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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 20. 1917
VOL. XXIX
No. 8
KOBERG
Non Pareil
Vegetables and
Plants
are picking green beans now
Burpee's Stringless Green Pod.
True to our standard we don't grow any
thing but the best in quality, and this
bean as grown by us for many years is
certainly Non Pareil.
j& Have you tried some of our Cauli
flower? The seed was sown on March 20th, and it ought
to be tender ?
How are your plants doing that we grow for you?
When we sell plants we want you to get the most out of
them, and if you have any trouble that we can help you
out on, you are welcome and entitled to our advice and
service.
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LESLIE BUTLER - - President
F, McKERCHER - - Director
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Loun Association, Portland) I
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BUYERS OF
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Desire to announce to growers that they will lie represented in
Hood River hereafter bv WALTER R. WOOLPKRT, who has been
representing the Company in White Salmon. Mr. Woolpert will spend
the greater part of his time in Hood River, with headquarters at the
Oregon Hotel.
HOOD WELCOMES
LARGE PARTY
EDUCATORS AND MAZAMAS CLIMB
Participants in Royal Sport Camp on
Sand Canyon, Where Snowbanks
Are Still Deep
(By C. B. Compton)
Clad in the vestments of winter with
a sweltering world below, garbed in
regal mantle of immaculate and per
petual snow, His Majesty Mount Hood
right royally received and welcomed
on his snowbound summit last Sunday
a large party of Mazamas and their
invited gueBts, the majority of whom
were members of the National Educa
tion association which recently closed
its sessions here.
Aloof from the earth, lording it over
the peaceful Pacific, comuning with
the clouds, stands forth in majestic
and solemn grandeur this Monarch of
the mid-Columbian region. Patriarch
and Patron Saint of the Mazamas,
some of whom each summer season
make pilgTimage to this snowy shrine
atop the Cascades, the great white
mountain was this year the objective
point of the Mazama club in their
annual outing. Timed to take place at
the conclusion of the N. E. A. conven
tion, a general invitation was extended
to the educators, who were here from
various sections of the United States,
to join the Mazamas in their annual
outing, over 70 responding. When
originally organized several years ago
this club adopted, appropriately, the
name of a mountain goat which has its
habitat in the higher mountain regions
of South America, hence Mazama.
Now, mountain climbing, mind you,
is no sport for weaklings, no pastime
for children nor invalids. Those whose
pedestrian proclivities have carried
them no farther than an occasional
stroll in the parks or a few hours
window shopping would better practice
hiking in the neighboring foot hills for
a few weeks or take a preliminary
try-out of twenty miles before break
fast on level roads before undertaking
any strenuous mountain work with the
Mazamas. Whether it be in the Swiss
Alps, the South American Andes, or
in the mountain ranges of the north
western United States, mountain
climbing is regarded by its devotees
as the king of sports.
To become a Mazama one must have
climbed to the top of at least one snow
capped peak, and the proudest boast
of your true Oregonian is that he or
she has scaled the summit of a moun
tain range, of which in Oregon there
is a wide range of choice, of varying
difficulties and scenic beauty. Base
ball, golf, tennis, cricket, surf riding,
or motoring are each and all well
enough for the lowlander or coast
resident who loves level ground and
smooth going1, but your true Mazama
scorns the lower levels, gazes with
wistful 'eyes toward the mountain top,
and rests not content until he has sur
mounted all difficulties of rocky paths,
devious trails, beetling crags, or slip
pery snow tields,and stands triumphant
above the glacier where the snow
never melts, far above the eagle's
eyrie, to view the jumbled world
below.
Headed by their president, W. P.
Hardesty, a veteran in the hiking
game, 26 Mazamas, accompanied by
approximately 70 educators and other
invited guests left Portland early Sat
urday morning, July 14, for Hood
River, first leg of the journey toward
Mount Hood. To successfully carry
out an expedition of this nature re
quires a large amount of experience
and executive ability on the part of
the committee in charge. The com'
mittee on arrangements for this hike
up Mt. Hood consisted of Miss
Harriett Monroe, chairman, an enthu
siastic Mazama who has made six
previous trips up Mt. Hood; Robert
Hitch, experienced organizer and
mountain climber; Dean Richards, and
R. H. Atkinson, city passenger agent
for the O.-W. R. & N. company. To
their untiring energy, atsisted by Roy
Ayers who served as chief guide, is
due in a large measure the success of
the undertaking. The officials of the
Mount Hood railway company, which
line extends from Hood River to Park-
dale, placed the equipment of this
company at the disposition of the
Mazamas. County Commissioner J. u.
Hannum and R. J. Mclsaac, of Park
dale, looked after the transportation
and camD at the mountain end.
Arriving Parkdale shortly before
noon Saturday in two large ran autos,
the entire party was escorted to a hall
where" ladies of that community served
an excellent dinner with strawberry
trimmings, the proceeds of which are
destined for Red Cross relief work.
That afternoon the mountain climbers
were transported in automobiles and
auto trucks a distance of eight miles
to a point two miles from Sand Canyon
camp. From this point all hiked to
the camp which was pitched on a ridge
near the timber line. Here blankets
were issued, beds of balsamic fir
boughs were made under the open sky
by the individual members of the
party, and all made comfortable for
the night. At seven o'clock all fell in
line with mess kits and shack cafeteria
for a beefsteak supper. Shortly before
ten o'clock pyrotechnical display of
red fire illuminated the heavens from
the summit of Mount Hood, which
was greeted by cheers from the camp'
ers below. By ten o'clock the majority
of the party had turned in for a good
night's rest preparatory to the arduous
hike anticipated next day.
The scenic surroundings at this
camp on Sand Canyon began to take
on a more rugged appearance, with
huge rocks and boulders in evidence
and scraggy, stunted trees, crushed
and mangled by the weight of winter
snows on all sides, and a wide variety
of second growth firs and cedars from
which to select one's mountain mat
tress. Drinking and cooking water
was made by melting snow in galvan
izprl iron tubs, the snow being easily
nhtainable from a huge pocket of
drifted snow ten yards from the cook
shack. Even at this altitude of be
tween 5000 and 6000 feet, the temper
ature was such on this mid-July night
that blankets were hardly necessary
snrfall s ept auite comfortably.
West of Sand Canyon camp, looking
toward the head of lilly Jane creek,
mv be seen Cloud Cap Inn and Snow
shoe Clubhouse, a distance of about
two miles across the canyon and at a
slightly higher altitude. An extension
of the Hood River county road was but
recently completed to within less than
two miles of Sand Canyon camp. The
advantages claimed are that automo
biles may approach to within one and
one-half miles of the new camp with
no road tolls to pay.
Bright and early, shortly after three
rv'clix'k Sunday morning the sleeping
Mazamas and Pajamas, as their guests
were dubbed, were awakened by the
clamorous beating of a huge gong at
the cook shack, and they rolled from
under their blankets to witness the
first faint pallor of approaching sun
rise purpling the ranges of eastern
Oregon. An hour later breakfast was
served and by five o'clock all was in
readiness lor the beginning of the hike
to the big white top. Aside from the
small forest of alpenstocks, borne
scepter-like by the expectant hikers,
the most striking feature of this ma
tutinal ssemblage was the absence of
skirts. Although nearly half the party
was composed of women, somewhere
between darkness and daylight a won-
derous transformation was effected and
the cumbersome skirts and petticoats
of the preceding day gave way in the
light of early dawn to high laced.
sturdy mountain boots and a variety of
leggings and khaki trousers to suit the
individual fancy, all of which added to
the day's comfort and scenic effect.
Shortly after five o clock a mid-day
lunch in paper bags was issued at the
cook shack, the hikers assembled at
the edge of the forest, and a few
moments later the procession was under
way mountainward, winding slowly
through the last patch of timber. Out
in the open, just above the timber
line, the party was halted by Robert
Hitch who divided the crowd into com
panies, lettered from A to 11, each
company averaging from ten to twelve
members' with a leader and anchor
man for each company. Chief Guide
Koy Ayers, regarded as one of the
best mountain men in the Mazama
organization, then took charge and,
after a lew brief instructions had been
given amateurs in the use of the alpen
stock, the serious work of the day
began. Especially were they enjoined
not to talk, for talking, they were
told, exhausts the lungs. The proces
sion counted off and it was found there
were 91 in line, including 26 Mazamas.
Among those from Hood River valley
who joined the party at camp were Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Windham, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Collins and son, Jack, Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman Lafferty and son,
Duane, U. G. Onthank, N. W. Battey,
G. C. Battey, George I. Howe, and C.
B. Compton.
from the timber line to Coopers
Spur the trail led through a rocky
waste bedded with volcanic ash, a
gradual ascent regarded by some as
the most trying portion of the climb.
Cooper's Spur was reached about 7:30
a. m., and at the edge of the snow
fields each company was equipped with
a 75 foot rope looped at intervals of
six or eight feet, through each loop
one arm was passeed, the other being
free to carry the all important alpen
stock. Miss Monroe followed in the
wake of tie column to look after
stragglers, ff whom there were less
than a dozen who dropped out from
various causes, some exhausted, others
suffering from dizziness,, numbness, or
heart and lung troubles.
At the snow line the mam party was
joined by a smaller party composed in
part of President W. J. Kerr, of (J. A.
C, Dr. W. F. Foster, president of
Reed College, President P. L. Camp
bell, of University of Oregon, Camp
bell Church, W. K. Newell, and Miss
Shields, they having spent the night
at Cloud Cap Inn.
Here on the snow helds began the
gruelling, heartbreaking ascent which
constitutes the third degree of moun
tain climbing. When the snow field
was reached the party was again
halted, faces were smeared with grease
paint to protect them from the blind
ing glare and refraction of the sun's
merciless rays on the glittering snow.
This portion of the ascent was negoti
ated by a zig zag course as the grade
increased and halts were made every
20 yards or so to rest. It is an unus
ual experience for many to stand in
snow at an elevation of 8000 or 9000
feet above sea level with a mid-July
sun burning the hand and face while
the feet were chilled almost to freez
ing by the snow.
Slowly and ever upward in their zig
zag course these pygmies of the earth
toiled and tugged up the slope of the
giant mountain, feet freezing and
bodies weltering as they gazed hope
fully toward their goal at the top of
Oregon's Olympus. After some 2000
teet of patient trudging through the
slippery snow on an ever increasing
grade, a point was reached which
marked the last and steepest lap of the
journey. Here, at the beginning oi
the steep apex, was encountered an
inch rope, some 1700 feet in length,
the upper end of which was fastened
to a rock at the summit, the zigzag
course was abandoned and the route
along the rope led straight up. As
sis ted by this line the tired climbers
took on new hope. A few fell out of
line and were assisted by the guides
over to rocky cases where they re
maineu to rest or returned below.
Several were overtaken on this last
lap by mountain sickness, a queer mal
ady bearing distinct symptoms of sea
sickness.
When about half way up the snow
field, Robert H. Fox, an experienced
mountain hiker, was administering a
drink of coffee from his thermos bottle
to one of the women of company H
Unobserved in time by him there came
suddenly a roaring, swishing avalanche
of snow down the slope and, before he
could avoid it, he was knocked over.
Witnesses to this accident from above
say they could see nothing but a whirl
ing mass of legs, arms, alpenstock and
haversack. Retaining his presence of
mind, Fox finally got control of his
alpenstock, thrust it deep into the
crusted snow, regained his equilibrium
and returned composedly to his place
in line. He was headed straight for
the Elliott Glacier, and had this acci
dent occured to a less active climber it
is more than probable the glacier
chasm below would have claimed
victim.
From Conner's Snur mav he sppn
number of points of interest, including
Eliot Glacier, Coe Glacier, Ladd Gla
cier, Pulpit Rock, Langille Crags,
Barrett Spur, Steel Glacier, White
River Glacier, Newton Clark Glacier,
Triangular Morraine, Lunch Rock,
I,amber8on Butte and Crater Rock
Off below to the southeast may be
seen Elks Meadows, and still farther
away snuggles Badger Lake and Bon
ney Meadow, near which is formed the
headwaters of the east fork of Hood
River.
COMPANY 12
KJN CAMP
ARTILLERY MOBILIZED YESTERDAY
Tents Pitched on City Park, Which Has
Been Made Comfortable for Short
Residence of Soldiers
Promptly at nine o'clock yesterday
morning the men of Twelfth Company,
Coast Artillery Corps. Oregon National
Guard, among whom are Hood River's
finest young men, standing erect in
their uniformed line, were ready to
answer the roll call of First Sergeant
W. J. A. Baker, and before the citizens
of the town had time to realize that
the company was in proceBa of becom
ing a part of the great armies of the
United States government, the column
had wheeled and marched away to the
city park, on which is erected the open
air theatre. Here the Hood River boys
will encamp during the brief stay in
town.
The park, which hereafter will prob
ably bear the name "Artillery Park,"
as made as comfortable as possible for
the soldier boys, Mayor Dumble declar
ing that the best is none too good for
the soldier lads of the Apple Valley.
The swimming pool was filled and
turned over to the soldiers for their
exclusive use. Lavatories were con
structed by the city and connected with
the city sewage' system. The camp
equipment was transported to the
camp Tuesday afternoon, and 15 of the
men spent Tuesday night on guard,
thus getting their first taste of this
most trying of all duties of a soldier.
A bustle was noted about the armory
in Heilbronner hall as early as Monday
morning, and men in uniform have
given the town an unuBual military air
throughout the week. Tuesday after
noon motor trucks appeared at the
doors of the armory and the tents and
other equipment were hurried to
Artillery park. On Monday after
noon Harry Sines, who will have
charge of the culinary department of
tne company, visited grocery stores,
meat markets and produce concerns
laving in a supply of staples. The
first meal was served to the full com
pany yesterday noon.
While a number of the boys, busy
making final arrangements for mobil
ization, were unable to attend the
party, the farewell dance given at
Heilbronner hall Monday night in
honor of Twelfth Company by Arthur
Kolstad, of the Electric Theatre, will
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Geo. R. Wilbur, the Company's Com
manding Officer.
go down in history as one of the most
largely attended and successful dances
ever given in Hood River, and as a
result the mess fund of the company is
$102 larger than before the dance.
Mr. Kolstad secured the services of
prominent musicians, not only locally
but of The Dalles and Portland. The
entire proceeds of the dance were
turned over to the company.
J, R. Nunamaker and the Hood
River Creamery have won the hearts
of the artillerymen. On Wednesday
evening Mr. Nunamaker left for the
boys two apple boxes of his delicious
cherries. The creamery gave the
artillerymen two cans of buttermilk.
After drills on Gibson field, the athletic
grounds of the high school, the cool
buttermilk formed a refreshing bever
age for the boys.
Provided the artillerymen have not
been called to some point of training
beforehand, a special service at the
open air theatre has been planned for
Sunday. I he services will begin at 11
o'clock and the sermon will be
preached by Bishop R. L. Paddock,
who himself expects a call soon as an
army chaplain.
Twelfth Company men on Tuesday
were presented with cigars by Duck
and George, proprietors of the Electric
Kitchen. "May all of your trouble
vanish like the smoke of these cigars,"
was a part of the farewell greeting of
the popular restaurant men.
The first man to receive first aid waa
Corporal Hodges, who sustanied a
slight scratch Tuesday while moving a
stove Blood poison set in. and it waa
necessary to have medical attention.
Since the final roster was prepared
Max Wycoff enlisted with the company.
Walter Sjhay, who was recently
granted a discharge, was not able to
bear the sight of seeing his old associ
ates leave while he remained at home,
and he re-enlisted yeterday and waa
present at mobilization.
the roster of the company is as fol
lows:
Captain, George R. Wilbur: first
lieutenant, Edw. W. Van Horn ; sec
ond lieutenant, Edw. E. Brosius ; ser
geants, W. J. A. Baker, Bliss A.Clark,
rorrest u. Moe, W. V. chandler and
Robert L. Foust ; Corporals, William
L. Hodges, Hayes L. Bickford, Glenn
B. Shoemaker, Willam B. Small, Wal
ter Ford and Lee H. Sexton ; cooks. L.
V. Driscoll and Harry Sines; me
chanics, Allyn Button and Rudyard
rmhoiz ; buglers, Mdney Carnine and
wade T. Robbins; first-class privates.
William Bailey, Robert J. Barr, Leon
M. Bentley, Harold H. Blackman. Ar
thur J. Hansen, Therkild Hansen, Carl
C. Kent. Leon A. Littlefield, Carl D.
Newman, Oak M. Rogers, Ldwin A.
Sonnichsen and Frederick A. Thomaen :
privates, Joel C. Abbott, Corbett Alex
ander, Harold C. Anderson, Gershon G.
Battey, Gordon Boyington, Carl W.
Carlson, Floyd H. Carnes, Joseph K.
Carson, Jr., Robert O. Clark, Claud C.
Collins, Bruce Combs, Carl C. Copper,
Hugh W. Copple, William F. Coshow,
Elmer W. Creson, Rose lie C. Krohn,
Orrie S. Cushman, Cecil C. Cutler,
Samuel Douglass, Earl Dunbar, Lester
G. Fisher, Gustaf A. Forsburg, Floyd
L. French, Ray W. Gibson, Samuel
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