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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY,' DECEMBER 13, 1917
No. 28
We Have Recently Changed
the time of intervals between rings of oar Hood River Ex
change. Thin arrangement will put a stop to considerable
instrument trouble caused by the ringing current passing
through the receiver of the telephone when the called parties
would attempt to answer daring the ringing period. If a
subscriber wishes a partv on his own line, when the operator
instructi hiin to bang up while she tings, instead of return
ing the receiver to the hook, if he holds the hook down with
the other hand and still holds the receiver to his ear, he will
hear a tone in the receiver at the time of ringing on the line.
This is a much surer test than to listen for hit own bell to
pick up a slight hum.
THE TELEPHONE IS FOR YOUR SERVICE
Oregon-Washington Telephone Company
Don't Take a
Chance
on losing your valuables by Fire
or Theft. Our Safety Deposit Boxes will
protect them and the rental is a small matter
$2.22 per Year
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Member Federal Reserve System
vLViv- -Ck AF ;
Pictures
of Home
from Home, come closer to the
hearts of the boys "over there,"
'than anything else, except letters.!
Both are National obligations and
the best preventives against home
sickness. Ask "the boys." This -year,
make someone happy with a
Kodak.
Give her, or him, or them a Kodak and
'you can be assured that your gift will be
instructive, enlightening and always en
joyable a never ending reminder in the
Kodak pictures they can make.
. Our Store simply radiates the spirit of
Christmas. Throughout onr displays you
will find articles which are especially ap
propriate as gift suggestions the useful,
lasting kind that make Christinas giving
worth while.
KRESSE DRUG CO.
The R&xaJUL Store
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COME IN AND HEAR THE LATEST DECEMBER RECORDS
Liberty Bonds for
Christmas
Patriotism, Thrift and the Joy of Giving
are combined in the use of LIBERTY
BONDS FOR CHRISTMAS
We will have the different denominations ready for
delivery in a few days and we will be glad
to have your order.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Conservation and Economy
go hand in hand here. We will help you do your bit toward
conserving the wool supply of the country and to economize
on the clothes question at the same time. " " 'ry
Almost everybody ia paying particular attention to their
old clothes now in place of buying new. Let us show you
what can be done with your clothes. How you can get more
satisfactory service out of that old suit or coat than you ever
dreamed was possible.
Don't throw good clothes away just because they need
cleaning and pressing, or perhaps a little repairing. We are
experts at cleaning, repairing and altering garments for men
and women. You will be better dressed and save money on
your clothes if you will let us keep them in shape for you.
Work called for and delivered anywhere in the city.
Telephone 1124
MEYER & WOOD
HOTEL OREGON BUILDING. SECOND STREET
HOOD RIVER
Sets Ge Pace
20th Year
pATHERS, Sons and Grandsons, each
within their time, have found Olds
mobile durability, endurance and com
fort inseparably woven among . their
fondest family traditions.
DEMONSTRATION OR FURTHER INFORMATION BY
J. W. ANDERSON
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Apples Potatoes
All Grades and Varieties
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Tel 2221
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instantly. Portable. Eco
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only when heat it needed
no waste. No smoke or
odor.
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DRIVE IS ON
LET THIS BE RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
Every Adult ia County With Membership
Receipt is the Goal Set by
Manager Scott
Already the stage is set for the
Hooa Kiver county lied cross member
ship drive, and R. E. Scott, appointed
manager of the campaign says mat
the goal will be membership receipts
In the hands or every adult man ana
woman in the county. The executive
committee of the Chapter, which has a
membership of 800, is composed of the
following men and women: t. U.
Blanchar. chairman: Leslie Butler.
Mrs. E. R. Moller, C. N. Ravlin, Wal
ter Kimball, Dr. i. C Brosius and r,
S. Davidson.
Mr. Scott has appointed his captains
or drive teams as follows : ur. ti i.
Hulk Odell : J. K. Carson. Mrs. S. E.
Bartmess and J. H. Hazlett, Hood
River; A. J. Graff. Pine Grove; W.
H. Boddy, Parkdale; Mrs. T. J. Kin
naird. Dee ; G. M. Uptegrove, Mount
Hoodand Leroy Chi Ids. West bide.
For $1 membership may be purchased
in the Ked Cross. The most costly an'
nual membership is $10.. However, the
principal drive will be made lor mem
berships at $1 a year, or $2 a year,
which includes a subscription to the
Ked cross magazine.
One hall of the 11 memberships may
be retained by the local Chapter for
its war work. lor the purchase or sup
plies to be manufactured for the Red
Cross, etc., for the relief ef local de
pendents of soldiers and the like. The
balance goes to Washington.
There are hve million members or
the Rod Cross at present.
LIVE NEWS FROM
TWELFTH COMPANY
The annlcs shipped bv the Ladies'
Auxiliary were highly appreciated by
the boys. Each squad received a box
and it was accessible at all times.
This is the first fresh fruit to be
shared by all that the boys have re
ceived.
Rain or shine the Coasst Artillery
companies take their weekly marches.
With full field equipment, including
shelter tent with blanket roll and a
day's rations, the two companies sta
tioned at fort Can by recently picked
Long Beach as the campinglgrounda ot
the day. The men pitched their tents
on the beach forming a company
street, and prepared the noon day meal
from the rations issued to each man by
the commissary, consisting of bread,
bacoil and potatoes. Camp was broken
early in the afternoon with everyone
confident that they were acquainted
with field service routine. The corn-
Dan ies returned to the fort through the
down pouring rain, a bit footsore and
tired but not downhearted, the pay
master awaiting them with the month
ly paychecks.
The members are enthusiastic over
the possibilities of the government in
surance for the benefit oi the soldiers.
A large number of are subscribing for
the limit of (10,000. This insurance
requires a minimum premium depending
on the age of the applicant, but no
physical examination is required. This
insurance protects the soldier in case
of partial or total disabilities incurred
in line of duty, and his beneticianes
are protected against his death.
Lumber has arrived for the construc
tion of the cantonments and work will
commence at once on these structures.
Bv the assistance of the Y. M. C. A.
and others who are interested in the
soldiers' library it has been possible
for an institution of this kind to be es
tablished at the Post. The shelves
contain over a thousand novels of the
best authors and magazines of latest
monthly issues. Cpl. Clark has been
detailed as custodian. '
Examinations for rating as second
class gunner were held Monday. This
rating calls for $2 a month increase.
A menu in detail is issued by the
mess sergeant for each successive day
that the men may regulate their ap
petites accordingly.
Capt Wibur authorized a recruiting
parti of there, Sgt Ford, Sgt. Hodges
and Cpl. Sexton, to make a last Btand
in Hood River before December 15.
The Company lacks only eight men to
complete the quotmpf war strength and
it is desired that this number come
from Hood River.
An attack. on our "western front" is
expected very soon. Col. Jupe is re
ported to be prepared to drop on us at
any moment, we have our first line
trenches dug and we will wade into his
forces with rubber boot and slickers.
NUMAMAKERS HAVE
WET TRIP SOUTH
"Don't come in a car," is the mes
sage of J. R. Kunamaker, who with
Mrs. Nunamaker arrived last week in
Berkeley, Calif., after eight days of
touring from here.
We are now safely here ad are not
one bit sorry that we came overland,"
writes Mrs. Nunamaker to J. W. An
derson, from whom an Oldsmob'le was
purchased especially for the southern
tour. "But it was a mighty hard trip
due to the heavy rains.
"We are proud of our car, for it cer
tainly had a hard test and proved itself
splendid. We don't advise you to drive
over, however, for the roads are in a
trrible condition now -since it has
rained. . We are awaiting a visit from
our son, Neal, a student at the Univer
sity of California, who is also eager to
give the car a trial."
Mrs. Nunamaker sent to Mr. Ander
son a log of the trip.
The first day 100 miles to Shaniko
were made, the itinerary inlcuding the
following towns: The Dalles, Dufur,
Kingsley, Tygh Valley, Maupin, Bake
Oven. Mrs. Nunamaker made the note
that the roads as far as Dufur were
good but slightly slippery. The re
mainder of the log is as follows :
"Second day Antelope, Gateway,
Madras. Metolius. Culver, Opal City,
Terrebone, Redmond, Laidlaw and
Bend, 84.5 miles. Roads out of Shani
ko Very slippery after the least rain
fait. Roads rough from Redmond to
Bend.
"Third day Crescent, 51 miles.
First 15 miles very rough and muddy.
"Fourth day Klamath Falls. 108
miles. For 75 miles we traveled
through timber. It had been raining
for two or three days and the roads
were terrible. So far we have had no
good weather.
"Fifth day-Yreka, Calif., about 70
miles. 1 he nrst 4U miles were terri
ble. We got stuck in adobe mud, but
managed to get our,
"Sixth day Gazette. Edgewood, Sis
son, Dunsmuir. The roads were very
good.
"Seventh dsy-Redding, Red Bluff,
Corning, Williams. Roads bad.
"Eighth day-Davis. Fairfield. Beni-
cia and Oakland, making a total of 830
miles.
G. R. CASTNER TELLS
OF EASTERN TRIP
"It was a wonderful trip and one the
educational value of which my grand
daughter. Frances daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Chaa. H. Castner, who ac
companied me, will never forget.
says Judge Geo. R. Castner, who re
cently returned from a tour of the
middle . weBt and east that carried him
as far as Boston, where as a delegate
from the local Post he attended the
national encampment . of the Grand
Army.
Judge Castner and his grandaughter
left here June 5, going by way of Spo
kane. For 440 miles they traveled
over the C. M. & sU f. system, which
has been electrified and which ; Judge
Castner characterizes as one of the
finest pieces of railroad engineering he
saw.
"For the entire distance," he says,
"through tunnels and out in the wild
expanses of the mountains, we sailed
along without smokefor cinders."
Judge Castner .and his granddaughter
made an extended visit at his child
hood home. Lawton, Mich. He found a
grove of sugar maples that he had set
out in 1864 grown so large that he was
unable to reach around their trunks.
At Battle Creek he attended the state
encampment of the Michigan Grand
Army and marched with old comrades,
four abreast, until thunderstorm
broke up the parade. Judge Castner
attended a reunion of his regiment, the
12th Michigan Infantry, at Kalamazoo.
Fifteen of the members of his company
were present.
"We next visited Jackson, Mich.,"
says Judge Castner, "Where I resided
for 23 years, and then we made a motor
trip to Willoughby, Mich., where Mrs.
Castner and I were married. Then we
proceeded to New York city and into
New Jersey, visiting historic grounds
of the Revolution. We saw the Pal
isades of the Hudson and the point
where Burgoyne made his vain attempt
to trap Washington. We visited the
old hotel where Major Andre was kept
a prisoner. One room of the buillding
is still kept intact.
"We made the trip from New York
to Boston by boat, arriving in the lat
ter city on the morning the national
encampment of the Grand Army as
sembled, I was a delegate to the en
campment and in the parade, which
wa witnessed by a crowd estimated at
2,000,000, I carried the Grand Army
banner."
2 On thereutrn trip Judge Castner and
nis granddaughter visited Buffalo and
Niagara falls. They traveled west
ward by boat to Detroit. On the way
home through Canada they visited at
Penticton, where Judge Castner was
formerly in the horticultural service of
the provincial government of British
Columbia, and Vernon, where John a.
Castner, a son, is now employed by the
government as a horticulturist. Judge
Castner says that practically all of the
young men of Canada have joined the
army and that the fruit crops are being
handled by women, the British Co
lumbia district produce 1 abundant yield
this season. All of the apples have
been shipped.
Judge Castner and Miss Castner vis
ited Vancouver and Victoria. On the
boat from the latter place they were
fellow passengers with Ambassador
ierard, who was en route to Seattle to
deliver an address..
POST AND CORPS
ELECT OFFICERS
The annual election of officers for
Canby Post, G. A. R., and Can by
Corps, W. R. C, was held Saturday
afternoon. The Grand Army officers
elected for the ensuing year are as fol
lows : K. M. Hunt, commander ; ban
ford Smith, senior vice ; Dr. J. Will
iams, junior vice; John A. Wilson,
quartermaster; Rev. J. W. Rigby,
chaplain ; S. Copple, ofheer of the day ;
L. H. Nichols, patriotic instuctor; N.
W. Hardman, officer of the guard. N.
W. Hardman and James King were
named as delegates to the state en
campment to be held in Portland ;alter-
nates, Ur. W imams and v. e. btanton.
The woman's auxiliary elected the
following officers : Mrs. Lizzie Ander
son, reelected, pres. ; Mrs. Josephine
Buckiin, senior vice; Mrs. carmean
Powell, junior vice ; Mrs. Grace Honey
well, treas. ; Mrs. Belle McCurdy, chap
lain ; Mrs. Anna Nichols, con. ; Mrs.
Rebecca Wall, guard. Delegates to
the state encampment were elected as
follows : Mrs. Ella Wilbur, Mrs. Alice
Ward, Mrs. Anna Nichols, Mrs. S.
Copple, Mrs. Susan Dean, Mrs, Nettie
Moses, Mrs. lva Dcooee; alternates,
Mrs. Kate Frederick, Mrs. Ada Isbell,
Mrs. Ida Crapper, Mrs. Carmean Pow
ell, Mrs. Nettie May, Mrs. Belle Mc
Curdy and Mrs. Josephine Buckun.
Soldiers Get Apples Sunday
C A. Bell, on the way home Sunday
from Portland, where he had attended
the annual meeting of the Oregon Ho
tel Men's Association, learning that
three cars attached to his train were
can-vine a contingent of young aviat
ors en route from Vancouver Baracks
to San Antonio, Tex., where they will
be in training, wired the news to Mrs.
L. M. Bentley, member of a committee
of the Woman's club.
- As a result Mrs. Bentley and Mrs.
S. E. Bartmess met the train and dis
tributed apples to the soldiers. The
?ift of fruit was a pleasant surprise
or the soldiers, who, munching apples,
shouted their thanks as the train
pulled out. ,
Joe Vannier left Monday for Van
couver, where he will enlist in the
quartermaster's department
QUESTIONNAIRES
TOJJEMAILED
COUNTY BOARDS HAVE ORGANIZED
Attorneys Ready to Give Free Advice
Medical Board Appointed The
Documents Are Lengthy
Hood River county ia all set for the
segregation of eligible under the se
lective draft through operation of the
questionnaire which all eligible! will
be required to sign. The document is
lengthy and will require much study on
the part of the signer. Attorneys will
give free advice to all men under the
draft
The following statement has been is
sued by A. J. Derby, chairman of the
legal advisory board :
To Registrants : The legal advisory
board for Hood River county has been
organized under authority from the
President, composed of the following
members: A. J. Derby, chairman.
Hood River, Tel. 1531 ; . H. Hazlett,
secretary, TeL 3671 ; L. N. Blowers,
Tel. 1691. I -
The following associate members
have been appointed: W. H. Boddy,
Parkdale, Tel. Odell 23; C B. Comp
ton, Dee, TeL Odell 39x ; A. G. Lewis,
Pine Grove, ,Tel. 4677 ; J. E. Ferguson,
Odell, Tel. Odell 6x2; Frank Fenwick.
Oak Grove, Tel. 6682; A. W. Meyers,
Cascade Locks ; Hood River : E. C.
Smith, Tel. 3291; John Baker, Tel.
1723; E. H. Hartwig, Tel. 8191; J. F.
Batchelder, Tel. 3232; C, D. Nickelsen,
Tel. 2801.
Any member can be reached at the
address given, and will be glad to as
sist any registrant applying for advice
in making out his questionnaire; in ad-,
dition, one or more members will be
on duty at the courthouse all times to
assist registrants. The services of the
members are free.
The medical advisory board is com
posed of Drs. J. F. Watt H. L. Dura
ble, E. D. Kanaga and C. H. Jenkins.
Sheriff Johnson will begin next Sat
urday to mail out the questionnaires at
the rate of five per cent each day.
MRS. BATCHELDER
SEES MEN KNITTERS
"The war has thoroughly impressed
itself on the inhabitants of the Atlan
tic coast cities," says Mrs. J. F. Batch
elder, who returned Monday night from
Mew York city, where she badgone to
bid Godspeed to her son, Lieut. George
Batchelder, of the aviation corps, just
before he left for France. "I found all
the women knitting, and many men are
similarly engaged. I was at Washing
ton ana: called on an old friend, a re
tired naval official 84 years of age, who
had just finished his seventh sweater.
Many retired army and navy officers
have given up luxuries in order that
they might do their bit for their coun
try. It was, indeed, a heartening spirit
to find."
Mrs. Batchelder. whose son formerly
resided with the family in Portland,
visited him at an aviation camp on
Long island, bhe says she saw the
Caproni machine in which'some notable
flights have recently been made.
"One night' says Mr. Batchelder.
"sitting around camp fire with my son
and other officers we could see as
many as 10 aeroplanes, piloted by stu
dents, doing stunts over the camp."
Mrs. Batchelder remained in the east
until she had received a cablegram an
nouncing the safe arrival abroad of her
son.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
FOR DRAFT EUGIBLES
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Up to Decern bei 16, but no later.
any man registered under the draft
who is not already in the military ser
vice or needed to fill a vacancy in the
first draft quota, may enlist as a vol
unteer in the army, navy or marine
corps.
After December 15 no man of draft
age will be accepted as a volunteer in
any branch of the army service.
While voluntary enlistments in the
navy and marine corps will still be
permitted after December 15, they can
be made only if a man is able to pro
duce a certificate from his local board
showing him to be so far down the list
that he would not be taken on the cur
rent draft.
But un to December 15 anv regis
trant may volunteer. A special ruling
to this effect has just been made by
the Provost Marshal General
This ruling includes even men who
have been called up for physical exam
ination by their local boards, but have
not yet been inducted into the army.
In order to keep the state's quota filled
on the first draft, a good many more
men were called up for physical exam
ination than were actually required.
Now they can volunteer up to Decem
ber 15.
Each such man must obtain from his
local board a certificate that he will
not be needed to fill any deferred per
centage of the first draft quota of that
board. This certificate must be pre
sented to the recruiting officer.
Of course men of draft age who
have not vet been called un for physi
cal examination by their boards will
not need such a certificate, iney can
volunteer, up to December 15, without
RECRUITING PARTY ,
IS DISAPPOINTED
The recruiting campaign of Sgts.
Walter Ford and W. L. Hodges and
Corporal Harold Sexton, 12th Co., was
not as successful as the men had an
ticipated. With a need for 12 addi
tional men to bring the company to
full war strength of 109, the recruiting
party returned to the fortification Mon
day with only six men.
The artillery recruits are: Ernest
Ford, a brother of Sergeant Ford ; Nat
Martin, Merrill Miller Fred Roberts,
Ray Wick ham and H. Haskins.
Lynn Davis, who for the past year
has been with the regular army. Coast
Artillery, stationed at Fort Stevens,
has been here on a furlough visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Davis,
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