THE FLU
11 you think you have the flu
And d on ’t know just w hat to do,
Just stick your head out the open
door
A nd then your doom w ill com e
quite sure.
Jfs g o quickly and jum p into bed
A nd give u few m oans and grab
our head,
F or its already beginning to whirl
A nd you r hair is turning gray
and beginning to curl.
Then, hello central, give me the doc
tor real quick,
"Is this you doctor; com e at onee
for som ebody is s ick ;’’
In com es the doctor and gives you a
straight look,
Then reaches into his pocket and
takes out a little book.
A m essage to the druggist he is w rit
ing in haste,
“ Send over plenty o f tablets, cap
sules and paste;”
Then with a second look and a nod
of the head,
He emphasizes the w ords, "Y ou
must stay in bed."
Then for his hat the doctor w ill go
For others are w aiting and suffer
ing so,
B ang! Goes the door w ith the word,
"G oodbye,”
In com es the nurse and watches
you cry.
F or the first few days you think it'll
be light,
Then you will notice your cough
becom es tight,
W h en in your chest you ’re begin
n ing to wheeze
Y ou'll notice yourself com m enc
in g to sneeze.
Then that aw ful cough! Oh! My its
a fright!
It sounds like a bull but you arn't
goin g to bite
For if you did bite it w ould have no
taste
Tor what you try to eat is sim ply
a waste.
Hay dies aw ay, night drags on with
a dread
A s a thousand little notions fly
thru you r head,
Then with a yawn, a sigh and a
groan.
"iou im agine you have lost a joint
in your .backbone.
B ackw ard turn backw ard, O, time
in your flight!
There’s no longer doubt o f your
lam entable plight,
Y’ou're a victim of Flu, the doctor
w as right,
So good night, nurse, good night!
W . G. GRANT.
MR. H ARRIS ENDORSES
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Independence, Jan. 8—T o the Edi
tor— 1 have just read Senator Knox's
denunciation o f the league o f na
tions idea, and 1 fail to discover any
thing in it w orthy o f serious con sid
eration. I believe a league o f na
tions would w ork for the good of the
w orld just as well as our ow n union
o f states works for the good o f the
states, lie seemed to dwell on this
point, that the league o f nations
m ight interfere with the right o f
congress to declare war. W h o wants
a declaration o f w ar? Yes, a league
o f nations w ould interfere w ith the
rights of congress to declare w ar on
another m em ber of the league, and
it w ould also interfere w ith the right
o f en y m em ber of the league to de
clare w ar on us, or any other m em
ber of the league; and, as every na
tion on earth w ould belong to the
league, there would he no m ore ex
changes of declarations o f w ar and
no more war. Hallelujah!
W ith a league o f nations, o f course,
it w ould be necessary for the league
to have its courts nnd arbitration
tribunals, where aggrieved mem bers
o f the league could go with any
grievance for adjustm ent; then, if
such aggrieved mem ber should re
fuse to abide by the findings o f sych
court and should resort to hostilities,
it w ould sim ply be up to the league
to suppress such hostilities and re
store peace.
Mr. Knox is fighting W ilson ’s
league of nations idea, and at the
sam e time adm its that he knows
nothing as to what W ilson 's league
o f nations idea is. W ell, he would
be w onderfully surprised to learn
after a while that W ilson ’s ideas are
just exactly what he w ants him self;
nnd that he has had all this fight
ing for nothing.
W ell, its politics. No, that's w rong;
it's not political— it's personal, as to
President W ilson , and, o f course,
could not be political. But there is
a bunch of w ouldbe leaders o f the
Republican party w ho are w orking
with m ight and main to m ake a
political issue o f it and line the Re
publican party up against W ilson
end everything that he does. T hey
are men o f such vicious inclinations
— such low m otives—that they would
see the world in perpetual warfare
— they w ould barter aw ay the happi
ness of m ankind—If they could on ly
down NT ilson.
J. K. P. HARRIS.
ÎHELD PRISONER
OWED BY FOE ! FOR FOUR YEARS
KEEPS WITCH ON
IL Peter9011 returned home from »II
Portland Saturday after spending
M
Clirndmaaa with his sistcra Mrs. A u -
SOUTH
PO
ROLL
»
I
i
Seicheprey Tell
of Harsh Treatment by
the Huns.
French Judge Returns to Battered
Remains of Cambra!
Home.
Uncle Sam Will Tatce Good Care
of His Merchant
Crews.
Attempt Later Made te effect Recon Refuted to Leave Poet When H m
| Herdee Poured Through HI* Coun
ciliation Spurned ’W An^nfeana—
try— Telit o f Cruoitiee Inflict
'Corporal Who Refdeed to Work
ed by Invaders.
- Hurled Down Mine Shaft.
2
— U 9 lqm oo b avail
Paris.—There reached Paris recent-
London.—“ When tkay took us pris
a fine-looking old French gentleman,
oners they held revolvers to our heads
d-eyed, hollow-cheeked. For four
and made us give them our shoes, but
when the armistice came and we were Jteurs be had been held prisoner by
s e t ' free a socialist leader made a Ike Germans in the city o f CambraL
e had seen the Hun kaiser three
speech to us, saying: ‘ We are now
nes passing through the streets o f
brothers.’ “
This was what American soldiers tils city which previously had been
who returned to London from Ger ■wept by the French women. Night
many—the first to reach here after the qfter night he had been forced to go
signing o f the armistice— had to say and sit in the railroad stations o f the
about the change In the attitude of Hty while the British bombed them.
their captors from the time they had He had seen his friends, people once
fallen into German hands in April un Wealthy and o f high birth, sent out to
til they were released on Novem dig trenches, to bury the dead and to
qpltlvate and weed the fields. For two
ber 12.
“ When We Wed*
were ci
cAptureÇ at Selche- years he had only soup and cocoa for
prey/'
reyJ* \salc
sakT
BPriW
Private
tL Jamqg TE. li t o Ms dinner and a semi-monthly allow
chelfl
ti e 111 of Providence, “ the -hertnSn sol- ance o f three-quarters of a pound of
dlers held pistols to the heads o f some ■Meat and black bread.
Henri Bergier reached Paris just as
o f us i *n<t demanded tbtr > sh4e& I
m a n a g e Bo hung ok In mine, b it teth the news came from the front that
ers weren't so lucky. They had to British and American troops had freed
walk barefooted through No Man’s his home. As soon as he is strong
Land, Putting their feet badly on enough to travel again he will return
barbed-wtre o r pieces o f shell. A.H of there to find. If possible, the priceless
us had to walk 30 miles to the rear, records o f the city which he hid In
where wooden shoes were given us. 1914 when the Huns swept across Bel
and no Otto was permitted to keep his gium and Invaded northern France.
Stuck to His Post
boots. •'They told nff-'-uue.geuemt (lid
As a judge o f a tribunal or court
—that they hud attacked to get prison
ers, but the next ritne t^ey attacked of Cambrai, Ber&ler refused to leave
the One Hundred and Second they his post when the German hordes
would take no prisoners, because they poured through his country In August,
1914. By a trick o f chance he had
'x '
had fought too fiercely.”
just sent his wife and three daughters
This was corrohori
rrofau rated
f ed by Private to
Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the coast of
Frank Butler o f |-N«w Ha »van.
France, for a holiday and was plan
The Americans were eventually ning to Join them early In September.
taken to Frtedrlchsfeldt,
op The meeting was deferred Just four
feldt, and W op
He was captured, but was
portunity was missed
to show th«
the yifars.
led- -to
American prisoner* to the populace, spared the bitterness o f seeing his
for they w et» among the earliest to family subjected to the humiliations
lch came to the other women o f
be taken.
mbral. His wife and daughters at
These Americans were taken to
ce volunteered for hospital service
camp where there were prisonere*
from all the other allied countries, and •fid worked so heroically for three
though .ttjery afterward, s y e m ^ to years that they were decorated by the
be an attempt to single out Ameri French government with the medal
cans Cot Vetter treatment, according “des epldemles et du devouement.”
The story which Bergier brought
to the returned men now here, they
fnred much
same as the others back was one of want and suffering.
during'thef earlier part o f their im- The Germans held him as hostage so
prtsomuMrf. 'U n til their own food he was not maltreated. Whenever the
parcels began to arrive they got cpn- city was bombed, however, he was
slderalde food from the generous Brit sent with three other Judges, nlso held
as hostages, to sit in the railway sta
ish and other allied compatriots, k
More than 30 were detailed to work tions so that they would be killed If
In coal and salt mines, and one man, the traffic centers were destroyed.
The people o f the city who did not
Corporal Lueien, who, It Was said, re
fused to work In a mine when ordered bbld official positions were treated
to do sp».jyas marched,pff to the pit more summarily. The women were
head and given another chnhce to de all made to do menial work o f some
cide whki he would do by the two kind, such as sweeping the streets
Prussian» guards who had him In o f the city or cultivating and weed
charge! When he again stoutly re ing the fields. The young boys and
fused, saying -be was not required, as men were sent out to dig trenches and
an uudpr. offlcpr, to (Jo s<j>, he was to bury the dead. No one was al
thrown ^fl<VWa the shaft and killed. lowed to leave his lodgings after seven
The burial was witnessed, his com o'clock at night, and no lights were
rades said, by a British sailor, who allowed at any time.
Turned Out o f Homes.
told about lt“ on the following day.
Family after family was turned out
Eventuully the Americans were
token to the prison enmp at Opladen. of homes to make place for the wives
For their work they got six cents a of the German officers who came to
stay In Cambrai with their husbands
day.
and for German actresses and sing
Armistice Starts R iot
On November 9 they learned o f the ers who were brought’ from Germany
armistice. On that day riots were pre to stage performances o f grand opera
cipitated In the town In which the and to make merry In the casinos.
Aimrlcuns were stationed, and ma The prisons were kept filled with
rines had been hurried up to quell the “offenders.” One woman was thrown
disorders. On November 11 word Into Jail because she had hidden a
came that the armistice hod been copper vessel, a family heirloom, In
signed and that ail the prisoners defiance o f the German order requisi
tioning everything o f ihetnl from the
were now free.
It was arranged shortly afterward people. Another woman was arrested
that they were to be sent to Holland beenuse she read a copy o f a French
for transportation to Rngiana with paper which bad been dropped into the
Kngllsn prisoners. The men were per city by allied airplanes.
Contains Passports to Good Health by
Providing Freo Hospital Treat
ment Anywhere— Days of the
Dog'a Lifo Now History.
WaslUngtou.—Uncle Sam 1» getting
more watchful o f the health of his
merchant crews as the great American
peace-time fleet coutiuues to grow
The latest innovation o f the United
States shipping board In the “seaman’s
bottle,“ which has now become one o f
the cherished possessions of hundreds
o f Americun seamen.
This little glass bottle, small enough
to be carried in the vest pockeL con
tains passports to good health—print
ed forms which, when filled out by a
ship’s captain, will gain admittance for
the holder to any United States ma
rine hospital or relief station o f the
public health service In every Impor
tant port In the United States. On a
foreign voynge the application will pro
vide the seaman with the best medical
care, free of charge, on application to
the United States consular officer.
At present the bottle is being pro
vided only for men who have been
trained for a sea career by the recruit
ing service of the shipplug hoard, but
In the opinion o f Surgeon General
Blue every American seaman should
have one.
It Is In port that the new “ seaman’s
bottle,” which was originated by Dr.
Louis W. Croke, medical director of
the shipping board recruiting service,
plays Its chief part. A seuman in need
o f medical attention has merely to dig
the bottle out of his kit, bring the
printed form to his skipper to be filled
out and then go ashore to the nearest
federal official.
Free Hospital Care.
The label which bears the Imprint of
the board’s recruiting service Informs
the scufivef, that he la untitled to free
hospital cure nb matter what his stà
tlon aboard ship. The term “ seamen,"
it says, means not only the men who
are employed on deck but persons em
ployed on board In the care, preserva
tion j>r navigation o f the ship, and it
even includes those who aro In the
service, on board, of those engaged in
such ‘care, preservation or navigation.
When discharged by the medical au
thorities the American seaman Is
givenf free pa ssage to the port from
which he originally signed, unless the
articles provide ror discharge else
where, or I f In a foreign port to some
port Bn the United states. Ue must
serve on board the ship on which his
passage has been arranged If possible.
Thé "seaman’s bottle” not only will
Impress upon Americans who are going
to sea the privileges to which they are
entitled as seamen of the United
States but will preserve the certificate
and keep It clean.
Years ago, in the (lays of the clipper
ship, und even since that time, the sick
or disabled American sailor at sea or
In a foreign port had no resource but
the charity of his captain or ship
mates.. Old-time skippers generally
prescribed and supplied u blue pill and
the crews were not burdened with
funds to lend.
Hurrowlhg tales have been told 61
those dark days of the merchant ma
rine, o f men forced to He for week*
In crumped, foul-smelling forecastles,
often ffeserby rats and wlfhoiit proper
food, light, air or clothing.
If the man lived until the ship
reached port some sort of care might
be provided for him, but hundreds
died, were buried at sea; their toga
were sold and they were soon forgot
ten.
Mutt Carry Medicines.
But the days when the life of a sail
Early tn September Bergier was told or was a l(k>g’s life at best are how his
that an exchange had been effected tory. Every vessel flying the Ameri
and he was to return tQ./Frnqgp. He cas flag and engaged ou long voyages
would be gsrmltted to tfike With him la required to carry a chest of medi-
r»h^t belonging» ha
c u m . He clfies suitable for the treatment of
ftmqfi-flti eld MbytoarrlMge with two coDimon alimenta and Injuries. Fail
h^TS o ff ..and pfilfhod' It up with ure to comply with this law subjects
heWs',,froffl a >Hrinarm«! gtffi. His the master or owners o f the vessel to
clothing, though threadbare, still held a heavy fine.
ficurvy, that scourge of the old days,
together, but he had no shoes at all.
hga
practically disappeared from the
took
the
leather
portfolio
which
H»
his
daughter imu
had used to American mercantile marine because
mo youngest uau^iiici
[the liberal supplies o f lime or lemon
carry to fithpol and made a sort of
sugar and vinegar that are now
f|ojtaeer oat fif it, using for soles the
belting from a machine In an aban rgguired to he carried on every ship
a long voyage and to be given daily
doned factory.
the crew within ten days ufter salt
Part o f his Jour
Journey to Belgium he
viMath) have beea chiefly served to
nmdg pn fooL pushing
pus
his belongings
m. In the days of yore “salt junk”
a i d * In tlA A ld b
baby carriage. Part
the main item on every fgc'sie bill
he flaae by train.
fare. This food, consigned to the
From Belgium M. Bergier went to
1 in barrels, was generally stowed
Switzerland, finally arriving In Paris
ow as ballast and sometimes re
w hqp he r^ y n e d his family.
ined there for a long time before
ng requisitioned for the crew. This
Four Average Ninety-Two Year*.
1, with the lack of fresh vegetables,
Bowdolnham, Me.—Living together
sed scurvy.
la this town are Mrs. Eleanor Sparks,
Adequate hospital facilities aboard
CO one hundred years; her sister, sMp also are provided. The law re
ra/M ary A Green, aged ninety-eight quires that In addition to the space al
years; their brother, William K. Den- lotted for lodgings, which must be
hatp, righty-ftve years, and his wife, roomy and well ventilated, all mer
aged eighty-five years.
chant vessels of the United States,
which ordinarily make voyages of
Multiply in Transit
mere than three days’ duration be-
Ellsworth, M b —A local man sent • tffeen ports and which carry more
llr o f Belgian bares fr o * New than twelve seamen, shall have a suit
ampshlre to his family here. When able hospital compartment with at
the crate was opened at the Ellsworth l«ast one comfortable bunk for every
home there were 14 hares.
twelve seamen aboard.
S
mitted
rrougfl rite town at will,
and the people, as well as their for
mer gga
were anxious to frater-
nlze, but
short shrift from the re-
leased
jr A
r i
A Germ
who stylflA hteseM as an
S o c ia lly J f e t > _ p e
IntenUtloi
camp to tell the prisoners how glml
he was that the war was over. “ We
are all
no g ," ho
mita
ntixh
much gusto, Trat ttiyb -was too nraeti
to swallow after months of harfl work,
poor food
ment,
and one o:
this
exclamation
oans.
The Socialist departed
dlsconso-
late as i did Sir Rog(
Roger Casement when
w
the
he lneffi
ther
favor
camps.
An uneventful
neventful trip to Holland en
sued, and
id then the men vsgre
isgre taken In
charge k;
went tw
mles who had been In the camp with
them.
T T
'■ ■ ■ I — ■ ;
T T A
Give« Three Sene io Service..
‘
Newnaa!
D. Harris o f Ne#-
nan has given three sons to his coun
try’s fight tar f reedom, a ll o t wham
volunteered early In the war. Alvin
H. Harris, Marine corps, was killed
In action at Bftrearhes, and hlg ceor-
tge was warmly praised bp ll s su
perior officers. Marvin D. Farris Was
accldentaTtf**'knied during a storm.
William D. Harris, Marine cerps. was
severely wounded at Chateau-Thlerrjr.
B
Missing te A ctios
m •.
SEAMAN'S BOTTLE IS LATEST
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0 Q rrtr y tt o ttyt ytt
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Mrs. RobertshtUVhb nab bietrn tna
4
< house guest o f her brother, E d g a r
1-i‘ hty, left Sunday for her home in I
Portland.
8
JOHN
>HN O. NASH
NAS
a
RII PRICELESS CITY RECORD
REFUSED TO BE BROTHERS
¡ JO H Q L A R K i ,)
BOY JOHNSON
JASON A ARRF.LL
D U d In the
the, Service
!
C- « Í R ^ A N
Severely w ounded
• i ia r r V i H.
s t a l n a K er
Joe Pecker, af^er m aking an e x
tended visit with Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Licnty, ret art ted (o hom e in M cM inn
ville Sunday.
■ CYR IL R. RICH ARPSQN
Prisoner ol W ar
s, LIEUT. RALF A BLOYD
s
'/ n o
TT
-I
HUES ARE FEB ’
BY SEIF DENIAL
Generous Doing Without
America Supplied Food
to Èurope.
B
Mrs. M. L. Prather, w ho spent & I
le w .'d fy t w(ith
,Vi Prather aiuB ■
at a
■
Killed
!
Men Captured at
ñ
ft# *
in
Exports from this country alaco It
entered the war have kept atarvatlwi
from Allied Europe and have main
tained the health and strength of those
who have been bearing the brunt of
our battles,, so that they could hold
»at to victory. Now that hoatllltiaa
have ceased we must asoume the add
ed burden of keeping starvation from
Increasing its toll upon the millions
who have beea liberated from the
Prussian yoke. Famine would undo
the work which has been accomplished
In freeing the world for democracy. No
stable government can be established
and maintained by a nation harassed
by hanger. A starring people turns
to rioting and anarchy. Food has
given strength and coerage to the na-
tkms fighting fbr dem ocracy; It must
now give the nations strength and
tranquillity to re-establish themselves
In freedom and democracy.
Without our help It would have been
absolutely Impossible for the Allies to
maintain a living ration. Since eur
entry into the war we have been con
tributing largely to the support o f ene
hundred and twenty million people
whose normal food supplies have been
sot off, whose production has fallen
almost to the vanishing point, whose
fields have been devastated by Ger
many. The food exported from the
Ufilted States In the past year has
been sufficient to supply the complete
ration o f twenty-two million people.
It is hard to grasp the magnitude
and significance of the assistance
wblch has been lent the Allies by the
patriotic, voluntary service o f the
American people. The food we sent
abroad last year would have been suf
ficient to feed one-fifth o f our popula
tion. And this was done In spite of
the fact that we entered the year with
short crops. Our surplus was practi
cally nothing. An overwhelming pro
portion o f the food that left this coun
try last year was saved out of the nor
mal home consumption o f our own
people.
In spite o f difficulties met In Inter
nal transportation and shortage of
ocean tonnage our food exports last
year amounted to a figure that a few
years ago would have been unbelieva
ble. Eveq the most optimistic element
of our population faced with anxlons
consternation the prospect which
opened before ns wUl^ the beginning
of the 1917 harvest year.
The American people have not been
compelled to save. They have been
appealed to on the basis of humanity
and of patriotism. They have re
sponded voluntarily.
RaljVh Brown and fam ily accom -
panied try In* brother and sitdaf ln-
law, spent Sunday with M, y ..P ra th
er and fam ily.
F
i l l )
W ilbgr D evil*'* V h o has b een
w orkinV in A djinufc eafnp near Seat
tle, has been discharged and cam e
home last week.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Clare Struwu
at their hom e in H opeville, W ash., u
girl and to Mr. and Mrs. Roy E l
kins at Sanaa*1 yC kobt > M csdam e»
Strawn and Elkins are daughters o f
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. W ells.
There w as a very joyfu l event took
place Christmas eve at the hom e o f
N. C. Anderson w hen the fam ily h^d
a Christmas tree and on Christm as
day the annual dinner with all o f
Mrs. E. J. A nderson’s children pres
ent but one daughter and son-in-law
and three grand children.
Dewey Steele, w ho has been w ith
the Canadian arm y in France sin ce
last June, has returned and is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. N. C. Anderson.
He has m any interesting things t o
relate. He went over the top th ree
times and carries scars from shurp-
nel w ounds nnd ulso w as gased.
Miss Marie Prather entertained a
few intimate friends W ed n esd ay
evening at her hom e in Corvallis a t
a charm ingly appointed lu n ch eon
to honor her sister, Miss M ildred
Prather. The table w a s artistically
centered with a tiny'C hristm as trea
from w hich red ribbons running tn
eacli plate were attached to cu p id
cards announcing the engagem ent
o f Miss M ildred Prather to L eo
Couch. The announcem ent cam e as
a surprise to their m any friends.
Miss Prather is the (laughter o f Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Prather o f C orvallis,
but form erly o f Buena Vista, and is
a graduate o f the O. A. G Mr. Couch
is a son o f Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Couch o f W allow a. He is a m em ber
o f the A lpha Tan Omega fraternity
nnd a graduate o f the O. A. C.
WIGRICH
Ernest Chown returned hom e from
Portland Sunday evening.
Miss Nina Porterfield is confined
to her home with the lagrippe.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Turner w ere
calling in this vicinity Sunday.
F. E. Turner nnd tw o (laughters
and Mr. Cobine o f Salem visited o n
Friday at the Ralph Porterfield
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W alter Plant attend
m e oeuems ol our food-saving ed the party given by the M isses
campaign that was a vital factor In Plant and Rose at Buena Vista and
the winning o f the war were not all to report a nice time.
these we fed. We have at home a new
appreciation of food that will prevent
it ever being wasted again by those
that have come to understand the re
ligion o f saving and the place that
food occupies In our new, world-wlda
human relations.
Meix Goldman
Deals in
BUENA VISTA
O iy school closed Friday on ac
count o f the flu.
Mrt and Mrs. G. E. Harman t¿(Ao
shopping iu A lban y SaJyulay.
HIDE«
PELTS
WOOL
y n n
rims
MOHAIR
CASCARA BARK
MU and Mrs. Carl Neal and daugh
ter vfeited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. KANeal, last week. *
Mias Evans, one of our teachers,
luy» Been quite sick at the hoMo o f
MTrs.*A. J. Hall with the flu.
a r;
Ü
F,(* Prather and JJ. G AnWraotL
arc tutting som pagd vyood logs on
the B erlin «' place north o f town.
'
Call Lucas, w ho visited his par
ents* Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, returned
to h it home in Arizona last week.
M | nnd M m . & Mf. M cLnughlfn
atended the fu n e rtl o f M m Colnm
bus T edrow at M onmouth Monday.
VEAL
PORK
BEEP
POULTRY
BUTTER
FARM PRODUCE
WOOD
SHOES
FURNISHIN08
DRT GOODS
CASS OR TRADE
Our postm aster J. K. Neal, w h o
has keen conllned to h it room wltW
a sore throat, is otilé to go out again.
SWOPE & gWOP*
A lm a and Btta W ells, daughters
o l G. A. W ells, have been quite ill
with the flu but are better at present.
L O. 0. F. Bftildiaf
Independence, ,
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