Nf V. tilllS I Perfection OH u... I I i.t a . i rr m .1 1 .1 V" PERFECTION OIL ,1 EATER These lienor For Sale By m 1 Vr ml VH"ii Rii u ' reX RoKKe "dware, White Salmon, Wn mower, Hdwe. Co.. H.mkI River, Ore. W. K. Chown, Mosier Ore I nderwood Merc. C;o., I'nderwood, Wn. Mewart Hdwe. and Furn. Co., Hood River, Ore hue Salmon Hardware Co.. White Salmon, Wn. (.. W. I'EH ER, Special Agent, Standard Oil Co., Hood River. KM'OliT OK 1 1 1 K CONDITION OF THE First National Bank AT H(M)I) RIVKU, in tl e State of Oregon, at the clone of liusine- on November 1, litis lilMM'HCHS: I ' aaf ami diN'otititii, includini: rediscounts rlOt,ti:'I.H'.i Nnics at. it bills retliscounteil (other tliiin hank acceptance" sold'' 7..s.!7.,Vt iviTitraltH, sconed, none ; unseen re' I I'. S. lioiids lother than Liberty Bonds, bet including I'. S. certili- 1 u'ex of indebtedness) : I . t'iniH leiositid to neotii e eireiilation 1 par value) .. lOO.iKH) (K) I N. Bonds km. I certificates of indebtedness owned and unpledged UVVRI no Liberty Loan Hoods : I .drt'ity Loan llond.-, ;l.1, 4 ami 4 per eent, unpledged ii.TOO in) I :U ity Loan lloruD, HA, -1 and -Ij per cent, pledged to H i ure State or other deposits or hillH payable fi.loil.OO noons, ecuriiies, etc. toiner limn l ,.). H-'it't - other than C. . ttomfe) pledged to nwiro I . H. :tO,txw IK bond-, other than I , S. bund, pledged to secure postal sa itigs d. posits r ihiu (HI IIoiuIh and securities pledged as collateral for Mute, or other deposits ( poftal excluded : or payable m (, M '-ci uritieij other than V . S. Hoods (not including Kt.H ks! owned unpledged :M,H'".(4 Total bonds, suciirities, etc., other than U. S tin, 0.17 .0-1 tock. other than Ecdcrnl Renerve I'ank Htoek -4 7 r . ( t ) toik of Federal lit'scrve Hank (.r(l per cent of Hiilwi ription) :t,iK)O.(0 Value oi bunkiiiK honne 4."i,T.'0.IKI l- tit nit ii r- and tixtures 7,245 4h Ileal estiito ow 1 other than banking bullae lit.fiO:.' 3;1 Lawful reserve with Federal Keserve bank !t7,H4.r.27 i 'AfU in vault and net amount? due from national banks titi.lM'.i t4 I'hei ks on other hinks in the name city or town as reporting bank . 15H 54 t'lii-ck" on banks located outside of city or town of reporting hank and other cash ilern'w !ll 74 Itedemptioti fund with I'. S. Treasurer and due from V. S. Treasurer. . 5,(hxUHI Total 7735V."l5 I I AHII.fTIKS: 'pit.il stock p.nd in Mn plus fund I'iidivided profits I ess i uni'iit cxpciiseN, interest, ami taxe? paid . . A mi .nut r escued for taxes accrued Amount reserved for all interest accrued -ti ulatiiiK notes outstanding Nc, aiuoiint due to hanks, bunkers and Lcm.ind Deposits (other lb in Hank liepo-itH payable within HO day) : ii.dni lua. deposits suhje t to check i ertiticati-8 ol deposit due In less than o'l money borrowed) i usher's checks outstanding Mate, count) , or other municipal deposit "l ;ln- bank Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits ' Mibjert to Heserve $:i70,l)l,ti !0 I line Deposits subject to reserve (payable after HOdayH, or subject to 'O ,1ms or more notice and postal savings: l er tin, ales of dep, is it (other than for money borrowed) 14, IN), frit l'"Stal sa musdeposits .'t.O'lO . L"' ;iier time deposits 1M,MI!!.71 I "tit I of time deposits Hiibject to Reserve $171 ,1't'J HI I nited States Deposits lother than postal vv ar loan deposit account T.'tal I ithilities tor rediscounts, includini! those Mate i ii ty m, ('mi nly of Hood River, ss : 1 I it Hlatichar, faultier of the above named bank, do solemnly pwear ''..it the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. K. O. IH.ANf HAR, failiier. vu!' -r:!ii'd and w.rn to before me this 15th day of Noveiubci, 1018. .1. M. C t'l.iiKHisoN, Notary I'ublic for Oregon. My coiumission expires June 14, ('i.lrc't !te. ' A I' M"K, f . I'KiiiM , O. 11. Kmniu.s., liirectors. Via fitj N Perfection Oil Heater -u guara afunst aampneea and chill in the home. Eaay to carry about Lighti at the touch of a match. Civet long hour of coxy, comfort bU warmth on one hllmj with Pearl Oil tho ever-obtainable fuel economical. Am P. r C A . Standard Oil Co. "-moral $fmi,7H7.:t 1M.711 lli,.VH) .00 11, Kill (XI IllKl.tXMt (XI 2,,MH).I)0 io,titK.Hi' n,:titi.ti(t .S.L'3 LltitLL'tl lOtl.lXK) 00 trust companies ... ;'04.5ii depositsi subject to reserve ICCJ.HIIK . Oil days (Other than for 8 wcured by pledge of assets i,tiH7.H3 l.tt'5.01 i'!i,ti.Vi.: savings): i.lkttl.OO T7;l,lo0.1o with Federal Heserve Hank 7.SH7 . 50 r 1 I I I II I I M 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I I I H I H t I Letters From and About Soldiers I , i' I I I 1 ! 1 I 1 M 1 ! Ill 1 1 1 ' "It make in dizzy to think f whut I have been through within the pMt even ek," writes Sgt. H. A. Irani, member of a field artillery company in t ranee, to hit wife i "Seven week of hell and out o. k., o 1 feel confident that 1 am going' to go . through the rest the tame way. Lost four of my paU, but it ii all in the game. I waa down five day myself as a result of shell shock. It blew up ' abvut 15 yarda from me, and the lights (went out for a while. 1 am quite . nervous yet. not Beared at all. but the i bhock was terrible. That shell got ; be vert 1, but 1 happened to be busy at . something that kept me lyinir on the ground, and by luck the fragments j went over me. : "1 never thought that eaa was a jdungenus thing, but the boys have . more lear ot it than anything else. 1 While in camp we scoffed at the idea of getting a mask on and adjusted in six seconds, but 1 am sure 1 can do it in three seconds and am tickled to death to know that it IS on. ,ni . ... i tie interest the men show once on the front is wonderful. The otlicers have difficulty in restraining the men in their daredevil stunts. Such is the American army. The men do not have to be driven. They know perfectly well what isito be done, and thev do it. i The front looks like hell turned upside uown and the nre turned out. An old ! fashioned slaughter house has nothing j on parts of it for smells. Horrors are I common. For instance, when we dig ! emplacements for machine guns legs i and arms stick out like the roots of j trees. As one goes up to the front he ! bears a pounding and rumbling that j grows continually louder. r irst we hear our own heavy guns anil then occasionally see a black or drown column shoot up. It is a heavy German shell bursting. This gts worse and worse as the front is an proached. The big ones rush, scream ana growl, as they pass over head. They have a businesslike rumble and sound like a train crossing a bridire. On getting up to about six or seven miles from the front we have to kind of dodge shells bursting overhead and on the ground. We are a bit nervous over one of these shrapnel cans durnD' ing its load of steel shells out on our heads. At times the noise is almost unbearable. You can almost feel your self going 'nuts'. However, we do not stay long in a place and never give an inch of ground under any circum stances. VVe are just naturally going to push these huns back to their river Rhine, and shot them all as they swim across. "Forward observation work is cer tainly a goat grabber. It is front line duty, and is quite often out in front of the front line trenches. I'll say that it is the hottest place in the world. "'pu should see our guns. 1 am certainly proud of them. They can shoot 20 miles as easily as one, and are as eaaily handled as a toy. The bar rels are III) feet long and they hurl six inch shells that simply scream. They are as different from the old sty le of guns as day is from night. They are mounted on a regular chassis some thing like an auto truck chassis, and have huge rubber tires. They are hauled by tractors that travel along like freight trains. "Sleep is something that you can talk about but don't get. The first time I tried it I got a little, but the pounding and thumping made me hug old mother earth pretty close, so cLse that 1 made a kind of wallow before I had to give it up. These 'seam squ r reds' and pure unadulterated tilth try to make life miserable for a man. "You can tell inquirers that the American army is going to win this war. The moral effect of our men, buoying up the spirit of the Allies, has been wonderful. The French can't understand the dash of the Americans, but they follow us and stick like fleas. Honest, on some of the fronts it was like a Sunday school picnic, the oppos ing soldiers getting almost on speak ing terniB. But the Amercans sure broke this up. They waded in and started something. Whenever any of us sit down to rest, other men jump up and take our places. It is one contin ual relay race and the Germans can't hold out against it long. "The air is full of planes, and some of the aerial tights are worth coming thousands of miles to see. While you can't tell from the ground, often, which one takes the final plunge to the ground, such battles produce a sensa tion something like a baseball game anil you just can't help yelling when a goodiplay is made. I have a piece of wood from a German Fokker that 1 am going to send to you. "Uncle Sam feeds us tine. We have no worries over cigarets, candy, can dles, soap, clothes and eats. Every thing is always clean and good. I am for government control of everything after this. For instance, we pay only eight cents for a package of cigarets that cost 20 cents at home, and bottles of malted milk that cost $1 in the States are sold here for 42 cents each." The following interesting letter hHs been received by Kev. and Mrs. J. L. Hershner from their son, Sgt. Harold Hershner, of a field hospital some whore in France : "We arrived at this billet after a series of marches covering four days and nights, but the marches were mostly at night with plenty of rain falling to make things interesting. It surely knows how to rain here and gets terribly wet. Wesleut wherever we could, on the wet ground. With boughs which we gathered we kept some tf the mud off of our bedding and clothing. But this series of hard marches brought us to a very old French village, situated on a hill over looking the country around for several miles, and the view was surely beauti ful. Tho fields are beautifully green, the roads are white and lined with trees and the valley dotted with vil lages. No wonder they say France is beautiful. We were lucky to be billet ed in a nice large barn located just outside the village. The barn was a new one, built of concrete andstone in 11)08 and was filled with nice, clean straw and hay. No stock was in it at all. A shrine right near the barn bore the date 1764. Rather old, I would say. "While billeted here a bunch of Ger man prisoners were brought by. They were greatly surprised to see so many American soldiers, as they had been told that only a few were here. They also were told and believed that I'aris had been destroyed. They were great ly pleased at the treatment accorded them. They were nearly all very young men, seemingly not over 17 and lit years old. "From this village we were taken by a series of night marches to a beautiful grove near the front line trenches. The constant roaring of the big guns did not worry me any. The coming and going of the air planes was very interesting. I saw one air fight, but the boche machines got awav. No Allied air Diane was lost in this fight. From the way the boys 1 veiled vou would have thought they were watching a hotly contested f.ot- ball game in I'ortland. "We were not here long until the ilst Division was given leave to go over the top. Thetioya could scarcely be restrained. They went with a will and leap, yelling as they went over the top, 'Power river-a mile wide and a foot deep. Let 'er buck.' The boys cleaned the boches out and completely gained their objective. But tunic of the boys nevur came back. Others were brought back wounded. But our lueses were not as great as at first re ported. The boys were brave as they were brought into the field hospital there were no complaints all bore their pain and discomfort in the spirit of fortitude. German wounded were also brought in and at first seemed very much afraid. They had been told they would be treated very cruelly if captured. The hospital attendants ac corded them as good treatment as they did their own men. The German wounded expressed great surprise at the kind treatment they received. "1 went through the hospital as soon as I could to see if any of the wounded were personal acquaintances, but I did not find any. We are kept very busy day and night, fannot even remove our clothing and are subject to calls instantly." Before" the armistice was signed Ivan W. Dakin, member of a field hos pital corps, in an interesting letter to his-mother, Mrs. C. L Dakin, writes: "So far our drive has been very suc cessful. We are now on the ground that the Germans held for a long time and we are still going forward. It sure is exciting enough here for any one. I don't think I ever will get used to the big shells. When you can hear them whistle through the air and then burst near you, it is time to move a tittle closer to the ground. I had one trip up to the front on a motorcycle and they were shelling the road all the time. We went for about three miles with the big ones bursting all around us. When you get mixed up with them that way you want to get in a dugout quick. But there were no dugouts there, so we gave her the soup and broke all records getting out of that neighborhood. "Hearing that some of the old 12th Company boys now in an artillery bat tery were over here, I looked them up. I met Orville Thompson, of i'arkdale. and ran across Rud Imholz. who was on a hill watching the artillery work. He is now driving a car for a major. He showed me a letter he had from Mrs. Harry T. DeWitt. It had quite a nit of news and all the village scandal. so it was sure welcome. A letter like that is certainly fine reading to a fel low over here. "I had a good chance to see a part oi r ranee while working with a supply train, so made the best of it. I saw a good many places of interest that I can't name. About the only big place that I wanted to see but missed was I'aris. It is rather hardto get there Tor some reason. "1 have been through two air raids. I have visited a German dugout that we used as a dressing station. I had concrete walls two feet thick and tiled floors, marble-U.pned tables and nlush chairs. It was fixed as nicely as one could wish for. I had an idea that the ground the Germans had been holding wouia 1MB aitlerenl. However, except for some of the stuff they left and a good many of their dead it is not much different from the other. Of course all of the village are shot to oieoes. some of them justiheaps of stones. In the woods the trees are broken otr and twisted by shell fire. They have left enough barbed wire in the woods on this front to put a fence around the world. "I have been to the land of mv birth, and during the trip 1 saw the last resting place of many of our past nut not forgotten men of literary tame, writes Arthur u i,orts. who is now aboard a submarine chaser, to L. H. Gibson, his former professor. Mr. Iiofts is a native of Ixindon, having come to America wth his parents, Mr, ano Mrs. a. U Lofts, when a verv small ooy. In letters from home, Mr. Lofts continues, "they have told me of the military training carried on in the Hood River high school. 1 am cer tainly glad to hear my old school is do ing all she can to help the country in her crisis. You should see the little fellows in uniform here. They seem to start to train the boys before thev get out of the kindergarten. Little leiiows from 12 to 14 years are to be seen atiout the streets every dav They are in the regular uniforms of the army and navy. The country is sure building up a great reserve. One never sees an ablebodied man around unless he tie a shipbuilder. ' We often wonder how long the fight is going to keep up and how long it win ne neiore we get to return home. But as a usual thing the boys are desirous of staying with it until the glorious end. There are no paci fists among us. They are all looking tor the fight. 'You can hardly imagine how I lone for the good old times. Gee. but wouldn't I like to be out for football practice this afternoon! Just think. too, of those gay moments with the young ladies! Your reproving glances in class and those everlasting posting notices would be counted as personal ravors now. We just came in from a triri ves- terday. We have a few days for re pairs and rest and then go out to sea again after those German subs. This continuous hunt gets rather tiresome, but the rough weather and occassional excitement keep us on our toes. 1 am afraid I am not the east bit English. My only hoiie is for a victor ious peace and then a trio back to old Oregon." "That old song, 'Gee, but isn't it great to meet a friend from your old home town,' is certainly true," writes Jesse Hutson, Upper v'alley boy who is in France a member of the 18th Regiment of Engineers, to his brother. Jno. Hutson. "I never enjoyed a Fourth of July any more than the last. I paid a visit to a number of Hood River boys, mem bers of an artillery regiment. I saw Orville Thompson, Pearl Perkins, Al lyn Button, Earl Dunbar and Walter Kegnell. Our boys are certainly giv ing the boches the devil now and 1 do not believe it will be long until we can return, home." The engineer soldier in his letter stated that he and his comrades were enjoying their fill of grapes, peaches and plums. Through the visit of Mrs. Carrie F. Allen, now a resident of Bull Run, with local friends last week, it has been learned that Mrs. Allen has two sons and a daughter in service. Miss Vera Allen is a surgical nurse in! France. She has a brother, Don A 1 len, also in F'rance. William Allen, another brother, is a member of the student army training corps at the j University of Oregon. No Hood River boy has msde more rapid advancement since his enlist ment last spring than Howard Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cooper. The young man who was studying me chanical engineering at the Oregon Agricultural College at the time of his enlistment, received his first training at Bremerton navy yards. Following grades of loo per cent in successive examinations, Mr. Cooper is now bat talion commander, the highest position in non-commissioned ranks, at the na val steam engineers' school at Pelham Bay. N. Y. Mr. Cooper, who was 21 years old in May. has reached a rating as chief mechanics' msU. In a letter to his old playmate. Miss Georgia Lynn, Ben Ross," formerlv a gunner aboard the U. S. S. Pittsburgh, tells of his new experiences at a navi gation school at Norfolk, Va. Gunner Kts' term of enlistment ended last summer. He secured employment with a tug boat and entered the night class es of the navigation school. He has just recently teen awarded an ensign ship and is now spending a furlough with his mother at Cleveland. O.. be fore resuming his duties in Uncle! am s nayv. ii is one oi uie nnest schools in the country," he writes, "and in ad-, dition to the excellent education we are fitted to earn handsome salaries." ; . . i Hood River apples are available for j the.soldiers of camps on the Mexican: borders, according to a letter just re-; ceived from Lieut. C. B. Compton with the United States Guards at El Paso. , "1 noted Hood River apples, grown ; on the Meadow brook and J. P. Thorn- j sen ranches, on sale at the canteens," 1 writes Mr. Compton. "From the price charged I am of the opinion that the orchard business is a good one to de- i elop." ; l In a letter to his wife Walter W. ' Shay, in charge of aeroplanes at a 1 Waco, Tex., flying field, announces his, promotion to first sergeancy. In hie letter he tells of an interesting trial ' trip just made in a big machine : , "1 have iust returned from tun. day trip in which we made DUO miles. We visited many parts of Texas. 1 W'bb along as mechanician. It was certainly great." The Glacier last week received from Pharmacists' Mate Angus C. McDon ald, stationed at Camp lxigan, 111., one of the largest inland naval training stations, a picture showing students forming the naval anchor insignia. The picture showed the hospital build ing where Mr. McDonald has recently been kept exceedingly busy as a result of the Spanish intluenza. Thurston Laraway, according to a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Laraway, has been assigned to duty aboard the U. S. S. Matsonia, and is expecting to sail from New York city for European waters at any time. Mr. Laraway, in the medical reserve corps of the navy I has been training at Hampton Roads, ! Va. Chas. F. Johnson, son of Sheriff Johnson, is now stationed with a con- j tingent of United States marines at1 Galveston, lex. The young man qual ified after training at Mare Island as an expert rifleman. In a letter to his father he writes expressing hopes that he will be sent to France for duty. 1 Mrs. W. G. Weber has received h letter announcing the promotion of her brother, Lieut. Robert L. Murray, to1 the post of camp intelligence officer of i operations at Camp Fremont, Calif, j lie will have charge of all espionage cases arising in the neighborhood of ! me cantonment. Earl Weber is stationed as a Y. M. C. A. recreational director at a spruce production division camp at Seaside, in a letter to his father Mr. Weber' states that he Riient last week engaged in the United War Work drive in coast i counties. ! GREAT PICTURE IS COMING TO LIBERTY "The Great Love," which will prob ably be the best, moving picture ever shown in Hood Kiver, will be at the Liberty Boon. "The Great Love," said to be as good in every sense as the much her alded "Hearts of the World," is a Griffith fiicture. In fact, the entire cast of "Hearts of the World" takes part in "The Great Iove," and in ad dition the King and (jueen of England and the Queen's ladies waiting, partic ipate. One scene that is especially interest ing shows an actual German air raid over England. Watch for announcement of dates. ' HIGH SCHOOL NOTES illy Catherine Carter) School started again Monday with ulmrtut a fill) Dltunilannu Tlw ..; ods will not be lengthened as was ex- pecien, dui longer lessons will be as signed. Mr. ri)iann ennlo 1Ui-tnr!ait mi.ninn on the school's part of the United War Work campaign. The pupils of H. R. II O I li u. o. nave noi uone as wen as waa ex pected in this drive. Minn Rlirutifth fui-unn tn.l'im position as teacher of mathematics itiot muiiuuy. the influenza, Miss Smith, the girls' nhvsicfll inBtmntAf anrl Minn Uo.rou the English teacher, were called for overseas service in the reconstruction corps. Mrs. E. T. Walker has taken Miss Smith's place as physical instruc or, and Mrs. Wendover, of Portland, has taken Miss Magness' place. To Kp From Loaing Broith, Where respiration Is rhythmical there la no loss of lireslli lu walking fast, ruiinlpg uphill or K"hig upstairs The method of preventing brent hlossupsa consists In maintaining the rhythm and the speed of respiration. When the breathing Is rhythmic the breathing kop pace with the step. The out broathltg must he twice the length of the Inbreathing, and not mure than eitiuteon or tweutr complete breath cir cuits must be made per inliiiite. Bluebird. During the nesting season the blue bird iust he found in the t'ultwl States (west to Arizona. Colorado, Wyoming ami Montjuim, noiithprn I'nnsds, Meilco ami Ouatemsla. Tn the winter ft Is found in the southern half of the eastern I'nlted State and south to Guatemala. Knr ftiltta. I alutla itrtnta.! in a.,,,,, .- ance with Dairy and Fool I.awi, call a- tnsnttice. t Fool Dad with a pound of UMECO NUT MARGARINE Looki like Butter: Tastes like I'. iUer; and the price is t.nlv 40c per Lb. Bulk Honey 40c per Pound Bulk Molasses 85c per Gallon Try the Model Bakery Bread no substitutes and the quality is tine Consolidated Mercantile Company IV m ! 3 Turkeys Wanted Live or dressed, or any kind of poultry. Ootid de mand for large Potatoes. We want a lot of apples, Spitz, Jonathans, Northern Spy, or any good cooking or eating Apple. Send us a sample shipment, packed or orchard run. Can also handle some dried apples and prunes. Send sample. BOGGESS & CO. Phone: Main l'MH Capital Stock, $20,000. 151 Front St.. Portland HOWELL BROS. Who formerly ooi-u pied quarters on Oak Street, near Fashion Stables, wish to announce to their patrons that they have removed to the old quarters of W. ('.. Snow at the corner of Fourth and Columbia Streets. We will be ulad to welcome here, both our own old customers and those of Mr. Snow. Because of the shortage of help, we would urge all our customers to inspect their implements and articles on which repairs may be needed, frequently and give us ad vance notice. Do not wait until the last moment, where it can lie avoided. Yours for the best possible service. Telephone 2f!ll. Ortleys and Spitzenbergs WE WANT THOUSANDS OF ttOXKS COOKERS GRADED TO SIZE, FACED AND FILLED, AT 75c the Box F. 0. R. Boat Landing. Jumble Pack, not sized, 65c. Now is the time to ship your Cookers while thev look Kood and are not shriveled. Sheridan, Beckley & Co., Reference; Hibernia Hank. When In STOP PALACE HOTEL One of the Iie.it Hostleries i( the Rose City 446 Washington Street FREE. BUSS MEETING ALL TRAINS The cleanest rooms in the city, hrnt class service, disproof, ulrictly niuilem, larue ground floor lobby, flteam heated rooms, with or without bath, hot and cold water, in shopping ami theatre district, reasonable rates. An inspection will convince yon. MATTHEWS AUTO TRUCK CO. General Trucking and Freighting APPLE HAULING. A SPECIALTY GET IN TOITM WITH I S AT ONCE. 1122 Fifth Street Tel. 3241 Agent for Federal TrucK Women Who Drive cars like to come to us for their motor accessories because of the service which we give. No matter how exacting or in how great a hurry you may be, we can and will serve you cour teously and efficiently. THE TIRE SHOP HOWELL BROS. 12 FRONT S I RF.K. I PORTLAND, ORF. Portland AT THE