The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-11-28
Blood River Glacier
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1902.


Last Thursday the Goth, at 10 o'clock a.
m, NJ. +. Jacobs received telephone
message to report Immediately at Blow.
ers & Sons store to make arrangements
for fishing trip to Trout Lake. he
took the bait with the voracity of steel
head" and Harvey Byrkett played with
him until nearly noon, when he slipped
away from him to join the crowd that
had invaded the Jacobs residence with
lunch baskets, in the name Of F. @. x l..
in honor of the Goth anniversary of his
birth. On entering the house he was
greeted by a room full of comrades and
w. r. G. members Justify singing-or
rather shouting-that old riot, March
ing through Georgia" Surprised?
Dumbfounded rather, for he tried to
speak to his daughter, Mrs. Frederick,
but no sound came from his lips. Tears
came TO his ewes but the smiling faces
was not indicative of funeral. Grasp
ing the situation, up went his hands in
token OF surrender, and in answer to a
question elbow old are you?' he fell
short of the truth 46 years and promptly
twenty too" The falsehood was con-
frmed by the boyish joy beaming from
his face, and the renewal OF youth
seemed infectious, for all the old boys
and staid w. r. G. ladies-who are not
to be called old girls--dropped their dig
nifty and formality and the result was a
hilarious time. Marshal Dukes was
telephoned for to quiet the disturbance,
but he seemed to have caught the NAL
ady, as his only answer was laugh |
thought how appropriate the coup!et
from Oliver w. Holmes:
"Were twenty, we're twenty-who says we
are more?
He's a jackanapes, put him out at the door.
what? grey temples at twenty? Yes. white
If you please.
Where the snow flakes fall thickest there's
nothing can freeze.
Comrade Jacobs was made eligible to
membership in the G. A. r. by service
in the lst Mimi. in the Indian war, and
also as private in Co. B, Sth Minn. from
1862 to the close of the civil war, After
the battle of Wilkinson Pike, near Muir
freesboro, Tenn, he went with his regi-
ment to Washington and joined Sher
mans army at Wilmington, N. q. join
ed Candy Post by transfer last year and
has already won first place in the hearts
of his comrades and is we'll respected by
all who have made his acquaintance.
After that dinner that was so satisfy
ing to even the Hood River appetite, he
sent for l.. Bradley, Hood Rivers popu-
lar scenic artist, and had picture taken
of the group on the front porch and
wanted view OF the same group on the
upper porch, and also a view of the
Columbia and the hills of Washington
at White Salmon, with Mount Adams in
the background, but the last view was
postponed until the next day.
Those present on the occasion were.
Mrs Caroline Abbott, Harvey Byrkett,
Mr. and Mrs ] L Blount, L Bradley, Mrs
Blowers, MIR and Mrs II H Bailey, Mr.
and Mrs and Arthur Cunning, Miss
Carrie Crowell, Mr. and Mrs Hansberry,
Mrs Katie Frederick, Joseph Frazier, Mr.
and Mrs NJ p Isenberg Miss Eva Nick
Lesson, Mr. and Mrs W II Perry and Mrs
NJ A Shoemaker.
1t was certainly happy anniversary,
and it was hard to tell who had the most
enjoyment out of it, the genial comrade
or the promoters. He showed his APP
probation, not OF the dinner alone, but
the friendly interest and atmosphere Of
good-fellowship, without the least taint
OF formality There was no time for
speech making, story telling or song
singing. 1t was an electric storm Of
good nature, and Comrade Jacobs felt
good clear down to his hook joint
"Go to the record where his years are told,
Count his grey hairs, they can't make him
old;
For him in vain the envious seasons roll
Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
There was strong desire to make the
comrade useful present but as all de-
sired a repetition of such gatherings, the
precedent of present making might come
to be burdensome. M.