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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1919)
H. A. BEAUCHAMP,M.D. For Rent—Two acre lot and four rooms of house with puntry. two roema uptstairs. 2 lower floor. About three o’clock we went into ! gether captured about four hund- a big woods, we got orders to r *d pra>ners and too many Physician ani Surgían mak« down our beds, well believe ‘ guna to count. Right there ia 8ervic< r 2nd 4 h and 5th Sun- n e we wasn't very particular ' where I got all that chicken Good orchard. $8.— Mis E . C . STAYTO N. OREGON days at 8:30 a. m. where we made them, any place hearted atuff taken out of me. 1 Caldwell seen men that were shot all to Rev. Fr. Lainçk. F’ astor w h b good enough for me. pieces. When we got up the next Then we came out and retted hr l » . « l • m i i m i i . m , ae ia * r « n o i i m i morning we didn't have any thing l a . 41 m « — 4 aerll«a .1 la . * .r T b .n I. for a few weeks. P H Y S IC IA N A N D 9UKGEON MM w at « *u r. . » l i n k » I A. to eat, and what I mean we were Z'J _ r (bel le hr . ••iM iii«u «.a i i i n i l , C i U i i I i I D m / m m le . i m .4 hr m la- hungry. We could juat tee a For Infants and Children By the way I spent the Fourth B«a»«4 m «4I ii #« »1 ia. «M M lluii •( S t a y t o n ,* O regon l b . a a e iM b la a T e h . W h .n ihte le h . la church steeple from over the hill. of July in a little hole on the side In U m F o r O v e r 30 Yeai t I i B u m I r n b a r . . rum bling m u b 4 er lm> a * r (M l k M iln e. * » 4 « b . B II la . a i l r . l r A hunch of us went over there to Always bears hill there. •!■>—4. I M . la . M I. Ih . rM ulL U n la w l b . laB am m itlM aaa h. i . d u c .« ta 4 th l. luh . the the town. The French people r M l . r .4 I# lie aerm al c .n d lu .a h M rla c Signature of Then we went to Soissons and *111 h . « M t r . r . 4 f . r . T . r M a n ! i m * of had just left the day before in 4 M fn M * n r. « M . 4 hr . e i . r r b , v h l. b la DENTIST over the top again with the an l i l i a M e ea 4 lll.n of I b . m im o no our* such a hurry that they had left fu * Holl o Catarrh M «dieta* a r i l thro Marines. We went through one Offiea Opp. l,aiu?«f\eld 8hu« Store Iba hle#4 ea the b w o w eerfaeoe of Ibo their chickens cooped up and even o f the awful barrages that any Wo irtll « I to Oae Mua4ro4 Doliere ler Phone 2162 Stmvton. Or« » • r moo of Catarrhal Deere— Ibai oaaaot cows tied up in the barns. There be enred hr Hall'e Catarrh Medicine Clr- man ever went through. We losf emiara frsa. All Drugglet*. Tie was plenty o f wine in the cellars. P. t. CM EX i t * CO.. Teledn. a seventy-five men out o f our We didn’ t do a thing to that. We company there in less than an each got uj a half a dozen chick hour. I had men shot down on LAWYER and NOTARY PUBLIC ens and tame rabbits and a (Continued from last week) both sides o f me. I was expect basket full of potatoes and a few Office Room No. 6 . Roy BJd|f. ing mine any minute. time we would* hit the ground. bottles of wine and went back to Again we rested a few weeks the* woods. We spent the rest of S. H . H t t L T Z K L and then we went to the St. the day cooking this stuff in our Miheil Sector. Some o f the mess kits and eating. We lived Attorn«v-at-I,aw-Notary Public Engineers went over the top with this way for a week or more. the Infantry as wire cutters, but Well this was when the dutch I was detached to the Tank Corps was making their last big drive to help them accrues the deep for Paris, - J . M. RINOO — trenches. The Infantry went so Our infantry and Marines were fast that the tanks couldn’ t keep OREGON STAYTON Do you live “ from hand to mouth?“ just taking over the front lines. up. Now believe me I was glad There isa system of living whereby We were just back o f the lines ft of it. Todav may be made to provide little ways digging reserve Then we came out and rested for Tomorrow— thn year for trenches and machine gun im- next year --the prime of again. Then v e went to the VETERINARY SURGEON placements at night and staying manhood for old age. Champagne Sector. The po.ir DENTAL EXPERT out of sight in the woods in the Engineers had to act as Infantry day time. again. We went up on the line Calls Answered Day or Night This was about the last of May. and helped hoid it fo ra few days. Phone-Res. 3X24 This was known as the Cheateau The dutch seen us coming up, This one word tells the Therere Sector. and man, what a hot reception OREGON STAYTO N story. Just a little regu we got. It was sure a dandy Well things happened bo fast larly deposit) d in our .savings barrage. department t..uKt*6apiea‘-i nlly sur from this on, that I can’t remem prising showing in the yea. a to come We have got to hand it to them, ber it all but I can give vou kind they have got fine artillery. of an idea what we went through SESTAK & Capital $ , Every time we would get relieved it with. TH O M AS, 7 * we would have to get at least fifty We moved a little* way:; one Proprietors. replacements. 3g evening, closer to the front. We Now we are coming to the were in range of the duteb artill 5S ery. So we had to dig dug outs finish. We went to the Arrgonne to el ep in. So we dug them Sector, this is w here the Armist little and covered them over with ice over taken us. St. M a ry s C h u rch C. H. BREWER, M. D. C A S T O R 1/1 W* N* Pintler, D, M« D. mssssss^ssmi& to s « » FUNERAL DIRECTOR Dr. Paul Fehlen ■ SA V E ■ STAYTON MEAT MARKET 50 000.00 F arm ers M erchants Sg Fresh.SaIt& Cured Meats WQank of Stay ton.Oregon jS Latd. Creamery Butter Highest Market Pnce Paid For Fat Slock VETERINARIAN Calls promptly attended to day . or night Office in Rotidmc. Phone 1522 OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Oregou c)a> D r. UTTER DENTIST No charge for examination, and estimates willingly given. * _______ * One of the best equipped offices ♦ in the valley 414 Hank of Commerce Bldg Phone Main 506 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Salem, Oregon ___________ _ _ _ _ _ _ <• ' <• MMWW»HMWblMMMWl«laWMWlaWWW4MlaM ; New Schedule Elective Nev. 1 ’18 Kingston - -Stayton - - Salem A U T O ST A G E 7 *7 A. m. Lv Kin*«ton A rJ :** p m 7 60 M S U *ton 1 » 11:10 Sublimity 8:00 12:80 Aumnvill# t H20 12*.» Turner 8:40 Stata IlMpiUl 12:16 N:M t otUMr* Farm 12 10 9.00 Ar Salem I.v 12:00 f;10 STAYTON-KINGSTON 7:11a.m. 7J8 “ L » Stayton Ar Ar Kington L » brush and dirt leaving a little at on^ end to crawl in. These are, to protect you from shrapnel and high explosive fragments. We stayed in these holes until a little b-fore day light the next morn W e carry a large line of ing. When we received ot-der? dry goods, shoes, notions, to go up a little closer. We just got to the w’oods Adhere we were gents’ furnishings, hats, going to stop, and here came ild Fritsys Congratuiati ns. about a caps and rubber goods, etc. dozen big high explosive shells. They hit all around us. They killed one man and wounded four That was the first shells we had has a large line of fancy and ever heard. We were all almost scared to death. We stayed there staple groceries, canned goods, that day and dug in. That even ing, the Marines took the town of smoked meats. In fact ev Bourachie and lost about half of erything you w ill find in a their men. So they called on the 2nd Engineers for support. So first-class Merchandise store there we went, we got there that night and were divided np into is to be found here at prices little bunches and put in the line that are right. with the Marines. So the next r.ight we were helping them dig trenches and watch the line when t ie dutch sent over a counter attack barrage. They shot every gun they had and just as often as they could for a few hours. Now believe me we were scared. I f it had been up to me to sign >00000000000000000000000000000000000^000000:------- Peace the square heads could of had their own terms. I was ready to quit right there. This was the first time in the front line ar d under a barrage for us. I cou d MRS. F R A N K LE SLE Y. PROP. almost feel one of those dutch ooooooooooo* bayonets easing into my stomach, but before we got out o f that place we got more used to them C LE A N R O O M S G O O D BEDS and they didn’ t bother us so much o oo oooooooo« but that is one thing you can’ t get used to, is a barrage. M ake this your home when in Stayton A GOOD PLACE TO TRADE Dr. L. W. Horn • Super INTERESTING LETTER FROM H. C RIGGS V. A. GOODE Slayton The 2:1S p m. 2:00 I Moot. Train *2 Northl. und ROUND T R IP TICKETS GOOD FOS T H IR T Y DAYS Kln«oton-Salom 11.75 •Stayton-Saiom 11.«2 Suhlimlty-Salrm fl.MI H a m m a n A u t o Staple GEHLEN’S STORE L e s 1 ey H o t e l We cater to the traveling public STAYTON OREGON < CMVOOOOOOOOOO ooooooo ■ ----- ------------------------ 1 Methodist Church THE STAYTON BAKERY Pastor W. J. Warren H O M E M AD E BREAD, C A K E S A N D C O O K IE S rices at 11 a. m. and 7:30 J Sunday School 10 a. m. rth League 6:30 p. m .,, class every Wednesday in irsonage at 7:30 p. m., when idy the International lesson, j NO ORDER TOO LARGE C STAYTON E. K R A M E R , Proprietor OREGON The 9th Infantry called on us then to go over the top with them atVoaux. Now maybe you think our hair didn’ t stand on end. We went over all righ t all of U9 to- “ T h e super store places Its all at the disposal of our country In her hour of need, and now looks forward eager ly to the opening of the great est era of constructive effort and rapid development of civilization which mankind has ever kn ow n ." t O u r building is rapidly fill ing up with the very choicest and most up-to-date line of furniture and rugs ever shown in the city of Salem. day sees new our stock. Every pieces added to Chamber suits in walnut, Birdseye M aple, M ah ogan y, O ak or Iv o ry W h ite, of course we have pieces, such as separate DF.ESSERS CHIFFONIERES AND DRESSING TABLES I We worked roads until our Infantry and Marines got to the Meuse river. Then we had to In all v/osds, snj at right prices. make a way for them to cross. MA t T a ESSES We built a floating bridge and the night o f Nov. 10th was the AND SPRINGS excepted niehtto float the bridge accros«}. Now remember our SANITARY front line was on one side o f the COUCHES river and the dutch on the other. We got our bridge* up there all right and got to working nicely, when old Fritsy heard us. He didn’ t do a thing to us. but he threw shells in that ravine as big as a house. We got our bridge aceross in spite o f his barrage. Some of our Infantry and Marines got accross, but not as many as started to cross. We had heard that day that the Armistice was going to be signed the next day at eleven o’ clock, but we thought that it was nothing more than a rumor. The firing kept up until exactly eleven o’ clock. We could’ nt hear a sound. We could’ nt hardly believe our ears. We wanted to believe it but we were almost afraid to, because w eh a d b *en in such a fight the night before, it didn’ t seem possible. The people in the States mutt of been glad when the Armistice was signed, hut you can imagine our feelings after eating monkey meat and hard tack and carrying a heavy pack on our hack every place we went for about six mqpths. Then came the long hard old march to the Rhein. I thought we were never going to reach it. but we finally got here with Then we went back to our old nothing more than good sore feet job digging trenches at night and and an empty stomach. staying under cover in the woods I am now sleeping in a Dutch in day time. We would get shelled mans honse and in a feather bed most every night. We stayed in at that, also in the same room the same woods for thirty-five with a german ex-soldier, days, working at night That is The old war wasn’ t so bad where we first got lousie, been that way ever since. It was hard after all since my feet got over enough to get water to drink let their soreness. alone wash. Store I will close hoping to bear from you soon. Your loving Son Cpl. Henry E, Riggs Co. A. 2nd U. S. Engrs. American E. F. A* P. 0. 710 AND PADS . TRUNKS AND SATCHELS LEATHER and TAPESTRY COUCHES NU FOLD DAVENPORS BEDS DAVENPORTS IN TAPESTRY COVERING ROCKERS and CHAIRS TO MATCH DINING ROOM TABLES DINING ROOM CHAIRS BUFFETS and CHINA CLOSETS “SEE US FIRST’ CHAMBERS CHAMBERS AND 467 Court Street