The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-08-06
HAWKEYES OUT IN FULL FORCE
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only take twenty years for the saw
mills and lumber business to denude
this splendid paradise and leave the
land bare to the sun and the unfetter-
ed sweep of the winds, to change the
climate and to impoyerish our water
supply. Let us who have the heritage
OF sane, sagacious old Iowa manifest
the spirit of decency and common
sense by standing against this unmit-
igated ignorance and crime against
posterity.
In conclusion the speaker gave sta
tistics showing the wonderful agricul-
tural resources and wealth of lowaIand
also those showing the great natural
wealth and undeveloped resources OF
Oregon, and said he looked forward
to the time In the near future when
the middle and western states would
te free of the domination of eastern
Ca pita!.
The next number on the program
was recitation by Mrs. Adaha. Rose,
entitled, "The Old Hawkeye State, "
This was, OF course, very popular
theme with great part of the audi
enoe and created great enthusiasm.
In delivering it's inspiring lines Mrs.
Rose showed that she has rare talent
az an eIoeutionist, and made such a
favorable impression with her audi
enoe that she was forced to give an
encore.
Following Mrs. Rose, Miss Mary
Wickham sang "WheTe Rolls the Ore
gon," delighting her hearers who, ap-
plauded her roundly.
This completed the program for the
morning and an intermissiOn was ia
ken for dinner. While almost every
body took basket OF good things
with them there WAS no danger ol
those who had not going hungry.
Under the directionaot Col. Hartley,
whom everybody knows is pasimas-
ter in picking out fat and toothsome
steer. a bar becued OK roasted to q
delicate brown, but red and juicy un.
derneath, was served. The time de-
voted to the dinner hour was one oi
the most pleasant of the day, as II
permitted the renewing of old ao'
quaintanoeship under circumstances
that usually make mankind a little
more charitably disposed toward his
neighbor than any other. Reminis
cences were many, boyhood days re-
called, old memories revived anC
laughter and good cheer we're every
where apparent.
At 80 the meeting was again called
to order by President Laraway and tc
piano accompaniment Miss Lelis
Radford rendered "Home, Sweet
Home,' with variations, on the vic,
lin. Miss Radford's rendition of the
this ever appropriate and heart
ring melody was taultless and brought
forth storm of applause at it's con
Glusion.
The next speaker introduced was M
p. Isen berg, swho told OF his early lif'
In the great corn state and how HI
came to leave it for a region thet b,
considered far more desirable to liv,
in.
Mr.. Isenberg was followed by Mis-
Grace HARRISON, who played a plan,
solo entitled, "The Battle of Manila,
very acceptably.
Hon. A. A. Jayne then talked Inter
estingly of conditions in the Hawkey
state during his younger life, tellin
of the cludities Of religious life there
of the tremendous cyclones and 9
some of the causes for immigration t
the Pacific coast. tie said, In part
that he had been trying to attend th
meetings of the society for thre
years, but until this year had nc
succeeded. lie stated that be wa
born in Iowa and that the first none
he earned there was $40 for which b
worked three months. This was earl
ed from an old resident who took
kindly interest In him and taught hiI
how to use knife and fork. Whe
asked by his benefactor where his pa,
ents we're born he told him that b
father was born in Pennsylvania an
his mother in Kentucky, whereupo
he was told that he must have goo
blood In him, as the old man SCENE
to thisk it made great different
where he was horn. The early no
tiers, MIR. Jayne said, went to Iowa
get away from the influences of sla
cry. They we're good people, deep
religious and mostly of the Unite
Presbyterian faith in Washingto
county where he lived. They live'
however, constantly in fear of som
thing, for there was freezing cold
winter, hail, sunstroke and cyolop,
in summer aud the ever present tel
among them of warm place in Il
hereafter There was no question
to Iowa being great state, but
didn't think that there we're many
any present who wanted to go baol
lie thought that they preferred sta,
ing in Hood River county. Iowa hf
its good features, but it lacked tl
Hood River climate and the opportu
tiles for advancement to be found
Oregon.
W. G. Martin also told of life
Iowa and some of the other midd
western states,
Mrs. w. +. Laraway concluded q
exercises by reading an article fro
the Oregunian commenting on Il
fact that many of Iowa's young m.
we're leaving that state and that
combined effort Is being made to Ike,
them at home. The article is as fC
lows:
"The Des Moines, Iowa, Capital ]
ments over the fact that the be
young men of that city are going els
where to seek their fortunes. II
merchants of the city have taken tl
matter up and will try to stop the o
odus, which, according to the pap
mentioned, is costly drain upon Il
states strength.
"But you can't stop the exod,
from Iowa. Already several thou
ands of Iowaus have come to OregC
and all OF them are sending back r
ports of the beauties and attraction
aud opportunities of this rapid
growing state. In the letters to the