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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1917)
)IOOl ltlVHK 'iLAClEU THURSDAY, Al'ItlL, 20, 191J OLD PAPER GIVES, j WASHINGTON'S VISION The following, 'Washington's Via ion," wh submitted to the Glacier several weeka eRO by L U. Lafferty. The clipping, trom an old newspaper, had been furnished Mr. Lafferty oy his father, the late Geo. W. Lafferty. (By Wesley Bradshaw) The last time that I ever aaw An thony Sherman was on July 4, 185'J. in Sauare. He was then oq .na hMnmin2' verv feeble: but w.ncrh n old. his dimming eyea re kindled as he looked at Independence hall, which he said he had come to gaze upon once more before he was "What time is it?" said he, raising his trembling eyes to the clock in the stteple, and endeavoring to shade the former with a shaking hand; "what time is it? I can't see so well now as I used to. Hlf nast three." "Come, then," he continued, "let us eo into the hall. I want to tell you an irwirfent of Washineton s life, one which no one alive knows of except ing myself ; and if you live, you will hofnm Inner nee it verified. Mark me, I am not superstitious ; but you will see it verfied." Reaching the visitors' room, in which the sacred relics of our early days are preserved, we sat down on one of the old fashioned wooden benches, and my venerable companion related to me ine following singular narrative, which, from the peculiarity of our national affairs at the present time, I have been induced to give to the world. I give it as nearly as possible in his own words. "When the bold action of our Con gress, in asserting the independence of the colonies became known to the old world, we were laughed and scoffed at us silly, presumptuuous rebels whom British grenadiers would very soon tame into submission; but undauntedly we prepared to make good what we had said. The keen encounter came, and the world knows the result. It is easy and pleasant for those of the present generation to talk and write of the days of '76, but they little know, neither can they imagine, the trials and sufferings of those fearful days. And there is one thing that I much fear, and that is, that the American people do not pronerly appreciate the boon of freedom. Party spirit is yearly becoming stronger and stronger, and, without it is checked,will at no distant day undermine and tumble into ruins the noble structure of the Republic But let me hasten to my narrative. "From the opening of the Revolu tion we experienced all phases of for tunenow good, now ill, one time vic torious, and another conquered. The darkest period we had, however, was, I think, when Washington, after sev . eral reverses, retreated to Valley Forge, where he resolved to pass the winter of '77. Ahl I have often seen the tears coursing down our dear old commander's careworn cheeks, as he would be conversing with a confiden tial officer about the condition of his poor soldiers. "You have doubtless heard the story of Washington going to the thicket to pray; well, it is not only tiue, but he used often to pray in secret, for aid and comfort from that God, the inter position of whose divine providence alone brought us safely through those dark days of tribulation. "One day 1 remember it well the chilly wind whistled and howled through the leafless trees though the sky was cloudless, and the sun shining brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly the whole afternoon alone. When he came out I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual, and that there seemed to be something up on his mind of more than ordinary im portance. Returning just after dusk tie dispatched an orderly to the quar ters of the officer I mentioned, who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation, which lasted some half an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone could command, said to the latter : " 'I do not know whether it was ow ing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon, as I was sit ting at this very table, engaged in preparing a dispatch, something in the apartment seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing exactly opposite me, a singularly beautiful fe male. So astonished was I for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed that it was some moments before I found language to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, third, and even a fourth time did I repeat the question but received no other answer from my mysterious visitor than a slight raising of her eyes. " 'By this time I felt a strong sen sation spreading through me. I would have risen, hut the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition im possible. I essayed once more to ad dress her, but even my tongue had be come powerless. Even thought itself presently became paralyzed. A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresist ible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze, gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown vistant. Gradually the surrounding atmosphere seemed as though becoming rilled with sensations, and grew luminous. Ev erything about me appeared to rarefy the mysterious visitor herself becom ing more airy, and yet even more dis tinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or, rather, to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. 1 did not think, 1 did not reason, I did not move ; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly, at my com panion. " 'Presently I heard a voice saying, "Son of the Republic, look and learn," while at the same time my visitor ex tended her arm and fore-finger east ward ly. I now beheld a heavy, white vapor at some distance, rising, fold upon fold. This gradually disap peared, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay spread in one vast plain, all the countries of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the bil lows of the Atlantic and between Asia and America lay the Pacific. " 'Son of the Republic,' said the stme mysterious voice as before, 'look and learn.' At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an agel, standing, or rather floating in mid-air between Europe and America. Dip- fing water out of the ocean in the hol ow of each hand, he sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while he cast upon Europe some with his left. Immediately a dark cloud arose from each of these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp nasnes oi lightning now gleamed through it at intervals and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people. " 'A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, into Khoee hearing- waves it sunk from view. A third time I heard the mys terious voice, saying". "'Son of the '.Republic, loon ana learn.' " 'I east my'eyes upon America, and beheld villages, towns and cities springing up. one after- another until the whole land, from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again -1 heard the mysterious voiee say : " 'Son of the Republic, the end of a century cometh; loo and learn.' " 'At this, the dark, shadowy angel turned bis face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre ap-; preaching our land. ' It flitted slowly i and heavily over every village, town and city of the latter, the inhabitants ' of which presently set themeslves in , battle array, one against the other, j As I continued looking, I saw a bright angel on whose brow rested a crown of j light, on which was traced thefword, ! 'Onion,' bearing the American flag, which he placed between the divided i nation and said : " 'Remember ye are brethren. " 'Instantly the inhabitants casting from them their weapons, became friends once more, and united around the national standard. And again I heard the mysterious voice, saying : " 'Son of the Republic, the second peril is passed; look and learn.' " 'And I beheld the villages, towns and cities of America increase in size and number, until at last they covered all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific and their inhabitants became as countless as the stars In heaven or the sands on the seashore. And again I heard the mysterious voice, saying : ' 'Son of the Republic, the end of a century cometh; look and learn' " 'At this, the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth, and blew three distinct blasts ; and taking water from the ocean, sprinkled it out upon Europe, Asia and Africa. " 'Then my eyes looked upon a fear ful scene. From each of these coun tries arose thick, black clouds that were soon joined into one. And throughout this mass gleamed a dark red light, by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America, which . country was presently enveloped in a volume of cloud. And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country, and pillage and burn villages, towns and cities that I had beheld springing up. As my ears listened to the thun dering of - cannon and clashing of swords, and shouts cries of millions in mortal combat I again heard, the mys terious voice, saying : " 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' " 'When the voice had ceased, the dark, shadowy angel placed his trum pet onec more to his mouth, and blew a long, fearful blast. " 'Instantly a light, as of a thousand suns, shone down from above, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment I saw the angel upon whose forehead still shone the word Union, and who bore our national Flag in one hand, and a sword in the other, descend from heaven, attended bv legions of bright spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well nigh overcome, but who, immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken tanks, and renewed the battle. Again amid the fearful noise of the conflict, 1 heard the mysterious voice saying: " 'Son of the Republic, look and learn. ' " 'As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious. Then once more I beheld villages, towns and cities springing up where they had been be fore, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought, in the midst of them, cried in a loud voice to the inhabitants: 'While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Republic last!' " 'And taking from his brow the crown which still blazed the word Union he placed it upon the standard, while the people, kneeling down, said 'Amen !' " 'The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising and curling white vapor I had first beheld. This also disap pearing, I found my mysterious visit or, who in that same mysterious voice I had heard before, said : " 'Son ot the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted : Three perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the second, pass ing which, the whole world united shall never be able to prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land, and Union.' " 'With these words the figure van ished. I started from my seat, and felt that I had Been a vision wherein has been shown me the birth, progress and destiny oi the Kepublic of the United States. " 'In Union she will have strength ; in Disunion her destruction. "Such, my friend" conoluded the venerable narrator, "were the words I heard from Washington's own lips, and America will do well to profit by them. Let her forever remember that in Un ion she has her strength ; in disunion her destruction." BAPTISTS SELECT AS TORIA FOR 1918 MEET Levity at the Willamette Vallev Baptist Association here Wednesday of last weeK lor a time usurped the dig nity of the assembled church people, when the following paragraph of a let ter, accompanying a box of Spitzen burg apples presented the Association delegates by Manager Stone, of the Apple Growers Association, was read : "Recognizing your time honored custom we sought to select from our stock a box of 'water core' apples, but after diligent search we have been un able to locate any at this season of the year.and therefore we have substituted our UBual stock." Guests of the Commercial club, the Association delegates were taken for an automobile tour of the orchard dis tricts Wednesday afternoon. Officers of the Association were elected Wednesday afternoon as fol lows: Rev. W. J. Beaven, of the Third Baptist church, Portland, moder ator; Rev. D. A. Smith, of the Hills boro Baptist church, vice moderator. Rev. A. B. Walts was chosen to de liver the annual sermon of next year's convention, which will be held at As toria. Don't wait until the last moment to i order your pickers' and packers' tickets for the strawberry harvest. If you Hint j 'stock tickets we always hare them on hand. We will print your tickets for J ' you according to any form. ( EVERYBODY WANTS IMPROVED ROADS Plan That Will Insure State Better Highways to Be Voted Upon in June. Everybody wants good roads. The need for Improved highways is admit ted. - Every citizen Is anxious and willing to pay his share towards the cost of building good roads. All the Individual ever has Insisted upon and Is asking today Is that the public re ceive one dollar of value for every dollar expended la road construction. Frequently in the past the public has not received full value from these ex penditures. But this has been due Invariably to the lack ot a systematlo plan of road building and an Intelli gent supervision of the work by publio officials charged with disbursing the fund. The last Legislature, however, pro vided the necessary legislation for In troducing in Oregon a systematic and Intelligent campaign for the state-wide construction of permanent hard sur face highways. A complete road code was adopted and a Highway Commis sion created for Its administration. Another measure provided for issu ance of bonds aggregating $1,800,000 with which to match an equal amount provided by the Government, under the Shackleford Act, for the construc tion ot post roads and forest roads. Most Important ot the Legislative measures was that authorising the is sue of bonds to the amount ot 16,000, 000 for the construction of main trunk lines throughout the state. At the same time, another bill was passed doubling the annual license on all au tomobiles and motor vehicles. The revenue from this source, together with the money derived from the ex isting one-fourth mill road tax will meet all interest charges of the pro posed bond Issue and retire the bonds without adding a dollar to the direct taxes of the Indivldi' '. Ot these various measures, only one the $6,000,000 Bond Bill will be submitted to the voters for their ap proval at the special election, June 4th. This measure asks nothing of anybody except that which he must pay under laws which go Into effect regardless ot whether the bond issue be adopted. All manner of safeguards have been provided outside the bond ing act. The Highway Commission has been reorganized, methods of road construction ' have been reformed, competition In contracts has been made compulsory and an antl-consplr-acy bill has been passed. Amortiza tion tables show that the Income now irrevocably provided will retire the $6,000,000 bond issue, meet the re quirements of the Federal Act, pro vide maintenance of roads and leave a surplus even if there be no increase in assessed value or number of auto mobiles. Approval of the bond measure by the voters Is all that is needed to car ry out the good roads campaign effec tively. Indorsement ot the bonds at the June election would mean that actual road construction could begin this year. In passing on this measure, voters are not asked to vote blindly. The pending bond bill describes the roads that are to be constructed and defines the general character of their construction. All roads will be built under the supervision of the State Highway Commission which was cre ated for that specific purpose. The members ot the Commission are men of the strictest Integrity. They are among the state's most rep resentative citizens who have achiev ed enviable success In the business world. As appointees ot Governor Wlthycombe, they may be depended upon to conduct the business ot state road building with the same fidelity they have shown in their personal af fairs. The personnel of the Commis sion is a guarantee that all road funds coming Into Its hands will be dis bursed wisely and economically. EVERY PRODUCER WILL BE AIDED. Good roads concern and should in terest every citizen. They reduce the cost per ton to the producer in mar keting his products. This is an Im portant factor In determining the ulti mate cost to the consumer. Good roads mean a substantial saving fn the operating cost of 36.000 motor ve hicles in this state and will effect a further saving of at least 10 per cent in the depreciation ot all vehicles. These two items amount Into almost Incredible sums annually. All money raised for good roads will be expended In this state, contributing to the wel fare of all. Good roads Increase the value of all land contiguous to the highways that are improved. This stimulates road construction In other communities. Could more material reasons be urged for supporting the good roads bond bill at the special election June 4th? STRONG ARGUMENT FOR GOOD ROAD BONDS One ot the most forceful appeals for good roads was that offered for the Grange measures, which provided tor a bond issue and was printed in the 1912 official state pamphlet From that argument the following is quoted : "Business Men and Farmer, Produc er and Consumer: Vote for the Grange Measures, for you one and ail are Interested in the development of the state, that can never be accom plished without the construction ot good, permanent roads, built econom Ically and scientifically. Spence Shaw, Leedy, Mason, Committee Or gon State Orange." All are agreed that Oregon needs good roads. The only material dif ference of opinion is as to the method of financing the movement direct tax ation or bonds based on a revenue already provided by law. The fact that taxes are already burdensome is the very best argument for issuing bonds. The combined revenue from an Increased auto license and the existing state road tax will pay the Interent and retire at maturity the bonds proposed in the good roads bill. The people will vote on this bond bill at the special election June 4th. Jofles Verne's "28IW leagues Under the Sea" NOTHING LIKE IT ON EARTH The production cost over half a million dollars and that required over two years in the making. Genuine, Authentic, Undersea Photography SEE The weird grave dig ging scene at the bottom of the sea. SEE The daring crew of submarine Nautilus leave the boat from the underside ' to battle with the strange inhabitants of the deep. SEE The magic submarine window, and view the amaz ing panoramas of the deep, more fascinating than any thing on the face of the earth. SEE-The Nautilus rise from its ocean bed to battle with the U. S. Ship Abraham Lincoln. SEE The hair raising com bat between divers and gi ant sharks. See the working of a modern submarine. The firing of a torpedo and blowing up of a full rigged ship. Bringing to the view of all mankind unparalled under-the-sea scenes that for ages have been denied to the people of the earth. 8 BIG REELS Saturday and Sunday APRIL 28-29 AT THE GEM TODAY "The Mysterious Mrs. M.." featur ing Mary MacLaren. The story of a wealthy clubman whose iriends con spire to cure him of a condition caused by brooding and reading of morbid lit erature. Also big L-Ko grouch breaker. Friday Friday only. "Charlie Chaplin in "The Cure." Charlie thinks the coun try is going dry so he takes "The Cure." The funniest comedy he ever made. Admission, matinee, 5 and 10c, adults 15c. Evening all seats 15c. . Saturday and Sunday "20.000 Leagues Under the Sea." Present day thrilling submarine events were foretold 50 years ago by Jules Verne, the greatest imaginative writer who ever lived. Today they are pic tured down to the minute in the Uni versal startling photoplay based on "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea." When you see this - epoch-making drama you will have seen the most revolutionary achievement in cinema history. You will see Jules Verne's "monster" that terrorized the seven seas. You will see the mighty com mander, Captain Nemo, who followed the path of vessels zu.uuu leagues on his voyage of vengeance. You will see the torpedo fired and photographed under the ocean while speeding on its deadly mission, and then see a full rigged ship blown to atoms. Throutrh the maeic window in the submarine Nautilis you will see the victims sinking to the silent depths. Through this window you are shown all the amazing wonders of the deep. You see the Nautilis in a tropic ocean dive to mysterious depths and human beings emerge exactly as Jules Verne wrote. Hunters descend to the floor of the ocean among man-eating sharks. They require neither life lines nor air ?ipes to connect them with the sur ace. With a supply of oxygen in con densed air tanks they visit the wonder ' ful marine gardens; and coral cavern where human feet never ventured be fore. Century old wrecks are found and searched for lost treasures. There is ; a terrifying combat fathoms deep, be- tween Captain Nemo and a giant octo pus crushing a pearl diver in its mon ster tentacles; positively the most thrilling spectacle ever photographed. , Scenes from under the ocean on the earth and in the sky combine to make ; this first and only submarine drama ' truly the most amazing wonder picture , of all time. The Universal spent nearly two years producing this unusual picture. A ; company of actors was taken to the . bottom of the ocean and with the as sistance of George D. Stillson, whose deep sea divers raised the U. S. Sub marine F-4, the actors were taught the use of the latest diving invention which enables them to step out on the ocean bed and take part in a drama as if they were on the stage. Admission, matinee, childen 15c, adults 25c. Evening, children 25c, adults 35c. Monday and Tuesday Theda Bars in "Her Double Life." Also Uncle Sam's Defenders. Watch for "Whispering Smith," 10 ' reels. Our next feature, Admission I APPLE NOTES Evidence of a price and business combine among mills and jobbers hand ling paper fruit wrappers has been ac cumulated by the United States dis trict attorney at Spokane, according to C. J. Webb, assitant manager of the Spokane Fruit Growers' company. The attorney is ready to take action as soon as another federal grand jury is called. Complaint of an advance of 100 per cent on fruit wappers was made some time ago by the associations in the Yakima valley and at Wenatchee. Mr. Webb says that prices were ad vanced from six cents a pound last year to 12 cents a pound there this year. There has been some reduction, however. Different grades are used by the various districts. In the Yaki ma valley and around Wenatchee the price was advanced from around four cents a pound last year to eight cents this season. Fruitmen say there is no justifica tion for an advance above 30 to 35 per cent. They claim this will absorb all the increased cost of production. The mills making the wrappers are prac tically all in Oregon ana California. For the hrst time perhaps in mar keting history a compilation covering a period of years has been made show ing actual figures on rejections and al lowances. The Northwestern Fruit Exchange, wishing to definitely arrive at facts on this subject which has been more or less the bane of the fruit grower's life, listed every allowance for six seasons of operations, and find ing these averages a little over two per cent of the total sales, then set to work and listed the loss and damage claims as an offset. The latter showed a sum of cash actually paid to shippers of $40,734.85, or the equivalent of a little over one per cent of total sales. The exact averages are as follows : Rejections and allowances to buyers, six years, 0204 per cent of total sales ; loss and damage claims to shippers, 0103 per cent of total sales ; balance or net rejections and allowances over loss and damage claims, 0101 per cent of total sales. The above shows that about one half of the allowances made buyers were afterwards collected from carriers or other sources as loss and damage claims. . Had Trouble Four or Five Years No one appreciates good health Uke those who are 111. W. J. Furrv, R. F. D. 2, Salem Mo., writes: "I have been bothered with bladder trouble four or rive year?. It gave me a great deal of pain. I took different medicines, but nothing did me any pnod until I got Fo ley Kidney I'ills." Many persons sut ler from kidney and bladder trouble when they cau be relieved. Backache, dizziness, rheumatic pains, stiff or sore joints and other symptoms yield to Po le- Kidney nils, bold everywhere. An inspection will convince you that the service of the Palace Hotel, Portland Oregon, Washington and Twelfth streets, is second to none. Convenient to shop ping and theatre districts, cleanest rooms in city for 50 ennts and up. fltf Thirty acres irrigation water under ; East Fork for Rent. R. W. Arena. n30tf j E Two Hours Running Time Matinee Children 15c, Adults 25c Evening Children 25c, Adults 35c nn WJ $635 Mow $665 May 1st because of the increased cost of the high-grade materials used in the manu facture of Maxwell Motor Cars and because ths policy of the Maxwell Company will not permit of cheapening its product v therefore the price of the Maxwell will be slightly increased as follows : Touring Car, from $635 to $665 Roadster - from $620 to $650 All prices f. o. b. Detroit Buy YOUR Maxwell before MAY FIRST and save the increase Anderson & Keir Local Agents for Motor Cars Hay,Grain, Mill Feed, Flour and Corn Meal CORN MEAL Made from com grown in Hood River Valley, milled and sacked by Kelly Bros. No better, fresher meal than this. Get it from your grocer KELLY BROS. CORN MKAL, YOU'LL SEE-The death grapple between a giant oc topus and a pearl diver (the only moving picture of its kind in the world) showing an octopus and a man in fe rocious battle on the ocean's bottom. YOU'LL SEE-The strange funeral procession wending its way to the graveyard of Captain Nemo. YOU'LL SEE-Captain Ne mo's party exploring the ocean's bed with the new diving apparatus requiring neither air hose or life line. YOU'LL SEE-The fasci nating life in the mighty deep, that for thousands of centuries has been denied to the sight of the peoples of the earth. Saturday-and Sunday APRIL 28-29
