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Important: In changing address notify us immediately and give former as well as present address. Entered at Cottage Grove. Oregon, as second class matter. OlE Puns . . iw i- . . ¡ œ * SSO CIATIO N ■K C o l. R o b e r t L . S c o t t OUR PART IN WORLD PEACE SYNO PSIS CHAPTER II W h ile the u ltim a te peace term s w ith Germ any are s till in the fo rm a tiv e stage because the w a r is n 't yet won. the blue p iin ts look lik e each a lly shall have its ow n sphere o f in flu e n ce in the European w a r zone w ith responsibilities fo r g u a rd in g the te r r ito r y over w hich the respective nation is responsible. The a l ttitu d e ot Russia tsu t vet ve rv clear as to what she wants. i . the best guesses are th a t she w ill wan, a good deal in the m a tte r o f fix in g borders and c o n tro llin g the annexation o f ce rta in te rrito rie s o f p a rtic u la r interest to her. The spheres o f in flu ence o f each p a rtic ip a tin g nation can be w o rke d out w ith o u t any fric tio n , but w h ether they are is anothe r question ami thereby bangs o u r ehaneea fo r a n y th in g lik e a la stin g peace. The n x t most iu ip o rta u t fa c to r is the a b ility o f the w a rrin g nation to re tu rn to m um al w ith a stable governm ent. Some re tu r n q u ic k ly as France appears to he -doing. O thers w ill lie b a n k ru p t and broken in s p irit lik e Ita ly w ith little w illingness to make an e ffo rt ,n the rip n t d ire ctio n . In I t a ly ’s ease, she may tu rn again to Racism o r some o th e r ism ju s t as bad and rem ain a hot bed fo r p o litic a l crackpots and in te rn a l re v o lu tions. F rom what we know o f the jo b the present a d m in is tra tio n is doing in Ita ly , \vc ca n 't give the a d m in is tra tio n ’s fo r. ign p o lic y much and i f it is a fa ir sample o f what the pub- lie can expect. it appears as though such a p o lic y w ill be ju s t anothe r p in to p u n c tu re the reelection balloon. OUR USELESS GOLD STOCKS AT FORT KNOX Tit.- fo llo w in g is an e x tra c t f:» m the m o n th ly news le tte r o f the Oregon section o f the Am erican Chem ical Society as re po rte d in the Ore Bin. s I*H)k at tin- poor fo re ig n co u n trie s o u r commissions w ill naw save (b y re s tric tio n s on I '. S. business, o f course). Since th ia c o u n try entered the w ar. o th e r countries have added 350.GOO,COO to th e ir jto ld and sh ort-term d o lla r re- sources. M any do not realize how o u r wah expend itures help do this. W hen we entered the w ar. the to ta l m o n e ta ry gold stocks o f the -est o f the w io.ld w.-re about $8.7o0.000.'00fl o f y In ch ».botif ’ j was held under cur-m ark in th is c o u n try . It is estim ated (c o n s e rv a tiv e ly ) that another $2.000,000,fX)0 gold and hank accounts. W ith the ; k . . ,” f ftM‘‘‘,« n -a '« i''d bank deposits am i investm ents i u 2 i r / “ i i ° ,<4al- f o r t i ’fn er<,1‘1 a,,<l d o lla rs were in exceaa o f io th is should lie added $3 (MMJ.(MtO.tMX) in fo n -ig tl held r . S. stocks and i la i n d s and $3 " i OO.OHO.HOO in d ire c t in ve st ment«. As the w a r m receded paym ents to fo re ig n countries rose b tra te g ie m a te ria l im p o rts increased ¿ re a lly . W e paid cash fo r ,, ‘ j { u n n "’ tf.,,s ,im e <;Ur cash e x p o rts have fa lle n w av o ff 'Lend-Lease gotng u p ). Thus o u r cash trad,- balance tu rn e d again«! us. O u r troops in A u s tra lia spend $200.000.0(X> a -.ear fo r goods and seryi. es over and above reciprocal lend-lease. D u rin g the N o rth -A fric a n cam paign, we sp, tit in excess o f $400.000 000 tn E g y p t alone These paym ents t o foreigners have piled up - !'e ,u U e " Ot I T ! r ? se] 1 then‘ - the-V K it them free under . I l-« use A dd to this the decrease in our gold p ro d u c tio n and t i e decline in I S. gold stocks, and the end o f thia ye a r w ill se foreign-ow ued gold am i d o lla r balances h it the $22.000 0 00- «*10 m ark - about double the to ta l w o rld gold stocks 10 years' ago. to - « / « 191X , a‘ ! he ‘ o f the W o rld W a r. the fo re ig n J d liL r us Hud Ut •*’ ' M’0 i * )0 000- o u r economists are Scott put In (ix months of study there, (or there w ere some eight hundred of us soldiers trying in com petition for about fourteen vacan cies As luck would have it that ye ar, these fourteen were cut to eight. Once again West Point seemed a long way off 1 got down to business then; I would »hut m y self in my room and almost memo- r i” the I c m m i ». especially every old Ues,’T ' 1“ ’’-examination as tar back ni '* nd In March took the dreaded exam ina- tn n Or.e day. some weeks after the annual competition for entrance from the Regular A rm y, I was w alk ing guard duty. I was called from Post N um ber One. around the guard-house: .1 had just heard the fa m ilia r call. “ Num ber One — two prisoners.'' and had replied. “ Turn ’em in .“ The G eneral had sent for me. As I stood before him my heart felt as though it would beat out through my blouse. He smiled and spoke. “ Son, you have won in the West Point com petitive exam ination and 1 want to tell you you're starting out on the same road I started out on a long tim e ago It's the great- e$t school in the world—but learn some common sense too. I'm send ing you or furlough until you report for duty at the .M ilitary Academy. Congratulations.” The world was never so sweet. I gained two inches in the chest that day. Thus, in July of 1928, I walked through the sally port with m y suit case and began the routine that is fa m ilia r to nearly everyone. I had heard of the strict discipline of West Point and the difficulty of studies for one handicapped by a Southern accent M y year of hard work had made m e hate books again, but I resolved that afte r the work I had gone to I most certain ly would not be kicked out or "found.” as we say in Kaydet slang. I rem em ber - father's ________________ my am bition for me. — He was ot cours* Proud of my appoint- . . . I mer.t. and used to wonder why d idn't rank about num ber one in my class. During m y Plebe year, which was easy because I had just about learned the first year's work at the prep school, he used to w rite and tell me that while it wasn’t too disgraceful to be num ber fifty in a class of over three hundred, he couldn't see why I didn't study a little more and get up into the first twenty Welt, as the first year went by and I got into the more difficult studies. I went lower and lower in a class that dwindled finally to some two hundred and sixty. During the last year, when I was very far down. Daddy would w rite: tfg w g to save the B rave New W o r ld ' how a re we ST A R T N O W IMMUNIZE YOURSELF FROM COLDS FOR THIS WINTER Use Oral Vacagen (Ccld Vaccine Tablets) SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES No. Tabs 20 50 100 Old Price 1.75 4.25 8.25 New Price 1.49 3.59 6.00 Saving .26 .66 $2.25 COTTAGE GROVE PHARMACY BROWN’S DRUG STORE Phone 244 , There was, as usual, many a slip. Before 1 was able to w rite the story we were perm itted to travel to the West Coast to play Stanford in foot- i ball. Coming back under the cha- grin of defeat. I did not bother to open my book*, believing that even West Point would not expect a stu dent to recite w ithin one hour of his return from C alifornia But 1 , reckoned without the rig id ity of the Academ y. Our train arrived across the Hudson at G arrison at 8:55, and . we m arched into History at 7 55. 1 wa* im m ediately assigned to recite on the battle of V alm y. I did not know what w ar it wa« in. and there fore knew nothing concerning It. To say that and get a zero, however, would be fatal and in fact could mean disciplinary action. I there fore resorted to the tim e worn West Point tactics of evasion—known as "b ugling.” C a u l H r,-m l If you h.;ve spur«* (or It, the re frig e ra to r* a good place fur bread In hoi » ra th e r Keep it wrapped i ila waved paner wrapper. W N U R fe L tA « ,t Rags (or War Hag« are needed In the m anufac ture ul blueprint paper und are uaed In lie uaphult looting of m ilita ry building« c o itee n y I "fric-cT again and was ' ot int-T rly ' b~ing giaZctl «ecwTuoig to the tradition of the last aewlion— ordered to sit down. T iie zero 1 received dropped me that is. either barely passing ur be- from the (list section to the last. low. 1 argued that I had evidently F urtherm ore, I found im m ediately accomplished that purpose, for my that in this last section the sub grade was p e rfe c t jects for monographs were not se lected by the cadet, but were as signed The new instructor gave me the battle of Sandepu— some in significant engagement in an insig nificant war. I looked for days In the lib ra ry (or dala on the battle, and finally found about one para graph devoted to if in the Encyclo paedia Britannica. It was Sandepu Haikoutai, or Yen Kai-Wan. fought during the Russo-Japanese W ar of UKH-C5. A person with my imagination and In itiative. 1 n s. m il. would (im p ly waste bis talents on such a sm all battle I therefore dee ded to c re ate a fictitious battle This extra work m attered not. for 1 had noth ing but time, having been placed in confinement for getting the zero in history I worked out an elaborate plan f< r the battle and introduced the subject in a manner lh»t I anew would attract attention to even a last-sectmn monograph I dedicated the work of art to the officer tn charge of Field A rtille ry , l.ieut Pete Nuby—a contraband nicknam e uf a very tough officer. I illustrated the monograph with pictures of New York street cleaner* and wrote un der them that they were Japanese sold.ers wa ting to go over the top at the R iver Ho in 1905 Lastly I tied the book in red ribbon at least six inches wide, completed with a bow larg er than the monograph I doomed m yself in the last p ara graph bv saying that 1 had dreamed I had observed the battle, but had been awakened by reveille, which, as Napoleon derlm ed at the battle of Maloyaroslavets, is a hideous noise in the middle ot the night All of which went to prove. I contended, that history could be made in sleep, and it therefore did not require an "engineer” to be a historian. This explanation had just about won the Batt Board around to my side when one of the Board m em b e rs - a stumpy little officer noted tor hi* preciseness, called behind his back "F a n n y " M acon—asked me: “ M r Scott, I see your point about m aking the monograph in tercstihg But what is the red rib bon for. what does It represent’ " I It Miked at him almost with pity "S ir, how long have you been tn th« A rm y ’ " “ For seventeen ye ars." h« .-aid. intim ating that It was none o my business Even then I think I could have saved the battle, but th< opportunity was too Imposing "W ell, S ir,“ 1 said. "In that tim e yot certainly should know about m il, tary red tape ” The Batt Board mously that I should one year F or all graduated—even if it as the anchor man. agreed unani walk the Area that. I finally was Just about REDDY KILOWATT Xiwi llactra Servent G2>0aoâ Diro Plug i n — I'm school work. Iq the summer of 1932. after being graduated and commissioned a sec ond Lieutenant of In fantry. I went to Europe. In Cherbourg. France, I bought a motorcycle and set out to ride tu Constantinople The one cyl inder Soyer took nie down through Paris, then Southeast into Switzer, land, and over the Simplon Pass to Italy. I spent some time in Venice, then I went up through the dust Into Jugoslavia. Reddy to help w ith I'll brig hte n things up evenings when the boys and girls are doing th e ir home work. Plug a good study lam p in to my Reddy Box and the results w ill be good q u a lity soft lig h t w hich w ill m oke study work easier. I'm always on the job— so I'll be Keody One day I hud ridden some four hundred miles ir-to the town ot Novo Mcsto Tired and d irty from the heavy dust of the road«. I went to the best-looking of 0 e hotels, and after some delay In m aking myself understood among Serbians and Croatian». I ordered beefsteak D u r ing the explanation I gathered that someone who lived there tn the town spoke English. This of course was pleasant news, for I was. after ail. a lonely tourist in a very foreign land. They now sent a sm all boy to bring back this connecting link between us I waited and walled, while they all pointed and Jabbered about me. F in ally the steak came, and got cold while my mouth w a tered. but 1 felt 1 had to w ait and ask the A m erican If he would eat with me. At last there was a com motion at the entrance,, and I to’ ned anxiou, for you. Reddy Kilowatt Mountain States For the story of Sandepu. I im a g ined that 1 wcr.t duwn to a Southern city to inspect th* A rm y's first a ir craft. This was a tree balloon—the latest invention of tl'05 Becoming weary. I went to sleep in the basket of the ballo n. But a storm must have torn the craft from its moor- mg», foi when 1 looked down I wa« t e lng blown to the East across the Atlantic. For da>s we^drifled over ocean and continents, until, coming _____ (ConUniiod on page 7» close to the hilly ground, 1 used the first air-brakes ever known. They were comp, sed of one m ile of gov ernm ent red-tape and the anchor worn by the captain of the “ goat" team of 1004 iThis was readily in terpreted by the professor», for the traditional football gam e of the year is one played between the first th ir ty men in the Second Class, called tiie "engineers,' ar.d the last thirty Power Co. "A S ell-S u p p o rtin g , Taxpaying, Private Enterprise" Serving Cottage Grove "You just stay there, Son, just stay there.'* 1 still heard the planes flying over and try as I would. I could concen tra te on nothing but the A ir Corps. In 1930 I wrote an essay on fly ing. and it almost gut me kicked out. You see. in M ilita ry History shipping. $500.000.000: e x p o iis $2.500.000 000 balance by o ils - you have to w rite a monograph on eellam-ous. service« finsurance, e tc .). W ith t r i f , l , v; r ; ’ • W ith d e c lin in g s e x n p o o r r t t s s the strategy employed in one of the G reat . B rita ' ‘ ’ in ! ' ,sn*iliz s th a t s ie w ill I),, short $2.500.000 000 o f m ajo r battles of the world I had a l baia wun ' ‘"I antl th a t’* « h e re we come in. They ways I ked m ilita ry history and had tinti ’ l w ant a loan - they want lend lease. * been in the first sect.on of that sub ject. <^t the Academy each stu N ot counted by these same • eonom ists” is the fa ct th a t dent is in a section commensurate • lite to o u r past lend leas. G reat Brit-.i'., l. , ' ' OUr f’w" has skyrocketed while with his scholastic standing ) My OOON'ow rem •» “ 'T " ’ r k,'.'' P he' S ,,OWn to t'O.OOO.Oikj.- presence in that group perm itted me fa r 8,1 a ll th t o th e r countries and atm- to choose my battle I had had a w er e $ '4 grandfather killed at Bull Run. and <, . . ------------- W hen a ll the ( ommisstons -start start to to regulate regulate I C S S p ro d u ctio n d o w n w a rd I therefore selected the first Battle (otherw ise there is no reason fo r th e ir existenc. ot Manassas. P ontia c Sales and S ervice CO-PILOT l l U P T r a 1- Scon's early experience« with slider« »nil airplane« H« gee« U F t McPherson and enlltta In lh« regular a rm y a * a private. l ’ p to now w o rld peace has not been im possible, but im probable. F’rota here on out the k in d o f pence we have de pend» on how the present c o n flic t is settled am i the m anner in w hich the allies are w illin g to guard the terms. I f we go to sleep at the sw itch as we d id in the last w ar. we m ay have a tw e n ty to th ir ty ye a rb re a th in g spell, hut no more. tw e n ty to th ir ty y e a r b re a th in g spell. 1>ut no more. M A R T IN M OTORS GOD IS M Y * ÈDITOR IA L _ NATIONAL «DI ‘ Z ' and a Nation at W ar (¡ K K Y H O V M ) / ) . / / / . y S I.K I IC I, NORTHBOUND G eneral Henry II. Arnold, rhief at the United Mates Arm y Air Forces, to whom this story is dedicated. men. known as the "goats.” I was of course in the last th irty: I had been G oat Captain, and had worn the anchor sewn on my football Jersey , These improvised airbrakes worked, arid the anchor caught on a hill which 1 identified from maps a* the hill of Chan-tan Honan— the the. ater of the Rusho-Japanese W ar. From this vantage point, swinging in the balloon. I watched the two armies in battle. M erely rank face- tiousnass. I adm it, but even then 1 was completely arr-minded. 1 was rej o rte d -fo r submitting a facetious monograph in m ilita ry art and for casting reflections on the Engineering Departm ent. F o r this offense. 1 wa* brought before a board of four officer«, known as the Battalion Board—or. as we called it, Going to the blackboard with an the "B a it Board." My explanation a ir of confidence, 1 stood at atten w s* that I knew, after being dropped tion with pointer in hand and be from the first section to the last in gan. "Sir, my duty for today Is to one recitation, that I must have In explain the battle of Valm y Napo ferior intelligence. I therefore had leon declared after this engagement no chance ot w riting an interesting that the forces of an arm y must and worthy monograph on the m a teria l of the actual battle, and ac be concentrated for battle . . At that Instant the professor stood cordingly I had decided to m ake my up and said he would w ait five sec- battle fiction, and so interesting that uidx lu t me. ta begin, the ttc lld jo n i t would be lead corprlejely in*’ »ad E l tlK N E « O B V A I.IJ S SALEM LEAVES COTTAGE GROVE 12:63 A. M 5:08 A. M. 9:52 A. M SOUTHBOUND B D S E lil KG - G R A N T S PASS ASHLAND LEAVES COTTAGE OROVE 12:51 A. M. 4:50 A. M , ALBAN Y 11:39 4:03 7:18 M EDFORD 12:16 4 33 0 41 7:11 TO REDWOOD HIGHWAY 5:51 A. M. AGEN I : Eliza B. Howe * A. M P M P. M P. P. P P M M. M M PHONE: 97 DEPOT: SO2 Main pacific GREYHOUND LINES SERVINO ALL THE WEST W ITH DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION
