The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-09-19
nOSIER.

James NJ. Elliott came from Port
land Monday to spend a few days inI
Mosier. He will attend to business ln|
The Dalles before returning To Port
land.
Mrs. \. E. DIN. Of Albany. arrived
Monday evening TO visit with her SIS
ter. Mrs. R0op.
Miss Alice Bennett was in Mosier
Monday moving her household goods To-
Tillamook. where she Will teach.
Mrs. Shinn, Of Portland, Is visiting
her son at Mayerdale.
Mrs. c. Il. Nichol and her friend,
Mrs. Rea. were in The Dales Tues
day
j. Piercey was a business visitor in
The Dalles Monday.
Cliff Rhodes returned to Mosier
Tuesday after an absence of few
months in eastern Oregon.
Miss Estella Parker left last week
10 assume her duties as teacher IN the
schools at Loneroek. Ore.
Chas. T. Bennett received the fol.
lowing letter September 10 from Pvt.
| James NJ. Wilson from somewhere IN
! France July 70.
Mr.. Charley Bennett. Mosier, Ore.
NV dear friend Charley: You no
doubt think have forgotten all about
you, and my Mosler friends, but | as
sure you | haven't. | have thought
of you many times. and promised my
| self that would write you, but you
know how it is. Just never got at it.
| This is a case of after the battle, So
m going to make good and write you
| Charley, the best news have for
you is that have been on the front a
good long time, and went ''over the
! top" in one of the biggest drives Of
this great war. God spared me, and
I'm very grateful. | have witnessed
everything in modern warfare, tanks
by the hundred, arplanes like birds,
and guns of all kinds and sizes also,
but not least, gas. Would like To tell
you about the battle but Of course II
isn't permissible. After the attack
when looked out over the great bat
tie field, | thought of the boys moth
ers at home, no one to write and tell
them how bravely their sons walked
into the battle. The marines have
done some good hard fighting over
here, and made good. Every place we
20 the French treat us fine. I'm very
proud Of the marines. They are all
fine fellows.
Mr.. Chatfeld wrote me that you got
quite a few complaints about the APP
Piles last winter color and dirt.
guess we had it coming, but think
we did our best with what We. had tt
work with. would like to be with
YOU this fall but I'm doing a greater
work, think the greatest IN the world
Some or all of you fellows write me
the news. No letter from Mosier for
months. Last one was from Mr.. Chat
field before leaving the states. Char
ley, I'm going to enclose a little note
to Mr.. Merrill. | have lost track OF
him. He didn't answer my last letter
that sent to Camp Lewis and it prob.
ably went astray. | wish you Wouc
send him my note, if he is over here
I'd like to get in touch with him.
would like the address of the Elliot
boy. | met a couple of the old Oregon
n. &. boys today.
:, This is a great country. They hav'
lust started the harvest. The gran
looks fine to me. Most of the machn
ery is American made. 1t is very cool
! The French soldiers wear their over
coats at all times. Every garden ha
r number of dwarf trees, pears ant
: apples some of them look like bushes
3 Would like to spend some time LOOKING
r up the fruit industry, but am too bus
: chasing Germans to think about tina
now
b This is about all Remember Char
t lev. it takes about two months to get
letter from the coast. met quite
. few Square and Compass men. Rt
member me to Mr.. Chattield, Mosiel