The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-08-14
/ Letters From and About Soldiers


J. f. Clark East Side orchardst.
who left his place in 1917 and joined
the Canadian forces to fight the kai-
ser's Huns, was for many months
under fire on the Flanders front. Mr.
Clark, who is again on his orchard
place aud who has spent the past sew
eial days training spray gun on Spitz-
enburgs and Newtowns, killing Cooling
moth worm-chldren, declares. how
ever, that one of his most thrilling ex-
periences occurred when he was or
dered taken before a high officer on the
charge of attacking a Highlander,
Mr.. Clark says that efforts were
made to get him into regiment Of
kilt.wearing fighters, but that he re-
sisted One day he and Highlander
were having some repartee over the
incident, when Mr.. Clark rushed the
Scot and before the melee had ended
the orchardist possessed the Lady of
Hell's" kilties.
81 didn't know just what they were
going to do with me, SAYS Mr.. Clark.
81 was looking forward to imprison-
ment in the Tower of London. was
thinking of the fir. clad hills of Oregon
as they led me along. faced the sol
emn assemblage of officers. They
looked me up and they looked me down,
and J was scared. And then they let
me go. They just wanted to see the
man who had taken off Highlander S
kits and lived. "
A steeltired coaster wagon, guided
by an enthusiastic youngster, rumbling
down a concrete sidewalk, reminded
Mark f. Moe, just back from Treves,
Germany, where he was with the army
OF occupation, of the noise made by
German automobiles.
Rubber tires were unknown, except
for the cars of the extreme higher
ups, says Mr.. Moe. Rubber was
too much in demand for more necessary
things, such as munitions. The Ger
mans rode on steel tires, but some of
the jar was taken up by an arrange
ment Of springs around the wheel next
to the outer tire. But that did not
eliminate any noise. A German chauf-
fer didn't need any horn to let you
know he was coming down the street.
Ellis l.. Morse, Just back from over
seas duty with an aero squadron, has
been visiting in Portland. Mr. Morse
says:
"Salmon are climbing the dam at
Spray, Wheeler county, and the farm
ers are gaffing the fish and some are
even taking the salmon from the
stream with pitchforks. This is the
first time in years that the fish have
been able to get above the dam and
the settlers in that sheep and cattle
country are making the most of their
opportunity to eat fresh fish. -
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Ledford, of the
Belmont district, received message
last week from their son, Sgt. Bert c.
Ledford, who has been in France for
the past two years with an aero squad
ron, announcing his arrival in New
York city. Mr.. Leford returned home
with a company of casuals assembled
from all parts of France atsBrest.
John Ledford, another son, recently
arrived home from France where he
had served with a naval aviavtion
squadron.
The local Red Cross Canteen COM
mittee greeted $50 Engineers, en- route
from overseas to Camp Lewis for de.
mobilization with watermelons Satur-
day night. Athirst, after a day of
heat and dust, the soldiers declared
that the melons struck the right spot.
Colored troopers, they said, could not
have enjoyed the feast any more than
they.
Geo. W. Blodgett, Upper Valley
rancher, who left here early in 1918 for
training at Camp Lewis, has just re-
turned home from a nine months ser
vice with the intelligence department
of the Sth Regiment in France. Mr..
Blodgett has resumed charge of his
ranch place, one of the largest hay
producing tracts in the Upper Valley.
Arthur c, Lewis, veteran of Argonne
Forest, after several weeks here in
the employ Of the local office Of the
engineering department of the State
Highway Commission, has again en-
listed. Young Lewis expects to be
sent to Siberia with motor truck
unit
Mrs. E. j. Nicholson has received