lief were heard from 200 throats. But even the trail climb is worth all the effort one puts into it At the left of the climbers appears the 3,000-foot deep Sand canyon, which receives its name from the giantdeposits of sand on its east side. Here slides have scarredjtbe canyon like the clawing of somejdevil huger than the mind of man can conjure up. Otr up toward the snow peak several ribbony waterfalls leap over sheer precipices. Occasion ally the wind currents catch the water ribbon and spray it far out down into the abyss. The wild flowers blooming on the base of Mount Hood sprinkle vast areas with a wonderful coloring. On emerging from the Upper Valley orch ard districts into the willow lands, a characteristic of the burned over dia tricta on the northeast side of the peak, the recreationists became ecstatic over the millions of Indian paint brushes, their carmine blossoms inter mingling with myriads of purple lupin flowers. Squaw grass plants reared their fragrant heads at intervals and Mount Hood lilies and otherspecies of mountain lilies were found occasional ly. Higher up the dells exposed to sunlight fairly glowed with mountain flowers in scores of species. The relief of plunging full length on a carpet of pine needles at camp after that 21-mile walk and there looking aloft at the pure blue of the sky which seemed a little closer than you ever saw it before, and maybe catching as your eyes shifted toward the overhang ing mountain pinnacles the circuit of a bald eBgle, drifting lazily but grace fully at fearful heights, this relief and relaxation filled you with a comfort as great as ever you knew. But the pow ers of reeupertioan are nothing less than miraculous in the ran'fied atmos phere, and soon you felt the call of the singing cascades of the Till; Jane just below you. In a moment you and your fellows were there quaffing the icy waters from an old tin cup. And was ever beverage better? The inner man satisfied, you plunged your hands down and dashed the cold stream over your face. You forgot the weariness and the dust of that trail. It is a beautiful spot, this campsite chosen by the Legion there on the banks of the Tilly Jane. It has a plentiful canopy of mountain conifers, and to the weary hikers at their first lunch in camp Saturday it seemed de lightfully restful. Lunch that day was not characterized by any excessive talking. When one spoke the words usually conveyed a sincere meaning. Many, perhaps, had begun exclaiming ecstatically on their first close view of the mountain a few hours before. All were now munching sandwiches and gulping big cups of coffee while they thought eloquently. The heat of the lowlands, even in the early.morning had been severe. But here at a mile-high elevation and tUe glaciers of Mount Hood but a stone's throw away, a simulating chill was noticed early in the afternoon, and by the time twilight gained, sweaters and coats were in demand. Before dark, the warmth of the huge bonfire was appealing to all. The eventide pink of the .mountain changed to a purple and then to a funeral gray. It made one think of death and eternity. It was the solemn time of the day on the mountain, and there was a kind of spooky stillness around the camp for a time. J Indeed, someone declared that the moods of the mountain made him think of the various stages of life. And per haps he was close to right It took a jazzy tune from the Knights of Pythi as band to shake the gloom left by the late twilight and the tlate color it im posed on the snowfields and the rock pinnacles. The band concert was a unique fea ture of the mountain oung. The players for their extra exertion of lug ging up their heavy instruments and the hard work of blowing on wind in struments at mile high elevation, won the hearty appreciation of the recrea tionists. A man's blowing organs are something like the carburetor of an automobile, and they are not attuned to bringing music from the bowels of their big horns up where the atmos 'phere is so much lighter than on the lower levels. Thtfpeeches, in the in teresting setting, the orator's faces lighted up by the leapiug flames of the bonfire, the songs in which all joined lustily under the urging of Mike Bren nan, all formed an unforgettable fea ture of the mountain party. And when after taps, you fell asleep before your blankets, placed on a soft bed of hemlock boughs, were snugly drawn about you. You would have sworn you had been asleep only an hour when you heard a bugle call at 3.30 a. m. But the enthusiattm of the moment .and the tingling desire to hasten on ,up the mountain aroused you to wide-aakeness like a dash of cold water. IijMtantly the camp was crowd ed with Shattering men and women. Only the most laggard could sleep un der such I conditions. Army pans of steaming) egg omelettes, criffi bacon and savory slices of ham were all pre pared by the cooks, all ex army men. And yet the enthuisasm over prospects of the cilmb dulled many an appetite. At 5 o'clock the 100 and more climb ers were out in lines stringing acrots the rocky defile of Coopers pur. While imsny amateur mountaineers drop out at Coopers Sur, the seasoned climber always breathes a si;h of re lief ion teaching the summit of this northeast bare promontory. Those who have climbed the mountain re peatedly say that the trudge up the slope, much of which is over loose rocks, is the mofet grueling of all the mountain trip. At Tie-In rock some hundreds of yards up a gentle slope from the spur, the climbers are seartgated into lines of some 25 each, and here it is that the grease paint artibta get busy, prepar ing the facial t kin agaitt O.e ravages of .reflected sun's ravs and the wintry wind. Some clirr.bt.rs rrefer a solid black. Others, when tii.y Rtart, have faces as painted as a Ccmmanche chief on the jwarpath. Others turn them selves into clowns, and a few Mer.his topheles have been seen to start the mountain hike. But the banter of painting time is soon lost, as the hik ers start on tjje lig-zig trails over the afopir.g snowfields. This steady afcent in the raritied atnu.fhere is killing unless one hearkens to the guide and takes it slowly, persistently and silent ly. Talking on the mountain top takes as roucn energy as inK. (Continued on Lal Fage) APPLE MEE! PLANS MADE MANY BUYERS ARE EXPECTED HERE Delegates to Seattle Convention of Inter national Association Will Ce Enter tained in Mid-Columbia Apple shippers of this district met last week and completed arrangements for the entertainment of delegates to the annual convention of the Interna tional Apple Shippers Association to be held at Seattle in late July. It is estimated that 300 apple buyers from eastern and middle western points and several from England will come here following the convention. The delegates are expected to arrive in Portland Sunday, July 30. The next flay they will be brought by Port land hosts by automobile to Multnomah Falls, where Hood River citizens will receive them with their automobiles and bring them here over the Columbia Kiver Highway. A dinner dance will he held Monday evening at the Colum bia Gorge Hotel. On Tuesday morning the apple buy ers will be taken on toura of inspection of packing and storage plants of local shippers and shown through the orch arrds of the valley. Then they will be escorted to Mosier for a visit to the plant of the Mosier Fruitgrowers' As sociation and a tour of tho noted orch ards of that district. A delegation of The Dalles fruit men will meet the buyers there and take them on to tha Wasco county capital, where they will be entertained on Tuesday night. The buyers will be returned here on Wednesday morning and escorted to ferry landings, where White Salmon and Underwood apple shippers and growers will greet them and entertain them for the day. A feature of the entertainment of the Washington grow ers will be buffet luncheons served at the big apple packing houses of the two districts. Various recreational features will be available for the visiting fruit mer chants, many of whom, according to letters received by C. C. Crew, will be accompanied by their families. Fish ing trips will be provided, and plans have been made for a party to ascend to the summit of Mount Hood. The Seattle convention of the apple buyers, local fruit shippers expect, will result in stimulation of the boxed apple business. It will bring growets and buyers' in actual touch with each other and give them an understanding of the problems that confront both. Those attending the meeting last week included : P F. Clark, C. 11. Catner, W. K. Woolpert. K. W. and F. S. Kelly, R. P. Loomis. E. O. Blanchar. C. H. Vaughan, William Irwin and F. A. Olmsted. LUNCH CLUB HEARS PiiAISE OF CLIMB Truman Butler at the Tuesday Lunch Club at the Pheasant commended the legionnaires for what he characterized one of the biggest works in Oregon, that of making Mount Hood aa popular as Mount Rainier is today. Mr. Butler urged all local men to get behind the Hood Kiver Post and aid them in their future plans. He declared that the second successful rlimb put the fea ture of Oregon out door life on a per manent basis. All present Saturday and Sunday at the highland camp he declared had resolved to work toward making the climb an annual rational recreational event A. M. Cannon alao endorsed the climb, lie declared that he had learned from a motor through central Oregon that many residents there would visit the Mount Hood resorts if they just knew about them. Guests Tuesday were: Dr. Alexan der, W. T. Gt row, Los Angeles apple man; A. T. Jackson, of Hamilton, N. J., and W. F. Bode, of Chicago. A resolution, of thanks to the Phoenix Utility Co. for the invitation to the dance of Saturday right was adopted. VAUGHAN IS HEAD OF BANKERS' ASSOCIATION C. H. Vaughan, vice president last vear, was elected to the presidency of the Oregon State Bankers Association at the annual convention held in Fort land this week. The convention was characterized as one of the inoht suc cessful ever held in the state. It whs held simultaneously with the annual meeting of the American Institute of Bankers.which brought delegates from every part of the country. James E. Montgomery, former HooJ Kiver man who is now president of the Bank of Southwestern Oregon at Marshfield, was in Portlai d for the convention. He was chairman of the resolutions committee and was elected to the executive committee of the state association. Mr. Montgomery came here Monday night and spent Tuesday morning visiiing old friends and seeing the Columbia Kiver High way between here and Mosier. He re turned to Bonneville to meet the dele gates to the convention there for a luncheon. mortoFiMway case is heard A jury in the case cf the State High way Commission vtrm J. W. Morten et al. wherein the plaint. ff commifsi-'n sought the condemnation c f eight acres belongirg to Mr. M.rt; n atorjr the Kuthton Hill graie of the Higr.wnv, legan hearing testimony niiy. Tie commission, w hirh ha already tsken the premises inv.ivtl f jr Ue liur-p r of rjehris from the grade, ST-rt i Mr. Morten $"0 damages. In his answer t the complaint he s vers that the prop erty is worth f.'M A - The jury Tuedy right awar i the defendant damages. Walter. 4-veHr oij s n f Mr. M Mrs. E. H. Greene, (f the Ie 1 .at orchard section, as brought t if Cott.ge hosi itnl li.-t ti s...!tr : with a broken leg scst&irei wfctn ,.j was kicked by a torte. t 0