-i
'i
J t
H
li
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE
E. C.
Publlihe Every Friday.
8RO0IE, Editor and Publisher.
Eater at Oregon City, Oregon. Fostoffleo aa eco-d-cU matter.
tubacrtptlon Rate:
.75
.15
0a yr
Ms aioataa
Wlgtt7r aim If Uat payment ta not credited. Madly aotlfy ua. and
the aaattar will receive aur attention.
" Avertlalng Rate on application
Wilhelm, Hie Highwayman I
German peace demands shrink as American arraio grow. No
aooner does Black Jack Pershing step in with the First American
Field Army and reduce the St. Mthlel salient than Germany finds
it can do without any portion of France, or oven of Belgium.
Simultaneously it is decided in Potsdam that the indemnities to
which Germany, "compelled to defend Itself from strong enemies." $
is entitled, may also be dispensed with as a condition to a peace
npimiiated immediately.
Wilhelm, creating the curious spectacle of yelling vociferously
for pence almost from the first day of the war of conquest he be
gan, has deceived himself and his pet.rle with delightful German
thoroughness. No other highwayman has ever been more willing to
Make peace than Wilhelm. his pockets full of loot from France and
Russia and his boots on the neck of Belgium. No one but a high
wayman would have expected to have his "peace offers heard.
Allied refusals to consider hia various offer to resume a peace
status without emptying his pockets or punishing him for his mis-
treatment of Belgium must be spoiling Wilhelm' faith in human
nature. A few more refusals will perhaps definitely destroy WU-
helm faith in the gullibility of Entunte human nature.
When Wilhelm begins to talk about refuuding the enormous
forced payments he has wrested from Belgium; renouncing the
Brest-Litovsk treaty and restoring tl Russian lands he has over
run; making recompense to Belgium s.nd France for the wanton
destruction wrought, then will he find the allies beginning to take
interest in his conversation.
$ The kaisx-r will never annovince peace terms acceptable to the
$ Allies until ha is "leading" his routed armies back to Berlin.
Will any single factor so help to crumple up German morale aa
a rousing oversubscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan?
Be sure you do YOUR share.
committee the trouble of calling in
person for the application. The
names of all persona applying at the
banks for bonds wilt be published
Friday morning and the various com
mittees will not call upon any persons
whose names are In the published list.
This method is urged by the commit
tees In the various precincts so that
the work may be done in the shortest
possible time and with the least
trouble possible.
All persons in Oregon City are also
urged to patronUa the sale booths of
the bonds at the Liberty Temple and
of the booths along main street The
Girls National Honor Guard will have
charge of the gala of bonds at the
Liberty Temple and the district
chairman will arrange for booth
along Matu street
Arrangement are being made every
evening this week for a four minute
man nt the Liberty Temple besides
the home guard drill, fife and drum
corps. Liberty Loan quartette and
community 6ing.
All solicitors for bonds , are , re
quired to receive a cash payment
amounting to 10 per cent of the
amount of bonds subscribed and
solicitors are authorised to receive a
full payment of the bonds and give
receipt therefor but no persons shall
he permitted and under no conditions
Is a solicitor permitted to accept a
partial payment on the bond except
the initial 10 per cent at the time the
bond Is subscribed for.
Payments upon the bonds will be as
follows: : 10 per cent at the time
bonds are subscribed for, 20 per cent
November 21, 20 per cent December
19, 20 per cent January 1(3 and 30 per
cent January SO.
BOYS OVER HERE-OVER T HERE
Interesting Facts About Oregon Sfc
-.. 1 t. m... TT C TsA
oily iop in me u. o.
BAR ROOM SOLD
IN FRENCH PORT
TO AMERICAN Y
talk that was a whirlwind, and John
Loder who pat over his customary
'pep" speech In ' splendid fashion.
The Junior Liberty loan boys with
their "euks" were also on hand and
responded to several encores.
. , The Committee to canvass Oregon
Applications for various sized jCUy fof- the pburth Liberty Loan nlet
chunks of the Fourth Liberty Loan a 2 0.clock Monday in lfle Comnier
issue began to flood the various banks da, c,ub roomg &nd appolnted the
or tne county .iouuay. ine array ui
campaigners appointed In every nook
of Clackamas county took off their
coats and started in on a vigorous
campaign bright and early Monday
morning to send old Clackamas
"over the top."
Things started off just as if the
plan had been worked on for weeks
Each of the seven district chairmen,
whose territory comprises the whole
county, reported to County Chairman
Latourette Monday evening that
things looked good in their various
communities judging from early re
ports. All day long local banks made
out applications for patriotic folk who !
didn't care to wait for visits from the i
local chairmen. From the first day's
results, a reasonable inference would
be that there will be very, very few
Liberty Loan slackers in proud old
Clackamas county.
The county has been divided off so
that every single school district has a
good live committee hot on the trail
of the bond purchasers. According to
Chairman Thomas Burke of the Ore
gon City banking district comprising
Oregon City and fifty adjacent school
district, the first day's efforts were
most encouraging in every part of,
this section. One good Clackamas
county farmer called his local chair
man up early Monday and stated "Put
me down for $500; if you are short,
call on me for that amount again."
This seems to be the Bpirit that
permeates the whole Fourth Loan
drive. Instead of a shyness on the
part of the purchasers they are rally
ing to the call in splendid fashion and
every district made good progress on
the first day of the big push.
Arrangements for big booster meet
ings are being made in all sections.
Chairman Joseph E. Hedges of the
speakers' campaign for the Oregon
City banking district waa scheduling
spellbinders most of the day Monday
In response to urgent appeals from all
sections. Patriotic automobile own
ers who wish to assist in the trans
portation of speakers to and from the
various meeting places should confer
with E. G. Caufield of the local ex
ecutive committee who is also chair
man of the transportation committee
Monday night the big county rally
officially opened at Molalla, with a
large crowd on hand to hear District
Attorney Hedges, who gave a cartoon
By Roy Durstine
PARIS. Sept. 1. (By mail).-
very
following precinct workers:
Precinct No. 1. Mrs. Clarence
Brunner and John Etchisln, this dis
trict includes all the territory from
3rd street to south 4th street and
Madison street to the river.
Precinct No. 2. Mrs. Lawrence
Ruconich and Walter Little, 3rd street
to Fifth street and Madison to the
river. '
Precinct No. 3. Mrs. MacDonald
and Dr. Prudden, 5th street to 7th and
Madison to tne river.
Precinct No. 4. Mrs. C. WT. Robey
and L. Stipp, 7th street to 10th and
Madison to the river.
Precinct No. 5. Mrs. Berkman and
Geo. Griffith, luth street to 14th
street and Madison to the river.
Precinct No. 6. Mrs. Guy Heddick
and D. E Frost, 14ttt street to city
limits and Madison to the river.
Precinct No. 7. Mrs. N. W. Bow-
land and William Stone, 12th street
to city limits and Madison street to
city limits including Kansas City ad
dition.
Precinct No. 8. Mrs. Geo. Swafford
and E. H. Cooper Madison street to
Taylor, 7th street to 12th street.
Precinct No. 9. Mrs. E. W. Scott
and W W. Myers, Madison Van Buren,
7th to city limits.
Precinct No. 10. Mrs. Geo. Eberly
and M. Amrine, Pearl to 12th strafct,
Taylor street, Molalla avenue to city
limits.
Precinct No. 11. Mrs. E. M. Scou-
ton and John Lewellen, Mountain
View, Pleasant Hill, Darnall's, Heck
art, C. T. Tooze, Fairview and Ely
additions.
C. Schuebel is committee to' attend
to the solicitation of the Hawley and
woolen mill employees.
These committees are authorized
to call upon any available assistants
they may deem necessary and will be
responsible for a thorough canvass of
the territory assigned.
Mrs. J. E. Jack and John W. Loder
are chairmen of the drive in Oregon
City to whom these committee will
make their reports.
The drive in Oregon City starts
promptly at 9 o'clock Friday mora
ine, September 20, 1918.
The committee urges all person In
Oregon City to apear in person at the
various banks in Oregon City and
make application for bonds before
Friday morning, thereby saving the
GE2E2S25SH5S5HS25S25ZHHSZSKHS
FATHER AND SONS ENJOY SPORT
O. D. Eby and Two Boys Fish and Hunt In
Molalla Country
SS51!SS2SEHSS52S2S2SH55S
O. D. Eby and sons, Marvin and,
Roland, and Gerald Park, who have
been' on a hunting trip about tour
miles beyond the famous Bee Ranch
in the Molalla country, returned to
Oregon City Wednesday. The party
left Oregon City Friday, and arrived
in camp at an early hour Saturday
morning, where they pitched tent
They established their headquarter
at the Bee Ranch, and from that point
made their hikes to the nearby
stream, where fishing waa great, and
the hunting grounds, where deer
abound, was close by. Mountain
trout were plentiful, and every meal
consisted of fish. All took a hand In
preparing the meals, but Mr. Eby
acted a the principal chef of the
camp. Each one washed hie own
dish and cup, and after breakfast had
been partaken of the Jaunts would
comence at an early hour, and mem
bore of the party did not show up at
camp until evening. Appetites were
immense, but there being plenty of
provisions and always a fine string
of fish on hand, no one went hungry,
The day before starting for home,
Marvin Eby proved the lucky hunter
and got a fine deer. This was one of
the largest killed at that place this
season, and tipped the scales at about
200 pounds. One of the antler had
six points and the other seven.
These with the venison have been
brought in to Oregon City. The
antlers are to be mounted a a re
membrance of the trip.
Eby will soon leave for the train
ing camp at Corvallis, and he says:
"Now the Huns had better look out
for me when I get over there." He
has recently passed his 18th birth
day, and he ha so far made a good
marksman. This is the first time he
had seen a deer in the mountain, and
his first shot at a distance of 75
yards struck home.
i
In the
heart of a French port town,
where traffic is thickest, there stood a
bar room. It was Just at the point
where a sailor's or soldier's thirst
was greatest as he trudged up the
It did a rattling doog business,
such a good business that the author
ities kept a special eye ou it.
Whenever a military policeman had
nothing better to do. he would struH
up to this bar to see how many men
were draped over it. Accordingly, its
trade languished, for there are more
desirable thin? to do than to be a
consistent drinker in the most con
spicious place In town.
Before long the madame found that
her business had fallen on evil ways.
Her success had been so great that
it had failed!
A public sale was announced a sale
of all the oh! so beautiful fixtures:
Without thought of price, everything
would go beneath the hammer of the
auctioneer. Every one in town knew
of It. And when you say "every one,'
you Include Arthur S. Taylor, who
used to be a newspaper man In Phil
adelphia, and who is now directing
the Y. M. C. A. In the district of the
port town.
So he went to the sale. And when
the bidding fell off, and the madame
wrung her hands because the price
was so low, ioen up stepped Mr. Tay
lor and bought all the fixture for the
Y. M. C. A.
After that he dickered with the
landlord and came to an agreement
which permitted him to leave the fix
tures where they were, to leave the
bar where it was but to change what
passed across the bar.
That was only a little while ago.
But today asyou mount th hill of
the town, as you see the doors of the
bar. stretching out their invitation to
bring In your thirst and have It
quenched, you will see a strange thing.
Over the door you will see in large
letters the words:
THE RED TRIANGLE
Inside, behind the bar you will see
an American girl in the sky blue uni
form of the canteen worker. And you
will see sailors and soldiers leaning
their elbows on the shining mahogany
and hear them say things like:
"Give us a chocolate milk-shake.1
"Make mine pineapple."
"How's the Y. M. special today?"
"Package of cookie and two straw
berry sodas."
Think of It! Sodas, in France! And
yet this is only one of three places in
that one port town where the Y. M
. A. has a soda fountain.
Besides the bar sits another Am
erican girl selling soda checks and,
in the lulls, changing the record on
the victrola. Nothing old about those
records, either. Vith New York Just
"a few days away" the supply of tunes
is dept up to the minute.
In the back room there are small
tables and chairs. Those who prefer
to rest as they drink may do so. And
many do.
You see I figured It out this way,"
said Mr. Taylor, as he looked over
tho blue anu the olive drab shoulders
packed along the bar, "I figured It out
tnat half the attraction of a bar is the
sociability of drinking slowly and
gossiping while you do it. And you
see it is,
Ward Hammond, brother of Attor-j
ney William Hammond, of Gladstone,
who has been lu France for some tlmo,
ta Instructor in a' chauffeur school.
Ilia brother, Lieutenant 'Phillip. Ham
mond, a former attorney of this city,
is an Instructor In a training l'mt at
Camp U, Virginia. tie eays the
training Is wonderful and the men
are put through the training in good
time, and that the work Is strenuous,
but th boy are all gaining, and never
a word of complaint is heard.
fa fa f x
William Lettenmeler, a former em
ploye of the Oregon City postofflce,
who has been stationed at a training
camp In Maryland, has been trans
ferred to a camp In Kentucky.
tj !
Kent Wilson, on of-Sheriff Wilson,
who is connected with tho hospital
corps In France, Is recovering from
effects from gn recently received
while In action.
m
Billy Bow,s, a former employ of
the Enterprise, was heard fro.n this
week by friends of this city. Bill, as
he Is generally known bore, says that
ho was glad to arrive safely "over
there" but will be glad to get back
home again, as there Is no place like
the good old lT. S. A. In his letter he
says in tho hospltut he i connected
with there are a few hundred soldiers
who have been brought In, but few of
the rases are serious. Ho says he has
had the goil luck to be placed in a
surKical ward, and hero ho has a
chance to see some of the more seri
ous cases, although the ku and med
ical wards are equally as bad. Re
garding the weather h says It rains
for three days, and then the sun
shines for three and there is mud for
a week, and then It rains again.
t a
Mr. and Mrs. McGovem. formerly
of Gladstone, but now of Oak Grove,
have received word that their son,
Herbert McGovem, who has been in
training on a submarine chaser lu
New York, was gassed. There were
six other young men gassed at the
same time, but every effort is being
made to save their lives, and from all
Indications the .young men. will re
cover from their narrow escape. As
it is McGovem has been taken south
Into the mountains, where he may
gain his strength in the mountain air,
and oxygen Is gtvtn him four times
dally. So far he Is improving under
the care given him by the attending
physicians.
P:3 fts r;i
Richard Freldrichs, who has been
In Oregon City several weeks visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fried-
t richs, has gone to Camp Iwia, re
cently entering the sarvice. Before
coming to Oregon City for hi visit
with his parents, Richard waa hold
ing a government position in Seattle,
and has been anxious to Join (the army
for some time.
Fl fM PI
Godfrey Stutz, son of Mr. and Mrs
WALLACE CAURELD
OF
go
After being stationed at Fort Flag
ler, Wash., for some time, Lieutenant
Wallace Caufield has been promoted
to a captaincy. He will be captain of
an artllkery company ' that will
over seas.
Lieutenant Caufield Is the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Caufield
of this city. He is a graduate of the
University of Oregon, and while at
that Institution was one of the crack
football players.
F. Stutz. of Bolton, who fell and
was injured at the training camp m
Illinois before going over seas, has
met with a similar accident in Eng
land, and Is now In the hospital ac
cording to word recently received by
his parents, but is improving. His
mother Is one of the most patriotic
women of Clackamas county, and at
her home at Bolton is doing what she
can to help to win the war. It was
on Wednesday of this week this little
woman took to the publicity depart
ment of the Commercial Club a large
amount of prune seeds that had been
thoroughly cleaned and ready for
shipment to be used in making masks
for the boys in the trenches in France
They were neatly packed in cloth.
This ia not the first offering this
mother of two soldier boy ha made,
as this is her second offering of prune
pits. She has performed other patrio
tic work, and says: "I want to do
all I can for my boy and other
mothers' boys who are fighting for
their country, and I am one of the
mothers who will march In the
motners' parade Saturday afternoon."
Another son, Charles Stutz, is In the
motor truck division. While on his
way to France Charles nearly died,
and said he thought his time had come
before ha had a chance to "get the
kaiser." He was taken ill with meas
les, and for several days bis life was
despaired of by the attending physic
ians. It was necessary to carry him
off thd ship on a stretcher, and for
many day following hi arrival, he
was critically 111, but i now able to
be in active service. Charles was
with a company that missed the ill-
fated Tuscania four hour, The com
pany he was with wa snowbound In
the East, and thus caused a delay In
reaching the Tuscania. Both Charles
and Godfrey are well known boy of
Bolton.
a (El JEJ
Colby Hutchinson, second eon of
Mrs. Ida Hutchinson, ha sent word
to his mother this week that he wa
In the North Sea. The young man Is
on the Nevada, and 1 delighted with
the life of a seaman. He is making
good too. His brother. Earl Hutchin
son, is with the 18th Engineer in
France.
fcl sa
Charles Grell, In the Light Artillery,
left Sunday for Fort McDowell, Cali
fornia, where he Js to be stationed.
He is the son of Mrs. Augusta Creil,
of this city, and recently returned to
Oregon City with his mother and sis
ter from Oysterville,
fa tei tea
Leslie Kellogg, son of Mr. Frank
Kellogg, has arrived safely in France,
according to word received "by the
mother In Oregon City during the
week. He is with the 69th Artillery,
P. A. C. Corp. Hoforo leaving for
France KolWg was stationed at
Fort Stovvu, and wa ona of tho boys
from this city anxious to "go over,"
Ha fa iKa
rVnnk Mtlltkvn, younger son of Rev,
and Mrs. W, T. Mllllken, ha arrived
nafvly "over there." The pareut were
advised this week of hi safe arrival,
and he 1 one of the huskies from
Oregon City, who Is mire to do hi
"bit" for his country in France. He
has been stationed for some tlmo at
Fort Steven, and U with the Supply
Company of ( the 61Hh Artillery, C. A
Corp.
P-3 fa rl
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mumleii uro In
receipt of a loiter trout their on,
H.troUl, In tho murine service and
stationed In Guam, He has been In
the service for elf; lit months. In hi
letter received a few day ago he
tells of the terrible typlnnm occurring
mere a row week ago, when many
native live were lost, and much dam
age done, lie says cocoitn.it foil In
an directions, ami many natives were
killed by being struck with them,
Hundreds of huts were blown dowu
There was practically ' no damage
done to the murine tmr rucks, but many
boys were fright, ned, us this was
their first experience. He says the
fruit In that seetlou Is great, and mu
better than that In hia old homo
town OroRon lit?. This la sold
very rvnaonubly ty the natives.
Mumlen also told hi parent of tho
first (Icrimin tthlp sunk, and al
so told of seeing a large number of
Interned Germans in tho harbor.
Munden says the Marino band, of
which he Is a member, played for the
officers anfl their wives, while they
were visiting at that place on their
way to the Philippine- Islands.
'Hi fa Hi
Captain W. K. Hempstead, who has
been stationed at Fort Canby, Wash
has been transferred to Fort Colum
bla, Wash. Captain Hempstead,
former practicing physician of this
city and coroner of Clackamas conn
ty, was among tho first to respond to
his country's call.
Hi Hi H3
A servlcv badge for a soldier Bon
ing at the Mexican border during the
year of 1917 h reached Oregon City
This badge Is tho property of Dan J.
Flnnucane, now in Franco, ana win
be kept here for safety by hi father,
P. S. Flnnucane. who has Just re
ceived tha badpie from the govern
ment. The young man has been ad
vised of the arrival of his medal. He
is one of the youngest boys In tho
army rrom nucitamas couuiy, onu
was one ofjhe first to respond to his
country's call to go to the border and
to France. Ho 1 now recovering
from the effects of gas. A letter ap
pear below from tho young man, the
first to have been received by his
father since he wa8 gassed by th
Huiib.
Hi fa Hi
Clyde Spooner, a former Clackamas
county boy, a son of Mrs. Emma
Spooner of Jennings Iodge, Is a cap
tain of a company stationed at a
training camp In Kansas City, Mo.
Hi fa Hn
Fred Taylor Has Experience with
Typhoon.
Word ha been received on Wednes
day of this week from Fred G. Taylor,
formerly nlht editor of the Enter
prise, who I stationed at the Marine
Barracks, Naval Station, Gaum, M. I.
In his letter he says: "No one knows
how the boys In the service appreciate
how the women of America are work
Ing to help win the war. I saw the
Women's Patriotic Edition of the
Oregon City Enterprise, and thought
it a dandy. I read It clear through,
and there were so many things In that
paper that were of much Interest to
me. If the girls don't lok out, you
will have all of our Job when we get
back, because all the girls are doing
so well now. I was much surprised
to see Mildred Dryden's name a one
of the linotype operator of the
patriotic paper. When I left she
was a mere child.
"I am In the newspaper game yet,
and an assistant editor of the little
magazine that we get out here every
month with the Island news In It. We
have been having all sorts of things
of late to make the paper more In
teresting a typhoon that wrecked
the Island and almost every house on
It; a fair that represented all parts
of the Island, and this month the fact
that the Governor hag made the Island
bone dry, and ordered all the liquor
here shipper away. I am also stenog
rapher In the office of the post quartermaster."
Sergeant Albert Frlodrlch, who has
been stationed at Camp Lewis for the
past year and who has been drill
sergeant, has been transferred to
Camp Taylor, Kentucky, where he
go?s to the officers' training camp.
Frledrlch haB made good at Camp
Lewis, and has been promoted several
times. He Is the son of Mr. 'and Mrs.
C. W. Frledrlch, , of this city, with
whom he visited a few day before
leaving for the South.
fa fa fai
In appreciation of a little favor ex
tended while passing through Oregon
City, a aoldler boy ha sent a beauti
ful hand 'embroidered handkerchief
case to Miss Ethel Mulligan, of this
city... Miss Mulligan has a brother,
Lawrence Mulligan, In France, and
sne realizes the appreciation he
would show anyone giving her broth
er a gift of candy as she ha done for
other passing through this city. The
Mulligan family reside near Railroad
Avenue on Eleventh street, and it was
wnne a troop train was passing
through thl city that Miss Mulligan
passed into the car window 19 bores
of boiiiu iiiiulo candy Each box waa;
gratefully reeolved, and many card I
havo been received from tha aoldlvr
by the- Oregon City mis tolling of
their appreciation of tho gift. Many
of these boys ar now lu Franca, tviul
told of their sufo arrival.
Ha fa fa
Mr. J. 11. llreoht, of l'arkplaco, ro-
eelved a letter from her aon, Alfred
Hroeht. who 1 with tha Cllrd Infantry
with Company 3, Camp Momlo, Md.
Tho letter was written September 8,
and Is n follows:
"Camp "Moiido, Md,, Sept. 8, 1018.
"Dear Mother: We have Just re
turned from tnrgut range, and wa had
uulto a tlmo thero. Wa had a very
light touch of what tho boy In Franc
havo had to put up ylth. We could
not wash or shave unless wo stole tho
water, and that was a hard mutter lor
they kept nit armed guard over the
water bag day and iilsht. There
wits a small creek about a mile and
half from camp wo could go to, no
when wo could get away made a
lino" for that placo, I hud tho
change to go tinea and I atayed all
afternoon.
"While wo wore on tho rang.', wo
had a real old fashioned thunder
storm, which lasted for about un
hour or so. Our tout was located In
a llulo hollow, and tho vvhoUi country
drained into It. There was only one
dry pot In tho tent, ami we tacked
our guns on that, mid then wo built
a llttlo bridge and plied our beds and
clothes onto it to keep them dry. Wv
had to work In water up to our knees
to get our Biippor, and then wo had to
stand up to cat It. After supper they
chased us all out to drain tho kitchen
I gave my slicker to a couple of my
tent mates to carry brush lu to make
our bed on, and In order to keep my
clothes dry, I bud to tako them off,
except my underclothes. Some of the
fellows took everything orf. Wo
worked until 9 o'clock draining the
kitchen and filling It up with dry
dirt, o wo rould get something to oat
In the morning.
"Owing to scarcity of water hero
an order wnit given when wo first ar
rived that wo do not wash tho cloth
ing, but to 'nd It out. but when It
was returned It did not hav tho ap
pearance of being washed, so the boy
raised a 'fuss', and the colonel ha I
lowed us now to wash our own cloth
Ing.
"I havo seen all kind of country,
but none look ns good a Oregon to
me. Tho country around here Is all
una nntl good, some of which bus
been farmed at some lime 'or other
Ml tho farm homes are doorrted, and
the farms nro lylii); Idle,
"With lots of love.
"Your loving son,
"ALFRED W. BRICCHT,
Hi fa Hi
Soldier Sends Carnation from France
Mis lioso Mulvany, of Mullno
Route 4. ha Just received a lettc
from her nephew, Corporal D.
Howard, of Company A, 162 Infantry,
American P. O. 727, France. Tho fol
lowing is tho letter.
"Coutrcs, Franco.
"Dear Aunt: Well, I have Just
finished a letter to mother, and will
write you a lino. I have neglected
writing this month, as wo have boon
celebrating during tho month July.
Wo had a grand celebration linr on
the Fourth, then we went to Lyons to
help tho French celebrate their
Fourth, which 1 th.i 1 4th.
"Lyons Is about 150 miles from
where wo are stationed, so you seo It
wa quite a trip. It Is also tho second
largest city in France. I really had
tho time of my life. Think that all
of Company A will admit that Franc
tin the world cheated for girls,
Ing thorn right along. Wo havO taken
somo of tholr boot soldier, and thoy
do not oom to know what to think
auuut it. I hollovo victory for u I
In view. V havo had a hard battle,
hut Americans mude tho Hum fun
Ilk cuttle. Wo lot thorn know that
o wore not dealing with Mutlcau
this tlmo.
"I ant writing thl letter alongside
one of tho boy from iiomo, a. m.
crlpturo, Ho i from Oregon City,
and wo uimd to go to niiool together,
nd bellovo 11)0, It wa a happy day
hen we met over hero, I had not
seen htm for over seven month, and
o havo hud a number of onjoynhlo
visit. 1U i.iro ha been a help to
me sliico I wu so III hero In the
IHlt uL
Within a week' tlmo, I will bo
ready to ngiiln tako my place at tht
tint mid await tho arrival of tho
who tin dono hi daatardly
Him,
ork,
"Your loving on,
"DANim..'
SENT 10 OFFICERS
L
H. W. Arena, ll selectlfo service
man, nun lorinor county agent or
'lackamas county, who left for tho
training camii ut Camp Lewis about
lb reo mouth ago, has been promoted
to corporal. Mr. Arena ha been trans-
erred to an olltcer' training camp In
nmp Hancock, Georgia, ami left for
that pluce a few days ago. HI wife,
who I welt known hero, whern alio
resided f0r some time, hna boon mak
ing her temporary hmno near Camp
Lewis while her husband ha been
stationed there, and will return to
Portland, where she will rohialn with
relative during her husband ab
sence. Corporal Areas ha had much
military training, ami was a stuilimt
of tho Oregon Agricultural College
for some year. .
(Contlutii-d iron pago 1)
wu the lint to register at tho council
Chamber. 1
There wore a number of Japanese
registering ut thl booth, and their
artistic markings on their cards me-
what Impressed tho women In charge
of the booths. ) was T. I. Nay
oslil, employed at tho Fall. Register
ing at the booth wa Airr.-d William
Chaloner, a native of London, Eng
land, who served IK month la tho
trenchr. now employed us a watch
man at tho lock. Chaloner ha re
ceived un honorable discharge, but I
J lining his duty, and nothing would
PU'mho him better than to bo back In
the trendies to again flKht for hi
country. Ho w;ts In tho terrible Halt-
fax disaster also, and I n most In
teresting young man. A number of
PlllplnoH registered here.
Down at tho Ureenpolnt Are com
pany's house, M1h Alma Moore, C.
W. Kelly, Frank Mtioro, and assisted
by Ml Florence Mooro In tho even
ing, and Jacob Scbnt did their bit,
and offered tholr aorvioea like other
In the booths of tho city, Jacob SiiiaU
wa born' In Russia, and ran speak
All the Russian langiiago as well as tho
tho allies had the troops there toj
represent tholr armies, but w) had
them all beaten by far. We were the
first men to parade there. They
liked to have went wild over us. 1
am sending you a carnation I got
while at the celebration. I was Just
naturally loaded down, and so were
all tire rest of the boys.
"We are having some real hot
weuthor over here now. It has boon
thundering here all day, and it I so
close and gultry ona can hardly get
his breath.
"I expect to go to Pari before long.
Several of the boy have been un
lutely, and think thgt all of u will
get to go before long.
"Tell everyone hello for mo. Be
sure and write often.
"Goodbye,
"DEB"
Hi fa Ha
Dan Flnnucane Write of Oat Burn.
P. S. Flnnucane; is in receipt of a
otter from hi son, Dan, who Is now
recovering from gas burn received
while fighting in the trenches. This
Is the first letter the lad has written
since the Hun gave out this deadly
ama. He 1 with Company L, 162
Infantry:
"Somewhere in Franco.
Dear Father: I will drop you a
few line and let you know that I am
getting along fine from the gas, but
i am etui In tho hospital, but had tho
chance to go to the Y. M. C. A. head
quarters. Bolleve me, Father, we
sure had some battle up at the front.
I will not be allowed to tell you how
many times I have been at the front,
but I have been over the top a few
times, and we are surely giving those
Huns you know!
"Suppose you have read in the
paper how far we have driven them
this .time. I will certainly have some
very good stories to relate to you
when I return, and some of my ex
periences In the trenches.
"A wound I not a bad as gag, but
I will say that gag Is h 1. Just wait
until I get a few more notches on my
gun before I get back.
"You cannot realize that you are
out in No Mnn'g Land to seo all the
green floldg of grain and fruit treeg
bearing fruit, and even the gardens
are flourishing. I Imagined I wag
home when I took a look out of the
trenches a few days ago when I gaw
the gren grassy fields.
"I guegg the German know that
we are coming now, and wo are fool-
German and English languages fluent
ly, and kindly offerod hi assistance
us interpreter. Ho ha resided In Ore
gon City over 20 year. HI (on Emit
Hchats Is I ntho service, and lg sta
tioned In Georgia, whore ho la a me
chanic In the aeroplane division.
Ono of the amusing ' Incident at
tho Ureenpolnt booth wa tho appear
ance of a boy, Lauren Khoop, on of
Mr. and Mrs. William Knoop. Knoop
gave hi ago a 19 years, and slated
he wa born in 1889, and answered
the other nocessnry question prompt
ly. When his father oppoared to reg
ister, he wa told another Knoop had
registered some time before him.
Thl being an uncommon name, tho
father say "no there 1 but mysolf,"
and when shown the card of Lauren
Knoop, exclaimed: "Thattts my son.
and ha 1 but 17 year of age, but he
ha been anxious to go Into the sorv-
lee, and you can't blame him," and
left smilingly, so It la presumed that
Knoov, Jr., will be In the service If
he Is needod, although he ha not at
tained his 18th birthday. 1 father
Is 38 years old.
Another booth along Main Street
wa in tho Busch building, occupied
by the Mitchell, Lewi & Staver Com
pany, whore Mr. M. P. Chapman,
Mrs. II. A. Berkman and Mr. Bort
Qreonman presided. At their spare
moments thoy did knitting for sol
dier and made use of tholr time in
other useful way.
In the garage of O D. Eby, where
a booth had boon established, were
Btatlnod Mrs. E. W. Scott, Mr. O.
D. Eby, Mrs. John Bradley and Mr.
A. E. Rugg.
A. E. Rugg. 0. D. Eby, local attorney,
and his son Marvin, agod 18, both reg
istered here.
TO CEASE OPERATING
Scarcity of labor has caused Goorge
A.' Wolfe, sawmill operator, to ceaee
operation. Last year Mr. yolfe, who
conducted a hotel at Sandy, took over
a sawmill 3 .mlleg east of Mulino,
and leaving his wife to run tha hotel,
he commenced the operation of the
mill. lie will return to Sandy.