1
Phone For What
You Want
"Over the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunner Serein in France
(Cepyrlgtit, IU1T, by Artbar Quj low)
SYNOPSIS.
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for yenir benefit and il; is up to you
to use it freely. .Don't take the
time to eonie down town for minor
: .... t
lmreliases. Just phone
MAIN 562
Our service is prompt ami efficient I
and no extra charge is made for de
ivery. When you have a prescription to
he filled or have urgent need for
drugs, phone us and note how
promptly our messenger will arrive
at your home.
SERVICE IS THE THING
LA GRANDE PHARMACY
Adolph Newlin, Mgr.
Quick Delivery . . - Phone Main 40
La Grande, Oregon
CHAPTER I-Firod by the news of the
sinking of the Luvltanla by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri
can, leaven hlM office In Jersey City and
KX'B to KngUnd whore he enlists tn the
BrltlHh army,
CIIAPTKH II-After a period of train
ing, Kinpey volunteers for Immediate serv
ice and soon finds himself in rest billets
'somewhere in France,", where c nrsi , ennuie in the muchlne irunners duaout
or tlie front-line trench I wrote two
letters. . One to Pete's mother, . the
TaUPthe stretcher beldrit. BVwmlnTr
a hollo.w square Around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain reud the burial
service. .-, :. ;
'. German mnohlne-gun' bullets' were
"cracking" in the air above us, but
Pele didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the Aug having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
ciutie to the salute. "
I loft before the grave was filled In.
I could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face of my com
rade. On the western front there ore
no cofllns, un:' jug are lucky to get a
blunlrt to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
tion stayed and decorated the grave
wan white stones.
That night, in the light of s lonely
At
( makes the ucqualntunce of the ever-preB-
j cut "cooties1
! " CIIAPTKR III-Empe!' attends his first
ehnreli 8orvleen Rt the front while a Ger-
I man Fokker circles over the congresatlon.
CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes
. Into the front-line trenches and Is under
' "15 ??r 110 nr8t time.
, " cifApTKR 'V Empey learns to adopt
the motto of the Brtlnh Tommy, "If you
are going to get It, you'll get it, bo never
i worry."
CI1APTRR vr-Back In rest billets, Em-
' i pey Kets hla first experience as a mess
I orueny,.-! .
! CHAPTER VIII.
other to hU sweetheart. While doing
this I cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and I think that St.
Peter noted same. .
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and Joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, In the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front. ..... .
CHAPTER IX.
The Little Wooden Crass.
After remaining In rest billets for
eight days, we received the unwelcome
Odine'S tlint thp norr mnrnlnrwft would
i i "go In" to "lake over." At six In th!aroun" nousty. over tne. aoor 01
morning our march started and, offer 8nrae ;VBH a 6 fin reaiiing -am
Suicide Annex.
I was in my first dugout and looked
clde Annex." "One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
....ll,4 IC?..l..l.ln T-,l.. I. T ....
T . , -4 ,.. . . HUB VUIIIMI OlllUUt XlLV-ll. XJUICI Ull
I wus ro. 1 in the leading set of!T , . . .... i
H i . - , x lemiieu mill. iiiui;iiiiiu (.uiiui'in unu.
a long march down the dusty road, wo
again arrived at reserve billets,
Just a Reminder
Buy
If you are iu need of Woolen 'Apparel now is your time to ". get busy.
your winter garments now at last year prices; Don't delay we assure you
it is money profitably spent.' . ,." ,
fours. Tlie man on my left wits named
"l'ete Walling," p cheery sort of fel
low, lie laughed and joked all the
way on the march, buoying up my
drooping spirits. I could not figure nut
anything attractive In again occupying
the front line, but Pete Old not seem to
mind, said it was till In a lifetime. My
left h"J was blistered from the rub
bing of my heavy marching boot. Pele
noticed Hint I was limping and offered
to carry my rifle, but by tills time I had
learned the ethics of the march In the
lirltlsh army and courteously refused
his offer.
We hud gotten half-way through the
'communication trench, Peto In my im
mediate rear. He bad ills band on my
shoulder, as men In n communication
trench have to do to keep In touch with
bombers are' known as the "Suicide
Club." . , :
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept In mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. I had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be eontnlncd In those
three little letters, M O D. The floor
of the dugout was an Inch deep in 1
water. Outside It was raining cats and j
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling i
down the steps. From the air shaft
immediately above mo 'came a drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. It was about twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to it. '
These steps wero cut Into the earth, !
I but at that time were muddy and slip-
$1.08, $2.49, $2,98, $3.49
............. 39c, 49c
$2.49, $2.98, $3.98
$1.49, $1.98, $2.98
................... $6.90, $7.90, $8.90
.. $4.98, $5.90, $6.90
' ; 69c, 79c
...98c, $1.25
ChildrenVfwo Picx Garments . ....... . v. .-. .-.V.' . ". 39c, 49c, 59c
Meu's Wool Shirts.
McuVj Wool Sox . . . . . ...........
Men's Wool Unions . .
Men's Wool Two Piece Carnienta.
Men's Mackinaw Coats . .....
Men's Mackinaw Shirts . . ... . . .". .
Boy's Fleeced Unions. . ........
Bov's Wool Unions.".
AT LAST! Direct Prom New York Style Centers -the Coats long delayed
, arrived -Coday
Ladies' &
Men's Rub
bers at
prices you
can afford
to pay.
si,
JP ' I Hovs' and I
Incorporated A prices you
I I
i
Formerly the United Store
NOW THAT THE WEATHER PERMITS,
ALLOW . THE LITTLE FOLKS TO GET
OUTSIDE ON A
nt.rh nllinn Win mA 4tot- ,ll.l,nt .t.
n i,n.,n,I.in r,...f f ,.J.., ..,' P?''.v. A man linU to be very careful
In our roar a man tripped over a loose! Gls? ,,p w0""l "8Tt th" Ch,,,.teS'
KIDDIE KAE
- ...
NEWLIN BOOK ,
STATIONERY CO
I signal wire, and let out an oath. As
i usual, Polo rushed to his help. To
j reach the fallen man he hnd to, cross
! this ba:hed-ln part. A bullet cracked
In the air and I diKk'-d. Then a moan
from the rear. My heart stood still.
I went back and Peto was lying on the
ground, liy the aid of my flashlight
I saw that lie hnd his hand pressed to
Ills right breast. The fingers were cov
ered wllh blood. I flashed tlie light
on his face and in its glow a grayish-
! blue color was stealing over ills coun
! tcnanre. Pete looked tip at me and
j said: "Well, Yank, they've done me In.
I I can feel myself going West." Ills
j voice was getting falntor and I had to
i kneel down to get his words. Then he
The air was foul, and you could cut '
the smoke from Tommy's fags with a
knife. It was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails hnd
been driven into these timbers. On ,
each nail hung a miscellaneous assort-;
meut of equipment. The lighting nr-;
rangements were superb one candle
In a redector made from an ammuul-'
tlon tin. My teeth' were chattering I
from the cold, and the drip from the j
alrshnft did not help matters much. !
While I svns sitting bemoaning my i
fate and wishing for the flreslda at I
home, the fellow next to me, who was !
writing a letter, looked up and lnno
Quality, and Economy
Go Hand in Hand at the Real Cash Store The Genuine Hooverized Every
thing that's Good to Eat at Saving Prices.
War
B'ead
m s a e . A- t. .1 t 4 A -IL .4. -(1. .
'n"! : We make War Bread fresh every dav. I'A'ei'v
M'onday and Wednesday regular War linns.
Try our Liberty -Bread. We also have tlie
most complete line ol' .lloiiie-nuidc I'ies, Cake',
Doughnuts, Snails, Coffee Cakes and Cookies in
the city. : ' ' t .
All made according to (!overiiiiiei:f; regulations.
DUTLf. BAKERY
3 1 7 North Fir St. Just Across the Track
gave me n message to write home to; c'Hy "Say.. Yank, how do you
his niolher and his sweetheart, and 1,1 spell 'conllagration'?"
like a great big boob, cried like a baby. I Umkml at him in contempt and an
I was losing my first friend of the ! swered that I did not know,
trenches. I From the darkness In one of the cor-
Woid was passed to tho rear for a came a thin," piping voice' singing
stretcher. He died before it arrived. ' e of the popular trench ditties en
Two of us put (lie body on the! titled:
stretcher null cnrrleil It to the nearest i "Pack up your Troubles in your Old Kit
fciiiuni.i aim (.niiKti it to tne ntaiiscj Hng, and Smile, Smile, Smile."
llist-nld post, where the doctor took; Kvory now and theu the singer
an ofllclal record of Pole's name, num-! ...nl,i,i tn .n,,h .,,,, ,,,, .
her, rank and regiment from bis Iden
tity disk, this to be used in the cas
ualty lists und notification to his
family.
. Wo left Pete there, but It broke our
hcat ls tn do so. The doctor informed
us that wo could bury, lit tit the next
morning. That afternoon five of the
boys of our section, myself included.
wont to tho little ruined village In the
It. was a good Illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
A machine-gun ollicer entered the
dugout and gave me a hard look. I
sneaked past hint, sliding and slipping,
and readied my section of the front
line trench, where I was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
in 'nvo you been!"
I made no answer, but snt on the
rear and from tho deserted gardens oC ,.,,, . ... ,,,' .,i, fl,B
the FiYiioh chateaux gathered grass ,,, .',, .,,,, ,., .,, , ,,.
face. About half an hour later I
teamed tip with another fellow an
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock I wns
relieved and resumed my' sitting posi
tion on tho tire step. The rain sud
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sigh of -relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
and Dowers. From those wo made
wren I h. ,
Willie the boys were making this
wreath. 1 sal unuor a shot-scarred
apple tree and carved out the follow
ing versos on n Mltle wooden shield
which we nulled on Pete's cross.
Trim tn lili Oral; trim to rtrltaln,
Oiiliit; t Is duty to the limt, - -
Just on.- more tmme to tie written
On tin. Hot! of Honor ot heroes passed
Carnation Milk, can 12c
Wesson Oil, Small 35c
Vocalic Flour . , ,
lap .Jack
pfctf
Wesson Oil, rued; ... 70c
Cottole'nc, small c,
Cottolene, nied ............... . 98c
Cottolene, large . $2.4-r
Crisco, small . 32c
Crisco, liicd. : ;. . , .-'; . ; 50c
Crisco, large . . . . '....;...... $1.00
Bob White Soap, 10 bars. 45c
Silk Soap, 10 bars 45c
It's Easy to Buy Thrift Stamps if You Pay Cash at the Real Cash Store.
J'ork and Beans, can
Standard . .
Ovstei:
J
Olympia .
41 her
Cold Dust, large
Citrus Powder, large pkg
Babbitt's Lve
.Finest Table Molasses, No. 10 ean-
$1.00
.Finest Table Molasses, No. 5 can 52e
10c
14c
33c
33c
263
28c
13c
HOOVERIZED
OCERY
Across the Track--Next Door to Stillvell's Cash Market
PHONE MAIN 32
CHAPTER X.
PHOPRRTV OWNEKS AND HEAL Whimplng ..tir.ii.
.-. ,. ESTATE COS, . . GJvo Clminhui'htin'i. t'mij-.h linii
"' k'dy to keep tlie ctingh looac anil e:;-
. I am propnrod to clean wall ; pectorat Ion easy. 11 Is oxeollcai.
paper and llard-finlsbed Kalsonilne !a(Iv,
Walls by n new process that 1 can I
positively guarantee to give perfect
satisfaction for about ono-tliitd the i
cost of new work. Call Phone Rod i
3Ko2, and ask for I.arcom, and I
Cussed to llietr Ood. enshrined in slory,
lOnterlnff Itt'o of eterunt rest.
Gnu mule elmtitor tn tOtmltind'a story
OC ln-r Boas dolna their best.
noon v. iieti opjer :nnio up r-i'ii tne, by the orderly, sergeant the night pre
rear lh?,t ho bad ;.6en granted seven i vious.
days' It-ave for Bli :lit.v, and wi ald be i Between 11:30 and noon ho Is dls
roliovr l at llvo o'clock to proceed to ' missed, has his dinner and Is "on his
England. , own" for tlie remainder of the day.
lie was tickled to death at those unless he has clicked for a dlecinii or
hltinir Into vour ribs, lutrenchlns tool ! v..!come tidings and regaled his more working party, and so It goes.on from
; handle sticking Into the small of your ' Jr ,, ss on. ions mates ncsitte nun on tay ro nay. always "looping the loop"
back, with a tin hat lor a pillow nna ;
Of a rat passed over Ills face, or the
text relief stopped on ' his stomach
wliile stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
' .lust try to sleep with a belt full of ,
' nminimitioh around you, your rllle bolt j
tne tire stop with the good times In anil looking forward to peace and
';:ore f.,r hlin. . He figured .It out tha! Blighty.
in two days' time ! would arrive nt 1 Sometimes, while enraged in n
I'm mot s when tn La Ot amli
should see tlie l'oitalilo i-iuii bin at
Child's Auto Livery, l.e:te nana
will gladly call und glvo esllsmilo solicitor will call later In tin
on work. . n-2B-r.tlseiir.nn. .t-'Mf.
UcKt, you soldier, mate so true, ' 1
Never forgotten by us tielnw:
Know tliut we lire ililnkln:: of you, . ,
l-:r,i to our rent we are b'.oden to go.
Next morning the whole section went
over to say good-by to Pele, and laid
li I in away to rest.
After each one hnd n look at the face
of the dead, a coipornl of the It. A.
vtater.oo station, L union, and thou
seven days' bliss!
! At i'bont live minutes to live he
; started to fidget w lilt his rljle, nni!
i then suddenly springing up on the Art
'cootie'- hunt, you think. Strange to
say. but It Is n fact, while Tommy Is
searching- his shirt serious thoughts
conie to him. Jinny o time, when per
forming this operation. I hnv tHml
Early C
AND
Cauliflowe
il
n
ami
Now Ready at the Greenhouses.
Cherrys FI
oriscs
'The Day's Work." i foeliug very dump and cold, with
I wns fast learning that there Is a' ''cooties" boring for oil In your ann
regulnr routine about the work of the pits, the air foul from the stench of
trenches, although It is badly upset at grimy human bodies and smoke from u
times by the tierinans, juicy pipe being whiffed Into your nos-
Tlie riol work In the fire trench Oils, then you will not wonder why
commences at sundown. Tommy Is Tommy occasionally takes a turn In
like a burglar, he works ot night. j the treuch for n rest.
.lost as It begins to get dark the . Willie In a front-line trench orders
wonl "stand to" is passed from trav- forbid Tommy from removing his
erso to traverse, and tlie men get busy, boois. puttees, clothing or equipment.
The first relief, consisting of two men The "cnotlns" mfci. nilvniitniro of rii:
M. ('. sewed tip the remains In a hlnn- to traverse, mount the fire step, one order und mobilize their forces, and tiim,i,i rr ti-o t f.ot i,n ,t, , m,,,i n,,nok' If 1 wl" I km through the
kit. Then placing two heavy ropes . ionkiir over tlin ton. while the
i. .il , iiiur ine ii ucj.1 following one. nnd soon? While
... ... - .- - j n - -in me no ii il iii ino m: . linn v
i.i iii-i ciia in inc. ii-.-i, i.-uvi.. iiiii.t
stop with -ii muttered, 'Vtl send over to figure out the ootcome of the war
a couple of souvenirs to Pritz so thai "im want will happen to me.
he'll n lss me when I leave." he stuck j My thoughts generally ran In this
ins rn. cover the top and u.-ed two shots , clmnnei :
when "crack" went a Ktilol and be ! Will I emerce safelv from tho nsvt
across the stretchi r (to he used la low
erlng the body Into the grave), we lilt- ,m,!sl,,,,,a r tn Inform the nlalnon olfl.
oil Pete onto the stretcher, and rev- cer of any rp,,0rt made by the sentry
i ri ntly covered him with a large union a lo ,ls ohserviitlons In No Man's
Jack, the ling be bad died for. Lnati. The sentry Is not allowed to
The cliiipliiln led tlie way. then came
tin. niUi-eis of the Miction, followed bv relax his watch for a second, u ne is
two of the men carrying K'wrenth. Ini- iiuostioned from the trench or asked welcome order "stand down" Is given. . In the trenches one can never toll
mcdintolj niter came poor Pete on the
llagilniped stretcher, carried by four
soldiers, 1 wns one of the four. Be
hind the stretcher. In column of fonts,
came the remainder of the section.
To got to the cemetery, we hnd to
pass through the little sheli'deslroyed
village, whore troops were hurrying
to ami fro.
As the funeral procession passed
those troops nunc to the "attention"
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor l'ete was receiving the only sa
lute a private is entitled to "some
where In franco."
Now and again n shell from the Gor
man lines would go whistling over the
village to hurst In our artillery lines
In the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted hi front of an opeu grave, nnd
Mowing one. nnd so on? While vour
mutters to himself, "Just wait until I ,till In a huddled hem. with n tuiiio't wannermg into the future It
hit rest billets and am able to get my hole hiXohoa " ,lk'ljr ' Tay "ro,"!ht ,0 enrt"
" At about The Z he expec.cl to nr- Z"' "V,W"
; dust before daylight the men "turn rive at Water station he 'was laid ; " "! rheumatism?
lo" ood tumble out of the ilumnitu nnin . to rest In n llltln ..,i., .. l.i,i.i .1... ' "er you have something else to
the tire step until It gels light, or the lines. lie had gone to Pdightv. ,hl"'; f' , 50,1 r"m! "t "f
.. ... v. i. un,, ,i.-w ,Iilu Knots W illi
rheumatism, caused by the wet and
mud "f trenches nnd degouts? Yon
give It up as n bad Job i nd generally
saunter crer to the nearest estamlnet
his orders, lie replies without turning sometimes before "stand down" Is or- It is not safe to plan very far ahead.
around or taking his eyes frotrt the ex- derod. the ootmnnnd "live rounds rap-1 After "stand down" the men sit on
pause of tlb-t In front of him. The ro- id" is passed along the trench. This the tire stop or repair to their respec-
..... I...I..B o,n .,...., nt 1,1a .i.- liionna thnf iifieti Minn ntnnl i-dbI l.ia tva (liion.a nnd ,,-itlf c.-. .. I.-.
iiioiiiiii-i oi lot- ,MiiBni. in n i,,..- ...... . .. , ...v ....p...., . .-. ,,,i in,- i un ii- - , ilmieii K
erse either sit on the tire step, with rllle on the top ami lire as rapidly as sue" to materialize. .Immediately fol- ,, . , , , ""ot.y forebodings In n
bayonets lived, rndy for any enter- possible live shots aimed toward the lowing the rum comes breakfast,
gi-ncy, or If lucky, and a dugout Imp- Herman trenches, and then duck (wirh brought up from the rear. Sleeping Is
pens to be In the near vicinity of the tlie emphasis on the "duck"). There is then In ortler unless some special work
traverse, nnd If (lie night Is quiet, they n groat rivalry between the opposing turns up.
are permitted to go to same and try forces to get their rapid fire all off Around 12:30 dinner shows up.
ii. ol snatch a few w inks of sleep. Li'tlo first, because the early bird, in this In- When this Is eaten the men try to
sleeping Is done; generally the men sit stance, catches the worm sort of gets 'amuse themselves until "tea" appears
around, smoking fags and seeing who tlie Jump on the other fellow, telling , nt about four o'clock, then "stand to"
can toll the biggest lie. Some of them, him unawares, ! and they carry on as before.
perhaps w ith their feet in water, would We had n sergeant In our battalion , While In rest billets Tommy gct3 up
glass of sickening Krench beer or to
try your luck nt the nhvnys present
gn:ne of "house." Yon can hear the
singsong voice of a Tommy dinning
out tlie numbers as he extracts the
ll't'.c squares of cardboard from the
lg between his feet.
MONEY.
Oood attention, careful
work.
write home sympathizing with the named Warren. He was on duty with about six In the morning, washes up. ' Quick service will please you with
'governor'' hocaiiM' he Was laid up his platoon in the lire trench one after- answers roll rail, Is Inspected by his one finishing and nevelooing of
wlili a odd, contracted by getting his platoon otlicer. nnd bus breakfast. At i films. Our stock of all Kodak ma-
fcet wet on his way to work III Wool- - he parades (drills) with his com- itet ial is very complete. We will be
wlch aisoimi. if i man should manage "WAS-SAVIXGS STAMPS mark . pany or pn,,, on fatigue according to jph iisod to convince you of this nt
to dure . it', likely as not ho would wake an epoch rrwir NATIONAL LIFE." the orders which have ben read out silverihotn's Family Drug J'tnre.
wilh a start ns th; dummy, cold feet .. Secretary ' MeArtoo. ! ' d 3-2-tf
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