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Clyde Green, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W, C Green, stationed in England,
has been heard from this week. Two
letters that were newsy, were receiv
ed by the parents. One was written
July 8 and the other July 10. He en
closed some newspaper clipping Il
lustrations, that are of great Interest
to the people of this city. One shows
the picture of an elderly woman.
Mine, Marguerite Wist, seventy-eight
years of age, a French woman, who
gives the graves of the American sol
diers her care. She feels herself to be
acting for mothers over-eeas. In the
picture she has an Immense bouquet
of flowers, carefully arranged and
wrapped in paper ready to be placed
on a soldier's grave, and she is kneel
ing beside the grave of an American,
who died fighting for his country. An
other illustration Is on the first trip
on the river Thames that are being
arranged for American soldiers and
sailors in London. There were 150
of these young men having such
delightful time.
S68th Aero Squadron.
American Expeditionary Forces,
London, England.
"Dear Ones at Home:
"I am glad to hear that you are all
well and happy, for nothing pleases
me mora than to hear that from yon.
I am feeling fine and getting alonj O
K.
"Since writing you, I have had a
Sine time. I suppose you have read
about the big Fourth of July celebra
tion we had here in England. Nearly
all the Tanks in England were at Lon
don for the big occasion. There were
about fifty-eight sight-seeing busses
for the Americans to view London in.
In the afternoon a baseball match was
held at Chelsea Park between the
army and navy, the navy wining. The
score was 20 to 1. It sure was an ex
citing game, and the way the Tanks
did yell. Wow! The king and queen
were there, and were q-aite impressed
by the 'Wild West" actions of the
boys. It was a good demonstration of
the 'American pep that kaiser bill
will have to contend with.
"In the evening we received free
theater tickets from the T. M. C. A.,
and had the best seats to one of the
finest shows in Ixmdon. The play was
"Be Careful Baby." The leading lady
was an American actress, and she was
fine. Thanks to the T. M. C. A. we had
a wonderful time,
"I met several fellows I knew in
Oregon City and Portland, one of
these from Portland was one I met at
Chautauqua. He was In the Infantry.
Carl Hodgson has written me from an
other camp here, and he is going to
come down to see me one of these
days. He said he had received a paper
from home and my address was in it
So now you can see what papers from
home can do. I also heard from Claire
Miller in .France, and was somewhat
surprised. He said Delias Armstrong
was coming over to see me one of
these days. I surely hope so, for I
would like to see him. Sam MacDonald
went up into Scotland on his seven
days leave, and he wanted me to go
with him, but no such luck. He would
be a pretty good guide in Scotland all
right Well, such is life, I guess.
"Testerday I had a wonderful trip
up the Thames river. A man by the
name of Joel, a South African diamond
millionarle took 75 American soldiers
and sailors for the day on the river.
We bad two fine steam launches for
conveyance, each equipped with a
fine orchestra. We had dinner and tea
on board, and the eats were great. We
left. at 8:30 A. M., and returned at 6
P. M. We had one of the best times I
have had in this country.
'The scenery along the river was
simply great, and if I had only had a
camera I could have secured some
fine pictures. When we got back to
our landing all seventy-five of we fel
lows gave Mr. Joel three rah! rah!
rahs! Tou can imagine what it sound
ed like. He seemed quite pleased about
it alL Well, he wasn't any more pleas
ed with our spirit than we were with
his spirit.
"I am going to try and take this
trip again one of these days. It is
worth $10 any way. I am going to send
you some souvenirs I got In London
rfght away, and want you to keep them
for me.
"Mrs. Harvey has invited me to
spend a few days at the beach when
6he arrives here. I have also another
invitation to visit a home here."
The second letter in part is as fol
lows: London.England,
July 10, 1918,
"Dear Ones at Home:
"I have sent you the souvenirs and
clippings, and trust they will arrive
safely. I have a few more things I am
going to send you.
"Yes, I am going to write to Marie
Harvey and thank her for the cake
she sent me. It surely was fine.
"No, I don't get any reading matter
from the States, and it looks like it is
being side-tracked some where. A
New York boy In my tent gets quite
a rew papers and magazines, so we
have a little reading matter. They
are not like the Oregonlan, Enter
prise, Telegram or Journal.
"Mrs. Hardy, the American lady
here, has written you a mnr.cn ago,
and you should have received it by
now. Have you?
"Well, today is the breaKing up of a
flne spell of weather. It clouded up,
last night and ended in a thunder and
lightning storm, and today we are
having lots and lots of 'beautiful'
rain. For about two or three weeks
we had fine weather, and how we en
Joyed this. The rain was needed, as
everything was commencing to dry
up. This heavy rain of today will
moisten things up pretty good, and
bring them out green and nice.
"We had a wonderful concert party
over at the Y. M. C. A. the other even
ing. The Eagle Hut sent us 'a flne Am
erican concert party. Everyone was a
star, and gave us the best entertaln-
England Enjoy Bully
Game
ment that we have had for tome time.
They had that good old American
pep,' and say, they had w Yanks
lust hoDPlne un and down on our
chairs. They will give us a return en
gagement one of these days. I cer
tainly hope eo.
"Our tenta are fine on these sum
mer days, because we can sleep with
plenty of fresh air, and this keeps
lots of sickness away.
"Give my friends my best regards.
and with lots of love, I am,
"Lovingly,
"CLYDE."
Two Girls are Mining
War Time is Reason
Dir Sand and Rocks
To work in tne mines by girls of
Clackamas county Is something out of
the ordinary, but since there is a
scarcity of the men Miss Edna Ter
rill and her sister, Miss Dorothy, the
latter who is but 14 years of age .are
certainly doing their bit Both girls,
attired in overalls, are seen dally
shoveling sand and clay, and also as
slstlng in operating the machinery at
the mines of the Silica King Mines
Company, located n the eastern part
of the city near the Terril home. Mr.
Terrill is helping to get out the sand
contracted for for the surf acting of
the roads of Oregon City and Clacka
mas county.
This Is no easy job for the girls to
do, but they are staying with it, even
through the recent hot afternoons,
these girls could be found working
like "beavers." The clay is heavy, as
well as the sand, bat they seem to be
enjoying the work, and know they are
doing their bit This is their first ex
perience in mlnng.
The birthday anniversaries of the
members df the Women's Relief Corps
and the members of the Grand Army
of the Republic, occurring in August
were observed at the Willamette hall
Tuesday. There were in attendance
and partaking of the delicious repast
75 comrades and Relief Corps mem
bers. Mrs. Rosina Fouts Evans was the
toastmaster of the occasion. Respond
ing to the toasts wero J. A. Roman,
who celebrates his 81st birthday an
niversary this month; G. A. Harding,
whose 75th birthday took place Tues-1
day, and A. J. Hobble, 73 years, while
the members of the Women's Relief
Corps were Mrs. Frank T. Barlow,
Mrs. Bessie Alldredge and Mrs. Mayme
Bennett -,
The tables were prettily decorated
with cut flowers and flags, and the
hall was correspondingly decorated.
During the afternoon the little
Misses Helen and Hazel Woodward
and Quavine Alldredge sang a "Birth
day Song," and received a hearty en
core. Little Hazel Jean Woodward al
so gave the flag salute that made a
"hit" with the veterans and Relief
Corps.
Following the dinner the remainder
of the afternoon was taken up with
business of the Women's Relief Corps.
A number of new members were init
iated, these were Martha Brown,
Mary Case, Ella Shandy. Application
for membership were made by Ada
Pearl, Alice Palmer, Laura Baker Dol
lar, and Lulu Buckles.
Among the visitors were Mrs.
Marshall, member of the Harney Corps
No. 40, South Dakota.
The executive committee of the Wo
men's Relief Corps had charge of the
day's program, the chairman of whom
is Mra. Amelia Martin.
HE MANAGES KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS WAR ACTIVITIES
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Colonel P. H. Callahan of Kentucky
is the past chairman of the War
Activities Committee of the Knights
of Columbus. He has long been work
ing to send men and money to help
the soldiers in France, and his suc
cess has been remarkable.
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The home where General Pershing
was born in Ioiclede, Mo., la I860 still
stands. The house is a very ordinary
structure, for in those days the futher
of the man who was to be commander
of the United States forces in Europe
was not wealthy. Mrs. Pershing,
SWEEPING EDICT MAKES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. A general
army order has beer. Issued creating
the army of the United States, in
which every element of the existing
forces is merged regardless of its
origin. By the provisions of the or
der, the terms regular army, national
guard, national army and reserve
corps are abolished for all purposes
and with them go all insignia other
than the plain "U. S." monogram
heretofore reserved for regulars only
The order, issued by General March,
chief of staff, is sweeping and dras
tic in its terms, cutting off abso
lutely all restrictions upon transfers
of men or officers from one branch
of the service to the other and
amending all commissions as In the
army of the United States. Promo
tion by selection is also made abso
lute except the permanent advance
ments In the regular army, which is
a peace time status only and is cov
ered by law.
POPULATION IN
POLAND WITHERS
UNDER HUN RULE
LONDON, Aug. 12. Polish newspa
pers declare that the population of
the kingdom has decreased from 14.
000,000 to 10,500,000 during the war,
according to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen. Mortality
is increasing and great numbers of
Poles are leaving their country be
cause of the rigorous condition of
life under the German rule.
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The Fordson program is one of the
big topics in the great farming regions
in the middle west and Its fame is
rapidly spreading to the west. There
are a thousand different stories re
garding how the tractor is .making out,
but above all Is the big fact that Ford
has got into production to an extent
not thought possible by practically all
other makers. The farmers have open
ly accepted the job. The fact that it
is made by Henry Ford seems suffic
ient for the majority of the farmers.
The demonstration of the Fordson to
morrow will be watched with Interest.
The Fordson Is certainly a leader
In point of interest and in production.
To date approximately 12,000 of these
machines have been manufactured,
and It is expected that by the end of
this year 20,000 will be manufactured.
The Clackamas county agency for
the famous Fordson Tractor, manu
factured by Henry Ford and Son has
been secured by the Pacific Highway
Garage and In order that the Clacka
mas county farmers may have some
Idea of how this famous- machine op
erates, a public demonstration will
be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'
clock on the Gust Engelbrlght field on
the Abernethy road, about one-fourth
mile east of the Abernethy bridge.
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shown here, was bora In Tennessee.
She was Ann Thompson, whom her
husband met while he was the fore
man of a construction gang on a rail
ror.d. She followed the camp of Uie
new roud, and later when he was
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Emil PIcht, forty-two years old, who
came here from Germany in 1914, was
jrecently arrested In New York City
j dressed in a blond wig and feminine
, attire. He told the detectives that he
was impersouauns wuuju .u ,
to catch a man who had. insulted a'
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: for a time and had a couple of month's
PORTLAND, Aug. 12. In spite of j pay on his person when he left the
the fact that this is an off year and , cantonment. When captured he was
the run of fish up to a week a3o had;'' with""t ' t
!tlme of his arrcBt he was reported In
been light, it Is now said that the by partIeg , tho Qwn 1oInt (1,Htrl(.t
pack of the salmon canneries along 'who noted his suspicious actions.
the river is ahead of this time last m M
year and that they may put up the ' APPEAL FOR MEN
largest pack yet known. The run is 1 '
.,.! From overseas has come a new
very heavy and all the Royal Chin- meanlng or y M c A Qver thero
ooks are of splendid size and quality. : they say It means "You Must Come
The canneries are running full time Across." The Y. M. C. A. needs men
and even more than they can handle, its work in the war zone.
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called to the same kind of work In
Missouri she went with him. The
road ended near Laclede, and t lie re
Mr. Pershing, who was born In Penn
sylvania, set up a general store, the
first one in the town.
D. S. PLANS TO SELECT
MAN POWER FOR ARMY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. New reg
ulations under which the Government
would do the selitlng, rathor than
loavlng it to the registrant, are ander
consideration by the War Department.
This was disclosed today by Secretary
aker after he had appeared before
the Senate military committee to urge
prompt enactment of the new selec
tive service act. extending the age
limits to Include all men between the
agns of 18 and 45.
The War Secretary made It plain
that he Is not satisfied with the pres
ent system under which the registrant
must claim deferred classifications, as
many men with dependents hesitate
tor patriotic reasons to muke such a
claim.
In thlH connection Mr. Baker said
h3 was Inclined to the opinion that
the mnrrluKO relation will in itself
constitute deferred classification.
Whnt Mr. Baker has In mind Is to
lay down a set of questions which the
registrant would answer and then
have rules vh'ch would take care of
the classification. He Is understood
to regard this as the fair and equi
table system.
DESEIlTERl'RO.M
ARMY RETURNED
TO CIAMP LEWIS
Pletro Zuccato Camp Lewis de
serter who wiib arrested by local of
ficers last week, while In the act of
changing his uniform for civilian garb,
was returned to Seattle Tuesday af-
Itfrnooti in custody of Military Police
man Albert W. Fredericks, of Oregon
City.
Zuecaro whs given i ten doya' fur-
,migh fr()m Camp Jj0W,a un( WHJ mh
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hn fact that ho was changing his garb
;at the time, will ho strong evidence of
; his intention to desert when the mat-
ter comes up before military court
m;ir:ial. Zm-raro has been confined In
the c ounty jail for several days await
ing the arrival of Camp Lewis author
ities. He gave no reason for his deser
tion and Intimated to lor-al authorities
that h" w.is expecting n hard Jolt In
the military prison for his act.
i Zuecaro stated he came to Portland
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Victors machine r-in.
Cal., spent the week-end at the
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MuJorGeneral William 8. Graves
will command the American expedi
tionary force to g inrd the Russian
supplies at Vladivostok and co-operate
with lh t'lBWho-Slovak forces.
HUGE ORDER OF
SPORTING GOODS
FOR AMERICANS
What is probably the Urgent Indi
vidual order ever placed for sporting
goods h -s J.mt been put through by
the National War Work Council of
the Y. M. C. A. for the American Ex
peilltloimry Forces In France, it comes
to more than half a million dollars
and H denl!r.u.; to accommodate from
otie nnd a half to two million of our
boys "over there."
Twelve of the largest manufacturers
of sporting goodtt were unked to com
pete for the order, and ten of then
submitted bids. Tho order has been
apportioned niuonit all of theno, the
awards being made on th basis of
quality und prices.
Expert have been busy itrriitliiU
ItiK the goods, cutting oH-n basebulls
boxing gloves, masks, ami so forth, to
make sure Hint everything Is of the
llr.'it (iiiullty. This, In addition to the
furnishing of a bond by the manu
facturers for the faithful performance
of their agreement and moreover lhat
the goods be subject to further In
spection at the factory.
The goods are Intended for next
scuson s rvq iirements, and to maxe
i.ssuranro doubly sure that they ar
rive In France by early spring at the
latest, deliveries have to be made
In New York by the manufacturers by
December 1.
r . Louis Slade, member of the fin
ance committee of tho War Work
Council, said that by reason of special
nrlri.a ntirl tho nbn rif Ihn nnlnr. the
I shipment will Insure leugue baseballs
for the boys overseas. And, by tho way,
there are 1 80,000 of these baseball
Included In the order.
The real of the order in on a pro
portionately big scale. For Instance,
there are 43,200 regulation baseball
bats. 43,200 Indoor ball huts, 18.000
fielders' gloves and 2,700 catchers'
masks. Other baseball aceessorlei are
4,f)00 catcher mitts and 4.S00 pro-,
lectors. j
The order also Includes 900 medicine
balls, 14,400 succor bulls, 6,400 volley
balls and 3.00 .volley ball neis; 37,
000 Indoor liaseballs; 7,200 basket
hulls and 10,800 Rugby footballs. Ex
tra bladders are provided for the
balls.
Among the other items Included 1n
the order are 3,600 sets of boxing
gloves, each set consisting of four
gloves.
The day the big order was placed,
a cablegram was received requesting
that two thousand pairs of boxing
gloves be rushed overseas for use In
tho French army. The request was
immediately compiled with.
Does He Look Like
General Pershing?
Well, ho is the only lining brother
of the commander of the American
forces In France. Mis home Is In
Chicago, and he travols for a large
wholesale house. He shows the same
kind of power the general does, and
those who have seen him say he beare
considerable resemblance to the dis
tinguished brother.
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COST OF FOOD
PRODUCTS ARE
SET BY BOARD
Tho committee named by County
rood Administrator It. H. Anderson to
fix the food prices lit Oregon City has
Issued the following price llt Apply
ing to retailors and consumers. The
price list tuunes I be prlc to I t paid
by tho retailor to tho grower and the
price lo be charged tho consumer by
the retailer. Ths first list was Issued
Aurist . nd will be ch.unr.ed weekly,
conforming (o market conditions and
market changes.
The list Issued Tuotday by ths com
mittee follows:
Fresh eggs, retailer, 45 cents; con
sumer, &0 cents.
Mutter, fresh eremnory, retailer, M
cents; consumer, 60 cents,
Potatoes, new, retailer, 3 to i
cents; consumer, 8 to 4 cents,
Cheese, full cream, retailer, 2T
cents; consumer. 33 to 35 cents.
Corn Meal, yclldw, bulk, 100 pounds,
retailor, $5.10; consumer, 7.00 to
$7.50.
Corn meal, white, bulk, 100 pounds,
retailer, $1.00; consumer, $7.60 to $S,
Corn meal, yellow. 10-pound bag,
bale, retailor, $t !6; consumer, 8$ cts.
Corn meal, white, lO-po'.md bug,
bale, retailor, $6 8; consumer, 86 cts.
Hailed oats, 90-pound bags, bbl, 7
rontt; consumer, 9 cents.
Rolled outs, 9 pound bags, bale, re
tailer, 71 cents; consumer, 80 cents.
Oat flour, bulk, 10 pound, retailer,
70 cents; consumer, 85 rents.
Itlco flour, bulk, per It), retailor, II Vj
cents; consumer, fi cents.
Hurley flour, 9 810 pound bars, re
tailer, 65 emits; consumer, SO cents.
Hurley flour, bulk, bbl., retailer, (
cents; eoiiir.tmer, 7V4 cents,
Rice head, per pound, retailer, 10
cents; consumer, 12' cents.
Sugar, dry, gran., 100 pounds, re
taller, $H.05; consumer, 9 to 10 cts.
Com flour, white bulk, 100 pounds,
retailer, $tt.50; consumer, 7H to 8 cts.
Corn flour, white, 10-pound bug, re
taller, 6S cents; consumer, K5 cts.
Ryo flour 10-pound but:, bale, re
tailer. 65 cents; consumer, 80 cents.
Hominy. lO pound bag, halo, retail
er. 50 cents; consumer, X0 cents.
Cornstarch, pound retailer, 10 rts.
consumer, 12 in cents. ,
Means, small white, pound, rstaller,
10 cent; consumer, 2'. cents.
ilenns, large white pound, retailer,
9 cents; consumer, 11 cents.
lleans, colored, pound, retailer, 10
cents; consumer. 12 li cents.
Dried fruit, raisins, pkgs. pound, re
taller, 1 1 4 cents; consumer, 15 cts.
Corn syrup, 6-pound cans, Red Karo,
retailer, 45 cents; consumer, 65 cts.
Wheat flour 49 pound bags, retail
er. $2.82 ty : consumer, $3.00.
Wheat flour, 24 H po-.ind bans, re
taller, $1.424; consumer, $1.55.
Wheut flour, lOpound bags, bale,
consumer, 70 cents .
Condensed milk, 16 ot cans, doc., re
tailer, $1.00; consumer, $1.K0.
Condensed milk, 6 o. cans, doit., re
tailer, 75 cents; consumer. 90 eotits.
PKNOI-KTON, Ore., Aug. 13.
Pendleton will stage her ninth annual
Roimd-Up next month for the turnout
of tho Red Cross. The directors of the
big frontier nhow offered to contribute
the entire net proceeds to the Red
Cross and the offer was accepted by
tho organization's representative yes
tenluy, Tho ninth of Pendleton's famous
epic drumns of tho west will be hold
on September 19, 20 und 21,' and. de
spite the fact that some of tho fam
ous cowboys ami bucRivroos have ans
wered the cull of their country and are
now Inilldosglng tho Hun somewhere
In France, there will bo competition
aplenty for the prizes and trophies.
The usual program of wild west sports
will be presented but thoro will be
added touches of the military nnd pa
triotic In keeping with the spirit of
wartime.
No person bun ever wee! rod a sal
ary or dividend from the Hound-Up
but heretofore tho prolits c: t.hn snow
have boon devoted lo civic Improve
ments In Pendleton. In these times,
howover, tbe directors decided that
such Improvements should givo way
to war enterprises, nnd made their
offer accordingly,
LIVE STOCK MARKET RECEIPT8
IN JULY
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 13.
Increased receipts of cnttlo, hogs, and
sheep nt 31 cities during July, 1918,
compared with rocelpts ut the same
cities In Juiy, 1917, are shown by the
stockyards report of the Iluretui of
MarUots, United States Department of
Agriculture. July recolpts for the two
years at tho 34 cities whlsh Include
most of tho large markets, with 1918
figures first, were: cuttle, 1,897,847
1,552,573; hogs, 2,813,749 2,395,3(20;
and shoop, 1,409,8081,174,335,
ARRIVE FROM TILLAMOOK
Mi'B. It. W. Kirk und daughters,
Kathryn and Dorothy, arrived in the
city from Tillumook ycstoniay, and
Joined Prof Kirk at their new home
at 815 Monroe Street. Mr. Kirk la
the superintendent of schools for the
ensuing term here, and handled tho
Tillamook Hold last your.