The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-12-12

soldier gave me its history and de-
scribed its interior. 1t is now in as
complete a state of preservation as in
the time Of Caesar. 1t is an enormous
affair, the largest ancient castle of
France, and is in plain view from the
ears. 1t will accommodate 0,000 peo
pie behind its walls.
From Toulouse to Cette and up to
Lyons one is constantly in sight of
vineyards, and at all the small sta
tlons, if We stopped, one could see the
Americans out over the fences getting
their mits full of red grapes. These
grapes are globe Of rich red juice,
with two little seeds. and are used in
making the deep red wines of this dis.
trict. They ate rather sour. All the
way up the Rhine every hillside is
covered with terraced vineyards. 1t
was pleasant trip. The train was
pulled by good engine and the cars
were good We made but two stops
| have had more respect for French
railways ever since. Their good lines
are lust as good as anything We have
in the States, but we haven't any
thing as rotten as their rotten lines.
Nv hen we arrived at AiX-Les. Bains
we were loaded back on the tram and
sent on to Cranberry, for AlX was
already full of Yanks. Everybody was
feeling good oJhat morning over the
news Of the American success at st.
Mihiel. We were checked and then
made absolutely free. You can have
no conception of what this means un-
/ L. l. k,,,, ,,OInr AtepfFIiDn fpT
many months. Some Y women served
| us coffee as we were leaving for the
hotels and called, Don forget, boys,
to drop around about 1890 and get
some ice cream. We, VINO had up to
this time been in billets or camps and
always in bed by that hour. could
hardly believe it, and we talked about
that ice cream all the way to the
| hotel
"The bunch was billeted about in
hotels, good hotels, with marble stair
cases and fine feed and good beds, the
I high-posted kind that requires a step
! ladder when YOU retire, and so iiuiiy
are the feather ticks that you mlre
down, and only your nosesstlcks out.
/ A civilian American, going there to-
dav would have to pay 50 or - a day
! for the service, which Uncle Sam tur-
nished us as part of our permission.
4 The American army has taken care OF
the leaves lust as it has Of everything
rse. This isn't any two bit. half
baked lob the Yanks are engaged IN.
4 Everything that is attempted is done
in sky as the limit mood, and the
| Eraprbmen oasp at a lot of the things
that are pulled off.
because Of the long journey to and
from the leave area, including the
three towns. Aix-les Bains, CRANBERRY
and Chales les-AuX. our time to re-
main there was limited to hve days.
AK is the big noise, having formerly
been a winter watering place. Inc
walters there speak English tfuently.
Four Of us went into cafe, and !, not
knowing the facts. gave a trench mn
tation of an order. | threw the Hngo
for about five minutes, until the gar
con understood and got us what we
wanted. Then his face lighting up he
said IN perfect American slang, q. ~,
Old Top, I've got your numuor. lie
had been waiter IN san Francesca
4 hotel for four years. The at AK
was formerly casino, one OF the mn
est in that part of France. 1t Is
known now AS the finest and most
beautiful y building ir the world, and
lust as before, there Is stlli under the
one roof almost any game or diversion
that a man could want for pleasure.
About 80 American gus work II