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OREGONCITY ENTERPRISE
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A GOOD HORSE.
United States Senator Charles L.
McN'ary lias made formal announce
ment of his cotididaoy to succeed
himself as senator from Oregon. He
has resigned his position as chairman
of the republican state central com
mittee, and is preparing to make such
a fight as is necessary to retain his
seat in the tipper house of congress.
Hut he says that, if congress is in
session when the cinuiakn comes on.
he intends to stay in Washington r.d sate to assign any mint to tneir opera
attend to the duties of his position t ions.
and lot his campaign lu re ran itself.
The Pallas Observer of December i
4 says it ought not to be net rssary
tor Judge McN'ary to make any cam-
patgn. It ought not to be necessary
for his friends to niekf any campaign j
for him. He has boon in Washington I
long enough to learn the "ropes" and j
to be list ful to the si.itd a;id to the j
nation. He has been a. senator only
a very short time,, hut lie has made j
good on the job. Ho lias been wen-1
partisan in his co-ndm , and has done
everything that co.ii-1 le done to up-;
t.oid the gov crr.a-.uu m its war erWs.
And thai is ahc-r.t the only thir.i t;..i!
needs to concern a member of con-j
gie;-s right now. -Vr. JI.-N.iry is cv-i.;,,
posed t.) the president in po'.i-U-l
faith, bat he has given the presid.-r.t
his unqualified support ui an t ss. ;
t'.al war measures. Au.,1 that, is more ;
than ci;n he said of many of the mem- i
bets of the prcsitU ut s own party
The onlv thine that can be said
'
"I"""01 ,o ...... ""i
a poor politician. Hut the vote in '
Oregon last year showed that the peo
ple of this state admire poor politi
cians. Oregon was the only state on
the coast which npheij "poor" politi
cians such as Judge MeXary. Dy
that vote, they showed that they were
tired of -'gang" rule, and wanted just
such things as Judge .MeXary repre-
sent cleanness and uprightness and
personal and political integrity.
As chairman of the republican state .ever begins to count like the satisi'ac-j
central committee. Judge McN'ary un-tir,n of giving happiness to some nth-1
consciously drew aj sharp a distinc- er person, particularly if that perou
Hon between the old time political!' having a hard nib to get abm;. !
methods and his own ideals as it is Then Christmas is always the day of
possible to conceive. And lie' won i childhood. The bet fun comes wh -. i
the fiKht in Oregon, notwithstanding j 'ou ,he sparkle in the faces of.
the handicaps which the party was I tlle kidlets. It is amazing how- a
unfortum.te enough to be working un-! creaky jointed old boy of sevlaty,
der. One only had to walk from head-i ftH'!s himself limbering up as he dis-'
quarters of Judge McN'ary in the Sell-j tributes a bum h of jacknives and;
ing building, one short Mock to th!l!a"3 10 a hunch of tumultuous youns-i
headquarters of the Multnomah coun-! sters- !
ty committee, to see unl realii.e tlu-j The other side of Christmas is
difference between gentlemen aad aMiior; conventional and altogether too
certain brand of politicians. Tlu j t?rotyped. There Hre people that
chief marvel in some counties was Shave a gi:i list of a hundn d or more
that the party fared no worse thati J pecple to be remembered. Ry the
it did, and that the result was as sat- time the last packagj is done un with
isfactory as it was. was due largely to
Judge McXary's efforts.
As one of the justices of the Ore
gon supreme court, Judge MeXary
made an enviable record. As a sensa
tor from Oregon, he is approachable,
and trustworthy, and a credit to the
state. No one who admires good
clean public service can find a flaw
in his character or in his record.
And besides, it is a poor time to
take chances. It is a poor time to
change, when you are already being
well served. The old adage is still
good: "Don't swap horses in the mid
dle of the stream." MeXary is a goo 1
horse.
LAND HUNGER.
Some people are never satisfied n.ieostI' n v. ek es that are merely nret-
til they own a piece of real estate. ! ty t0 !oo',t ut- People should inquire
They want a corner of God's earth 1 aro':::'1 ''' r;!lJ out what their friends
that they can really call their own,, "'"'!!r! like in th';ir ,lail' lives and
from which no man can drive them so;'hi'n ,1,ey p!l0!l!,t anticipate those
long as they pay their debts.
It i3 a very healthful and wholesome
instinct, yet in the hands of undevel
oped people It makes trouble. The
Mexican revolution was largely due to
the land hunger of the neon. The Itus-
sian peasant 13 bo upset over his
chances to get some land that he can't
fight for his country. j
After the war great numbers of
aliens will come over here with the v l'eoI,!e wak I about one week be
hope to acquire a bit of soil. Among (fur'-' tne holiday to the fact that the
our own people there is too little land!
hunger. Artisan populations dislike!
to tie themselves down to any one'
spot. They want to be free to pick up
and go the moment a better job calls!
them. This works against the enrich-'1
tnent of the soil in the farm country,;
and against the Improvement and
beautificHtlon nf town lifp.
The alien that comes in here will
take on some heavy burdens to get; 1 u"rhs "ow that the holiday
the title to land. He will pay down aj ''M' of r"-uce ' anh and good
email percentage of real money ttnd '" , ,. " ""'m-
gign up for a heavy mortgage. He! , " ""'"";s a rand scrimmage to
works early and late with help of wife j';" !'ur'ki)S"s ""! rmd them by
and children, and spends next to noth-1 , , a"'1 '"' l""r'" ;- An over the conn
ing for clothes or sports. He gets!!0 -1;t'-' and railroad cars and
there, outdistancing many of the ! , I arR HU'Ul' "Iy t""iped by Bev-
native stock who are held ba'-V byi
higher standards of living and morei
cautious spirit. Th; , , V , fclr""1 ana worrv-
Any scheme to Induce our people to ' yJ, forward to Christmas as
take up the ownership of more land " . "'lIia"J' u""; tbe year,
looks good L, Klve a!iy t0 much fr
When a man settles down to pay oft Tbo 'l'."",' nl' re,.?ive inJ,1(liclo"sy
a mortgage in Oregon City he estab- , 9h"stma" on
llshes himself as a Bubstantial citi- L 1P-d ,, . p ! t7 mDey
Ben. The more he improves his place ' ' Un' thr.?U,gh
the more he helps on the community.,- 7 ZinSl
People should have good courage ,., , R,l(jr1 , ' anV, ,
about it. They should reflect that land ! J',, ; -
units icon
a small amount of casn, tneir equny on
the property Is likely to double in a
few years.
DISASTER AFTERTHOUGHTS.
The fearful disaster at Halifax, N,
S... has many suggestions for our peo
ple wherever locaiea. ",u wnu.
tlons as they are now, it is a time to
foresee all kinds of mishaps and dis
asters, from more or less ssrious fires
to explosions with terrible loss of
A network of spies and plots ex-
tends its ramifications all through the
Tutted States. They are working at
lonely prairie stations where food ii
stored, as w.dl as on the water fronts
of the ports where munitions are go
ing out. When anything like the Hail
fax calamity occurs, it is one's first
thought to attribute it to the plot ss
tern. Of course it is difficult to be
lievc. that the plotters could have
made two vessels collide in a harbor.
Yet these follows work with Mich des
peration and ingenuity (hat it is not
They are looking everywhere for s
clianon to destroy muni! iocs, fo,l.
and other Jvvar supplies, railroad
bridges and terminals, mines, etc. !!
ts a time for keeping close watch j
over every bit of property connected !
with the war. A great deal of wont)
will have to be dene gua-V
prop -rty. and as much, of i
be- volunteer work as possible
fori es should give first atie
protection of property hav i
Felice!
uion toi
g .-
vaJ-se, even if they hav e to ti. -,
:-o:;io if their other function,
j An,.;U -r afterthought relate t
. necessity of care in handin g e
MVtvt. Most i-.eop'.e who haw i;
become carcleU. Thov f.'rtct
j .4-ut ,, haxard of it and s.-.-.e
' .vcro ;s a fatality. Every ruilr
f;ii., a,ui ,nu.k oarrvinc r,-'-
s should be handled with the ;nai- i
;l,-lm cani j
It is not likely that all tho-v d s i-t
ers are caused by spies. Some of the :n
- .re ,,, 1, ,.r,-t.inwa If i. -, i
r;;rt . ,' "I,
i and for a great deal of Safety 1'irv. i
tulk
THE GIFT CUSTOM.
The Christmas gift custom has been
a two sided one. First there is the
lively spirit of making other
peop;e
I happy. Nothing you receive yourself i
red ribbon and holly stickers, thev feel
about ready for a rest cure at a sani
tarium. Slany people look over their gifts
with coldly appraising eye, and the
amount they spend is just about pro
portioned to what they ga. That is
but a fake Cbri.itr.ms.
Ia this year of war. Christmas
should have a distinctive and appro
priate character. It is interesting in
looking over the stocks of the stores
of Oregon City, to note how practical
the modern idea of Christmas is get
ting. O ir merchants ar doing their
best to convert, the public to that hab
it. They would like to see their cus
tomers buy goods of solid worth that
will be useful in the household.
The thing to do then is not to select
i wants. It is
1 ..
' u 13 w'mi rr':i1 satisfaction
mat one receives a sift r,f that Hn,i
, for
iiwas fits.
EARLY BUYING.
1 ' "risnnas gilt etutom is a very
o-t. , ...
' Uirlli"" 01ie if handled with some
common eetise and consideration for
those who ;;erve us. i;ut.
if millions
M ls 'ist be purchased and
Sf'''nt tho simultaneous burden of
vork, thlls creted makes a lot of
troul'!e-
As a res,l!t f 'hi identical impulse,
,C0I',e 1,11 ;it once, in what might
m like ;ni atttrrk
popular hys-
tepa.
"j-'iii to throng the stores. In
fd tb-in the rush becomes a
I som
i,'s"!r's aH th
(lay approaches.
p".n tunes tneir usual business. The
1 jUii'.(jj th worn many hours overtime,
' : imi',, ,..n.i;, I, .... .e .
mm! anu express.
Then the last week mieht well h
leit to people who are hard up for
money and can't anticipate their
wants, if the strain could be distri-
" " ft tins way, uie occasion would
Impose no great hardshin on nnvom.
and a' great deal of happiness would
ub given.
THE WORLD'S FOOD SHORTAGE
Many people believe that the idea
of food shortage is largely imaginary.
They think it is promoted by food spec
ulators, middlemen and trusts, to ex
cuse and to conceal their exorbitant'
prices. A moot deplorable selfishness
and lack of patriotism has been shown
among these element, which are con
stantly enriching themselves while
the poor go hungry, and the govern
ment's war work is hampered.
But when you look at the cold flg
ures of production and consumption,
increase of population, and stationary
or declining supplies, tt Is Impossible
to deny that a scarcity exist. While
attempting to curb the speculators, we
must not forget the law of supply
and demand, and make every effort
to Increase supply.
It is not sufficient that there should
be barely enough food to supply the
people. There needs at all times to
be an ample margin, else the specu
lators can corner the market and force
the people to pay an extortionate
price.
Much could be done by better sys
tems of marketing. Storage plants are
needed in country districts and
cities, better terminal facilities, side
trackage and convenient means of un
loading and loading, systems of mo
tor trucks for collection and delivery.
Such systems cost a great deal of
money. With the world shortage of
capital, it is not clear where these
funds are to come from.
Many people believe the farmer is
getting rich at present prices. Yet j
when ho has paid twice as much as
formerly for labor and machinery and
three times as much for seed, his pro
fit seems to bo largely on paper. The,
rightly developed farm should make!
money. Dut there are millions of lit-!
tie fellows that are still struggling!
along. We teed more food producers.!
Young men of foresight are respond-j
ing to the opportunity, but they can't ;
expect any bonanza under present con-;
ditions.
WHY?
j
"Some adtuinisration newspapers j
assert that this is no time for polities,"
and that This is no time to talk about!
the tariff.'
' if this is no time for politics why
has the Democratic National Commit
tee recently reorganized on the most
systematic campaign basis ever at-j
tempted by any party committee In the J
I'nited States? Why Is that commit
tee issuing partisan publicity matter
and maintaining an extensive publicity
bureau? If this is no time for poli
tics, why do we have a solidly Demo
cratic cabinet, why are the Democrat
ic campaign contributors given the
most powerful positions in our war or
ganization and why the chairman of
the Democratic Xational Committee
chosen to go as a representative of
this country to the war conference In
Kurope?
'If this is no time to talk tariff, why
are we maintaining a tarriff commis
sion, why was that commission placed
in the control of free traders, and why
is the commission now conducting a
tariff injury? Shall tre business men
of America keep silent while an official
organization of free traders talk tariff?
Shall men who exercise alert foresight
in their private business adopt a
'Watchfut waiting' policy in public af
fairs? Shall we postpone prepared
ness for peace until peace has come?)
bnau men be told that they are nerv
ous and hysterical' when they urge
preparedness for war? Shall men who
believe in 'America First' leave tariff
discussion and tariff legislation to that
political party which, in 1913, legis
lated for Europe and Asia first?
"Shall Republicans cease to talk
politics while all the power of the ad
ministration Is being used to place
Democrats in office? Let the Demo
cratic press answer." Statement of
Ex-Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of
Oregon. ,
MUST FIGHT ALL SIDES.
Clemenceau, the old lion who has
come back to power in France, is
quoted as saying that a winter cam
paign will be caried on in Italy. Then,
of necessity, a winter campaign must
be carried on in Flanders and In
France. The Teutons must be en
gaged with all their force on every
available front if a winter campaign
is to be attempted anywhere. The one
great trouble with the allies' opera
tions thus far has been that there
has been no sustained, concerted
pressure upon the enemy from all
sides at the same time. In conse
quence, the Germans have been able
to take every advantage of their in
terior lines and have shifted men and
guns at will to every threatened point.
If the western front is to dig in thin
winter, as usual, the Italian front can
be strengthened with surplus troops
from the west whenever the Germans
see the need of such a movement. It
may be that the proposed winter cam
paign in Italy, with its corollary in
the West, prompted Lloyd George to
his inquiry about the first million
Americans on the firing line. A win
ter campaign on both fronts can be
carried on successfully only if we
make a substantial contribution to
its man-power or if England still fur
ther depletes the forces which she
has been keeping at home as against
the day of possible invasion. It may
be that we idiall take an earlier part,
in the war than our swivel chair ex
perts have reconed upon.
SUPPRESS BOLSHEVIKI EVERY.
WHERE.
I-enine. and Trotsky do not hesitate
to declare their conviction that the
proletariat in all warring lands will
lend aid to their scheme for an arm
istice and a negotiated peace. And
the chances are that in every warring
land there will be some who will seek
to aid such a propaganda. Whether
the scheme succeeds or not and
probably the latter will be its fate
there will remain the germ of an in
ternational organization In socialism
which may develop into a serious
menace after the war is over. It re
quires no hectic imagination to pic
ture what might happen if, indeed, thc
proletariat' of all lands should unite
in a common program of government;
and unless a stern lesson is now read
to Lenine and to Trotzky and to all
others of their kidney everywhere,
the world will some day suffer from
Its weakness even as Kerensky now
suffers for not having dealt with the
Holshevlki leaders as they deserved
last spring. A few active flring-
squads now may save the employment
of armies later.
BURLESON BLUNDERS.
Somebody In the post offio depart
ment has certainly pluyod a cruel Joke
on Postmaster General Hurleson. In
the annual report of the postmaster
general appear the statement that "tt
has bevn th experience of the depart
ment that the greatest refonns In the
postal service have met tht most vlo
Unl opposition when proposed. This
vac true of tho rural ilellvo v, potsnl
savings, and tho parcel po.t ho
congressional record shows that when
tho postal savings bill was ut In the
house, Mr. Hurleson was a n. ember of
that body and voted against ti e hill,
Moreover, every democrat in the
house, who voted at all. vot -d against
the bill. Only one democrat In the
senate voted for tho bill. The -sun.
ordinate In tho post office dcpartui-.it
who slipped In that condemnatory s-on
tone and got It through ov .- the
Dv.rlo.xon signature is likely to be
"canned" if tho l M. G has his usual
supply of nerve,
DOING OUR PART.
1-ord N'orthcllffo rcnt-.n Is us that
England has loaned more money to
her allies than we have. We hope his
lordship was not tauntin : us. Sine
August. 1914. (ireat Pnt.nn has loan
cd about eight and a l .i'! billions to
her allies-includin-; in 1 us .vim near
ly a billion which wu- b aud to her
own dominion. Since pril, r.HT.
tho 1'niied States has ! uncd nearly
four billions to its ai of which
nearly half went to I-lul.md. Mr.
MeAdeo has lately sail lis it we must
plan to continue our b , ii to our al
lies at the rate of $,t.o, ,1 month
so that it will not ta'.- us long to
coial the Srltish record for generos
ity iif which I.ord Xoi"..'i!ie speaks.
PARKPLACE BOY SCOUTS
TIGHT DUEIJiE KILLED
Continued from page 1
taken back to their luur.es and the
body was brought to tie Mvets ti
Prady undertaking establishment.
Leslie and Cecil On n were mem
bers of the boy scouts and C.
itlake. the scoutmaster says that guns
are not permitted in the urgani 'atiou.
All of the boys attended the school
at I'arkplaee nnd bore good reputa
tions. The statement 1 embraced in
the confession that there was no bad
feeling between them ju! prior to
the shooting is generally accepted by
the people of rarkplace.
The Huntley Drug company Is going
to get a service flag, with four stars
in It. Aside from the flag, the firm is
keeping a weather eye open on the
classified adv. column, with the hope
that under ' situations wanted male,"
some druggist, past the draft age, may
come along.
Charles Graham was the first to go,
securing a berth In the hospital corps.
Last week Glen Ilankins hiked over to
Vancouver and is now a member of the
aviation corps. These two enlistments
made a hole In the store's organization,
but only Friday two more men depart
ed, one of them being Walter Leisman,
manager of Huntleys' Canby store, and
the other William Hamilton, of the
local drug department. Hamilton was
taken into the hospital corps at Van
couver. leisman, a son 0 fthe late Herman
Leisman, of Willamette, applied some
time ago for a place in the hospital
branch, but was informed that no va
cancies existed. Walter is not the
kind of a boy who takes no for an an
swer, and he boarded a train forAmer
ican Lake. At Camp Lewis he hunted
up Major Greene, In charge 0 fthe base
hospital and was advised that he
would be accepted, providing he could
secure a waiver from the local offic
ials. Leisman lost no time In getting
his waiver and reports at Camp Lewis
for duty today.
u
SUIT FOR 5575 IN
REAL ESTATE CASE
A verdict of ?r,75 was returned
against Mat Wattawa, prominent
Canby farmer, following an hour's de
liberation by a circuit court Jury Sat
urday afternoon, In a suit on a real
estate commission claimed by Earl H.
Fry, a Portland realtor. Fry sued for
$1050.00,
According to tho testimony Mr. Wat
tawa placed his farm for sale with the
Portland man, and signed a contract to
pay a 5 per cent commission for the
sale of the place. The interpretation
of tho agreement came into question
when the real estate man presented
Wattawa with an offer of $21,000 for
his farm, and Wattawa refused to al
low the commission. After waiting the
thirty days In which the option was to
run, Wattawa boM the place to the
man who had made the original offer,
ignoring tho real estate dealer alto
gether. Fry Immediately brought suit
on the agreement, for the $1050 due aB
5 per cent of the original offer,
ROAKE HOME ROBBED.
, The home of Bert Roake, Ninth and
Madison streets, was entered by rob
bers some time Sunday afternoon or
evening, during the absenc of the
family, arc a gold watch, and small
tevolver stolen.
TESTIMONY
T
STARTLING
DETAIL
Tho coroner's Jury InvestlgntliiK tho
MhootltiR of la-silo 1 .11 1 Mux. II year old
Parkplaco school boy, after it sennit
tiimal session, Monday evening last
ing nearly four hours returned a ver
dict as follows:
"Wo the Jury cnipatiellcd to invest 1-
gate tho death of Leslie LulMux llnd
as follows: That tho name of tie
ceased was Frank Leslie Lal'oux;
that the ago of defeased was 12 years;
t tut t. ho t amo to his death near rark
place, Clackamas county, Oregon, on
the 15th day of lU'cember, HH7; that
cause tif his death, was as follows;
Gun shot ill forehead from gun In hands
of either Lake Smith or Cecil Green."
Additional sensational testimony to
th-.t riven Sunday bcl'or' Sheriif Wil
son and IMstrlct Attorney Hedges, In
which the boys confessed to hint'
staged a "sham battle" In which young
LnlKuix was shot and fatally killed,
was pictured In gruesome reality by
the three young lads who participated
in the nfr'iiir. Cecil Green, aged Li,
like Smith, nged 13 and Cecil Shaw,
the S year old hid whose testimony lust
night was most sensational.
According to young Shaw tho duel
was agreed upon at the suggestion of
Leslie LnDoux. The four had three
rifles and were out on a Saturday af
ternoon tramp among the hills above
Parkplare on the way to what Is
known as "Grouse Mountain."
To even up the handicap Leslie
agreed to fight Green and Smith pro
viding they would lot him have Smith's
gun which was an automatic. This
they agreed to ntul l,aloux, vvitli
young Shaw as his assistant retired
behind a tree some 20 Inches In diam
eter. First they agreed to put up a
"flag" at erth fort consisting or a
handkerchief which was fastened to
an overhanging limb from a bush
above LaHoux' side, nnd stuck up on
the root above tho place where Green
and Smith concealed themselves.
When either side ran out of ammuni
tion or otherwise wanted to stop hos
tilities, they were to pull down the
tnico flag. This was done twin' byi
young Shaw, when LaDoux emptied
tho automatic. The first time hostlll-'
ties ceased he and LnDoiu together
made a detour through tho brush
across the "no man's land" their boy
ish Imaginations had pictured, and re
turned safely to the fort with four or
five shells.
Tho second trip was made alone
and Just as he started back ho claims
that young Greene raised his rlllo to
fire. He cautioned him not to shoot
then, and Green claimed he put up his
gun. As young Shaw arrived about
half way back another shot was fired
and he looked up to seo LaDoux lying
prostrate.
He Immediately called tho other
boys to stop firing, yelling that they
had "killed Leslie."
"I saw him lying on tho groud" said
young Shaw, "with his foot doubled
up under him nnd blood coming from
his head. Cecil saw him and ho pretty
nearly died too, and fell over. His
gun was on the ground and Lake put
It In his hands and put his hat under
his head. Wo said we wouldn't tell
anybody and If he was found peoplo'd
think he killed himself. They told mo
not to tell anyone and I told them I
was too scared to ever tell anybody."
The Smith boy and young Greene
each denied they fired the last shot
and in all probability tho truth will
never be known. Each clalmod he
was cleaning his gun prepatory to an
other shot when tho fatal shot was
fired. Young Shaw stuck to his story
that ho had not seen tho last shot fired.
Differing slightly from the confes
sions made Sundav young Greene
claimed at the Inquest that LaDoux
opened fire on him first when ho was
sitting on a stump cleaning his gun.
He claims he cautioned Leslie to bo
careful and then made for the big root
whero young Smith was already am
bushed. Tho boys all told how they had left
the body shortly afterward, agreeing
to tell the folks at homo that their
young campanlon had left the party
earlier In the afternoon and started
for home alone. They told how they
had stuck to this story all through the
night and until tho next morning when
they met Sheriff Wilson.
The father .1. A. LaDoux was on the
stand for a few moments nnd graphi
cally told how young Greene, who was
his grandson and nephew -of the boy
who was kill id, had tramped over the
I'arkplaee hills till through the long
hours of tho night, and how they had
passed within fifty feet of the body
at one time. Gr.;cnc all the while
sticking to tho story told.
Deputy District Attorney Thomas A.
liurkf! represented the stnto at the
Inquest which was conducted by Act
ing Coroner J. N. Slevers Sheriff W1I
t;on and several I'arkplaee men were.
on the stand relating the facts 'lead
ing to th", confession of tho boys and
the finding of the body. Testimony
was taken by Deputy County Clerk
Fred Miller.
The slate may go into tho matter
further, it was indicated last night, by
District Attorney Hedges. Whilo ttrsir
story os to tho nliam battle Is given
credence many believe, including the
dyad boy's father, that tho lads know
which one of their number fired the
futal shot.
Tho Jury was composed of Goorge
Hall, George Greene, E. L. Johnson,
T1f XI TP XXswartlrl n n fl Q
1 O. Dillman.
AT IH
I'l
Roy Mattoon, of Regimental
Oregon Band. Write Home of
Soldier Life In New York
Mr. ami Mrs. Frank Multtmit of llils
city are In receipt of u number of In
teresting letters from their mm Hoy
Mattoon, clarinetist, Headquarters
Company, Hand, ItV.'d Infiiiilry, form
erly Hid Oregon, now stationed at
Ciimp Mills. Long Island, Now York,
lltdow me moiiio of Ihe conlelits of
his hist letter to bis folk bene
LONG ISLAND, N. Y Doe, 3,- Dear
Fidk, I wont to I bank you re much
for two letters an I three bundles of
papers received Ill's week. It In cer
tainly good of you to netul us Ihn home
papers. As there 11111 five Oregon
City bos In in v tent, tlm papeis go
tho rounds. Of coui'no wo have the
New York p.ipiTM ry day In cuuip,
but they don't take the plio o ol' ihe
home news.
With your letters ami papers com
lllit Ceciilal lv like tills we keep pett
"well pieitcl mi vvliitl happens In old
Oregon.
VV'o h;ie visited New York Ctly
often et'our.h by now to know that it
Is some tow II. believe Hue n I be
llevo I have utmost hud my till of
iOj:lit seolios. much its I like to ii.ivel.
Osbiirn and I heard the S v mi'lumy
oivhc tea and the itrand opera at Win
tor Garden theatre thy the vta.V It was
in thin opera hoiiso that llarrv Thaw
k'lled Stanford White I We also lock
our firit rides 011 the eUn.itcd rail
way ntul siibwuv, Molween the two
'1 the streetcar lino, three In one it
were. V.4.1 vbdted Carl Flsch-r'n
music stere, I hud to g.-t mime reeilrt
V went rinht up to the ilailm I wmk
Ik;. Gee! Il eeitiiitilv In sonic place
Chiriiiei-i slacked as high as the ceil
Inc. You know tln v iiniKe them rlfht
here. I hid quite it 1 hat with one tit
the makers, lie reminded Hit" so much
of Mr. Kohler of Oregon City. I have
lii-ard s.iiiit" lovely imisicluiii hern iitel
after thi" war, If nothing happen to
me, I am t-mung bin k to New Y ork to
study. Just to show you the good Im
pression our band in. idi' in .North
Carolina, 1 Just r.-i-ei', ei a big box of
cake and candy from Concord re
rently.
We band boys don't have to do
kitchen duty imy more . there are
AT CAMP HILLS
WIS FRIGHTFUL
Mr. nnd Mrs. K. N'litlnll, of Catiemah,
ure In receipt of u letter from their
Hecoml Hon, Ivlgur. who enlisted In
August to Join Hattery A, 117th Field
Artillery, 41st Division, Camp Merrltt,
N. J., which will convince the parents,
relatives and friends of tho boys leav
ing Oregon City that they are not
suffering from tho cold nnd terrible
weather recently experienced whilo In
camp at Camp Mills, Long Island, N.
Y. This Is good news to tho people
of Oregon City anil other suctions of
(lit) county, which nro well represent
ed In this camp.
Thn letter follows : .
"Camp Merrltt, N. J , Dec, 8. Dear
Father and Mother: We arrived hero
yesterday, and it Is 11 dandy camp with
houses to sleep In, and spring beds
w ith mattresses, and a dandy big mess
hall, so I gucsH we won't stay long,
as it. Is too good a camp for us.
"If the trenches In France are any
worse than that camp at Long Island,
where we have Just left, they must
be flijrce. Kverybody was sick out
thero. I had a cold, but not as bad
bh smno suffered by the boys.
"We have a fine hath houso hore
with hot water. At Long Island we
had to either go to tho city to take a
bath or tako ono outside In tho cold
water.
"I guess this Is the last camp that
wo will bo in until we get to Franco,
or that Is what they say. I would
like to go thero now, hut it would not
mako us "sore" to stay here, all win
ter. "Your loving son,
"EDO All."
1
Indorsement of tho county budget
items of $1800 for county commission
er's salaries and expense, $1500 for the
county agricultural agent, tho pur
chase of a roadster for tho use of the
rural school supervisor and tho estab
lishment of a sinking fund for the con
struction of a new suspension bridge
across the Willamette at Oregon City
was mado by the Live Wires of the
Commercial club Tuosday, based upon
the report of the budget committee,
and the item for the purchase of a
poor farm, recommended by the com
mittee, was loft open, without tlollnlte
action. The budgot committoo Is com
posed of II. O. Starkweather, W. A.
Huntley, J. J, Cooke, R. J. Werner and
O. D. Eby. The only voice protesting
against the appropriation for the coun
ty agent was that of George Randall.
The Wires will not hold another lunch
eon until January 8.
OREGON SOLDIER yBMM
ionvc Mwimmi HNIS
ohio uuiiuiiiim! USB N PtION
special men for that now, which
maki'H II f tut for us.
Our work coiihIhIa of rehearmil from
S (o II forenoon anil guard mount mid
battalion pttrad uftoi iiooiix. When
the weather Is favorahln hum lot
of spectator"!. Wi are to liavo four of
the best llitlNielallN from Washington,
D. C, now and tho government Just
IhhiuiI us eight more dandy ttmtru
iiiciiU. six 1 01 not t nm two hhkr.
phones.
We ulwii have fan) reeds coining n
wo clarinet player don't have to fur
nish our tivtn leeda any iiuho.
Now about the Y. M. C. A. I want
to tell you It In I Im bt'Mt tiling over,
all In nil, to us iiobller boys, ami cer
tainly wot Hi v of vour support, Th
lied CiiiMH nlHo la lining Kranil work
and wo could not I'ol nloug without
either.
I hint' JtMt received (lied CroHK
made) one owcatci', muffler and mit
tens all very tile-" And with the
sweater, helmet, inittoim and Htickn
sent bv you folk, I 11111 equipped for
any kind of weather, .hud now It U
Very cold here, but I tun not mifffi -hi);
and feel fine mid dandy.
This Thiinkneh Ing I supposed wo
were going to -et left when It citme
to Thanksgiving dinner 1 1 n t not so,
even If turkey did i ohit" high lo re III
New Vork,
Shall I tell yon what we foat d on?
Turkey and cran'n t ries, loveet nnd
Irl-di potatoes, iqiiiolt, 11. nice take,
htimuiti and oranges. It tasted good
but nothing like Ihe dinners ut home.
I had an Invitation mid it pans Id
I'.rooklyn to dine with a family, but
om bided to stay In camp In the nf
teriioon wu went to .lamuliit to u
show, .latimlcii W ti town about the
sue nf Oregon city or larger, hits two
shown w ith splendid 1'J piece urchea
Iras. I still enjoy military life and think
every yo'iug man should give It a Iry,
My experience Is worth $1000 to me
alright, lie sure to write often. It
there is (itiythltiK we boys like, It Im
more letter. Give my regards to
nil Inquiring trlelmlH
HOY MATTOON
"J
OltKGON CITY, Dec. l.V (Kdltor
of the Fnterjirlse.) - In the F.nterprliio
of December II. (hero Is printed th"
last clause of the petition neiit to gov
ernor Withycombo ami In It we find
those words; "that said strikers, who
are now nothing belter than bandits."
Do tho employer mean to declare
that thoso who nro out on strike nt
this lime are nil bandits, If nit they
quite naturally resent the statement.
Kvery otui who is iieiiuulntoiL, with
the situation knows that no better
olll.eiis live, here limn many of thoso
on strike. Men with homes and fami
lies here do hot like to be clasHi'il
with outlaws by such character as
siisslns. It Is true that the employers
have been severely denounced by
some of the speakers, but not 0110
word has been said about their moral
character. Their attitude toward or
ganized lubor or collective bargain
ing has be -n bitterly assailed, but no
reference has been mado relative to
I heir personal character. We believe
such attacks only react upon tho em
ployers, for the strikers are not out
laws, or bandits and even the ol fleers
on duly here pronounce th.v boys as
conducting tho most orderly strike
In their experience.
I'ltHSS COIUtrcsrON'DKNT.
REAL ESTATE DEALS
Ono n.-cds no Introduction to the
firm of Dillman & I lowland, for this
firm has been prominent In p.'.ict '.cully
every lmpnrtunt real estnlo transac
tion In this section of Ihe coun'ry.
'I l.ls firm dot'.'s exlens'ively l:t nil
clashes of real estate-. liegotUi't-H timet-ptig-s.
has several huiio subd I'oilons
ip'jn tho market, .i;-.s representatives
for leading fire and life bncniiieo
ti mpanles unci mnUci a specialty of
represent. ng parties residing In tho
cast. Through their entire business
career thev have but. ibid upon a fomi
dailoii of fairness and as n result
I. icy cnioy an envi'ilun reputation lu
the huslress world of the entire
county.
They Invito and promptly lmndlo
till Inquiries regarding local proper
ties nnd this obliging feature has boon
t. .ken advantage of hundreds of
times by pooplu living without the
state. Home of the choicest homesltes
and farms In tho county are in the
hands of this firm and tho future real
estate buyer, Investor or homo renter
can do no butter than to go to Dtllmnn
and Howland for through tliolr hand
ling tho bulk of this business In thin
county, they are In a preferential po
sition, to fill your roods.
LANDS BIQ TROUT. .
KLAMATH PALLS, Or., Doc. 18.
II. W, Poole, of this city, lnndod an 18
pound rainbow trout at the- mouth, of
the Bprague river, near Chlloquln a
fow days ago. The fish measured 83
Inches and was landed with a six-ounce
rod.
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