r~-—
?f
B R ID E
B A T T LÌ
Mplen. 1 olieyeil llielr order* In culino—
well, I m n ’t tell you now- hut 1 worked
HgnliiMt them too. I've done them more
i
E ¡
c A Romance gf the
A m e ric a n A r m y
Fighting on the Bat
tlefields gf France
By*
V IC T O R R O U S S E A U
((
i ifciit, AIM«, by
W . ii. t litti'H'itii j
] ngnlM him, Murk could nee that.
T h e illHclpllne o f H lifetim e held
»leudy.
H e alood confronting
Im rm Ihuri good. I Inni in y inolivi*!*— Kellermuii, tint did not raise n bund
Kellermuii
* e lll»li linea, dcnplcuble, p crliu p * ; liu t I even to guard lilinnelf.
glnreil 11I him lu HpeeehleuN fury. And
wiim n ever n Ir n llo r . dood d o li, M urk.
b av cii't you aticu how yo nr f a llii In me evvn then It «eeined u little Nlugulur
lo Murk thut llu rd e y dlnuppeurad, mo
I iiin lic g u ii In tnuke 11 m uli of tuo?”
M urk
Im ik
llu rtle y'N lim ili nini M w lftly nml Mllendy thut neither the
g r ip p ili It. It wiim thè hi-Mt lim i Ih c muu nor the woman knew he hud been
u u ly poNMlble niiMWcr. Ili Ih c lr tucll there.
Then Kellertnnn burnt Into hyHterlcal
UiiderMlundlng llic y wcnt 011 towurd
laughter,
thè Im i tngether.
“ I f * the npy from the w a r depart
O ii N I i I i * thè Im i Ibcy nnw un m ito,
“ T h e fellow we
w ltli n a o ld le r chnuffeur In eh urge. ment,” he cried.
pitched out o f the army for treachery,
Iliir t lc y grlp p cd M urk'* u rlìi.
A
“Ilo you kiiow whoup tluit In ?” he niuMiueradlng here In unlforin.
blank wall and n tiring nquud fo r you
w liN pcred. “K e lle n u a o 'a I”
T l.c h im llu d y cu iiie to Ilio door. tomorrow, my imin 1“
Ada Kennon nprung between them.
“ItoiiMoIr, nieMHleura," nlie nuld a itili-
Ing. “T h l* w iiy I o ii I r I i I, If you plcime." “ He doiwn't mean t h a t !" nhe erled,
Sin' Icil Itieni roiim l hy d ie nltle, loto peering Into Murk'* face duhlouMly.
d ie k lle lie ll, w liere llie y fom id tiltIf II Kin* recognised Murk now, but Murk
iloxen privateti d rln k ln g Ughi w lne und could MCI* (lint the recognition inciint
teuHlng thè lu m lliid y'a iliiu g lile r un *he little to tier; probably he Iiml been only
nerved tlieiu.
n trivial Incident In tier career. “ Ll*-
Tliere w a * nothing In ttiln to the
CHAPTER XI.
B y i»vi*nlng I In* riiHh of w ork hnfl
lilt'll down, iim l tlio oriliTll«*«, mivi
Hm»*- on lim y, w«*re tdvi'ii Hu* «•u»t«>-
lunry 1 'iivo.
1
I a -NI i - I iii m il Klil|ilrN, with i n rum
fiirliililo mill* I iiii , Hu* rliutty luudiudy
mid her pri'ity daughter.
Murk Mlnulo toward KliiploM.
Hi-
Imd mi ItilniiM* lunging fur tlit* light*
lilld niiilfurl o f lllr Illllr llltl. I tilt In-
Imd mil koiio linin' II iiiii u tiuiidrril
iniroH wliru I InrtIcy linllod tilin
“ lining Into KtU|il'*M?" In* nnkod. “ Do
you mind my going with you?"
“ Frankly, yon, Hartley," iinnwrrod
Murk.
“ You won't mind my »uylng
no? I wont to lio Hlono nftor—
“ I know, old uinii,” mild llnrtloy,
straw lug tiiirk. “ Horry If 1 liollirrod
you.“
lint Murk sw"w g round on film,
"lln rtloy, nnnwor mo ono question," lie
•mill. "W lm i linn Minn llnuurd ovor
Imd to do with you? Why huvo you
boon w iiti-lilng lior for Ms or novon
yriirn?"
llnrtloy hi'gnti to wulk along thn
roud nt Mnrk'n nldo. Ilo mndo u curt-
oun gulping »omul lioforo ho uunworod.
“ linn It i i m i r r i i l to you. Murk. Hint
tin* Konnon wouuiu linn lioott i>|x-rutlng
In WunhliiKton fo r n Rood time now?'
be linked.
" I mu | i | mmo no,“ Murk nnnworod.
"Y o u know ovoryUdni; wun |irr|mrod
fo r yonrn lioforo tho wur brgan. Tin*
nyntoui Iiml rmnltlontlonn In every dcw
luirtmoiit o f iho Roveriiuionl. You know
Ooloncl I lowurd wun In touch w ith It
nn fur hnrk 11» Iho t'uluiu wur?“
“ flood Isird, yon, but— “
“ Anil 11 loun In only 11 |>nwn In such
n inline, liood (!od, don't quontlon 1110,
Murk I I've I h ' oii 11 tool of liorx, toil
I'll nwoiir 1 hut I never worked against
the Rovorniiiont.
I lonrnoil little by
little of tho whole «courted neut of
Professional Cards
THE
M AX LUEBKE
R A W L E IO H M A N
775 Sixth A v « . W., Eujnne, Ore.
R
M cC A R O A R . O. D. S.
d e n t is t
Ni uritl^»:» rHicVfil »n f rt 1111v by
lot* til >t|iplirtit ion
R m i d n i f f nml
offlcn tit Fifth nml Mnin.
Phone l.ti.l
Cottng«* Orovn, Ore*
D R 8 M. W E N D T
Fhynlctan and Burgeon
Special ntlontion given to mirgory
mid eye, our nml tliront. Country
rails nn well nn city rail* Hnnwrred
day or night.-
O ffice:
Cottage
drove
Hospital
J. E. Y O U N G
ATTORNEY AT I.AW
O ffic e on Mnin nvenuo
Cottage d ro v e
Oregon
A. W .
K IM E . M. D.
r i l Y S I C l A N A N D 8UROKON
O ffic e in I ’ liillipn building over
the Itenniin drug ntore. O ffice
phone 34 Kenideiiee p h o n e 126J.
Cottuge d rove
DR. W
Oregon
M. H A M IL T O N
Ken. Rhone 14F3
LICENSED OHIROPRACTIO
PHYSICIAN
Connultntinn
nnd
exnminntion
free. O ffic e liourn 9 to 5. Hun-
duya and evening» by nppointtn't.
O ffieo in old dottnge drove bank
building nt 104V4 Main evenin'.
nnd notary public. Praetleea in
nil court* *. Twenty fiv e yenra ex
perience.
Under Bldg.
Cottage drove, Ore.
A L T A K IN O
ATTORNEY AT LAW
O ffic e loented in the rear o f
the Kirnt National bank.
Prego
Cottage drove
D N M c IN T U R F F
ATTORNEY AT LAW
I’ rnetieea in nil eoiirtn. Will nttend
to your buninenn promptly, honeat
ly and earnently. Hpeeinl ntlention
given tn the oxnminntion o f nb
ntrnetn, drnfting o f will», nettling
of enlaten, conveyancen, poller
lionn and pennionn. In Kirnt Nn
tionul bank building nn *>th atreet
Phone 36
Cottuge drove. Ore.
J
(('<•11 tin in'll from first page.)
The only pcnoni J have »ecu over here
that Cut tag*' drove people would know
j unything about in Major Willi* Hhip
pain, wlmm I met at the heavy artillery
»rhool ut Auger*. 1 have not been able
to get in touch with Hoy Wood* or nnv
o f the other Oregon boy* in the 691 Ii
Artillery.
The lint tune I »aw any o f the Cot
tag» drove boy» wan ju»t a month ugo,
I when they were re»ting from their la
born at the beginning o f the big ad
vanee through the Kore»t de Argonnc.
¡ rin* fir-» four butteri)'« o f our r«*gi
im-nt took a very important part in
, that b ttje. Hergcimt Harry Conner
went down to » Ii «• Hoidte »eeond line
Irencbe» the morning after we kicked
them out and minie a fine collection of
German fire arm». The boy« were nil
well tln n but «orne have been »lightly
ga»»ed - 1 nee then.
Our battalion »pent the fir»t night
near the front under heavy »hell fire.
Mauit »11 log (ierman 216’» (H% inch
' ‘ a»h r a n « '" ) hit in tin* wood» we were
■deeping in, all within 400 yard» o f our
barrack •. und o n e a» cloue a» 59 yard-
Hhcll «pliiiter» »truck all around u»,
many of them a* largì' a» a man’» hand,
but no one via» bit. Piece* from four
different »hell» »truck the little »hack
! I wuH trying to »bo p in, but did not
j Itone through the wall. It i» not a plea»-
nut »«♦fihation to have th«*»«* big on«*»
; coming nt you thi* fir»t firn«», hut aft«*r n
I f«*w »friki*. you ran juilg«* by thr whin«*
j o f thr *h«*Il about how i -I omi * it will
Htrikr, al mont a* noon a» you h«*ar thr
: gun. It in not ronnilrrecl at all flittgrnre-
ful t«» maki* a 4 4 »wun d i v e " into a
I muchly ditch wbm ono appmr» to br
i coming a littlr r|o»rr than in comfort
ten to m et” ahe whNpered In Murk’n
ear. “ l i e I ium been drinking. It will
be nil right. J tint go huek nnd keep
thin to yonraelf.
You'll get u flfty-
dollar bill by tin* next pout, und ten
every month nfterwurd. mo long um you
which he wiim trying tuoMt evldcndy to don't *ee miydilng. L'lnltTHtuiid? Ilo
reatruln.
I mu ’I reM|M»iiMlble— *
Ile ordered licer o f Annette, nini fol
Mark turned away In dlsguat, hut he
limeli Iter tuwnrd Ilio oudiniiMo In liuiiglued die wurped mind that caught
wlilcli die liquor wiim Ntorcd. Th e girl ut thlM tiope o f aecrecy.
wiim 11 friend o f hi», pertinp« I hm - uumi *.
lb* went tuiek Into the kitchen. T h e
more MerloUM thnn Un* rcMt, In* treated Moldlcra were »till there, one or two
Iter w 1 di I cmh liudlnuge diali wiim ciim - hulleil him; the Incldeut hud occupied
toiiiury umong thè milillerN.
A m »he only ten mftiutoH.
Annette made a
IIIOVI»! DUI o f Ihe llgllleil ruolo luto thè little mouth at him from the doorway.
m I iiii I owm nulalde die merrlment fell
I-ut Mark wiiM M-urrhliig In the room
llke 11 nniNk frnm ber face.
for Ilurtley.
"W lm l II II, A o n e t t o f u»kc<| Mari;
"Y o u r friend went home, I think,
“ Ah. limnMlour, It I m tra g ic i" nii I i I lln*
motiMleur le holfliit," »aid Annette In
girl, piiuHliig ut die oudiouHc d«Mir.
banter.
“ Hhe I n one o f lujr countrywotnen. T h e
Murk strode out o f the Inn without
accolli I h o f die noiilh, or Moine out-
TEACHERS* EXAMINATIONS.
a word. H a rtley’a dlNiippeurunce did
I iiiu II m I i pari, li ut »tic I m Frvuch— and
»he I ium come 11 long wuy to mccl bini, not dlMturli him. Ilurtley wun hi range;
Examination» will bo hold for trneh
mnl he wIII noi bave uiiytlilng tc ilo loll lie felt thut he hud relied too uiueh | «-r» ’ »tatr rrrtifirat«*» at thr court hou»«'
on
Ilurtley.
It
wiim for him to act. He
Wllh ber.
Ilo w Uld »In* ge l llirough
j m Kugrnr commrnr'ng Wedn«Hday, I)»*
would go to the Mnjor In churge o f the ••«•mh«'r Is, Itils, and lawting until 1 p.
Un* II iich ?"
ho»pltul, tell I i I m atory, und do the only | in. on Saturday. Hchedulr for thr day»
"Who, A n n e tte r '
“ T lie lady wltli thè American olttcer. thing poMHlble. l i e had no doubt any | ‘ »n which »u bjrrt» arr given may hr oh
longer that Kellermuii und the Ken Non fainrd by addre»Ming thr cniunty »uper-
LI n I cii , nioiiHleur!
Llstcti, riicn !"
dS 1.T
T h cy were Mtumllng In frnnt o f thè woman were purtnerM In u far-reaching I intendrnt.
outliou»c, wlilcli wiim » 1*1 m ar un nnglo coUMplmcy nguln»t hi» country, thougti
CALL FOR BIDS FOR WOOD.
o f die old fii»liloin-<l building between he Imd never lief ore ullow i»! himself
Ilio purlor uml die kltclicn.
Thcy to accept the obvious deduction.» from
Notice
is hereby given that the direc
I l l » mind
muli! bear thè linplorlng voice o f thè the WiiHhlngtou eplnode.
tors of School District No. 45, l.ane
moved
»lowly.
H
I
»
ptirpoNe
hud
been
woinnil, uml thè »uhilucd uumwitm o f
county, Oregon, will receive bids for 125
to redeem
lilniMelf, he had thought
HUT IIIIIII.
■
"
Kelleriuan.
cord» o f wood to tie delivered to said
Tln n. clualve ngnln*t the durk angle Hartley .71.».',»,*d; now be meant to re- district on or before the first day o f
o f tile building. Murk perceived Hurt- Vt'u* everything.
September, 1919, ns per specifications
ley. l i e wiim Mtandlng under the high
And middcnly, out o f the mist of on file with District Clerk. Bids to be
»III o f lln- window. In .»udì u way (but year*, he recalled Colonel Howard'* filed with Clerk on or before 10th o f
Deeember, 1918, the board reserving the
Murk thought In- could »cc through tin* Mtory o f lliinipton.
Kellermuii had
right to reject any nnd all bids.
chink between tin* »III and tin* lower been the chief agent In Humpton's
Dated November Bi, 1918.
edge o f tin* tilllnl. KuvcMilmppIng um tm g lc fall.
Suppose Hamilton hud
A H J H P K J. S T E W A R T ,
to* evidently wan. Murk felt Hint no me- been Innocent!
Suppime thut Elen
Chairman.
tiling JuMtllb'd Ills presence there.
nor'» fntlier had been a brave and loyal Attest: W O RTH H A R V E Y , Clerk. n'J'.M!
Annette perceived him ut the kiiuic man. whose hideous ruin and uhoiu
moment.
She
star till,
und
then luiitde death might be posthumously
Call for City Warrants.
.»hruggitl her shoulder».
j vindicated?
Notice is hereby given that all war
“ Pill Iden, monsieur. It I* their af- < T h e blood ruMlnsI to his head at the rants on Oennral Fund to Register No.
f u l r l " she said lightly, und went Into thought o f It.
T h e burden o f the 2020. registered April 11, 1916; on
the outhouse. Sin* was too wise |o In- knowledge o f her father » shuine, and Street Fund to Register No. 413 reg-s
terfere with her customer».
Murk o f Its probable effect on her If ever tered August *i. 1915, will Iw paid De
ceniber ti, 1918. Interest will cease on
hardly n o l l e « ! her <lc|uirture. l i e wun she learned Imd weighed heuvlly upon
that date.
Murk's heiirt since thut night lu Hie
watching Hartley.
HERBERT B A K IN ,
tent
In
Culm.
Suddenly the disir opened and the
*16
City Treasurer.
Then the blood receded, leaving him
Woman came down the step* that led
Into tin* little vineyard behind tlie Inn. us cold as h stone. For he recalled
SHERIFF S SAJ,E ON EXECUTION
She raised her heavy veil to dub a Adu Kenaon's words to Kellertuan. So
IN FORECLOSURE.
handkerchief ut her eyes, und ut thut the hunter was hard ujsm the quarry—
moment Murk rccognlxed Mr». KeiiHon. perhaps he hud already snared her.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
He of an excrutinn in foreclosure issui»!
He remained risiled to the ground Eleanor had liked Kellertuan.
hack
his
thoughts, strode out o f the Circuit Court o f l.ane Coun
In ustoulshmeut.
Hut It wus more forced
ty , Oregon, on the 27th day o f Novem
ihau tlmt; In* felt suddenly trup|M»l, straight to barracks and turned In.
ber,
1918, in a suit
wherein on
um If tin* woman's presence there was
(Continued ntxt week.)
the 2tith day o f November,
1918.
vitally connected with Ids own prob
in the nbove entitled court, Lou
lems, ns If In* were tin' victim o f some
SU M M O N S
isa M. Harding, plaintiff, recovered
fur-reaching scheme with which he
In the Circuit Court o f the State o f judgment against defendants Alta King
Oregon
for
l.nne
County.
could not grapple.
as administrator o f the estate o f J. H
Oliver M. Baldwin, P lain tiff, vs. I.il Derby, deceased, D. C. Derby, Alva Der
A minute later Kellertnnn appeared
by, John F. Derby, Fred Leslie Derby,
and stood upon Hie step utmve her. linn K. Baldwin, Defendant.
looking Into her upturned face with To 1. 111 iu ii E. Baldwin, the uliovc named Rollin Woolley and Bertha E. Woolley,
Defendant:
for $6811.8(1 with interest thereon from
Ids habitual sneer.
In the name o f the State o f Oregon: ill*' 25th day o f September, 1918, at the
“ It Is all over then?" asked Mrs. You are hereby required to appear and rate o f 10 per cent per annum, nnd
K e iiaon.
answer the rontplnint filed against you $60.00 attorney foes, and the further
•'Since you compel no* to he frank— in the above entitled suit within six (ti) - iiiii o f $50.00 costs and disbursements,
yes,” answered Kellermau.
“ It hug weeks from the date o f the first publi which judgment was enrolled and dock
been over for year», Ada. T o think cation o f this »amnion», and if you fail «•ted in the clerk's o ffic e o f said Countv
that you should have put us all lu this to so answer for wunt thereof the in said county on the 27th day o f N o
plain tiff will apply to the Court for vember, 1918, ami said execution to mo
danger! You haven't told me how yon the relief prayed fur in p l a i n t i f f * com directed commanding me iu the nano* of
got hero, or Imw you sent m e thut plaint tow it: for a decree dissolving the State o f Oregon, iu order to satisfv
message."
thi* marriage contract existing between said judgment, attorneys fees, costs ami
" I l o w I got here? Ones that mat you trail the p la in tiff on the grounds of disbursement* and accruing costs, to sell
ter?
\Vell, I came up In a peasant desertion foP more than one year last the following described real property,
tow it:
woman's dress, ns one o f the repn- past.
The northeast quarter o f the north
This
summons
i*
served
by
publication
trtnted. I sent you the message through
in tin* Cottage d rove Sentinel, a news east quarter o f section two (2) in town
a boy, who knows nothing— his wits
paper published and o f general circu slop twenty one (21 ) south range four
" , r" .................. « " f " " " '*y
Intimi in l.ane County, Oregon, by or (4- west «>f Willamette meridian, in
mans.
l i e left thi* note he won't t|a>r o f the Honorable (I. E. Skipworth, l.ane County, Oregon.
Now. therefore, in the name o f the
trouble you. And 1 suppose now I’ m Judge o f the above named Court, dated
to go buck.”
I October "4th, 191S, nnd the date o f the State o f Oregon, in compliance w ith said
Suddenly she broke Into n shrill In- firM' publication o f this summons is the execution and order o f sale and in order
vectlve.
“ I'm to go hack a fter the 2Mh day o f October, 11*18, nnd the date to satisfy said judgment, attorneys fees,
costs and disbursements and accruing
thou strada ot miles that I came he- ',’f . ,h'' Ih'" H ' l ' « - » » ' " " will be on the
c o s t», I will, on Saturday, the 4th day of
eause you are the only man In the ,l,h
,,f t>er*mb*T, BBS. ?
January, 1919, at one o'clock in the
H H IN N ,
world who luis ever meant nuyihlng to
Attorney for Plain tiff. afternoon o f said day, at the southwest
niel I gave my life to you. Ilow ninny |*o»toffice address, Cottage drove. Ore door o f the county court house in Eu
years have you played with me? An- f gon.
o25 dtl gene, I .line County, Oregon, o ffe r for
salt- nnd sell for cash, at public auction,
swer me I And now you lllng me from
subject to redemption as provided bv
you ns if l were nothing, because of
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
law. nil o f the right, title and interest
oh, do you suppose I haven’t heard o f
Department o f the Interior, U. S of -aid defendants, or any o f them or
you nnd Miss H ow ard? I ’ll rail her
any other (verson or persons claiming bv.
III take c a re l
I enn he dan- : 1 “ m1l DfOce nt Hoseburg, Oregon, No
that I But
through or under them or any o f them
gerntis when
■ ben I iiiii armisi d, and 1 see
Notice is hereby given that Isaac J in nnd to said mortgaged premise.».
now— I see d e a r l y now, I f never be-I Wiley, o f O o k r n ig ” Oregon, who on
Dated this 3rd day o f December, A.
v
fore I”
April .'I, 1!*PJ, made homeatead entry D. 1918.
Murk's hloml seemed to freeze ns he s,‘rm,1 pj''- 0 ' " , ; » " r two tract», contain
D. A. E L K I N S ,
, , , , ,__ ,
.
,
.
mg .10.1 J» acres, in See. Ill, I p . 21 S. K d'i j3
Sheriff o f Lane County. Oregon.
m e n ; llie y were often turned out of
the d in in g room p arlo r when «R lrera
put In un app etim m o. B u t — d i i » w u n
K e lle rm u ii I M ark looked ut llu r d e y
nml »nw IntifiN e excitem ent on I i I m fa re ,
.
H. J. S H IN N
ATTORNEY AT LAW
fír o m (0 hose C)v e r Cohere
to
lose O v e r I ) ere
listened.
,
.
w
He had unconsciously drawn
vt*niber 21, 11»IS.
.
\V. M„ ........... . by metes and
near Hartley.
j bounds us follows: Tract A, beginning
“ You tire talking wildly. Ada,” nmt- j !,t Cor. No. I, which bear* N. o" 12* K.. NOTICE OF F IN A L SETTLEMENT
tered Kellermuii. “ A re you going to ■'•••*’» chs. from the quarter section corner
*
Notice
is
hereby
given that the under
.... *
iw
»
-
• !
S S T w W k .:"!. v "4
« ' « :
F o r you will, Ada. There's no sentl- stt* I P E„ p 77 ch.».; thence N. 15.44 signed executor «if the estate o f Robert
mentality In war. Now I ’m going to do chs.; thence H. SO* 47' \V.,
chs. to Uriffin, deceased, has fib'll his account
the riskiest thing 1 ever did. Pm going I place o f beginning. Tract B, beginning for the final settlement o f said estate
in the County Court o f the State o f Ore
to tnke you back behind the lines In !.'i J. ",r
got! for l.ane County, nnd that Monday,
my unto. By n mlrnele o f good luck I Hienre m . 15.44 ch».; thence N. 89* 43'
the 6th day o f January, 1919. nt the
have the password for the night. I K., 9.71 chs.; thence N. 9° 2P E., 15.44 4 ourt Room o f snid Court, in Eugene,
Cornel
And we'll tnlk over matters ’'{‘ "•i then.'e N. 89' 4<’ W.. 9.80 chs. to Oregon, nt II o'clock a. m., has been bv
u i«
place o f beginning, has filed notice o f
on he drive hn k l
Intention to make final fiv e year proof said Court fixed as th,. time and place
*< mile, A d a ! said Kellermnn; nnd to i»tnblish claim to the land above tie- o f hearing objections thereto and for
then he turned sharply nnd confronted scribed, before K. o . Innncl. IT. H. Com final settlement o f snid estate, bv order
^)nr|(i
I missioner, nt his o ffic e at Eugene, Ore- node nnd entered o f record the 3rd day
, . .
___. __
_
'gon, on the 8th dnv o f Janunry, 1919.
ot December, 1918, All parties aiterest
or nn Instant he stood ns tf trims-
cinimant names us witnesses: Wit
ed will therefore take notice.
tlxed; then, with nn onth, he leaped at linni Flock, o f Onkridge. Oregon; A. D.
AI.F. JURY,
him nnd struek him n M ow In Iho face Bulk, o f Onkridge, Oregon; C. E. Me
Executor of the estate of
that sent him reeling linrkwnrd.
| Chine, o f Onkrulga, Oregon; J. K. Rob
Robert Griffin, deceased.
Ada Konson turned and ran toward j jJ,jj " ' " W.' l i ; CAjS'oN, Register.
H. J. Shinn, attorney for said estate. j3
V ark a ilk j > aertunu. She did not rec-
I able; in fact it is the proper arid pro
j scribed thing to do. Hevertu of the boys
tell o f Kinking speedy dives for vacant
-pot» in the ditches along the road on
that night and arriving on the bucks of
their officers.
Today i» a fine e|o*r day— altogether
too elcnr, for thi' Book# (dunes are quite
aetive on thi» particular sector. We are
constantly expecting winter to begin
but it» only evidence so far is an ocean
of mud, deeper and stickier than ever-
Dougin* county ran produce.
• le t Vnnllenbiirg i» somewhere near
here but I d o n ’t know just where. I
have the letter o f hi» company and th<
number o f his regiment, nn>l will I n
to look him up. I *nw Dr. Frost pa»» bv
in an automobile some time ago but did
not get to »penk to him.
I have a pile o f work ahead o f me
today and will have to close, Dome over
■rail eat Thanksgiving dinner with m'
in Met* and f'hristmas dinner in Ber
lin, I have a bet on the former anil be
lieve I will see American soldiers ae
complisli it.
Give my regards to all the home folks
especially Powell tc llcmenway next
door, Butte Mooney, Major Metcalf and
Mr. Enkin.
• • •
A M B U L A N C E BOTH A R E I N T H I C K
O F IT.
Letter from George Matthews. .Toe
Smith and Warren Edwards to The Sen
tinel:
Somewhere in Belgium, Oet. 30.— We
have received many letters from friends
and relatives at Cottage Grove and we
certainly enjoy them very much. The
soldier boy in France considers a letter
from home his best friend. W e have all
been intending to write you a letter so
that the people o f Cottage Grove could
»ce how some o f us are getting along
over here.
We have changed our location consid
erably, as you will note by the heading,
and are now in the land that is sung
about as “ The Belgian R o s e . " From
personal observation I will sav that the
ravages and destruction o f four years
o f continuous warfare within her bor
ders onuses it to present rather a dilap
¡dated aspect to the world, the bloom
has faded and the leaves and branches
have been stripped from the stalk.
Where once were large forests are onlv
a few dead tree* left standing with n
few broken branches still hnnging on
them. For several miles, wher» “ nn
man a la nd’ ’ was a few weeks ago, there
• re so many shell hole* that one eould
not even find room to pitch a “ pup”
tent. Words cannot eipreaa th« destruc-
*ion that has taken place nnd it would
oven bn hard for tho mind to imagine
it, for until one hns seen the effects of
war he has no conception of what re
sults it enn produce.
But amid it all you ought to see the
•o7.y little room that the three o f us
hnve fixed up. We are billeted iu n
aar wrecked town but tho destruction
tier« is not so great as is usunl. We are
quartered in some of the better build
-rigs and we have the best room in the
buildings that our buneh in in. Not that
tho condition o f it is any better, in fart
the room adjoining this one is all shot
ip, the wall» knocked down, and over
ihe whole business the roof gives one
ho impression o f a magnifying glass
for the sky looks so big through it. But
ac are rather secluded from the r*-t
if the bunch and the privacy o f it is
such as is seldom enjoyed in the army.
Then we have it furnished with some
.f the comforts o f homo ( ‘ ‘ salvaged ’ ’
from some poor old Belgian s home of
four years ago). In fact I am sitting at
i regular table in a regular chair and
hav« one leg over the corner of th«
table, which really makes mo think o f
home for that was my most enjoyable
¡»isttiro when engaged in study or when
Anting. Then, too, we have a clothes
•abinet and although our beds are made
in the stone fl«»ir they have sufficient
•xeelsior under them to make them very
much more comfortable than is often
enjoyed over here. But the thing that
adds the most cheer to this life is our
stove. I never will forget that stove
and i f it were not so heavy I would take
it with me when We move. It is an
open grate stove which produces that
cheerful fireplace effect and Fritz very
kindly left us a bounteous supply o f
charcoal anti coal. I f he had done it
purposely I would have hail to thank
him. but as it is, we use it with the
added pleasure o f knowing that he may
be doing without.
O f an evening we sit here in tho
room by the light o f the fir*- from the
grate and talk o f the war, how long it
will last, how soon we will get home,
the possibility o f Austria quitting, i f
the present German retreat is absolute
ly necessary or i f it is partially volun
tary. i f they will make a last long stand
at the Rhine and then— always about
what we are going to do when we get
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An International Service Built
on Tiny Profits Per Pound
Some industries have been able to get in
step with w a r demands more quickly than
others.
In many cases mighty plants have sprung
up— but at a prodigious cost.
T h e picking industry w as able to adapt
itself to unheard of demands more quickly,
perhaps, than any other industry. And this
w as because the vast equipment of packing
plants, refrigerator cars, branch houses, etc.,
had been gradually developed to its present
state o f efficiency, so that in the crucial hour
it became a mighty international system for
w a r service.
A nd how had this development taken place?
N ot by making vast inroads into the capi
tal wealth of the country, but largely by using,
from year to year, a portion o f the profits, to
provide for expansion.
Swift 6k Company’s profits hav« always been so
tiny, compared with sales, that they have had p ra ctic
ally no effect on the price of meat (amounting to only
a fraction of a cent per pound).
And yet the owners of the business have been
content with reasonable returns on their capita^ and
have been able, year after year, to put part of the
profits back into the business to provide for its
expansion.
These fractions of tiny profits have been repaid to
to the public many fold in the form of better service,
and better and cheaper meat, and made it possible for
Swift & Company to meet, undaunted, the sudden
cry for meat for overseas.
Could any other method W financing a vital
industry involve less hardship to the people of the
country? Could there be a better instance of true
“profit-sharing” than this return in added usefulness
and in national preparedness ?
Swift & Company, ,U. S. A.