The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-11-24
THANKSGIVING

These last few days of ruthless dis
regard that the elements sometime:
have for the bodily comforts of man,
for his ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ano
his general scheme Of things, will re-
suit in most mid Columbia folk cele-
brating Thanksgiving day in quietness
within the four walls of their own
homes. For a week almost we have
been a little entity to ourselves here
in the snowbIanketed valley and town.
In our isolation we have been made to
sense how dependent we are on the
great outside world. On the fields of
other valleys we must depend for
large share of our daily subsistence.
Other communities look to US for the
products of our soils. We observe and
see that the destinies of our valley and
the destinies of hundreds and thou
sands of other little communities
throughout our nation are all inter
woven into each other. And, advanc-
ing a step. we can observe how our ma
tion's welfare depends on the welfare
of other nations of all parts of the
globe. Man cannot live unto himself
alone, nor can nations of men.
This little temporary isolation Of
ourselves today should be good for us. |
1t will give us time for meditation, if
we but take advantage of it. The
elements will make us stay at home.
We wonder if we haven't developed a
trend that makes too little of home
life. Too often, in this age of automo-
biles, moving pictures, innumerable
clubs and organizations, home is too
often just place where we get ready
to go somewhere.
Perhaps we should be thankful, on
this day when all our fellows over the
nation bow humbly to return thanks to
God, for the interruption the elements
have placed on our routine.
And today, in all the Hood River
valley, there is no mortal who cannot
find something for which to be thank
full. All of US as Americans can con- !
template with pride the leadership our
nation has taken for the elimination of
the horrors of war. ;
The business enterprises of our ma !
tion have apparently ridden over the !
toughest places in the return from \
war initiation to normal conditions. q
Compared with the easy days Of the /
war period, our prosperity has taken
serious slump the past year, but still
America stands foremost. The chill
iren of other lands starve and go in q
rags. We are thankful that our full !,
granaries and our full Golfers enable us :,
% feed and clothe the sufferers. :.
Considering ourselves from the :,
standpoint of our little valley we have
been the beneficiaries of kind Provi-
ience the past year. Our seasons were +,
deal for crop production and our har- >,
'est was never. completed under more .,
gratifying conditions. Yields of our :.
ields were LIBERAL We have suffered
10 more severe calamity than the
torn of this week, and that, except :.
o put us to some discomforts, has 4,
'een mild in comparison with the :,
loods, the cyclones or epidemics of
isesse that have swept some parts of
he world.
Individually some Of US may have :,
Uttered financial reverses, but we -
hould be thankful that health and the
will to rebuild have been left. Grief
nd sorrow NAV have been the lot of
ONE, but even from these we have -
rawn the gift of patience, humility, -
and hope. Gods in His -
leavens. al's well with the world. "
the optimism of Brown
np's Plppa and be thankful. y"