Nov km ii Kit t. mm CROOK OOCXTY JOURNAL Page 9 TED RICE WRITES , ! TO THE HOME f OIKS BUY WAR SAVNGS STAMPS and HELP WIN THE WAR If You Can't Call Let Ui Serve You By (IV KM IXTKItKHTIMj XKWH OK IIIH WORK AT FRONT i Egg Parcel Pott EES WAS IN THE BIG MARNE PUSH Tell of Hun IW4rrt Ami Capture Of Tliou.mulu Of (li rniMii I'rU.' oner. Iliu Many Houveiilr M Standard Patterm ggg ll For 'Sj November . ESSSI THIS ! Following arc ths letter written to tba parents, Mr. and Mr. K. A. Kite; . "Auk. 27, 1 1 9. "In Pranra at last! How queer It seems to ba thua transferred to an other continent! Especially to one m mii I ii a little m whoa habit hava been hardly nomadic, to auy the liut. The queernes, huwevnr, la entirely M'llid by another emotion, Unit of tbankfulnes and happiness. I have reached at laat what haa for so long been my goal. At lunt I hull have a chance to throw my little nilKlit Into Ihla terrific and glorious struggle for right, truth and humanity. Hut perhaps I hnd better b-aln at the beginning. We atayed over In Tbllly' for a wek, for the express purpose, I vorlly behove, of being able to leave on the 13th, the lucky number. You aee Colonel Hutler had charge of the IteKlment until It broke up at (juaiitlco. and It wna a hobby of bla. thla IS business. He tried to ar range everything ao aa to Involve that nimilmr aa orten aa poaalbla In the ' regimental affulra, and although he la no longer In charge of thla regl mnnt, and the regiment la no longer tha 13th. atlll hla aurceaaora seem to hava rauxbt or honored that whim of lil. We left on the 13th and It took 13 day to make the journey. We are all, It aeetiia. ratchlnx the Infection, and feel that thla regiment la going to bit Oi'rniany a terrific blow, It waa a amall fleet of tranaporla and dealroyera and aeroplanea that left Icenaored). A largo number of aoldler tranaporla cam along aa well aa the marine transport.. Our lettera wll llio aeverely cenaored, ao I cannot be explicit, Impose, aa to our exact atrength. I waa a auhmarlne lookout, and one hour of each night, aerved my turn In aweeplng the aea with powerful glaaaea from an exalted perch. It waa exciting work, for at any moment a perlacupe might ahow Itaelf and torpedo come hurtling through the water and upon me and my fellow lookouta depended the safety of the entire expedition. Our gun crewa atood by the gutia night and day. by rellefa and aa aoon aa a lookout through hla speaking tube communicated to tha bridge officer any object, aeaward, wreckage, etc., (for Uerniaua are clever and uae many innocent looking objncta to con ceal themaelvea) trained their gum upon the object until It waa closely Investigated and found harmleaa. I waa the flrat man on our boat to lay eyea on land, and on France, Aa my cry of "Land Ho" reverberated through the ahlp a huge cry aroee and near atampede occurred to obtain advantageous poaltlona. Cheer after cheer aroae, our chaplain prayed fer vently amldat dead alienee and our higher officers delivered stirring ad' dresses. The boys were mud with en thusiasm. Oh, It certainly bodea 111 for Germany, that spirit. Aa we landed the French extended an enthualaatlc welcome. It was a proud moment for me aa we marched In perfect order to our quarters. Today haa been spent In a curious aurvey ef the French, their customs language, manners, money, etc. We have not yet secured liberty. I ex pect to learn lot on my flrstjlberty. We expect to be transported iby box cars to the training area. We have received no mall alnce leaving Quan . tlco, about three weeka ago, and cer tainly are anxious to get aome. . I will close now as there la much to be done and I want thla to reach you at the earliest possible moment, as you are anxious undoubtedly. I am radiant ly well and happy. Your loving son TED." WE ARE WELL EQUIPPED EVERYTHING THAT A GOOD STORE SHOULD CARRY IN STOCK YOU WILL FIND HERE. ESS OUR PRICES ARE AL- WAYS THE LOWEST CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY SERVICE, AND QUALITY MERCHANDISE. Wj WE SERVE TO SATISFY OUR CUSTOMERS Women's I'nlon Hulls, In the finest cotton... These are fttxhlonet! union nlU, In high neck, long sleeve and ankle length, some with low neck, no sleeves and ankle length, priced at $1.11.1 to $ 1.00 per null. Mlwtes and Children's Union Hulls In cotton and In wool, also cotton and wool mixed. Aged 2 years to 16 years, ' Very moderately priced. Men's I'nlon Hulls In heavy fleece lined garment, lunt the thing for winter at 92.78 per suit. Also taien's cotton anion soils in winter weight, in jersey ribbed. Very fine for winter, at $2.23 and $2.50 per suit. Men's Winter I'nlon Hulta In pure wool. Home are flannel and others are wool rtbrfrd. We have all priced garments In this line, 92.70. iI.OO, $3.5, 94.00, 90-50, 96.00 per suit. AImi men's silk wool union suit, at 97.50 and 98.00 per suit. Boys' Heavy Fleece Lined Winter Union Raits. These are very satisfactory for boys' winter wear. Our stock is complete In all xsizes and priced at the low price of only 91.75 per suit. i Men's Suits for Kali have arrived. Remember we han dle only .one ault of a kind except blue serge. The diminution of belts, pleata, and all auch extra trim mings haa Increased the appreciation of better design' lug and better tailoring. Watch our windows... They are priced at from 920.00 to 937 JWk A Good Overcoat. Our Fall line of men's overcoats are here. Double comfort Is a feature of our Fall ov ercoat; comfort In their snug protection and In their warmth, and comfort In their admirable style. Like our good ao it, they hail from the home of Brandegee Kincald Clothes. Our Overcoats are moderately pric ed at 9IS.SO to 930.00. Only one of a knd. Woolen Dress Goods for Fall are here in a large assort ment,.. French serges In all the new shades, also the plaids. These goods are 42 Inches and 50 Inches In width and are in the best qualities of French Serges, while our stock is complete write or phone for samples, if yon cannot call In person. Also all the new mix tures of woolen dress goods. ('offer A delightful accompaniment lo any meal. Different blends suit different palntea. Iet us suit yours. You will show good Judgment in what folks like by nerving our coffees. The taste la what haa made our blend a household name. We have all grades of Coffee at 2)c to 40c per pound, also all the popular brands In steel cut. Groceries We are Interested In you, we serve yon better every year. Of fer a greater variety, a better quality, at cloeer prices. Thus you can buy at a better advantage and you can buy better groceries here than ever be ' fore. I ' "Price and Principle" Is our slogan. Price, the lowest possible, principle the highest possible. It is our busi ness to sell goods to eat. We do sell you every good thing to eat that can be found in a well-equipped grocery store. . -' ' 'I i We will buy all the eggs you can bring us in trade. And we will always pay the market price. If yon have only one-half dosen bring them in. If ' yon have one thousand dozen, bring them in. KngllBh Walnuts This year's crop. These are all good large walnuts. If you are wanting any walnuts, buy three as they are every one good. One pound for 45 cents. v Diamond W brand Peauut Butter The best ever. . We have it In bulk at 80 cents per pound. Also In the 2Vt pound cans. All kinds of Fruits In gallons. These were bought at the right price. That is why we have the best prices on these. . It will pay yon to get our prices on fruits in gallons. " A cup of good tea is always welcome. It makes the visitor feel at home. The hostess more sociable. If yon hare not tried our tea, you have missed rare treat. f ' 1 This Store Opens at 7:30 a. m. W55 -Closet at 6 p. m. ES3 Except On Saturday! W5S l . ! Phone And Mail Orders Wg? Always Given Prompt Attention Ws September 17, 1918 Well I have been through the "bap tism of fire." the "test by fire," and hell besides. A hell not expressed in torms of bursting shell and glittering bayonet, but a hell of hunger and tblrat, and forced marches up and down hill, through mud ankle deep; marching by night and fighting by day, with almost no sleep, and that little In mud and Intense cold, with out blankets or shelter, from the In cessant rain. Yet lam well and hap py aa usual. Moreover, I have ac quired Hun souvenirs that the girls at home in the Statea will be anxious to see and hear about. We got back from the trenches last night, expecting at least a week's rest and believe me. we certainly need It, as you will agree with me af ter I relate my experiences but the rumor la rapidly gaining credence that our division is to return again at once to the front line. Well, I will start at the beginning. I told you I would not withhold any thing from you, and I won't. After the letter I wrote you from Brest (did you receive it?) we were sent up to the rest camp and had things pret tv eaav for a few days. We then boarded box cars, little French af fairs, packed like sardines, 40 men to a car. After a tearful madhouse of two days and nights without sleep, we landed at a pretty little village, where we were billeted. We had fine quarters ,and fine treatment from the natives. They forced wine. on all the boys who drank. With my little dictionary and my quart canteen I sallied forth the first night in quest of "laid" (milk) and "pain," (bread). I stopped at a lit tle farm cottage on the outskirts, and conversed smilingly and not so labor iously as you might Imagine, with the shy but delighted inhabitants. There was an old, toothless lady, grandmere, her son, about 60, his wife, abotu 50, with an 18-day old baby, their sonB, 17 and 10, and their ' daughter, a beautiful red cheeked girl of 16. I was broke, but had brought along various articles of apparel which I tried unsuccessfully to induce them to accept as a return for the lavish hospitality they for four days show ered upon me. Milk, both goat and cow, butter, cheese, confiture, (jam), stew, syrup, grapes, raisins, black berries, etc., etc. It waa only upon my leaving and my explaining that I could not take certain articles with me to the front, that they at Inst ac cepted them. When I left they kissed me, all of them, and seemed very sor ry to see me go.. The name of the family was Mobatre-Robert (pro nounced Robalre) Georges, Jhan, and Pierre, the names of the children. We boarded box cars again. Am- hour or so later 1,800 Hun reserves puled into town by rail and found us lined up along the track. They were all taken prisoners. Large parties of prisoners were now being sent back behind our UneB. 6,000 were taken that first day of our big drive (the 1 2th ) . That night, for the f IrBt time In 36 hours, we slept, safe In bomb proof dugouts. All that day too, we Baw, as we have Been every day since, big air battles saw planes. Hun and French and American go crashing to the ground, sometimes on fire. Huge tanks led us through the Hun trench es. One tank, being rather small, fell nose first into the trench, but it be ln gso heavily armored and arnitsi. and the Huns being obliged to retreat so rapidly, they were unable to cap ture It, it finally got out In going to Orleans, this time, 60 ,men to a car, the rear, it ran over an American sol and after a madhouse of two days and , d'er who waa sleeping in Its path. It nights, worse than before, we landed I certainly was a terrible sight. . at dusk at a certain point, marched The Hun trenches, through which through the mud with our 6o-pound we passed, gave ample evidence of packs until dawn. I win not expiate on that terrible night now, because H has been so often eclipsed since then, but you can Imagine. The next day they split us up among veteraa companies at the marine camp. We could now hear the distant thunder of the bl gguns. We were busy all day organizing and preparing to push forward and didn't get a wink of sleep, or water to wasluour hands, ev en. We left at dusk'and marched un til dawn through a driving rain and bitter wind, laden heavily with am munition, equipment and gear of var ious kinds. Our entire artillery had started a terrific, bombardment pre paratory to our going over the top the next morning. The noise was deafening, and the constant flashes that illuminated the night blinded us constantly. As our mall is strictly censored. I will not give the names of, or Identify the unitB taking part, a company went over in echelon skirmish line, then another company, and finally ourselves. The Huns retreated so rapidly that we did not come In con tact all day, until evening. We ma rines took a certain town, then. An 1 whnt A aurnrlaA tVio hlnv wna Rhent ironed to keep out the wet, they held Vlctrolas, books, electric lights and small stoves, and many French wom en were released when we captured the Boches. The next day, about 4 p. m. we pushed on again. I don't expect to be able to tell of that night, because It "beggars description," but I will try. We pushed through, first, acres of barbed wire, and it was pitch dark mind you. Finally, spent and torn, we reached a thorney wood, matted with barbed wire. We penetrated this with huge shells throwing masses of wet earth all over us, and spite ful little shell whining past, but mtr acously hitting no one. We reached a heavy wood, so close to the Hun that he never thought of our being there, and we were safe for the rest of the morning. That afternoon, my Bquad of automatics (the French sho sho) was detailed to hold a portion of a Bteep hillside in caBe of a Hun counter-attack, until our company was relieved, the next morning, we ensconced ourselves in a big shell hole, dug it deeper, camouflaged it artfully all to no avail. The moon was bright that evening and a mach ine gun nest and two lone snipers high on the hill confronting ub, spied ub. ' We could not see them, so could only crouch low and listen to the whiz-bangs (small calibre shell) plunking our bulwarks but not quite heavy enogh to penerate them, and to the whine and putt-putt of the rifles and machine gun bullets, re spectively, warming our ears. For tunately when relief came, about 3 a. m.; the night became very cloudy an dwe made a hasty and sate get away. We rejoined our platoon, and soon the long column was on its way, double-timing across a field com manded by a Hun machine gun, and with shot and shell dropping every where. Only one man was injured, however, ond he not very seriously, in the thigh. We got out of range about a. m. and spent the morning sleeping In a wood, marched all af ternoon and night (last night) and here lam, resting at last. I forgot to mention that I was taken with a light touch of ptomaine poisoning the last couple of days, which did not add to the pleasures of the march. It is a marvel how men can endure 'so much, and on corned beet and hard tack, too. with water, little) and far between drinks. And yet, such is the elasticity of youth, we are already re covering our spirits. During the time I was at the front, I was on various details (such as get ting water, and raiding Hun villages tor food) and I came aero ssthe most amazing trophies, a numbe of which I am retaining. Large quantities of Sterling silver, salad forks, desert forks, spoons, etc., all of which we were, of course, obliged to leave be hind. A heavy beautiful Hun helmet, elaborately etched and chased in gold, which my squad and myself startled an officer at his chow, into leaving behind, while he beat a hasty retreat. I strapped It to my pack and carried it for about an hour, but it was so heavy, with the other stuff that I was carrying, that I ditched it. t have a Hun razor, a locket set for three stones but with all of them mis sing (I can't open it, but perhaps you canget some licksmith to do so) and a cap of some non-com. I will for ward these If, after our next week In the trenches, we stop somewhere that I can do so, and perhaps by then I will have some more to send with them. Now, I hope you have not worried at not having heard from me oftener. I assure you. if you receive a letter once a month you will do very well. Consider poor me, who have not re ceived a letter for over six weeks and probably will not get one for six months. And be brave and pray that, as the world is fervently praying, the war will end this year. And remem ber the Huns are bo dispirited and re treating so fast, that I have every chance in the world of returning to you unscathed. Must close now to make prepara tions for the march. I hope the cen sor is not too hard on this letter. You may publish It in the home papers if you wish. I am carrying your picture over my heart, with the Testament you gave me. Lovingly TED. w. s. s. SERGT. WILLIAMSON BACK FROM BATTLE FRONT ' Sergeant W. J. Williamson, expert rifleman of the 61st Infantry, is home on a 10 days' furlough visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Williamson. He enlisted in January before war was declared, in the1 regular army, and has won for himself the title of sergeant. He represents one of the first stars to go on the service flag of Graves' Martial Band. While crossing the Atlantic the convoy of the transport upon which he was traveling, encountered five enemy submarines, four of which were sent to the bottom and the fifth one was captured and taken in tow. Sereeant Williamson has seen ac tual fighting service In recent en gagements and was one of 37 out of 200 men who escaped in fighting condition the others either having; been killed in action or disabled. He says in one drive when they had the Hun on the run he was 11 days with but little sleep. They kept the enemy going after having him once started and won for themselves a standing among the French fight ers equal to none other upon the bat tle field. He also tells of the wonderful work of the Red Cross and Salvation Army right on the firing line. Upon one occasion he says the women brought hot doughnuts and hot coffee to the boys right in the trenches with the enemy only a short ways removed. Sergeant Williamson Is a nephew of Joseph Townseud of Powell Butte, w. s. s. MAN SELLS; GOES TO WAR. James L. Blanchard, 42, With Wife and 7 Children, Does His Bit. James L. Blanchard, 42 years old, farmer, receives $65 a month from the Government as a member of th Students' Army Training Corps. Mr. oiancnara, wno is me oiaest man IB the S. A. T. C. here, receives a month ly allotment of $15 tor his wife, $10 tor the oldest child, $7.60 for th second, and $5 each for the other children up to a maximum of $(. He has seven children, the eldest be ing 18. Three of the children are in high school, three in grammar school, and the seventh is an Infant. Mr. Blanchard read of the need for 10,000 officers tor the Armyr sold his farm near Prinevllle and en tered the Students' Training Corps).. He is enthusiastic about hla work, there. CHICHESTER S PILLS Vc Tll DIAMOND BRAND. A Tmke m attor. Bur .f Tim. V DrmM. Ak fo O lll-C ifKTini f DIAMOND BRAND PILLS. Aw nm known u Bttt, SUM. 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