The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-06-20
CAMP OF '49
4TH FEATURE
INDEPENDENCE CURRENCY PLANNED
Hundreds of LOggers Expected to Cele-
brate With Hood River Red
Cross Chapter

"A Camp Of l9" will be one of the
chief attractions of the Fourth of July
celebration, to be staged under the
auspices fof the Red Cross Chapter.
All games Of chance popular in the
early day mining camps will be al
lowed for the occasion. Special indie.
pendence Day currency will be provid-
ed by the committee. This currency
will be good for all concessions.
Almost 1000 men from logging
camps of the county and neighboring
mid.Columbia districts are expected
here to celebrate independence day.
One of the features of the event will
be tug of war between teams OF log
gers The city council has allowed the
Red Cross Chapter the use of one of
the principal business streets of the
city, and no traffic will be allowed over
the thoroughfare on the Fourth.
All sraternal and civic organizations
of the valley are represented on a com
mittee which is assisting the Red
Cross in making preparations for the
| big celebration.
The committee will term the chief
amusement feature Of the Fourth cele-
bration as The Red Dog" The com
mittee issues the following statement
Every one has heard of Happy
Canon, the biggest carnival feature
of the Pendleton Roundup, regular
'forty-niner" mining camp in style
and features, will all the old familiar
games of chance, its entertainers, its
bar all the life and excitement of
Monte Carlo and the "forytniner"
rolled into one.
In the coming Red Cross carnival
on the Fourth Hood River is to have
its own Happy Canon" but it will
be called THE Red Dog" instead.
1t will have all the famous Happy
Canon" features and there is no
doubt in the minds of those who
have the project in hand that it will
furnish all the fun and excitement
that anyone will be looking for on
the Fourth.
The opening of The Red Dog"
will introduce to Hood River the
famous Bonhams. banjo and piano
artists Of unusual ability, who have
been, until recently entertainers at
the Hotel Davenport in Spokane
Seeking a rest for a few weeks, they
decided upon camping trip to re-
juvenate on the slopes of Mt. Hood
| end have consented to come out OF
| their mountain retreat on the Fourth
to add pep to the Red Dog festivi-
tics. From the time the Bonhams
| strike their first number until the
| midnight hour the fun at the Red
| Dog will not subside for an instant.
Tho Whangdoode Minstrels are
= hard at work rehearsing under the
personal direction of Clarence Gil
bert, assisted by Buck Kelly and
Jack Culbertson There will be a
. score of singers and dancers and an
orchestra 1t promises to be a show
, of some moment
! The children's pageant in the fore
! noon, under the direction of C. c..
! Anderson and committee, is rapidly
: assuming definite shape In con-
J nection with this there will be
sports, including a four-mile bicycle
4 relay race between teams from the
Boy Scouts and others.
The big tug-ofwar championship
is arousing much interest in the
various logging and lumber camps
that are preparing to enter teams
and it is expected that each camp
J will have a crowd of admirers pre-
, sent to cheer on their respective
favorites.
Special excursions will be hand
= led by the Steamer Tahoma from
: Cascade Locks, Stevenson, Wyeth
b and other river points. An excur-
J. sion will also be run from The
! Dalles, in case a team is entered
e from that city, as has already been
S signided.
All decorated autos and trucks de-
!. string to enter the parade will as
f somble on 18th St, the Heights, be-
I fcre 10 a. m. A good showing Is
Lnnnd for hu the cnmmittae