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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1922)
If Mothers W*>uld Know A; BEL LE AU WOODS AND CRAVES Or MARINES WHO FELL THERE Nation's Unknown Hero What a smiled Trade BA HULKING is they would bring their ehildr n I -re for a scientific HAIRCUT. CHE TER’S I«arge and small Houses and Lots some with acres, fruits and berries. Chicken houses. Terms or ex change. G. SALMON, * Part of tko console«/ at B«ll«au Wood« (uvW M s t,r Ike American Marines) showing tha grave« of • oma of tko marine« of our force« who gave up their live« ia the battle of Belleau Wood«. BRAVE HEARTS THAT LIE IN THE BELLEAUWOOD is now a rocky devastation; its Crown of nature’s green now rows of “tooth picks” standing naked to the sky. In Washington, In June. 1021. the plan of the Belleau Wood Memorial association to rebuild the town of Bel leau by popular subscription was launched. The Belleau Woods Me moral association thinks It better to rebuild The retting place of AmaNca’a “Unknown Soldier'« In Washington, which la destined In years to com« to bo one of the moot famous spots In the United States > Tti» following vrrera to the "Unknown Svidler,** written by Ang.-lt Morgan, were read at the eervieea in Arlington ceme- In regulnr formation and completely V*ry by A<ta Ann« Im l*ujr. president of i sliad«*d liy tr*es Is the on«* that »hould the Lr wave of Amarl-an Pen Women: prevail throughout the entire ceme It I- these very tree-shaded He In known to the lun-whiie Maj««- tery. j areas that give Arlington Its tine nnd tiae Who «tend at the gate« of dawm : eburacteristic quality. Today these He ie known to the eloud-horne com* shaded arena predominate *. but with I the burials of World-war soldiers In pany I open Helds Arlington Is fast losing Its Who«« souls but lata have gone. Like wind-flung «tar« through lattice j present diNtinctlon. No effort should bar». be spared to <*ontlnue the planting They throng to greet their own. I over the present bare and sliadeless With voice of flame they sound hi« | arena. name More Trees Are Needed. Wh** dii-d to u« unknown. Both the World war nnd the Spanish He 1» ha I ’ by the If ■»•cruwne<l war section» Niliould be planted with trees that will produce shade to cover brn? .. rhnncl, ! the entire area. In the World war By (!•*■ Dauni ' j of Marathon. i By Raymond, Godfrey rnd Lion section a plantiug scheme should be Heart, adopted in advance of the scheme for WUte drean;« he carried un graves, or ut least the two plans rinnx lor the uipi'-ivcuicnt of Arlington National ein**trry hav<* Hi» n«t a »hrv tall through th- haav- j should be simultaneous. only hall, This mean« the Immediate selection been »ubmltted to Qunrtertiia- er to I LJnhr^’d by earthly ear. and planting of thousand» of trees in era I Rogers by the * oniniln uin of tin«- • He it claimed by the famed in Ar* th«* now vacant sp.ic«*s of Arlington. art* The quartemni ter senornl np cady Today these treeless portions, so out proved them «nd ti n-mlttcd them to Who knew no title hero. of harmony with the general appear- the secretary of war who referred rnnee of the «tiueiery, give one the (hem to the War M morin I*« council. Oh. faint wa« the lamp of Slrlu«, ' Idea that l * graves of our latest Tin» bod.v ul-o approved the plan* And dim wa« the Milky Way. heroes ar«* being placed rather In a Whereupon the »«■••r< tiiry ill»® nave Oh, far wa« the floor ef Paradise From the «oil where the «oldier lay. potter's 1i«*ld than in an honored loca hl» approval, and they are now Io be n «de Hie basis for the development of Oh, chill and «lark war the crimson tion. dark The rules made several years, ago (hut cemetery. Where huddled men lay dnept to regulate the character of monu Arlington la a national shrine. Hi« con rade« all denied hi» call— ments marking the graves of officers aa<re<l to the nieniorj of th«* thou l.ong had they la!n aileep. i have had a quieting effect; but in aandx of aohller de id. named and un ■allied, who lie burled uililei the Oh, «(range how the lamp of Sirius I th«* newer urea set apart for officers ! there Is need of trees. The regula- Shade of It» tree» Thia sacred char Drop« low to th ■ d vatlod eye<| acter Nhotild be proteeted and fostered. Oh, strange how the steel-red battle I tlons against mnnsoleums, portraits, and unusual designs should tie en- field» Monument or treatment of u »elf a» 1 forced for the protection of the many Are floor« of Peradlie. serllve or gr«ite»que «hnracter nhould be rigidly exrli ded. Quiet, simplicity, Oh, «tranve how the ground wi'h against the self assertion of the few. never a sound Th«* otlleers whose careers need eulogy reverence nliould prevail Swing« open, tier on tier, . on a tombstone should not be accorded Of Historic Intereit. And «tending there in the shining air i in Arlington the credit that history Arlington 1» also n historic place. Are the friends he cherished here. I denies. Ita builder, George Washington Parke Roadway Should Be Improved. Cuatl«. wh » the adopted »on of Georg«* They are known Io the «un-shod «en- The road in front of Arlington tinol» Waahington Ilin father gave III» life | cemetery should be Improved and «Ie- Who circle the morning’« door. for hla country during the «evolution; and he hlmxelf was reared nt Mount They arc led by a cloud-bright com [ x eloped along the entire frontage. pany | Th«* space should he level«*d, the car Vernon, where lie lived until lie com Through path« unseen before. pleted Arlington house In 1804. At Like bloasomt blown their soul« have j trucks raised to th«* surface and re- j located, and a boulevard treatment hl» deuth Arlington pn»»ed Into the flown , should replace the present neglected poeac»»lon of III» daughter, the wife Past war and reeking rod. of Robert K. I.ee, and waa occupied In the bonk unbound their names are | and itncared for conditions. The right ’ way to deal with the situation Is to by General and Mr». Lee until it came found— Into possession of th«* government It» They are known in the courts of have a comprehensive plan made for the entlr«* development of Arlington. Cod I historical Importance should be eon Arlington roads need renewing —Angela Morgan. aldcred In method» of treatment. The mansion house needs new floors Arlington prospectively 1» a portion of the great central composition of ivootled shipee In front of the man woodwork and paint, and, esp«*cially. the present bnrn-llke appearance of Washington, extending from the cap slon lire »mung the most beautiful the rooms devoted to the public ttol through the mall to the monu landscapes In Washingion, nnd they ment and on to the Lincoln inemorlnl. should be kept free from disturbance should he changed for the better. Ex whence the memorial bridge, already of any kind. The plan» for the man tensive planting of trees, preferably I oaks, should begin at once, so that i< authorized by congress, will cross the slon house alm to restore It» orlg I quarter of n century hence the entin Potomac to the newly created park Insl character ns a distinctive house cemetery may come Into the tin«» con area adjoining the Arlington estnte. of Its historic period. These plans, dltlon that the best portions now dis Plant of Development. made In the depot quartermaster's I play. The roads leading to the ceme Arlington has certain dominating <ifflee,slhoul«l he carried out In the feature« to he considered in the plan spirit tn which they have been de | tery should he made safe and ode quate. So much the nation owes to Of development. Among them are: vised. the Inst resting place of those who The mansion houae will eta nd a» In the section devoted to burials of have fought Its battles, nnd to the rela the termination of the hx I s of the soldiers, the treatment repressmted by tives ami friends who pay tribute to memorial bridge, lending from the the UAliprui small headstone» erected : the memory of the heroes. tAncoln memorial to Arlington. The to Improve Arlington better to put a v ■» New nitrate beds, 11 feet below F * surface and containing 20 to 40 j ■ GRAYS CROSSING cent of nitrate, have been discover, in Chile. The deposit covers a district Sheet Metal Works of 20,000 square kilometers. Ree. 818-18 Office Phone 815-10 GET MY PRICE BEFORE DR. P. J. O’DONNELL “a houoo that baa echoed a baby’s laugh and held up ite stumbling foot." For new the world Is all their own, And, led by thoughts our bravs have sown Till Might hae bowsd nor could withstand tbs force that stood Secure and safe, God wrought Through stormy tlmoe they fought And now they lie In sleep. 9128 Woodstock Ave. Automatic 621-01 Residence 6228 Ninety-second St. LETTING THE JOB EXODO NTIA Automatic 640-75 Cor. 92nd and Foster Road 6007>'2 82nd St. LENTS “home’s loving wooden around a man and his wife," than to erect a »haft of marble cold to the sky In memory of our dead. The national committee hopes to ralae 6.*k»l.<»»» and with this money rebuild the little town of Belleau »battered by our boys In their advance on Belleau It wa» Slay In France. 1918. re«ords wood. Clara Whiteside In the Philadelphia t The plan is to rebuild the village as ledger. The French line from Sot»- It was, with the addition of a better sons to Reims paralleleil In a general cburch, school, and with an adequate way the line of the ancient road. water supply; the supervision will tie Chemln des Dame», and the French In the hands of Col. Charles R. Forbes, defense» were so streng that the war director of the Veterans* bureau, who worn gallnut French armies were using served In the A. E. F and who is a middle-aged men known a« territorials noted engineer in civil life. Every to h«»ld this part of the line. Perhaps cent rals«! will go Into the rebuilding because of thia, and al»« to make an memorial, aa the organizing expenses , effort to split the Flench and English are being borne by a »mall group of , armies, the Germans made a great at contributors. The names and ad tack on this sector at the end of May, dresses of every contributor will be and in five days had driven back the preserved In the archives of the rebuilt ' French to open country, following the great half circle of the Marne, which “Marie.” or city hull. Eighty-two stone , the Germans crossed at Dormans on buildings are to tie restored, a« well the east side of the salient at Chateau as a group of small farm« on the bill able The French government has j Thierry and at Belleau. promise«! to have all roads put Into , There were no trenches and no condition a« their «xmtributlon, and It fort I flcat Ions so ftir back from the will be guarded by our boys who lie I ! fighting front, and the war was again silent in the little green-and white in the open. Foreseeing the purpose cemetery Just across the way. of the German army to enter a wedge Homes Must Be Rebuilt. between the allletl armies. Marshal In time nature will restore to France Ftich select«»«! American troops to stop her trees and flowered loveliness, but this advance, which at Les Meres neither time nor nature can rebuild farm and at Chateau Thierry had shattered homes. Those of us who reached the nearest point to Paris—37 have not been Intimately touched by miles—since the previous advanc® In the horrors of war or the cruelty of 1914. sudden overwhelming separation from Heroism Commonplaco. those we'love can only approximate The Second American division had the sadness In tlie lives of those about Just taken that par; ”7 ,he line In the us who have not been so fortunate. neighborhood of Belleau. while at Dor mans acd Chateau Thierry the First Many a mother’s heart Is burled and and Third were holding back the Hun. her enthusiasm deadened. It Is only Rocks uiid crags hid the «*nemy*s ma through some practical memorial that chine guns, but in the early part of her interests can be roused an«i re th«* engagement the French were vir awakened. The field of honor nt Belleau will be tually without artillery protection and the permanent Aisne-Marne cemeury were fichtlug n hand-to-hand action to “where a shining forest of snow-white stop the Germans until help couhl come. In the fighting of May ami crosses will stand as sentinels over early June. 1918. the American troops the mortal remains of 6.<W of our boys." The organization for this me were without supports and reserves, morial to our d«*ad has its headquar but th«* Indlv'dmil Initiative was re- ters in Washington, with Marshal ifmrkable. iw-roism was a common place of the American soldier In ac Foch chairman for France. John W. Weeks, honorary president. The pres tion. ident Is Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, “We need supplies, gas masks. Who'll vice president 9f the Navy League of volunteer!" tin* United State«, «lid Vice 1’reGldent “I'll go!" promptly answered a Coolidge as a member «(• the national young sergeant of the marines. committee. Mrs. Charles Lea is chair His offer was accepted. He hnd an man for Pennsylvania; Mrs. Theodore almost uncanny sense of direction, nnd W. Reath, act’ng chairman; Gen. W. no one in tbc company possessed a bet T. Waller, executive secretary; Mrs. ter knowledge of wood lore. All his Helen Foster, secretary. summers had b«*en spent In the open, How Our Beys Went Into Action. and these plnytlir.es of earlier days Mrs. Reath revisited France last had developed qualities that now stood 1 summer nnd » ent over all the ground him In good stead. The playtime of in the neighborhood of Belleau. At the child hn«l become the opportunity Les Mores farm she made the ac of the man. quaintance of n young Frenchman who Creeping cautiously through the un- had been severely wounded at the Bat derbrush, he reached tlu* shelter of tle of the Marne. "He had witnessed the woods, only to find that he had the advance of the American troops." stumbled on a quarry and a camp of said Mrs. Reath, “and his account was more than sixty German soldiers. so graphic and bore such testimony to Trembling with excitement, he rushed the truthfulness of the American cor forward. "Su,render!” he shouted. respondent« who had covered the ad "The whole American army Is behind vance of the American army in 1918 me!” Surprised, bewildered, the men and descrllied the troops in action at marched out. tinder cover of the hold Belleau. that I feel I should tell It to up. and were brought prisoners Into you as he told It to me. the American line. One of the majors “ "Those men were magnltlceiit. mu- In the Second division wrote in June. dame! Th«*y had taken off their coats 1918, of the death In action of this and had pinned to their shirts a pop marine: "He was killed In the Bois py. As they riishe«! forward they de Belleau by » «hell near where my yelled, and. madanie, ns they fir«*d— command post was, shortly after the Germans went hlplty hop! hlpity bringing his captain out, who had been hop.’ This was the only English word woumVd In an attack we were mak that Frenchman knew, but it was the ing. The day before he went Into a most expressive English word I have quarry ami brought out HO Germans ever heard. It does seem incredible as prisoners, single-handed. Such an that our boys should have been so act speak» for Itself." careless with their lives. contimted It was by this spirit the»e men Mrs. Iteatb, “but I have no reason to fought, nnd because of this spirit these doubt the truth of the man's word, men won. It was a dearly bought e«p«»clally ns It corroborated the ac victory, but It stopped the German count of our own correspondents at objective, and the enemy never again the time." won a victory or made nnother drive. This memorial at Belleau is to be establl«he«l to those boys—our boys; Many State« Share Glory. In the little cemetery on the western to their Idealism; to their heroism that edge of Belleau woods, there Is hardly brooke«l no barrier. It is to be a me morial that will give to the people of a state In the Union not represented. There are 290 alone from Massachu thia part of France a practical expres setts. Belleau woods. Just above the sion of the good-will of the American village of Belleau, where the Germans people as well as a national tribute to the men whose “souls shall be where sheltered their gims. 1» now called the heroes are" and whose memory the "Wo<«l of the Marine Brigade." shall “shine like the morning star.” and what was once a lovelv wooded hill CEMENT BANK GRAVEL LIME PLASTER A. WINKLER Wagon Repairing 9015 Foster Road Horsesbotino A Gen. Bieck*rrithing MACHINE SHOP Repairs to any machinery. 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