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HOOD IUVKU. OREGON, THURSDAY, FKBUrAUY
No. 3".
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THE KRESSE DRUG CO.
The jfsoaE .;
VALLEY AFFORDS
SHEEP PASTURE
OPPORTUNITY FOR HERDS EXISTS
Thousands of the Animals are Annually
Grazed on Logged Off Lands
and Forest Reserves
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Choice of six 10-inch double
disc records 12 selections in all
and 300 needles.
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G. E. CORSON, the Piano Man
Opposite the First National Bank
in th- old Red Cross Headquarters
We will accept ' 11 r I iberty Bonds or War
Slumps :it p;ir v;due as part or full payment.
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Service Clothes for Men
Who Served
You are putting by the khaki nnd the
blue; you are turning, to the arts of
peace w ith newer, higher ideals and ns
piiations that will count heavily in the
years to come
C I et this store help to c lothe you for
the new tasks. You will find that we.
too, know the meaning of the word
" service."
JOE VOGT.
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g lhere is a wrong ami a riht way to save. Saving should be fur a Z
S purpose. T tie ptirpot-t' should bo definite. Tlio sum set aside each
Week or month should In' dl-flnitp. Whim vml fin uuvinu irt rou lifu
insurance premiums, yon are saving for not only a definite, but a
5 laudable object. Yi.u are making an estate faster than you pan possi-
t!y make it in anv other wav.
J We recommend that, you carrv all t lie life insurance you ran afford
j to carry and that you divide your premiums into installments and that
5 you deposit the amount of one tif there installments every week or
month in some good bank or trust company.
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HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT & INVESTMENT CO.
STANLEY-SMITH LUMBER CO.
JUST RECEIVED A CARLOAD OF
Dimension, Shiplap,
and
Cedar Posts.
Also a Car of Shingles.
Have a few split Cedar Posts on Hand.
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SEASONABLE OFFERINGS
Red Ribbon Hominy, per can 20c
Holly Rice and Milk, per can 10c
Hulk Mince Meat, per lb. 28c
Bulk Sauor Kraut, 2 quarts 25c
Columbia Brand Oleomargarine, lb. 45c
Umcco Brand Nut Margarine, lb.. .. AOc
We close at 7 o'clock p. m. during January and February.
CONSOLIDATED MERCANTILE CO.
PATRONIZE
HOME INDUSTRY
The Highland Milling Co.
Is helping to develop this Valley
Use Its Products
FLOUR -GRAHAMS WHOLE WHEAT
RYE FLOUR -MEALS
AM) EVERYTHING IN THIS LINK.
POULTRY AND STOCK FOODS
A SPECIALTY
Why does not the Hood Kiver valley
raise more sheep? That was the ques
tion asked in a meeting of representa
tive citizens, ranchers and business
men last week.
The opinion was rendered by an ex
perienced stock man that an opportun
ity was being overlooked. It is said
that many limited herds of sheep could
be wintered over on Uper Valley
farms for a nominal expense. With
the beginning of spring the sheep could
be taken at once to the ranges of both
sides of the valley.
In fact, numerous bands of sheep are
annually fattened on the Hood River
ranges. Last season approximately
5,000 sheep were shipped here and then
transited to I)ee over the Mt. Hood
line. From the logging town thev were
driven into the forests to be fattened
for market. The wild pea vines grow
luxuriantly on the logged off lands, and
the wild grasses of mountain lands
meadows offer excellent pasturage for
the sheep. Many other bands wore
driven in overland, and Borne have
been transported by rail and boat to
Sonny for grazing on the ranges to the
west.
It is said that many of the Upper
Valley ranchers of more than average
acreage might do well to specialize in
the sheep industry, feeding surplus
hay to the animals in the winter
months. For the owner of orchards of
small acreage it is said that all could
keep a few sheep, feeding them during
the winter and caring for them during
the lambing season. Then, with the
coming of spring, according to a unique
suggestion, a community shepherd
would gather up the nock, each desig
nated by the special brand of its owner
and go with them to the grazing
ranges.
O. 11. Rhoades, one of the men lis
ussing the possibilities of sheep feed
ing for the valley, estimated that as
many as 50,000 sheep and 100 head of
cattle had been pastured for a period
of from four to six months on Hood
Kiver ranges. Although some other
part of the state secured the taxes on
the animals, they were given this val
ue in a large degree by Hood River
valley resources.
It is not expected that the price of
mutton will sutler any severe decline
for some years to come, and the price
of wool, too, is expected to remain at
an extreme figure compared to that ot
recent years.
We are now making up a carload of
"FRIEND" SPRAYERS
Come in and talk with us about them
right away
J. C. BUTCHER CO.
I "Willi-' ! ll II TM Sj-
65TH HOME FROM
SERVICE IN FRANCE
Some of the pride of Oregon men,
who make up a large part of the bTith
("oast Artillery and many of whom are
Hood River boys, are now in barracks
at Camp lix, one of the largest and
best of the eastern camps. It is likelv
that within a few days these men will
be near their homes.
It is probable that the Until will not
be sent back as a regiment, but by
smaller units to the camps neatest
their homes. In that case, the com
panies containing Oregon men will, it
is thought, be sent to Camp Lewis for
demobilization.
Camp Dix has never seen a better
looking bunch, says a dispatch from
the east, than these rugged younesters
who came out of the west and fought
on at least five sectors of the western
front. They figured in the reduction
of the St. Mihiel salient on September
12. Ihey did rotable work in the Ar-gonne-Meuse
drive, which began Sep
tember 2f, and they were commended
for their splendid lighting under
French command near old Fort Douau
mont, on the east bank of the Meuse
October 8. They attacked with the
French on Boise de Tray October 2H,
and their fighting in the last Argonne
Meuse drive of November 14 in itself
is sufficient to mark them as super
men. That is what their commander,
Col. iienj. 11. Kerfoot, thinks of them
He said : Ot those Oregon men,
who are in the liuth Artillery, I cannot
say enough in praise. Ihey are super
men. I mean it in every sense of the
word. They are wonderful. There are
no men in any branch who are better.
There are no more wonderful men in
the world."
And men in the regiment related
how the Colonel had told an incident to
prove his point. That was when the
huge 9.2-inch howitzers, which shoot
shells weighing 293 pounds, were
mired down and had to be gotten to
the front. Twenty-four of these guns
with ammunition were 2f. kilometers
behind the front. The roads were be
lieved to be impassable. Col. Kerfoot,
stern disciplinarian that he is, said
that for once he could not command
men to do the impossible. He turned
away. The men began to labor and
the guns began to move. The men
slaved to draw the guns nearer the
front, and when four days and three
nights had passed the guns all were in
action at lioise de Forges.
"Only supermen could have done
that, and they are these Oregon men."
Col. Kerfoot said.
The 65th arrived in Philadelphia
Thursday. It was the first troopship
to return soldiers at that port. The
welcome to the returning troops there
was such a one as never before has
been recordeid in this county. All of
Philadelphia turned out.
It is the custom to take the returning
troops to camp immediately on land
ing. The fiiHh wa3 no exception.
There are procesess of sanitation to be
gone through before they will be given
tny leave of absence, but in the mean
time they are comfortably located at
Camp Dix.
Are they bringing back French
wives? "Not on your life," they re-nlv.
I "The old girl in Oregon will look
! mighty good to me," chimed one pri
vate. The rest echoed him. The
French girls are all right; we are glad
we met them," they say, but they are
unanimous that they don't size up with
the Pacific coast girls. Perhaps this
is because the girls at home have been
remarkably good to them. There were
five tons of mail awaiting the regiment
when it arrived at Brest.
When the armistice was signed the
6oth was at Grandpre. They had teen
firing almost until the ti d. They
passed Christmas day in box car going
from the front toward Brest.
At Forges, Battery C, c..mpord al
most entirely of Oregon men, wiced
out a German battery with two rounds.
The same thing happened at St. Mi
hiel, where the target was a water
supply dam.
Toward the end of the w ar the tier
mans were retreating so fast that at
one time they were but seven kilo
meters from the front-line trenches.
and under tire. After several davs the !
Germans had retreated so far that not i
even the tiring could be heard. I'ur-
ing the close fighting one of tne Ore
gon sergeants was stationed to guard
iHHt gallons of gasoline. Shells ex
ploded so near him that he was spat
tered with mud. He sbnut his ground
and was unhurt.
The b?th saw 70 continuous davs of
actton at the front. In that time the
casualties among them were so small
that the regiment won the name of I
being lucky.
We are lucky, said one of the
Oregon men, "that we are back in the
good old United States. We will ap
preciate home and all it stands for as
men never have before.
INSTITUTE IS
BIG SUCCESS
PROMINENT SPEAKERS GIVE MRS
Pine Grove Community Partiripates in a
Three-day Program, ith a Good
Attendance
PIONEERS CELEBRATE
GOLDEN WEDDING
With pioneer families ami members
of Can by Post, (i. A. K., and Canby
Corps, W. R. (;.. present for the jubi
lee event, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wil
son, residents of the Valley since lKiti,
celebrated their Golden Wedding Tues
day. A sumptuous golden wedding
dinner was served, and Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson were presented with a number
of handsome presents.
Mrs. Wilsons maiden name was
Nancy Jane Chamberlain. She and
Mr. Wilson were married at Ancona,
111. Four years later they removed to
Kingston, Mo. In 1876 they came to
Yamhill, Or. After a short stay there
they came in the same year to Hood
Kiver Valley. Mr. Wilson took a
homestead in the Belmont district.
His entire holdings were sold in 1907
to H. K. Albee, later mayor of Port
land.
Mr. Wilson, a veteran of the Civil
War, is a past commander of the
Canity Post, and his wife has headed
the auxiliary woman's organization.
Mr. Wilson enlisted on April 2M, 1W!1,
at Lagro, Ind., in the Sth Indiana regi
ment. After three monthstl w hen the
term of his first enlistment expired,
he entered the army of the Union with
the Ibth Indiana regiment. On Janu-
aiy 1, lb4, his regiment, the terms ot
enlistment again over, for the most
part became members of a veterans'
corps at New Orleans, La.
Mr. W ilson was in active service at
New Madrid, Mo. lie was in Memphis
when the gunboats of the Mississippi
took thftt city on June 7, 1S02. He
was at the fall of Vicksburg.
A happy feature of the golden wed
ding was the reunion of all the children
of the family. The children are :
Austin Wilson, of Six Prong, Wash;
Misses Grace and Flora Wilson, of
Hood River; George Wilson, of San
Framisco; Lee Wilson, of Winnemuca,
Nov.; Mrs. George llinish and Miss
Laura Wilson, of Portland.
The rooms were prettily decorated
wth pussy willow branches and cut
flowers. A number of pitmeer friends
from Portland, The Ualles and While
Salmon were present. Ouring the af
ternoon scores of friends, pioneers and
newer residents, called to congratulate
the bride and groom and welcome the
children to the home roof.
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GOT HOME NEWS
When the Hood Kiver soldiers who
are members of the lifith Artillery ar
rived in Philadelphia they were able
to get much home news which they
might not otherwise receive until
reaching Hood Kiver. A bundle of
Glaciers sent to Mrs. Willis Van Horn
arrived in time to be distributed to the
overseas men. Mrs. Van Horn's letter
follows :
"The bundle of Glaciers just arrived.
I will surely see that the boys get
them and know they will be appreci
ated, as 1 speak from experience. Mr.
Van Horn and I leave shortly for Phil
adelphia. We are fortunate in having
secured tickets to the boat that carried
the city officials, reception committee,
etc., d'wn the bay to meet the Haver
ford. "The papers say the city is in gala
attire for the occasion. This will be
the first troop ship to enter the port
carrying returned soldiers. They had
planned a reception and entertainment
for the men, but government restric
tions forbid a public demonstration.
However, they are to march and be
reviewed. Wish I could be in Hood
Kiver to help celebrate when the boys
come home. "
LOCAL BOWLERS TO
MEET PORTLAND
Hood River will be represented in
Portland Sunday with a team of bowl
ers, who will meet the M. L. Kline
team in a set of games on the Oregon
alleys where ten pins will be rolled.
The members of the local team are 1).
P. Smith, Harry T. DeWitt, F. G.
Lindsey, George Poe and E. E. House.
This will be the first game of the sea
son for the locals.
E. E. House, who is in Portland at
present where he is employed, was a
member of the bowling team last Sun
day, the Standifer Shipbuilding team,
which won all three games of a set
with the M. L. Kline team, and Sun
day evening w ill play a second match,
after the set with the locals in the
morning.
Mr. House won first prize last Sun
day in the free for all contest in which
21 were entered. It was a six game
tournament at the Portland Alley and
his score was 1199. The results of each
game were as follows in the order
named: 201, 178, 220. 219, 200, 11.
In a cablegram to his father, J, II.
Robbins, Wade Robbing, who is a mem
ber of the 65th Artillery, states that
he did not sail from France with his
regiment but that he is well and ex
pects to return from overseas soon.
The sixth annual Cmiimunitv Ir.sti-
i tute of the Pine Grve district, an an
! nual event arranged bv the leaders in
the various social activities of the dis
trict, was held at the Pine Grove
church last Frida, Saturday and Sun
dav. The Pine Grove people are awake
to the posibilir.es of such an inspira
tional meeting and se the value to
ward community betterment. With
ideal weather, a ootl attendance ami
an excellent program it will long be
remembered as the best ever held.
Ur. C. A. Gregory, of the l'iiiversit
of Oregon, opened the institute with
an aide talk on the subject "Educa
tion and I'emocracy." He emphasized
the fact that this is a time when spe
cialists are needed at the head of each
activity. "Alternate leadership has
not been recognized in the past as it
should be in the future," he stated.
He gave as examples of such leader
ship Miltiades at Marathon, Washing
ton in the Revolution and Lincoln dur
ing the critical time of the Civil w ar.
F uture leadership should be given to
those who are best able to lead, ac
cording to lr. Gregory. He compli
men ted the work undertaken by the
commnuity through such meetings as
the one just closed. Saturday he spoke
of "Siime Problems of Reconstruction. "
He said in part, "There is no one solu
tion for the problem confrotitng the
world. Some say that it depends on
industry, economy, psychology or re
ligion. No one will settle the question,
elements of all are needed. Hiirh
wages and good conditions will not al
ways serve. For example the Seattle
strike." He said that there must be
a higher rule than the Golden Rule to'
bring about complete cooperation, cal
ling this the "1'iamond Rule," "Do
without expecting some return."
Col. John Leader, of Eugene, proved
entertaining to many. With wit and
humor, together with his personal stor
ies of the front, he secured the interest,
of a crowded house.
Rev. W. H. Roddy, of Parkdale. ably
discussed the subject, "Some aspects
of the Conservation of Human Life'.
He showed what a great amount of
disease exists at the present time
which is preventable. Much labor of
value is lost in this way. As condi
tions now are, sometimes the one who
needs medical advice is unable to ob
tain it because of financial alVairsjor
again disease, not being treated in
time, becomes more serious and dan
gerous, lie gave (be medical profes
sion credit for wishing to bring about
better conditions along preventative
lines. Some form of health insurance
was mentiniid as was also a system of
direct medical supervision under con
trol of the state or nation whereby any
one could be able to secure advice and
treatment regardless of his finances.
Rev. E. C. Newham gave a splendid
address Sunday on "The ('(immunity
and the Crisis,"
"Great changes have transpired in
the last, century," be stated. "Im
proved facilities of communication
have brought about radical changes in
human society. Electricity has given
to the world a new nervous system.
One generation ago it took Stanley lot
days of hard travel to reach Living
stone in the heart of Africa. Today
this journey can be done in comfort in
three days. The catacysm (if Europe
and the world menace of Bolshevism
were bought home to us. Hie convul
sion which has shaken the world in the
last four years has moved its center of
gravity. Things can never be the
same again. The problem is one of
mankind. The only constructive prob
lem before the woild is that iS Chris
tianity. The oil I v serum that can
make it safe for the varied peoples to
live together is the blood of Jesus
Christ. Protestant denominations are
making ready for a united missionary
propaganda with a minimum annual
budget of $000,000,000. The United
States government is sending a trans
port of 200 missionaries to Turkey.
Our community can never do its full
part until the last man is fully en
listed. V
Rev. Newham also gave an instruc
tive lecture in the evening on the
"Life of the Apostle Paul," accom
panied by lantern slides illustrating
the great man's work and journeys.
Mrs. F. H. Blackmail led the roll
call of the service flag and some men
were able to respond in person, al
though the greater number were repre
sented bv friends or relatives. Rev.
Newham touehingty responded to the
call for Earl Robertson, represented
by the one gold star in the flag. Ma
jor Abraham and Captain Wilbur were
present and each gave short talks.
Music was furnished by George
W'uest, assisted by Miss Young, Adah
Laraway and Myrtle Jarvis. Perhaps
one of the most enjoyable features of
the institute was the community sing
ing under the excellent leadership of
Mrs. E. E. Luge. Some well rendered
recitations were also given by Ann
Wuest, Charlie l uge, Kingsley Roberts
and Ruth Boles.
One attraction not already mentioned
was the excellent noon lunch served
Saturday by the ladies of the commu
nity, w ho deserve credit of all present
for that which w as w holesome as well
as sufficient.
The success of the institute was
largely due to the efforts of Rev.
Newham, chairman, and W. C. Keck,
secretary of the institute committee.
The community idea takes in members
of the following organizations on its
committee, the church, public school,
grange W. C. T. U., Red Cross and
the Ladies' Aid.
Sales of Residence Property
W. J. Baker this week sold the fol
lowing three pieces of property: Resi
dence of Mrs. T. J. Kinnaird on Cas
cade avenue to .E. A. Kincaid; E. S.
Colby residence on Cascade to Mrs. El
sie Johnson, and a house owned by the
Stanley-Smith Lumber Co. to Tony
Flint.
The union meetings are to continue
through this week. Evangelist Reid,
of Belfant, Ireland, will preach Thurs
day night at the Methodist church, and
Friday night at the Christian church.