The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-27
Nood River Glacier
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY q, 1908.


night at the X. OF z. hall was success
full to a degree surprising to the
HoosieFs themselves. Ate o'clock sup
per was called In the dining room, 70
being accommodated at the first table,
In all lis part0Ok Of the HoOsier supper
The appearance Of I. G. Dallas, dressed
In a broad smile and white suit, made
everyone hungry for coffee before reach-
ing the table.
Whatever else may be said for or
against the Hoosiers, one thing is
certain, they are not bashful, and If
they came weston account of ofdyspepsia,
Hood River climate has wrought a
radical cure. No trace Of the disease re-
mains.
After the supper was over all present
gathered in the lower room to listen to
the literary programme, which Oc-
cupied about two hours of the evening.
Rev. III. G. Shatfers's welcome adj
dress was somewhat labored, although
1t was enjoyed by all He did not
seem TO have his usual free and easy
manner. The cause was not stage
fright, for he never gets that way. 1t
was not on account Of lack Of inspira-
lion from the audience, for everyone
was in sympathy with the subject al
hand. They were all there for that
purpose. II was not caused by an
absence ofenthnsiasm on the part of the
speaker, for he seemed to be almost too
full for utterance. However, the address
made those present claim with pride
that they were HoOsiers.
Miss Gladys Hartley and the twelve
boys are worthy of mention for the
excellent rendition of Under the Bam-
boo Tree" Kathryn Hartley's lullaby
was fine for the same reason that every
exercise of hers is good; she can't do it
in any other way. The harmony of
the male quartette was not bador in
different, consequently 1t mnst have
been good. II was just what 1t was
designed to have been, "The Silent
Sell.n Miss Earls paper on Indiana is
given below:
Historians of today recognize the fact
the history of the world cannot be con-
sidered apart from its geography
So | invite your attention for a few
minutes to the geography of our native
state, to which we are paying tribute
this evening.
Indiana lies in the heart of the lake
country and Mississippi valley, as well
as in the heart ofthe United States. The
hardy, early pioneers and settlers who
found the first gateway Of the Aiie-
ghenies and pierced the forests of
Tennessee and Kentucky, carved their
way into the forests of southern In
diana. They built the famous forts of
Vincennes, and Others from the north
built Wayne, holding their positions
through battles which, with the bright
victory of General Harrison on the
battle field of Tippecanoe, from the
traditions of our state.
These early settlers profited much
from their location by being part of
the famous Northwest Territory
whose provisions in the ordinance of
1857 have been the model of legislation
for all subsequent territory acquired by
the United States.
She was admitted to the Union in
1916. Her boundaries were entered
and crossed by the great national road
from Washington to st. Louis. Sub
stantial people from the east filed her
bordersand have turned their attention
to her great -nNturni rcsOurses. may
mention first of these resources her
forests, which gave fuel and timber for
early homes. Second, the extraordinary
fertile soil Of agricultural areas which
have been turned into farms that are
the garden spots Of the United States.
Originally MANY of these were great
wamps. Hoosier ingenuity wrought
the change, The great West may boast
of her irrigation but Indiana may point
with pride to the grandest of ditching
and drainage systems. Also, her farms
are the jewels in the priceless setting
of a system Of graded, gravelled or
macademized roads and pixies, that our
Western states may do well to copy.
Not all Indiana Is agricultural. In
her southern counties the great bed
of stone lifts to the surface In immense
quarrles. Bedford stone forms the
foundations and often the entire ma
terial of structures ranging from capital
buildings and Mississippi bridges, TO
the meanest ditch culverts, all over the
central states.
In the southern counties there are
mines rich in soft coal. During the
coal famine of the present year these
mines have been the benefactors of the
suffering hearths of her own state and
Chicago.
Eastern Indiana leads the world in
its fields of natural gas, and here has
sprung the cities of Anderson, Aexan-
dria, Muncie, Marion, Elwood, Upton,
Wabash and Others with manufactures
innumerable, important among which
is the production of glass. ! presume
every housewife in town has in her
pantry some Indiana Mason fruit jars,
and on her lamp an Indiana glass fiue,
aud possibly in her windows Indiana
window panes.-
Beside these gas wells have sprung
the oil wells. Gas runs the factories,
oil lubricates the machinery, and the
supply from her wells alone is seeking
for world markets.
| mention these resources to show
what nature has given TO a people who
are alert to discover and utilize.
In her less than a century of state
hood, he's citizens have established in-
stitutions we are proud to represent.
Ihougn sne OOasts population OF TWO
and half million, no great cities poster
her civilization with their extremes
either of wealth or of scum.
indianapolis Is remarkable for being
the center for a large number of rail-
roads. Travellers cross our state in their
Journeys from eastern TO western coast,
from north to south. So central is Ii,
and the railroad facilities 80 great,
indianapolis has rapidly grown into
the title The City of Conventions.
A southern county boasts the center
of population of the United States for
the census of two decades.
A northern city, South Bend, Is made
famous by the St1debaker factories,
by its wagons In every town
and farming district on the continent.
Another northern city, Elkhart,
blows its horn through the Kahn
musical instruments ofevery brass band
in the country.
Marion, in the east Is the location of
one division Of the national home for
soldiers, second in size to the one
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