The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELL.

Crepe hangs on the door of anothe
home in Odell. This time it touche
the heart Of the writer of these notes
At such times words are inadequate
At such times the heart bleeds anC
the pen falters; yet duty prompts III
to say that another home Is bereft o
mother and two little children arr
orphans, and why is itH
Ida Newman Shelley, wife of r. d.
Shelley, departed this life on Sunday
morning March 10, at 6:15 o'clock
Ida was born at Unalaska, on Unamah
island, q years ago, and was married
to r. ID. Shelley, four years ago.
She leaves two living children, Dale
and Vivian, besides an infant that
sleeps at Pine Grove cemetery beside
its mother, who was tenderly and
with loving hands lain there last Mon
day afternoon. The immediate cause
of her death was acute pneumonia,
but underlying this was that dreaded
disease consumption. She was a
member of the Greco Roman church,
from childhood and died in the faith
Her parents are old timers in Alaska.
Her father, Mr. Newman, has been
connected with the government ser
vice there and with one of the large
commercial companies for a period of
more than 30 years. He was New
Englander and has always occupied
positions of trust and honor and was
one of the leading citizens Of that far
away country, the islands Of the sea.
For about year and half Ida
lived in Hood River valley, but was
never quite content, during all of
which time she longed to return to
her childhood home by the sea. But
now she has crossed life's stormy sea
and perhaps tits well.
Weighing life's pleasures with its
sorrows, and measuring its victories
along with its defeats our hearts are
wont to cry out against the stern de-
cree Of fate that lentlessly drags us
to the open grave Of our loved ones.
But, alas we dare not theorize nor
speculate upon the unknown future.
1t is with the present we have to do.
Then when the mists have cleared
away, and the clouds that now OBJ
scures our vision are rolled away per-
haps we may see the silver lining.
Until then we say to the daughter,
wife, mother, "fare thee well. "
M. ID. Odell conducted the funeral
service at the union church with deep
feeling in an acceptable manner, tell
ing us that there was one thing II
none other that we could plan for
without being disappointed.
Beyond the slightest question of
doubt death would overtake us ALL
While this be true, and while death
Is defined as the enemy Of mankind,
yet to the true believer in the divinity
Of Christ, who not only believes but
eXemplifies that life, death has no
errors. To the matured and upright
1t Is but the harvest of life. II you
will permit an opinion, we would say
that coming into life unconsciously
we candidly believe that through some
mysterious power that is past our un-
derstanding when the fatal and final
hour comes we shall pass out into the
unknown regions of the future, in the
same state and manner In which we
came, with no shadow of fear. To
die means little, but to live, (and
when we say live, we don't mean
simply to EXIST means more than we
have power to express in words. The
responsibility of living far outweighs
the much magniiied terrors of death.
During the last days of our daugh- |
tors illness kind friends of Odell |
rallied to our assistance for which we
shall ever feel grateful. And we de- |
sire to venture this remark that,
llalpA, by hfs manly conduct among I
us has so endeared himself to the
community, that during his sad hour
of trouble he has had the unbounded
of the entire community.
In this connection we deisre to ex-
tend for him his heartfelt thanks
for the many acts of kindness OK
tended to him by kind hands and
hearts during the saddest hour of his
life.
Rumor has it that 200 teams will be
at work grading upon the railroad up
the valley by the close Of the week.
Robert Livingston was up last week
from Portland, arranging with the
railroad company concerning the
right of way through the Odell place.
We are informed that the matter was
amicably arranged and without cost
to the company.
Hubert Morton left last Sunday for
a few days trip TO Portland.
G. r. Bone seems a busy man. He