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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1904)
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Clarke.druggist. Price, 50c and" ft. Trial bottles free. I'lieqiialed for Constipation. A. R. Kane, a prominent druggist of Baxter Springs, Kansas, says: "Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are, in my judgment, the most superior pre paration of anything in use today for coneti nation. "They are sure in action, and with no tendency to nauseate or gripe. For sale by all druggists. Searly Forfeits His Lire. A runaway almost ending fatally, started a horrible ulcer on the leg of J. B Orner, Franklin drove, His. Fur four igars years it defied all doctors and all reme dies. But Bucklen's Arnica salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good (or burns, bruines, skin eruptions and piles. 25c, afe Chaa. N. Clarke's drug store. A The Hoosier society of Hood River valley held Its annual reunion at K. of P. hall on the evening of February 22. The Hoosiers know how to do things, and of course the social was a success in every sense of the word, notwithstand ing the fact that Jupiter Pluvius reigned on that particular evening, waking it about the most disagreeable spell of weamer we nave uud ttiis winter, a short programme was rendered in hap py manner by all who took part in it. S. . Bartmesa called the meeting to order, and after a piano solo by Mrs. Regester, C. 1J. Cash, orator for the occasion, delivered his oration, extracts from which we give, and regret that lack of space prevents publishing it in full. A vocal solo by Earl Bartraess was excellent. Little Miss Hollowell, in her sweet voice, gave a recitation in a charming manner. K. . Reges ter, the Hoosier poet for the occasion, read bis poem and was roundly ap plauded. Miss Florence Ilanna favor ed the audience with a piano solo well executed. George Wilson recited Ar tetnus Ward's interview with royalty In a manner that showed him to be well up in that kind of work. The singing by the quartette composed of Mrs. E. E. Regester, Mrs. O. B. Hart ley, C. B. Cash and E. E. Regester was finely rendered, Mrs. Regester taking the leading part. Miss Ida M. Wright read an able paper, entitled VThe Hoo sier Boy the Oregon Man." After the lendition of the programme 77 of the happy crowd sat down to a feast of good things. J. M. Hollowell contributed to the feast by supplying the tables with liberal quantities of his choice and crisp celery. T. C. Dallas presided over the coffee pot, which uave assurance of its contents or mis tavonte beverage being first class. After the supper, election of of ficers took place; Leslie Butler being selected a president and Miss Grace Wilson secretary. It was a happy gathering, and it Is regretted that the inclemency of the weather prevented many Hoosiers from ueing present. Following are selections from the ORATION BY C. B. CASH. "I cannot refrain from comrratulat lng my fellow Hoosiers in whose minds was begotten the thought of a gather ing like this. First of all. I wish to commend them on the very auspicious time selected for our annual eatberinz. The mouth of February has another star annea to its galaxy or important events. February 22, 1732, shines out from the pages of history as marking the birth of that nobleman of earth, George Washington. February 12,1809, beheld the springing Into life of no less a noDieman, although or different type ana numoier, Abraham J.tucoin Ana finally, rebruary 22, 1903, may boast of the honor of being witness to the inception of the annual reunion of tne Hoosiers or Uood Klver. Butchietlv do I thus express myself because I feel me great neea ot social intercourse. There Is need of a constant reunion. We are too much inclined to shut our selves up in the counting bouse or place ourselves behind the counter or the plow, and begin the strife for indi vidual existence, while our social na ture goes a-beturine. Especially has this condition been observed of the West. How often do you hear it said, How Independent are our Western neighbors!1 Our friends have afforded us one opportunity to revoke that com ment. "It appeals to us as beinir no less than the most fitting thing that we pause for a moment to pay our tribute to the honored Washington and Lin coln before passing to matters of more immediate interest to those here pres ent. I shall not attempt a character sKeicn. i nave neither the time nor the courage to begin the task, however pleasant it might prove to be. Neither shall I detail their lives In contrast or comparison. I cast aside all compar atives and superlatives and simply, say, nay grandly say, they equal tn great ness. Washington, witii his advan tage of wealth and position, turned everything to the advantage of bis fel lows, his country. After all, his great est possession was his character. Lin coln, with his poverty, was abundantly rich in manliness, the acknowledged peer of Washington. After all, the greatest tribute we can pay a man, which of course means woman, too, is that he possessed true manliness, a synonym for God-likeness, and that he made the best of his opportunity. It lies within the possibiliy of every sou and daughter of earth to achieve this distinction. "I am now reminded that we must come to those matters of more immed iate interest to ourselves here and now. It should not be our habit, as I con ceive it, to dwell upon the excellencies of Hoosierdom, although we meet as Hoosiers. All praise and honor to the state of our birth, but we have left her parental shelter, and have sought what to ninny of us is a more congenial clime. 'New times, new climes, new lands, new men but still the same old tears, old crimes and oldest ill." In diana Is good, but let us not be so sec tional that we chii not say there may lie better. Let us at least be cosmopol itan enough to make a home and love it where nature blesses us with the ne cessities of life and nit abundance of scenery nonpareil. At the same time let us know that w herever we ore 'the same old tears, old crimes and old ills' are evr with us, and we need the hearty sympathy and cheer of one an other to lear us up. May ihis question then rest on the heart of every one as we meet in social relation, What is your present need? How 'may I be helpful to you here and now? What will moft liearly conserve ur existing interests? "Deur IhMwiers, it is demanded of us that we have strong conviction and sland by them. Men and women will seek social recreation. If not here,then there. If not pure, then impure. But we dure not cater to the whims of all. The moment we undertake it we lose everything. Again, narrowing the circle a little, w bat are the ueeds of our most immediate neighborhood, the home? All are aware that the home is the foundation of the community. How Important, then, that we con sider its needs. I do not pretend to ad vise you here. I feel my own inability too keenly. I only axk you to think with me and determine if there be any thing lacking. Of one thing I am as sured, that in this region, where nature and climate leuds sncb abundant aid, every one may beautify his borne." E. E. Regester, selected as "Hoosier poet" for the occasion, read his poem, as follows: IN MEMORY OF ISPIAXA. Indiana, our homeland, we love thy fair ntune. And (bough we hare wondered from the, Vi'b love to look back oer III beauteous do main. Where In childhood we ramboled mi free. We would not fa bwk to make thee our hoft. Away fnvtr llii. country so rare: But we love to look haek in our fancy to thee, WhereourctiHaiio.nl was free from all care. Thou art only one of the Rreat states of earth; Thr are others a fair to behold- But we look back to thee as the land of onr Dirtii, And think of thy beautlea untold. We are proud of this mate we've adopted as ours, In the far-away Went by the sea. But we truly believe there Is none else that towers In the galaxy of fame like to thee. Ai a place for beginning this life there Is none to compare won tuy o ercoming zeal, Thy children, prepared for the course they Tn Inn half IpH of life that's HO rani. Whether writer or atatesman'or tiller of soil. Who a place In the ranks have to till. At the call of the nation each one is found loyal And Is ready to move with a will. And now, as our minds wander back to the past. In tills history of unwritten paee. There are scenes In our memory that ever win last And only grow brttrhter with atret Perebanoe 'tis a mansion of brick or of stone Or more likely 'tis one built, a frame. ' Or one hewed from the trees of the forests a lone, Which to many was homejust the name. Of the ninety-two counties making up thy uuiumii. Whether Marion, Putnam or Clay, mere is none to my niina mat will stand out tne same As the beautiful conntv of Jnv. And so each of us loves best the place of our umu. From state down to township and school And though we adore other places of earth The first love Is best as a rule. Miss Ida M. Wright read her paper, as iouowb; THE HOOSIER BOY THE OHEtlON MAN. " Dleaslngs on thee, little man, 1 . Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan; With thy turned-up pantaloons And thy merry whistled tunes With thy red Hps, reddermtll, ' ' ' Kissed by strawberries en the bill. " Let the mllllon-dollared ride, Barefoot, trudging by bis side: : Thou hast more than he can buy In the reach or ear and eye , ' Outward suDhlne, Inward Joy, Blessings on the barefoot boy.'' What fond recollections are brought to our minds by this simple piece of Whittier's! What person before me to night but recalls with pleasure to those happy, early days those days so care free and happy, uever to be forgotten? we nave come to live in Oreeon. but just for tonight, dear friends, let's live again In Indiana and review with pride once more the memories of our little state we love so well. For a "little state it is, so far as simply the boun dary lines are coniDared to Oreuron. Yet, alas! the state of Oregon can never nave me nistory or the Interest at tached to its area and mountains that the modest little state of Indiana has. the Indians have established some his tory. We read the "Bridge of the Gods" with great Interest. We are thrilled with delight as we view these mountains so fraught with romance and legend all about us. But these things can never interest us. or. indeed. the world at large, or warm our hearts with such a glow as is left by the tales or our own ioretathers' fates and for tunes in the old pioneer days of In dinna. Who, If not having experienced it himself, has not beard his srrandna- rerits tell of those old days the days of me -noosier pcnooimaster" and the "Hoosier School Days" when they, little youngsters, went trudging along through the woods, dressed in the warm, homespun clothes (made. too. in a style that's never been copied), to the little log school houses, there to "learn tneir letters" sitting on the long, hard puncheon benches? Those, too, were the days of the erand old onen fire-places, and many are the stories handed down to us from their embers. I have heard my father tell of popping corn wnen ne was a hoy now tliey would put the corn In an iron kettle pile the red coals on It, then'cover It and heap the owls then on the cover, ana run on to piny -while the com popped. Also, a vivid picture of their crude wonder over the first stove, the first lamp, the first sewing machine orougni into uie home, down on through war times, when Indiana stood breast to breast with all the va lient soldiers In the front: down on through all these years until now Mem ory mocks us in reality, and we shade our eyes at tne scenes or those by-gone days in a land that Is far away. Now, too, of a sudden, flashes Into our minds another picture. Many of these dear primitive folk have left us and we see clear outlined against the moonlit sky a little country church yard with its white stones standing here aud there, silently and solemnly pointing out to us each Just where our loved ones are. And so, dear friends, I think tonight though we may boast of Oregon's scenery and of Oregon's climate and of Oregon's history that we'll bow our heads In reverence at this one thought and admit after all that 'tis only all God's out-of-doors, with but a few state boundary lines to limit us. Now let us review a few of this "lit tle" state's productions. In the literary world of course it will always lie prom inent. Everywhereis James Whitcomb Riley known as the "Hoosier poet," and as we hear it we are reminded of his early home iu Wabash, where even yet or until a very short time ago, at least hangs a sign painted by young Riley when he followed ai&n painting for a living. I know of one at least here tonight who was a fellow student with J. C. Ridpath, the eminent his torian, as he was in school at old As bury now DePauw University at Greencastle. Iw Wallace is enjoying his old age In his beautiful home in Crawfordsville. Public life at Washington has been well punctuated with thecareerof Hoo sier statesmen. The oua president. Harrison, Thomas A. Hendricks and two or three other vice presidents; Mor ton, Voorhees. and todav Fairbanks and Beverldge are two f the most noted and eloquent senators: Hem- enway, too, In the lower home, having recently neen appointed to one of the most important positions chairman of the appropriations committee his whole life up to the beginning of his C"tical career having been spent at nville, Indiana, aud number of others represent in some degree "what manner of men we've come from." Scarcely any other state in the Union considering .its size or resources can present any greater diversity of man ufactures than Indiaua. In the south ern part of the state are found cotton mills, woolen mills, paper mills. At South Bend is located the largest wagon woras in tue woria. Here, years ago, the six Studebaker brothers, each ap plying himself to a different part of the work, started to make wagons in a lit tle building. They first branched out by manufacturing wagons to be used in the overland trade to California aud to Oregon. Then they took a contract to furnish wagons or carryalls of anv kind used by the goverr.ment during tlie war. They manufactured President Harrison's entire outfit, thus sending the first carriage to the white house made west of the Allegbenit. Today the Studebaker wagons and buggies are used all over the world, and as our hearts gladden to see the little white mail wagon coming down the road, we may also be gratified in the thought that the wagon first rolled tout of a manufacturing works In Indiana! Also, at South Bend is to he found the Oliver Chill Plow works, considered one of the largest establishments of the kind In tne world. All of the Mason fruit jars we use come from Marion and Muncie. 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Prices the same as Portland CO Carpets Rugs 35c to $1.50 a yd 50c to 110 the most oarticular buver to AO PRY rop . (Continued, on Page 6.)