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THE WORLD REVOLUTION
Most cltisens have listened, with
scepticism or alarm, la past years,
to the harrangues of soap-box orators,
prophesying an era in which society
will be tamed upside down. Now we
find a multl-milllon;ir captain of
industry announcing the same "revo
lution." Charles M. Schwab, addres
sing ail audience of public school
alumni In New York, says:
"We are at the threshold of anew
social era. It Is going to come upon
us sooner than we expect. It Is a
social renaissance, and It la world
wide. It means that the man who
labors with his hands Is going to
dominate not merely Russia, Germ
any and the United States, but the
whole world.'
Mr. Schwab doesnt want the
change. He is pretty well satisfied
with things as they are. But he is
sure It Is coming, and is reconciled to
It.
It will be a revolution Indeed, but
a slow and peaceful one. "The trans-
lation from the old to the new order j
will be so gradual that we wui naraiy
realize that it has occurred." And tt
wont be so bad, after all.
"Tho aristocracy of the future Is
not going to be an aristocracy of
wealtn. It Is going to be the aristoc
racy of men who have done something
for their country and for the world
at large. When that time comes,
wealth will not be the standard, nor
wilt bldth, but the standard will be
honorable and straightforward de
meanor. "I am not anxious to give away my
wealth," he says frankly. '"The more
wealth and power one acquires, the
more one wants. I am not sure that
this coming change In society will be
better for you or me. But whether
it will or not, we must be prepared
to accept it, for it is coming, and
nearer than we think.
"Whatever the Creator has design
ed will come, and it will be good.
Changes in social conditions do not
come by men alone, but because God
decrees them."
This Is a remarkable utterance,
any way ycrj look at It. It is es
pecially .significant coming from a
great captialistic leader. If bethinks
so, men of his class In general are
probably thinking along the same
lines.
Maybe he's right. Anyhow his
optimism, in the face of a future he
expects and doesn't want. Is reassur
ing. If the Schwabs can stand such a
social and political overturn as he
forecasts, 'most anybody can stand It.
QUICK ADVANCEMENT.
It is certainly astonishing to see
how some of our soldier boys are com
ing along. Here Is some young fel
low, the pearly down of youth scarce
shaved off his cheek, who now bears
the honored title of Lieutenant, Cap
tain, or even perhaps Major. But a
short time ago he was regarded as
only a boy. Now he has the lives and
fate of a group of men and the in
terests of his country in his youthful
keeping. He Is carrying heavier re
sponsibilities than elderly men In po
sitions of power and influence in the
community.
This is one reason why army life
appeals powerfully to young men.
They feel the hazards keenly enough.
But it cuts the gordi.tn knots of life.
In times of peace, life is a long and
discouraging struggle for advance
ment The knots are tangled and
have to be untied with infinite labor
and pains.
In times of war, the doors to ad
vancement are thrown wide open.
There may not be much money suc
cess. But there is fame and reputa
tion, which are rewards that men
prize equally well. And all these op
portunities may come within a few
months or a year by the quick recog
nition that is given ability.
The fellows who have accepted the
risks of service, or who are cheerful
ly complying with the government
call, are entitled to some compensa
tion. It is right that they should be
given prompt advancement in life
ahead of those who stay at home.
When a young fellow returns from
the wars with a good record in an of
ficer's position, it should help him
In the pursuits of peace. He has shown
ability to l.-d men under circum
stances of great strain. That ability
should be valuable in any business
field. So the fellows who are mak
ing these sacrifices are going to be
the coming men in the future days
of business competition.
POLITICS AND BUSINESS.
People who are familiar with Wash
ington life say it is Interesting to see
the entire change of spirit since the
war came on.
Formerly the noted political lead
ers were pointed out to the stranger
as the chief objects of personal inter
est. But today the chief interest is
centering in the group of business
executives that have been called to
Washington to help run the war. It
will be so more and more, and the
effects of this change should last far
beyond the war period.
The qualities that make for success
In business and in politics are differ
ent. The successful business man
must be efficient, and he must have
some degree of expert skill. He must
know the details of his line very
thoroughly, and he must be able to
organise human activity in systematic
ways.
In our past history the successful
politician has not usually needed to
be an expert In anything but get
ting votes. He could succeed without
business efficiency, or the mastery of
business detail
Of course the sue -
eeesful politician is no fool. He is
an expert in his line. That line is the
art of pleasing the people, frequently
of cajoling them.
If a man Is the master of soft and
slippery words, . he i frequently a
winner over less tongucy men. This
does not mean that politicians are any
worse than other people. Hut it
means that our people have not fully
realised the necessity for expert ef
ficiency In our national, state, and
local governments, and that we al
low other qualities than efficiency to
govern us in the choices we make.
That kind Of government has cost the
American people an awful price.
POOR HANDWRITING
The government is complalulng
about the poor penmanship of its men
in military and naval service. To this
cause it attributes the delay in send
ing out a great mass of February
checks for pay and family allotment.
A great many Illegible signatures and
adresses have been handed in, thus
placing a serious difficulty in the
iwav of clerical work. With 500.000
rneck8 t0 be -rUton, Illegible hand-
writing Is no small proposition. It has
called for a lot of correspondence to
verity adresses.
What Is the trouble with our
schools that they don't teach oSr
boys to Write legibly? ,
The old timers say that there are
too many frills, too much time given
to studies other than the sacred old
Three R's. They should remember,
however, that the boy who goes out
info life today knowing only "Readln',
'Ritiu and 'Rithmetic" as the old
timers used to say, is poorly equlpied
tor this swift age.
It would be nearer the truth to lo
cate the trouble' with tho large num
ber of boys who quit school at the
seventh, eight, or ninth grades. It
takes years to acquire a good hand
writing. -
Also one trouble is the fad of teach
ing children to write fast, with which
many of our educators have been af
fected. They have seemed to think i
every boy was going to be a book
keeper, and must learn to scribble
scientifically at a high rate of speed.
On the contrary most people in this
aga of typewriters do not have any
large amount of writing to do by
hand. They need to write very legibly
a little at a time, to be able to write
signatures and addresses and memor
anda so that they can be read at a
glance. Excepting those who are to do
clerical work for a living, what most
people need Is a plain round hand
with little regard to speed.
"TRUE GERMANS.'
In a book called "Deutsche Reden In
Sehwerer Zeit", written by a German
clergyman named D. Baumgartner, we
find in this very Christian sentiment 1
regarding the proper German attitude
toward Prussian frightfulness:
"Anyone who cannot bring himself
to epprove from the bottom of his
heart the sinking of the Lusitania,
who cannot conquer his sense of the
monstrous cruelty to countess per
fectly innocent victims and give him
self up to joy at this victorious exploit
of German defensive power such a
one we deem no true German."
There is every indication that his
flock, and Germany In general agreed
with the reverend gentlemen, and his
spiritual brethren Admiral von Tir
pitz and Kaiser Wilhelm. It must be
said, however, in extenuation of the
German people's "joy at this victor
ious exploit", that the Lusitania affair
was never truthfully presented to
th-?m.
We prefer to think that the reason
they approved of this monstrous crime
was because their political, military
and religious leaders lied to them.
We prefer to think that It is credu
lity rather than cruelty which is the
mark of the "true German".
THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
You might imagine him a military
personage. But he isn't anything of
the sort. He's the same horny-handed,
sunburnt son of toil who used to b3
designated, in the good old times, as a
"Rube", or a "hayseed". But it's un
gracious to recall those dear, dead
days. No rude epithets now for the
farmer! The world kow-tows to him.
Thus we have the Ohio war board
issuing a proclamation in acknowledge
ment of the rural nabob's new dignity
and importance, as follows:
'The American farmer is the nian of
the hour."
The announcement proceeds:
"This war may be won on the Amer
ican farm in the American pig pen.
Bigger crops and more pork is the
call of the government to the farmers.
Now Is th'a time for them to get to
gether and mobilize their forces for
the attack".
Winning the war in "a, pig pen"
may not be a particularly glorious con
ception, but the practial "man of the
hour" will get the idea, and feel no
grudge against a well-meaning war
board. For the pig is "the animal of
the hour", and every pig pen like every
farm house, is expected to do its duty.
THE OVERWORKED INITIATIVE
In addition to three initiative bills
four referendum measures, there will
be two more Initiative bills. C. S.
Jackson of Portland thinks the news
papers are getting rich too fast and
has framed up a bill limiting the
price to be paid for legal advertise
ments. Another bill is to abolish the
Public Service Commission. That
will make ten bills on the ballot to
vote on. Another bill extends the
state insurance to all classes of
worners ana to include what are
'called occupational diseases , In the
list of injuries for which the state
will pay. Loggers, fishermen and those
who work In the wet get rheumatism,
those who work at baling hay get hay
fever, painters Ret lead poisoning, etc.
I Hi
WHAT A GREAT ROMANOFF DID.
Cur shlp bulnUllng Job, vast as It Is,
is nothing compared with the Job tack
led by Peter the Great a couple of
hundred years ago.
Russia hadn't a single ship, a single
ship architect, a single ship carpenter
or a single sailor. Peter had to go to
Holland and learn ship building trade
himself, then Import foreign artisans
to build and man his first ehlps and
train his own men. He built a great
navy and a great merchant fleet, and
thereby made Russia a world power.
What we need in thla country ioday
is the spirit of Teter Jtomanoft.
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If you arc going to plant that back
yard garden thla spring, now la the
time to dress it with fertilizer.
Taken From Oregon
prise March H-ISOS
Old Maide There
City Enter-
are 1.500.000
old maids In England and Wales. Sad
to say one-third of tho number cannot
hop to marry, as there are not men
enough to go around. Of every one
hundred women iu England eighty
flve are wives, thirty nine are
spinsters and three are widows. Tha
old maids are more numerous in high
life than In low
General Grant as Wood Dealer
General Grant in his days of In
significance and poverty. ushI to
furnish wood to the family of 11. T.
Plow, hauling it himself. On a recent
occasion Mrs. Plow attended "one of
the General's receptions, and ' he
greeted her as follows: "Mrs. Blow,
I remember you well. What great
changes have taken place since we
last met?" "Yes, General, remarked
Mrs. Blow, "The war is over." "I did
not mean that." he replied, "I mean
with myself. Do you recollect when
I used to supply your husband with
wood, and pile it myself, and measure
it too, and go to his office for my
pay." Oh yes. General, your fa
was so familiar in those days." ' Mrs.
Blow, those were very' happy days,
for I was doing the best I could to
support my family."
Will Address Hon. P. C. Sullivan,
of Dallas, Is expected to address the
Grant Club in this city soon. When
he comes we want all the people to
hear him. He has the reputation of
being an excellent speaker.
New Steamer The new steamer
Wenet of the Willamette Company
made her first apperance 1n this city
on Wednesday last. The company Is
not yet prepared to carry passengers,
but the boat la heavily laden with
freight.
10 WIFE BUI NOT
Heed this, extravagant housewives.
When Horace E. Plummer, of Port
land, remonstrated with his wife, Marie
W. Plummer, against kitchen extrava
gance during war time, she curtly in
formed her husband that "Hooverlz
ing," in her mind was a "huge joke."
Mr. Plummer filed suit for divorce
against his wife in the circuit court
here Monday and this is one of the
grounds upon which the decree Is
asked.
Plaintiff further charges that he of
fered her the sum of $175 per month to
operate their household expenses, but
that she absolutely refused that offer.
He further states that Mrs. Plummer
was a continual kicker, even complain
ing of Oregon's balmy climate. In a
fit of anger recently, the husband
charges, his wire locked herself in
the bathroom where he found her with
a razor in one hand and a bottle of
corrosive sublimate In the other. An
other bad habit, the husband charges,
was that of keeping her former hus
band's picture on her bedroom dresser.
Mr. Plummer has two children by a
former marriage and the wife three.
The couple were married in Exclsior,
Minn., March 20, 1917. Plaintiff owns
a valuable home In East Portland
Heights, and property at Gerhardt,
Oregon, and also In Minnesota. He
asks the custody of his own children
and his own property. The wife is at
present in Minnesota,
Emily Fanning, charging desertion,
filed suit for divorce against Albert G.
Fanning In the circuit court Monday.
Cecil W. Robey, edtor of the Ore
gon City Courier, was Monday after
noon elected secretary of the promo
tion department of the Commercial
Club, succeeding Sidney S.' Bowman,
who tendered his resignation as his
business interests will take him away
from Oregon City. Mr. Robey has
been active in the work of the Com
mercial club for several years past.
HELEN SHAFFER
WEDDED IN 1916
SEEKS DIVORCE
Helen B. Shaffer filed suit for
divorce Tuesday, alleging among other
grounds of cruelty that she was com
pelled to work as a waitress In a
hotel, through her husband's acts of
commission and omission. The hus
band's name is George H. Shaffer and
the marriage took place at Forest
Grove In 116.
Fifty Years Ago
THF-lfflFR FOITflRVi
la VVWIlto V, I
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FORMED WITH
1470IROIMHT
The Oregon City Home Guard came
Into being Saturday night, following
an evening of stirring patriotic ad
dresses. The Initial roster shows that
147 patriotic American cltlieua from
Oregon City, men from all walka of
lite, and varied ages, signed up. In
dlcatlons are that there will be at least
100 mora enrollments before the week
Is over, at Sheriff Wilson was be
sieged with applications and inquiries
all day Monday,
The organisation will be a perman
ent one tor Oregon City, and the spirit
of determination and willingness thai
seemed everywhere 'apparent among
the members to do any Job that Uncle
Sam might wish, was rampant every
where.
The organization will bes formally
launched Wednesday evening at Moose
hall when the first roll cull will be
made. It is the plan to have the Ore
gon City unit Identical with the similar
organixation throughout the state.
and the members will be called upon
to drill and receive military Instruc
tion at least twice a week. At the
Wednesday nght meeting the guard
will be officially launched, officer
chosen and work will start without
ceremony. It is highly probable that
at least two companies will be farmed
and possibly three, If application con
tinue to pour In as they have during
the day.
The first man to sign up wa Com
rade Clyde, member of Meade Post
Q. A. R., a Civil War veteran, well
past seventy year of age.
The youngest member to sign the
roll was Lloyd Niekerton. the 15 year
old son of G. F. Nlokerson, of Glad
stone, who has been trying to get Into
some branch of the service for several
months and who has been repeatedly
turned down because of his year.
The list follow:
J. K. Morris, O. P. Morris. Ira Ly-
tell, E. W. Smith. E. B. Anderson; E.
A. Chapman. A. E. Richard. C. if.
Dye. Earl C. Wink. II. B. Cartlldge, N.
S. Hoff, F. C. Roe. J. E. Simpson. E.
Mavllle, L. M. Nolan. Charles Kelly,
Jesse Shannon, P. C. Praeger, S. II.
Day. D. E. McNeahn. B. T. McBain.
Brenton Vedder. J. J. Straight. II.
Hennlngsen, A, C. Uowland, W. Peter.
L. Adam, W. A. White. C. C. Babcock,
F. A. Mattoon, J. A. Patton, John
Lowry. W. J. McKUlican. E. K. Rob
erts. M. Amrine, J. W. Moffatt, J. P.
Watt.
D. E. Frost. B. L. Jewell, N. T. Hum
phrys, T. A. Burke. H. F. Way, G. L.
Hedges. C. E. McDonald, J. II. Porter,
L. W. Hugett. J. F. Clark. F. II. Fand
rech. Frank Rogers. W. Henderson.
F. H. Cross, J. H. Hartman. E. E. Han
sen, E. J. Williams. J. A. Sprouel, V.
Pooler. David Neff, Harry Porter,
Frank Albright. Percy Smith. George
Howell, S. O. Dillman. Harry Ruben
sten, Harvey Bower. Frank Feeley.
John Blttner. Ralph O. Smith, W. B.
Stokes.
C. W. Robey, D. M. Shanks. P, D.
Forbes, Paul C. Frultt, Jacob Kyler,
O. James, H. Hughes, George Batdorf,
J. A. Confer, Paul J. Fruitts Charles
Hidy, Carl A. Parker, Frank M.
Schwartz. Roy Newman. H. 8. Clyde,
F. McCausland, B. L. Beard, W. B.
Cook, C. Dicken, L. W. Nlckerson, H.
A. Vernet, E. E. Teeple, N. W. Bow
land, E. A. Lelghton, II. A. Shandy, J.
F. Ramsey, G. L. Duprell, R. L.
Greaves, C. F. Gottberg, A. J. Bradley,
E. P. Dunlap. WHIIam Wlckham, Les
lie Eaton, Edward Nuttall.
A. E. Joyner. Frank G. Oliver, E.
Hendrickson, F. J. Bradley. George
Randall, J. W. Rogers, II. W. Moors,
F. E. Albright, G. O. Mathenson, Oscar
Smith. S. Mosier, F. V. Monger.C. F.
Murray, J. C. Spagle, George W. H.
Miller, A. M. White, A. L. Beatle, W.
W. Smith, Walter A. Dimlck, Ralph
Cribble, Charles A. Schoenheinz, Ray
Fosberg, Albert Fromong.
The following is the list of member
of the Oregon City Rifle club, who
formed a home-guard organization in
August, 1917, and were sworn in by
Sheriff W. J. Wilson at that time.
Captain Hidy, H. L. Kelly, J. B. Mon
ger, J. Monger, J. W. Currln, W. Mor
ris, C. Chambers, Sam Lowe.
J. Spagle, R. Griffith, L. McNulty,
C. Joehnke, Don James, Grant Kellogg,
R. H. Trullinger.
P. Barnes, B. Barnes, C. Black, J.
F. ClarH, E. Leighton, E. E. Pollanz,
J. Ream.
W. Monger, L. O. Baker, C. Baker,
Roy Baker, J. Straight, R. H. Amell,
George Ainsworth.
C. St. Clali, A. J. Tate, Ted Miller,
G. W. H. Miller, Elmer Mavllle, C.
Elliott, E. Hendrickson. "
J. H. Porter, L. W. Hugett, W. A.
White, A. Forbes, O. Rhoebecker, E.
S. Jarrett, E. B, Anderson.
M. D. Phillips was president of the
Rifle club at that time.
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W. O. Vaughan, personally and as
administrator of the estate of Jas.
Adkins, deceased, has brought suit
against Nathan M. Moody. Elizabeth
Adkins, C. D. and D, C. . Latourette
and the First National Bank, asking
the court for the appointment of John
J. Cooke, as trustee, to act In the
place of the late Jas, Adkins, who
prior to his death was trustee for
plaintiff W. O. Vaughan and the de
fendants in the ownership of 720
acres of land In Clackamas county.
The tract was purchased by ttie
parties prior to Adkins death and a
$10,000 mortgage given on the bal
ance, which is now due, Is the basis
of the request for . the appointment of
a trustee in the matter. -
Oregon planing mills get contract
for 85 carloads airplane spruce stock,
RUSTEE
WHINE
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
Dr. Frederick O. Conn, an eye wit
ties to the terrible tragedy being en
acted In Armenia, gave an Intensely
Interesting lecture on the torrlhlefl
hardship to which the Armenian
are being subjected and made a stir
ring appeal for aid for tho stricken
people, at the combined meeting of
the Home Guards and the Armenian
Relief Committee. Song were ren
dered by Mr. K. E. Brodle and Mr.
and Mr. Thomas A. Burke, and the
Fife and Drum Corp of the 0. A. R,
also aided. Following this mooting
the Homo Guards perfected their or
gnntsalion and enrolled a member
ship of approximately ISO. Dr. Itoy
Prudden presided a chairmen of the
first meeting while Mr. St. Claire
performed In a like capacity fur (he
second meeting.
This meeting wa one of the most
successful patriotic affair ever held
In Oregon City. Addresses were made
by Col. lltbbard. Mujor Wllxon and
Captain Dolvln of Portland, and Dl
trlct Attorney Gilbert Hedges. A
nuetlng of the newly formed home
guards will be held at Moose Hull
Wednesday evening lor the purpose
of further organixation. The Moose
Rand patriotically donated their ser
vice for this meeting, rendering sev
eral enjoyable selections. There was
an unusually large attendance at both
meetings.
P
SALEM. Or.. March 23.-- (SpnluH
Harvey G. Starkweather of Mil
waukle, hi filed bin declaration of
Intention with Secretary Olcott to be
come Democratic candidate for Gover
nor with the following platform ami
slogan:
Platform Conduct the executive af
fairs of the state In an efficient and
business-like manner, and will have
no Interest to serve by the public in
terest. The great overshadowing question
before the people of the state at thla
time, I how con Oregon do her full
duty in wining the war.
To thla end, all agricultural, Indus
trial, and commercial force of the
state should b brought Into the clos
est harmony, In order that we may
'iav unity of purpose and action In
securing Increased production and In
facilitating tho delivery of the vari
ous products of our stato.
Slogan Unite tho State's Agricul
tural. Industrial and Commercial
foices to win the war.
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IN
Home industry won Tbuuday when
the commission of public dock of
Portland awarded the Oregon Port
land Cement company a contract to
furnish the 37,000 barrels of cement
needed In the construction of the 1,
000,000 bushel St. John grain elov
ator.
The local company, which ha a
large plant in operation at Oswego,
agreed to furnish the cement at $3.15
a barrel. It also agreed to grant an
allowance of 20 cent a sack, the re
ceptacle In which the product Is ship
ped, on all of the empty sack returned
to the company. Without this reduc
tion the price wa fixed at $116,550.
Delivery of the cement at the ele
vator site will begin May 1.
1ST
Francis Thomas, a lad of 15 years,
in charge of the raj'.lllng division of
the Enterprise, 1 rne of the most
patriotic lads in Orpi?on City. After
arousing from his slumbers at 4:30
o'clock, and rushing to his work In
the printing office, hn does his mail
ing and then starts out soiling thrift
stamps before attending school. In
four days time, making good use of
his spare hours, Francis Thomas ha
sold $1.10 worth of war saving stamps.
He Is a member of the Red Cross
Branch of Oregon City, having been
presented with a membership at St.
Raul's Episcopal Sunday school,
where he is an active member.
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SALEMj Or., March 23. (Special)
The following Clackamas county
children are Included In the seventh
hundred names of children who have
been admitted to membership In the
Second Junior Rainbow regiment for
selling $50 worth or more of thrift
stamps: Gordon Hammeole, Route
5, Oregon City; Ernest Leak, Route 2,
Oregon City; Mayble Sawtell, Beatrice
Tubbs, Irvln Phelps, Otto Russell,
Orville Russell and Esther Yoder, all
ot Molalla.
Any fool monarch can start a war,
but not even a super-Hohzellern can
stop one,
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KENT WILSON WHITES HOME FOLK
Oregon City LatlTells of Life In France
Behind Battle Line
On Active Service, France, Feb. 1,1.
Dearest Folk:! received two let
ter from home tothry dated Dec 20
and 1), Just after ChrlHltnas, with
(Ionian's and Roland' letter etiolo-
ed, They wore wonderfully Interest
ing letter a every "wee bit" of new
from home la. Great they ny la the
longing of tln, htllnmn for the hilts
and the sailor for the sea, but even
greater than the longing of a babe
for It mother is tho longing of a
soldier "somewhere In Kranmt" for a
letter from home.
Tho Christmas package you itpoke
of In your letter and for which I am
waiting very anxluusly have not ar
rived a yet, although, yesterday I
received a lovely Utile cuke and box
of homemade candy from Mildred
Tschlrgt. It certainly tusted good, M
doe everything that come from Ore
gon City.
We have been having wonderful
weather lately, slmllur to our nutum
nut Indian summer and, almost ua lit
vlgorutliiK. It I very conducive to
tuilull which 1 the chtt'f recreiitlon
during the "off" hour of the iluy.
The French dou't understuud base
ball at all; they tart In open mouth
el ntnaxcmtmt and wonder how we
can throw, catch and but a.n-li a xintill
unknown object. A little French boy
brought me a baseball yexterduy that
he had found out In the field and was
afruid to let It drop teat it would ex
plode. The French are a very curious uml
inquisitive people but are exceedingly
iKllltj. It'l
'men I" and "1.11 vou'"beHt looking men of thnm all" with
plait" for every thing, but their moral
are terrifically shattered. To see the
thing they do each day and to which
they pay not the leant thought you
would Imuxlne you wore "back In the
"old stone age." Tho war I un
doubtedly the can lie of all thi, de
gression, and the uplifting of the peo
pie, mentally, morally and physically
will be one of the great problem af
ter the war,
I would love to tell you what I am
doing each day and hut I know of
the war, but the thing I do and see
each day would fill tt book and It
would he very hard to expre It In
a few hundred words, und beside the
censor would not permit It to pas.
The pHyrhology of war I a kind of
Intoxication, a huge Intensification of
lire in which we all play our little
part. Many time "our bit" may aeem
IS
P
Joseph Scherxlnger, youngest son of
Mr. and Mr. John Scherxlnger, of
Clackamas Height, stationed with
Company C, 364th infantry at Camp
Lewi, American Lake, ha been pro-
moted to corporal of hi company.
Corporal Scherzlnger I a well known
Clackamas county boy, hot "when reg
istering was a resident ot California,
where he was employed. Hi com
pany has been In quarantine several
time since arriving at Camp Lewi,
owing to a number of the mu being
afflicted with mump and measles, but
o far Corporal Scherxlnger ha es
caped both.
QUIET LITTLE- NIP-
C. J. Dickinson, of Portland, offered
three of his friends a quiet Jlttle nip
from a half pint ot bootleg whiskey at
the Riverside Park dance Sunday
evening about 10:45.
Sheriff Wilson observed the tender
and took Dickinson and hi bottle In
to ofilclal custody. The prisoner put
up the sum of $15 for his appearance
in me wcai justice court Bionuay, out
forfeited his ball. The arrest was
made outside the dance hall on the
grounds.
15.00 BAIL MONEY
SCRIPTURE WRITES FROM FRANCE
Is Now Stationed Where Lafayette Mobil
ized Troops For America.
An Interesting letter has been re
ceived by Otis Scripture, of this city,
son of S. F. Scripture, from Ills broth
er,' Albert M. Scripture, who Is "Some-
where In France," and Is a member
ot the Thirty-third Aero Squadron.
Scripture Is one of the well known
young men of this city, and the older
son of S. F. Scripture, and was one
of the first, If not the first Oregon
City boy to "land" In France,
Tho following Is the letter: ,
Still In Frrfnce,. Fob. 19, 1918. Dear
Brother: Your most welcome letter
of some time ago received, and I was
sure glad to receive' It. -
We are having nice weather now,
but the mornings are a little .crimpy..
I visited an old castle a while back,
the French say It was built In 407
A. D. I climbed to the top of the
tower, which was about twelve stor
ies high.
I am stationed now whore Lafay
ette mobollzed the troops that he took
to the states with him.
I bet Joe A. was glad to get back
from the P. I. Does he think his Cav
alry outfit will ever see France? Did
he got my letter from San Antonio,
Texas T I sent to the P. I. That was
IM
a little hard when thing go wrong
and tho dark cloud appear, but
"The man who can meet despair and
defeat
With' a cheer, there' the man of
God' chooalng;
Tho man who can light to heaven
own height
I the man who can fight when he
lotting."
I tmido an overland ambulance trip
last week nd to the coMiuopolltau
city of . A city wlmra tho var
ied hue and color of tho crowd Im
mediately attract your attention. On
a tine afternoon the background of
every civilian crowd I alaahod with
the color of uniform. Olive green,
gray, and a plumed hat, inch a Rob
in llood wore, theae 1 wa Informed
were Italian Alpine oftlcr. Yellow
ish khaki, wide trouior, red feixe
over dark, clear cut fuctw, those an
Arabian Turco of tho Frenc h army.
A little yellow Individual dart past
ua down the street ; he wear loo
khukl and a blue vlsorlcs cap. Ilo
I an Imported Chlneae laborer. Th 're
goes two atalwart romantic looking
men In golden colored khaki with
cap of rurlou cut. They ar Her
Idun officer. In each "tea lobby" can
be een BrttUh officer and soldier
In dull khukl mid with that Indefin
ably smart Brlttah cut taking their
afternoon tea.
In nil this melange the uniform of
the American soldier I doubly con
spicuous. Dig, stalwart and (ht
with a cheer and a intle that per
meate every dark- corner of tho
city, with little crowd of children
following after them and eagerly
waiting for an expected "ou", Th
American In the "Mim of thi Hour"
in France today and n big thing
are exacted of htm so big thing are
going to happen. You can almost
In the fuce of the people the dim
routlxntlon of a great event, a some
thing that they had hoped for, prayed
for. dared not believe and now wit
ness as an accompllKhed fact. They
all make way for the American and
In the same way the Germun will
make way, for a General Pershing
ha said, ''lite German can be beat
en, they will bo bialeii, and they
MUST be beaten. Your boy,
Sergt. Kent R. Wilson, Med. Dept. 147
Machine Gun Hrl. A. E. F.
II!
Advice were received by the local
board Thursday placing time limit
on Individual Inductions In various
branches of the service. According to
the provost marshal, all Induction
will cease on April 10, after which
j no more voluntary enlistment will
be permitted by the local boards.
Th 37th Engineer will receive
two more Clackamas county Class I
regtatrante. The board permitted
Dean Swift Baughman and Fred
Schultz, the latter being a transferred
registrant from Ritxvllle, Wn., to Join
this branch of the engineering de
partment. Schulu I a Clackamas
county boy, and Baughman and he
have been working together for some
time, and were desirous ot joining
tho same company.
TEASEL CREEK
HOLDS MEET ON
CONSERVATION
An enthusiastic meeting wa hold
at Teasel Crock school house Thurs
day afternoon, before the achool pu
pil and patrons. Superintendent
Culuvan talked on the food conserva
tion drive, Superintendent" Vedder
gave an Interesting addresa on the
school garden work, and Dlatrlet -Attorney
Gilbert L. Hedges combined
a patriotic address with nn Interesting
chalk-talk, drawing several clever car
toons to bring out his points in favor
of the many patriotic move that the
schools can nsslst In. A large crowd
enjoyed the program.
sure some time he had guarding Gor-
man prisoners, He Is the boy that will
make thorn be good. Toll him I know
what It Is like.
I am fAAllno Ann anil AnnAxr ht I,
8ure W0Ul(1 be tmt to goe Btateg
again and spend some "honest to God"
j money. This French money la printed
on paper. They even have two fire
cent bills.
"I guess Fred must be over here by
this time. Do you know what outfit
he is with?
"I take the Paris edition of the New
York Herald, and keep fairly well poBt
ed. It's about the size of the Oregon
City Enterprise.
"I am getting fed good, pies and
cakes quite often, with hot, cakes,
syrup and butter now and then for
breakfast, or I should say oleomargar
ine instead of the butter. s
"I bet condition have changed in the
states since the war with about every
one In uniform.
"I read the little Bible you gave mo
quite often, and always appreciate it
very much.
"Well I'll say goodbye. Write soon,
and with best wishes and love for all.
"Your Pal Brother,
"ALBERT M. SCRIPTURE."