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WORK FOR FEDERAL
FUND PROCEEDS
! The I'ommtrcial club, which rectr.tly
, uryed Representative Sinnott to suf
xirt the muvemert to secure jatsi.jze
, fi-r an omnibus bill carrying appropri
' htior.a for numerous federal buiainus.
; ir.cluuii g one htre, has received a
reuly from Mr. Sinnott to the effect
that the passage of the bill seems
holess at this session of congress.
, The club and numerous citizens, how
ever, aie not discouraged, expressing
the hope of a -option of the measure at
the next s-s.:ori.
I Tne lYimrn-rcntl el ib and various
citizens have written all of the Oregon
eonuresional delegation, asking that
they they pii -h a prc.priations for the
federal hail lit g. I'nstmaster Kenvis
1 has supplied the delegation with data
; th iwing the large vol jrr.e tf business
uone bv the othce.
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X List of Soldiers and Sailors I
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! Mrs. H. F. Davidson, war historian I
of Hood River county, is compiling a
list of the names of all men who I
served from this county. The names )
will be published from time to time in j
: lists of servu-e nags of the county.
i The following are men for whom
stars appear on the Barrett service
Mag: Joel Abbott, Corbett Alexander,
Leonard Armstrong, George F. Allsup,
Lloyd Bishop), tlarry Barker. Fred
Broughton, Frank Bar.ham, wounded,
diver star, Wilbur Bywater, August
Bosse, Dewall Bonehrake, Carl Berry,
Sidney ('amine, Arne Copple, Clarence
Dornheeker, Frank Dornhecker, Will
liavidson, Puul lix, Kay Furrow, (lus
I Forsburg, ('has. Gibbons. Albeit Gib
; bons, wounded, silver star. Will Good
nough, Ramon Glues, Howard Hodges,
Garland Hallowell, Hubert Hasbrouck,
'Carroll M. Hurlburt, Sidney Hook,
silver star, Wilford Jenkins, Harold
Jenkins, Carlton Kibbee, Albert Kreig,
! gold star, Kdward Kreig, Paul Lancas
ter, Ellis Morse, Howard Merriam, til
! ver star, Lee Markley, Realto Meyers,
I Virgil Meters, Mills McFarland, Jas.
' Montgomerv, Earl Moses, Arthur Mos
j es, Lowell Nickelsen, Van Norder, nil
! ver star, R. L. Paddock, Harry V.
Post, Wade Kobbins, Kirby Boss, Wal
ter Kegnell, Kent Shoemaker, Ralph
Sherrieb, Glenn Shoemaker, Delbert
Slutz, Fred Sehall, Stanley Sherp, Fred
Shere, Fred Smith, Lee Schuknecht,
Albert Thornsbury, ('has. Van Blari
com, Berry Williams, Edward Wren,
John Wien.
1 Upper Valley Odd Fellows service
ring represents the following men :
Chas. W. (limn, 1'earl Perkins, Harry
Rood, Alan Way, gold star, Elmer
i Meyers, Clarence Hall, Russell Kelly,
: Fred HalKnan, Chas. Hall, Alvah
; Hardman, Leroy Shearer, gold star,
j The Ike district service' (lag bears
stars for the following: Bruce Bil
lings, Lorenzo Bonaduce, C. B. Comp
ton, J. It. Crenshaw, W. Linus Martin,
, Hewey Keid, Miles Romney, Jr., L. F.
j Barker, Leslie Stone, Clifford Thomas,
George Thomas, Alva West, Clement
West, John Wirriek, Harry Wirrick.
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FINS, FIRS AM) FEATHERS j
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State Riologist Finley writes:
Theodore Roosevelt was the most
far-sighted President this country ever
hud in saving our wild birds from ex
termination He said that wild birds
were absolutely necessary to future
agricultural development in the United
States, because they are the natural
check upon insects and other pests
that take $800,000,(100 annual toll fruin
the farmers.
He saw the complete extermination
of the myriads of wild pigeons of east
ern North America, because these
birds were not protected on their
breeding grounds. The common people
were thus deprived of a food supply.
Augutt 18, l'JOS, President Roosevelt
issued a special proclamation creating
Malheur Lake as a Federal Wild Bird
Reservation. It is recognized as the
greatest wild bird refuge in North
America. It is one of our greatest
memorials to Theodore Roosevelt.
Promoters under the guise of in
creasing agricultural land in Harney
county, have a lobby at Salem to drain
this alkaline lake and use the alkali
crusted Eoil to lure new settlers to
Oregon. Their completed plans to de
stroy Malheur Lake Reservation are
now before the State Land Board for
action.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington has had charge of this
area and since lilOS, has paid wardens
to protect it. Malheur Lake Reserva
tion is as wonderful as Crater Lake,
Mt. Hood, or the Columbia Highway.
It is an asset to Oregon and the United
States as one of the last great wild
tow I nurseries.
1 appeal to you and to your readers
to help us pass House Bill 37b, ceding
jurisdiction of Malheur Lake to the
Government and letting it continue its
charge. Governor Withcyombe recom
mended this in his message to the
legislature. Oregon is a great out-of-door
state and as such is attracting
people from all over the United States.
If any of your readers are interested,
I should be glad to hear from them.
P. C. Grange Meeting Interests
A very interesting meeting was held
at Pine Grove grange February 10.
: Over 50 members were present. The
! day was ideal for a good attendance,
! as it was too stormy for outside work.
The enthusiasm among the members
is a good sign of the cooperative woi k
we can do among ourselves this year.
The Feed committee was ordered to
secure prices on feed.
Two resloutiotis were passed that
will be seen elsewhere in this paper.
The dinner committee prepared a fine
spread, where ahnut 75 people were
1 served with the best to be had. After
' dinner a short hut interesting program
of recitations and music was rendered,
- which was thoroughly enjoyed hy all.
, At the next day meeting in March it
is hoped that every member will see
the need of taking cne day to look af
ter their own best interest by being
present. Secretary.
Mosier Annexation Proposed
Agitation has beer, begun here of a
movement for the annexation of the
Mosier fruit district, now part of Was
co county. to Hood River county. Pro
moters of the annexation scheme, who
have lecently visited Mosier, say the
fruit grower there favor the plan.
When the Hood River-Mosier section
of the Columbia Highway is completed
the fruit section of the neighboring
county, it is said, will be brought in
closer touch with Hood River than
several of the county's own districts. J
Promoters of the annexation plun
are o.pecting strong opivsition -from
J The Dalles.
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J Letters Frcm and About Soldiers
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Carl Houston, s-n of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Houson, of this city, who is a
sailor aboard the U. S. S. cruiser
Charleston, writes interestingly cf it
storm at sea on his last vcyage from
France. Eng.tged in convoy service,
the Charleston was bringing heme
1,271 doughbtys.
"We ran into the storm about 2.ooo
miles out," writes young Houston,
"and it was one of the worst ever
known on the Atlantic. 1 bean to
think we woulJ never get to port. A
soklier standing looking out at a glass
porthole was all but kilted when a
heavy sea smashed in the glass and
put out ore of his eyes and fractured
his skull. The ship surgeors worited
over him for two hours in the operat
ing room, and finally saved his life.
"1 guess that we got out of it better
than at me of the other ships though.
The Seattle and Leviathan were dam
aged pretty badly. Several men were
killed.
"You ought to have heard the cheer
ing when we docked. You can't irr.ag
ine how glad the people seem to get
the soldiers b-ick.
"1 do not like this transport service
very well. It means that 1 will be at
sea all summer. We were in France
four days and we w ill only be here at
Hoboken about six or seven davs i
guess. It took U9 10 davs to go over
and 14J days to come back, so you fee
we will be on the ocean about two
thirds of the time. The ocean is all
right for a pleasure trip, but 1 do not
ilke to live on it. But if I have to 1
can stand it as well as anybody else
until the soldiers are back. 1 don't
think there is a man on the ship that
likes it, but they are all willing to
bear it. 1 was talking to some of the
soldiers on the way hack, and they all
said, '1 don't see how you stand it.'
They all say they will never cross the
ocean again if they can possibly help
it. Lon't think I am downhearted oi
disgusted. 1 am just as happy tonight
as 1 ever was in my life."
Mr. Houston says he went ashore at
Brest, but that he is much more ready
for the United States after a sight of
the old town, which he characterizes
as a hundred years behind the times.
After a short furlough here with
relatives and friends, Sergeant Van
Alfred Norder.Von of Mrs. Louise Nor
der, left Thursday for the base hospi
tal at Camp Lewis, where he expects
to remain for the next two months
undergoing treatment for a severe
wound sustained on October 151 while
with the 91st Division in Belgium.
"It will be my eighth hospital since
I was wounded, says Sergeant Nor
der, who was with the 317th Machine
Gun Battalion and who passed un
touched through the severe fighting of
the Argonne Forest. "1 think they
will patch me up so that 1 can soon be
discharged."
Sergeant Norder, who says he does
not know how he escaped wounds in
the Argonne drive, declares that he is
very fortunate that his wound was not
worse. He was struck in the fleshy
part of the hip w ith the nose of a three
inch German high explosive shell. The
steel nose, more than an inch in diam
eter, which the soldier now carries as
a souvenir, made a frightful wound.
"The shell nose must have been red
hot," says Sergeant Norder, "ami evi
denty stared the wound, for I did not
bleed any. It knocked nie down but 1
never lost consciousness. But it cer
tainly fell like I had lost both legs."
"Some of the wets, who may be
found daily quoting soldiers as being
opposed to nation-wide prohibition,"
according to Sergeant Norder, "are
taking the doughboy too seriously.
Some of the men, just for the sake of
talking, are telling about ho their
ventures with vin rouge and vin blanc
have resulted in their opposition to
prohibition.
"But the fact of the business is thut
the average, American soldier is going
to return and be just the same citizen
he was when he went away. His stay
in France is not going to change him
very much. At least that is my be
lief, based on my own observations.
And the soldier is eager to get back
home and be merged again into the
activities of civilian life. This talk of
the soldier coming back and turning
the 18th amendment topsy turvy is all
just talk."
Sergeant Norder says he crossed the
Atlantic on the way to France on
board a British vessel.
"And 1 was so unfortunate as to be
returned home on a Britisher," he
says. "1 got my till of tea. 1 hope
none of my friends ever asks me to
have a cup of tea. Those Britishers
have a peculiar idea of eating any
how." Coiporal James M. Wilson, of the
United States Marine Corps, who was
at Chateau Thierry, where the "Devil
Dobs" made history, now writes his
furmer employer, R. 1). Chatfield,
manager of the Mosier Fruit Growers
Union, that he is ready to return to
ranching. In his letter he inquires if
Mr. Chatfied can direct him to a good
ranch place.
"1 have gone thiough the horrors
and hell of war," writes Corporal Wil
son, "and 1 am very grateful God has
spared me. "1 joined my company on
the famous Marne river, and being an
expert ritleman 1 was made a sniper.
We went in at the Chateau lhierry
front where the Marines made their
famous stand against the hun. From
Chateau Thierry we went to Soissons
where I went over the top in one of
the greatest battles of the war. Mv
battalion was almost annihilated. I
was one of the 279 that came out with
out a scratch. We experienced awful
hardships in that attack no water and
no eats. From Soissons we went to
the Toul front, which at the time was
quiet and we experisnced only a couple
of raids. After a two days rest from
our work on the Toul front" we were
sent into that famous All-American
drive at St. Mihiel."
Three Hood River young men, just
mustered out of service, returned home
last Thursday. Charles Johnson, son
of Sheriff Johnson, and Robert Hen
derson, son of John Leland Henderson,
Tillamook attorney, returned from
dalveston, lex., wnere they were
n ustered out of a regiment of the
United States Marine Corps. Both the
young men left immediately for ser
vice last year on their graduation from
the Hood Kiver high school.
Arthur Tompkins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Tompkins, of the Odell
district, w ho was with a naval aviation
squadron, h. i just returned trom ser-
: vice in England. Ihe young man was
! mustered out at Pelham Bay, N. I
; While at an Eagle hut in England, Mr
j Tompkins says he met Floyd Bishop,
; member ot a suocnaser crew.
Hobart Kincaid, United States Ma
rine, who was awarded the Gioix rie
Guerre and the Cross of the Legion by
the French government for valor at
Chateau Thierry, passed through Hood
River Friday night en route from his
old home at Kenosha, Wis., to Port
land, where h5 parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A Kim!At4 rctd.j II. wit cttwI&A
1 e st x'rw.h;. h
1 workers of the Ked Cross Canteen
.fimmitttw shn IhjhUI him ilivn l-ith
apples.
Mr.
severe
drive.
Kincaid
wounds
is recovering, froru
sustained in the big
"Saw the Rhine a few days aeo,"
writes Cpl. E. 1. Lewis, to his father,
A. G. Lewis, "but the Columbia any
day is preferable."
Cpl. Lewis known, to his friends as
Bun, enlisted with the Third Iowa
Regiment. He is row with Co. E,
Hkth Infantry, 42nd Division, and ex
pects to be assigned to permanent duty
witn trie army of occupation.
t H. l ew is last letter was written
from Niederbresig. He says he is
eager for mail from home and judges
that he has an abundance on the way.
The last letter he received was dated
October IS. It was received Novem
ber is. In his last letter, written Jan
uary li, he says :
Tomorrow is mv birthday. The
last w as spent in France, and now here
1 am in Germany. 1 sure hope the
next will be stent in God's Country.
All of the rumors at first indicated an
early homecoming, but things are dif
ferent now. 1 hardly think we will lie
home or even out of here inside of six
months. Gee, how 1 long to iret home
and back on a ranch, or at least at
work at something that seems to be
useful. There is to be a big field meet
held in France under the auspices of
the A. E. F. in June. So it seems that
the higher-ups are figuring on quite a
stav over here.
Leaves are now being given for
visits to Coblenz. I will take a trip
over as soon as 1 get paid. Am learn
ing to gargle a little German now.
that is enough to get along. Was get
ting so that I could obble frog pretty
good, but this is something else again.
1 am making good use of a feather
bed. It is the first 1 have had in a
year now. It sure feels good to sleep
between sheets again."
Ihe hike through to the Rhine was a
strenuous one.according to Cpl. Lewis'
letter. Ihe journey required lo davs,
and the soldiers traveled at the rate of
lti-18 miles a day.
"That doesn't sound like much, but
just try it with a pack and rille on
your back," he says," "and on two
meals a day with hardtack or possibly
a bully beef sandwich for lunch.
In this area, near (oblenz, the Ger
mans are short of some foods but are
far from starving. Butter, grease
and meats of all kinds are nix, but
they have quantities of potatoes, which
form the chief article of diet. It
would surprise you to Bee borne of the
dishes they make out of the humble
spud. White bread is a thing of the
past. Their bread is made in loaves
about the size of a brick, weighs easily
as much and is dark brown in color.
The talk is that our division will
be called on for several parades. It
seems possible, in fact probalbe, for
there is no division any more popular
than the Rainbow."
Mrs. Minnie J. Vonder Ahe, who for
the past month has been unable to get
letter to her son, stationed in the
navy ahoard a receiving ship on r.llis
Isle, was relieved Saturday on receipt
of a telegram from H. F. Davidson
who wired that the young man had
finally received all of Irs mother's let
ters.
Mrs. Vonder Ahe had been endeavor
ing to get affidavits for his discharge
to her son. While fhe has been receiv
ing his letters, her own failed to reach
him. Failing through her own efforts
to reach the young man, Mrs. Vonder
Ahe finally appealed to Mr. Davidson
for aid.
Mrs. George Gallaway has recently
received word from her brother, Roy
Holbrook, who went to France with
me of the first contingents that sailed
after war was declared as commander
of the Seventh Artillery Regiment,
tnnouncing his promotion from a lieu
tenant colonelcy to the rank of briga-
Jut general. He is the youngest man
of his rank in the army. Another
brother, W. A. Holbrook, is a major
general.
Both of Mrs. Holbrooks'brothers are
West Pointers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Haviland have
received a letter from Cnpt. W. A.
Livingstone who enli&ted the first
year of the war with a Canadian regi
ment who announces thit he expects
to be home by May 1. In his letter he
states that all members of the Second
Cnadian have received a special decor
tion for bravery in action. Although
he had formerly participated in one of
the heaviest engagements of the war,
Capt. Livingtstone was not wounded
until- last August. Later he was
wounded three other times, the last
severe.
VV. A. Bookman, Odell orchardist,
has received a letter from his son,
Austin, member of the Sixth Battal
ion, 20th Engineers Regiment, who an
nounced that he has been placed in the
Third Army of O.-cupation and expects
to remain overseas for many months.
Young Mr. Lock man, who formerly
held the Mid-Columbia championship
for number of boxes of apples packed
in a day, was aboard the luscania,
torpedoed a.id sunk early last year by
a German submarine.
In a letter to his father, C. A. Bell,
Fred H. Bell writes that he has reach
ed the Rhine with the army of occupa
tion. He is stationed at an American
camp lb miles trom Lobienz. He says
he and comrades have visited Coblenz
Mr. Bell, who enlisted in 1917, began
action with a field artillery regiment
at Chateau Thierry, and he was in the
thick of the fighting until the end.
Through an oversight the name of
Ray Wickham, son of Assessor Wick
ham, was omitted last week from the
list of Hood River men who are mem
hers of the (39th Artillery Regiment,
landed at New port News, Va.
Card of Thanks
We desire to extend to the kind
friends and neighbors our thanks and
appreciation for the help and symna
thy shown during our recent bereave
ment.
Mrs. M. N. Serogin
and Family.
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When acid-distressed, relieve the
Indigestion with
ItMiaiDS
Dissolve easily on tongue as
pleasant to take as candy. Keep
your etomach sweet, try K)-moids
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MAKERS Of 8O0TTS EMULSION
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straight-distilled, all-refinery
gasoline. Look for the Red
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Ihe Gasoline of Quality
G. W. PEFFER, Special Agent, Standard Oil Co., Hood River, Oregon
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