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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1918)
HOOD RIVER 'ilAClEit, THUbAY, APRIL 1" 191S in: iittit How much of your money do you think you could keep if Germany wins the War? nn 1 -Tfic bsas of Berlin- Will you invest your money with Uncle Sam NOW? 1 ILLUSTRATION FROM THE FRQNTKPIEG OF IIS LIE'S - WEEKLY THE MAD DOG OF EUROPE. Or let Germany take it away from you LATER ? You can have your share in America's Answer to German Savagery. Save Civilization, save America, your own Family and your own Home! Invest now to the limit of your ability in U. S. Liberty Bounds The Kaiser calls us a "Nation of Dollar Chasers." Let us show him that we know how to use those Dollars in the defence of Liberty and the overthrow of Prussianism. a PINE GROVE Afteran absence of three months in California visiting friends. Miss Eula Jkk't'uUy returned home last week. Mf. Carl Newman went to Portland Sunday to meet her huscand, who came from fort Canty on a short fur U.UK'h. She will visit friends in the city before returning home. L. C. Sor.neman and family will re side in Portland the coming season. Albert Rhunke and wife, from the Mount Hood district, have taken pos session and will occupy the property for the present. Carl Johnson came from Fort Canby last Friday to attend to some business nutters, and will spend a few days in th vicinity. Mrs. John Johnson and children re turned from White Salmon last week Tuesday. Arthur Enderlin, grandson of Mrs. Hans Lage.eame uu from Portland last week for a visit with his grandparents. Mrs. E. C. Nevvham and baby re- ; turned home from Hood River the ; early part of the week. ' The Amicus club gave Mrs. I C. Sonneman a surprise party Tuesday evening of last week, prior to her leav ing for her new home in I'ortland. The ; members presented her with a hand some mirror as a remembrance. Mrs. J. E. Ford, from Minnesota, her daughter, Mrs. Cecelia Parker, and two children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Mallov. Mrs. I f ord is a cousin of Mr. Malloy, whom , he had not seen for ;'0 years. I Do not forget the Red Cross hard times party under the auspices of the j Fine Urove grange Friday evening of j this week. Kolstad's orchestra will dispense good music. The occasion j promises to be most interesting. ! About 50 (leople from Fine flrove at- tended the concert in Hood River lant Thursday evening. Friday evening, ! also, a goodly number went down to hear Prof. Kerr, of O. A. C. j The Red Cross will meet as usual Thursday afternoon of this week, j There were !") workers present at the j last meeting. Tuesday of last week j several members went down to Hood River in the interest of the work, j These meetings are to continue as cir cumstances demand. ( A game of baseball was played be j tween Udell and Pine (irove teams last i Friday. Pine Grove won, 14 4. The school held Arbor day exercises Friday, April 5. The school is becom ing prominent in patriotic service. It has raised $l,.r(M in Liberty bonds, War Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps. There will be the usual church ser vices next Sunday morning. Sunday school HJ o'clock under the superiuten dency of W. C. Keck, who was elected to till a vacancy caused by the absence of R. A. MeCully. All those wishing to have items in serted in this column please give them in not later than Monday noon. Phone 4 Ct IS. FRANKTON. Did you buy a Liberty Ilond? If not, why? Warren Miller, who is hauling lum ber from the Post Canyon mill, met with an accident Monday when he had a'tumover. Carl Larson was home the week end for a short visit from his mill work in Washington. John Phillips is delivering lumber from his Post Canyon mill under diffi culties, if mud axle deep is called that. Wehave been called up in the night by some of our neighbors to know if we were still soliciting for Liberty Bonds, and if so to come and see thorn. This is a different spirit than is being spoken of by others down in this neck of the woods. A mock trial was a feature of the afternoon work in the Frankton school last Friday. Your scribe accepted an invitation to visit at the home of K. J. Copper and family last Saturday evening and was well entertained. These people are old residents of Frankton and know how to make one feel at home. Marsh Isenberg and little Miss Jean, made a short visit at Clifton Sunday. The concussion from the big blasts Sunday on the Ruthton hill Highway work broke several windows in the old town of Ruthton. J. W. Morton attempted ,to turn the water off that supplies jthe ' big steam shovel working on the Ruthton hill, the other day, but changed his mind and didn't. The big blast scheduled to go off Sunday noon miscued at first, but later did all, or more than, it was expected to do. I The liberty bond drive in Frankton ; as a whole was a success. We did our j bit. There were some who could if they would, but didn't. Those few. i and we are proud to say that they are j few, should be handled as the board of i directors of the Central library in Port- and have been requested to handle one j of its librarians. ' The Dalles has organized a home guard company 100 strong. What's the matter with Hood River? We are not as patriotic as our mother county. Guy Eastman has been called to the colors and w ill report at Camp Lewis in a few days, if he passes the examin ations. Frankton will have to add an other star to her line service flag re cently dedicated. BELMONT For the Advancement and the Just Causo of American Arms - The Liberty Theatre J. R. Nunamaker. the cherry king of Hood River valley, and Mrs. Nuna- 1 maker have returned home from win- tering at Long Beach, Cal. They vis ; ited their son, Neal, who is attending (the University of California at Berke- ley, and their daughter, Ellen, a teach j er in the public schools of Long Beach. , The stork stopjied at the home of Mr. ! and Mrs. Graber the past week to ush . er in the birth of a young daughter. This happy parents hve the congratu I lations of their many friends, i Wm. Metcalf has lost a valuable cow. Its death was probably caused by eat- ing a commercial fertilizer spread j around a fruit tree. Mrs. Wm. Metcalf recently delight fully entertainmed a number of her ' friends. ', Mrs. Henry Hackett and her two ; children, who reside in Portland, have ' been visiting among theii Hood River : relatives. j The Kellogg ranch on Rorden road has been purchased bv I). A. Perrv. who has moved his family there from the former Methodist parsonage at Belmont. Mrs. Jas. Woodcock and her daugh ter, from eastern Oregon, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Isenberg, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Forry and will make their home for the present with Mrs. Forry's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Farrell on Methodist Lane. Mr. Forey has a new hydraulic gravel dump attachment tc his motor truck and his services in hauling gravel, fruit mater- ' ials and all kinds of articles are so. much in demand on acvu.t of h; re-1 liable woik a::J favorable terms, that ; much of his time by day ar.d b m:ht ; is spent on the road. He c tn I e located by phoning to Wm. Farreii's. j The Barrett school district, which! includes Belmont, w as apportioned j W.0O0 for tlie liberty bond loan, tut its energetic canvassers and loyal cstiztns rushed over the top ith f 1 .".! sub scriptions. District No. 4 always gets there. The Parent-Teacher Association ar.J Barrett Patriot i Li-ague will hold a service flag rally at the Valley Chris tian church Friday night this week. Supt. Gibson is expected to receive the flag in behalf of the publr.- schotd. It will contain more than .".0 .-tars repre senting the patriotic bvs who have enlisted under thier ivurtry 's colors. Prominent shakers will be present and all loyal citizens will attei d. One of the chief social event of the past week was given by Mrs. Win. Far rell in honor of Mrs. A. Kadlitf and her mother, Mrs. Allen, of Astoria. Other guests present were Mrs. K. J. Nichol son and daughter. Miss Ruth, Mrs. Walter Forry and Mrs. G. L. Tufts. The bountiful refreshments served maintained the reputation of the well known hospitality of the hostess. Mrs. Allen left for her home Thursday. MOUNT HOOD. Mrs. Burt Sandman was a Hood Riv er visitor Thursday. The Parent-Teacher Association will hold their regular evening meeting Fri day evening. One of the numbers on the program is a literary paper, edited by 11. C. Wyatt. The Industrial Club hadja short pro gram at the schoolhouse Friday after noon. The sewing unit of the club met at the Leasure home Saturday af ternoon. Robert Leasure has a telephone, which was installed last week. W. H. Tolrnan, Sr., was taken to the hospital at Hood River Wednesday. His daughters, Carrie ami Clara, with their husbands, were up from Portland last week. J. B. I'ogcett received a telegram from Ernest Monroe last week stating that C E. Way had died of pneumonia at Fort Meyers, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shaw and child ren went to Portland the tirst of the week to see their aunt, Mrs. Booth, who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lenz and Mrs. J. B. Dimmiek spent Friday at Stub Knapp's. Quite a few from Mount Hood at tended the Patriotic services at Park dale Sunday morning. The regular church services will be held next Sunday morning. Preaching services at 11 o'clock. The road crew has been improving the condition of our roads. They cut down the hill and widened the road in front of the church last week. PARKDALE The Upper Valley is covered with the beautiful snow again. Even the trees on the mountainsides are white. The patriotic services at the Park- : dale church were well attended. Rev. j Boddy dedicated the community flag, j containing ;W stars and one gold one. Mr. Hazlett made short talks, intro ducing the two speakers, Mr. Fraley, of Portland, and Lieut. Dawson, of the j U. S. Signal Corps, of Portland. Mr. j Fraley 's speech covered practically all I the issues of the war and was very i thorough and plain. He hud the audi ' ence stand and repeat the pledge: "1 j pledge my life, my body and my sa j cred honor to my country, so help me God." He called for a good showing of Liberty bonds for the third Liberty I Loan in the Upper Valley. Some were ! at the church services wiio had not yet ! been visited by the committee but who intended to subscribe. The army oflic j er made a short speech, adding a tew i thoughts to vhat Mr. Fraley had al i ready said, because, as he said, Mr. j Fraley had touched on everything and he was a soldier and not a speaker. 1 Mr. Runyon favored the audience with i a new war song, "It's Up to a Man," i and led the congregation in the "Bat- He Hymn of the Republic" at the close of the service. Many have been having bad coughs and colds anil have been absent from school or work. j The Thimble Club met with Mrs. A. ! M. Kelley Friday afternoon. Mrs. I. T. Real and children, who spent the winter in Ohio, returned home Saturday. Miss Annabelle Martin received news of the death of her grandmother, Mrs. Allen Martin, of Chatuguay, N. Y. The high school pupils are practic ing a play to be given soon. The Red Cross met Thursday of last week with a good attendance "and by working late the bandages were fin ished so that the president, Mrs. R. J. Mclsaac, could take them to Hood River Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle are settled in the Slayton house. Mr. Lyle is running his i auto tor hire to points in the Up. per Valley. T. W. Stevens, who always says he is "Schilling s Best," was an all night ousiness visitor in rarkUale luesday. A telegram was received Friday by J. B. Doggett, secretary of the I. O. O. F. lodge, that Allen Way, who en listed and went to rort Meyer, Va., was dead. He had been suffering from bronchitis and had been in a hospital in Washington, 1). C, the week be fore. He has relatives in Illinois and Ohio and a cousin, Joe Way, lives at Parkdale. He had tried several times to get into the service and had not been accepted. The Middle 'Fork Irrigation Go. elected O. M. Bailey to fill the vacan cy left by Mr. Barrell. Ralph Davis is appointed gauge man. . Several from here received notice to repoit for medical examination pend ing the next draft. R. G. Pond. Del bert Tomlinson and Dave Cooper are among mem. Those called in the county draft from here are Wm. Jones, Clifford Thomas and I iittord ivitchel. Word was received that Chas. Gunn and Perl Perkins are now in France. MIDDLE VALLEY April 11. Mrs. W. II. Austin has been sick for the last week. Mrs. Frank Clemmons went to Hood RiverJMonday to attend the shower for Miss Billie Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Arens have moved to Oregon City, where Mr. Ar ens will be.county agent for Clackamas county. A few neighbors gathered in and surprised them Thursday evening. The evening was spent in music and games. The Red Cross meets with Mrs. M. Ries this Saturday, o J. Ogura has transferred the J. M. Ler.z phrne from the upper line to the lower line. Miss Johnson and Mrs. Curtis at tended the meeting of teachers m Hood River Saturday. Mr. tarlu.it was principal speaker. C. J. Calkins and family were at the War.it n home Sunday. M.ss Jean Kies, who had been visiting at the Warden pome, returned to (.Well with the Catkir.s. Stanley Walters has been in Park dale w ith Warren Cooper attending to business. Ixiuis Rhoades and family were Hd River visitors last week. Word has been received from Mrs. J. M. Lenz that Glen is still on this side, and is well and happy. Everybody is busy with garden and spring work. Chas. Shaw, of Mount Hood, was at Middle Vallev hist week !looking after ditch work. Mr. and Mrs. J. Culp, of the Lower Valley, have moved to the Walegwin ranch to look after the work during Mr. Aren's absence. HEIGHTS NEWS Mrs. J. Marshall, of Portland, was here last week looking after her prop erty on Taylor street. Mrs. Marshall and children will spend the summer here after school closes in Portland. Mrs. A. Labl.ee. of Portland, daughj ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carnes, re turned to her home last week after a stay of three weeks with her parents and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Taft made a trip to Portland last week. Mrs. V. R. Abraham is now enter taining a case of mumps. Mrs. T. B. Chambers is working in Portland. The small children of Mr. and Mrs. Dutton, on Tavlor street, have just re covered from the measles. A letter from Chas. Gill to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs J. H. Gill, states that he is back to the Atlantic coast from his second trip across. He says the trip was made in fast time an un eventful. He says the precautions the government has taken in providing life saving aparatus in case of casualty is amazing. Their Easter service was out at sea and it was a very calm, sunshiny day. The chaplain held services on the quarter deck and gave a very interest ing sermon. They then held mass. In the afternoon different modes of enter tainment were taken part in. Soft drinks, lunch and cigars were provided from the canteen fund. Mr. Gill has for a shipmate Mr. Bettis.who ran the bakery on the Heights for some time. Mr. Bettis is a baker on the ship. Miss Edythe M. Gill is chief nurse at Camp Fremont, Calif. In a letter to her parents she says she has HO nurses under her supervision now and that there are '.too patients. The grip seems to be the most prevalent disease. Five of the nurses were also ill, so it was rather strenuous on those who were well. But she finds them all very loyal. E. M. Holman and his father, J. T. Holman, are preparing to catch fish on the Columbia this season. Mrs. Maribeth Crowell is recovering front a serious illness. Mrs. Gerald Blount and Mrs. Tel. W. Blount and children have been suffer ing from severe colds. A. C. Staten has purchased a Ford. which will be put into commission in delivery service. PINE GROVE SCHOOL (By Ruth Boles and Mary K. Scott) The Industrial club had its regular meeting last Friday afternoon. In- stead of the club Drogram. the entire time was devoted to an Arbor day pro gram. Each member of the club took an active part in the nroirram. Manv excellent recitations, select readings. quotatios, songs and instrumental se lections made up the program. Ken neth Malloy gave an excellent recita tion on "War Gardens." M:inv inter. esting points were bought out in the nuns auout tne conservation and pres ervation of our forests. An interest ing biography was given by Francis Sandman on J. S. Morton, the origin ator of Arbor day. The next regular meeting is April 1!). Some of our pupils are now busy working on Junior Four Minute speech es to be given sometime in the near future. John Mohr and Wendell Keck each made a four minute speech at assem bly last Friday morning. The boys and girls in the various manual training classes are making some articles of furniture, play ground apparatus, trap nests and bird houses. Cleo Johnson and Zoe Seobee have com pleted their bird houses, proving that a girl can use a hammer and nails as well as knitting needles. Jane Dickerson has returned from California and joined her class again. We will certainly miss Nellie Sor.ne man, who is moving to Portland. The pupils have been adding steadily to their purchases of thrift stamps and liberty bonds. The amount which has been raised by the pupils alone, who number about 80, is as follows- In liberty bonds, $11500 and thrift stamps, $2J0.60. The school is proud of its re port considering the small enrollment with their total amount reaching $0120.00. They expect to keep on work ing a add to their bit. t)dell baseball team played Pine Grove team at Pine Grove Friday af trenoon. The score was 14 to 4 in favor of Pine Grove. E. E. House acted as umpire. Ruth Boles is proudly displaying a letter she has received fom State Su perintnent Churchill in recognition of her success in selling $50 worth of thrift stamps. Howard Blackmsn and Dale fike share this honor also. Big Family Arises by Music Since the change in time some diffi culty has been experienced at the home of Marshal (-arson in getting all of the children- there are only seven of them at home-up in the morning in time for breakfast and off u school. One of the girls inaugurated a unique method one morning last week. The children were slow in getting down. She went to the piano and began to play The Star Spangled Baniiuf. She heard the other members of the family crawling out and standing at atten tion. The national anthem was played until the late sleepers were thoroughly awakened. The early morning rendi tion of 1 he Star Spangled Banner is now regularly on the program at the Carson home. Infant Dies The body of the five months old in fant of Mr. and Mrs. David Wicks, of Wantland, Wash., was shipped to that point last week for burial. The in fant, here for medical treatment, died at the home of its aunt, Mrs. A. B,