The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-08
PORTLAND BUSINESS
MEN AT PLAY

4 Frolicking like party of school boys
away on a vacation, the members OF
the Fourth Annual Portland Y. M. c.
A. Snowshoe party. after an early
breakfast at the Mt. Hood Hotel, left
at eight o'clock Saturday morning
aboard the steam train of the Mt. Hood
Railroad Company for Parkdale, jour-
neying thence to Homer Rogers Mount
Hood Lodge, where they remained un-
til Tuesday, participating in ski and
snowshoe journeys over the snowfields
of Mount Hood.
The prominent Portland business men
indulged, before retiring Friday night,
in the Morpheus-wooing pastime of
cowboys, as described by Owen Wister
in The Virginian. Although no scare
ity of rooms or beds existed, as was
the case in the Virginian episode, f. j.
Jaeger found the bed room allotted w.
j. Hofmann and son, Allan, to his
taste, and in an effort to pre.empt the
room, several of the prospective ski
experts engaged in so noisy pillow
fight that less strenuous ones of the
recreationists Joined in protest with
other guests of the hostelry. But the
scuffle of the amateurs, explained as a
training for the more arduous tasks
to follow on skis and snowshoes, had
not ended until Mr.. Jaeger sustained a
blow that left a purple knot on his
forehead.
Members of the Y. M. C. A. party
were: Morris Barnes, N. A. Colman,
A 7. Fisher A M. Grillev. w. !.
Hofmann, Allan Hofmann, j. P. Jae-
ger, E. j. Jaeger, Fred Kiser, D. G.
Lebb, o. W. Mielke, c. R. Miller, j.
Arthur Norman, ]. P. Plagemann, M.
M. Ringler, Geo. F. Scott, ]. E. Wer-
elm, and R. H. Atkinson, all of Port
land; Chas. Betz, of Spokane; and
Ashley Wilson, of this city.
William McMurray, general, passen-
ger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co.,
who had planned to make the trip, was
detained at the last moment because of
the snow blockade creating conges-
tion of traffic in the Blue mountains.
An innovation in winter sports was
introduced Sunday morning, when the
members of the party, fresh from their
deep slumber of Saturday night plung.
ed from the cozy quarters of Mount
Hood Lodge into deep snow banks.
The men renamed in the snow baths
for several minutes. All declare that
the icy contact was eXhilirating, pro-
ducing ravenous appetites.
Care and ,gloom were banished Sat
urday night, when the Portland busi'
ness men initiated the following six
novices into the mysteries of the Y. M.
c. A. club: A. L. Fish, 0. W. Mielke,
Geo. F. Scott, E. j. Jaeger, F. Arthur
| Norman, and Chas. BetZ. One of the
| features of the initiation was Ia foot
leap from the seat of honor on huge
snowbank into drift below. The lear
was actually only four inches, and the
surprise of the blindfolded initiates
was amazing. Mr.. Mielke, grasping il
the imaginary space with his toes. sus
tanned painful sprain to one of these
members in the four inch leap.
Rosy checked from their four day
outing the members of the party wht
passed through the city Thursday af
ternon en- route to their homes in Port
land, were greeted by representative
crowd of business men of the city
While awaiting the arrival of the west
hound O.-W. r. N. train, the visiting
recreationists were escorted through
the storage rooms and warehouses O
the Apple Growers Association. ant
were presented with selected Spitzen
bergs by Wilmer Sieg, sales manage
of the Association.
The members of the party expresses
an appreciation of the special attention
shown them by Ashley Wilson, super
intendent of the Mt. Hood Railroad
Co., and R. H. Atkinson, of the 0.-W
R. N. Co. Mr.. Atkinson accompanied,
the yacationists.