OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918.
Page 5
URGED TO SLAY
AND JMRE HOT
German Soldiers Incited to Acts
of Cruelty by General Von
Bisslng.
'EMANATION OF HIGH KULTUR'
Governor Otneml of Belgium en Rec
ord Declaring tht Innocent Muit
Suffer With the Oullty Irvln
Cobb't Tale of Horrore.
The horror deliberately and ;
tematically inflicted upon the people
of Htdijium by tht German mhlier,
under the order of their command
ing offirrr, art nhown in all (heir
hideounr by official document
and Ihe tetimony of ey-vitnese.
a veil a by Idler written by Ger
man mtldiers in tht field. The bra
ten effort of Kmprror William to
cant the odium 'of the fearful deed
on tht Jlclyian i aim thown. Quo
tation given are from document
already made public or in the po
eion of the government at Vah
inyton. Till Interview wmh reproduced In
the Ilorllncr TniHilutt of November
20. 1011.
Mr. V, C. Wiilcott of the ncltilnn re-
lli'f coiiiiiiIuhIoii Ii'IIh In the (leograph
linl MiikiixIiim fr Miiy. 1tl7. of niotit
IiiK (Jrii von Iii riilmrill :
"An I wiilked out. Ucn. vim Horn
hnrdl emu lulu the room, an expert
iirlllli-ryiiutu, n irf'HH4r In one of
th.'lr war rulti'Ki'N. I nit't lilm the
next niornltiK, end li linked me If I
hml ri'iiil liU bonk. 'Ucrwitny In the
Next Witr.'
"1 mid I liiul. tin Hiild : 'Ho you
know, my friend nearly run me out
of the country for tluitr They said.
You have li t the cut out of the bug.
I mild. "No, I have not. Iieetium nobody
will believe It.' Wliut did you think
of Itr
"I mild. 'tlciienil, I did not believe a
word of It when 1 rend It. but I now
feel thnt you did not tell the whole
truth:' ami Ihe old general looked
et'tmilly etined."
8M-nkliiK 011 AuiiuM '-. WH. nt
Miumter. of tin cxtn tiiciiNurc
which Hie llerniitim felt obliged to tnlce
eiiiiltiMt the elvll imputation of Bel
gium, (leu., von HInnIiii; mild:
The Innocent iiiiikI miffer with the
guilty. ... In the reprenKlon of
. Infamy, hnmnii liven emuim be wpnred.
mid If Imitated lumwH, flourlnlilnn vll
IhKcn, mid even entire town lire hhiiI
lilluted, Hint I iixmiredly regret tuble.
but It must not exelte III timed netitl
mentality. All thin imiHt not In our
eye weigh 11 iniieh im the life of a
Mingle one of our brave soldiers the
rlk'oroim tiTimpllhtiifiit of duty I the
etminiitloti of n MkIi kulttir, nnd In
thnt, the 1 1 ) nt 1 11 1 li ti of the enemy
count Hee run lenrn a lenrnm from our
nrniy."
Officer Encouraged Atrocities.
Gen. von l'.lsslnu', lifter bin appoint
ment na governor general of Iteli-liim,
repented In mihstiiiice the nbove opin
ion to 11 I Milch JonrnnllHt. The Inter
view l Jillblllied III the I iilxseldorfer
AnxelKer of Mecelilber . 1!14.
Irvln S. t'obb Kinte hi conclusion
on the re"poiiNllillliy of the higher Her
man romiuiind for the atrocities:
"I!nt I viih nn ryewlmen to crime
which. iiieiimired by the sttindiird of
buiminlty nnd civilization. linpreMed
me Hi worm' Hum liny Individual ex
reNK, tiny Individual outriiKe, could
ever liuve been or can ever be; be
rutin thexe clinic hiililbltlibly were
liiHtlKiited on 11 wliolemile IiiinIh by or
der of nlllecr of rank, and must have
been carried out under their permmal
supervision, direction, mid approval,
"TakltiK the physical evidence offer
ed before our own eyes, and buttress
ing It with the statement made to us,
, not only ui'tlvct but German "'
n frr . - ? i ' I N -
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h re? " lit ,.
iv -'-! '1 ill - h
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It l $ ? I 1"1
fijirs
V.ND ,MK. CHHLI.1) UhLAWVEI,
No soonor had Miss Nora Ilannan taken her place as conductor on a
Broadway street car in New York
Mate Charles II, Lawver. He paid
made up his mind then and there
tle conductor. So he looked her up,
and the car company lost an employee It had hoped to retain In Its service.
dlcr nud Hermiitt (illlecr, we could
reach but one eiincliiMloti, which wim
that here, In muh nud mull n place,
IhoNe In comiiinnd had mild to the
troop: 'Hpare thl town nnd Hiee
people.' And there Ibcy bad mild:
'Vnle till town and Khoot tin-He peo
ple.' And here the troop hud dlHcrlm
liiatfl.V pared. nnd there they Inn In
dlerlmlmitely wiiHted, In exact ne
cordnnce with the word of their upe
rlor." Irvln Cobb, MpcakliiK of I'm
nIiiii, New York, 11)17, pp. .TJ-SM.
Hoodwinked German People.
Them" bleu, then, were eyHtetnat
Icnlly liupreHHcd upon the military nnd
olllcial chiMHe. It wn neceHnry,
however, to work upon the mind of
the Herman people, mi that Ihcy might
lend HieiiiHi'lveM to the inhuman poll
eh' n it viu'ii t '! by the military leader.
V11 do Hit wn (llllli'iill, fof', a ha
been Nhowti ol'teii, iiiiuiy of the civil-
Ian lender of public opinion, time nud
nuiilii. cxpreHicil their horror of the
new Hplrlt which wn iiiiliiiiitlni; the
military iiuthorlile. The rclchNtiiK
ib'bate give ample evidence of Hil.
and the tiiNk of Hie military lender
would have been mill more dlfllcutt If
Hie rclclmtiii: bad any rent mwer.
(See War Information Herle No. 8,
'The (loverninetit of lermany;" aee
ulmi Ocmrd'a "My Four Year In Ger
many," chapter 2.)
The military authorlttc und thie
lit eympatliy with them have done all
In their power In Ntimiilatii n hatred of
other people In the mind of the Her
man. A cumpalun of cducutlou be
fore the war wn carried on with the
object of InipreMHliiK upon Hie mind
of the Oemum the treiieherou nature
of the people ngiiliiHt whom the mill
I" ry lender were mixloim to wage
war. Not only were the (Scrnme rd
Hnlly led to believe Hint It wn nece
miry to fight n definitive war ngulimt
uiiNcrupulou fiH-H, but ulmi Hint thee
foe would violate every precept of ha
iii 11I t y, ami coi)Hfiuciitly mut be
criiNhed without mercy 11 a meuaure
of aelf (li feline. The fruit of till
ctimpnlgn of, miHplclon mid hatred be
came evident when alinoNt nt the out
break of the war many Herman be
nt me poamd with the belief that
the whole population of llelgluiii, the
flrst country to be luvnded. hud vlo-
luted i-very rule of houornble wurfare,
that Hie franc tlreur (guerrilla)
were everywhere prcM-nl th'lnn their
deudly work In eeerecy or under the
cover of diirkncx-i: that women nnd
even ctilldreii were mutilating and kill
lug the wounded or hclplcH primmer,
Kxtract from a h-tter written by
Herman aoldler to hi brother. (Thl
letter, mow In the poMoNon of the
riilted Klnte government, wu obtain
ed for thl pamphlet from Mr. J. C,
fircw. formerly eecretnry to the I'nlted
Stnte embiiHxy at llerlln.)
November -I. 1DH.
The hattle are every where ex
tremely tenacious and bloody. The
Kiigllxlmien we hate nioxt mid e want
to get even with them for once. While
one now and then ee French prlmm-
er. one hardly ever behold French
black troop or KnglUhineti, Thec
good people are not overlooked by out
Inf11ntry111c.il''! that ort of piple I
mowed down without mercy. The
loe of the KngllMhmeii must be enor
mous, There I a delre to wipe them
out, root and all."
Urged to Kill Without Pity.
Extract from another letter to
brother:
Schleswlg. 25. S 1-1 (Aug. 25.
"Pear Brother. . , . You will
shortly go to Itruel with your regl
meiit, a you know. Take care to pn
tect yourmlf against these civilian,
cHpeclnlly III the village. Io not let
anyone come too near. They are very
clever, cunning, fellow, these He
glims; even the women and chlldre
are armed and fire their gun. Neve
go Inside a house, espvclally uloni
If you take anything to drink nmli
the Inhabitant ilrlul; tlrsf, and keep a
a distance from them. T lie newspa
per relate numerous eases In wide
they have fired 011 our soldiers whilst
they were drinking. You soldier mut
spread around so much fear of your
selves that no civilian will venture
to come near you. Itemaln always In
the company of others, I hope that
you have rend the newspapers and that
you know how to behave. Above all
wyi' Do '""itn'Mslon fur 't'ese cut-
City than along came Chief Gunner's
his fare ,and then took another look. He
he would have to know more of the lit
They were engaged, they were married
New Italian Guns Ready for Assault
' r-"- ! ;- fP''' ' zfSfY t -P I
'iim in iw if i MwiwiiMririTifnminrrir rlfrlrMM"l"'Tr-Ml-
The new spirit Infused into the Italian army since the debacle of October 23, 1917, I well Illustrated
here In the new 202 mlllmetre antl- aircraft guns ready to move on the Germans. Hundreds of these guns on
motor trucks have been rushed to the
Tbey are said to be powerful weapon
k
throat. Make for them without pity
with the butt-end of your rifle and the
bayonet. ...
"Your brother, WILLI."
The emperor gave hi mtnetlon to
the report of the brutal net of the
Itelglan In a telegram to I'rexldenl
Wllwm.
"llerlln. via fpenhiigen. Kept. 7. 1914.
"'I feel It my duty, Mr. I'resldent.
to Inform you a the most prominent
representiitlve of principle of human
ity, Huit ufter taking the French fort
re of Longwy, my triMip dlcovered
there tboUNiind of dumdum cartridge
made by wpeclal government machin
ery. The same kind of nmmunitlon
wn found on killed and wounded
troop und prisoner, also on the Urlt
lh troop. You know what terrible
wound nnd suffering these bullet In
flict Htul Hint their ue 1 Mrlctly for
bidden by the estnbllshed niles of In
ternational law. I therefore addreim
a solemn protest to you against this
kind of warfare, which, owing to the
methods, of our ndversnrlc. has be
nime one of the most Imrhiirou known
In history. Not only have they em
ployed these atrocious weapon, but
the Belgian government hu openly en
couraged end long since carefully pre
pared the participation of the Belgian
civil population In the fighting. The
ntrocltle committed even by women
nnd priest In thl guerrlllit warfare,
also on wounded soldiers, medlcnl Htnff
nnd nurse, doctor killed, hospitals
attacked by rllle fire, were such that
my general Anally were eomelled to
take the mot drastic measures In or
der to punish the guilty and to fright
en the bloodthirsty population from
continuing their vork of vile murder
und horror. Some villages and even
the old town of Loewen (Lotivnln),
excepting the fine hotel de vllle, hnd
to be destroyed In self-defense, end
for the protection of my troops. My
heart bleeds when I see Hint such
measure have become unavoidable
nnd when I think of the numerous In
nocent people who lose their home and
property n n consequence of the bnr
liarous behavior of those criminals.
Signed. William, Kmperor and King.'
"HKIlAltO. llerlln."
Lorenx Muller In Hie Herman Cath
olic lteview, Ier Fels. February, 1915.
made the following statement In re
gard to the emperor's telegram:
"Otllelally no Instance has been
proven of persons having tired with
the help of priests from the towers of
churches. Ail that has been made
known up to the present, and that has
been made the object of Inquiry' con
cerning alleged atrocities attributed to
Catholic priests during, this war, has
been shown to be false nnd altogether
maglnnry, without any exception. Our
emperor telegraphed to the president
of the United States of America that
pven women end priests had commit
ted atrocities during this guerrilla war
fare on wonnded soJUIers, doctors and
nurses attached to the Held ambu
lances. How this telegram can be rec
onciled with the fact stated above we
shall not be able to lenrn uulLi lifter
the wnr."
Steel Ribs of
This is just one of the steps
yards over the United States to
ship are being laid, and rapidly
by spring.
i v V - v -K -'(B
Ifiv jb ,(.vv vv, "t s-UJUi
front since the Germans took most of the modern gun of the Italians.
which make flying over the Italian line very hazardous.
SANDY DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Blanche R. Shelley Representative.
R. E. E8S0N IS HEARD PROM,
Mr. R. B. Eson received four let-!
ters from Mr. Button last week, two
Friday and two Saturday; these being I
the first ahe had had for over two I
weeks. In the one dated December -
29 and 30, he had not received any;
Christmas package, but In the one '
written Jan. 9th and Jan 10th, he
sald he had received three ChriBtmas i
packages from Sandy, two from his .
wife and one from Mr. M. A. Deaton. ;
He had not yet received the package
from J. C. Laundree and A. C. Baum
back. SANDY GRANGE HA8 MEETING.
The Sandy Grange met in regular
all-day session last Saturday in the
I. O. O. F. hall. W. Strack and wife.
John Sinclair and Ted Van Orman
were given the first and second de
grees during the morning session.
The afternoon was In charge of the
worthy lecturer, A. C. Thomas. The
Flrwood-Dover and Gresham telephone
merger was discussed at length and
James Bell led a spirited discussion
on Thrift Stamps
Readings by A. J. Morrison, of Do-
ver and Mrs. Shelly, of Sandy, and a , San Antonio. When he wrote last, he
song by the Grange closed the day. j was on his way to New York, expect
The topic for discussion the next ing to be sent across Immediately, but
meeting Is, "Co-operation" and the ! was transferred to the camp in Texas
following sub topics have been assign-! Mr. Krlever was in the heavy artillery,
ed : 1. "Why do city people as a j but for some reason was placed in
rule co-operate more readily than most ; the aviation corps,
country people?" J. A. DeShazer. 2. j Wm. Martin, one of our high school
"Why has It proven a rather difficult ! boys, who enlisted, is in the hospital
task to organize farmers?" C. W. Can- at Waco, Texas, with the measles,
ning. 3. "In what ways do farmers J Lester Townsend has been ordered
need to co-operate In their business j east.
relations?" A. J. Morrison. 4 "What Arlie Mitchell writes to J. Green
shows the failure of country folk to j wood, of La Casa Monte, that he is on
co-operate in religious activities?"
Mrs. Joel Jarl. B. "Wrhy has co-operation
proven more successful In the
newer sections of the country than in
the east?" P. C. Spooner. 6. '"What
of the success of co-operation in Den
mark?" Blanche R. Shelley.
UNCLE OF
SANDY
DIES.
BLACKSMITH
Robert S. Smith received word Tues
day of the death of his uncle, Melvin
S. Ross, who died Tuesday morning In
the Good Samaritan hospital, where
he had been for the past ten weeks,
being treated for blood poison in his
arm, which started from a small
bruise on his hand. He came from
Clay Center,
Kansas, the middle of
September, thinking the change would
honoflt his henlth. He I survived bv
his wife and one daughter, Irene, eight
Great Ship Being Rushed to
in the construction of the many, many ships being built in new ship
carry food, ammunition and men to the allies. The steel ribs of this
the remainder of the work will continue till she will be in the water
on Germans
.yean of age, both of whom were with
jhlm at the end. The funeral will be
held In Portland, Thursday. Mrs,
'Ross and family visited here when
tbey first came west.
j
BULL RUN STORE GET8 ADDITION
The store at Bull Run Is having its
(living quarters improved by tie addl-
tion of a dining and living room. The
living room has a large fire place,
This addition will be ready for use the
latter part of the week.
RIDGE LUMBER COMPANY
CONTEMPLATES MOVE
John Nelson and wife, Robert Jarl,
Melton Nelson and Albert Bell, of the
Ridge Lumber Co., took dinner at
Aschoffa Mountain Home last Sunday.
They were looking over the timber
progpects In this vicinity, and will
probably move the. mill on the Aschoff
place In the near future.
MORE NEWS FROM SANDY BOYS,
Sergeant Arthur Krieyer, who spent
several monthe here two year ago,
has been sent to the aviation camp at
the Atlantic coast, where climatic con
ditions are very much different than
in Oregon.
Miss Mildred Aiken's brother, CUve,
enlisted in the "California Bears" last
week.
DANCE WELL ATTENDED.
Another one of those committee
dances In the I. O. O. F. dance hall
last Saturday night was enjoyed by
a good sized crowd, fifty-nine numbers
being sold. This committee is putting
on good clean dances.
PROMINENT KELSO WOMAN ILL.
Mrsl Paul Dunn, who has been very
. ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
! J. H. Dixon, in Portland, is improving.
.'Mrs. Dunn has been suffering for
! three weeks with complications.
Victory.
SORROW COMES TO SANDY.
With the linking of the Tuecania,
grief came to many heart In thl com
munity, for out of the twenty-one hun
dred men aboard, two were from our
midst, Cecil O. Duke and Elmer
I'help. Another George Shafer la a,
brother of Mr. J. C. Laundree and
Warren Fender la a coualn of Mrs.
Randoif Shipley. These men are all
reported safe and while we have ceas
ed to grieve for these who are near
and dear to us, we have not forgotten
the home where sorrow still reigns.
We are fast becoming one big family
and our brother' grief Is ours, wheth
er come from our sister countries
across the water.
8ANDY RED CROSS MEETS.
The local auxiliary met with Mrs,
Shelley last Wednesday with eleven
member and friends .present. The
work on band will be finished and
packed at the meeting thl week.
There will be a fresh lot of work for
the next meeting and you are expect
ed to be there. Through the kindness
of the teachers, the high school girls
are excused from class room work
after two o'clock every Wednesday
and meet with us, where they are do
ing commendable work.
DISTRICT COMMITTE EAPPOINTED
Clackamas County ha been asked
to raise approximately $750,000.00 In
1918 by the sale of Thrift Stamps,
War Stamp or Baby Bond. This
means $20.00 for every man, woman
and child in Clackamas County. Dis
trict 46, which comprise Sandy
School District, ha a it committee
the following: Department No. 2
(Advertising) Fred Proctor. Depart
ment No. 4 (Sales) M. A. Deaton. De
partment No. ( (Church Lodge and
Club Organizations) Blanche R. Shel
ley. .
BORING MAN 18 8TRICKEN.
Mr. sorter, oi Boring, suffered a
paralytic stroke Saturday morning and
is In a serious condition.
8ANDY MAIL STAGE DISABLED.
J. C. Loundree, who drives the mail
stage between Sandy and Boring, has
had a run of bad luck lately that ser
en rabbit feet caught by seven cross
eyed "niggers" In the grave yard in
the dead of night could scarce over
come. Last week he broke two springs
on hi machine and Monday, he broke
the frame of it He I driving Uncle
Morgan's Ford until his Dodge Is able
to be out, and, the mail Is coming
through on time, in spite of the roads.
SANDY BOY HOME ON PASS.
"Spike" Hennessy, who is with the
29th Band C. A. C N. G., W. S. (Ore
gon) stationed at Fort Stevens, visited
his mother Saturday night, returning
Sunday morning. He was accompan
ied by Miss Julia Van Buskirk. of
Portland.
BLUFF ROAD MAN MEETS WITH
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Herman Becker, who lives two and
one-half miles north of Sandy on the
Bluff road, cut a large artery in his
foot last Thursday afternoon, with the
ax. He was fifteen hours without
medical aid and was considerably
weakened from the loss of blood. Dr.
Williams, of Sandy, was called and
dressed the cut At last reports Mr.
Becker was doing nicely.
DAUGHTER OF SANDY WOMAN
FINISHES NURSE'S COURSE.
Miss Hazel Mitchell, who has re
cently completed the nurses' training
course at the Good Samaritan hospital,
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. E. J.
BltchelL Miss Mitchell will return to
Portland In a couple of weeks to take
up her duties as a trained nurse.
HIGH SCHOOL GLEANINGS.
Lulu Roberts is back in school again
after a severe attack of tonsllitis.
The boys of the Firwood grades Bas
ket Ball team played the Sandy Grade
team Friday evening In Melnlg's hall.
The honors went to the vfeiting team,
the score being 26 to 21. This is the
second game In the series. Sandy
winning the first
N. H. MORRIS
Live Stock and General Auctioneer
Will Establish a Regular Sale Day at Walter's Feed Stable
SIXTH AND WATER ST3 .
First Sale Will be Held
Saturday, February 16th
1 Commencing at 1 o'clock P. M.
Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Furniture Anything You
Have to Sell.
Bring it in and have it Sold on Commission.
These Sales Bring Buyer and Seller Together.
For particulars Phone 348W.
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:,, LOCALS.;
Mis Lillian Averill spent the week
end In Portland, the guest of Mis
Hazel Boardman. Miss AverlH saw
"Cleopatra" while there.
Geo. Beer came from Yacolt and
Spent Saturday and Sunday with his
family.
Mis May Kllnger went to Portland
Tuesday where she mot her brother,
Alvln Kllnger who ha been stationed
at Fort Whitman. HI furlough al
lowed him to be in Portland only an
hour.
Little Miss Maxlne Thomas, who ha
been the guest of her aunt, Mis Mabel
Thomas, of GrcBham, spent Tuesday
with the Melnlg girl on her way to
her home at Marmot.
Mrs. Ricbey, formerly Miss Minnie
Helms, of Boise, Idaho, 1 visiting her
parents at Marmot. Mr. Rlchey I In
France with the 41st Division of the
Field Artillery. Mrs. Rlchey, who la a
trained nurse expect to answer the
next call for nurse for foreign duty.
Irven Burmaster is the guest of hi
grandparent, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sens
ke, for two week.
Adolph Aachoff, postmaster at Mar
mot, spent Thursday and Friday with
P. R. Melnlg and family.
Miss Ada Justus and brother,' Ho-
bert, of Hailey, Idaho, spent the week
end at Bull Run, the guests of the
Allen family.
Mrs. Hagan, who has been In the
Good Samaritan hospital for some
time, returned to her home near Bull
Run a week ago.
Mrs. F. F. Boody, of Portland, I vis
iting her brother, B. H. Aaron, at the
Headwork. She expects to remain
a month or more. " Alton C. Allen and
wife,, of Portland, , were .. week-end
guest of Mr. Aaron also. They at
tended the dance in Sandy Saturday
night
Louis Ballbaca and Miss Louise
Thurman, of Portland, were week-end
guest of Mr. and Mr. B. E. Syke.,
Harry Hagan, who ha been visiting
hi parents near Bull Run, returned to
Portland Sunday, where be will go In
to a foundry and learn the moulding
trade. His friend, Fred Shearer, came
out from Portland Saturday, returning
with him Sunday.
Billie Allen, of Bull Run Store, took
a flying trip down the Columbia river
last week, on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Senske had as
dinner guest Sunday, J. A. Senske
and wife and daughter Minnie. Cover
were laid for seven.
C. L. Hensen, of Zlg Zag Ranger
station, as in Sandy Wednesday.
Hugh Develin and family, of Dover,
were Sandy visitors Tuesday.
Mrs. Susan Kitzmiller, formerly of
Dover, but now of Gresham, fell from
her porch some time ago and dislo
cated her shoulder. The last report I
that she is improving.
Mr. J. C. Laundree spent Friday
and Saturday of last week in Portland
with her sister, Mrs. Marie OsBtratter.
Mrs. W. Bosholm, of Firwood, agent
the week end In Portland, visiting rel
atives. The condition of Geo. Wolf, of the
Sandy Hotel, remains unchanged.
Thos. Rathbone, of Salt Lake City,
spent Thursday night with Percy T.
Shelley and family.
The family of Alt Bell has all been
on the sick list with tonsllitis and
colds. Mr. Bell was threatened with
typhoid.
Mrs. Thomas Brown and small son,
from Friend, Ore., and Miss Naomi
Faublon, visited with Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Faubion last week. Miss Naomi
will accompany her sister back to
Friend.
J. S. Greenwood and wife, of La
Casa Monte, were week-end guests of
the Shelleys. They also attended the
dance, and called on several of their
friends Sunday.
Miss Weise and two brothers re
turned to Ferdinand, Idaho, last Thurs
day, after a short visit with their
aunt, Mrs. Nick Schmitz.
James Bell and Chas. Krebbs, of
Sandy Ridge, attended the committee
meeting at Estacada Friday. Mrs.
SItz Is the other member of that com
mittee appointed to take charge of
the sale of Thrift Stamps and War
Saving Stamps in the Sandy Ridge dis
trict Mr. Milan, of the Kelso committee,
attended the meeting in Oregon City
Monday. He asked to be released and
John Revenue was appointed to fill
the vacancy. Fred Proctor was ap
pointed to take Mr. Revenue's place
on the Sandy committee.
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