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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1916)
r HOOD RIVER 0 LACIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916 THE UNIVERSAL CAR 1 You want to know what your motor car will do. The million-car Ford performance ans- wers your question. Supplying the motor car , needs of alt classes, the Ford is operated and maintained in city or country for about two cents a mile with universal Ford service be hind it Touringr$440, Runabout $390, Coupe jet $590, Town car $640, Sedan $740, f. o. b. Detroit On display and sale at Columbia Auto & Machine Co. "Preparldne'ss" Is the"watchword of the day. Apply it to your business Mr. Orchardist, and get ready for your Spring work. Remember that our place is The Place to get your tools mended, your discs sharpened, your implements repaired and your horses shod. j Don't forget that last item. We do the best horse shoeing at all times. Specalizing in this work has made us friends. Ask our customers. w. a snow Phone 2611 Fourth Street SLABWOOD We have arranged to handle the Slabwood of Stanley e Smith Lumber Co. Now is the time to put it in f and let it season. Ask us for prices. r Taft Transfer Company NOTICE! We have just installed a planer and this with our rip and cut-off saws .will enable us to give you any odd material that you may require. See our stock and what we can do for you. Bridal Veil Lumbering Co. Yards west of freight depot Phone 2181 The Purity Dairy Co. Yours for prompt service and Good Milk THOS. D. CALKINS COME TO US DIRECT FOR WOOD-FIBERED HOUSE PLASTER CEIEENT AND LILTE AS WE UNLOAD DIRECT FROM THE CARS STRANAHAN & CLARK HOOD RIVER, OREGON Tthe quo chewer knows the worth of THiy 1 -t BCD TORACCO CHEW i as an old timer I HOW OPES IT ttofj 1 6ET mow Satisfaction! AND ONE SMALL cmm H TAKK& Turn m.rm 1 ' ' - vr im CMtwj Of TWg, OLD Kiho- Tl THAT'S the food of tobaeeo'lliat makes too take a bl wad and WcMlMd trim nt W-1CUT CWwi-tW RMlTebMe. CW.MM. ju-. Tjj lini rmm nel ubm Mntatioa inm e tmsU efcjw. Teet l(kMM tUU hj WtTMAH-BIDTOll COMFAMT. SO Dei- Saaara, Jhw Te Gt MEMORIAL ADDRESS OF LAST TUESDAY (Tba following art significant por tion! of tha Memorial Day address de livered Tuesday afternoon of laat week by Geo. R. Wilbur at Cbaatauqaa park open air auditorium.) Fifty -one yeara ago tbia country emerged from an internecine struggle of great mangitode and of eternal im port. When tba conflict bad ceased, though tha eoat bad been atupendoua in human life and in material property, the government waa preserved! High over tba carnage it proudly reared its bead and continued ita march of pro gress threugh centuriea, and the people of whom it bad sprung, by whom it bad been inspired and reared, and for whom it was, rejoiced in the righteous victory. On this day wa are again called to gether to contemplate that conflict and the lesson it taught And though the yeara bava passed, our memory of tost bloody period, though dimmed, is not effaced. - I see before me a thin line of bent and acarred survivors of tbst war, men wbo enlisted, not with the lust of bat tle in their eyea and the fire of bate burning in their bosoms, but wbo went in with the patiiotic enthusiasm of free men and the strength of sinew and as suredness of success incident to youth. And though almost a lifetime has pass ed, I see indelibly stamped upon their features the mask of the things they then experienced. There is but one deatb pallor. But not alone fever and wounds leave their mark upon the sol dier. The poise of the besd and should ers, the length, firmness and regularity of the tread, the ateadiness and deter mination of the eye, the peculiar gtsy ness of the hair and beard, and further, to complete the identification, a certain indefinable something about the atti tude, unmistakably proclaims the war veteran. I see also present a like thin line of wivea and widowa who survived that period. Aye, their'a was the hard lot. theirrs not "to do or die," but to wait and suffer. Without the novelty and excitement of the camp and the chase, there wai left for the wife at home the monotonous daily burden of home duties, alone, unaided and uncom forted, ofttimea obliged to become the family provider, and constantly await ing the news from the front that the necessary sacrifice had been msde, that she waa a widow and her children fath erless. I see also in attendance the citizens of the community, many of them sons and daughters of those who f ought. And it is appropriate that all these participants should be present, all cit izens wbo love their country and their flag. This morning the comrades living marched out yonder to the cemetery and did their formal honors to their comrades passed on, while loving and patriotic hands laid flowers upon the tombs where the nation's dead are sleeping. "All too soon the day will come when these graves must be decorated by hands unused to implements of war, and these speeches be msde by lips that never responded to a roll call." The duty we thus perform falls alike upon all of us. The comrades remain ing honor the dead from a feeling of fellowship. When men with hearts beating in unison in a like cause fight side by side the survivor feels a sense of responsibility to keep slive the mem ory of his neighbor who falls; Friends snd relatives are likewise actuated from natural motives. But the larger body of citizens is prompted by a spirit of reverence for the thing accomplished by the Civil war. And we, represent ing the nation, thus display our grati tude not entirely unselfishly, "since by our regard for the dead we add to the security of the living; by our remem brance of those who hsve suffered we give inspiration to those upon whose valor we must hereafter rely, and prove ourselves worthy of the sacri fices which have been made and which may again be required." The great principle contended for and won in the Civil war has never been written by mortal bands. It was not the maintenance of the labor institu tion known as black slavery, wrong as we know that to be, although that may have been the controlling incident. And it cannot be considered without refer ence to the martyred president whose positive genius foresaw the issue and gave his life to its correct solution. Lincoln had men in bis cabinet who probably had mora profound intellects than be; but back there in the then West among the common people with whom he had been reared, years be fore, he had beard those common folks the ones who after all settle the big questions after the sentaors and judges try and fail -talk of slavery, states' rights, nullification, seccession, consti tutional compact, etc., and when bis great hour arrived be was fully pre pared for it, and proclaimed in unmis takaole terms that it was not a strug gle between northerner and southerner, not a struggle to free or maintain slaves, but a struggle which reached the vitals of the republic, a struggle between two great powerful systems, neither sectional, but one of which was as un-Amercian as despotism a strug gle to preserve the union, and one which must end in but one wsy. With bis great clear mind he discovered amid the chaos of ideaa the single issue and never lost sight of it. Southern leaders proclaimed their rights under the constitution ; northern leaders de fended on the same ground ; Lincoln's became the master mind ; standing mid way between the opposing forces, com manding in a larger degree the intel lectual use of good morals and sound sense untainted by selfish politics or expedient sophistry, be saw that the constitution and laws of the country had left the necessary something un said, that the ambiguity could only be solved by armed conflict, turned aside from tha useless quibble upon words and interpretations, and answered both antagonosts: Written or Unwritten, Union it is and Union it shall be pre served! And though you will search in vain even today in the written consti tution or law of this country for a reason wby the state of Oregon may not sepsrate herself from the United States, the blood of the slain on both sides of tbat awful conflict is the only and eternal answer ! It is one of the privileges and com forts of the Americsn on this dsy to eontemplste our condition of peace, plenty and industry, contrasted with the awful conditon in Europe. And, selfishly again, if I read the aigns aright, America is learning the great est lesson in ber history. We have re alized our large position in the world and likewise our corresponding duty. No longer shall we sit smug on our separate continent surrounded by the impassable oceans. We are one of the world powers. Though not in the midst of armed conflict, we are or ahortly will be, forced into world politics. To be neutrsl. we are not and cannot re main indifferent. In due time exhaus tion or defest will quench the fires of the inferno now eating out tha vitals of the beligerenta across the water and peace must ensue. And though wa pray tbat it may be a lasting oesee wa cannot atop with prayers. It ia not too much' to expect, it is not too much to hope, tbat America will bava thrust upon ber tba leadership of the peace negotiations. Our history, our national ebaraeter, bava qualified bar to act tba part But tba return of normality ia but the initial atep. What of the fu ture? What is tba guarantee against tba reopening of tha wounds, a recur rence of the strife, and who shall be tba guarrautorT Can ona country do it? Ia any one country strong enough, or can it become strong enough to act as world policemen? It does not seem so. Tba moat fessible plan yet outlined ia tbateontemplated by the "League to Enfoace Feaee." whereby the atrong nationa of the world would by compact bind themselves to enforce world peace by first, enforced international arbitration, and in case of refusal to arbitrate or to obey an arbitrator's de cree, to intervene with tba combined fore of the contractual powers and force the offender or offenders to obey. But such a plan would not abolish in ternational strife, any more than stringent criminal lawa and an ade quate police foree totally prevents crime. And as a man physically unfit may not become an efficient policeman, no more may the nation uneq&ipped to exert the force by which nationa fight become a world policeman. The great lesson taught to us by tba European conflict ia our own incompe tency in the unfortunate event of our being called upon to meet a Bimllar emergency. Comparatively, measured by international standards, we are im potent, a weakling. Does not the real isation bring tha blush of shame to your cheek? Then awaken and join the effort to prepare for the perpetuation of peace. An individual's command to desist a trespass is but an empty bluff without a strong arm to follow it up. A court'a decree protecting your life and property maana nothing without the power of the sheriff to enforce it And the nation'a diplomatic ultimatum or treaty, when invasion is msde or threatened or national honor asssiled,is but the now traditional scrap of paper without the presence and possible use of the engines of war to emphasize it You old soldiers, do you know tbat had the North been adequately pre pared the Civil war would not have lasted beyond tbe second Bull Run? You Spanish wsr veterans, do you not remember the thousanda of comrades taken from your ranks by typhoid fe ver because of the government's ignor ance and incompetency? And you citi zens of today, how do you like tbe spectacle of 14,000 regular army troops and 9,000 state militia not being able to capture or kill a marauding Mexican bandit? Are you satisfied with tbe price you have paid, and are you con tent to have these experiences repested in the future? I believe not Though we have beep a peace loving and a peace seeking people, the object lesson is before us. Preparedness to perpetu ate right ia the great keynote of the hour. Let tbe Memorial Days of the future recount, not the sacrifices which have been made, but the sacrifices which have been prevented. Strength snd righteousness is a better protection than atrength of righteousness. Your antagonist will not always admit that you are right, but you can force bim to recognize that you are strong. I If I were asked what are tbe day's dangers to the republic. I would be obliged to state my judgment: Self complacency; unequal distribution of national wealth; demogogism masquer ading under the disguise of-; statesmen- ship ; ease loving and ease seeking ; a tendency to submerge the Individual under the necessarily false ides of ele vating the mass; lack of national ideals and worship of wealth. But I am also persuaded tbat these are symptoms, not diseases, are 1iot chronic but only forming, and are perhaps no more ? resent than they have ever been. And am ever optimistic tht our people when brought to realize any national danger will, as ever before, by the sound common sense and patriotic de votion correct the wrongful tendency and redirect the nation within the right path. I congratulate America that she bas soldiers' names to honor, that she has peace to bless, aud that he bas a glori ous future to hope for. STANDARD OIL TO AID PREPAREDNESS President D. G. Scofield, of the Standard Oil Company (California). announces that tbia company intends permitting a reasonable number of its employes to attend tne regular army instruction csmp at Monterey between July 5 and August 10, and will grant such employes four weeks leave of ab sence for this purpose, without preiu dice to their advancement and without lose of salary. "That announcement and the ona made acouple of years ago, when tbe company stated tbat any employe who responded to a call to arms in the state or national military or naval service at a time of war or other emergency would not jeopardize bis position with the company, are declarations of policy bearing, not on 'preparedness,' says President Scofield, "but on tha rela tions of employer and employe. "Tbe company wants to impress op on every employe that ha ia a free agent when the question of service to his country is concerned, entirely free to act as his sense of patriotism may direct, and in such contingency hss the unqualified approval of bis employers." Freshet Alarm Decreasing "Surplus wster is running out slowly and we will have no alarming freshet," is the word of District Forecaster Beals, who hss been plied with inquir ies during the past few days as to pros pects because rising temperatures bava been in order. The indications are for a continuation of the present weather, and in tha weekly forecast of the westher bureau at Washington, generally fair weather with temperatures above the seasons! average are predicted by Forecaster E. H. Bowie for the Pacific coast Bankers in Portland The following bankers of Hood River are in Portland thia week to participate in the annual State Bankers' Associa tion meeting: Leslie Butler and C U. Vaugnan, respectively president and cashier of tbe Butler Banking Co. i E. O. Blanchar, cashier of the First Na tional Bank; W. F. Wahrer, cashier of the Hood River State Bank. Greatly Benefitted by Chamberlain's Liniment ' v "I have used Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains, bruises and rheumatic pains, and the great benefit I have received justifies my recommending ?t in highest terms," writes Mrs. Florence Slife, Wa bash, Iod. If you are troubled with rheumatic pains you will certainly be pleased with the prompt relief which Chamberlain's Limmeut affords. Ob tainable everywhere. MRS. FERGUSON . AGAIN REELECTED At the annual convention of tha Hood River County Sunday School As sociation held Isst week at tba Odell Methodist church, Mrs. 3. K. Ferguson waa reelected for tba fourth term to tha presidency. Before coming to Hood River Mrs. Ferguson, formrely a resi dent of Astoria, waa for eight aucces live yesrs president of the Clatsop County Sundsy School Association. She has served aa executive bead of county Sunday sehool organizationa longer than any other person in Oregon. Other officers elected at Odell were : Mr a. R. J. Mclsaac, of Parkdale,first vice pres. : Ashley Cash, second vice prea. : L K. Aeheson, see.-treaa. Park- dale waa chosen aa tbe meeting place of tha convention of next year. Ine Sunday henool Association adopt ed a "resolution condemning the pro posed initiative Din, wnicn provides lor tba manufacture of beer in tha state. The full text of resolutions adopted are aa follows: That wa express our appreciation and thanka to our atate S. S. Association for the greet work tbat ia now being done in the interest of our Sunday schools, and especislly for sending us our annual feast in the person of our beloved u a. rnippa. , That wa express our love and appre ciation to our county president, Mrs. J. E. Ferguson, and thank her for ber untiring efforts in making this the best meeting in tha life of Hood River coun ty association. That we extend our appreciation and thanks to all who have taken part In tbe program and music, and also to the ladies for their bountiful and pleasing refreshments. That we especially appreciate tba in terest shown and tbe expressions of good will given by tbe young people. That wa recommend tbe organization of teacher training class by all schools in our county, so that we may have our schools manned by efficient teachers. Tbat we recommend the emphasis of the spiritual evangelism of our scholars and that Decision Day be observed by each school. Tbat we insist on prompt reports and payments by each school. That wo pledge our heartiest efforts to defeat the initiative bill now before the people brought forth by tha saloon interest to allow the manufacture and sale of beer, or any other form of in toxicating liquor. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to each of the county papers for publication. Signed, H. P. Allen, Miss B. Ever son, D. M. Jackson, Committee. Bilious Attacks When vou have a bilious attack your liver fails to perform its functions. You become constipated. The food you eat ferments in your stomach instead of digesting. This inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting and a terri ble headache. Take Chamberlain's Tab lets. They will tone up your liver, clean out your stomach and you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quar ter. Obtainable everywhere. RHEUMATISM ARRESTED Many people suffer the tortures of Ume muscles and stiffened joints because of impurities in the blood, and each suc ceeding attack seems more acute until rheumatism has invaded the whole system. To arrest rheumatism it is quite as im portant to improve your general health as to purify your blood, and the cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion is nature'sgreat blood maker, while its medicinal nourishment strengthens the organs to expel the impurities and upbuild your strength. Scott's Emulsion is helping thousands everyday who could not find other relief. Refuse the alcoholic substitutes. W.J. Baker & Co. Dealers in REAL ESTATE Fruit and Farm Lands Now ia the time to plant spring plants and vegetablea. 1,009 differ ent kind of planta; geranium, hello trope, aalvia, petunia, marguerites, pansies, 30c per dozen. Cabbage, tomatoes,, cauliflower, pepper, egg plants, whatever you want in the plant line call the Heights Greenhouse and get them at loweat price ever. Telephone 3393. F. B. Snyder B. B. Powell Hood River Plumb ing Company SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING Tinning and Sheet Metal Work. Gasoline Engines. Pump. Ram. Repeirina Prompt ly Attended. Estimates Furniehed. Phone 1U4. Opposite Hotel Oregon, corner of Second and Cascade Stt). New Schedule Mount Hood Railroad No. I A. N 8 SO, 8 0S S U. 8 8 80 8 40 8 45 8 60 S 00 05 ay at OAT 85 10 00 EffeojUve 121 A. M. Bander. May 14, 1916 STATIONS Lt. Hood River Ar. Powertlele Switchback Van Horn Mohr. Odell Summit. Bloootaer Holeteln Wlnana ........Dee .T... Trout Creek , Wood worth Ar. Parkdale Lt. Nt, 2 P. N. ..8 00 ..I M . 1 40 ..1 80 ..i ..i ao ..l u ..1 10 .1 oo .12 .12 10 .12 .18 SO .12 la L. F. BRAZEAU, Agent Oo to Law, the Cleaner. Goods and Promises That Won't Come Back. Make Customers that WILL Come Back . This week we call your attention to our complete stock of lawn mowers garden tools, rubber hose, etc. The goods are RIGHT, our "overhead expenses" are low; we can and do meet any legitimate competition. We invite you to call and get prices before buying. We can interest you. Blowers Hardware Co The Finn That "MaKes Good Phone 1691 Oak and 1st Sts. A National Bank Government Supervision Means Much Year by year the Government Supervision of Na tional Banks is becoming more rigid and the qualifica tion of the examiner is reaching a higher efficiency. The Comptroller of the Currency, Mr. Williams, is asking Congress for still greater powers in the ad ministration of his trust. He is determined to safeguard the people's money deposited in National Banks.' ' The word National is and shall be a synonym of Safety. Having decided upon depositing your money in a National Bank, we offer-you ample facilities and good service. You are respectfully invited to write or call and see us. . The First National Bank Members Federal Reserve System PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY vSteamer Tahoma Down Sundays. Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514 Hunt Paint & Wall Paper Co. Complete Una of PAINTS, OILS, BRUSHES, Etc. TJf AJX P Heath & Milligan Mixed Paints JQigb Glidden's Varnishes Room Mouldings Bulk Calcimine Mixed to Order Plate and Card Rail Dry Paste irsiHiioasr stable ..Livery, Feed and Draying.. STRANAHANS & RATHBUN Hood River, Ore. Horses bought, sold or exchanged. Pleasure parties can sec a re Jfi rat-class rigs. Special attention given to moving furniture ana pianos. We do everything horses can do. i3J Anderson Undertaking Co. C C ANDERSON, Sole Proprietor LICENSED EMBALMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR 312 Cascade Ave. Phone 1394 S. E. BARTME&S F1EBAL DKFQB AND PBACTICAL EMBALMER HOOD RIVER, OREGON