The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-05-15

bought box and then tired TO eat
them all up last night, but couldn't
quite do 1t. They were Yellow New
town grown by T. Galligan and were
certainly fine ones. They cost US
81. rs, or about l6 francs. That was
cheap enough. The government runs
the sales commissary and sells things
at about cost.
IL don't know when we will get
home. The dope now is that they are
going to send the technical companies
home and keep the truck companies
here. carried truckload of the
boys up above Verdun to see an old
fort this afternoon, and it was well
worth the trip. The Germans had oc-
cuped it and shelled Verdun from
there. The country for miles around
is one big graveyard, nearly all French.
We could have picked up truckload
of French rifles, most of them broken
or twisted out of shape. There sure
was some awful battling done around
there.
Oregon apples have carried much
cheer to American soldiers in France
| according to letter just received by
the Apple Growers Association from
| w. e. Merrin, an Atlanta, Ca. boy,
who before enlistment was employed
in brokerage house there handling
| Oregon apples. His letter. on Blue
Diamond wrapper and dated April II.
written from Gironde, France, follows
Suppose you were handed an apple
after you had given up hopes Of see
ing one again and it was as perfect as
could be? Yesterday was offered
one and nearly fell off the Christmas
tree, especially when | saw its won
derful condition. For remembered
the ones sent over last year by the
apple fund arrived at the same time
of the year in poor shape. Then |
remembered what that Blue Diamond
stands for, and | ceased to wonder.
hope to go back to Atlanta soon and to
be with Fair 4 Martin "a comission
firm, so that | can. sell some of those
Blue Diamonds next season.
Hood River will greet five 9lst men,
veterans of the Argonne Forest, this
week. when the men return home from
Camp Lewis, where they will be mus
tered out. They are: Harold Hersh-
ner, Louis j. Bronough, Robert Bragg,
Ivan Dakin and Edw. Woodman. Mr..
! Hershner, who will return to his place
as assistant cashier of the Butler Bank
! ing Co., was first sergeant of the 64th
Field Hospital Company. While in
New York City. just after their arrival
from France. the men of the company
presented Mr. Hershner with hand
some gold watch.
Norman w. Mays. of this city, has
learned that his brother, CLANCY r.
Mays, formerly of the 49th Regiment,
Coast Artillery, is i'll at a New York
debarkation hospital. The young man
was stricken with heart attack while
his regiment, en- route home, was at
| Brest. After time in hospital
there he was discharged. but fell i'll
again at New York. Another brother,
who was overseas with an infantry
regiment, but recently discharged, af-
ter visit here, has left for Albany.
A third brother, with the 63rd In
fantry, is now in New York City on
military police duty.
Wagner Paul NJ. Blowers, just re-
| turned from overseas with Go. b, the
| 3l6th Ammunition Train of the 9lst Di-
vision, was mustered out in record
time on his arrival at Camp Lewis last
| Friday. Mr.. Blowers father, Judge
Blowers. had planned trip to Camp
| Lewis Sunday to greet his son. The
! Nlna tIt, -
prised his family Friday night by his
arrival home. Within a few moments
after his discharge he ran for Port
land-bound train, reaching that city in
time to catch the last passenger train
| st-bound.
With apples all gone the girls of the
Canteen committee had to greet the
3l6th Sanitary train and other units of
the 9lst Division Thursday with dough
nuts and coffee. Despite the early
| hour, six O. clock, the station platform
was crowded as relatives and friends
greeted Hood River men aboard the
train. The Hood River men aboard
were Harold Hershner. Robert Bragg,
Ivan Dakin, Earl Woodman and Louis
j. Bronaugh.
! Mark Robertson, son of M. (. Rob-
ertson, has arrived In New York city
with the Rainbow Division and is ex-
pected home soon. Mr.. Robertson,
who was with the Second Oregon in
the Philippines in the Spanish Ameri-
can war, won medal for scout duty
then. He was the first Hood River
man to enlist when the call came to
fight the boche.
John +. Lauterbach, who has been
abroad With the Fifth Balloon Co.,
after discharge at Camp Lewis. ar
rived here Monday night. On arriving
in New York City Mr.. Lauterbach
received message to hasten here to
be with his mother, Mrs. A. r. Lau
terbach, who has been seriously i'll.
He found his mother much improved.
news of her sons homecoming SEEM
ing to aid her in recovering.
Sergeant Glen Hunt, who enlisted in
1917 in the hospital unit at Vancouver
Barracks. has Just returned home from
the Presidio, where he was transferred
soon after entering service. Mr.. Hunt
has been engaged at the California
station on the permanent personnel in
mastering out other men.
Mrs. Daisy Rogers received a mes.
sage from her son, Oak Rogers, who
announced his arrival from France in
New York City. The young man, for
merly member of of 18th Co.. was
transferred to another coast artillery
/ unit and sent abroad