The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-11-08
WHAT RAVE YOU DONE,

Day by day, as definite news filters
through from the front line of trenches
in France. where our boys are now
shoulder to shoulder with our Allies, and
is cabled across the Atlantic, we are
brought more and more to realiza-
tion of the grim necessities of war.
Brought face to face with the choice OF
submitting to the demands of Prussian
autoeracy or joining with other nations
to free the world of this menace, the
true spirit of patriotic America,
breathing of Continental Days, placing
honor and love of right and justice
above all else, chose the only alterna-
tive, that Of fighting.
By might, by the utilization of un-
rivalled scientific knowledge, scien-
tific knowledge turned to ends most
fiendish, Germany has sought and is
still seeking to dominate the world.
When the aggrandizement of the Ger
man nation is at stake, the Hun mind
knows not the meaning of honor, and
the Imperial government of Germany
can only be made to relinquish the
kaiser's dream of a place in the sun
and to come to terms by the counter
use of blood and iron.
And war has been the choice of
America. Grim battles under, on and
above the surface of the earth are now
confronting our home boys. But they
are faced toward that one goal, VIC
tory, and great will be the rewards
thereof. For US of this country sacri-
fees and heartaches, grief stricken
homes are just beginning. Our first
casualty list of the victims of open
battle has reached US. Three defenders
of the Stars and Stripes lie dead on the
fields of France. The mortal touch of
three boys has been lost forever for
their mothers. Our army is on the
front and this casualty list, as conse-
quence, must grow from day to day.
Theirs, the sacrifice of those boys
and their parents, Is supreme. Hum
dreds of thousands of other mothers
and fathers have given their boys.
The time has come when all of us must
make every sacrifice possible. When
funds are asked for the Red Cross,
subscriptions for Liberty Bonds, mon
ey for the purchase of books for SOL
diers or the maintenance of Army Y.
M. C. A. buildings, you will find the
families, members of which are in the
service, doing their parts. What is
being done by those who have no boy
to give, who cannot possibly be touched
by the war through direct grief? They,
too, in nearly every instance, are 10y
ally participating in patriotic activi-
ties. Some are not, and it is to those
that we would direct this appeal, How
can you contemplate that first casualty
list and think of the hundreds of thou
sands of other boys ready, if need be,
to give up their lives for the preserva-
tion and safety of your home and not
be willing to give your last dollar for
their comfort and care?
Our next opportunity to show our
willingness to back our fighters away
yonder in France will come next week.
when the second drive for the Army
Y. M. C. A. work will be carried on
here. Hood River county is asked for
$1,000 portion of $35, 100000 fund
to be solicited from all America. We
need not, We think, go into the Y. M.
c. A. work. Every soldiers letter,
written on the ''Y" stationery, tells of
the benefit of the work. Give all you
can afford to this good cause, and thus
help keep thrown about our boys as
nearly as it can possibly be done, that
protecting touch of home influence.