The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-10-10

pany having gone forward, I captured
SIX bcche saHDerS who hal been work
ing oH "a nearby dugoIt. AoI never
saw men more surprised IIey had
been underground all morning and aI4
not know there vas scrap on. They
We Inclined - argue a bit at first. brt
ii Colt Is pretty good thing o. con
vince a hun who is in doubt whether
is good thing TO surrender ar not Ir
a short time they had imurovised
stretcher from two sticks and a gruurt
sheet. and / forced them % carry me
the seven miles back to the field ambu-
lance
w hen coming down "a the base hos
pital IN an ambulance train / saw
bunch of American soldiers gong up.
They had evidently Just landed and
were going TO a training camp u The
forward area The tram moved SLOWLY .
along, and IL reminded mt Of us Cana.
dians back in 1915. They stopped sing F
ing when they saw the ambulance
tram. | suppose each man wondered
If he was gong 10 be Ike thar next .
week. | am sure your chaps viii Qu +
Well. You have got millions Of the .
finest mankind In the world from which .
To pick and make an army.
Il am afraid that the long walks .
over the hills and our hunting trips are .
ended for me. They tell me that am
likely to have a stiff knee Pretty .
hard luck. | am not quite ready o. quit 4
yet, however. ana if my knee remains
in such condition that | Will not e
able to stand the game In the infantry
| shall join the flying corps The nun
! shall hear from me again.
Mrs. 0. B. Nye has received a letter /
from her brother, Jno. {. Wood. who I
announces his promotion 10 a captaiucy I
IN the marine corps. Capt. Wood, who +
has been stationed at Quantico, Va, +
has been transferred to Washington, +
D. c., where he is an aide to Gen. /
Barrett, of the marine corps.
Capt Wood, who was student at +
Stanford University when he received !
commission as lieutenant in the ma /
rnes, is a brother Of Wallace Wood, /
joint agent for the O.-N. H. a n. and /
the c. NJ. & st. T. at Kent, Wash
Father, send me some views Of /
Oregon scenery. writes Thurstou Lar /
away, now stationed al Norfolk. Va. /
to his father, W. f. Laraway. 81 /
have Just one. a photograph of Shep-
pard S Dell on the Highway. My /
friends declare that the picture must /
be camoufage.
Mr.. Laraway. who was studying |
medicine at the University of Oregon. /
IS in the naval medical reserve corps.
In a letter to his parents, MIR. and |
Mrs. }. c. johnson, Arthur johnson, /
who is taking special aero work at |
Harvard university, writes that many |
of his comrades have fallen victims to /
Spanish Influenza Mr. johnson won /
note as Whitman college athlete, and /
he states in his letter that he is keep I
ing himself in trim, as an insurance /.
against the contagion.
Sidney b. Carnine, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. 5. b. Carnine, is now first SER |
geant of radio. stationed at Fort An /
drews, Mass The young man, not Vet I
Il years old, was formerly bugler of |
18th Co. He writes his parents that |
his time is largely taken up with |
teaching rockies.
Sgt. Carnine may be home on fur
Tough in November
In letter to his friend, George |
Watson, Fred Hallman, Upper Valley |
boy, who is now with the First Engin- |
eers in France, writes that he is back |
with his regiment at the front again |
after recovering from wounds Young |
Hallman writes with unstinted praise
for the Red Cross.
Sgt Walter Ford, son of MIR. and
Mrs Isaac Ford, who has been sta
toned for the past year at Fort Can
by, has been at Willapa Harbor, Wash,
on special duty for the past several
weeks.
Mrs. Minnie j. Wonder Abe has re
ceiyed a letter from her son, Carl, who |
is stationed at Goat Island navy yard, |
who announces that they have been |
quarantined as result Of influenza
Paul F Woolsey. who was recently
called to Camp Lewis in the draft, is
now attending an officers training
school at the cantonment. Mr.. Wool .
sey is we'll known in local and Port T.
land musical circles
c. A. Bell has received letter from
his son, Fred, member Of battery Of
field artillery, who says that he is