The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-10-31

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Mosie-
&. E. Chowu atterced 20 business in
The Ualles Friday after on
Mr.. B. j. Weller receNe1 word Fri
cay murrlrg Of tne death Cf her hus-
hard IN Sar Francesca thursday night.
n. H. Weber left Friday for his
home In Chicago sftef spending several
weeks 90 hi AosleT farm.
All wao happened % look TOW ard the
east ab ut 80 Saturday morning rOald
rot have failed 70 view amt admire
the beauty of the sunrise. The effect
and col rlug Uf the clouds were btautl-
ful beyond descrptlpu-
Mrs. Wm. Marsh and children re
turned 10 their home IN Portland sat
Grlay
b. ". Veach visited his. sister in
Portland Sunday
{. A. McCargar was up from Port
land Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Amos Root attended to business
il The Dalles Monday
A heavy rainfall was general over
Mosier valley all day Sunday. Late II
the afternoon the Wind arose. growing
INTO quite gale by dark. No partieu
lar damage was reported
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cial war pictures, and the greatest
stories that have ever been filmed will
le shown IN INN anusl church. If the
conditions are favorable, NoN ember %
eenember the date.
At this writing. Monday. there are
rot any known eases Of influenza In
AOsler or vicinity.
Mrs. J. I. Davenport entertained
number Of little folks al her home in
Mo>ier Thursday afternoon October,
II, in honor of the fourth birthday OF
her little daughter, Caroline. After
biaylng games on the lawn the chill
dren were invited inside, where they
were told to place their various parcels
On table and the little maid il
whose honor the party was given was
asked TO open each package and SHOW
he contents to the x estS. After this
mad been accomplished they were all
asked to enter the dining room where
OF course, there was a beautiful birth
LAY cake with the proper number OF
lighted candles. which Miss Caroline
proceeded to eXtlngulsh, and the cake
" as passed around ard er1oy ed by the
cage. eXpectant Youngsters. After a
While the children departed wishing
her little friend many happy returns
the day. The presents were useful
is wen as beautiful and much appreci
ated by little Caroline, whose cup of
happiness would have been filled tc
verhowing if her sister, Florence.
ould have been present She was
prevented. however. by illness which
has kept her confined to her grand.
mothers home in The Dalles for the
asst several weeks. We are glad t.
ote that she is improving and it is
aoped she will soon be able to returr
home.
Extracts from letter received BY
Aosier friends from Pvt L. J. Mer
lill who is now IN active duty some
where in France
The boat ride was interesting, and
did not get seasick Weather was
bne, clear most of the time no rOugS
water. We landed m England, bur
lnly stopped "A hours, then took boat
across to France. This trip was not
long, but very rough. Many men wer
seaslck, but managed to escape any
ihlna Of the kind The first week "
ttance we spent at an English les
camp. When we reached the camp
where we are now it seemed mighty
ood to be in an American camp. Give
me Uncle Sans way every time. The
rip by train from the rest camp here
was interesting but very slow 1t
gave us a chance to see some of the
sountry On the boat crossing the At
Iirtle apples We're sold at five cents
piece They were mostly Hood River
New towns, small or medium in size
A few boxes were from MedfOrd. They
4sted mighty good as they We're the
My fresh fruit we could get | miss
he fresh fruit that would be 50 com
mon in Mosler from now on into the
fall Hope the apples are good this
year and bring good prices We are
GoW near the coast, one and a half
niles to fine beach, We get chance
% take swim IN the salt water quit
tten. About once week We eel
leave Of absence for -four hours from.
to y. m. We can visit the aearcs
town, about two miles from camp n,
taey service, however. SO we use W
about one hour of the time go,pn
oming. This town IS a searo ~ q
many Americans come here that price
are high for everything. We are told
hat conditions are different inland
ihe town is interesting, however. NJ
rame buildings. All are hrirk. stone
II concrete So far like the French
people They seem to appreciate any
hing done for them. They have had
50 much to suffer during the past fOui
years, yet seem to keep cheerful. NJ
oung men are left to work in The
| ieIds or towns. Women work in the
| ields Seems queer to see OK teams
laulng loads or pulling machinery
an speak few French words enolgi
o understand prices, etc. Most of the
! hop keepers speak more English thar
We do French. SO English is mostly
sed. We DO not get much chance tC
talk with tre1ch people We expected
TO leave this camp the first of this
week but plans were changed. ",
nay move in a few days. If so W,
viii 90 to camp further inland, not I,
be front yet though. I'd like to SET
me- of the Moser boys. Hope to ru'
uross somone sometime. Kenneth
'ooper came over on the same boa
eltn me.
VALUE or TIE COC0NljT.