The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-23
BILLY SUNDAY OVER
WORKS in HAYFIELD

tinent every year Just to rest here
amidst orchard scenes and recuperate
from the years hard work."
But on visit to the Sunday 0dell
country home. superintended by Mr..
Sundays half brother, l.. C. Heizer,
one will find that rest that Billy and
INA" Sunday are taking would be
judged by the ordinary rancher as
pretty hard work.
MA" Sunday admits that she is
"Hoverizing, and already this season
she has prepared over 100 cans of veg
etables, has preserved several cases of
currrants and raspberries and has been
constantly engaged in other tasks that
usually demand the time of good
housewives. And the wife and man.
ager of the great preacher declares
that she likes this work. She would
rather talk canning with the visitor
than to answer questions about relig
ious work and the great revival re-
Gently held in New York City, where
thousands hit the sawdust trail. She
likes to swap recipes with neighboring
valley women.
"Now those preserves" Mrs. Sum-
day will say, enthusiastically, were
prepared by the sun-cooked method. |
pick the raspberries myself, sort them
and prepare them. Cooked in the sun
the fruit retains all of its natural
flavor"
And how does Mr.. Sunday spend his
vacation? The most of the time he is
just hard working ranch hand. Last
Wednesday he overtaxed himself in
the hay field, ricking sweet, newly
cured clover. The hot sunshine was
too much for the evangelist, and he
paid for his intemperance by very
uncomfortable night. Thursday was
spent in getting well. Too much cold
water and the hot sunshine had given
Billy Sunday an acute dissentery.
But he concentrates with all his might
on whatever task he is engaged in,
and the entire day Thursday was de-
voted to a cure. No visitor to the
ranch that day saw the evangelist, for
he was flat on his back in shaded tent,
and all comers were welcomed by
ma" The Glacier man, by pre-
arranged date, had called for an inter-
view with Mr.. Sunday. He was met
by MA, who rendered the evangel-
lists regrets.
"Mr. Sunday can't see you," she
said, "but he told me to give you all
the dope. 4"
While Mrs. Sunday was acting as
guide, leading to points of interest
over the farm, exhibiting with pride
the clover fields, the pastures, the
swimming pool and berry patches and
talking canning, Paul, her youngest
son, came with the message that his
father had called for something to eat.
THAT lifts a great weight from
me-" declared Mrs. Sunday. 81 was
beginning to be worried at Mr.. Sun
days condition, but he's getting
hungry again, and | know that means
he is better
The Billy Sunday ranch is real
farm, operated on modern scientific
scale All orchard did not appeal to
Mr.. Sunday, and he pulled as fine a
ten acre tract of pears as one ever
beheld, in order that he might plant
grain and hay crops. 1t is true that
he left fair sized orchard, and the
trees are orderly and well kept, but
the evangelist says he likes to see the
crops of a diversified farm. He is a
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herds of cows and pigs browse over
green meadows. One of the valleys
biggest hay fields is on the Sunday
place. 1t was there, with Mr.. Heizer
operating the big rake and Mr.. Sunday
pitchfork, that the evangelist met
his Waterloo last week.
The Sunday ranch throughout each
summer is probably the goal of more
Hood River valley visitors, summer
resorts included, than any other place.
1t is rare day that some committee
of citizens from neighboring town or
city does not come with a personal
invitation for the evangelist to come
and deliver sermon. Scores call out
of curiosity lust to see the great
preacher. And the visitors of Hood
River families, when they are being
shown points of scenic interest are
also being carried up the Neal Creek
road, IN order that they may, after
they have left for their homes that
they have seen the Billy Sunday ranch.
And the mail of every day, according
to Mrs. Sunday, who takes charge of
replies, brings hundreds of requests
from all parts of the country, requests
for sermon dates, lecture dates, finan-
cial aid, autographs, pictures, articles.
1t is wonder that Ma Sunday, with
these duties of secretary and hostess,
has any time for putting into practice
the advices of Food Administrator
Hoover. But she does and then has
time to play.
For the family of the evangelist the
summer time is reunion time as we'll
as vacation time. Paul, the youngest
boy, and William A. Jr., come out to
the ranch from their schools. George,
the oldest son, joins his parents.
Their daughter, Helen, is expected
soon. Ma Sunday and her children are
jolly companions, and she enters into
free from other duties the swimming
pool may claim her and the boys, or
she will take part in game of GRO.
quet. For the past week she and Paul
have been busy with hammer and saw
duplicating a sleeping house they saw
recently in the Adirondacks. The
house, open on one side and facing
semi-circular stone wall, built to en-
close the fire, is evidence that Ma Sun
day is a fair carpenter.
Billy and Ma Sunday have decided to
visit the national capital and in Janu-
ary or February of the coming year
the evangelist will hold one of his reg.
ular series of revivals within sight of
the Halls of Congress. He expects to
preach to representatives, senator's,
diplomats and men in high command
in Army and Navy, but the congrega-
tions of soldiers who are promised
when Washington is awarded the
greatest interest from Billy and Ma.
According to the plans, says Mrs.
Sunday, thousands of our soldier boys
will be near Washington when we are
there, and it will be so arranged that
every night contingent of them will
be present to.hear Pa"
Billy Sunday seems to be a favorite
with Army folk, and he has received
invitations Ito address the men of vari-