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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1917)
BATTJRDAY, JULY i4, 191?. LA GRANDE EVENINu OBSERVER. PAGE THKEE TIRE "'CONSERVATION DAY Reg. V, 8. Fat. Offloe On Jul 20th, 21st, arid 22nd We vwill have a well known tire expert atour store. He, will give you information and advice that will cut your tire expense. YOU ARE INVITED W. H. Bohnenkamp C Goodyear Service Station ompany betters from &he front (Letters from Gorton Eastman, of Benicia Arsenal, to his folks and sis ter.) Benicia Arsenal,- Calif., June 20, 1917. Dear Folks: I believe I have received a letter from everyone In the family so I guess I have missed none. I also received the box from Lorette, and the last letter from Marguerite. Mother asked where my keys were to my trunk. Well I put them in the small pocket of my pants when I sent my suit home. It has been some hot here the last week. Yesterday it was 95 in the shade and 120 in the sun. But the heat does not bother me much. Yesterday we were stacking j tome sugar and flour and canned , goods and I have j goods. I have on a flannel shirt that . is quite heavy and of course I sweat fout I take a cold shower hath every night after supper and I do not mind the heat... At night it is not hot. I sleep on the second floor and I have a blanket and one sheet over me. I raise the window to the top and get plenty of air. The only trouble I have is in getting use to drinking warm soft water. You see all the water that we drink here is all rain water. Last Sjinday for dinner we had oyster stew, roast beef, green peas. potatoes, dumplings, breed and butter, good coffee and milk, apple pie and jelly tarts. Now that is some meal and we have meals about that good three times a day. So no wonder I have gained two pounds. About the first week that I was here the Sergeant said he was sure that I could pass the examination for Sergeant clerk. He said that there was no use drawing a private's pay when I could be drawing a Sergeant's pay. So I wrote a letter which was approved by the commanding officer. I am enclosing a carbon copy of it. Of course it will be about nine months or a year before the examination is held. So I might as well get the best out of this enlistment if I have to stay here for three or four years. Of course there is a possibility of not Our Want Ads Bring Results ishing If you are going fishing and want to be sure to get up on time leave your call with BIG BEN We Have Them At $2.50 (This alarm clock will awaken you to work in the garden just as readily as it will to go fishing.) -It J ewler and Optician $ f $ f ? "fc 4 4 ? ty'fr G. S. Birnie Jewler and Optician passing the examination, but I will try, I received a letter from Lionel R. this morning. He said it was some hot down there. He is on the bound ary line between California and Mex ico. I guess I will be here for some time, i get through with my work in a hurry. You see I am faster on the machine than anyone that they have had here before. One man used to do the typewriting and another used to do the filing, but now I do both and have plenty of time to spare. The other fellows did their typewriting with two fingers. A little education, sure does go a long way. It is getting along about quiting time so I will have to straighten up my desk and get ready for supper. With lots of love to all, GORTON. Office of the Quartermaster, Benicia Arsenal, Calif., June 13, 1917. From: Pvt. Richard G. Eastman, Q. M. C. ' . I" To: The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C, Subject: Supply of books. 1. If consistent with the policy of the IWar Department, it is requested that I 'be supplied with one copy each of the Army Regulations and Quarter master Corps Manual. - 2. It is my intention to prepare myself for the examination for Sgt., Clerk, Q. M. C. and these books are required for this purpose. I have made my first little jump. I j don't know as I will ever be Com I mander and Chief but I hope by next , year to be sergeant. You asked me if I needed anything. I get shirts and socks and under clothing and everything like that is sued to me, and I am here at the store so I get everything in the line of tow- jels at cost and other things that I need I buy so I am getting along fine and don't need anything. i I got a pass the other day and went over to San Francisco with another , fellow who is working here in the of fice. I met a couple of fellows over there who went to school at Pocatello. ' One of them was captain of the foot ball team two years ago. One be longed to the army and one "to the navy. We went to a couple of good shows and came back Sunday flight. San Francisco is a pretty good town. It does not get very hot there. You see the breeze from the ocean blows ; and it is cool. . Well I guess this is about all the news I can think of down in this part of the country so I will close for now. With lots of love to all, , Your brother, GORTON. Benicia, Arsenal, Cal., July 4, 1017. Dear Sis: Well today is the Fourth of July and there is supposed to be a big time here today. I have' just had breakfast and I am in the office. No we do not have to work. I just came up here to write this letter. The time passes by so fast that I almost forget when I last wrote. I received your letter yesterday and olso one from Marguerite the other day. After I wrote the last letter there was an or der came here to the office that we would be allowed to have a corporal here at the office. So the Major said we will recommend Eastman so a let ter was written to Headquarters of the Western Department at . San Francisco, that I be made a corporal, and yesterday the warrant came and so I am now a corporal. You see the rank of the army goes this way. When you first enlist you ere classed as a second class private, if you make good you are made a first class privte, this gives you three dol lars a month more, then next comes a corporal that is six dollars more and then a sergeant and then first ser geant and ect., until you finally are Commander and Chief of the Army and Navy, if you live long enough. So feeling pretty good today. This hav ing the measles is a sort of a (here he comes and there he goes) sort of an affair, five minutes after I had dis covered them the measles 1 was in quarantine. ' The doctor informed me that I would stay there for 10 days. I wish they hadn't come for another ten days at least, don't you? How ever they shot me off to the hospital and here I am. My temperature was 103 for a night and a 'day but is nor mal now. For the first three meals they would not give me 'anything but a glass of milk at a meal. That was enough though. I went to Tacoma to see the races the Fourth. They averaged about 90 per for 150 miles. The track is made of two-by-fours stood on edge with half inch spaces between them, and is two miles in circumference. Hoping this finds everybody well. Your son, WILLIE. (Letters to Mrs. A. S. Bradway from hef two sons, one who is at the Bremerton Navy Yard and the other in the Hawaiian Islands.) Bremerton, Washington, U. S. Navy, July 7, 1917. Dear Mother: How is everybody at home? I am Pvt. Lee Bradway, F. Battery 1st Field Artillery, Schofield . Barracks, Honolulu, H. T. June 18, 1917. Dear Mother: I have been definitely as. signed to Battery F and all my mail should be sent to above address. Battery F is the famous "Black Horse Battery" of Civil war fame and was wiped out at Bull Run. The horses aie all splendid animals, race horses in fact, and trained to the minute and can gallop 10 miles with their guns without a single rest. The riders change horses every two miles while they are running. When I am not on duty I can get a mounted pass and ride all over the island and get a good idea of the is land. Well that is about all the news . now. I am still in quarantine but will be out before a letter can get here from the states. - The climate averages about 90 de grees and it rains every day. Bolieve mel it rains when it rains to, but, it only lasts about ten minutes. I am well and very busy so good bye for the present. Your loving son, . LEE. City News Exercise is like advice and vaca tions: Something wo all approve but seldom take. Old Man Sage. THE SAMMIES ARE TO BE GIVEN CANDY Portland, Ore., July 14. (United Press) The Sammies will eat candy. Portland firms today submitted mds on large quantities of candies,1 send ing their offers to the quartermasters' corps at Seattle. Chocolate, lemon drops and stick candies are specified. Other supplies on which the govern ment is asking bids today from north western firms are tobacco, ginger ale, jams, playing cards and loirge quanti ties of food. Additional bids on the same supplies will foe opened at Se attle July 18. Richey Piano House Opposite Sommer House AM PIC REPRODUCING PIANO Music reproductions from the greatest artists in the world. Eeproduced with the different Artists' interpretation, with the exactness of expression and touch, that defies any criticism. Call for a demonstration of this wonderful instrument. Pianos & Player Pianos Talking Machines Sewing Machines BUILDING MATE FUEL, HAY, GRAIN, FLOUR, PRODUCE, LIME, PLASTER AND CEMENT Lehigh Portland Cement Aberdeen Coal Wholesale and Retail The Sawyer-Holmes Merc LA GRANDE, OREGON. antile Co.
