OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL 3, 1919
5
RED GROSS GIFTS
5400000,000
War Council on Retirement An
nounces Cash and Supplies
Contributed.
WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON."
Five Big Societies In World Wide Plan.
H. P. Divlson Heads International
American Red Cross Commission
: Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent
Leader of Peace Organization.
Washington. (Special.) Henry P.
Davison ns chulnimn Issues the follow
ing statement on behalf of the War
Council of the American Red Cross :
"To tho American People:
"The War Council of the American
Red Cross appointed by President Wil
son on Muy 10, 1017, to carry on the
work of the American Red Cross dur
lug the wur, at their request and by
vote of the Central Committee, ceased
at midnight, February 28.
"Immediately the armistice was
signed the War Council Instituted
studies to determine when the strict
ly wur work of the organization would
have been sufficiently matured to en
able the direction of affairs to be re
sumed by the permanent staff. Henry
P. Davison, being in Paris when the
' armistice was signed, summoned a
conference there of the heads of all
the Red Cross Conimlsslons In Europe
to canvass the situation. After con
sidering all the factors It was con
cluded to make the transition on
March 1. The very fortunate choice
of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new
chairman of the Central Committee,
and thereby the permanent chief ex
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes possi
ble the consummation of this plan un
der the most favorable conditions.
Accounts Audited by War Department
"Detailed reports to Congress and a
complete oudlt of Its accounts by the
War Department will constitute the
final record of Red Cross activity dur
ing the war. Although It has been
the rule to make public all expendi
tures when authorized and to give de
tailed Information relative to all work
undertaken, the War Council In turn
ing over Its responsibilities to Dr. Far
rand and his associates desire to give
a brief resume of Red Cross war time
activities to the American people, to
whom the Red Cross belong, and whose
generous contributions have made pos
sible all that has been accomplished.
"During the past nearly twenty-one
months the American people have
given In cash and supplies to the
American Red Cross more thnn $400,-.
000,000, No value can be placed upon
the contributions of service which
have been given without stint and of
tentimes at great sacrifice by millions
of our people.
"The effort of the American Red
Cross In this war has constituted by
far the .largest voluntury gifts of
money, of hand and heart, ever con
tributed purely for the relief of hu-
man suffering. Through the Red Cross
the heart and spirit of the whole
American people have been mobilized
to take enre of our own, to relieve the
misery Incident to the war, and also
to reveal to the world the supreme
Ideals of our national life.
"Everyone who has had any part In
this war effort of the Red Cross is en
titled to congratulate himself. No
thanks from anyone could be equal In
value to the self satisfaction every
one should feel for the part taken.
Fully 8,000,000 American women have
exerted themselves In Red Cross serv
ice. Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members.
"When we entered the war the
American Red Cross lind about 500,000
members. Today, as the result of the
recent Christmas membership Roll
Call, there are upwards of 17,000,000
full paid members outside of the mem
bers of the junior Red Cross, number
ing perhaps 9,000,000 school children
additional.
"The chief effort of the Red Cross
during the war has been to care for
our men. In service and to aid our
nrmy and navy wherever the Red
Cross mny be called on to assist As
to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen
eral Ireland of the U. S. Army recent
ly snld: 'The Red Cross has been an
enterprise as vast ns the war Itself.
From the beginning It has done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wanted done, but could not do Itself.'
"The Red Cross endeavor In France
has naturally been upon an exception
ally large scale where service has
been rendered to the American Army
and to the French Army and the
French people as well, the latter par
ticularly during the trying period
when the Allied World was waiting
for the American Army to arise In
force and power. Hospital emergency
service for our army In France has
greatly diminished, but the Red Cross
Is still being called upon for service
upon a large scale In the great base
hospitals, where thousands of Ameri
can sick and 'wounded are still receiv
ing attention. At these hospitals the
Red Cross supplies huts and facilities
for the amusement and recreation of
the men as they become convalescent
Our Army of Occupation In Germany
was followed with Medical units pre
pared to render the same emergency
aid and supply service which was the
primary business of the Red Cross
during hostilities The Army Cnnteen
sorv'-'P nlons the lines of travel has
C0LT0N
A special school meeting was call
ed Friday night by Chairman Julius
Hult, of Colton district, to consider
the matter of putting in n water
system for the schools. The meeting
was well attended and a large vote
was given for it. The system to be
used is "gravity,". Both schools,
Colton High and Cedar Dale, will be
piped. It is a plan of the district to
furnish the town of Colton with water
at a minimum rate of a dollar a
month per house. The water will be
taken from Cannon creek, and Bull
creek. Bids are now out for the
work to be done.
Mrs. Axel Johnson nnd dnncrhtof
Bernice, are visiting relatives in
rortiand.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bonnie, nf Mn
lino, were visiting at Colton the past
weoK. ,
Miss Laura Moore, of O. A. C,
was visiting with the Claude Wins
low and P. O. Chindgrin family the
past weeK-ena.
Mis. Olive Sutton has relincuinsh
ed her claim on her homestead to Mr.
W. C. Barrell, of Portland. Mrs.
Sutton will visit relatives in Eastern
Oreiron before settling down. ,
Mrs. Philip Hult and children, of
Mulino, are visiting the Julius Hult
iamiiy.
Mr. and Mrs. ottbere-. of OivhnrHa
Wash., were Colton visitors over
baturday and Sunday.
High school friends of the Morris
girls eave them a mimrinn nnrtv
Thursday night. Tho Morris' expect
to leave lor JNewport, Ore., soon.
Vadameen Hill had the misfortune
to break his arm while riding a horse
last week.
Hult brothers moved their
j
engine out from Mulino Tuesday.
The neighbors of Judge and Mrs.
Beck gave a house warming Saturday
evening at the Beck home. The
Becks recently came from Mnlalln-
Ernest Jones and familv were visit
ors at the Kimmey home over the
week-end.
The Ladies' --Aid societv nf the
Swedish church Was held At Alienist
Johnson's last Thursday.
Mrs. Charlie Beck was an Oregon
City visitor Saturday.
Miss Vindla Hill, music teacher of
the Colton high, will present her
pupils at a recital Thursday evening,
April 10th everybody invited.
County Agriculturist and the Coun
ty Superintendent of Clackamas
county were visitors at the Colton
scnools Tuesday.
Walter Gorbett rented the eighty
acres of Mr. Husbands, on which he
will pasture his sheep.
MOUNT PLEASANT
With such good weather we all
forget about the rain and went to
work. Yes, we had to.
Our enterprising road boss, A. C.
Warner, has made some needed re
pairs. Some more will be acceptable.
John Chnstenson has been spray
ing his prune orchard, as has A. A.
Pease, also.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cromer, of
Berkeley, California, spent a few
days at this place visiting friends on
their way to Stanfleld, Mont., to em
bark in the bee industry.
Mrs. Ethel Johnson, formerly Ethel
Holmes, who has been several weeks
in the hospital, is now convalescing.
Quite an interesting letter came
from Douglas King, who some time
took a berth on the dreg, Chinook,
for Charleston harbor, and was in
the hospital at Balboa with a bad
cut on his foot. He says they had a
fine trip through the canal.
Mr. Geo. Himes, of Portland, spent
a few days visiting at the A. C. War
ner home.
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Slinger, who
some time since bought a farm near
Eugene, have been unable to move on
account of Mrs. Slinger's father be
ing taken ill. He is somewhat Im
proved at this time, however.
Mrs. S. H. Reed and Mrs. E. E.
Reed spent the week-enn at Canby,
the guest of Mrs. Carl Joehnke.,
Mrs. L. D. Williams is spenning a
few days with friends at Stanfleld
in Eastern Oregon. She is contem
plating, on her return, to go over
seas as Mr. Williams may remain in
France some time.
A. Egger just recently sold several
nice pigs. One weighed 760 pounds,
and netted him $103.
Charles Brown, our poultryman, is
getting over two crates of eggs per
day.
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WRITES TO PARENTS
The following letter was received
yesterday from Sergeant Elvin W.
Smith by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Smith, of Parkplace, Ore. He
writes ..that he has arrived from
France and is now in the hospital in
New York City. Sergeant Smith
joined the colors in-June, 1917, and
was sent overseas in November the
same year. The letter follows:
March 26, 1919. My Dear Mother:
Well, I'm back in the good old U. S.
A. once more. Got here Monday, but
didn't get into this hospital until
nearly midnight of that day.- Talk
about system they surely have it
here. They took us off the transport
on to a ferry boat and had a string
of ambulances waiting at the dock.
We then went through a series of
rooms. In one we discarded all of
our clothes and were inspected for
cooties or itch and "Flu.," then we
went through hot shower baths and
were handed pajamas and sent to
supper and to bed.
The Grand Central Palace is a
twelve-story building and I am on
the tenth floor. We are well fed and
the Red Cross gives out everything
from cigars and cigarettes to apples
and oranges. Yesterday I swore to
an affidavit and got all of my back
pay, and today I am to get a full new
uniform. They give passes to every
one from noon to midnight and every
afternoon there is a string of auto
mobiles waiting to take the boys on
sight-seeing trips around town.
They also give tickets to all the big-
i gest and best shows in town and in
vitations to luncheons at different
principal clubs. The boys sure are
treated like kings.
Of course I haven't been out of the
building yet as I draw my outfit this
afternoon. I'll be stepping around
and seeing the sights by tomorrow at
this time. The worst of it all is that
we only stay here about a week and
then are sent to the nearest camp to
home. This is a debarkation and
evacuation hospital and we are only
kept here long enough to get paid
and outfitted, so 1 11 be following this
letter pretty closely.' I think they
will send me to Camp Lewis and I'll
be home mighty soon after I hit
there. I understand they give every
one a ten-day furlough as soon as
they arrive at the camp nearest
their home.
I wrote and mailed a card on board
the boat and I was going to send you
a telegram as soon as I landed, but I
finally decided not to as they might
get it twisted and you would think
something had happened. My ankle
is just about well, so I now can walk
without hardly a limp. As yet I
haven't a permanent address, so don't
write, besides I'll be there in person
in less than two weeks. Will have to
stop for nowi. "So long" until next
time. Lovingly your son,
- ELVIN. .
TTTA
HOW TO GET YOUR AU
OUT OF MUD MINUS CHAINS
A resourceful motorist whose car
has been stuck in, the mud docs not
always have to fall back on a pair
of mules to get free. For such an
emergency the United States Tire
Company offers some suggestions
that have proved valuable.
The first calls for having stored
away somewhere in the car a stack
of old newspapers. When the car
gets stuck and the wheels refuse to
take hold, feed in some of the old
papers between the tires and the mud.
Usually only a few will have to be
worked in before the wheels will be
gin to grip and the car start for
ward. This method of handling a
difficult situation is so simp'i and so
uniformly successful, .that every mo
torist should know of it and carry a
pile of old newspapers, unless he is
equipped with some other apparatus
for such a contingency.
Here is the other method suggest
ed by the United States Tire Com
pany: Put the car in low, and if you
cannot feed the gas with your foot
evenly, so that the wheels will re
volve slowly, put your emergency
brake on. Do not put it on so that
the wheels will not revolve at all,
but tightly enough to keep them from
revolving rapidly. With the wheels
turning slowly, the maximum pull is
delivered1 to them by having the car
m low gear, and so long as they
turn' slowly they can get the benefit
of the tremendous power.
It is not always wise, to fill the
hole with .stones or bricks, for their
rough edges are hard on tires.
Small branches of trees are better,
as they offer much better tractive
space. Should this method fail,
quite often a slight push that would
not much more than move a baby
buggy will furnish just the added
amount of power necessary to get
the car going.
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given that the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon, for the County of Clackamas,
has appointed the undersigned exe
cutors of the Will and Estate of Vic
toria Y. Bennett, deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said decedent, or her estate, are here
by given notice that they shall pre
sent them to the undersigned execut
ors at the office of Jos. E. Hedges,
Esq., in the Weinhard building, in
Oregon City, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice,
with proper vouchers duly verified.
Date of first publication, April 3rd,
1919.
JOS. E. HEDGES,
C. H. DYE,
Executors of the will and estate of
Victoria Y. Bennett, deceased.
JOS. F., HEDGES,
Attorney.
RED CROSS JUNIORS ARE
MODERN HEALTH CRUSADERS
Fifty five thousand Oregon chil
dren, 4G,000 of them in the. counties
of Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill,
Washington, Columbia and Tilla
mook, are now modern health crusad
ers of the American Junior Red
Cross.
And of those counties, while Mult
nomah heads the list became of close
organization in Portland, Clackamas
comes a remarkable second-best with
4136 children, embracing the students
of two-thirds of the county schools,
taking up the Red Cross health program.
The Junior Red Cross crusaders
in the other counties of the Portland
chapter are: Columbia, 1300; Tilla
mook 12 (this showing due to many
schools closed as a result of influen
za but expected shortly to be won
derfully bettered); Washington 1877;
Yamhill 2000; Multnomah county out
side Portland 1424, and 31,189 in
Portland proper.
And now you know the reason, Mr.
and Mrs. Parent, why little Willie
has been going to bed so religiously,
scrubbing his teeth, washing his face
and hands, cleaning his finger nails,
getting lots of sleep, and always
smiling. For Willie and 55,000 other
school Willies and Marys are deter
mined to be enrolled first as squires
(which takes five weeks of this reg
ular program), then as knights,
which requires 10 weeks, and then as
knight bannerets, . which requires 15
weeks perfect score.
But who keeps score? you ask.
Why the Junior Red Crossers them
selves. The whole Crusade idea was
based on honor. Just the same with
the modern Crusaders. So every lit
tle Willie and every little Mary is
engaged nightly in keeping count of
the number of times faces were
washed, the number of baths taken
and the number of glasses of water
drunk every day. The teachers have
helped enthusiastically.
CHINESE HAD BRIGHT IDEA
Attempted Reproduction of Machine,
However, Didn't Win Any
Approval From Aviator.
After completing his service in the
United States army (he enlisted in
1907), Ruoul Luf berry roamed over
Japan and China and India. During
his travels he ran across nn airplane
exhibition flight in Saigon. Marc Pour
pe, the famous French trick flyer, was
barnstorming In the far East, He gave
Lufbery employment as mechanic, and
thus occupied In a new and fascinating
pursuit", Lufbery continued his air
plane education for three years under
Pourpe. The experience lasted until
the beginning of the great war.
While performing in China the two
aviators were struck with the unusual
warmth of their welcome and the re
peated invitations they received to
prolong their stay. They were over
whelmed with gifts as well as with
praise, and. received many marks of
royal .favor.
Their hosts examined the strange
bird again and again, received the un
intelligible explanations of its mirac
ulous flight, made measurements and
drawings, and excitedly discussed the
problem with one another, while the
two foreigners examined the new gifts
that had been lavished upon them.
Finally the secret of this prolonged
hospitality was out. Pourpe and Luf
bery were conducted In. state to a.
neighboring city,' where the Chinese
experts had all this time been con
structing their first airplane. It was
far more marvelous to the airmen than
was the original.
Upon approaching the inclosure, the
aviators saw the admiring populace
roll back, disclosing to view a gorge
ous spectacle the first Chinese air
plane. Stepping nearer to study the
magnificent creation theyheard the
subdued roar of the engine above the
riotous clamor of foreign tongues.
Politely examining the framework
and multicolored fabric, they found
the spars, struts and flooring to be
constructed of light bamboo. The
beautiful fabric was of the lightest
tissue paper.
The roar of the engine continued.
Placing an ear against the engine
hood, Pourpe tried to fathom this mys
tery. The propeller stood motionless,
a splendid production of highly pol
ished tenk wood and mahogany, but
undeniably Indifferent to the healthy
manifestations of engine power with
in. Several coolies anchored the im
patient machine to earth by holding
desperately to its framework with all
their might.
The crowd was pressed back and
the airman cordially Invited to climb
into the seat. He demurred politely,
and Inquired, with gestures, as to the
character of the motor and the fuel.
And could he examine the spark
plugs?
The engine hood was reluctantly re
moved. A huge swarm of angry bees
was buzzing madly within the glass
cage, rivaling In the Intensity of their
fury the noise of Rourpe's own power
ful motor. The Chinese had estimated
conscientiously the amount of weight
that could be carried by one bee and
after carefully weighing the new air
plane their mathematical experts had
Inclosed enough bees to carry the
whole weight, adding a few extra bees
to give a small margin of extra horse
power for emergencies.
But Pourpe was dissatisfied with the
soundness of these arithmetical caclu-
latlons and declined to fly, much to
the disappointment of his new friends.
Laurence La. Tourette Drlggs in Century.
England Breeds Rabbits for Food.
Rabbit breeding in England has been
undertaken by the government in an
effort to relieve the shortage of meat
due to the war.
The National Utility Rabbit asso
ciation. It was announced recently, has
established a central breeding station
and stud exchange in Vauxhall, Lon
don. The first club started In London
under auspices of the association is at
the Royal mews, Buckingham palace.
The primary object Is to build up as
quickly as possible a large supply of
the best pedigreed stock, which will be
sent to provincial breeding centers.
These In turn will supply breeding
stock to smaller stations.
Each of the larger provincial centers
will have 100 breeding does, while the
smaller stations will keep on hand
about 20 each. Itls the hope of offi
cials that all allotment societies, food
production organizations, women's In
stitutes and many factories, munition
works, school and summer camps will
form rabbit clubs to be affiliated with
the national association.
Study of Rats Valuable.
After 11 years of experimenting
with rats, Dr. E. V. McCollum, head
of the chemistry department of the
school of hygiene and public health
of Johns Hopkins university, has
reached the conclusion that the food
requirements of all animals, Includ
ing man, are the same.
He declares that the extensive con
sumption of dairy products is neces
sury to produce a vigorous race and
prolong life.
During the years that Doctor Mc
Collum has been studying this ques
tion, especially Interesting now, when
food Is playing such an Important
part In the affairs of the world, he
has been housing about 1,500 white
and hybrid rats In his laboratory.
. Fortunate Man. -
Pessimist Jones How it Is, Smith,
that you look so hale and happy and
well?
nntimist Smith Every time I sit
down to worry I faH asleep. Pearson's.
No state in the union can compare
with Oregon's health showing. Soon
all over. Oregon there will be still a
finer showing and the Junior Red
Cross will have done it
Schools whose members are not yet
leagued with the modern health Cru
saders, and who are not in the Junior
Red Cross may learn all about it by
writing to Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, Jun
ior Red Cross Chairman, at the Port
land Chapter, American Red Cross,
who will refer them to the proper
officials in each county. -
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