La Grande evening observer., July 10, 1917, Image 3

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
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South San Antonio, Texas. Camp
Kelley, June 26, 1917. Dear Mother:
I received your most welcome letter
and was doubly glad to hear from
you, for I know now that you are
getting my letters. I have been here
two weeks now and today is the first
letter I have received from you. I
have not got the package yet but 1
will in about an hour and then I will
j tell you all about it I have two more
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to be developed and some of them
will be interesting to you, I am sure.
If Harold com-a down here please let
me know a' soon as possible. Tell
him to wre to me.
I would sure like to be back up
there for just long enough to go out
and get myself a good mess of trout.
Gee, wouldn't that be fine?
Oh mother I just went over and got
your package and talk about tickled,
why 1 never ate any candy in my life
that tasted better, and I know if ever
better candy was made it was my
mother that made it. I gave a piece
to the Sergeant Major and he smacked
his lips and said, "Yum, yum. That re
mind me of home and mother." I am
sure I will not be able to eat any of
this (chew) for a month after eating
that candy. Why you know it makes
life swell to get things from you.
I must close now as I have been
writing long enough, but tell. Daddy
and Harold my love. I am
Your loving son,
EARLE.
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(The following letter was received
by Mrs. B. B. Nutter, formerly of La
Grande, but now a resident of Pendle
ton, from her son, Earle, who is with
the Embryo Aviation Corps, now sta-
(Letter to their friends in La Grande
from Alvin E. Jacobson, Raymond
Blystone and Earle Nutter, La Grande
boys, who are at Camp Kelley, San
Antonio, Texas, in the Aviation Sec
tion of the U. S. Army. The Observer
hopes their friends here will answer
the letter just as if they had each re
ceived ,one personally from the boys.
Wouldn't you like to get a letter if
you were away from home?)
The Army and Navy Young Men's
Christian Association Headquarters,
124 East 28th St., New York, The As
sociation Follows the Flag on Land
and Sea. Public Correspondence
Table at Camp Kelley, June 29, 1917.
From the Boys in the Aviation Sec
tion of the United States Army at San
Antonio, Texas, to our many friends
in La Grande: We hope you will for
give us for not writing sooner but if
you were here you would appreciate
even this effort. For the .viation
Section is a new and enormous branch
of the Army and our own Camp Kel
ley is also new and is in a state of
construction and so we have our daily
exercises known so well by us as
fatigue. Including drills and instrucT
tions our time is sadly limited and af
ter a day we are usually too tired to
write so we put it off til another day
and time flies fast and soon we ore
far behind our correspondence.
Camp Kelley contains about 6000
men, and we are very proud to say a
fair majority are Oregon boys.
About 2000 are in training and the re
mainder are to be assigned very soon.
There are about 1000 officers or in
structors and about 200 machines of
the Curtis and L. W. F. tractor planes
J and one Battle plane. Military avia
i tion is going on every hour of the
day and great numbers of San An
tonio .people visit the hangars every
day sight seeing. Often tliere are 2o
or 30 machines up at a time and so
far only two men have been killed and
two were injured, and these were
caused by accident. As soon as the
squadrons are trained they will be
sent to various points in U. S. am! we
hone Oregon gets one. They nve
commissioned officers and ell equip
ment of the American soldier. Ray
mond Blystone, former high' school
and La Grande boy and one of our
members here is now in the 23 squad
Ton and is attached to the crew of an
L. W. F. school plane and looks for
ward to a fast promotion and appoint
ment.' Earle Nutter, former La
Grande boy and well known there, is
Orderly at the Headquarters and is
yet unassigned. And last, myself, Al
vin E. Jacobson, am so fortunate as
to be a member and student on the
L. W. F. 464 and I am looking for
ward for an, appointment and promo
tion in my own squadron, the 81st.
We are all greatly satisfied with
the service and ali think it developes
a man mentally, physically and mor
aly. We hear from boys in other
branches doing their bit for their
country and we think of them as
brothers all fighting for the . same
great cause.
We are yours respectfully,
A. E. JACOBSON,
I RAYMOND BLYSTONE,
v EARLE B. NUTTER.
P. S. We get a lot of our news
from the Observer which we receive
quite often and always welcome its
coming into camp,
The Best Bargain
To
In The City
morrow
(Letter to Mrs. Bertha M. Alford,
of La Grande from her son, Eugene E.
Alford, ago 18, who has enlisted in the
Company of Instruction, Medical
Corps, Fort Lawton, wash.) ,
Fort Lawton, Wash., June 29, 1917.
Dearest Folks: Well I received your
"Family" letter this morning and
Ruby's day before yesterday so will
answer them all at once. We have
inspection . or "muster" tomorrow
morning at 8:20 and I've been down
shaving, washing . my leggins . and
cleaning up my ' locker, shining my
shoes, etc. ' You see if we are not pre
sentable we wont get our pay, as this
is an inspection given us just before
eVery pay-day. '
Talk about some schedule this
week! We've heen on a hike every
day but two and
You see we start in a
till 4 every day. Start drilling at 7:fM to gain the sympathies of the civilian,
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"they've rained." biles with graves on them, dead wag-1 Of this amount 92 per cent, or, $23,-
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tioned at South San Antonio, Texas, (composed of 200 men; 24 planes, 12
HOUSEWIVES! Here are Many
Fine Table Suggestions for
These Hot Days
Kellogg 's Corn Flakes with Berries and Cream
Cantaloupes and Watermelons
Mrs. Williams Potato Chips
Canned Roast Beef Creamed Chicken
Red Raspberries, Strawberries and Blackcaps
Roquefort, Camembert, and Pimento Cheese
Home Grown Green Peas
Summer Sausage, Boiled Ham, Corned Beef
Bour's Special Blend Tea for Iceing
Stuffed. Green and Ripe Olives
Post Toasties in 2 for 25c and 20c Packages
New York, Cream Brick and Tillamook Cheese
Sunkist Lemons, Valencia Oranges
Salad Dressings and Mayonnaise Dressings
Roman Meal and Raisin Bread
and take an 'hour for drill and
hour for lecture, alternating every
other hour till 11:45. This week the
afternoon schedule was hikes, and last
week was tent drill. 1 had some pic
tures taken last week of Fu.i, (he is
my tent mate) and myself. This week
we started out on hikes and on Mon
day we marched eight miles from .1 t'i
3:30. You know there are soiue busi
ness men out here from town who are
training to get to go to Presidio to
train for officers. Well they acted
sort smart to us as most of us are
kind of kids (you know just H. S. or
college fellows.) Well the first four
miles they made it fine, for we led
them and just took it easy, singing
and whistling all the way. We stopped
and pitched our tents and took a little
rest. They got ahead of us during
this and as they passed they yelled
out something about .us "kids" going
back home. We (promptly retaliated
by dubbing them "The men boy
scouts."
Well when we started back they
took up the lead and at a good gait
too. After we had gone about three
miles the lieutenant (who is a fine
fellow, just a young Dr.) thought we
might have some fun so he let us
commenced to push thorn. Well before
we ot to the Fort "the men boy
scouts" were dropping by the roadside
from sheer exhaustion. It won't do
for (soft business) men to try and
rub anything on us "kids" though for
we're all able to do them up on a good
hike. The next day they made an am
bush on us and they could have shot
us to pieces if it had been real. I
don't know about me as J was in the
rear and think I should have been
"rearer" than that if it had been real.
We planned an ambush on them the
next day but that failed as they an
ticipated it and sent out scouts ahead.
We did capture their advance guard
though and had a great time over it.
We certainly had a nice hike today,
We went down to the beach, marched
up it for about a half a mile and then
over to the locks, over by Ballard, a
suburb of Seattle. The lieutenant
got us permission to go through un
der the locks. Believe me it's great.
You go down underneath the
but which made the soldiers rather
wiggly in the region of the spinal col
umn. The girl's name is Betty M .
She lives at Alki Beach about eight
miles from the Fort and about an
hour's ride. I don't mind the distance
much as French goes with her sister;
so we're together. I'm invited out
Sunday for dinner, also the Fourth.
Her mother is certainly an awful nice
lady, but suffers from rheumatism. It
seems awful good to know somebody,
Do you know that was the first house
I've been in since that night in Port
land when we were invited over to
dinner that night at rMs. Peterson's,
I don't know how I will act when it
comes to eating. Probably will yell
out, "shoot the Murphy," or "pass the
slum" (soldier's name for stew.) No
body knows, hut the time will come.
.Will tell you about it next time.
Heaven forbid that I will not forget
my preliminary training at home,
Well folks you are probably surprised
at the length of this letter but really
I've run out of news. I am going to
get my picture taken the 5th and will
send some. Must close now and go
to bed. So good-bye with lots and
lots of love.
Son, brother and grandson,
EUGENE E. A.
P. S. Say will you send me about
three of my whie shirts and some cuff
buttons right away. A new law says
that on Sunday we have to wear a
white collar. No need to send collars
as we have regular uniform collars.
Right away please. E. E. A.
i 910,811, was applied directly to con
struction, improvement, or mainten
ance of the public roads in 43 states,
according to figures compiled by the
Office of Public Roads of the United
States Department of Agriculture, in
Circular 73, "Automobile Registra
tions, Licenses and Revenues in the
United States, 1916."
The figures for 1916 correspond
very closely with the annual percent
age increase of motor-car registra
tion of the last three years. This year
ly increase has averaged 40 per cent
in the number of cars and 50 per cent
in revenues.
When viewed over a period of years,
the increase in : motor-car registration
and Tgross. revenue has been remark
able. In 1906 the total state registra
tions were approximately 48,000 cam,
on account of which the several etatos
collected in fees and licenses a total
gross revenue of about $190,000. On
ly a small part of this was applied to
road work. In, 1916 the $25,865,369.75
collected formed nearly 9 per cent of
the total rural road and bridge reve-r
nues of the states.
Recent years have Bhown an increas
ing tendency o put the spending of
the motor-car revenues directly in the
hands of the state highway depart
ments. (f the total amount applied
to road work in 1916, 70 per cent, or
$16,411,520, was expended more or less
directly under the control or super
vision of state highway departments.
Only 13 states did not exercise any
direct control over the expending of
the net automobile' revenues. -
' Mrk'SyMa Hill and Mrs. "Dale are
visiting at the home of Ensign Chil
ders this week. Mrs. Dale will speak
in the Salvation Army hall tonight
and tomorrow night.
MORE THAN 3,500,000
MOTOR CARS' IN U. S.
Increase "of 43 Per Cent Last Year
Over 1915 Gross Revenues from
Registrations and Licenses $25,865,-369.75.
WOOD
and
COAL
Prompt
Service
Washington, D. C, July 10. (Spe
cial) In 1916 there were 1,067,332 )
more motor cars registered in the l
United States than in 1915. This was
an increase of 43 per cent. The gross
total of registered cars, including com
mercial cars, was 3,512,996; the num-
locks ' Der ' motorcycles registered was 250,-
Order Cream for your Berries with your
Grocery Order
PHONE MAIN 80
Km.
PATTISON BROTHERS
GROCERY
and under the water. On entering and
starting down you go down circular
stairs for about 70 feet (makes a fel
low think Washington is still wet.)
Coming out it is a whole lot different.
You have to go up a straight ladder
for 70 feet. Before you get to this
ladder you have to go through under
a cement tunnel for about 150 feet.
Some of the fellows were o near all
in on reaching the top, that they had
to be helped out, but none of the Wal
lowa fellows minded it a bit. (Re
solved, that pitching hay doesn't hurt
any one in the army.) We marched
back to the Fort and signed the pay
roll. Well we had our examinations
yesterday and I got 90 per cent.
Tubby, Harold, Ralph C, Lawrence
and Bue were the others of the W. H.
S. bunch who made it so I've got lots
of good company. Well I've met a
girl and she's an awful nice girl. Al
so she has a very good friend by the
name of "Bertha Alford." Isn't that
funny ? You know they've been crazy
over this Red Cross campaign here as
they had $300,000 to raise. Well last
Sunday night they had a big parade
and there were among the Red Cross
nurses "war brides," girls who were
dressed in "marriage clothes." They
were to choose a soldier to march
with. Well I got chosen and am
glad of it now, although 1 didn't lUe
the parade as it made a fellow feel
sort of funny. Thero were automo
820. The several states collected in
registration and license fees, includ
ing those of chauf feurs- and operators,
a total gross revenue of $25,865,369.75.
We Have Dry Wood and Rock
Spring Coal
The J. D. Lynch Co.
One Block East of Depot
Phone Main 10
WHY. THAT WAS
PRESIDENT ANDREW
JACKSON S FAVORITE
CHEW
OLD HICKORY WAS
MIGHTY PARTICULAR
ABOUT HIS TOBACCO.
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L- GRAY ELY "S
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Chewing Plu
BEFORETHE INVENTION
OF OUR PATENT AIR-PROOF POUCH
GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO
MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY
WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION.
NOW THE PATENT POUCH KEEPS IT
FRESH AND CLEAN AND GOOD.
A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS ENOUGH
AND LASTS LONGER THAN A BIG CHEW
OF ORDINARY PLUG.
J?J3. Bravely roceOmurr"
BEFORE BILLY POSTER
GETS THROUGH, A LOT OF
OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE
GETTING PARTICULAR TOO
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