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MORE NURSES.
The one big point which alands but
In criticism of the cantonment hos
pital Bystem la the need tor nurses.
Perhaps no one In the country is
better Qualified to make general state
ments about army hospitals than Mary
Roberts Rinehart. She waa before her
marriage a trained nurse. By her
marriage she became a surgeon's wife.
Nine-tenths of the fiction readers of
the country are familiar with her stor
ies of hospitals and narsea. She has
three sons, one of whom ta In an army
cantonment Her husband to also In
the service. BoUi as mother and aa
writer she has made an exhaustive
stndy of the cantonments. She has
written copiously lor the Saturday ev
ening Post and other publications
many weeks before the recent contro
versy roe.
VTast Mrs. Rinehart asks every
mother to believe, from her own wide
experience, U that the system as
whole is excellent Most of the critic
ism has been based on case that are
the exception, not the rale. The sick
ness and death rates are lower than
for the same nnmbe rof men in ordi
nary life.. The chances lor every boy
are better in the cantonments than at
home. But that is not enough.
The system which pats an enlisted
man of no training In the essentials of
nursing In charge of sick men, to bad.
Even a minor illness demands trained
attention, lest it become worse.
The difficulty everywhere to the
lack of . skilled help. An untrained
man In charge of 111 men in a ward to
far better than no man at all. At least
he can do certain necessary tasks. He
is pat there by the army officials not
because they prefer him to the train
ed narse. but because tiers to no
trained narse.
This to a distinct call to young wo
men who are in good physical condi
tion and who are willing to serve their
country. The way to help to to enter
tho nearest hospital and take the train
ing For every girt who enters a hos
pital at the bottom, a nnrse with two
years or more of training can be re
leased at the top.
Training in
: RALPH EDMONDS ON SUBMARINE
Willamette Boy Goes Through Panama
Canal on K-Boat
together. The nation doesn't want
either of them loafing on the job or
confining its activity to instructing or
obstructing the other. If congress
does not get busy with a constructive
program of war work, it may soon
find itsalf the center of a blimrd of
public criticism.
ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF HIGH SCHOOL PEP
At a meeting of the Pep Club of the
Oregon City high school on Monday
afternoon the election of officers took
place aa follows: President Ken
neth Hutchinson; vice president Gor
don Wilson; annual reporter, Gordon
Ramstead; aergeant-et-arms, Melvin
Gleason.
The boya In their report state that
the days have been unusually quiet
due to lack of atheleties. but from the
indications the next three months
there will be "something doing" In
that line, as the boys have arranged
to hold baseball games at Canemah
park as soon aa the weather permits.
There ta much activity organising a
baseball team.
At a meeting held on Monday a num
ber of new members were admitted to
the organisation. These were Louis
Vlerhus. Melvin Gleason, Leonard
Cannon, Leonard Rynearson, Hugh
Harbeson and Robert Crawford.
The club now numbers 25 members
and the meetings are held every two
weeks.
Ralph Edmonds, only son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Edmonds, of Willamette,
was the first volunteer from his home
town, Willamette, and his 19th birth
day anniversary was spent in service.
The first trip he made at sea was ou
the U .8. S. Saratoga, and he was
transferred to the U. S. S. Oregon, and
after remaining on this boat for a few
weeks was transferred to a submcrtne.
The young man has not had a fur
lough since enlisting, and was given
the privilege of either enjoying a fur
lough or to go on the U. S. S. Oregon,
the latter which would be of benefit
fo him iu his examination, so In order
to take advantage of the chance of
gaining the top, he stayed with the
service instead of going on a furlough.
and said "when the war is over I will
take my furlough."
Since enlisting in the navy, Eu
monds has had a number of experi
ences that he will long remember. He
is now in the submarine service in
the K-fleet.
Among the trips he has taken was
through the "big ditch" as he terms
the Panama canal. ' -
'While passing through the canal
the weather waa similar to that of
old Oregon," saya Edmonds, "except
that there was considerable lightning.
In the storm It placed our submarine
to a list of over 47 degrees. We were
dressed in rubber suits, but were
drenched when a sheet of water came
over. 1 have plenty to keep me warm,
aa when 1 went to my 'new home' waa
issued a Jersey, gloves, wristlets, hel
met and scarf. The 'Old Uncle' looks
out for we fish pretty good.
COUNTY 13 ASKED FOR
' $3900 FOR ARMENIANS
An appeal for relief for the Arme
nians by Ben Selling of Portland and
a talk on the matter of store deliver
ies by A. N. Stanton, Director of De
liveries of the United States Food
hospitals, aa In the Administration, were the chief topics
r a Wt mmUb T Im VI' Is, a T n n ami
army, becomes more intensive because '"B" , "
of the demand. More to learned In ne,d tt Commercial Club Parlors
. shorter time than heretofore. An nn- terday nooa. Mr. Selling made a
.. .,,! i . ,wt.i .M tirring appeal for the Armenians,
be of even less use than the untrained siting appalling instances of their ter
n . -ui, ., nna ribje sufferings and for no cause ex-
hospital training is Invaluable. bee Christianity. He
w.-i- .. i.JL Ai, ...m. likened them anto the Jews as a race
work. It takes strength and infinite ot W th0", '.vTS ' ?v
a .rA tmr - I own d and said that because they
Sac work is soldiering. But the I Christians as a result of our
m, w, it u missionary work, they were being
....... V con h- ,.n wnmn murdered and persecuted by the un
of the T coW be less' L snd ad Turks aided and abetted
H by the silent consent of the Germans.
I Thirty-five hundred dollars was the
"Your Chrlatma box was received.
It sure waa a box of sweets. I also re
ceived a box of sweets from the Will
amette high school a sweet remem
brance. Tell the studonts that I will
be back when it is over 'over there.'
"It will be great to have a sleigh
ride, after this 'aeaslUliug.'
"As we are now in port had an op
portunity to go to church this morn
ing, and seemed very much like home.
Halt of the congregation was com
posed of sailors."
Ralph Edmonds, when a lad of IS
years of age, Installed a wireless plant
at the home of his parents, and within
a short time was able to operate the
same. He has token a special interest
in the study of electricity, and waa
a wireless operator on the U. S. S. Ore
gon, and la now second electrician on
a submarine of the K-fleet.
When 15 years of age Edmonds In
vented and received a patent on an
adjustable window latch and stop.
The young man will celebrate hla
20th birthday anniversary on a sub
marine July 20th. He 1 a graduate of
McLoughlin Institute of this city.
0. D. EB Y
RESIGNS
SCHOOL
BOARD
0. IX Eby, chairman of the school
board, haa resigned. Following a meet
ing of the board -Thursday night, he
filed a letter of resignation ,tn which
he declares that he is out of hurmony
with the majority of the school board,
and that he thinks the board should
be in complete harmony In order to
secure concerted results, in which all
of the members of the board should
share an equal responsibility. Mr. Eby
has been member of the board tor
the last 10 yeara, and has been very
active In school work. His term of
office expires next June. He has been
a stanch supporter of City Superin
tendent Toose, who, it to understood,
will not be a candidate for reelection.
It la believed that the present board
When Ralph Edmonds entered the Is likely to elect new superintendent
OREGON CITY GETS FINE BOOST
Portland Journal Editorial Commends
Town and Its Institutions.
R, V. Irvine, editor r the Portland
Joiirnnl, who talked ut the l.lvo Wire
'luncheon last Tuesday noon, publish
ml tho followlns editorial on Oregon
City In the Journal Wednesday. It
Is a beautiful piece of publicity, show
ing that It pays to brlnu a man of Mr.
It'vlno's calibre here:'
world In Oregon City, it was on the
day that the Spanish fleet waa sunk
by Admirals Samson and Schley at
Santiago bay, and almost the same
hour. The attending physician, the
late Dr. W. E. Carll. at that time ex
claimed: 'This young man will sure
enter the naval service when he to
needed," and sure enough he waa the
first to respond to his country's call
from Willamette.
Keep Step With I
Uncle Sain.
NOW, HOW ABOUT CONGRESS?
"Of course I do," said Mr. Harding,
' I drove the mule."
I amount apportioned as this county's
share of the Armenian Relief Fund
and a committee of five composed of
Congress, sine the beginning or the a. a. Price, C. H. Dye, C. Schueble,
present session, haa been spurring j w. a. Dlmick, and Dr. Roy Prudden,
and belaboring ths executive depart- j were appointed to handle the cam
ment for the purpose of accelerating pajgn. During the course of Mr. Sell
our war preparations. Its efforts, on.; ing'8 ne referred to his Oregon
the whole, appear to have borne fruit. ! experiences in the pioneer days stat
despite the dust of partisanship and ing tjjat ne posibly had been In Ore
resentment kicked yp. Now there are j gon cjty before most of hla audience
signs of a natural and probably necea-: nad been born, with the exception of
sary come-back. The executive de-Mr George Harding. He referred to
partment is beginning to apply the one of hs visit8 t0 Oregon City when
apur and whip to Congress. The pres-, ne nad been taken to Canemah on a
ident haa called in senate and house j muie-drawn car, and asked Mr. Hard-
leaders and urged tnem to get busy . ng if he reraembered that Incident,
along tne line oi constructive legis
lation. It is charged, In administrative cir
cles, that congress has done nothing
at all in the last two months except
criticise and loaf. Not one Important
measure has been enacted. Up to the
beginning of this month, when the
president started taking congress in
hand, the needed measure broadening
the exec-jtive power to fix prices had
not even been introduced, and nothing
had been done about the legislation
desired for mors effective food con
trol and railroad management. Inter
est ia said to have been at a low ebb
at the Capitol building. Time after
time, there have not besn enough law
makers on hand to make a quorum.
The executive and legislative de
partments are the right and left arms
of our government. One is as neces
asry as the other for war purposes.
Both must work, and they must work
; . . .
Tune "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Uncle Sam in striped pants, blue coat
and starry hat
Is the peer of any king; each ounce of
surplus fat
Hooveriied from his big frame, puts
him in fighting trim;
Then fall in line with him!
Chorus
Glory, glory, halleluiah.
Glory, glory, halleluiah.
Glory, glory, halleluiah.
Keep step with Uncle Sam!
Uncle Sam is stepping 'round with
ginger,.vlm and pep;
Better quit your loitering and catch
that snappy step.
"War across the pond," says he, "must
help at any cost,
Or else the world Is lost!"
Some of us must stay at home, to keep
the hearth-fires bright
Build the ships and raise the food tor
those who go to fight;
All must toil to win the war buy
bonds and thrift stamps, too,
Hooverizlng patriots true.
Hark, the bugle's sounding 'tis the
trumpet of the Lord!
Uncle Sam has seized his gun and
buckled on his sword.
"Come on boys, we'll win the light for
God and Liberty,
And save Democracy!
Mary Newton Badger.
CORPORALR.B WATTS
F!
OSWEGO RESTRAINED
The Supreme court yesterday after
noon affirmed the decision of Circuit
Judge Bagley wherein he held that
the City of Oswego could not expend
moneys derived from direct taxation
for the improvement of a county
highway. The restraining suit against
the City of Oswego was brought by
Julia Cooper.
COMMISSIONER
PROCTOR SUES
TO QUIET TITLE
County Commissioner W. A. Proc
tor has brought proceeding to quiet
title on certr.in properties in Section
34, Township 1 South Range 4 East-
Corporal R. B. Watts, 13th Aero
Squadron, son of R. P. Watts, of
Woodburn, and brother of Jack Watts,
1006 Seventh street Oregon City,
sends the following letter from
France:
SOMEWHERE IX FRANCE. Jan.
13. Dear Brother: Received your
letter Sunday and I sure wss glad
to hear from you. Have not received
the Christmas package, but expect it
will come along In a few days, hope
so at least
Those fellows that want to strike
for higher wages and a closed shop
at this stage ought to be made to
work tor nothing. What do they
think us boya that came In earty vol
untarily giving up positions anywhere
from $70 to $200 for $15 a month and
the chances are we needed the money
Just as bad as they. - Union labor la
all right if they will behave them
selves, the trouble is they carry some
things too far.
Received a letter from Cordis a few
days ago and he said they only lost
one game in football, which Is doing
fine.
We had a meet with one of the
other squads at wrestling and boxing.
We won all four wrestling bouts and
lost three bouts at boxing, isn't that
doing great. I can hardly talk this
evening from cheering so much this
aft ?rnoon.
We have the material for a dandy
ball team, have been practicing some
as we are having fine weathr for It.
We can't write much about our
duties or trips, except we are kept
busy. Have been In two camps In
France. For a wonder I did not get
seasick on the way over. Everyqne
says I am getting fat, guess army life
agrees with mi. I sure feel fine
Have bad a cold, but not a bad one,
it was caused through the change in
climate. Yourr brother,
RAY.
tor the next year. No action haa yet
been taken toward calling a meeting
of the board to elect his eucceasor.
His letter of resignation follows:
"I beg to herewith tender my resig
nation aa a member ot the board, to
take effect Immediately, and I trust
that you will at once fill the vacancy,
aa I shall not be present at any more
board meetings. .
"For aome time past I have felt out
of harmony and out ot Joint at board
meetlnga and now at this time when,
the school is to be reorganized tor the
coming year. I think the board should
be in complete harmony, in order to be
able to gather the beat organtxatlon
and to get the best results for next
year's work. I do not bolleve that my
further conttnuance on the board will
be productive ot this harmonious con
dition. I do not. mean by this that I
would be disposed to create discord,
but I do think that someone acting In
my place who to in full accord with
the balance ot the board will bring
about more harmonious meetings and
more harmonloua results.
"I believe that Oregon City haa
many good men who can fill the place,
and I believe that responsibility ahould
be fixed ao that the people ot the
school district may know who are re
sponsible tor whatever, good results
are obtained and likewise be responsi
ble for results that are not good.
"During the eight yeara that 1 have
been on the board I have enjoyed the
work very much and I think one can
have no higher aspiration than that ot
endeavoring to give the boya and girls
ot this country the best possible edu
cation in order to fit them for the
citizenship which present day needs
require, and to which all boya and girls
are entitled, and I trust that this ideal
shall always be the one towards which
the school organization ot Oregon City
shall continue to strive as it haa In the
past. Respectfully submitted,
"O. D. EBY."
ItlHtorlo, suhittiititlnl and proves
slve, Oicgou City, with a population
of 7000, nestles along the river, whern
the thunders of Willamette falls have
reverberated lnce time began.
It Is the home of the lur-nt woolen
mill In Western America. No mill
west of the Missouri river equals it
In output. It was a woolen mill and
one of tho liiuKnt manufacturing a
tabllshmunts In the state wheu mmi
now of whitened locks were barefoot
boys.
Oregon City Is ulno the home of a
huge paper Ind.mtry with an output
of millions of dollars a year and pay
rolls for nearly S000 operatives. The
entire product of one great mill goes
to St. Ixiuls, and from there Is dis
tributed throughout the United States.
A gravity system of pure mountain
water, with the source of supply more
than SO miles back In the heart ot
the Cascades, Is one ot the city's won
derful assets. It cost $285,000, and
though but recently Installed its rev
enues are already regularly taking
care ot the Interest and sinking fund.
The plant Is managed by two men, re
ducing the operating cost to a mini
mum, and affording to all cities ex
ample of the efficiency and economy
of a gravity system ot pure water. The
plant Is municipally owned, aa all
water plants should be, and In Its
service of wholesome, safe and spark
ling water It la a glorious contribu
tion to the life, health and happiness
ot the city.
Though but a stone's throw from
Oregon'a metropolis, Oregon city hits
two strong nowspaiiers, tho Kntarprlse
mul the Coiirlnr, the first of which I
shortly to bo shnllcrnd in a new home
of lis own. Of churches mid school
and all tho other appointments ot a
well ordered community, there la au
ample number with appointments be
fitting modern ctvlltmittnu,
AIoiik with other fine tiuslnnsa or-
HiiiilatlouK, Orciton City has the Live
Wires, und when you see them In ses
sion you know that tho tiauis tlta. The
atmosphere la charged with subHtun
tlallty, refinement and high purpose.
The men Into whose fares you gate,
have the air of big affairs and horlxon
to fit. They match up in appearance
with the best bodtea of the kind to
bo found anywhere, and the appear
ance Is not deceptive, for ukelr works
and achievements In the business, No
dal and economic life ot the' com
munity are a perfectly sufficient tes
timonial. Oregon City was early enough la
the field to be the city to annex tho
state name. In the early days, when
the pioneers did not eat boiled wheat,
they used bread mostly made from
flour ground In the primitive mill at
Oregon City.
For a long time, Oregon City was
the center ot state life. It waa the
capital of Oregon territory. It waa
the governor's home, and most im
portant of all, It waa the home of that
grand figure so preeminent In the pio
neer life of the region, Dr. John Mo
Ixmithlln. Some wonder why Oregon City did
not become the principal elty of Ore
gon. The tides of the ocean sweep
tho feet of the great waterfall. Had
hydro-elM-trtc energy boon then what
It la today, who knowa but Oregon
City might have been Portland, and
Portland the nearby suburb? .
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SEGT. J. W. MEAD IN ENGLAND
Writes of Experiences of Boys in England
Packages Come In Bad Order
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SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY IS ,
CONSIGNED TO FARMER
DIVORCE DECREES ENTERED.
Three divorce decrees were entered
in the circuit court records Monday.
Battle Smythe secured a decree from
The defendants are John V. Smith andjcharle9 Smythe; ganh Daly Qb.
wife, and all other persons Interested
in the premises described.
Fred Garfield Chapman has filed
his declarltion of intention to become
a citizen of the United States. He
came from Manitoba, Canada, In 1S84,
and was a subject of King George V.
March 11. Eugene $2106 contract
let for building to house tools for road
use.
talned a decree and her maiden name
Sarah Baty, from her husband, John
Daly; Phoebe Earls was granted mat
rimonial freedom from Charles E.
Earls, and was given the custody of
four minor children.
Pendleton wheat land sells for $200
per acre. There never was a time
when grain growers had so little to
complain of.
Lawrence Carter, aged seven, with
an identification card tacked onto his
lapel, along with a consignee's label
"M. B. Maynatt. Central Point, Ore
gon" was placed on a Southern Pacific
southbound passenger train Thursday
night and started on his Journey to his
new home at the Maynatt farm.
Noting In the newspapers some
time ago that Court Matron Church
had found good homes for two little
wards of the Juvenile court, Maynatt,
wrote a letter to Mrs. Church, stating
he would give a good home to the first
little youngster who needed one. He
asked to be advlsod of the next young
dependent brought before the court.
Young Carter,-a ward ot the court,
was surrendered a tew days ago by the
family where he has been staying,
temporarily. Mrs. Church Immediate
ly wrote Maynatt, who forwarded rail
road fare for the little fellow and he
was placed on the train by Juvenile
Officer Frost and started on his long
trip to southern Oregon.
Carter is a bright little fellow, and
the big-hearted farmor of the Central
Point country will realize he has made
a good Investment, when the little
chap gets firmly launched in the home
lite ot the Maynatt family.
England, Jan. 25, 1911. i
Dear Mother Mine: Just a Hue to
let you know I am alive and still In
England. We got our first mall yes
terday. I got only one letter. It was
from Oda and was mailed December
4; said she wss fixing me a Christmas
box, hut I haven't seen It yet but ex
pect to before long. We should get
our malt prety regularly now, Hope
so, anyway. I have been reading my
old letters until they have worn out
Burned them all up this morutnjr.
II y the way, we had some real old
U. S. apples several days ago. Some
Chamber of Commerce sent them. We
wasted no time In asking foolish ques
tions but waded In on the apples.
This sure Is a funny country. I got
a shave the first day we landed here.
He Just pulled them out grabbed a
sponge out ot cold water, gave my
face a swipe and handed me a towel.
He would last for Just one shave In
a United States shop; then they
would throw him out.
Jan. 28. Well. I haven't mailed my
last letter so will add a little more to
It. Got our second lot of mall today
and was sure glad. Got your letter
dated December 6, but have not gotten
the sweater yet, but look tor It In
day or two we only got a few pack
ages. I asked about that allotment
they hold back the first two months.
You ought to be getting It now.
So you don't like those pictures.
Well, I did not either. We are going
to get caps over here and when we
do will have some more taken. We
no stove and haft to eat out right In
the open. Still we came out all right
and thankful we did not get la the
trenches.
Got a letter from. Mrs. Chapman.
She said she waa aendlng me a box
of candy and would send another one
soon, but haven't got any yet They
all aay they have aent or are going to
send.
Feb. 3 Well, mother, I got the
sweater at last and it la a dandy. It'a
the first one I've aeen that had the
neck put in right Most ot them Just
have a hole at the top, no difference
In front or back.
What kind ot a trip did Earl Wink
have going west? My last two letters
to Effto and George were returned un
claimed. Don't know what was the
matter. We left the states a day
sooner than Wink said we would.
Say, mother, our packages have
commenced to come through and one
half of them are all mashed up. Will
you have an article put in the paper
tolling friends ot soldiers to put their
candles and other stuff that Is mash
able In cans, baking powder cans and
such like, Tie the wrappings on tight
and address very heavy so It can't
wear off, as some ot them have the
address entirely worn off. Well, moth
er, will close for this time. Much love.
Your son,
Segt. J. W. Mead, Co. O, 1C2 U. 8.
Inft.. A. E. F.
P. S Has Mrs. Flnlgan heard from
Roy lately, and dons she know where
haven't had a pay day since Nov. 12, Ihe Is? We are not allowed to tell
and are all busted. Aunt Ellen sent whore we are nor what we are doing.
me 30 cents In stamps. Will got them
changed at the American Express Co.
for cash. Will seem like a fortune
after being busted so long.
Yes, mother, It was cold at Camp
Mills, but not so cold as France. Be
sides in New York we had good tents
Frank Qulnn was i-ure right when he
snld we did not have things fixed up
at Camp Mills. I went down street
one night and got in water knee deep.
A tent dropped on one bunch and al
most drownod one man before wo got
him out. Every time It rained the
with stoves, but In France the tents camp was flooded. Guess I'll have to
were small and 11 men to a tent with! stop. Love to all.
CAMAS MAYOR RECALLED.
VANCOUVER, Wash, March It
t. Clark, Socialist mayor of Camas,
elected to office In November, 1016,was
removed from office yesterday by a
vote ot 338 to 123.
R008EVELT 13 WOUNDED.
NEW YORK, March 13. Captain
Archibald Roosevelt, son ot Theodore
Roosevelt, has been wounded in action
with the American forces in France.
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