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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1919)
/ ir e - " Buy Liberty~ BONDS # cy4nd Help the Countr~y" That Helps You pnok, th e w onderful création IlntT ! m ade tint only the h igh w ay fo r otta pow er but th * foundation o f o u r free I republic, A s this ahattered hut stro n g splrlt.-d THAT IS I AMERICA! ... , , _ Splendid Work in France Typical of Country. Raturned Soldier Toll« Som ething of W ond erful Dolnge In W h ich E v e ry Cltlten ef O u r Great Re p u blic M a y H a ve Rrlde. tad mid »r the tranquillity that cam* with the burnii am i pull of nn Am erl can locomotive, o u r bearla were stirred. W h o o f u s has not waited w ith bat poised, the pitcher fu m blin g the hall m eanwhile, to see o n * o f our m ighty locom otive« go tb u m le rln f paet our" Im provlaed diam ondT tt w as more than a lo com otlv*— It w as a sy m bol. P erh a p s we did not fathom the ayinbollsm o f It, -tint we felt It. H erts at last, la the Interpretation, brought hom e b y a aoldlor o f the U n io n that In no sm all p a ri tins been m ade great by the vision, the daring, and the d ow nw rlght w ork »that conquered the w ilderness, crossed the eastern m oun tains, aw«-pt ove r the prnlrti-a. urns- tered other and m igh tie r monntalna, linked the su n rise const to that of the sunset o f steel, am i converted a continent ln«n a neighborhood hy the Am erican locomotive, b rother o f the one that picket! up o u r woim dtsl sol dier nml m ade him feel that "»ont«»- thing had got hold o f hint.“ T h a t "so m e th in g " hud got hold of the world. — M a n ch e ste r Futon. A aobller of th«> cx|t««IIHonary for.1« con verse«I with us the other night, lie hail been »hot h u lf to piece*. N ever again will he l>e the Mime Iml o f awing* In g K«U ami vlhrnnt I lf * w ho went out for ua. Yet I t^e Rplrlt of him » hi u n touched. — A * he talked he suddenly lifted th * veil between u t and far-off coiiata— we saw f r a nee. F ro m a port that had no docka of ltn|H>rtanrc before the w ar we anw extend the mw Atuerlean built w harvea; mile on mile, tlreiit abl|is were sw in gin g In on h u rry in g tide». Thouannda of men, tunny o f them black glnula from th * South, the p h ys ical e<imil» of any that ever bowed to labor, sw arm ed around them. M o u u ta ln s of su pp lie s towered on IN THEIR LAST LONG S L E E P every able. F ro m thoae great docka ran a four- B e a utifu l Spot In W h ic h H a va Been track riillroad; heavy steel rails, L a id A m e rica n So ld ie rs W h o heavy-tim bered roadbed, rock bal Died In L ib e rt y 's Causa. last, steel clamped, gruded perfectly, 400 m iles across Franc«- to the r<Mir O n the wooiled s lo p e o f a steep hill ing gun». H a lf w ay acroaa Mint land that rise s h igh ove r a .great bend In the track» ««ere only two. N o pna,u>n- the Itlv c r Se in e ll«-s a little plot ol ger station on that line— on ly th * earth that Is a s m uch A m e rica a s le Auierleun tilghwny for fighting m il the natlom il cem etery at A rlin g to n or lions. going up to battle, mid their the bnllow cd grou n d o f O ettysburg. It su i^ ily depots. Is n <|u!et nnd p«-iieeful a|s>l. for n i fi very ounce of thnt tnetal, uindc In though P a ris Is nt-ar— the slender pin- Am erica, dug out of ou r h ills by men miele o f tbe Klffel tow er la In plain like those of New Ham pshire, wa» i view over the tr«*es— the city It s«-pn- smelti-d and forged and r«dle«l and 1 rnl«‘«t fn y n Ihe A m e rica n cem etery at henten to m ir ns«-s nnd set dow n by S u rn e sn e s by Hie green expanse of the inlllbai tons In far-off places. the H ols de Hoitlogne. T h e heart of O n that road ran e a rs upon w hich the city flint Is the heart of the w orlil could have been laid two o r three of Is not live m iles n w n y ; you w ould the lesser egrs of the Eu rop ean lands. think tt lit least fifty. It Is a *|s«t far On It run locom otive« such ns Ihe rem oved fr«*tn war, a n d yet lln-re are w orld never saw, save In Aim-rlcu. enough of the nccoutreinenlb of w ar T Iu -lr m onstrous form s towered above a bout It to rem ind Ih e vlslt««r that the the heads of the people* o f all the 700 graves here are the g ra v e s o f so l enrth, who stopped, h alf In terror, as d ie rs— m ostly o f w-tdlers wlin dlial of the great mnchlnt-n rolled by, their their w ou n d s on Ihe Journey In from ponderous drive w heels d w a rfing the the front or at one o f the h osp ita ls In engineers thnt w orked about them o r near the n ip ltn l. F u rth e r up Mur w hen they rested. slope frow n the ratii|Mirts of the fort A s he talked, th l* hrok«-n-lto<lled. o f M o u n t Valerien, one In the «Im in I Mir- whole-spirited solitler tolil o f h is r«-- nf defenses that surroittul Purl*. turn fnrni tlie fleld. H ow he «va* rat- I Ing h ostllltles plnues fi«-w fn>ni fichi lo tled and hiimp«-«l. nnd wrenrln-d and tleld. tbe drone «ff tbelr mot ora never Jnrred a» he w«-nt over tbe ligbtly «,« clenr ns In ib is qutet «•otiutryslde. h u llt rn llw ii- In Jlhe hospital t r n ln ' A m i more w u rllke stili, mi orca sbu ia l T h e n there w as a ehange. H e fett rnnnon sliot e«-hoed fr««iii a t«»«tltig thè burnì» ami pulì of ali ..-nerlenn lo- ; grou in l Iti Ilio n e lglih o rln o d. T b e Ut- eotnotlve. felt thè solidity ««f rock un- tic «vuietery Itself. w llli Its «eli- «ler h ls tornir«-«! body, thè smooth allgn«'tl r« w * o f w hlte woodeti crosse*. ro ìlln g of wheels not to he m lsta ke n ; w lll som e dny Ite ns green nini fn lr n thè locnllxe«!. Inenrnated aoul «>/ A m e r (io d ’s aeri- ns nny In Frnni-e. It I* ica In ttnhenrt'.ng m ila Itene*ih Mie becom lng so a * fast n s thè lo vln g n ilgh ty engln. and Mie awtftly ru n n ln g tinnils of thè llv ln g » alt rnnvert It luto enrs. Tlie Inndscnpe hegnn to flash one. Kvep In tln-se f r i- li fall days, bv ns by magic. ‘ T h e n ." he sald, " f thè g ra v e * are all uhi «min. and hnrdy knew I w a s all rlght. Uoinethlny hud slira b s add a touch o f aotnbrr beauty got hold of me.” to tbe little co rn e r* nnd round (minta. T h n t la Am erica. T h e aoldler thnt — S t a r * nini Striti«-*. Paris. ne w on n d s conbl dlam ny : Jln» soliti ¡ » a g u iffiT " p t o o o o o o o o o o n o o & o o o o o o o o o o O oooooooooooo qooooooc < Le s l e y H o t e l MRS. PRANK LESLEY, PROP. OOOOOO o o o o o o We cater to tiie traveling public CLEAN ROO M S GOOD BEDS ' OOOOOO OOOOOO Make this your home when in Stayton STAYTON OREGON THE PEOPLE WILL PAY | Kegardleaa of what o u r fe e lin g* may he a s to the m anagem ent o f t h * war. o u r h on o r aa a n ation la pledged to the paym ent of Ihe bilia for the war. N o man who h old* h i* ow n reputation for b u sin e ss Integrity above reproach doubts that. H e w ould sc ru p u lo u sly pay h i* ow n debta and the debts o f h ls co untry a m a va ry definite p art of h ls ow n obligations. T h e gove rn m e n t h a s contracted c e r tain ilchta. It haa com e to the people for the m oney w ith w hlob to sa tisfy these obligations. T h ro u g h sta te m e n ts of Ita highest officials It baa r*|t«at- rd ly made clear to all that it e x p e rts to secure th l* m oney not from t h * banka o r the great fln an rla l In stitu tions. but through the w hole hearted support of the great m ajority o f U s cititeli*. It wilt lie a h igh e r type of patriot ism that w ill tie called to Ih e teat d u rin g the co m in g d a y s than re spo n d ed to the form er apposta of th * g o v ernm ent. A sid e from a few technical ities the w ar la over. T h e fifth Io s a w lll he ralsi-d w ithout the sp u r o f h o s tilities because Ih e A m e rica n people are rapatilo of lo a rh ln g grea ter h e igh ts of patriotism than lim y h a ve yet combed. WROTE M E SSA G E S W ITH DYE M ate rial for In visib le W ritin g U fed b y G erm an Sp y W aa O btained F ro m S ilk Hosiery. A cleverly <lc«l gned„incthod o f out- s it t in g ih e governm ent officiala m i l fu rn ish in g Inform ation to the «-tinny w as revenlr«l In Mie early d a y * o f the w ar by the nrr«i*t «if a innn In Fit ter s o l i . N. J„ by iiuvul In tclllg c n e * off!- cero. T h e man. held n» nn nllege«| sp y In a Jail In llriNiklyn. I* sa id to have com e from H o llan d and to have t i ‘» ii <-mploye«l In a silk l i v i n g establish- merit In Paterson. H ls unique m ethod o f »«nidlng m essnge* to M erninny e iilb d for Ihe use o f silk Inuilory o f n p eculiar dye. Il Is *n ld Mint he hail receive«) a d«ixen p airs o f Mi«*** aeeke from (Sentimi ngents In llo lliin d and that Ills ii k -M iim I w as to soak them In w ater am i use the ro lo rln g m atter w hich they gnve forth mi a w ritin g fluid. A * Mila «Irleil It became In v isib le until brought out by a sp n -lu l prore*«, w hich, however, the fisti-m i ngm its a ro aabl to hnve w orked out. Th«-y, In turn. In le a rn in g the *«-«-r*L o[M>ne<| h i * letter* nnd elinnged Ilio contents nml forw arded the letters. Ttie Inform ation lhu< rio-rivivi by Mi«* Uertim ns provivi o f little ns«' I«) them. lin t for n long time. It Is said. Miere w a s not «‘iiougli evidence on w hich to convict this man, u n t i l one duy th rou gh carelewnneae ' he li-fl one o f Ih o socks where a n aval Intelligence officer found It W hen confronted with this the tina ti Is Mild to have confess«'«! to the entire project. * V. M. C. A. In Italy. Tío- V. M. ('. A. In Italy, a s e v e ry where el««-. Inis iiNscrtiH) llse lf In a must splendid nml generous m anner. W h ile the r«-d triangle, kn ow n th« w orld ovi-r n * the sign o f bnitlierluvHl. I* m uch In evidence In the Itu lln n w a r ««me, the fo u r bitters " Y . M . C. A.” nre now here to In- seen. Tin* reason g l\ r n for M ils Is Mint the Itnllnnv, In gonerul, nre o|>|Mis(-d to tiny orgiinlxatloti of a public nature w hich I» co n tro llisi by a re ligio u s o r seciurlnn element, a W a sh in gto n bulletin snys. • Su c h a ti tle ns ibn l of the Y. M. C. A. would create a certain le i'lln g o f m istru st am ong the ttnllnn people na to th«' put* poses o f the II «socio Hon. T h e officer* of the Y. M O. A. In lln ly have b«-cn q uick to nppreclnte M ils nn«1 In ostler to work In fu ll h a r m ony w ith the Itullnn«« have changed III«* nam e o f the association to ‘‘So- *l«*tn (ill) Frntetlniixn F tilversnle 'v or “Society of F n lv e -sa l B m M terhood ." A c c o r d i n g l y , Mie lettera “M. F. V." Im v * everyw here been su lislltu le d for Y. M. C. 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