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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
ODELL GRADUATES
HAVE RECORDS

Remarkable records in scholarship
were made by two Of the graduates Of
the Odell Union high school, who re-
ceived their diplomas Friday night.
Martha Ferguson, daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. J. +. Ferguson. although only Is
years DID, has completed the high
school course in two and a half years
and has a credit to spare. Miss terEu-
son set a record for Hood River county
and probably for the state Edgar
Harris, aged H. son of Mrs. +. NJ.
Harris. has completed the work in
three years.
Miss Ferguson. in addition to her
studies, has given during her high
school career. l25 readings for the
Red Cross, Y. W. G. A. campaigns and
teachers institutes and similar occa-
sions. She has appeared on frequent
occasions in Portland.
A pleasant surprise greeted young
Mr. Harris at the commencement eX
ercises. In addition to his diploma he
received scholarship, for meritori-
Gus work and conduct as student, to
Willamette University. The scholar
ship was presented by Supt Gibson.
who praised the young man, who has
been spending his leisure hours largely
in earning money for college educa-
tion. Mr.. Harris general average in
scholarship for the three years has
been SO 81.
Miss Ferguson Will also attend VII.
amette University Salem is the
birthplace of her father Her grand
father, A. W. Ferguson, who built his
first Oregon home at Salem in 1856
constructed the first Oregon state
house. He was an early Grand Master
of Oregon Masons.
Other graduates Friday evening
were: Maurice Graft. William Gilker-
son, Harry Plog and Margaret Heft.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
BOY SCOUT WEEK
TO BE CELEBRATED

Hood River people will celebrate Boy
Scout Week next weet Sunday after
noon a Joint meeting to celebrate the
county's successful drive in the Vic
tory Loan campaing and to stimulate
the Boy Scout interest will be held at
the Chautauqua park. Lieut.. r. b
kuy kendall, of the 3i7th Field ArtiI-
ery, the first man TO arrive in Portland
from the Army of Occupation, will de-
liver an address and present Victory
Loan banner to the members Of the
local committee. The Victory Loan
organization in turn will present the
banner to County Judge Blowers.
Following the loan campaign cele-
bration Supt. Gibson will address the
crowd On the Boy Scouts Of America
Demonstrations of Scout work and ac.
ivit'es will be given by teams from the
five Hood River county troops. the
Masters of which and their locations
are as follows: Hood River Troop No.
!. Dig. Cruikshank Hood River Troop
No. 2, Frank Davenport, Jr. Odell
Troop, J. c. Duckwsll; Pine Grove
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
VALLEY OBSERVES
MEMORIAL DAY
HUNDREDS BRAVE RAINY WEATHER
plthiaaS Join Veterans in Tribute to the
Heroic Dead Of Three Wars D. 0.
h. h. Praised for Participation

/ Except for the ultra hardy. Hood
River folk, emerging to celebrate
4 Memorial Day, hastily returned home
10 rodOn winter underwear and over
coats. The stiff wind was icy and in
termittent cold showers prevailed. In
the Upper Valleys higher attitudes
heavy falls If snow We're reported. and
new blankets of white reach tar down
on the sides of Hood base and sur
rounding range tops.
The weather. however. did not pre-
vent the members Of Candy Post, G. A.
r.. eighteen strong, from their annual
/ Journey to ldlewilde cemetery, to hon.
ored departed comrades, ard who this
. year strewed with flowers the graves
Of three of the victim, of the European
I war Lieutenant W. L. Carson, Albert
I kleg and Walter Plog as we'll as
/ 81 auish- American war veterans.
N, Hood River Memorial Day was
ever more solemnly observed The clty
was quieter than on Sunday. All
sports were refrained from. and hun
dreds bravet the weather to join the
/ old soldiers and members Of the Won
ems Relief Corps. for whom the local
Knights Of Pythias, Pythian Sisters
and members OF the Portland Dramatic
/ Order of the Knights Of khorassan,
accompanied by theiI band. acted as an
escort.
Friday afternoon citizens of city
and valley gathered On the courthouse
lawn. Following concert by the ID.
o. K. X. band and with Mayor Scobee
presiding and Rev. ID. NJ. Carpenter
pronouncing an invocation addresse,
were delivered by Leslie Crouch and
Gus c. Moscr. OF Portland.
Candy Post publicly expressed appre
citation of the participation Of the
Knights Of Pythias. Pythian Sisters
and the Portland Dramatic Order of
Knights of Khorassan, who aided the
old soldiers in the celebration of Mem.
orial Day. The Portland Pythians
came here Is strong. Joining the
members Of the local organizations,
the d. o. X. X. band and Brigands, a
uniformed drill team. acted as an es-
cort for the Grand Army members in
their march to ldlewilde cemetery.
Concerts of the visiting band added
wonderfully to the pleasure of the day.
Following addresses on the count
house lawn the Brigands participated
in fancy drills on State street Just be
low the court house lawn, enabling
those assembled to witness the drills
without leaving their seats.
A large number of Pythians from
The Dalles and Cascade Locks were
here for the ceremonial that followed
the celebration of Memorial Day. At
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
MANY MOTORISTS
HERE SUNDAY

Hood River remains the Sunday mec.
ca for hundreds of motorists from Port
land and willamette Valley Points
Garage men estimate that more than
300 automobiles, carrying more than
800 passengers, visited here over the
Highwy Sunday. Hotels and restau-
rants were crowded to the limit
throughout the day. In addition to the
quota Of motorists out for the day.
scores of touring parties, out on long
journeys and representing dozen
states, passed through over the high
way
A local motor party. leaving Cas-
cade Locks homeward bound at 4.l5
Sunday afternoon met l63 motor par
ties returning after day 5 recreation
in the Hood River valley. Every avail
able picnic ground and shaded parking
place between here and Portland had
occupants Sunday
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
PLANS UNDER WAY
FOR Big FOURTH

Plans are forming for the greatest
Fourth of July celebration Hood River
has ever held, The city, county and
all civic organizations will be repre-
sented on the committee to be placed in
charge of the days activities. With
members of old 18th Co as a nucleus,
Hood River county S solo er organiza-
tion will be formed. TIE returned
service men, more than 200 strong, ac-
cording to plans, will be guests of
horor at the approaching celebration.
1t is proposed that the committee be
given blanket concession for all enter
tainments and booths on the day of the
Fourth, the fund collected to be use
in the improvement of an automobile
camping park.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-06-05
INDIANS OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY

Hood Rivers Indian colony cele-
brdted Memorial Day with solemn
rites Joined BY scores Of Indians here
from neighboring reservations to pick
awberries, the few local men and
women, remnant of strong tribe Of
the mid-Columbia Of earlier days. Wis
tied the Indian burying grounds at the
Knights of Pythias cemetery. Every
grave in the plot was heaped with wild
flowers gathered from surrounding
hills. White friends contributed many
roses.
On every Indian grave small Amer
lean Flag had been planted.
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him and his sobbing wife the other, and
between them they supported his shak-
ing figure toward the lighted door of the
cottage.
NAY, father, we be not needed to
plough in the fields this winter" quav-
cred his wife willie be now a man
grown, and he le doing all the plough
ing. Come hither to thy own hearth"
Willie, the imam grown" came from
the door. He was a spinGling lad, Ger
tall and DER thin for his fifteen years
''There be Willie, now," quoth his
mother.
But the man fell upon his knees and
clutched her skirt, shrieking 'Dinna let
him touch mep' he screamed. Il do be
doing nothingv'
"Father be not himself" said the
woman to the lad.
The lad lifted him in his arms and
half carried him toward the house.
"Ye be home, father" he cooed, "and
here is thy own hearth We need do
naught now but rest from trouble and
pain"
But the man shrieked and struggled
as much as his sick strength permitted,
and when he was strengthless, sobbed
and drooled in an unknowing huddle be-
fore his home fire.
Another prisoner of war had come
home from Germany.
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Hear What the Bov,
While They
Are Waiting to
Disem bark

'This formin' in line is gettin, -
second nature to me-" one big Southe,s
er remarked as he passed. Il reckon IN
land in the bread line yet, les fros
sheer force of habit
Each man carried huge bag of Win.
or dark blue duck, containing his ward
robe and equipment, and smaller ~.
of bright chintz with a red cross on ~
side, in which were his choicest trsss
ures. He had slept with that bag una..
his head since he left the trenches a.,
it contained his precious souvenirs of
the Great World War.
Some of these men walked on crutcho.
some with a cane; there were many WIN
carried one arm in a sling, and othp,s
with bandaged heads or an ugly scar IN
their faces; but there was not one IN
the whole lot who hadn't a smile and :.
CHEEKY word of greeting.
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A Tip on Proper
Food for a Hero

Does my pass entitle me to go aboard
the hospital ship?" l asked of the NJ p
who was guarding the gangway. pe
smiled
Mrs. Polonia can go anywhere she
likes said he, and l went on board
sat in the midst of a group of South.
erners, and the conversation turned 10
the subject of food.
"What would you choose if YOU could
have anything that you wanted to eat,p
l asked.
eve thrashed that all out on the wsv
over" they told me. ut was nip and
tuck between griddle cakes with maple
syrup, and hot riz biscuits with real but
ter; but the riz biscuits won out, and
now we jes' CANT natch'lly think of any.
thing else
Il did have an awful hankerin' few
thousand miles back" said one man from
Kentucky, "fer reel old-fashioned cohn.
pone, an it amt quite out'n my system
yet; but ] reckon if I had one of them
pipin' hot riz biscuits, with plenty of reel
yaller butter on it, it'd cure me Of
cravin' fer that cohn-none."
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BY MAY BOSNIAN

TIME wind swung across the moor,
making unhappy, Juggling sounds.
1t swirled up the dry twigs and
buffeted the bent figure of a man in
stained, tattercd uniform struggling
over the ground toward the setting sun.
motor had just let him down at the
entrance of a lane too rutty and mar
row for such vehicle. The motor was
crowded; yet he left it in silence, and
IN silence the other khak-clad figures
let him go. In all their worn faces was
much Of the dreariness of the sky above
the moor, but none Of the tempestuous
character of it's cloud racing depths.
Rather were their faces dreary blanks:
not quite human.
The wind -swayed man knew his way.
He picked his steps carefully, shoulders
bent. eyes upon the ground straining
pitifu)ly. His pallid face looked half
dead in the waning light.
At the end Of the lane wore two
matched cottages. and in both a light
and q dog. One dog, began to bark and
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the next morning was on the pier. Not
early enough to see the first Of the
troops debark, however, for L passed
down the long shed between rows and
rows of men, each standing erect be-
hind his great roll of equipment patient
ly awaiting orders. eve don't know
where we're going, but we're on our
way" they called to me as I passed.
These were the men who had SO far re-
covered from their wounds that they no
longer needed hospital care, and they
were to be sent to Camp Merritt to be
mustered out.
"We're on the last lap of the long.
long trail one young chap said to me,
land, believe me, it's happy day for us,
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Dor. "Your man be not SO old by fifty
year"
But the figure came to them stoldly
Il be come home, Mary" he said, and
a cough racked him. "Be we well?"
YEA" the woman said, and stood
there looking and wringing her hands.
He lurched little toward her. "I
be tired WI long ploughing in tn field
this winters dayv' he said to her, and
began to whimper, like sick child, into
his torn sleeve.
The herdsman's wife took one side of
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The Girls Protective
League

Among these organizations the Girls
Protective League stands out prcemi-
nent. for with its carefully organized
force Of protective officers and district
workers, together with the help and CO.
operation Of It's thousands Of working
girl members, it has gone Systematically
to work, With results that are nothing
short Of amazing.
ltg protective officers patrol the
streets ard parts, they visit dance halls
and motion picture houses, restaurants,
railroad stations, tenement Railways and
all other places where conditions have
been reported az demoralizing. They
are responsible for better lighting In
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The Man Who
Didn't Come Back

One tall chap from Georgia had left
our group and stood by himself, looking
absently down the river as we neared the
pier l went over and laid my hand on
his arm.
care you worried about anything?'
I asked. ''Maybe 1 can help you" He
turned to me with the saddest smile that
I have ever seen.
''No, honey" he said, 'T don't reckon
anybody can do anything. It's this away
Ny brother and I went over together in
the same company, and Pm leavin' hin
over there alone. A shell exploded and
blew him to bits, so [ never did find
enough of him to bury. / was standin
beside him at the time. He was my only
brother and we thought a heap of each
other. ] was just rememberin' when
we sailed out Of New York harbor. He
was standing beside me and he put bis
arm around my shoulder, and he said
We'll, old man, let's hope we'll be
comm back together some day, jes' this
away"
1t is little glimpses like this into the
real hearts of these men that make ont
realize the undercurrent of sadness ano
heartache that lies behind all the ban
tering and hilarity, the smiling faces and
lusty cheers with which they greet The
first sight of their home land, and once
again one marvels at the glorious spirit
of our fighting men.
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deck where the men were having Chow"
through the officers mess and upstairs to
the music room, where the ships band
was playing and officers and nurses were
enjoying their last dance on shipboard.
I talked with a pretty little blond girl
from Boston, who told me that she had
never felt so homesick in her life as
when she sailed into New York harbor.
owe all feel the same" she said. "The
men are different; they are all delighted
to get home, but we nurses just hate to
think that it's all over and we must go
back to private nursing"
II fancy it won't be for long in your
case hazarded. "Is he with the Army
of Occupation?"
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Girls Help to Make the World Safe for

T<HIS period of rehabilitation is
bringing its own problems to
those whose duty it is to look
after the welfare of our young women
and girls. The spirit of rejoicing and
of revelfy which is abroad in the land,
the daily arrival of troopships bringing
their quota of wounded heroes, and the
presence of the hundreds of sailors from
the great gray battleships that lie at
anchor in the Hudson River, all combine
to raise girlsh enthusiasm, patriotic
fervor and hero worship to their highest
pitch, and it requires redoubled effort
and very careful handling to keep con-
dltlons down to anything like normal.
The wise ones tell us that this is the
most difficult period since the begin
ming of the war. and that consequently
all the organizations whose object it is
to watch over and protect our girls have
added to their forces and heightened
their hours of service
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''Pretty Well Busted Up"-
But at Home and Happy

Four sailors were carrying a big wire
basket, in which lay man who had been
seriously wounded, down the gangway.
The patient was apparently unconscious,
but as he was being transferred from
the basket to the ambulance stretcher he
opened his eyes and looked dazedly
around.
''Where am II" he whispered to the
sailor who was tenderly lifting him!
you're on the dock at Hoboken," was
the reply.
S'Thank God Home at last" he
gasped, and tainted away.
Another stretcher followed, but the
man on this was far from unconscious
He wore his overseas cap jauntily cooked
over one eye, and he persisted in raising
his head to see what was going on. Every
time he raised it one of the sailors who
was carrying the basket poked it play
fully down again.
s'Let me get one good look at Gods
country" he pleaded, "and promise not
to bother you any more. Gee, that sun
shine looks good after "slummy France'"
AS the ambulance started off he raised
his head once more and called out to the
sailor who had carried him, "Goodby,
Bill; see you III Sunday SCHOOL,"
"What's the matter with him." 1
asked the sailor. 'He seems pretty
happy"
''He's pretty we'll busted up, but he's
game, like all of them," he answered.
Hes lost leg and an arm. and he's
got bad wound in his thigh"
On board the ''Polonia" those who, al
though they we're able to walk, were still
classed as hospital cases were waiting in
line to embark on the boat which was to
carry them to the pier at Fiftieth Street.
From there they would be taken in am
balances to the Grand Central Palace.
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now. But he be ma wounded or sick!
And we have peace"
The barking and the frisking of the
dog drew the speaker and her neighbor,
and they, too, peered into the lane and
saw the figure of the man
1T do be fatherv' quavered the
woman, but her tone was unbelieving
Two years ago father stood 6 foot a in
his stockings and had shoulders erect
and broad like bulls! The herdsman's
wife went with her to the gate.
"Nay, it Gamma be he," said the neigh
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The Return of the Native

peer quiveringly into the dun-colored
distance whence the man came. He
could not recognize that bent body nor
that stumbling step, but he was an ami
NAL: he smelled familiar, and bounded
out through the gate.
woman came from the hut and went
to the leafless hedge and called her
neighbor, herdsman's wife Gle do be
coming soon" said she. maybe to-
day, tomorrow. | did wait in town,
but they gay to me, GO home. He do
be coming there SOON 1t be two year
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but it does make Teller feel kind of sad
to leave all the pals that he's been with
for so many months. When you've faced
death side by side, as we have time and
time again, it sorter makes you feel as
if you belong to each other, closer than
brothers, that's what we are. l guess
there's other kinds of homesickness be-
sides that that comes from being away
from home, and that's being away from
your buddie."
"Where is your homer" asked.
"The finest little town in the world"
he replied "Biddeford, Me. Ever been
there?"
I regretted that I had not had that
pleasure, and I smiled to myself as
wondered how many times l had heard
that expression in reply to the same
question, "The finest little town in the
world"-New York, Pittsburgh, Spokane,
Kalamazoo or Biddeford, Me-; it's all
the same-the finest little town in the
world
''I'm from New England myself" I
said to the lad.
''You don't need to tell me that" he
replied. II got it from your accent.
want to tell you, something that you'll
understand, because you were prob'ly
brought up to go to church, just as l
was, and | guess you prob'ly didn't care
any more about it than I did. Well, I'll
tell you one thing that discovered over
there. God is heap sight nearer to you
when you're in the trenches than he ever
was in the meeting house back home. l
guess you get what | mean"
To ease the tedium of waiting, the
men began to sing, and the songs that re-
sounded from one end of that great pier
to another were not the sings to which
they had marched to victory, they were
the songs of peace, "Silver Threads
Among the Gold, 'The Suwanee River"
and "She's My Daisy" The Great War
was already thing of the past; they
were at home.
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West Tenth Street, and a summer vaca-
ton home and farm in New Jersey.
This is a little outside the prescribed
object of the league, however, which is
to protect the girl and save her from
taking the first false step. For this pur-
pose clubs are formed in the different
districts throughout the city by the
girls themselves. These clubs are self
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the parks and on the beaches, for the
closing of some of the parks at sunset,
for the appointment of special police
men whose duty it is to guard young
women and girls, for matrons on the
excursion steamers, and for the care
full supervision Of block parties and
other outdoor gatherings.
The. work of these protective officers