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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1918)
WHAT YOUR MONEY IS WORTH Comparittive Value of Coin« of Dlf. ferent Countriea of the World Explained. How much Is a frnttr? A ruble? A nittrk? To l*e well posted n until should ho familiar with tho money In olrculn- tlon In foreign lands, observes the ( V luinbua Dls,mtoh. And If tho man Is o f military nue or inollnntlon there la no tollint: how soon ho may be m I M npon to exchange his perfectly good American dollars for tlio tnodlum of circulation in France. England. Kuxslu. Germany or other Kiiroponn countries. Of course values nr«' ohanicln^ a l most daily, as regards. Uie exchange of foreign money for Fncle Sam's dol lars. but under ordinary conditions It can he figured that in Germany the mark Is worth 23.8 cents In I'nlted States money. The German thaler Is equal to three marks, and the krone (a gold piece) equals ten marks. In Kng- land the'soverelgn (gold) is worth $4.- 86*53. a pound sterling; the penny equals two of our cetits. the crown 11.21 aud the shilling 24 cents. It Is interesting to note that the franc of France (worth 10.3 cents) Is also the unit of currency In Belgium and Switxerlund. and that it Is equal to the peseta of Spain, and lira of ildiy. the drachma of Greece, the leu of Koumania. the dinar of Serbia nnd rtfre bolivar of Venezuela. The Rus sian ruble, normally. Is worth 51.5 cents, the plaster of Turkey 4.4 cents, -,the Japanese yen 40.8 cents, the Mexi can peso (silver) 40.8 cents nnd the Chinese tael 75 cents to S3 ceils. And there’s no wonder that “Chinese n»onee” is tossed about so carelessly, for the copper cash (China’s monetary unit) Is worth a United States dollar when you have 1,750 of them. » In British East India “pie” (the pop ular coin) Is cheap. An American penny buys four. FOUGHT IN SERBIAN RANKS Bravery of Irish Woman Rewarded by Highest Decoration Crown Prince 9 J Could Bestow. Sergt. Maj. Flora Sandes, an Irish woman who for two years haa been serving with the gallant Ser bian army. Is now In London on leave of absence for a few weeks. “In August. 1914. I went to Serbia as a nurse.” she said, when asked to tell something of her war experience«. “After the terrible retreat In which I took part I Joined the regimental am bulance. When cut off from that I ob tained permission to Join the Serbian army as a private. For two years I w*s In the thick of most of the fight ing. At the taking of Hill 1212 (Mace donian front) a hand grenade exploded near me and I fell badly wounded. My company, which was In advance of our main. body, was outnumbered by the Bvigarians. but they refused to fall back when ordered to do so. declaring they would not leave me to the mercy Of the enemy. “When I was being dragged off to aafety through the snow they remained behind, fighting a rear-guard action. The next day our troops attacked •gain and drove the Bulgarians out of their trenches. In them they found the bodies of a number of our men. each one with his throat cut. That is the favorite method of disposing of prisoners.” It was after the capture of H ill. 1212 that the Irish Amazon, while lying In hospital, was nwnrded by the Serbian crown prince the Kara- George decoration, which Is the Ser bian equivalent of the British Victoria Cross. Three other decoration« she has received for bravery in the field. The Line in Lorraine. Lorraine means “Lothair’s King dom.” but certainly Its most famous figure was that duke of Iyorralne. God frey of Bouillon, the hero of many fa bled exploits, who was said to have cloven asunder the body of a Moslem emir with one stroke of his good •word, who was leader of the first cru sade, who saw the deliverance of Je rusalem nnd became the ruler of that tloly City wrested from pnynlm hands. The American soldier might do worse than swear “By Godfrey!" Whether we now hold a mile or five miles will presently be of no ImjKirtanee, for onr expeditionary forces have but made a beginning. A look at the inap will sat isfy any American how mtn-h of the front line out men should be defending before many months have passed. G US KKSM \\ W R IT E S FROM FRANCK. ^ T = r = = - ---------------------- -'] h Somewhere In France, August 24. 1918. Hollo Doe! It has been over two months since 1 have heard from you 1 Hope this letter finds you all well. , as 1 am feeling fine. Well, what do; you thiuk of it? Last Sunday even ing 1 was walking down the street , and here came Glenn Porter along i on his way to supper. It sure was ! a sut prise 1 mean to tell you. He j ays to the boys thut wcj-e with hlm .j “ H -II, 1 don't want an> supper now, not a bit hungry.” So l thought 11! he was not hungry he might be j hiraty and we went and sampled the beer and wine. He had only arrived here that morning. Went down t o 1 see him the next morning before be left to find out where he was going. I He is only out a few miles nnd think 1 will get lo see him again soon. t1 O. yes. received the socks o. k. Many thanks. Keep track of all and will pay you later. If you are ever allowed to send packages from th e re .,' wish you would send me a pair of leather gloves, lined. For* they will ( come in pretty handy this winter. While 1 am asking favors, wish you would send me a couple of Sunday Oregonians so 1 can find out what Is going on back thei\e. Did you ever .«.ceive the copy of Stars and Stripes I mailed to you? lt sure has been hot here the last week, but is raining today. We are sure tanned up. as we had to b iJ goodbye to our service hats a long ■ time ago and the little caps do not- give much protection from the sun. f This does not worry us any though, for don’t you think the boys are doing fine over here? Old Kaiser Bill will know he has been some where before we get through with him. Our command lis. Forward. You don’t know what you are mis sing for not being over here, but of course you are doing more good back home than what I am doing over here. Onfy four of us in the tent that 4 am in so each one has a corner. Have my corner all pasted with pic tures out of papers, and think it looks nifty. I tell you the U. S. box cars look mighty good along side of the little French cars. A five-ton U. S. truck hauls bigger loads than a French box car holds. Believe me. the French take notice of the Ameri cans too. W ell, we have a black dog and a white cat adopted in our com pany. The dog sleeps at night with the blacksmith. The other night the dog tried to kick Abe (th a t is the blacksm ith) out of bed that made him mad so he grabs the dog by the collar and throws him out doors. % One thing, you never get lonesome over« here; something doing all the time. Only had the blues • once, about a month ago, but happened to get a couple of letters, and goodbye blues, for that is a quirk cure over here, but we have not had any mail for several weeks now. Glenn was telling me that Clark had the Mail now; tell him hello for me. * * * The Red Cross is doing fine work though, and so is the Sal vation Army, although the latter is hardly ever mentioned. Anything you give to those two is all right. How is Constance? Tell her that sugar she is saving tastes mighty good to us. Best regards to all, Your friend. Wagoner .Gus C. E k sm a i, Eng. Wag. Train. Wag Co. 4. 23rd Engineers. Eng. Wag. Train. Wag. Co. 4. Q e ( \ u g l e l l “ THE CLADEK GARBAGE” Summons all the force* and rrtourcea of the Republic to the dclenar oi Freedom AND MACHINE SHOP T H E O R E G O N A G R IC U L T U R A L C O L L E G E which the United States authorities have ranked as one o f the fifteen distinguished institutions of the country for excellence in military training, haa responded to the call. The College is distinguished not only for ns military instruction, but • DlSTtHGl’ISinO also ro » — Its strong industrial courses for men and for women! A C ETYLEN E WELDING AND BRAZING In Aan- uliui*. Commene. Kssinssriaf. Kurse ry lt.su« Kconoiuks, Minute. Ffiunu««, attJ , Y tx s tm a a l E tlu c s ln s t. OVERKALL CARS Its w holesome, purposefu I student life. Its democratic college spirit. Its successful graduates. All Kinds of Repairing done at Students enrolled last year, J 4 J J 5 atari on its service flags, 1 : 58 , over forty percent representing officers. College open« September 23, 1918 T ot M « IU u»tiA ieJ M.wAlct. * n J oth e r ia(o4’u u iu u i write to th e R e g istra r, I m v b H u Reasonable Rates . O iBgoa B a tte ry la c te a l» ! FIX FORDS C h a rg in g . All kind« o f asMUHNoricM. (¡a s and Oils for sale All my work is Guaranteed First Class . . CHAS. CLADEK, STAYTON, ORE. Strand Last W ill C A S TO R IA C A S TO R IA For Infants and Children For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years In Use For Over 3 0 Years f\ A *K T u L * V lh iw j C»K Eaafisk B.1 IsviaikU I s s - lais. C i * I m Always bears the Signatura at Always bears the Signatura uf . INTERESTED T o know that we have in a F IN E N E W line of Brennan Shoes, the HIGH G R A D E S H O E S at M O D E R A T E P R IC E S . T h e y are fine fitters, ele gant lookers and the cost fits the Pocket Book nicely. Cook in Cool Comfort W e have a large line of the best oil cook stoves on the market in all sizes such as T H E R E IS A Fine Black Calf Heavy Single Oak Welt Sole, good comfortable heel, new medium toe and priced at only $ 7 .0 0 . Also an English last of same grade and price. Perfection and Blue Flame Stoves TH EN W E HAVE ONE Fine Black Kid, Extra Quality Oak Sole on a com posite last not too wide nor too narrow, just comfort able, yet pleasing, at only $ 8 .0 0 These makes are too well known to need description, with one of these stoves you will be able to do your cook ing in a cool kitchen All These Guaranteed L IL L Y H A R D W A R E CO. Fine Dark Cherry Russia Calf English last, a very dressy young man’s shoe at only $8 .5 0 AND A N O T H E R O N E FO R O L D E R M EN Fo r Service A A M A M V * *# # * * * * * There are some more of those Calf Button and Lace in Modified English last, neat but not extreme style, goes at $ 7 .0 0 Gun Metal English with Neolin Soles af $ 5 .0 0 Gun Meta! English or Round T o e, Fiber soles at $ 4 .5 0 ^ liil B - o o tery ft W h ere Cash is King Children Cry for Fletcher’s ^ S a le m Oregon “TH E CKKDITOKS.” HIGHEST MAKET PffICE PAID Tl»o K ln d Y o u H âv e Alwnyt» B o n g lit , a n d w h lrh hiui been àu uho fo r o v e r HO y e u rs, huit b o r n e t h o Nl;:nutttr« o f u m l lins b een nuMlu u m lt-r M m p e r- s r- Honni Isloii sine© |1 m inlum -y. î A llo w n o o tic to d é c r iv e you in tlils* A il C o u n tc rfe lts , Im ita tio n * am i “ .1 ttst-n s-xo od *’ nro b u t K x p erlm e iits ll ia t t r i tic w itli am i eu d n n g cr H ti b ru it h of in lu u ts ¡nul C h lld rcii—E x p é r ie n c e uku I iim I ..« p c r l i u i u L By R. Mejl Oliver. If you have hogs for sale or know of any one else w ho has, phone What is CASTORIA Each mother’s son who has given his life Use for Clothespins. In Freedom’s fight over there. Clothespins make an exeellent play Each wooden cross that points to the thing for babies. They can be used for sky babies qr soldiers, or to make fenees, Demands that you do your sha-e. trees, log houses and many other Inter esting things. Playthings that ean be Each B«>lgian babe r^at has lost its home. taken apart and put together again are The fatherless, motherless, too, good to have; also (docks with which the child can build all kinds of objects Fry for succour, but not in vain, For their cries are heard by you. —engines that lie can push along the floor, balls to bounce and throw, «loll ftach tender nurse who mothers us carriages, washing sets, ete. Dolls with Back to health and strength again clothes that button and unbutton and i'a n ’t work «lone, she needs your come ofT may be used to tea«-h the chil help. dren bow to dress tm«l undress them- Though far from the field of pain. •elves. pv ■ Each dawn that rises sees on the tape TomfTvy's-Cgnoun Calli r-g,. Your sons, waiting the word to go. T b r- Brlt'sb Totntny Ita« nlwn.vs bcon futnous fnr thè brìi:!: re-e of bis And when the barrage thunders ’ down. power* of romance. If n,s,;«-d questiona They have never faltered or gone he fitti n«*i- Itasi to an *v «r I»;. iso- too slow. pie who httd no righi lo knnw. The ;>• , t. la test Illusi re t ftltt is nitori hi !>y a ;>o each over here can do a share. repntrlateil solili r of a Wel-di regi- Though noj in an active way. ment. Ile had h« en a prison«'r In. thè Ju st buy a bolid and help to drive To hfs don the world’s beast of camp i.t Ogtrnw, 'yh«T«‘ thè fi rtu.in prey. authoriMe*. wtth a vlew lo s'-ettrlng aklllcd Inhor. were ansimi* io Icarn thè ocrupatlor of ih- prlsom-rs. Rii* Drive him to hi» den and across the door •nrely novi-r hefori» '.vere (bere aneli The stone of Liberty roll. cnlllngs — a tr -■ «•!«• b< t: ! r. vtifcliti.il: And blot out the name that has blood ers' sttiker. a tuli -Siene Inspxtoe. 'ilio stained Germana gare lt u;>. ClviPzation’a sacred scroll. HOGS HOGS HOGS I am now ready to buy your fat hogs -L A. THOMAS Stryton P hone 344 S ta y ton, O regon WAR EMERGENCY COURSE AND CERTIFICATE C n sto ria I* n h o n n ie s * *n l> -tiln to fo r C a sto r OH. P n r o - g o rlr, l»rops am i Mootlilntf Sy rlifts. I t is p ir a ta n t. Ifc co n ta i ns n c lt lic r O piu m , M o rp h in e n o r o tfie r >’itr<ntio su b s ta n ce . I l s a » o is Ils g u a r a n tc c . I t doNtroyu \ .o rm * uml u llays Fev crlsh m s.is. l'o r m ore IbaA tlilrty yenrs it lia s b rrn in c o n s ta n t u se fo r t lir r e lie f o f C o n stip a tio n , F la titlc iie y , AYlml C o lle, itll T c c th ln g T ro u b le s uml DiurrhiKJX. I t r e c u lâ t e s th o Ntoinaoh am i llo w rls , a sslu illa te a tin* F o o d , izlvintr lir a itliy and n a tu ru i aluep. Tl»« C 'b ild reu 's l ’a n a c c a —T h o jM otlicr’s F r lc n d , CASTORIA GENUINE O EEG O N N O RM A L SC H O O L O w in g to the scarcity of T e a c h e rs the O regon N o r mal School will offer a W a r Em ergency Course of tw en ty w eeks outlined by the Supesintendent of Public In struction. I he course will begin with each of the term s com m encing N ov. 16, 1918; Feb. 8, 1919; and April 12, 1919. T h ^ Superintendent cf Public Instruction will consider it equivalent to the T e a c h e r s ’ T ra in in g Course and issue a certificate upon its completion valid to teach in the elem entary grades for one year. ALWAYS iB e a rs th e S ig n atu re of In Use For Over 30 Years The K in d Yo u .T m r r r m ^ H ave A lw a ys c o m p a n y v o w k c i t y Bought . T h is Course will be open to those w ho have had tw o years or more of high school w ork or its equivalent and who are at least eighteen years of age. 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