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BOYS OVER HERE-OVER THERE
Interesting Facts About Oregon
City Boys In Hie U. S.
Service
Otto J. Buol, a Clackamas county
boy, recently leaving here for the
trr.tntng camp In California, Is with
Company C, Eighth Infantry, and Is
at Camp Fremont, California.
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Elmer Klelnsmlth. of Clackamas
county, is stationed at Camp Fremont,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Roman, of Mount
Pleasant, have just received word that
their grandson, Joe N. Boone, who was
shot while In action, has been return
ed to the United States, and is now In
the Des Moines (Iowa), hospital
where he is receiving medical atten
tion. The young man received a severe
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memoer or losm iiuauir; ui m
fantry.
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Kenneth Robinson, of Portland, who
is with the Infantry, and at present on
the draft board in Portland, was in
Oregon City Tuesday evening visiting
relatives.
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Carl Kirchem, of Logan, who has
been stationed at Camp Morrison, V:
bow Unit, and enlisted at Des Moines.
He was in an eight-days fight when
he was wounded on July 29. Number
less instances of personal bravery
have been told of the regiment to
which young Boone belonged. The Col
onel. E. R. Bennett, praises his men
highly for the work they have done.
.. t c. . 1 1 B.hA wuanMv anant
Is now on his way to France, according t-"""'"" .
to letters that have arrived and re-ia ruriougn m uregon wiy visiuug
ii w Mr .n m W P. Kir-'parents. Dr. and Mrs. George Hoeye,
chem. of Logan. Thirteenth and Main Street, be-
h k, h "eves there is no place like home, ac-
Phillip Messinger, ot Company E, j cording to a letter received by his par-
Twelfth infantry, is stationed at Camp ems since ne rn.m u
MILLFEED SCARCITY
Why is' there no milUeed with which
dairymen may teed their cows Why
is the situation becoming worse all the
time? WW is to blame? Will the
Const ever have any more dairy feed
and. If so, when? ,
These are. all questions which are
being asked by dairymen throughout
the state and entire Pacific coast. The
situ: tlon Is becoming worse all the
time. Not a pound ot mlllfeed can be
bought wholesale at any price, A little
may be picked up here and there at
retail at not itss than 2 cents a pound
and it is, generally sneaking, of in
terior quality, but better than nothing.
Millers want theif mills to run at
capacity. They are witling to buy
wheat from the growers. In fact, are
anxious to, but under the circum
stances do not dare. The government
will not buy the flour. Their mills
are Idle. None of them are operating.
And in spite of the serious condition
existing all along this Coast the gov
ernment at Washington sots calmly by
and allows matters to get worse all
time. The food administration could
settle the question In a moment; so.
too. could Julius 1L Hames, chairman
of the grain corporation of the food
administration, who is In charge of
the buying of tlour and other supplies
for soldiers, saliors and allies. Hut up
to the present time those who hold the
lcey to the situation have not sitiken
or given the slightest intimation that
thev Intend to.
DEMOCRATS ARE
ASKING AID OF
SHIP BUILDERS
"The quicker you get It to us the
more good it will do you.'
The foregoing Is the closing sen
tence of a second letter received by
officers and stockholders of ship
building companies constructing ships
for the government from F, A. Me
Namee, chairman of the fltianc com
mittee of the Democratic national
committee, bratnnly asking them for
funds for the Democratic war chest.
Mr. MeName also assails the Re
publicans, declaring it would be a
calamity" for them to procure cln
trol of either Ytrauch of congress, ul
though It was the Republican mem
ber In congress who stood loyally by
the president when such Democratic,
lenders as Chump Clark. Kltehtn and
Dent fought the selective draft and
whom the funds Mr. MoNamee is ut-
tomplng to collect would be ased to
re-elect.
As the Democratic leaders had pro
claimed that politics was adjourned
during the war. Republicans were
amated at the first letter from Mr.
McN'amee, and they pronounce the sec
ond a misrepresentation of Republi
cans In congress who have uniformly
supported the president and a repre
hensible attempt by a political party
to exact toll from government con
tractors. '
WEEKLY SOLDIER LETTER
Mis Urcll Armstrong Is In receipt
ot an Interesting letter from her broth
er, Corporal Delias (Curly) Armstrong
written In the American Host Camp,
England, as follows:
"My dear little Bister;
"I am going to try and write you a
real letter. It seems that every at
tempt at It, I fall utterly.
When I came over lo the garage
the trip, but this Is about ihe average
lime, required, so I rucks I tau't com
plain. ' "You bet. 1 know how It can rain
here, and 1 wish It would cool off a
bit hero at present, I'll swear that It
Is 10 degree hotter than h , and
still heating.- Today promises relief
(or the. sky is clouding up.
"1 canto near not sending you the
thot I knew what aotdlerliig was over
there." said lie, "but I've changed my
in I ml Btjor flirting wtlh the cooties
eight months, They shoved mo out of
ouo place Into another, My buddy was
killed curving up "Kamuruds" on a
machine gun rrew. I'm wiling to take
this vacation."
They have a classification office
here when they handle men Just dis
charged Trom hospitals, After straight
ening up lite nit Important iveord at
one end. the men pass Into a shower
room, where the sign "15 minute for
a Until ' warns mom 10 spewu u, owi
they pass Into a harbor shop nud lose
this morning, your letter was waiting I photograph, for Iwaa afraid the eur- their excess facial and hirsute) adorn-
There were also three from ' prise would bo too much for you, nov-
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Fremont, California.
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Ivan Goldsmith, son ot Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Goldsmith, of this city, and one
of the most popular young men leav
ing for the service, is rapidly recover
ing from his recent illness. He la
stationed at Fort Scott, California, and
has been vary ill during the past three
weeks. He is now able to leave the
hospital, and has again resumed his
duties with the Coast Artillery.
Pa Pa Pa
Irl R. Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. P. Horton, ot Gladstone, who was
among the first young men of Oregon
City to answer Uncle Sam's call for
men to go to the front, and who has
been in France since the arrival of
the 162nd Infantry, has been trans
fered to Headquarters Troop, Fifth
Army Corps, with his mail going in
care of A. P. O. 769. A. E. F, France
He is one ot the boys of Clackamas
county who is being remembered with
-. letter of cheer and a dollar green
back by the Patriotic Edition.
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Ernest Schooley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Schooley, who Is in train-!
ing at the U. S. Naval Training Camp
at Seattle, Wash and who has been
spending his furlough with his parents,
left for Seattle Wednesday evening.
Schooley has been suffering from
blood poisoning in his foot, and has
recovered so that he will be able to
resume his duties upon his arrival;
in Seattle, He has visited among his '
numerous friends at .Gladstone and
Oregon City.
pa Pa Pa
Mrs. Nettle Hall, ot this city, has
two sons in the service, Earl Hall,
stationed at Camp Fremont, Cal., and
who is with the Field Hospital No.
11, and Ray Hall, in the navy, who
has just made his fourth trip to
France on the U. S. Finland. The lat
ter enlisted on July 1. Earl Hall has
presented his mother with a gift in
the form ot a $100 bond, this having
arrived a few days ago. Mrs. Hall
is also doing her bit for her country,
and Is employed in the government
work at the Oregon City woolen mills,
. and was one of the proud mothers
marching in the parade on Mothers'
Day recently observed in Oregon
says that his friend, who also visited
relatives in Oregon, had accompanied
him back, and both were homesick,
and that they would both soon be
playing "tag'' with the submarines.
He is on the U. S. Northern Pacific.
Pa Pa Pa
Floyd Kirchem, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Kirchem, a well known Logan
young man, who is stationed at Brem
erton, Wash., visited his parents, at
Logan, returning to his duties Sunday
evening.
Pa Pa Pi
Victor Oliver, a well known Wil
lamette boy, and only son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. G. Oliver, of that place, is with
the Eleventh Prov. Company, A. A. R.
D American Expeditionary Forces in
France. In his letter he. tells of his safe
arrival 'Over There,' and that since
he had written the last letter he has
traveled many miles, and that he has
seen some beautiful places, but at the
present time will not be able to tell all
about it. He says in part: "I really
know less about what is doing 'over
here' than you do. I had a nice trip
i n the ocean, and the air did me much
j good, and feel so 'tough' now that I
1 thnik I could eat tacks.
"I hear that we are at war with Mex
ico. Is that true? If so, please keep me
posted about it. Send me H. Leighton's
address, as the last time I heard from
him was that he was going into the ar
tillery." ' j
Oliver is one of Clackamas county's
youngest soldiers in France. He is but
IS years of age, and Is making a fine
soldier.
Pa Pa Pa
Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Mitchell, of San
dy, have three sons in the service.
These are Arlie, Harry and Roy. Har
ry enlisted on July 5, 1918, and was
stationed at Mare Island until Sep
tember 25. He is with Company H,
United States Marine Corps. Before
entering the service he was in Alaska,
and was connected with the Copper
River Railway Company, and also
while in Portland was with the North
ern Pacific Railroad company of
Portland. He has also been in the
government service for a number of
years, as also has his brother Arlie,
who enlisted a year ago last July,
Roy enlisted June, 1917, and is a mem
ber of the 77th Company, Sixth Ma-
E
Search is being made by relatives
of Albert Thos. McCausland, a local
registrant, who disappeared from a
Portland hospital Thursday, following
his recovery from an operation which
has kept him there for some time.
McCausland was to have had his
questionnaire filed with the local
board Thursday, and had accepted a
position with the Grant-Smith-Porter
company of Portland, intending to go
to wtirk Thursday.
His relatives are much worried over
his disappearance and reported the
matter to the local board Thursday.
His address given at the time of re
gistration a few weeks ago was Bor
ins Oregon. Box 21-A.
OREGON CITY BOY
IS
Another Clackamas county boy is
making good in the United States
army, as word was received from Ren
Holsclaw by his mothor, Mrs. O. F.
Anderson, yesterday saying he had
been promoted from lieutenant to cap
tain, and is with Sixty-seventh Field
Artillery, West Point, Ky., having JubI
reached that place, after visiting his
old home In Oregon City.
Captain Holsclaw has recently re
turned from JFrance, where he was
a lieutenant of the U'Oth Field Ar
tillery, and several tims was gassed,
and writes he Is recovering from the
effects, and that he Is ready for duty
ag-in. Captain Ho-iclaw was con
fined in the hospital In France for
some time after the gas attack.
Oswego School News
tRy Doris Niebusch)
Several of the old students who at
tended Oswego school at one time
left for Corvallis Sunday to take the
students' training camp work. They
are Robert Wilson, Lennie Davis and
Otto Eriekson.
The eighth grade students held a
class meeting Tuesday and elected
Delia Davis. President; Doris Nie
busch, Vice-President; and Cleo Tap
fer, Secretary and Treasurer. They
decided on purple and gold as their
class colors.
Mr. Westergard visited our school
Monday morning and gave the stu
dents a splendid talk on "Character
Building." Mr. Westergard has two
children in our school and is very
LIEUT. MATHESON IS
ERED INTO CAMP
AS AN INSTRUCTOR
Lieutenant John Matheson, who re
cently was commissioned second lieu
tenant at the officers' training camp
in California, has been appointed In
structor at the training camp at the
University of California, leaving for
that place a few days ago.
Lieutenant Matheson was a student
of the University of Oregon when the
young men were summoned from that
jistitution to California to go Into
training. He is a graduate oP the
Oregon City high school and was born
and reared in this city.
STEAMSHIP TORPEDOED
Madrid, Oct. 7. The government
relinquished steamship Francoll has
been torpedoed 11 miles off Cape
I'alos, it was officially announced here.
City. She marched with the govern- j chme Qun Battallon u. s Martne
Corps. Harry Is on his way to Quantl
co, Va., where he enters the marine,
training camp; and expects to soon be
on his way to France. Arlie is on the
U. S. Santiago.
These boys write Interestingly of
their life in the service, and all are
anxious to do their bit for their coun
try. They were all born and reared In
Clackamas county, and attended the
Sandy school. Miss Mary Mitchell and
Mrs. Joseph Justin, of this city, are
ment workers, and carried a large
American flag for which her sons in
the service are fighting for.
pa Pa Pa
Mrs. Alfred Klemsen, ot Canemah,
Is in receipt of a letter from her
brother, C. 0. Rickabaugh, of the 43rd
Aero Squadron, stationed in England.
In his letter the young man says that
the place where he is located is a
little like Oregon, and seems to rain
nearly every day, but that he does not
care tor the place as he does for Ore- j sigtenj of the young meJL
gon. ray ooruer pin uas nrriyeu, suu
am caring for it," he writes. He fur
ther says: "Yes, I get the Oregon City
paper, and received about a dozen of
them this morning, and saw many
things in these that were of great
interest, and was sure glad to get
them. It looks like we are winning
in this war, and I hope to be home
some time within the next four or
five years. I have seen In the papers
where some of the Oregon City boys
have been gassed. I received a letter
a few days ago from the Oregon City
girls, and the letter contained a dol
lar bill. I think I will keep it until 1 1
'get back for it is all the real money I
have. I would rather have a dollar bill
than five pounds of English money,
for it doesn't look good to me."
Pa -Pa Ps
Henry Wilson, a well known Ore
gon City boy, whose parents are both
dead, is in England, and his address
is in care of Company G, 162 Infantry,
Romsey, England. Wilson, in a let
ter recently, says he wants his friends
to write him, as he longs for letters
from home. He says the last mail
brought a letter from his little sister,
who is blind, and attending the blind
school at Salem, and another letter
from Mrs. C. W. Richardson, of this
city. He also spoke ot receiving a
Christmas box recently trom Mrs.
Richardson, and was the only one he
received. His brother, Joseph, who was
reported drowned on the ill-fated
Tuscania, is safe and well, and with
his company in France. Wilson Is to be
sent a letter containing a dollar bill
from the Patriotic Edition.
OLD HIGH COST OF LIVING JUMPS
But That Makes No Difference to the
, Millionaire With a Hobby
,S.
By proclamation of President Wil
son, all near beer plants in Oregon,
alon; -with brewer'.es of wet states
are now prohibited from using any
more sugar, glucose, rice and grain in
the manufacture of malt for liquors,
After December 1 they wilbcprohlh
ited from manufacture in any form .
A copy of the proclamation which
reached Fuel Administrator Holmes
from Washington yesterday states
that the ban on the plants is for the
further conservation of fuel, food and
also for the purpose of reducing the
pressure on transportation facilities.
The order affects two near beer
plants in Portland and several others
In outside towns of the state and one
at Vancouver, Wash. -
Breweries throughout America were
prepared for the order which means
that America virtually will become dry
in December.
KLAET8CH CA8E CONTINUED
The case of tho State ot Oregon vs.
Klaetsch, on appeal from the Justice
Court, has been continued. The case
had been set for trial on Friday of this
week.
Old High Cost of living has so
Jumped during the past twelve months
that mere existence has become a sort
of luxury.
Your groceryman tells you he simp
ly has to charge the price asked; the
clothier imforms you that the same
suits he sold for $20, are now $10 and
$o0 each, and a bargcin at that; your
milkman strikes you off the list in a
hurry if you dare demur to $3.75 per
quart a month; your wife's winter
coat will be close to the $60 mark, and
her shoes will be a bargain at $14.50.
As to your winter's wood pile the
least said the better.
Such are the fruits of war, and such
are the burdens to be borne by the
great army of the secondary defense.
It's a great life If you don't weak
en.
nut what would your groceryman
say if you asked him to knock off
his profit in these troublesome times?
What would happen If you Informed
your shoeman, your milk man, your
dry goods man, and the rest of the
bunch, that they would have to let
you have the goods at a reduced price?
Would these gentlemen politely ac
cede to your request? They would
not. Bankruptcy would follow if they
did.
You couldn't expect it you would
not ask it! Therfe are not the good
old days of old. Costs have gone up
on everything, and quit naturally,
too.
In view of the general condition of
affairs it is a rather astounding bit of
legislation that Sam Jackson, editor of
the Portland Johrnal, would foist on
to the statute books this tall. It is as
toundlng to the person unacquainted
with the facts, but to those who un
derstand the motives underlying the
proposed measure, Mr. Jackson's
scheme is petty, diabolically dirty, and
as malicious as any piece of legisla
tion that was ever framed to be "put
over" on the citizens of Oregon.
You have your home paper, you be
lieve in It, and you realize that Us in
fluence as a community builder Is
big. Do you know, also, that a man
high in affairs ot the nation has re
cently stated that the First, Second,
Third and Fourth Liberty loans would
never have been possible without the
generous support of the press of Or
epon and of the nation? Do you
know, too. that not one cent of adver
tising was appropriated by the gov
ernment to help the press make the
loan a success
But to return to Jackson's malicious
measure. He and some Portland at
torney have decided that the legal ad- j
vertislng rate which provides that
publishers shall not be paid a greater
sum than five cents per line, Is alto
gether too high to suit his imperial
taste. He therefore has prepared an
aitiatlve petition and wants the vot
ers of, Oregon to lower the rate, In
accordance with his wishes.
This is Millionaire Jackson's way of
"getting even" with the press of Ore
gon. He has been unable to dictate
to the thinking editors of the state
who have steadily refused to be whip
ped Into line to support Jackson's
single tax and other campaigns waged
by the Journal. He has chosen the
psychological time to carry out his
nefarious plan a time when probab
ly ninety per cent of the papers of the
state are struggling to keep the wolf
from the door, that they may "carry
on" In their important mission of
helping Uncle Sam's war activities
it is a scheme quite worthy of Jackson
and a really clever way to cut the
throats of the the country editors
Bring his advertising rateB down be
low cost and you can run him out of
the field! Isn't it a commendable work
for a millionaire publisher to be en
gaged In?
Unfortunately for Jackson the vot
ers are onto his little game. They
believe In their own communities
they believe in their home papers, and
they are generous enough to admit
that the newspaper men ot the etate
have a God given right to live in Ore
gon, in spite of Editor Jackson's per
sonal wishes in the matter.
for me.
Kdlth.
"I did not get up until 9:30 this
morning, as I slept lute because I was
out late Inst night with tho car. I
took the Major over to Winchester.
In fact, I was over there twice yester
day. There was some kind of big do
ings over there In the evening a bun
quot and a dance tor American officers
1 think.
"You know we were stationed at
Winchester for about a month Just
before coming hero. Oh, If I only
knew a third ot all there Is to know
about tho town, I should write page
and paes to you. There are books
ipon books telling about that ancient
capital of Knglatul. Winchester was
tho seat of the first government. It
was there that the Romans first cume.
Many, many battles have been fought
In that area by tribes wishing to rule
llrltlan. In the early days there was
a wall, a bin stone wall around the
city, a portion of which still stands.
Tho most Interesting part vt It Is the
gateway Into the city. It Is called the
bar gate ami above the archway Is a
compartment-a fortress, where the
defenders took their stand against
the Invaders. There are loop holes
and slots from whelch they poured
moulten lead upon their adversaries.
In this compartment today one can
see tho original bushel measures, the
same as we use now,
"You see I huve the, opportunity of
seeing hundredti of things of real In
terest that I would not If I were nut
driving tho Major's car. He has a let
ot engagements to go out and see
many historical points.
"Last week I was out to the house
where Florence Nightingale lived.
Three .weeks ago I was out to an es
tate where the Kaiser used to spend
a part or the summer. I was in the
room where he slept. In It are two
stained glass windows that he had
put In.
"Hack to Winchester the cathe
dral Is the most wonderful sluht I
have ever seen In beauty of architec
ture. It was built in A. I). i:it'0, and
Is a combination of all the style of
architecture of tho early timesRo
man, Norman and eurly Kngllsh. In
1S96 the building was repuried, that Is!
a new cement foundation was put in.
When it was first built the ground
was a marsh or a swamp, so in order
to find solid base they drove piling
or great huge logs a hundred feet in
to the ground. How they did It, I
can't Imagine because they did not
have the machinery in those days.
When the new foundation was laid
a few years ago they put In a cement
base about 30 feet deep and 20 feet
thick at the bottom, taking out the
original plllni;, some ot w hich were In
almost as good condlton and as sound
as the day they were cut from the for
est. 1
"I went through the whole building
one day w hen a guide or lecturer was
taking a bunch of wounded Canad
ians. It was very intertstlng because
he told us every little dotal). He sure
ly knew every feature connected with
the building, both Inside and out. The
outside is not very attractive not
nearly bo much as tho one at Salis
bury, but the work inside Is wonder
ful. Such beautiful work in stone and
such artistic carving on both stone
and wood.
"There are tombs that many of the
early kings had built for themselves
while they yet lived. One famous
old monk, along about 1700 worked
for fifty years on the chantry above
his tomb. He was an artist .In wood
carving, I should say.
"The historical events connected
with the things about which that lec
turer told us made me wish I had lis
tened to the advise of my mother and
studied harder while I was in high
school, especially my history and liter
ature. While he was giving hts lec
ture, he brought up all kinds of his
tory from the early Romans to the
present day.
"I forgot to say, while writing about
the Winchester castle, that I saw in It
the original round tagle around which
King Arthur and his knights used to
sit.
"Little sister, I will say Just one
more word and close. Let my lesson
be a lesson to you. Study, girl, while
you are still In high school your his
tory and your literature. You think
they are dry, unimportant subjects,
but one never knows when they will
some time be of use. You don't know
you may some day travel. You may
come over here maybe on your hon
eymoon, if the husband has the
dough' and believe mo, knowing
things helps,
"Love to all,
"Your brother.
"CORPORAL DEL-LAS ARMSTRONG"
"P. S. You asked me what O. A. S.
on my letters meant. It means 'On
Active Service.' On Active Service
after the words 'Soldiers Mall' takes
the place of a stamp on the soldier's
letter home. That is the reward we
get for coming across the big ocean.
"You tell the world, If I ever get
back across the ocean, I will never
cross It again till they build a bridge
across It. II ever I get back to Ore
gon City, I am never going to leave
again. I am not even ever going
fishing.
"Oodles of Love,
"CURLY."
fta Pa Pa
Miss Norma Freytag, of Parkplace,
is in receipt of an interesting letter
from he cousin, Sergeant Elvin W,
Smith, of Company B, 116th Englneera
A. P. O. 735, stationed in France. The
letter Is as follows:
"Somewhere in France, Aug. 24, '18,
My dear Cousin Norma:
"Your very nice letter of July 22
arrived yesterday, having taken ex
actly one month and a day to make
cMho leNH, I took a ulmucu, and I nut
glad to Invar jou did not go under. You
say I have rltiingml In my appearance,
maybe so. but I can't nut Ico any dif
ference. No doubt I will be the same
old Klvln that used to chuso flying
i nts with you n those long summer
evenings long ago, These were the
days, though they are gone, but not
forgotten.
"I should have lilted to have been
homo to help celebrate the Fourth,
but I did ttatrly well as It was. Our
sister Nation partook of the festivi
ties ullrlght, but not as enthuslasil
cully us they did on their Indepen
dence day, July II. Those ot us who
ire to return home, ought to bo there
In time to have a regular blow out
next Fourth.
"I do not leave the camp very of en
during tho work, as 1 have seen the
town, and there lun't anything else
of Interest, to be seen. On Sunday I
usually lake a short trip out Into the
country. Uist Sunday I took a trip
down tho river for about ten tulles on
a little excursion steamer. It runs to
u Utile old town, and n couule of stps
out of town, nud ouo Is a nice Indus
trious frnm country.'
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Mrs. J. K. Hedges, oC this city, has
reoelved a letter front her soil, Ser
geutit Joseph C. Hedges, who is with
tho Ordnance Armament School In
France.
. The letter arrived In Oregon City
thts week, ami Is us follows:
"Dear Mother:
"There seems to be some sort of a
hold up In the mull just at present, as
I haven't received a single letter for
over two w eeks nor has unyono else
here. However, when the lettrs do be
gin to arrive they will probably come
In bunche. It's mighty dlHiippolutlug
to go to the mall box d;iy after day
i. ml find nothing at all not even a
postal card.
"Tho summer Is panning rapidly. It
is now past the middle of August and
It seems but a few week since the
summer began. Time passe so rup
Idly, tin-re is so much to do ult the
time and when one Is so busy, time
never drags. I can scarcely reall.e
that It has been almost six months
since I loft New York harbor bound
for this side, and yet In about three
weeks I shall receive my first foreign
service stripes, which I'll prl.e above
any shoulder burs.
"Our beautiful weather still contin
ues, although the approach of fall is
quite notlclble. The evenings are be
ginning to get cooler, and It is always
chilly and fo;gy In the mornings.
"There is little ot Interest that I
can write about since the time of my
last letter, with the exception of a trip
that Henry and I took lust Monday.
We drove up the St, Niualrn with
tho supply officer, and had a very en
joyable trip, and also somewhat ex
citing trip. We hit the ditch on the
way up us a result ot trying to round
a turn a trifle fast, and smashed the
car up In pretty bad shape. Luckily,
we did nolt turn over, so we all es
caped with a few scratches and brills
ps. Needles to say, we completed our
trip on the train
"While In St. Kazalre I saw my old
friend, Sergeant Kearney and had din
ner with him. Later walking down tho
street I ran across E. R. Holt, a fel
low whom I knew very well In Port
land. I learned from him that quite
a bunch of old University men, class
mates of mine, were stationed there,
a short distance out ot town, but It so
happened that we were scneduled to
leave In half an hour, so we couldn't
see them. If we had seen Holt an hour
sooner, we would mave boon able to.
"It Is time to go to work, so will
'cut It short.'
"With love to all,
"Your loving son,
"JOK"
Pa Ha Pa
Franco. Aug. 30, 1918.
My dear Father:
Today has been a busy one for me.
Lost night I met a midnight train
from Paris and took all the papers
for thiB district off, and today have
been making deliveries and collect
ing near and far. Out near the center
off one of the deepest forests in
France I met Captain Ames, of Port
land, and his company of engineers.
They are a hard working crew, and
doing tholr bit back here in the 8. O.
S. as well as any one In France. The
first sergeant showed me all they had
accomplished, and - ended by saying,
The French laid this out as two
years' work for us." How long have
you been here," said I.
'Four months," he replied. Now they
are looking toward another Job. That
is the American fashion over here
to do a two years' Job In four months.
The expression In our regiment used
to be "Hit the ball," and there was
no greater offence than "refusing to
hit the ball."
I Bat for a half hour In Red Cross
headquarters. During that time seven
men called and asked for tobacco.
One wanted some plaster to cover a
cut. Others wanted safety razor
blades, playing cards, comfort "kits,"
etc. And the man in charge satisfied
them all free!
"The Stars and Stripes" now prints
a Red Cross edition each week, for
the sick and wounded. This edition
Is distributed thru the Red Cross
without charge In all hospitals even
In British and French hospitals where
there are American wounded.
Then I saw a rest camp for gas and
sholl-shock cases. Shell-shock is real
ly a, terrible thing. It Is a disarrange
ment of the norvous system, and the
man afflicted, altho appearing healthy
and normal In most cases, have the
Jumps and starts at every slight noise.
The other night I talked to a fellow
who trained at Vancouver, Wash. "
ment.
There are imuiy other thing of In
terest, but as the coiisor might objent
If I described them, It Is biilter to
leave them untold.
Yo.ir affectionate nn,
KMlhier.
Pvt. 10. II. t'harinuit, Hep. "Star
and otrlpeV' A. P. O. 7'Jfl, A. K. V.
France.
Pa Pa Pa
Mrs. David Ciiurteld I In receipt of
a Ik Iter from her son, Lieutenant Lno
J. Caufleld:
"Camp Moiitlcrchuuniu,
"Cluiteiuirmix, Franco.
"My dear Mother:
"tiet out your map and where
I am. I'ttder a recent order, those of
us on Hie service of supply are allow
ed to tell our whereabout. Sue al
so UuC spot inurki),! Purl, I've been
there, too, for a day and a half, but
that was long enough for once. They
say It Is dead from th effect of four
years of war. If so, Heaven help tho
Ameriuan who hit there when It I
ullve.
We saw lb.- show at the Folic
Hergero tho evening we wore there.
It wa nearly all French, even the
shape unci costume of the chorus
girls, Which remind me shortly af
ter lauding one of our men wrote
homo thut this wus a funny country,
us nearly nil tho Itihubltaiiti spok..
(rendi. At this show everybody smoked
men, women and all, which, of course,
Hceim-d odd to in
Wa very much surprised and
pleased to receive a letter from Ter
ry William yesterduy. He I up at
school where I wa and h ord a cap
tain mention Mt. Vertitm u asked it
he knew me which ho did, of course,
so Terry got track of me through him.
I am buck here with the tluitallott
agiilii, I am glad to be back and half
way settled. 1 must be getting "old"
a I don't care much ubout rumbling
around.
The Hnttullnn moved to another Job
wlilU- w e were at school. Wo are very
comfortably situated here and every
thing Is running fine. We are having
some quite but weather right now,
but thut Is to be expected.
h. J. CAUFIEU),
1st Lt . 3IMh F.ngH.
Pi Pi rn
In a letter Just received by Mr.
David Caufleld, from her nn, Ser-
remit Waldo, who wa recently cited
for britvrry, tell of a number of In
teresting Instances thut have taken
place w here he I located -Somewhere
In Flume, lit," say "For the
first time In a couple of week. I re
ceived come mall -two letters and
one of th- in was from you written
J.ily 15. 1 was puzzled for a few days
wondering why I did not huve a let
ter from yuu, speaking of the cita
tion, when all tho rest of the family
wrote k nklng of It.
"One thing and no mistake, there
were many of thn boys, who went
"Over the Top" deserved It a gr- at
deal more tluin I. 1 was only doing my
duty.
"I wlnh you would thank Nan Coch
ran for sending me the copies of the
papers. I was mighty glad to read
iliosw Interesting things in the home
papers.
"Glad to hear that you people were
able to get some blackberries for If
things continue the way they hav
for the last few months, I may have a
chance to eat some of them.
"Sorry to hear that Congress did not
think enough of the nun In the ser
vice to save at least a part of the
Southern Pacific land, but I guess it
Is what we can expect.
"Ilelleve mi,-, if they put the country
dry while we are all 'Over Here,'
they may hear from the American
Expeditionary ForcMi some of these
days. I can honestly say that I be
lieve that 70 per cent of the A, E. F.
who have thought prohibition was O.
K, do not think so now, when they se
the Frv-neh way of handling It.
, "We have at last had a rest no
duty for a whole weok, und have
gotten rid of the 'cooties' or lice for
the first time In owr five months.
Very pleasant to be rid of them.
"Along In April or May I wrote to
Frank Hradley and George Iiannon,
but so far I have not heard from
elthiT of them. Wonder if they ever
wont through to Oregon City, b Frank
still in Oregon City?
"At the present time we are In a
qluet section. - It is reallr what la
known as a 'wet soction.' We have
had enough action that I believe we
are entitled' to the rest all right. This
summer has sure boin a blir thine
for the allies, and believe me, I am
glad I saw my share of It.
"Wo enjoy getting thw papers or
clippings from the same, alse let
ters."
WALDO.
Fl
ROM THIS COUNTRY
t Among local men to attend the
Third Officers' Training Camp which
convenes at Eugene October 5th, are
Deputy District Attorney Thomas A,
Burke, Wallace Telford, William
Stokes, former well known grocery
man, and Herbert (Mark, a ranchor of
the Clackamas county. Mr. Stokes
attended the second camp and Is go
ing back for additional training.