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OUR HOME ENTERPRISE.
Those of us who in search of Christ
mag gifts hate been through the stores
of Oregon City, and that Includes about
all of us, must have been Impressed
with the splendid stocks of goods car
ried by our home merchants. At
every Christmas season these stocks
grow more inclusive. The stores carry
lines that a few years ago you would
not have expected except in one of the
largest cities.
The reason for this Is no doubt the
growth of the home loyalty campaign.
The Idea of standing by our home en
terprises has been consistently preach
ed by The Enterprise and it has had
Its effect. Nor would we be so ungen
erous as to claim anything more than
our fair share of the credit. All of our
civic agencies have been saying that
if we want our own town to grow, we
must staud by our home enterprises.
If we want some other town to grow
and not ours, then send our money
away.
As a result a lot of this spirit of i
a. w Vina irrou-n nn o n .1 vnn I
"uu,e '""lour paper, and no one in Oregon C:tv
can sec the difference in our stores ; s,u,,,j( r,.ss it
and the stocks tney carry.
Remember this during the coming
weeks, as the stores dispose of their
stocks. Fonnerly Christmas stuff was
very largely useless material that had
to be boxed up and held over to
other year. Now it is very largely
clothing and household material and
winter goods that are permanently use
ful. Much of this material will be offered
at lower prices now that the rush is
over. Onr readers will do well to read
carefully every notice In our advertis
ing columns, as by doing so they will
learn of a lot of chances to get bar
gains. And they can depend on this,
that our home stores are carrying a
splendid line of everything needed for
household use, and that there Is no
necessity of going outside to supply
any ordinary demand.
THE INDOOR SOLDIER.
It is a strain on the health of the
indoor worker, when he is taken out
of comfortable rooms in a store, office,
or factorv, and mada to do soldiering
in winter weather. The army officers
have commonly had out .door ex per- j
lence m au ainas oi cumaie. iney
dont always realize what it means to
the green rookie. In the more north
erly camps severe weather may be ex
pected soon, and the barracks are like
ly to be poorly heated.
The contractors and workpeople
should sacrifice all private interest to
make the camps decently comfortable.
Yet anothi?r winter the boys will be
in the trenches, and must expect
something in the way of a hardening
process. The climate of Northern
France will be nearly a cold as the
northerly part of the United States.
From the camp hospitals some cases
of pneumonia are already reported, as
well as from our soldiers in France.
Still in so great an assemblage of men
there would be some sickness under
any condition.
It will require sound medical jmlg
nvsnt to say just how far the boys
can carry this hardening process at
the start without taking serious physi
cal risks. Of course out door air
works wonders. The boys who were
called out two months ago are in far i great mairitv of them are soon able to
better shape to stand winter exposure g0 back in tne l!Shtlne Na
than they ever werj before. Th'3 makes a tremendous Increase
The health of the British troops !in a lion's fighting power. In fact,
has remained rather good through a nation coum naraiy prosecute a sue
their trench warfare. People who eet cessful war today against a great pow-
severe colds in our home life ar j not
usually the out door workers. It is
those who are cooped up in stuffy j
homes and work shops who fall vie- j
tims. The government should take '
every pains to see that heating facili
ties are rushed to completion. The
danger will come from speeding up the
hardening process too rapidly. The
boys need time to adjust themselves to
so great a change in their life.
OUR AIRPLANES.
Germany is doing much chucklin?
nowadays over our big airplane fleet.
She looks at it all as so much typical
American brag and bluster. Also
some of our allies think we are put
ting out sonv. hot air about it. No
doubt the talk of some writers about
putting out 100,000 airplanes in the
field comes in this clas8.
Europe laughs a bit at our airplane
record, and at one of our crack ma
chines a few years ago that couldn't
rise over a mountain in Mexico 7500
feet high. It questions, if we build
an eight cylinder motor, if it would
have the speed now needed, and if
we build a 12 cylinder, if it could op
erate at 15000 feet and better.
As far as the motor problem goes,
we are of course pinning our faith on
the Liberty model, to which some of
our best men have given their devoted
effort. But It should not be looked at
as a fixed model. It should go on de
veloping as our enemies improve thir
machines, and our mechanicians and
those of our allies get new ideas.
The lack of skilled pilots Is where
the Germans figure we can not get by.
They say it takes the culling out of
100 men to find one good pilot. There
may be something in this. Yet when
you consider how many skilled me
chanics our Industrial country holds,
It does seem as if more than one out
of 100 American boys could operate
an airplane.
The French have their doubts about
our Idea of making the planes in gov
ernment shops. They tried that idea
early in the war but gave it up. They
believe that tho enterprise and ingen
uity of the Individual owner counts
more than anything else. Here again
however we must trust our technical
man who have this in charge. Ap
parently they are giving the govern
ment the benefit of Just as much
Poatofflc at second-cUm matter.
energy and initiative as it they hoped
to make a fortune for themselves.
WORLD'S FOOD SHORTAGE.
The Enterprise takes pleasure in
announcing that It has secured a com
petent writer to provide us with a se
ries on the above subject to run once
a week for six weeks. It is a subject
that affects every household.
Any resident of Oregon City who
undertakes to buy househo-d supplies
can see that thetv is a real scarcity of
food. One hardly c redits it merely on j
reading unvspaper articles. But when!
he goes to his favorite store and finds:
foods he has tisod all his life not to I
be hail, and others doubled in prvo'
within a few years, he begins to real-'
ire that there is a real crisis. Hv !h- ;
gins to ask how long it will last, and .'
! what can l e done to meet it.
It is a public duty to under nmi the;
causes of this shortage, and to know !
what resources there are th.-.t could j
fill the need. All thes points will !e i
covered iu this series o editorials in
Certain causes are obvious. Then'
'are 30.000 men under arms, cms imitK
0 per c nt mor. food than if :it ho";.-
;lVi.in . nt .
; p.irt of ,hem b(?fore ,he tt.r wm,
an-jflHvl ,,nxlucers. Thus we have fewer!
flHHl j,,,,.,, t0 fm an ilu 1
In our country, the troubl Ityan I
long before the war. We h.:ve l ien I
a meat eating people, arid beef, pork I
arid mutton have been the l-ack!on.i ;
of our diet. We hav? today ;.0000
more population than we had iu isoo.
;-nd we. have T 000.000 less meat ani
mals to feed them on. It is with diffi
culty that our people are induced to
accept substitutes for meat. Further
more our allies are calling oa us for
nearly half our wheat crop, and wheat
with meat has been the largest part
of our diet.
THE RED CROSS.
i The appeal for Red Cross members
U aoraething which should interest)
every American on several grounds, i
First there is the relief of human suf- j
fering. The misery of wounded men!
bleeding, thirsting and fevered,
buvj vu item uui.aiiru i u 1
is
something that we In our comfortable
homes can't realize. Then come the
Red Cross stretcher bearers, and gent
ly pick up the poor fellows, often risk
ing their own Uvea to get them out of
No. Man's Land.
Taken to the field hospital, their
wounds are quickly cared for by the
best medical talent As the result,
most of the wounded are restored to
health. Soldiers are saved who in
former warfare would be doomed. The
loving ministrations of the Red Cross
assuages pain .and relieves weakness,
and saves the boy who would other
wise be under the sod. They are all
our boys, whether of our own families
or not. And if we can't do this deed
of charity for them, we are pretty poor
Americans.
As a Win the War proposition, the
Red Cross work is a great thing. If
all our men who are wounded were
knocked out of the war, we would be
beaten pretty soon. But thanks to the
Red Cross and other agencies, the
er using scientific methods, unless It
was equipped with such an agency as
the. Red Cross.
Membership in the Red Cross costs
but a trifle. It pays for itself In the
satisfaction of doing a bit to relieve
the agony of war. A man must be
hard up indeed to justify himself In
refusing to join. In fact, the fee is so
little that most of us should not be
satisfied merely o join, but should
take a number of memberships.
PROTECTING FOOD SUPPLIES.
Every few days you read in some
newspaper about food products beinfc
burned. One day it in a ntorage ware
house alon the Atlantic port docks.
Next it is a grain elevator in the west.
Then it is some carloads of potatoes
on lor.ftly side tracks. This thing
was t-'olns on last year, and the spies
and plotters are at it all the time.
The people who have food supplies
in their safe ket-pin ir have a serious
rwponsibilitjt. A -systematic effort
is being made by our enemies to des
stroy them. No matter how peaceful
a neighborhood, you can never tell
what lurking villian is hanging around
looking for a dark night and favor
able opportunities.
Food product war-houKes should be
strictly guarded. Here is work that
the organizations of Home ' Guards
could do. If they aro not available
police forces should be uaed for this
purpose or special police created.
There is a feeling among th3 spies
and plotters that the American peo
ple arc easy going, and if they are
caught they won't have to suffer
much. The Germans would quickly
enough put under ground any one
caught in such acts. But we haven't
shot any spies yet, and there is a feel
ing that we are too soft hearted to
do it. Wait until the American people
lose some of their soldier boys over
across. There will be a diferent senti
ment against those that are trying to
prevent us from feeding them.
This danger exists equally in the
big city, the qui?t country village, the
Atlantic port where foods are stored
up, and the interior town where grain
is stored or cars stand on side tracks.
It Is for everyone to help protect
these supplies and lurking strangers
should be closely watched.
ANNUAL EDITION PRAISED J
4
( Portland Oregonian)
Perhaps Editor Brodle has au-
thorlty for calling the issue of the
Morning Enterprise of December
IS the "Fifty first Annual Edt- $
$ tion." The custom may have ex- -$
tended as far back and there are
few of the time now to dispute.
Nobody will challenge the gener-
al excellence of the number at
hand. There are 4$ pages, a great
deal of display advertising, yet $
v much that tells of that city and
smaller cities and of Clackamas
county. Oregon City is an Indus-
trial community and the Enter-
prise reflects it.
TO MEET THE HIGHER COST OF
LIVING.
Senator Holes Penrose, of Pennsyl
vania has prepared a comprehensive
plan for general increase in salaries
among the employees of the Govern
ment. Starting with a 25 per cent
raise for all those now receiving less
than $900 per annum. Mr. Penrdose
provides graduated increases for dif
ferent salaries up to 10 per cent for
those receiving between $2,000 and
J2.B0O. The raise is to apply to both
per diem employees and those receiv
ing an annual salary. The matter of
pay increases will be a prominent fea-
ture of the debates on the appropria-i
i.m.. twt. i x -... ,...',..
uv.u uius mis session, ami, wnue me I
percentages may not be those proposed j
by Senator Penrose, a scheme em
bodying his general idea will doubtless
be adopted.
SOME OF THAT SAUCE.
The suggestion that th ftnler.il gov
eminent shall extend financial aid to
the steam railroads of the country
causes the trolley lines to sit up and
take notice. They are wondering if
the municipalities which they btvc
cannot be brought to regard them with
a like benevolent gaio. The trolley
lines suffer from congestion, from
meager eiutpment. from inability to
pxd resourc in the same manner
and in almost as large a degree as the
steam lines; and they think, natural
ly enough, that what is sauce for the
goose would be sauce for the gander.
s
T
E
Following a motion for non-suit on
the part of attorneys representing
Oregon City, the defendant In the case
brought by C. H. Dye recently to test
certain sewer assessments. Judge
Campbell permitted the plaintiff to
amend his pleadings and continued the
trial until December 31.
Attorneys for the city, George Story
and G. B. Dimlck, raised the question
on motion for non-suit, that the com
plaint failed to show for whom plain
tiff was acting as trustee. The trial
was heard before Judge Campbell Fri
day morning, and was in the nature
of a suit by Mr. Dye questioning the
validity of certain sewer assessments
made by the city back in 1912, on
Jackson, Main, Madison and Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets.
The complaint set forth that the city
failed to declare by proper ordinance
its intention to construct said sewer,
that publication was faulty, that no
proper eslmate of the cost was made
and that remonstrators were not Liven
opportunity to legally object to the
ptoceedings. The plaintiff, C. H. Dye
claimed to be the trustee of certain
properties along the said sewer dis
tricts. C. Schuebel and Livy Stipp .ep
resent Mr. Dye.
OF
SIHKE FOR BONUS
IN
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. Only
part of the 15,000 iron trades mechan
ics employed in industries other than
shipbuilding in the San Francisco bay
region kept their threat to strike to
day for a 10 per cent wage bonus, ac
cording to reports received from em
ployers. No estimate as to the number of
men actually on strike was made, but
according to the reports all of the
members of unions affiliated with the
council in Oakland had struck, to
gether with all pattern makers in
San Francisco and part of the ma
chinists, boiler makers, steam fitters
and molders.
The strike today was an outgrowth
of a general strike some months ago
of the 30,000 members of unions affil
iated with the council, which was set
tled by the United States shipbuilding
wage adjustment board, which granted
the employes a general ralne of 31 per
cent.
The Emergency Fleet corporation
later granted workers engaged in
shipbuilding a 10 per cent bonus.
Other members of the Iron Trades
council's unions then demanded that
they be given this bonus also.
JOYNER RETURNS FROM EA8T.
A. B. Joyner, a deputy sheriff of
Clackamas county, has returned from
a visit to his parents and other rela
tives at Nashville, N. C, and vicinity.
It has been more than 19 years since
he had seen his father and mother.
Mr. Joyner said he encountered weath
er of almost every description, with
plenty of snow and cold, and the Miss
issippi river frozen over.
LEFT LARGE ESTATE
AND $33,461 CASH
The Inventory In the estate of John
W. Thornton, prominent Wllsonvltle
capitalist who diet! recently, was filed
with the county clerk Thursday, ahow
tng Clackamas county property left
hy the deceased in the sum of $65,
197.34, and Benton county property
worth $1500. Appraisers appointed to
estimate the Thornton property in two
eastern states have not as yet re
ported. The Clackamas propcrtv consist of
cash in the sum of $:n.4iU25 and the
tmianeo in real property, notes andjsltile on the number of bricklayer
bonds. The widow Kate 0. Thornton of draft age available for service,
is the chief beneficiary under the will, I Only white bricklayers will be taken.
Wtfh U-rt anna T l-h..., I
minlstrator, and Samuel Hobert Thorn-jtlon Into tho military service through
ton of Ottawa. Illinois, together with; local boards. They will bo forwarded
Kate Wolbert of Wtlsonvllle as the re-ito the aviation section, signal corns.
naming devisees.
PACIFIC COAST
WHEAT SENT TO
1? ST Cr1fnnT
jAj I I Ui j
. I
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. Dec.
Enough breadstuff are In storage amli
,t ... .
in me marKel to last
the nation an
other Ave months, according to a mem-
W nf f f.,.l .il"" " """ Biiiuiar cans.
Corporation who returned last ninht
from New York. He also stated that
t.000.000 bushels of wheat, held on the
Pacific coast, had been ordered
shipped here.
CHILD DIES AT MULINO.
Albert Louis Wallace, the 11 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, liv-
Ing near Mullno, died Monday. The
child will be burled In the Clarke'
cemetery Thursday under the direc
tion of U. L. Holman of this city.
BUDGET PASSES
ALMOST INTACT
Meeting Enlivened by Spirited Attaek On
State Highway Commission hy Dr. Ilujrh
Mount Who Alleges Shaq) Praetiee.
Aside from a vitriolic attack upon
the state highway commission and its
methods by Dr. Hugh S. Mount, well
known Oregon City physician, the an
nual budget meeting of Clackamas
county taxpayers held In the circuit
court room Saturday, proved to be a
commonplace gathering of soma 200 or
more citizens, which voted favorably
on practically every Item In the 1913
budget.
Dr. Mount exploded a bomb shell in
the big gathering, and for perhaps an
hour scathingly denounced the mem
bers of the State Highway commission
for what he considered their high
handed procedure in laying out the
new Pacific highway between Cane
man and New Era. The trouble dates
back to the appropriation of 17 feet
from the Ganong estate. In which Dr.
Mount Is interested, which the high
way commission took possession of a
few months ago In accordance with
the new highway grade which was sur
veyed to take off a slice of the Ganong
property. A suit against the highway
commission for (7500 damages was
brought by the Ganong heirs last week
as a result of the appropriation.
Dr. Mount did not mince bis words.
Arrayed with several maps, engineer
ing data and letters, he openly accused
the State Highway commission of play
ing in with the Southern Pacific com
pany to crowd over the former road
way In order to give the railroad com
pany a chance to widen its right of
way at this point. This, according to
Dr. Mount, was the reason the highway
grade was established so that a 17-foot
slice was taken from his properties.
Dr. Mount went further and Intimated
that the plan was for the Southern
Pacific on some dark Saturday night
to send a big force of construction men
to Canemah and lay Its trackage be
fore the citizens would awaken to
their plans. Dr. Mount blamed Com
missioners Proctor and Knight for
standing in with the highway commis
sion In the plan.
The doctor's stand was rigorously
denounced by Commissioner Knight
following the noon recess, and not un
like Dr. Mount, he too, struck out from
the shoulder and did not mince words.
Dr. Maunt asked that in the state co
operation budget of 28,000 that a
sufficient sum be withdrawn to re
grade and lay out the highway on the
old line which runs up to the Southern
Pacific fence. This motion was ruled
out of order by County Judge Ander
son who presided at the budget meet
ing, with the statement that the matter
was entirely in the hands of the state
highway commlHslon and the budget
meeting could have no say In the mat
ter. With the exception of the proposed
automobile for tho office of the county
school superintendent and the veterin
arian approproation, practically all
other Items of the budget carried.
The appropriation of $1500 for the
county agent's work for 1918 was fin
ally carried after a bitter fight on the
project by local farmers. The main
argument against the scheme seemed
to be that the agricultural men did
not want anyone meddling In their
business. No action was taken In pro
viding an appropriation for a county
Are You a Bricklayer
Then Get a Uniform
Uncle Sam Needs You
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26-The now
draft machinery was Invoked for the
first time when Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder made publlo today In
struction to all governors calling for
the moblllaatton of 1000 bricklayers
urgently needed by General Pershing
at once.
Local boards are called upon to ex
amine questionnaires now- being re-
turned and report a rapidly as pos
ul f h t.i .1 t ..m I... ....I.... I.. I.. . '
nt Kelly field. Pun Antonio. Tex. Thoi
purpose for which they are to be used
In France Is not disclosed.
The order is the first application ot
tho special occupational classification'
provisions of the new draft regutu-
1,10 ,,r,tk,',y,,ni In any board's
Jurisdiction will be assembled in or-
dor of their draft number, relation
ship to each other, but without re-J-
igard to tho men in any other occu-
..n
on
General Crowder" letter to the1
,v.n,..U I.... I..- ti... ..I. ..It..- ...II.!
skilled men
In other trade are
to be expected.
WOMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.
U)S ANGKLKS. Dec. 23.- Her arms
tilled with bundle for the children.
Mrs. Florence Emerson. 2S, of Long
Heach, never lived to see them deliv
ered and the joy that was to be In that
home turned to grief,
Mrs. F.mermm was crushed to death
In a traffic jam when a police patrol
ran over her.
Infirmary, the matter being In the!
hands of the court, j
The fair problem came up tor its
annual airing, and In addition to the '
proposed expenditure of $500 a similar ;
amount was voted for the Eastern j
Clackamas fair.
Tho taxpayers went on record as'
favoring a one-quarter mill tax to pro-;
vide a supenslon bridge sinking fund.1
This Is a piece of foresight which la In-1
deed timely. Bridges and culverts ro-'
ceived $14,308, state co-operative road:
work. $28,745.00, and hard surface pav-
ing $14,363.00. The apportioned road i
fund will total $201,143.00, exclusive'
of the other road Items mentioned. j
The budgets for all county officers 1
were passed and $300 was voted In In- j
creased salaries for efficient deputies j
In the tax collecting department of the.
sheriff's office.
Large delegations were in from
East Clackamas, under the leadership
of Attorney Bartlett and Walter Giv-,
ens, of Estaeada.
It. M. Standish, editor of the East
Clackamas News was chosen secretary
of the meeting and County Judge An
derson ably presided.
Following Is the county budget as
approved Saturday:
Agricultural Agent $ 1,500.00
Assessor 6,775.00
Auditing Acounts 500.00
Care of Poor 14,000.00
Cattle Indemnity 500.00
Circuit Court 9,000.00
Coroner 1,200.00
County Court 4,020.00
Court House 3,500.001
County Clerk 5,890.00
County Physician 840.00
County Infirmary
Damages 1,000.00
Election and Registration 10,000.00
Fairs 1,000.00
Fruit Inspector 500.00
Forest Fires 500.00
Health Officer 2,000.00
Insane 300.00
Insurance 500.00
Indigent Soldiers 480.00
Jail 1,000.00
Justice Courts 2,000.00
Juvenile Court 1,000.00
Printing and Advertising 2,800.00
Recorder 4,732.50
Surveyor 3,000.00
Sealer of Weights 425.00
Sheriff 9,005.00
School Superintendent 4,888.00
Tax Rebate - 300.00
Treasurer 2,400.00
Widows' Pensions 12,000.00
Wild Animal Bounty 500.00
Total $108,156.50
ROADS.
Bridges and Culverts f 14,368.00
State Co-operation 28,735.00
Paving 14,368.00
Suspension Bridge fund
Total $165,626.50
APPORTIONED ROAD FUND.
70 to Districts $140,801.50
30 to General fund 60,343.50
Total $201,145.00
School and Library Fund....$ 98,000.00
State Tax 98,000.00
Total - 196,000.00
Grand Total $562,671.60
QUESI1K Will GO
OUT TODAY FROM COUNTY
CLERK TO DRAFTED MEN
County Clerk Harrington will today
send out through the iiiiiIIh nuontlou
n a Ires to tho following drafted men III
Ctacknmns county, ami these much
tlonunlrctt must be 111 toil out and re
turned to the county clerk' office with
in 10 days from the dale of mulling.
The older number and name are given
In each case:
Order
No.
lii:!2 Mtuiou Wilbur Jolnmtou,
lit;t:i John J. l.ewln.
lt!34 Charles Arthur Freeman,
1M5 Chillies A. Toiixw,
IfilHi l.imnle ltenfrow.
1(137 Edward Ihirwln Pfelffer.
l3S Pert Melvln Hublmrd.
Kill Alvln K. Horiirihuh.
1610 Louis Krlston.
1641 Arthur Kueben Jouxrud.
1612 Dorcey Cleveland Howies.
1643 Elmer Harold llltchinun.
16 11 Augelo T. Ijttrlo.
1645 Fred Huhcuo (llbbonn.
1616 Kenneth Charles Hendricks.
1647 Wlllurd P. Hawley, Jr.
16IS Arnold Fred lllenniinn.
1641I Clay Luther Davla.
1650 William Henry Johnson,
1651 Edward Lee.
1653 Lloyd Gleuii Joliea.
165.1 John Joseph Dunn.
1654 Louis Paiuich.
1655 Norman Crowley.
1656 Norman Hubert Kilniondsnn.
1657 Martin Troge.
165S Karl Wager llurk.
1659 Puul Welderhold.
165i) Frederick W. Hoseiitreter,
1661 llabib Snloutn.
1612 Kdwnrd Joseph Connolly,
1663 Willamette V. Harris.
1664 Albert Clark Whltn.
1665 France August Thless,
1666 Carl Melllke.
1667 Charles SweiiHon,
1668 Edmund C. Kraxberger.
16611 (loileb Edward Feyrer.
1670 Martin Leo Hhulaon.
1671 Henry Joseph Anderson.
1672 Clydti Eugene Mayfleld.
1673 Guy DwlRKln.
1674 Harry Dan Pickett.
1675 Hoy Henry Keeth.
1676 Deward II. Hodge.
1677 Hoy E. Baker.
167S Hubert Peshnll.
1679 Huby Johnson.
1650 Waldo E. Clement.
1651 Lewi Alexander Mayes,
1652 Phillip MlHleJ.
1683 Henry Helmer.
1654 Homer James White.
1655 Joseph Bnsaoua.
1656 Noah Egll.
1657 Islle Hay Smith.
16SR John L. Palmer,
16S9 Keith It. Mecklem.
16110 Raleigh Bowers.
1691 Evert Edgar Bowman.
Listen a True Story
Paper (Joes to l;ranee
.
Then It Conies Home;
If there Is a "Doubting Thomas" who
think: the Crown Willametto Paper
rompany tloe; not manufacture gold
paper let him lend a listening ea' to
this tale a true story.
Blake Bowland, now of the Eigh
teenth Engineers Hallway, somewhere j
in I rance, was formerly In tho employ
of iho paper company. He was In the
lime Iterpers office and one fine day
he took homo a p'ece of wrapping pa
per from the mill. It kicked about iho
houp for awhile.
A few months ago his parents, Pro
fessor and Mrs. John R. Bowland, sent
their son a box containing gifts dear to
the heart of a soldier, and tluy
v.-mpped the box vith this particular
piece of wrapping paper. It was sent
to liance.
Hill week they received fron
France a Chrlstmus box from t'aolr
son, end it was carefully wrapped in
fie Identical ple;e of wrapping paper
that carried their package across the
seas.
With full knowledge that hundreds
of tons of newspaper the product of
Us own mills in danger of damage by
water on lower Alnsworth dock, the of
ficials of the Crown Willamette Paper
company on learning that government
supplies on Municipal dock wore In
danger of loss, and knowing that food
must win the war, gave orders to the
Willamette Navigation company boats
"Ruth" and "Lang" to leave the paper
and take up the more Important work
of saving the wheat and other food
stuffs. Captain Gordon, of the steam
er Lang, rushed his boat from Oregon
City locks to the dock In loss than one
hour's running time and with the aid
of his crew of stalwart patriotic men,
succeeded in saving about three hun
dred tons which would otherwise have
been an entire loss, many of the dock
hands working In the water almost up
to their knees In order to save the
sacks still dry.
Chief Prale C. W. Company.
Responding early Wednesday morn
ing to a call for assistance In getting
CROWN WILLAMETTE BOATS HELP
SAVE VAST AMOUNT OF SUPPUES
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Italpli Nelson lleniliickaon.
ClieMter Clayton Iiagnaon,
Benjamin II, M, Htelnlagnr.
Abraham Knot lleper.
()Hcar Frank LiiudKren.
Ewuld Arthur LeUiniiu,
tleoign William I.ttlliro.
Aiigunt Chiuien ChrlHtmisea.
Curl Otieur A. lloltlicr.
('tunica Frederick loMr,
Fred J. Hudger.
Henry Joseph Ortllcb,
Henry lienula Monro.
Oliif Lenifuld.
Bert Julius BtaaU.
Clarence Herbert Juki.
Austin Nickel.
JiiNcpli iiiurulf Amlcrtg.
Frank Jukubee.
Ivuti Jack Ownlioy,
Peter Vacuus.
Paul NotelliiM Berg.
Henry Louis Mueller.
Harold Eugene Wmxti.
Louis WHUiiiii Smith.
Benjamin Krohit Tucker.
Frank Henry Bunch.
Geolite Itayiuoiid WlUo.
J. Ralph Mclnlyre,
Yemen Ellery Smith.
Godfrey Frederick Stut.
Wulter Victor Monger.
Frank Eberlmrt.
Major Francis lluuu.
EuKcmt Harrison Ford.
Archie linger Averlll.
Wilbur Hewitt Andrew.
Georno Eugene Hulllvu.
Italph Laroy WhlteU.
A. C. Erl. kHtm.
Clou Claud Clark.
Hubert Joeph Elkin.
Owen Sealle.
Elbert Ulexpy I.nrklm.
James Oxcur Mnhlum.
Herbert Hay Gale.
Knutn Olson.
Earl Kimble Allen.
Henry Rye.
Henry Dnlvln Howe.
Carl Vlvlon Hodgson.
Charles Updegrove.
Albert Bernard Hcherwk.
Lloyd Ionard Flake.
Ola Bask.
Leslie Verne Roake,
Harold Lloyd Gordon.
Sylvester Halt.
Aloyou Michael Zurflrih.
Horace Glossop.
Henry Alto Ten Eych.
Carl Otto Lauger.
Carl Hogg.
Roy H. Yoder.
Burrel Melvln Little
Kern Benjamin Prath.
Ernest Vernon Crltser.
J. Morris Cahlll.
William Frederick Rftfteian.
Guy Alfred Slmklns.
William Henry Criteer.
Earl Gerber.
TO EXPECT "HUN"DRIVE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-Onrroany'
newest propaganda vlowed a a fore
runner to an offensive In the West
unless a German made peace Is ac
cepted by tho allies and the United
States, "should not for a niomont In
duce us to slacken our preparation
for war," says Secretary Bakor In his
weekly review of tho military situa
tion. "The Germans realize," continues
the statomont, "that within a hort
time our armies will form the princi
pal body of fresh strategic reserves
remaining available on the battlefield
of Europe.
"Our armies constitute the resorves
of victory."
The review points out that the fight
ing moralo of Italy may be rollod up
on, no matter how intensive the Ger
man peace campaign becomes and
says:
"Tho Italian theatre once again Is
the scene of Important military ac
tivity. cargo off the lower level of the East
Washington-Btreet torminal, and losing
the normal business of the day with
their Bteamors In ordor to holp the
municipality and save the government
thousands of dollars, was moHt com
mendable on the part of the Crown
Willumette Papor company and the
Harking line, says G. B. Hegardt, chlof
engineer of the Commission of Public
docks.
"I realize It was a sacrlflco on the
part of tho corporations, in spite of
the fact they will be compensated for
thoir services, as it took the vessels
off their regular routos," said Mr.
Hegardt. "The Crown Willamette Pa
per company sent tho steamer N. R.
Lang and the Ilarklns lino ordered
the steamer Lurllno to the dock, both
laying alongside so they could receive
frolght stored there that could not be
movod to the uppor level or carted
elsewhere In time to escape the freshet
waters. As far as their usual busi
ness was concerned, the steamers loBt
the day, and thereby we escaped
serious consequences."