VOL. XXIX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27,' 1917
No. 30
J. a -
JOIN THE RED CROSS TODAY
Remember the boys who are fighting for you
We Have Recently Changed .
the time of interval between ring of our Hood River Ex
change. This 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 during the ringing period. If a
subscriber wishes a party on his own line, when the operator
instructs him to bang up while she rings, 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 his own bell, to
pick op a slight ham.
THE TELEPHONE IS FOR YOUR SERVICE
Oregon-Washington Telephone Company
A Happy New Year
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THE KRESSE DRUG CO.
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NEW YEAR IDEALS
vN the first of January there opens before us all
a new era of opportunity opportunity for
personal advancement and opportunity for in
creased helpfulness to others. .
The officers and employees of this Institution
look forward to 1918 as a year full of opportunity
for service
To make every financial transaction pleasant as
well as profitable
To have this Institution regarded by our commu
nity residents in the light of a "financial home."
Together, may we all work whole-heartedly for
national and individual success.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Member Federal Reserve System
A Happy
New Year !
1918
PAT LINDSEY
IMPORTANT
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
QEVERAL of our customers have asked us for in
formation regarding the new income tax law
and we have just been advised by the Collector of
Internal Revenue, Portland, that he will send a
representative from his office to be at the Court
House in Hood River from January 2d to January
15th, both dates inclusive.
This representative of the Collector will have all the nec
essary iorms and full information covering the new Income
Tax Law.
Remember that nnder the new law. every single person
whose annual income is over $1,000 and every married person
whose annual income is over $2,000 must make a report.
There is a common and erroneous impression that it is
the Government's duty to call upon the taxpayer. On the
contrary the taxpayer innst call upon the Government and
failure to do so subjects him to heavy penalty.
Butler Banking Company
Join the ked Cross today send a Dollar on a Mission of Mercy
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.
Almost everybody is paying particular attention to their
old clothes vnow 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 anyjvhere in the city.
Telephone 1124
MEYER & WOOD
HOTEL OREGON BUILDING, SECOND STREET
HOOD RIVER
May the Year 1918
be for all of us full of the blessings of life, fruit-.
ful of those happenings that strengthen us in
our Ideals and make us a stronger and nobler
citizenship.
Yours for Service
L. H. HUGGINS
Successor to E. M. HOLMAN
Sanitary Market and Grocery
Telephone 2134
Sets &e 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
Automobile Owners!
Do not store your cars for the winter without first
bringing them in for our inspection.
We have added to our business an automobile repair
branch. Our new department will be maintained with the
care that has characterized all of the work of our shop.
H. P. Jochimsen will be in charge of this work.
With best wishes to all of our Hood River Valley
friends and customers for
. A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
W. G. SNOW
HOOD RIVER, - - - OREGON
HOOD RIVER
XMAS QUIET
KIDPIES MISSTHE USUAL SNOWFALL
Day Coldest of the Tear and Character
ized bj Sleet Storm in Late After
noon Dance Successful
Hood River folk celebrated Christmas
of 1917 quietly. The prevailing weath
er was cold enough for the yuietide
period, but the blanket of white that
usually wraps lowland, gorge and
rangeside of the mid Columbia was
missing, much to the disappointment
of the tots who still pin their faith in
Santa Claua and who think the good
old patron saint of all childhood finds
comfort in a snowcovered earth. No
adults were heard complaining. And
then the elements did their best in the
late afternoon to make up for the
oversight of the snow. A heavy sleet
storm prevailed, and in the miniature
blizzard was the hint or a silver thaw.
Numerous families were happy in
having enlisted sons, husbands or fa
thers home for a holiday furlough.
Others journeyed away to forts, posts
or cantonment to join relatives in the
celebration of the Christmas holiday.
Town life was characterized by the
presence of many students here from
the northwest's institutions of higher
education as well as the olive drab clad
soldier boys.
A net sum of 1122.50 was the pro
ceeds from a dance given at Heilbron
ner hall Christmas night by the Knit
ting Club, recently organized by girls
and young matrons of the city for the
purpose of aiding the soldiers and
French war orphans. The proceeds
will go to the orphan fund.
The big hall was beautifully decor
ated with greens of the Cascades and
Christmas emblems. The olive drab oi
many officers and men home from near
by post and cantonments for the holi
days gave the big party a military sig
nificance.
LIVE NEWS FROM
TWELFTH COMPANY
The following list of members were
absent on furlough for the Christmas
holidays: First Sgt. Baker, Sgt. Moe,
Sgt. roust, Sgt. Shoemaker, Cpl.
Clark. Mus. Todd, L. Fisher, L. S.
Howard, A. J. Lewis, H. L. Stiles,
Mvrle Brown. Orrie Cushman, Clar
ence Ekstrom, E. Krueger, L. Nelson,
Timothy O'Leary and Alvin Peters.
Those remaining here experienced a
Christmas this year with much differ
ent environments than ever before. Al
though every effort was made in mak
ing this Christmas a long remembrance
nevertheless the longing to spend these
days with the home folks was preva
lent throughout the uompany.
A stringed orchestra has been organ
ized in the Company through the ef
forts of Lieut. Van Horn, who is a
very enthusiastic promoter. Many of
the men are talented witn these types
of instruments and promise very en
tertaining musicals this winter.
A dance will be given this evening
for the officers and enlisted men and
their truest. This will be the first
dance held in the fort since the Na
tional Guard have been stationed here.
J. II. STEELE DIES
VERY SUDDENLY
The Middle valley family and the
friends of J. R. Steele, a pioneer
rancher, were shocked Monday morn
ing to receive news of his sudden death
at a Portland hospital. Mr. Steele had
been in Portland for two weeks attend
ing to business. His family received a
letter in which he stated that he was
suffering from a cold. Until news of
the death came it was not known that
the illness was serious.
The funeral ws held Tuesday morr
ing at the Anderson undertaking par
lors, interment following at Idlewilde
cemetery. Mr. Steele, who was 58
year of age, a native of Scotland, de
veloped a number of tracts of the val
lev's finest orchards. He was a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
East Fork Irrigation district.
Mr. Steele is survived by his widow,
a son, James Steele, and a daughter,
Mrs. Stanley Walters.
Rev. W. H. Boddy. of the Upper
Valley Union church, -officiated at the
funeral services.
Pythians Visit the Locks
A large delegation of members of
Waucoma Lodge, Knights of fythias,
visited Cascade Locks Thursday even
ing to be the guests of the Pythian
lodge of that place. Members of the
fraternal body, who were tendered a
banquet, conducted degree work ior
the Cascade Locks lodge.
The visitors presented J. H. Hend
ricks, a pioneer resident or that place,
with a veteran jewel.
Those making the journey were:
Judge Fred W. Wilson, of The Dalles,
J. H. Hazlett, F. H. Blagdon, W. A.
Isenberg, T. F. Johnson, Bert Strana
han. Arthur Howell. Jos. Frazier, Jr..
F. W. Chindlund, Wm. Munroe, Ross
Sherwood, H. O. ferguson, A. u
Stevens, Roy Roberts, F. H. Miller,
Dr. W. M. Post, C. C. Anderson, S. M.
Atkinson, F. H. Stanton and C. C.
Cuddeford.
Alumni Meeting Saturday
The annual meeting of the High
School Alumni Association will be held
Saturday evening at the high school
auditorium. A program of music and
talks will be made. The senior class
of the school will participate in the
meeting.
The meeting will be attended by
numerous students home from college
for the vacation and by soldiers here
on holiday fuloughs.
New Member on Police Force
The police force has a new member,
"Pat, a medium sized white and black
spotted dog. Pat, owned by Deputy
Clerk Francis, recently on first sight
showed a decided fondness for Deputy
Marshal Frazier, night officer, and ever
since the doe has accompanied Mr.
Frazier on hit beat. At word from
the officer Pat will enter the darkest
alley, investigate an empty box car or
penetrate the darkest corner of the
freight yards. By the aid of the dog
the task of dislodging tramps is an
easy matter.
Pat last week further endeared him
self to Mr. Frazier by giving needed
assistance in the arrest of. Harry Clark,
a burly half breed negro-indian wanted.
Chief of Police Carson has decorated
Pat with special star. ,
DAMAGE ON EAST
FORK WAS SEVERE
Telephone lines having been put out
of commission, it was not learned until
Saturday that the flood waters of the
East Fork had swept away the old loll
bridee. a landmark of the valley.
which spans the East Fork south of
Mount Hood store.
The flood also did considerable dam
age to the concrete headworks of the
East Fork Irrigation District, and a
portion of the main canal, which par
allels the river for some distance, was
washed out.
QUESTIONNAIRES
RETURNED CORRECT
FVia AAiivtViAiiiA writ Vi trwavta rf Arts ft
elieibles coming from all parts of the
county to fill in the blanks of their
questionnaires, has taken on an unusual
activity. Because of the interest and
application of members of the legal
advisory board, Sheriff Johnson says
that but two questionnaires have been
returned with material errors. .
Members of the advisory board are
stationed at the courthouse daily, and
men under the draft are at all times
provided with skilled advisors.
WEDDINGS
Wahrer-Bauer
Local friends have just received an
nouncement of the wedding of Miss
Antonia Bauer, formerly teacher in
the Pine Grove school, and W. F.
Wahrer, a Klamath Falls banker who
was formerly cashier of the Hood
River State Bank. The wedding oc
curred at Vancouver, Wash. Mr.
Wahrer recently enlisted in the quar
termaster's department of the aviation
corps.
It was found, following his enlist
ment, that he would have to undergo a
surgical operation, in order to continue
his military duties. Mr. Wahrer is
now confined to a Portland hospital.
Mrs. Wahrer, who has been teaching
at Lexington, is here the guest of Miss
Marian Howe, a former fellow teacher
at Pine Grove.
Smith-Winchell
FriendB have just receive! announce-
mentof the wedding of Miss Maude
Winchell, daughter of V. Winchell,
prominent East Side orchardist, and
Joseph Brander Smith, at Stevenson,
Wash., on December 18. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith will make their home at Lewis-
ton, Ida., where the bridegroom is in
business.
Pineos Here
With Mrs. Pineo, who with their
daughter, Margaret, had moved to the
cantonment to join her husband, Lieut.
Pineo, who has been stationed at
Camp Lewis, has arrived to spend a
10-day furlough visiting friends. Lieut.
Pineo is just out of the hospital. He
was dangerously ill from a hemorrhage
following an operation for removal of
tonsils.
Lieut, and Mrs. Pineo, who had fear
for the safety cf relatives in the Hali
fax disaster, have received telegrams
that allay their alarm. Marshall fineo,
a brother, a member of the Canadian
Medical Reserve Corps en route to
France and in Halifax at the time of
the explosion, writes that he suffered
minor wounds.
The Weather
On arising Friday morning the resir
dents of the mid-Columbia, who Thurs
day, brilliant under a mid-winter sun
shine and with the atmosphere dazz-
lingly clear after a week of steady
rain, congratulated each other on the
change in the weather, found that they
had been too hasty with the exchange
of felicitations. A cold rain, with
huge snow flakes intermingled, was
falline. and the surrounding rangetops
of the Cascades had taken on their
winter robe of white.
In the higher altitudes of the Upper
Valley the snow had piled up to a
depth of six inches rriday evening.
The Underwood orchard district was
covered with a light layer of snow.
Everson Withdraws From Case
A communication was received Mon
day morning by the office of the county
clerk from Fred L. Everson, a Portland
attorney, who announed his withdrawal
as attorney of record in the case of J
L. Allen against Marshall Hill and
wife, prominent and respected mem-
ucro VL ilia u wnicgnbiuii,
against whom the minister had filed
suit to collect $5,000, alleging that the
elderly couple has defamed his charac
ter and had made obligatory his resig
nation from the pastorate. Mr. Ever
son assigned no reason for his with
drawal. Students Here on Vacation
Twelve students of different Oregon
institutions of higher education are at
home for the Christmas holidays. The
following are here from the University
of Oregon: Misses trances Baker.
Elizabeth Carson. Helen Guttery and
Thurston Laraway, Laurence Hershner
and Chaffer Newton. Oregon Agricul
tural College students home for the
Christmas vacation are: Misses Fran
ces Castner and Esther and Myrtle
Husbands and Earl Shank and Howard
Cooper. Robert Waugb is home from
Willamette University.
White Salmon Home Guard Organized
White Salmon Home Guard was or
ganized last week with the following
officers! J. W. Dickey, captain : J. U
Hilderbrand, first lieutenant : W. Case,
second lieutenant. All the boys of the
high school, besides 35 business men.
joined the organization. Drilling is to
take place every Thursday evening.
HOOD R&ER
FOLKPATRIOTIC
CHRISTMAS DR1VEWAS SUCCESSFUL
County Has Been to the Forefront in AH
Win the-War Movements The
Volunteers are Many
In the latest nationwide patriotic
activity, the Christmas membership
drive for the Red Cross, Hood River
county's campaign haa been successful.
and tne drive ended Monday evening
with 1600 new memberships for 1918 in
the hands of Manager Scott. While
numerous men of the valley assisted in
the drive the greater part of the solic
iting was conducted by women. De
spite the continued rain, the teams
worked loyally.
The "Oregon first spirit has per
vaded the Apple City and communities
of orchardists, and since last April no
patriotic appeal, be it for men, money
or general support of the win-the-war
movement has gone unheeded in Hood
River county.
The fighting spirit first seized on the
young men of the Hood River valley
at the time of the Mexican border
trouble in the late summer of 1916. At
the instigation of Edward W. Van
Horn, who is now first lieutenant of
the organization, 12h Co., now sta
tioned at Fort Canby, was mustered in.
In the ranks of 12th Co. are 91 repre
sentative young business men and
orchardists of the valley. Other com
missioned officers of the artillery unit
are Capt. Geo. R. Wilbur and EdW. E.
Brosius.
In volunteers Hood River won a place
in the front rank of Oregon counties.
Fifty young men had already enlisted .
by the time the first draft was called,
and the county was exempt under the
first call. In the marines, the navy.
companies of engineer regiments, aero
squadrons and hospital units will be
found young men of the Hood Kiver
valley. From December 1 to Decem
ber 15 scores of young men volunteered
their services, and the total number of
Hood River men in the service reached
close to 300.
Hood River Chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross was the first in the state
outside of Portland to organize and re
ceive a charter. The efficient Red
Cross Chapter is the pride of the val
ley. I he 1917 membership waa 800, and
150 women of the city and outlying
rural sections since last May have met
each Wednesday at the rooms of the
Commercial club, equipped with sew
ing machines and tables, to make band
ages and hospital supplies. Classes in
knitting have furnished 150 sets of
knitted garments, and the Chapter also
provided 219 Christmas boxes for sol
diers. Funds for the purchase of ma
terials have been raised by the ways
and means committee, headed by Wal
ter Kimball, who since last May haa
devoted a large share of his time to
the work. The first Red Cross super
fluity, or rummage, sale waa begun by
the local Chapter. The sale netted the
organization $1,086.62. Through do
nations of strawberries, apples and
vegetables the Red Cross Chapter has
realized more than $1,000.
In the order in which they came.
Hood River citizens have responded
respectively as follows to patriotic
calls on their pocket books :
First Liberty Loan subscriptions.
$51,500.
Red Cross campaign, $6,500, over
subscription of $2,500.
First Y. M. C. A. war fund drive,
$400.
Second Liberty Loan, $141,000, origi
nal quota $125,000.
Second Y. M. C. A. war fund drive,
$2,469.44, quota $1,500.
The county raised its quota of a li-
brary" fund called for by the American
Library Association. Hundreds of vol
umes were also collected here for dis
tribution among soliders.
The campaign of Superintendent Gib
son resulted in practically 100 per cent
of the families of the city and valley
signing Hoover food pledga cards.
The war has brought about a marked
unification in thought and action on
the part of Hood River people. Far
less social events, dances, card parties
and other such forms of entertain
ment, have been held here than in for
mer years. The few such events that
have occurred have been community
affairs, planned for raising funds for
patriotic purposes. The Red Cross ball
will be long remembered as the most
unique and most largely attended so
cial events ever given in the valley.
Patronnesses representing each orchard
community and the city were appoint
ed, and the affair was attended by rep
resentations from every section. The
proceeds of the big party netted the
Red Cross more than $300.
The Woman's club, with its 150
members, has aided with every patri
otic activity. The club women have
jus torganized an auxiliary of the Red
Cross Chanter, and classes will spend
Friday of each week sewing and knit
ting. Auxiliary Red Cross classes
work weekly in the making of band
ages and supplies at Pine Grove, Odell,
Parkdale and Dee. 1
Masonic Bodies Elect
Officers of the Hood River Lodge, A.
F. & A. M., have been elected for . the
ensuing year as follows : T. F. John
son, W. M. ; Geo. R. Castner, S. W. ;
R. B. Bennett, J. W. ; Truman Butler,
Treas. ; D. McDonald, Sec, A. J. Der
by, Trustee.
The Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
elected the following officers : Geo. R.
Castner, H. P. ; J. K. Carson, K. : C.
S. Field, S. ; A. F. Howes, C. of H. ;
E. O. Blanchar, Treas. ; A. D. Moe,
Sec.
The Masonic organizations will hold
joint installation on St. John's night,
this evening.
Victoria Couple Hen
Having leased the Belmont place on
whiih F. H. Blalock formerly resided,
Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. Manser arrived
here last week from Victoria, B. C.
to make their home. Mr. Manser,
who is a skilled sign and show card
writer, will spend a portion of his time
here engaged infsuch work.
Special Eastern Star Meeting
The Worthy Matron, Mrs. W. J.
Baker, has called a special meeting of
the Eastern Star Chapter for tomorrow
evening. All members ar urged to be
present.