OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918.
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THE MASK TORN OFF
The tlnai step toward complete
socialism has at last been taken by
the Non-Partlsan league in North Da
kota. .
After securing control of county
central committee of Hettinger and
Adams counties, N. D. the league pro
ceeded to adopt tlw following resolu-
tlon: , .t,.
Whereas, It Is the sense of tne
PEOPLE IK CONTROL, of the present
nominees of the Republican party that
tfra state could own the business In
the state of North Dakota, and;
-Whereas, we believe In equality
and Justice;
"Be Is resolved that our State Com
mitteeman be Instructed to have plac
ed in the platform of the Republican
party and the nominees tor the legis
lature from the 49th legislative dis
trict be instructed to advocate the
STATB OWNERSHIP OF FARM
LANDS. HORSES. CATTLE. AND
MACHINERY and that the same be
acquired on the basis of value tor the
three years Immediately proceeding
the war."
The Mlnot, N. D.. Messenger of
Aug. 1st says:
"It will be noted that the Non
partisan league is not In control of
the policies of the Republican party,
but it has no hesitation in asserting
its control of the nominees. The party
may repudiate the wild-eyed socialist
proirram which the league with the
mask torn off, boldly seeks to fasten
upon helpless North Dakota, but the
league is "in control of the present
nominees of the Republican party."
has every man Jack of them in its
power and under lbs thumb for a
brief present so it proposes to make
its own platform of Bolshevism the
creed of the Republican party."
If the Democratic party had been
in control it would have dictated the
policy of the Democratic nominees
the party being Immaterial.
The point to be observed by thought
ful cltirens is this, the league has
finally shown its hand as a purely so
cialistic organisation.
It has taken the final step which
Its program of confiscation of private
industry led up to, namely the propos
al to take over all land in the name of
the state.
This plan would overthrow and
destroy every principle of our state
and national constitutions and destroy
American ideas of government. It is
simply following In the steps of the
Russian revolution.
The farmers have been playing with
fire and they now stand a good chance
of having their fingers madly burned.
It .is unthinkable that an American
citizen, raised in a free country, the
very backbone of which has been the
right of every man to own his own
property, should consider for a second
the Idea of turning this property over
to collective ownership under state
socialism and forever after being a
landless tenant and rent payer.
And yet the farmers of North Da
kota are now face to face with the
proposition which Is on a par with
R-jssian Bolshevlkism, namely the
proposal to have the state buy up
every acre of farm land, every piece
of farm machinery, every head of
horses and cattle and run the farm
Itself.
The league is seeking control in
this state. Do its citizens want to
face a program of this kind which will
mean the ultimate loss of their farms?
NEWSPAPERS INDISPENSABLE
A draft board at Waterloo, Iowa,
issued an edict that newspaper re
porters were to appear before its au
gust presence, and show why they
should not engage in an essential oc
cupation or be subject to draft. The
board quickly disavowed the order,
which appeared to have been due to
a clerical error.
Secretary Baker took occasion to
make it clear that news collecting is
regarded as indispensable work. But
a man of draft age could not claim he
was Indispensable, If there were older
men who coald take his place. If there
is anyone who thinks reporters are
idlers under the "work or fight" rule,
he should follow tbem on those freq
uent days when their coat tails stick
out behind, as they attempt to cover
half a dozen exents occurlng simul
taneously miles apart.
Newspaper reporters are no dodgers
of fighting or any other kind of duty.
Whatever army service the govern
ment calls them to undertake, will be
accepted very cheerfully.
It was of course to be expected that
the Washington authorities would
rule newspaper work as "essential."
No war could be fought without the
co-operation of the newspapers, to
arouse sentiment, educate the people
to the issues involved, and persuade
them to give their co-operation in all
war efforts.
War has left Us mark in the news
paper offices. Many thousands of for
mer rumor chasers are now display
ing the same speed in the pursuit Of
the spiked helmeted Boche. Their
places are often taken by older men,
who had fancied they had gone be
yond the cub reporter's routine. The
newspaper reporter is an alert and
resonrceful fellow. He will get after
the Hun with a lot of vigor and fight
with his head as well as his gun.
AUTOMOBILE WRECKS
Most people who drive an automo
bile do not realize', the tremendous
power of the mechanism, nor the
damage that It can do if not correctly
ENTERPRISE
1 controlled. B-,it the granges that handle
automobile wrecks often we things
that the general public might well
know.
There is a tendency among many
newspaper reporters, in cases whew a
bad accident results from carelessness,
to gloss over the affair. They have
some feeling for the relatives of a
dead man, and do not like always to
reveal the whole story of his folly.
While this attitude is creditable to a
reporter's sympathies, yet it would be
for the public advantage to know why
these things happen.
A high speeding car is easily de
fected by faults in the road so that
it will leave the travelled way. We
read of a case where a car thus side
swiped an obstruction several feet
outside the travelled road on one side.
The wheel was wrenched from the
driver's hands the car crossed the
road obliquely, climbed a bank a yard
high, turned turtle, and pinned the
driver underneath. When help ar
rived, the victim was piteously calling
for assistance and died within an
hour.
The energy of a big car is enough
to turn the wheels of a good sized fac
tory. The driver does not realize the
havoc It can create, or the dangerous
positions it can get into, it it strikes
another car or leaves the travelled
way.
As automobile travel increases, the
sight of wrecks along the way become
more common, and should be a warn
ing against wreckless driving to all
who pass and observe their ghastly
details.
LICK TO A FRAZZLE
"We cannot seek to escape the hor
rors of war for ourselves by laying
them up for our children," declared
Lloyd George In hie recent message
to the British Empire. The American
people are Joined with their Allies
in a fight to a finish against Kaiser-
ism. There can be no turning back
until Germany to quote an expression
of T. R., is "licked to a frazzle."
Should the time come when the ad
ministration, which once advocated a
"peace without victory," endeavors to
soften the punishment to be meted
out to the Huns, the American people
will be ready with the necessary re
buke. As we read, day by day, of the
cowardly atrocities of the military
monster of Central Europe we often
feel that the most satsfactory out
come of this war will be the right of
the world truthfully to say as did the
Romans with respect to Carthage,
"Germania delenda est." That wo can
not parley with the Kaiser and his
beelzebublan staff Is certain. The as
sertion that "we have no quarrel with
the German people" finds acceptance
only with the timid and the weak. A
people that will abet, -or even tolerate,
German war methods becomes part-
iceps criminis to all the hellishness
of jungedism. The great mainspring
of human activity is to make the
world better for posterity. The great
juggernaut of war is nearing comple
tion. It must roll on and on until
evil is crashed from the heart of
Ccrmany as wine Is pressed from the
grapes.
OMNISCIENCE VS. PRESUMPTION
The Chicago Tribune has correctly
analyzes the frame of mind of the
administration when it says that "dis
agreement, in large or small part,
with the policies of the admlnistra
tion becomes disloyalty to the na
tion." There is the whole trouble. The
administration assumes without as
serting infallibility, notwithstanding
it has been compelled so many times
in the past to abandon its policies and
adopt those of its critics. If the ad
ministration had been a leader along
lines that proved right half the time
It might assume to set up standards
of statesmanship. The fact is that oth
ers have been the real pioneers in
sound national policies and the admin
lstratlon has belatedly assumed
leadership by virtue of its
official
prestige rather than because of pre
vision. In view of the record It Is In
comprehensible that anyone could ac
cept the mandate of the administration
as to the fitness of any man for elec
tion to the Senate or House of Repre
sentatives. To have a rubber stamp
Congress would be bad enough, but it
would be disastrous to have a change
able rubber stamp Congress. And that
Is what the administration seems to
want.
BANKERS HELP FARMERS
Give the bankers a long credit mark
they have helped finance the war
Industries and food production.
In Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Cal
ifornia, Oregon and other western
states they are showing up 100 per
cent.
Banks are lending their assistance
to the general movement to foster
and encourage livestock industry.
The banks are working with the club
idea, helping finance pig clubs, bull
clubs and cow clubs. The club idea
has been successful in the North
west and bears the endorsement of
the American Bankers' Association.
The banks believe in assisting the
boys toward an independent career,
and find that through the boy, the
father is also reached.
The banks finance the boys who
agree to enter the1 work under the in.
struction of the extension service of
the state and encourage the raising
of livestock on the farms In general
By taking the lead In this work, the
banks find that they are assisting a
worthy movement a well as helping
in the building up and development
of the country.
GROSS WASTE EXPOSED
A good place to begin retrench
ment In public expenditures is in the
publicity work that Is being conduct
ed In the sale of War Savings Stamps
and Liberty Bonds. Such is the opin
ion of Congressman Benjamin K.
Focht of Pennsylvania. Mr. Focht Is
In the printing business and knows
whereof he speaks. He Is astounded
at the enormous quantities of matter
that have been printed and sent out
with apparently no consideration of
whether they would ever be seen by
prospective purchasers of Govern
ment securities. In one house In a
village of his district, Mr. Focht found
a man's cellar packed with literature
sent him by the War Stamps head
quarters. His parlor and back porch
were likewise filled. There was s'.if
ficlent printed matter to give a thous
and pieces to every Individual In that
part of the country where the man
was to sell stamps. Mr. Focht also
finds an Impression abroad that much
of the literature has been issued to
boost Democratic aspirants and the
Democratic Party, rather than to do
anything toward winning the war.
FORD AND RUMELY
The publtc will await with interest
the full story of the relations exist
ing between Henry Ford and Editor
Rumely, who Is under Indictment for
receiving German money with which
to acquire and publish a New York
newspaper. George Harvey says that
Ford intervened at Washington in
Rumely'a behalf and that the Federal
Government did not take charge of
the prosecution until after Rumely
had been Indicted by state authorit
ies. Harvey Is not a man one would
expect to make a statement of that
kind unless he was sure of his tacts
In any event, he is a man of sufficient
prominence and personal responsibil
ity to entitle his statements to official
attention. The public would like to
know what passed between Ford and
the administration authorities In re
gard to Rumely. The public is entitl
ed to know.
SHAKING DOWN THE BOYS
'Uncle Sam is just a leetle plcayun
tsh when he collects Income taxes
from the boys at front." Washington
rost. Yon said it! '"Greater love hath
no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends." That is
what the Man Across the Sea is doing
and itis a paltry proceeding to tax
him while he lives, unless his Income
Is abnormal. The Secretary of the
Treasury has been more or less re
sponsible for another phase of this
war-fund-raising activity, and that Is
the pertinacious solicitation which
has been visited on soldiers in camp
to subscribe to Liberty Bonds. Of
ficers have been Importuned to en
courage their men to maximum sub
scriptions "to make a record for the
outfit" If this country must raise
loans from its defenders it is almost
time to shut up shop.
A MODERN MIRACLE
On July 30 the Department of La
bor announced that it will not inter
fere with the fundamental right of
any man to change his work as he sees
fit, and on August 2 it declared that
It will protect farmers from recruit
ing by other Industries. In other
words, the Department, which has
just had some $5,500,000 placed at its
disposal for recruiting of labor, will
protect the farm laborer In his right
to go to town and get the higher
wages, and it will protect the farmer
from the results of the higher wages
offered by the city employer. We are
about to see a modern miracle per
formed. TOO LATE
The belated interest which Presi
dent Wilson takes In seeing the suf
frage amendment adopted by Con
gress would Indicate that in this mat
ter, also, he has been absolutely dis
illusioned. It is also a pretty good
sign that he foresees the loss of Con
gress to the Democrats in the fall
elections. Eleventn uour .repentance
In politics are generally Induced by
expediency.
NEW RULE, AND GOOD
The old rule of early colonial days
that "If any man will not work,
neither shall he eat" has not proven
practicable of application in these
days of complex social conditions
There are too many ways by which
men can get something to eat with
out working. But the "work or fight"
rule is one that can be enforced, and
is should be.
F
IN FUEL SITUATION
In the event the government cur
tails the distribution of fuel oil to
paper mill plants, the Hawley Pulp &
Paper Co. will not be caught napping,
and has just had ground cleared for
the erection of coal bunkers at Fourth
and Main streets, with the object of
supplying coal for the boilers that
operate paper machines No. 2 and No.
o. The company has ample room on
the east side of Main street to take
care of their other machines. Recent
ly the Hawley company purchased
property from the Schrara estate, the
Graham estate, the Gambrinus Brew
ing Co. and Los Angeles people on the
west side of Main street between
Third and Fourth, and the buildings
have been razed and the ground
cleared. The Hawley company now
owns all of the property on the West
side of Main street to the river from
the basin to Fourth street and on the
east side of Main street to Railroad
avenue from the basin to the alley
midway between Fourth and Fifth
streets, with the exception of the
property occupied by the freight sta
tion of the Portland Railway, Light
ft Power Co.
Fifty Years Ago
Taken From Oftgctn City Enterprise
August 17, 1868
Hon D. P. Thompson and a corps of
engineers left on Saturday and Sun
day last tor an expedition In the
Goose Lake country In the service of
the department survey, Messrs. J. W.
Meldrum, John B. David. George
Rice, Frank Drake and George, New
man, of this city. Join the party at
Eugene.
Married In Oregon City. August 8.
1S6S, William Potter and Mary Bra
mer, of this county.
Arrlvt In Oregon City Max Rams
by.Esq., and brother, together with
the family of the latter, arrived In
Oregon City on Wednesday of this
week, one month from New Tork. We
are happy to see them, and glad to
welcome Max to hla old home.
Exhibition The patron of the ex
hibition given at Washington Hall on
Tuesday evening last, for the benefit
of the Baptist Sabbath school library
wer highly entertained.
Reutrna Wlh Bride Mr. Wolga
mott, well known among farmers of
Oregon, returned last week with his
bride. They were welcomed at the
Cliff House and serenaded by the Or-
gen City Brass Band.
Luxuriee Givtn Printing Office
We ar too poor to buy many of the
luxuries of the season, and to pro-ad
to beg, but having been kindly re
membered by neighbors and friends
the past week, return them the thanks
of all hands and the office.
Cly Seminary This school reopens
Monday, the 4th. with the following
teachers: Miss Mary Warren, prim
ary; preparatory department Miss
Harriet Pambran; intermediate de
partment, N. W. Randall; higher de
partment, S. D. Pope. B. A. During
the summer months the city council
has made many improvements to the
building.
TIME NOT RIPE FOR
E
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 19. When It
comes to cutting down on the ap
proximately $10,000,000 estimate or
state needs for the next btennlum,
Governor Wlthycombe will favor cli
mating Warden Murphy's estimate of
$100,000 for a new steel cell bouse at
the penitentiary.
"There is no doubt that this build
ing Is needed," sam the governor, "but
because of the tremendous Increase In
the cost of materials, It will not be
possible to make extensive improve
ments. Of course, the segregation of
prisoners which I favor .will not be
possible unless we have Buch a build
ing, but just at present the need of
segregation Is not as pressing as it
has been before. A big percentage of
the young offenders and first-termers,
who should be separated from the
hardened criminals, have been parol
ed and they are making good In the
industries to which they have been
ent."
HALF BILLION DOLLARS
!EI
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. The
quota for the 12th Federal reserve
district In the fourth liberty loan will
approximate $120,000,000, if the Gov.
'ernment's call is for $6,000 000,000.
James K. Lynch, governor of the dis
'tnct reserve bank, announced at a
'meeting of liberty loan county chair
men and publicity men here today,
This is more than double the amount
ever asked in this district.
NEW WATER COLLECTOR
George E. Swafford takes charge of
water collections today having re
cently been appointed to that office
Mrs. Harold Swafford Is to act as
clerk in the office of the collector, and
which will remain In the office of
Dillman & Howland, succeeding Miss
Michael, who has been employed by
A. C. Howland during the past few
months.
Hunter Pots A Deer
Falls Off High CUff
Yet He Is Satisfied
W. W. Elklns, of Molalla, one of the
prominent residents of that place,
left his home at an early hour Thum
day morning, and when he failed to
make his appearance In the evening,
a searching party was formed. Elklns
was found during the night at the foot
of a cliff, having fallen 20 feet below
and rolled for some distance beyond
At the time of the accident Elklns
was carrying a deer over his shoulder,
which he had shot a short time be
fore, and the weight of the deer over
balanced him when he passed over a
narrow pathway. ,
Elklns was unable to return to his
home, having suffered with a broken
arm and many bruises about the body,
When he fell he was stunned, but af
ter being carried to his home, and
given medical attention, he rapidly lm
proved, and now sayB "he got the deer
any way," even If his arm Is broken
and suffering from other Injuries. Mr,
Elklns is a brother-in-law of Mortim
er Cockrell, formerly of this city, but
now a druggist of Molalla.
COAST QUOTA NEARLY
In the display window of the pub
licity department of the Oregon City
Commercial club are a few samples
of what Clackamas county Is doing
this season.' There are several branch
es of King apples, that are grown by
John Burgoyne, one of Clackamas
county's apple kings. His fruit farm
la located at New Era. A branch about
14 Inches in length Is bearing 12
largo apples, while a smaller branch
bears eight. There are beans measur
ing 10 and It Inches tn length, raised
by John towry. of Bolton. Grain, that
wa raised by the late John Egger.
who died suddenly Thursday evening
at his home at Ttedland, shows what
some of the soil ts producing In that
section, although the weather has been
anything but favorable.
E. B, Lowe la showing what can be
raised on a city lot at ISIS 'John
Julnoy Adams Street. This ta a var
iety of wheat. The seed planted for
this grain was of 1910 crop.
The grain la to be displayed at the
Clackamss county fair, and many
other farmers are selecting some of
their best for display.
TCI
If the postofflce la removed from Its
present location, on Main street, be
tween Eighth and Ninth streets, U
111 be over the protest of many of
the business establishments. Follow
ing a meeting of business men in the
Commercial Club parlors Friday, a
petition was circulated protesting
against the proposed removal to any
other location, and was numerously
signed.
The government recently advertised
for bids for the postofflce, and only
two were submitted, one from the
Welnhard estate for the present loca
tion, and the other from the First Na
tional bank tor the two rooms on Main
street, between Fifth and Sixth streets
now occupied by the Klemson grocery
and Turk Bros, second hand store,
the latter bid being $15 a month under
that of the former. For a term of five
years this means a saving to the gov
ernment of $900, and It Is thought that
the postofflce department Intends to
accept the latter offer and remove the
postofflce.
IDGE
The suspension bridge over the Wil
lamette river, between Oregon City
and West Linn, was closed to heavy
traffic for a time Thursday morning
while a broken rod, supporting one of
the eyebeams, was repaired. The
break caused the bridge at this paiv
tlcular point to sag.
For more than a year the suspension
bridse has been declared more or less
unsafe, because of Its length of life
and the heavy traffic that goes over It
every day. Built In 1888, and having
only wooden piers for the support of
the steel cables, It Is pointed out that
the bridge can not long stand the
strain, and citizens over a year ago
began the agitation for a larger and
more substantial structure. The an
nual county budget meeting In 1917
voted a quarter mill tax as a nucleus
for a new bridge. The cost of the pres
ent structure, erected by the Pacific
Bridge company of Portland, was $2",-
000, and was one of the cheapest
bridges In Its day, for steel and lum
1er werp commanding much lower
prices than In the past 10 or 15 years
E
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Mrs. Sylvia Mldlam, residing at
Canernuh, has a fig tree In her yard
that Is attracting no little attention,
The tree is laden with fruit, and the
second crop Is now appearing. The
figs are the largest that have been
grown In this city, many measuring
ten Inches In circumference. These
are growing on new branches. During
the winter of 1909 the tree was budly
damaged and most of the limbs bad
to be removed, but It appears to be
thriving now and has the largest crop
it has borne. The fruit Is delicious.
MOLALLA WOMAN
LEAVES $L,700
IN U. S. BONDS
Nearly half of the entire estate of
Mrs. Catherine M. Frlcken, who died
at Molalla July 8th, was in the form
of U. S. Liberty Bonds. This fact be
came known Thursday when the peti
tion for probate and the will were filed
In the county court, showing that of
an estate of $3700 left to her heirs,
'$1700 was Invested In bonds. Under
the will the bonds go to Kate Fricken,
a daughter-in-law, while a $1500 mort
gage Is devised to a son, Frank Frlck
en, in the east. The balance of the es
tate Is devised to Mrs, Anna Green, of
Molalla.
BOYS OVER itERfi-OVEtt' T II E R E
Interesting Facts About Oregon City Boys
In Service
Arthur N. Farr Is with the statistic
al division of the expeditionary forc
es. Ills address Is Corporal Arthur
N. rarr, Co. I). Hq. lln. O. 11.
Statistical Division, a. r 0. 717,
A. E.F.
fc fcl fc
Gerald Park, who In connected with
tlw I'acltlo Highway Garage at pres
ent, Is planning to enter the training
camp at O. A. C. lie will leave to
enlist the last of Septemlxtr.
N to 4
M. E, Mark, who is In the modtcul
department of the spruce division
stationed at Vancouver, Wash., visit
ed bis mother, Mrs. A. L. Park, this
week.
Relatives of Major Frank Mount
have received word from him In
France telling of an uneventful but
pleasant trip across. He is to have
Charge of 4tl villages, superintending
the sanitary conditions, the same sort
of work that ha was In charge of at
Camp tawla. He speaks of the tins
food and fine accommodations on the
trip over.
R M
Guy Elliott, who has been stationed
at Fort Dayton, Is tn town for an 18
day furlough. He Is visiting his par?
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Elliott.
N 3 r3
Jack Hannon, who was until recent
ly head of the department of mens'
wearing apparel tn Hannon & Com
pany's store. Is now stutloned at
Camp Fremont. Ills address Is Priv
ate J. J. Baniion, Co. C, 8th Divis
ion, Camp Fremont, California.
N fca
Chester Womer, who Is with Co.
M. 163 lurantry, In the A. E. F.. has
written several letters to his sister.
Mrs. Hoy Woodward of this city, from
St. Atgnan-Noyers. One written on
June 30, tells of the celebration plan
ned for the Fourth of July.
St. Algnao-Noyers.
Deur Folks:
1... same old story and tho same
old talo, Sunday a Mtor to write and
nothing to say. It has been very hot
this last wek and I do not think to
day will be any cooler, the way Is It
starting. This morning for breakfast
we had ham. eggs, and fried potatoes,
also syrup and white bread and cof
fee (the latter two of course we al
ways have). Can you beat that? This
afternoon we have regimental ser
vices. It seems good to hear the chap
lain again.
The regiment Is planning a celebra
tion here for the Fourth consisting of
indoor baseball, baskuthall and vol
ley ball, also bund, etc. There ore no
buseball grounds here so we will have;
to content ourselves with Indoor base-,
bull.
I Just got a letter from Huroldl
Young this morning and It was dated i
May 7. Mre speed. At that time he.
was still in Englund. Glad mother not;
her mother's day lotter alright. There
certainly was a bunch of them written
from this side. CHESTER.
We had yesterday afternoon off and C. F. Womer. Co. M. 162 Inf., A.
we also get Wednesday afternon undE. F,
FOURTEEN MEMBERS
OF
With .'SO of Its members in the ser
vice the Oregon City Commercial
club has sent out a call for new mem
bers and aiready 14 have applied for
membership. Inasmuch as the mem
bers in the service are exempt from
'dues thore was a deficit In the rev
enue of the club, and letters were
sent asking for new members.
Those who have bben admitted to
'membership are John It. Howland, II.
I. IirlKhtblll, II. E. Park, Julius Gold
smith, Dr. W. Ross Euton, Dr. A.
McDonald, R. O. Scott, I). C. Lut
ourette, Frank If. HuHch, William E.
EKtes, W. W. Evtirhart, II. S. An
derson.'J. Collie, and H. F. Tschlrgl.
WEDDED IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Aug. 15. Noah Christ
ner, legal, Oregon City, and Mrs,
Elsie Fllnn, legal, Twenty-fourth and
East Davis streets, wore grunted a
marriage license here today.
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CANADIANS WAGER ON A T T A C K
Race to First Capture II u n Divisional
Headquarters
WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, Aug. 16. Some Interest
ing Incidents of the fighting of the
past few days are now available. For
'instance, all day Thursday of last
week when the battle opened, great
difficulty was met in advancing on our
extreme left. Flnaly it was decided
the only way to advance was to turn
to the left flank. A famous Quebec bat
talion was entrusted with the task.
They had to take up their position in
the dark by the aid only of the stirs,
maps and compasses. Only military
men can comprehend the difficulty of
the undertaking. At the appointed
hour 4:30 In the morning they were
on their ground, whence they advanc
ed and took the position, forcing the
entire enemy line in this sector to fall
lack, with tifllng lose to us.
One officer had a bet with another
all day Htinday off, but they are all
welcome,
Will close with love.
Your brother,
C1H03TEU.
A shoe race caused much amuse
ment on the Fourth according to a let
ter that was written on July T,
Dear Folks:
It Is too hot In the Y tent so have
transferred myself and paper to the
grove In which the tout Is sltuatod.
Well the main thing that has hap
pened since my last letter Is of course
the Fourth. W had quite a celebra
tion. We hud a parade In the morn
ing and In the afternoon wero races
and games of ail kinds. One of the
funniest was the shoe race which con
sisted of about 15 or 20 follows all
taking off their shixs. numbering
them, and taking them out In tits mid
rle of the field. 20 yards from thi
contestants. Hare they were all mix
ed up. The Idea of the race was for
(he winning man to get down thuro,
got hi own shoes on and ma across
the line about .10 yeurds. Well you
can Imagine what happened. Every
man threw everybody's else shoe just
as far as ho could with the result
that some were still hunting their
ehoos when the winner orossed the
line. Our company did not win much,
tho machine gun company being the
biggest winner of the day. Our battal
lion however won the tug of war from
the first batalllon.
Lovingly,
CHESTER.
The Wl Infaniry wtobratud the
fourteenth of July, (lastllle Day, by a
trip to Lyons, which Is told about tn
the following letter,
Dear Folks:
You will notice that this letter la a
little Into, but ''there's a reason," as
I happened to be pretty busy about .
lust Sunday, July 14. A picked com
pany from our regiment went alon
with three or four other companies to
Lyons as an escort to General Alex
ander for the big celebration there.
It marked the opening of Pont Wilson
Wllon bridge). Just got back this
afternoon and as we left here a week
ago tomorrow you can see that we had
some trip, It certainly was fine. Hi
gldfs ourselves In the parade were
French, English, Belgian and Italian
troops, Of course we got the big hand
wherever we went.
Cun you imagine forming for a
parade at 6:30 A. M. I know it Is hard
but that Is what we actually did. We
crossed WlUon bridge about 10: "0 P.
M . As we poured through the streets
it reminded me of the Rose Carnival
as we marched through a shower of
flowers. As w were marching at at
tention I did not get any, and by the
time we were turned looee In the af
ternoon they were all spoiled. The
worst part of the trip was tho going
and coming as w hud to travel on the
train over night, and trying to sleep
on these French trains Is about tho
most miserable thing going. How
ever we survived.
Well the Y rntortalnment Is about
to start so I will stop for this time.
Lovingly,
LI
CARVER ROAD LEAVES
PORTLAND, Oregon, August 19.
A 4x4 scantling on tho tracks of the
Curvwr Portland-Oregon City Railroad,
near Iiyboe avenue, caused the de
railment of the gusolliio motor there
at 8 o'clock Monday morning, No in
jury wus sustained by any one of the
carload of persons. This la said to be
the second time the Carver tracks
have been tampered with, a pile of
small cord wood with mud having
boon dumped between tho rails at the
city limits about three weeks ago. Mr.
Carver hns offered $.10 reward for
evidence leading to the apprehension
of the persons who aro responalble
for the trouble. ,
Portland O. J, Buchor of Pomeroy,
WaBh., receives following prices for
hogs and cattle In Portlund mnrket;
hogs $19.50, shorthorn steers, $13.00,
cowe, $9.00. Who said cheap moat
when the farmer receives these prices
3333.1
that he would be in tho Boche divis
ional headquarters at Juesnll first on
Thursday night. It was a wild race
and was not settled till Friday morn
ing, when the winner actually took
possession of the quarters while his
troops were still fighting at the far
end of the town, Ho captured the
entire enemy divisional plant. Short
ly after, the loser came along und had
to content himself with humbler bil
lets. This was nine miles from tho
starting point of Thursday morning.
The advance of a Manitoba battal
ion was the record of the battle, being
over 20,000 yards from ou front
line. While marching down a road
thia battalion 'was attacked by 18
German airplanes, flying low and
sweeping the road with machine gun
fire. The order was given for the men
to scatter and not one was hit.
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