The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-09

That day IS fast approaching The
western front l. civilization clearing
house. An national obligations are
due and payable in the year Of our
Lord 1918. and there will be no days Of
grace. Germany will do well To re
member that the world does not 90
backward and that In this great
world clearing house all bad paper goes
in the discard
''Junkerdom has damned the German
people even TO the third generation
and vandalism has desolated the once
scientific a'li classic fields.
The day Is at hard when the imperi
al German government must bow It's
head in shame. beat its breast IN hu-
mility and and murmur the ancient
supplication of forgiveness, 'Mes Culpa
Mea Culpa Mea MaXa Culpa.
The treaty of peace should be
signed at VeTdun and the peace com
missioners of the allies, as they tread
above the dead who died for liberty,
should make it plain to the representa-
tives Of the SO called imperial German
people that millions unborn are dedl-
Gated to die as those men died, or live
like free men free.
post bellum days must differ from
ante-bellum days. When the German
comes to our shores, whether it be to
break bread under our roof tree. or to
barter, there shall be no duplicity or
double dealing.
Like Dantes dicer. we fingered
sorrowfully behind Coming o Ter the
throws and learning by our grief. "
In communication in The Spiker
from Capt. Kenneth d. Hauser, com
manding officer of Co. +, composed of
Portland and Oregon boys, five Of
whom are from Hood River, it IS an
nounced that the total of five deaths in
the engineers regiment have been
suffered entirely by Co. f. Capt.
Hauser writes
while we are at loss to understand
why these calamities should be visited
on us, let us resolve that they shall
only serve to cement the rest of Us
closer together aud build up our organ
ization to withstand any future shocks
we may be subjected to. May 1t also
serve as a guide for our action in the
future, so that the unworthy things we
may be held accountable for should
some similar disaster abruptly CON
front any Of us, be reduced to MINI
mum.
IF we will consecrate our future
standards of living and actions to their
memories. then the five wonderful
BOYS who gave their lives for their
country the Co. f honor roll, Mercer,
Cramps, Hancock, Sapue and Barrett
will not have died in vain.
The soldier paper mentions the Cop
per boys, John and Walter, of this city
The following letter was recently re-
ceived by Sam W. Stark from Glen
Lenz, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Len2,
who is now at Camp Morrison, Va, a
member of the 18th Balloon Co.:
| received your most welcome letter
last evening and will endeavOr to tell
you what am doing and where. | am
in the isolated hospital now with the
mumps. We arrived here February y,
and God knows when we will get out OF
here. When we arrived here we were
quarantined for the scarlet fever. and
then we got out and believe me | have
been on the go day and night ever
since. But now | am in the hospital,
so have few minutes to spare to
myself | have been putting 1t oil to
write you and let you know where |
was. wish to thank you for the let
ter of recommendation you sent me.
didn't get to see it at Omaha, as my
company commander wouldn't let me
out He said he wanted me with him,
as a mechanic and driver, and as the
company was "out-gong" he wanted
me to stay He said would get
chance to get into the aero machines
after we crossed. | am now first
class chauffeur and get $5l, and that
isn't so bad. 1t is not Just the work
want want to get into the aeroplane
work
have been so busy here studying
artillery, French. motors, infantry
drill first aid etc that | have hardly
gotten chance to write :home. | was
rry,that1I couldn't get ntoSthe motor
mechanics reserve. But | am pretty
well satisfied now for my company's
class at Washington d. c. as the best
balloon company in the service and all
my officers are strong for me.
We are six miles from Newport
News at an aviation concentration
camp and plenty of work to be done, as
it is a new camp. Several of the Hood
River boys are at Fortress Monroe but
haven't been over there. Haven t
been outside the post yet. At the first
opening | am going over to see them.
Lieut.. Brosius is there studying artil-
lery and Bill Mcclure is at Norfolk in
the navy aero school as an instructor.
would like to see the boys again but
| don't know whether | can get a
chance.
You said that everything was green
there. Gee how | would like to see
old Oregon again. But | can't think
of that until old Kaiser Bill is in hell
or so other tropical place. am Ger
tainly glad at the way Oregon is going
in for Liberty bonds. She sure has
done her part in men and money and
| am proud that am an Oregonian,
for there is no place like the west.
They are sure having some fight over
there now, but | think the allies will
soon show Dutch Bill where to head in.
| The Germans have sure lost bunch
of men.
don't know John Wynn, but have
heard of him at Hood River. wish
had a Hood River boy with me il
would make it better for both of us.
Well am out of news for today, but
| will write you more in the near flu.
ture.
I'VE can say too much in praise OF
the Y. M. c. A., writes Stanley J
Shere, formerly agent Of the Mount
Hood R. r. Co, who left recently foi
Camp Lewis, where he is now a mem
ber of casual company, "and the
work they are doing in the army
There are at least 10 or a dozen hut;
here and each one has an entertainment
every night. The huts are always
crowded and the boys have fine time
The workers do all they can to keep W
the boys spirits, and those who go tC
the huts do not find much time to asso
ciate with old man Gloom.
81 can't tell much about the camp
AS have been in quarantine, Saturday
having been the first day | was out