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BOYS OVER HERE-OVER THERE
Interesting Facts About Oregon
City Boys In The U. S.
Service
in
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Young have re
ceived word that their son. Walter,
(Scoop), haa arrived safely ovar-seas.
Scop ia delighted, for he has been anx
loua to go over-eeas since the United
States became involved in the war. He
has been at Camp Fremont. Cal, and
Just before his departure for France,
ha was stationed at Camp Lewis, and
he thoroughly enjoyed the trip through
the Eastern cltiea. He is with Company
C, 8th Inrantry.
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Ben Grossenbach.-r. formerly fore
man of the bindery of the Enterprise,
who was at the Benson Polytechnic
School. Portland, during the summer,
is now stationed at Camp Pike, Ark
ansas. Word came from Ben this week
saying: "I am at last working as 1
have never done before, and-am at the
Central Officers Training School. Al
though it is hard life, I am getting
used to it by now. Wt get up at 5 o'
clock, and work steady at the until 10
P. M. Union hours are holidays com
pared with these. Have been here
thrse weeks, but what disposition they
expect to make of the men, I know
not, but will within a week." His ad
dress ia Camp Pike, Ark.. I. C. O. T. S
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Mr. and Mrs. John Bosa, of Oregon
City, Route 2. are in receipt of a letter
from their son, John, in Company E,
62nd Infantry, Camp Mills, Long
Island, N. Y. The young man writes of
having a splendid trip across the
states. He left Camp Fremont, Cal.,
October 24. and tells of passing
through deserts, over mountains and
through wonderful farming countries.
He waa greatly attracted by the Ni
agara faia, which he writes "are sure
reat" It was on the evening of Octo
ber 31, when he arrived in Long Island
rnd where he has been atationed ever
since, although his company ia sup
posed to leave for over-seas about No
vember 2. He tella of starting for the
station three different times with bag-
bage, and the regiment each time was
. ordered to return to camp again and
wait further orders.
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Wade Robbins, aon of Mr. and Mrs
Gilbert Bobbins, of Hood River, and
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Mart Rob-
bins, of Robbins Station, on the Wil
lamette Valley Southern, writes to hi
uncle, Herbert Robbins, of this city,
and other relatives, of some of his ex
perience in the army since arriving
over-aeas. He ia with the 65th Regi
ment, and although his regiment had
been at the front for about three
months, and bad done most effective
work, none of the men have received
injuries since that time.
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At Camp Meade, Baltimore, Md
Walter (Bud) Kelly writes his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Kelly,
saying that the influenza haa taken
very fsw of the soldiers of his com
pany, the Sixty-third Infantry, as there
were very few cases among the boys
from the West. They seem to stand it
better than thoes from the East. The
Sixty-third is considered the best reg
iment of the camp. Kelly is expected
to arrive home within a few days o
spend a furlough with his parents,
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Mark Sturgea, son of Mr. and Mrs
Sturges, of Sixth and Madison Streets,
stationed at Bremerton, Wash., since
April, has been ordered to San Domin
go, West India Islands, and departed
last week for that place, where he
takes up his duties in the Marine Hos
pital Corps. He has been at the U. S,
Naval Hospital at Bremerton, and is
progressing well with his work. Among
the places he stopped over while mak
ing the trip is at Chicago, where be re
mained for a day, and will oe at
Charleston, S. C. far about two or
three weeks. Mark was formerly con
nected with the Jones Drug Company
before, entering the service.
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In a letter to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Scheer, of Twilight, Albert
II. Scheer, with Company G, 109th U
S. Infantry, tells of capturing two
Huns. A letter written by this young
man will appear within a few days in
the Enterprise.
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In a letter received Monday by Mr.
and Mrs. Barker, from their son, Prlv
at Thomas P. Barker, of the 3C2 In
fantry, M. G. Company, he tells how
he happened to be wounded, and is as
follows: "I am still in the land of the
living and 'Somewhere in France.' I
don't feel quite as spry as I did the
last time I wrote. We went 'over the
top' for the first time about ten days
ago, and made quite a drive all along
the line, but I suppose you have read
about that by this time.
Last Sunday evening about 4:30 one
of the Hnns put one of their rifle bul
lets through my left arm about three
inches below the elbow, but it ia get
tin along O. K. now. It is likely be
a month or six weeks before It is aa
good aa ever again. I am going to try
and send you a telegram today so you
won't have to worry too much.
1 "We are in a big hospital now. This
town is mostly all hospitals. Before
the war it was a big summer resorts
There are eleven big hotels here all
which have been tuined into Red
Cross hospitals. The nurses here are
fine girls. I don't see how in the world
ihv can stand to do the work they
have to do. Since this drive started
they have been working night and
day.
"Well. I am getting tired of sitting
up. 1 wilt close now.
"Don't you folks worry, aa by the
time vou get this, I will be around
nlavine football or something else
foolish.
"Your loving son and brother.
"TOM."
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Miss Flossie Blackburn, of this city,
is in receipt of a letter from her broth
er. Corporal loyd H. Blackburn, of
the Second Corporals' School. lltUh
Engineers Dep. A. P. O. 730. Prance.
The letter is in part as follows: "Have
not received a letter for over a month
from home, and there must he a lot
of it somewhere. I figure that if I get
one letter out of two or three, I am
lucky. Just think of the millions of let
ters there are wrlten every week, and
then just think what an enormous
lot of work it is to handle it, and you
can realize that it is no wonder that
some are lost. Many a leter is worn out
before reaching its destination 'Some
where in France."
Have been out to several chicken
dinners lately, and these French wo
men certainly know how to cook
chicken. There are lots of 'chicken'
France.
"I am growing quite fond of wild
boar myself. I so out to dinner nearly
every Sunday evening, and wild boar
ia generally on the menu. There is a
fifty franc bounty on them. They come
out in the potato patches at that time. !
Many of the farmers stay out all night
and watch their potato patches. If they
don't they won't last long. I saw a
patch last Sunday that was half gone.
The farmer failed to watch it the
night previous. Who wants to be a far
mer in "France? The farmers in Amer
ica haven't anything to bother them.
'Had a fine time on my leave. Will
tell you all about It some time. There
were lots of Americans there, and I
had the time of my life. Went to a
couple of. dances and there were real
American girls to dance with.
Am bunking with a coporal now,
and we have a little room to ourselves.
It is real comfortable.
Hope to be home by next Fourth J
of July."
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Mrs. Anna L. Burns, of Eleventh
and Washington Streets, received the
following letter from her son, Lewis
B. Conklin, who is stationed at Fort
Stevens, Oregon:
Fort Stevens, Oregon,
Novemeber 13, 1918
Dear Folks:
"Well, I am transferred again. All
special duty men were plactd in a new
company. We are quartered in one of
the old regular barracks, and am send
ing you a picture of the same. I like
it better than the old cantonments.
We sure have some 'eats' now.
Just all wants to eat and it is set on
the table, and we also have a table
cloth and real dishes instead of the
old mess kits. We had corn flakes and
real milk and all ths snugar we wanted
and pancakes and syrup, potatoes,
liver and onions and coffee for break.
fast this morning, so you see that is
as much as a person would get at
home nowdays.
"Well, I guess by the looks of things
the war is about over or at least the
fighting has stopped for the present. I j
wonder how long it will be before we
can get home. I was told last night
by one of the sergeant majors that
there would be no more drafted men
in, so it looks pretty good.
"I am a member of the Third Com
pany column now, but my address is
still at the post exchange.
"We are. still under quarantine, but
hope it will be lifted before Saturday,
as they are planning a big celebration
down here on that day.
"Goodbye,
"LEWIS."
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Mrs. S. J. Jones, of Parkplace, re
ceived a letter from her nephew, Ser
geant John Fraser, who is with the
Second Battalion, 29th Engineers, In
France. The letter reads in part as fol
lows: "Dear Aunt:
"Just received your letter, and will
endeavor to answer it now while 1
have a little time. Now that my blan
kets are all rolled, we ar3 always
ready to move, especially now, since
we have got on the run.
"Not long ago I had the pleasure (if
it can be called pleasure) to witness
three or four waves go ' over the top'
and it was quite exciting, to say the
least. The barrage was sure a big one,
and the air overhaad was Just one
whine as if many invisible freight
trains were passing over. There were
the men all standing in the trench
alongside of me. I happened by the
waj to be occupying a front seat
They were all enthusiastic to get a
'swipe' at these Dutch devils, and even
the steady downpour of rain didn't
dampen their ardor.
"1 will try and tell you what my out
post looked like. It was a good one,
only it leaked and the floor was about
five inches deep with mud, and we
had our slickers and 'tin' on, and stood
up all night to keep dry. After being
relieved in the morning, we went to
bed in our quarter, and even though
the racket was o you couldn't hear
yourself talk we slept soundly. Well,
at daybreak the hoys 'went over" ac
companied by the tanks that went
waddling along like so many great
bus, while the aeroplanes wore active
overhead, and the time t left the boys
were out of sight. Grent bunch a of
prisoner were already coming in. It
is my opinion that they were glad to
be taken prisoners.
"Well that was a lot better than
what I encountered last spring, when
were doing the running March 1,
and It was fight and tight to kill or be
killed and march without blankets or
food and to sleep In old wrecked barns
or along the roadway and even fall
asleep while arching. All I had left
when I got out was a w inning smile
and sometimes I even loat it for
awhile. It would have been all right
If we had been toughened veterans,
and it was better for the fact that we
were with the Tommies, all of whom
had seen hard fighting. Even at that
we losts a very few, and we three
Yank came out w ithout a scratch, so
we were lucky."
WEELKY SOLDIER LETTER
4
F. It. Madison, of this ctiy, t In re
ceipt of a loiter from Lieutenant Hur
ley Fellows In Fiance. wU known
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Hurley Fellow
HIGH PRAISE F 0 R
GOING OVER THE TOP
B. F. Ford; a Y. M. C. S. secre
tary, and now In Franc , w ho has
gone over the top. Is a son of Rev. T.
B. Ford, of this city. The following
letter haa been received In Oregon
City by Re Ford telling of his son
and F. A. Dawes, going over the top:
Headquarters Ninetieth Division.
American Expeditionary Forces,
France.
Septemebr 24. 1918.
"Dear Mr. Nixon:
"By resaon of the excellent worjt
shown by the Y. M. C. A. assigned to
the 90th division throughout the per
iod Sept. 1219th. I ask that in behalf
of this Division you express to all
members concerned my stneerest
thanks tor the highly important ser
vices rendered by them. Through
these trying days from your. Head
quarters at where a caneen,
warehouse and dormitory wer9 estab
lished your valuable activities were at
all times in evidence up to the assault
ing 'battalions and back from those ad
vanced elements with the wounded
through the various medical stations
to the Field Hospitals.
"Nine Secretarias were with the In
fantry battalions and two Secretar
ies (F. A. Dawes and B. F. Ford) act
nally went over the top with the as
saulting battaions and carried on their
work in the midst ot the severest loss
es. I specially desire to commend the
zeal and fortitude of hese two gentle
men, and to thank tha Y. M. C. A. for
having sent such excellent represent
atives to us.
"Very truly yours,
"HENRY T. ALLEN,"
"Major General
MESSAGES BY
CABLE NOT TO
BE ACCEPTED
Cable messages will not be accepted
by the Western Union Telegraph com
pany until further notice, according to
announcement yesterday by W. A
Robb, manager of the Portland of
flee of the company.
The assigned reasons are the heavy
congestion, Interruptions of service
and the shortage of operative staff
on account of sickness.
For these reasons,-acceptance of
transatlantic business will be suspend
ed, Mr. Robb said.
Clackamas county boy, whose home Is
at Highland.
The letter reads as fellows:
Headquarter tt;tn Brigade. . A.
France.
iVar Friend:
'A few line from Franc and by
this time I am a real warrior, having
gone through two big drives, both Of
which you have read about. You peo
ple 'over there' had a bis jubilee over
the first one, and suppose you had a
similar on over the second drive. Be-
ieve me, they are cn the run. I thought
that I would be a fierce coward under
fire, but anyone gets so he doesn't
mind it after awhile. I nearly lost my
life four tinu's in 14 hours here one
day. Have had the house hot down
over my head and a few other little
things. .
"Another thing, which is aio-e Inter
esting Is seeing a battle field thick
with dead Boch-s.
"Yesterday I viewed the work of the
retreating Boche. We were on a high
hill overloking the broad plane over
which they were retreating, I counted
as mnny as twenty towns on fire. The
Boche burned the towns behind them.
"A Boche soldier is a cowardly foe
to fact. If he meets one of our boya In
the open he will give right up at once
like a baby.
When you get this letter call up the
family and tell them that I am feeling
fine, and that you have heard from me.
(Lieutenant Fellow Is a nephew of
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Frost, of Oregon
City. He was one of the first young
men of Clackamas county to enlist tor
his country.)
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Mr. ad Mrs. G. W. II. Miller and
family, of this city, are in receipt
of a letter from their aon, Private
Wllflara D. (Ted) Miller, and la as
follows:
"Dear Folks:
"Ninety of us from Tours came up
here Saturday on furlough, and we
certainly were fixed up fine. Two o
three squads of as were assigned to
the Grand Hotel de Paraml. It of
fer considerable contrast with our
barracks, and we probably offer some
contrast with the Parisians, who come
here in tho summer.' The season i
over now, and tney nave an gone
home.
"I sleep in a room facing the sea;
have a feather bed, and sleep a long
as I want to. The hotel meal are fine;
breakfast doesn't amount to much,
but dinner and supper are pretty near
square meals.
"The 'Y' conducts excursions every
afternoon, and has charge of surf
bathing and dancing. We are absol
utely free, and would not know we
were In the army if It were not for
our uniforms.
"Was talking with three French
kids last night. Two of them, 17 years
old, clas of '21, will be called out
next year. The othor, 15 years, class
'23, has plenty of time yet
October 7. 1918.
Tours.
"If raining 'pitchforks' this after
noon, giving us a half holiday.
"They set the clocks back Saturday
night so with our regular extra hour
for Sunday we had two hours extra
sleep.
We got back to camp September
30. When we 'hit' the station we start
ed out the left hand door but an M,
P. sent us back to the right hand, and
we knew we were back in ths army.
Everybody who has gone on leave,
says he Is going every chance here
after. It's as good as a week of civil
ian life.
"Camp didn't seem as bad as we ex
pcted though. The individual com
pany messes are In operation, and the
feed is fine hotcakos, mashed spuds,
steak, doughnuts, cake, pie and all de
cently cooked.
"Th signal detail lust works till
6 P. M. now. I'm wearing an Eng
lish suit to work in. The stuff is heavi
er than United 8tates suits. The trous
ers are clllvan stylo, and they're
fine for winter.
"They turned the Third Oregon
loose the other day, and they got
themselves In the paper.
"Yesterday the papers haa news of
Germany's request for peace. I bought
a Matin at a news stand down town
and the crowd nearly did violence to
each other. The old lady In the stand
was shoveling in the sous. It was the
PARIS, Nov. 18. Tvo 16-Inch can- first time I ever saw a French bus!-
non which were turned over to the ness man or woman get a 'wiggle' on.
LABELS FOR
XMAS PARCELS
ARE NOW HERE
As m&ny of the boys in France and
In England have been unable to get
their labels to relatives in the United'
States for their Christmas packages,
and the time has been extended to
November 30. The cartons have ar
rived at the Red Cross roms, and
many boxes have been packed and
sent on their way. A large number of
labels have also failed to reach rela
tives here, and those who have not re
ceived labels from these boys, may se
cure a label at the Red Cross rooms,
but only one package is allowed the
soldier, and reads as follows:
"The undersigned hereby .repre
sents and declares that he or she is
the nearest living relative in the
United States of the proposed recipi
ent, and that the application in the
calendar year, 1918, has not made or
will not make any other Christmas
shipment to the above named con
signee. ' Signed
BIG GUNS ARE
TURNED OVER
TO AMERICANS
Americans at Splncourt on Saturday
were guns used , by the Germans to
shell the veroum region. Forty-two
guns of various calibres were turned
over. The 16-Inch guns were taken
apart by the Germans into three sec
tions, each section being drawn by a
tractor.
The Americans were expected at
Spincourt at 30 o'c'ock, but did not ar
rive until 2 o'clock in th afternoon be
cause of roads which had been shat
tered by shell fire.
"Love to you all
( "TED."
(From Private Wm. D. Miller, 98
Aero Sqdn., A. E. F., Tours, France.)
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The followln Is a letter received by
Dr. and Mrs. George T. Hoeye, of this
city, from their son, Emerson Hoeye,
who is on (ha U. S. transport Northern
Pacific, just arrived from over-seas.
New York, N. Y Nov. 5, 1918.
"Dear Father and Mother:
"We got back yesterday O. K., and
upon my return found three letter
from mamma and one front pupa, and
two roll of paper, I like to get the
Portland funny paper along with the
Enterprises,
"I haven't had a chance to go over
and see Joe Miller yet, but I am going
n soon as I can get off.
"I got you two book ot souvenir
picture of France, but can't locate
them at the present time, so I will
tnd them later. 1 also got An Italian
modal and I'll send It at the same time.
"Oh, yea, I also received a box ot
guru und ehoeoduto from the commit
tee representing the people of Oregon
City, and It sure make a fellow reel
funny Inside to know that the 1 not
forgotten by the people at home, It'
by me to express my appreciation of
this box.
"We didn't have anything exciting
this trip, but we aure had a rough
one (I mean a rough, trip.)
"We ate Rotting to be more of a
private yacht than a troop ship. We
took Admiral Benson (senior admiral
of the navy) and hi party and Colonel
House (President Wilson' personal
advisor) and his party over with us.
"Tho old Northern Pacific now haa
another new name. We nro now called
'The Mysterious Ghost Ship.' They cull
Its that because we left the dock
about midnight and dropped down the
"river" to 'Hatt'e Ship Row," and an
chored for two days without letting
anyone go ashore, and then left about
2 o'clock on the third morning, and
then with only 500 troops aboard.
"The way things look now wo will
be carrying troops back to the States
Instead of away.
"Five ships loaded with troops on
their way 'over there' were called
buck today, and two other all louded
and r.ady to suit were unloaded und
the troop sent back to the different
camps they came from. ,
"Hoping to hear from you soon, I re
main as ever.
Your loving son,
"EMERSON"."
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Mr. and Mr. W. J. Wilson are In re.
c 'Ipt of the following tetter from their
son. Kent, who Is In France:
Somewhere In France,
October 14, 1918.
Dear Folks:
"The storm cloud seem to
be Blowly fading away, and bright
beams of sunshine perineal the air. A
new day seems to ba dawning, and It
really begins to look like the begin
ning of the end. Today we received
news thai Germany had asked for
peace, which we hops) Is true, although
it really doesn't mean much as long as
Germany Is concerned. The only peace
I believe she will receive will be "un
conditional surrender." No one with a
thought of the future would think of
stopping to arbitrate at this pyscholog-
clal moment, and then If everyone
could see the sights that we view ev
ery day of cities wantonly destroyed
and cruelties innumerable committed,
as the Huns retreat from our guns,
they would shudder at an armistice
with such an enemy.
"I was up through a part of the old
Hlndenburg line today, northeast of
Rlms, where the Germans believed
no mortal mnn cou'd pass, but through
which the Americans and French went
like a flash ot lightning. It Is a vert!
ble mass as far as the eye ran see ot
twisted wire entanglements, concrete
pill boxes, dugouts, etc.
The Huns have been here for the
past four years, and never anti
cipated that they would have to move
so soon. We have them In full retreat
In tht sector (on tho Sulppe.)
A French cavalryman told me this
afternoon that so far today the cava!
ryhas not been able to catch up wfth
them. They are getting peace handed
to them from all sides, and It looks
like the grand finale Is not far off.
"I have not received any mail for
some time, probably because we are
continually moving, but I know there
la a lot for me tomerfhere.
" Give my best love to all. Am feel
ing, fine.
'"Youj son,
"KENT WILSON,
Sat. 1st class, Evac. Hospital, No. 3,
France.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Barker, of 916-
Eleventh Street, are In receipt of a
letter from their son, Private Thomas
P. Barker, of M. T. Company, 362 In
fantry, France. This Is the first letter
of this young man the Enterprise 'has
had the pleasure of using, and it tells
of his experience at tho front, and of
injuries received In battle.
8omewhere In France,
October 9, 1918.
"Dear Mother, Dad and All:
"I am feeling fine, as my arm Is get
ting, a lot better. I suppose they will be
sending me on from this hospital to
on a of the base hospitals before long.
This was a base hospital before the
drive, but It Is now more of an evacu
ation hospital. That means men sent
here when the wounds are first dress
ed, and glveh a chance to commence
to heal, Then as fast as the patients
are able to travel they are sent on to
the base hospital, where there Is more
room for the injured, and where there
are better facilities for taking care of
im.
"This place has now twlco as muny
patients as It should have.
"Now, Dad, I will try and tell you
something of this last drive that we
were In. I do not know whether it will
get by the censor, but if I don't men
tion any names or division numbers, I
hope it will reach you, as I know it will
Interest you.
"We laid about a week In the third
line trenches, not knowing just when
we would get to1 'go 'over,' but this
certain Wednesday evening our cap
tain came around and said 'Well, boys,
It's over the top In the morning,' so
we drew our two days' reserve ra
tions, and then hiked about two miles
through wire entanglements and old
trenches and through the timber until
we got to the front line right up to
'No Man's Land.' We laid there until
about 3 o'clock when our artillery and
trench motor opened up and ay
the noise was something awful, The
Gorman never returned a shot In our
vector, About five o clock we 'went
over' and went all forenoon and until
about three o'clock before we w a
live 'Dutchman.' They had all 'beaten
It.' Then we started to run on to
groups of from eight to 50 that hud
cried "knmornd' to our Infantry that
was Just iieiuof us, From that time
on we round plenty through tha tim
ber. They wo,iUl ho found In a nest up
In true of else In a hole In the ground,
and there would be a machine gun and
a sniper, We will have to hand It to
them, as they certainly covered their
rollout In a lino manner, contesting
evry foot of the ground with machine
nuns und sniper. Our worst trouble
whs our own artillery. They could not
keep with us, n at time we were
without their support, and, then we
would Just dig In and wait n few hours
for them to catch up und then we
would k'vm them h - again.
"Sunday afternoon when they hit
me, the Infantry was already quite a
distance ahead of us, ami Into n little
town, and we were rushing up to sup
port, but we had all missed a few
sniper In some brush, and they got
qulle a few of us,
"Wsll, us oilier news, such as telling
the name of tho town we are In and
the names of the towns we captured
would certainly bo cut out by the cen
sor, so I will close, with love lo all
from.
"TOM."
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Mr. and Mrs, W, (', Green are In re
ceipt ot the following l iter from their
son, Clyde, ho Is now In France. He
lias been 4utlonod some time In Kng
laud. Ho 1 with the :ttii Aero Squad
ron, and hi American address Is A. V
0. 7IH:
Somewhere ill Franc. Oct. 22, 1918
'Bear Ones at Home;
Received two letters from you yes
onlay, ami surely was glad to bear
from you oiue asaln. The newspaper
dipping were Interesting, especially
lie one where you wre chairman ot
the registration board. I'll bet you cer
tainly did have some time all right.
We'l, hc.e It Is 12: 30 A. M. and I
am sitting out In our portable kitchen
guarding It. Some tin-' place to b
writing whul?
It certainly gets cool In the eve-
nliiK here, and most alwuy there I
a heavy tog. I build a nice warm fire
and camp behind It for my shift.
"Most ot the fellow are going to
have soon on their furloughs, but 1
guefs I wl'l not go for awhile-not un
til I find out where Claire Miller I lo
cated. I will then go and see him.
Arthur Farr Is only a little dlslance
from me..
There I a farm near where we
buy milk for our kitchen use, and I
have been buying a quart each day for
quite awhile. I have bread and milk all
tha time. You know how I used to eat
the "bloomln stuff,' well. I am a craty
as ever for it. The old Frenchman, who
owns the place, I ill way there with
his 'hello' In English, and we can talk
to each other pretty well along with
a fiiw signs and motions we manage
fairly well. We give hlra ome of our
tobacco Issue, which tickles him and
makes a friend of him.
"The French people are very friend
ly to we 'Yanks' over here a lot more
than the English people. Wherever you
meet them they always have a smile
for you, and their 'bon wa" meaning
good day. In the stores and shop they
try and make you as satisfied as pos
sible. They smile and 'scrape' around
and Jabber away. Several of the store
people can talk fine English and so
there Is where you go for any Informa
tion you want.
"At the farmhouse spoken above, 1
was offering the old man a cigarette
and the old,' old lady, who seems
about 90 years of age, jumped up and
and began to look Interested right
away. Well, I guvo her a whole pack
ago of them, and she seemed tickled
to death. I guess she will have a tew
smokes out of my fine gift to her. Eng
lish and French women certainly
smoke a lot of cigarettes, but I haven't
seen as much ot it here as In Eng
land so far. When we first saw them
smoking on the streets In England,
we were dumfounded.
'"I was reading an article In the
Stars and Stripes that there would be
no female branch of the army to work
over here. Well, I was glad of that, be
cause I wouldn't want a sister of mine
to come over here at all. This Is no
place for them, except In the Red
Cross.
"The Stars and Stripes Is fine for
war news about the 'Yanks,' and the
comics near the back of the paper are
cetalnly gloom chasers.'
"I guess from what we can read
over here that the 'Yanks' can be
found on every front. He certainly Is
gottlng all the resistance there Is left
In the Hun now. They say here that
a lot of the crack, Hun divisions are
taken oft the British and French
fronts, and put against the 'Yanks.'
The kaiser's last or Wb are 'Hold the
Yanks until the last man." Well, it
will be the 'last man' with them, also
u thsy try that holding stuff with
Uncle Sam. The kaiser seems to bo
about as popular as snow in winter, be
cause I heard that a German prisoner
said that he would have to answer for
all this blood shed, and that he was
real furlong when he spoke of 'Kaiser
Hill.' I think he hid better quit while
the quitting is good, because soon he
won't have a Trlen.l left at all. The
Lord knows he hasn't very many now.
"They have fine hours hi!re for those
who like going to bed early and ruling
early, but you know me. We get up
about 6 A. M. and lights nre out and
quiet at 9:30 P. M., unless yon ore on
a pass.
"It 'has commenced to rain since I
started this letter, and I can feel it
spatter on my neck, coming through
the openings In our wonderful kitchen
I like to see thla rain. Oh, yes!, When
It rains here it makes the most beau
tlful, affectlonata mud you ever saw,
The kind that sticks with your soul
through life. I was standing on a gun
ny sack the other evening, and the
thing actualy stuck to my feet, aa the
mud was so sticky. Oh, Oregon hasn't
anything on thl place for mad. It I
the world heater all right.
"I hate to think about in w later
over here, It must b fierce. Well,
thorn in one consolation, and Uat I
that Is that we will only have en
more winter In the urmy, especially
over hero,
"You will be getting notice ef a
Liberty Bond I took out In your name.
I figured 1 might as well spend part
of tuy nmnoy for It. It will eoet $"
per mouth,
"(live my love to all the family, aud
regard to any of tuy friend."
A letter wii received the ai day,
(luted October 24, IBtH, and In thl
he toll of receiving a leltw from
Claire. Miller, who say he la working
day and night, and was busy a heck,
"I am to leave soon on ISwtong.
and a there are o many ylace to
visit, among these being the French
Alps, and which look pretty good to
mo. I am going with a yoiag fellow
lu re, and also will try und ct some of
the Oregon (ity boy while I oat "
LOCAL BOY 15
APPOINTED
TO
HIGHER
IK
Ambrose llrowiioll, youngest aon of ,
Hon. and Mrs, George C. BrowaalL ha
been commissioned a second lieuten
ant, I'nlted State urmy. He a a
gratuiitn from Heed College In June.
1917, but before the date of hla gradu
ation hit e u 1 1 1. led ut Portland In Muy,
and wilt given leave lo complete hi
college course, lie waa cul to Camp
Lewis, and later transferred to Camp
Greene, N, C, and to Camp llllla.N .Y .,
and whs lit over sea In October ot
lust year. After his arrival la Trance
ho was placed In charge of the post'
oil) re for the 41st division, but this
work waa too tame for young Brownell
and upon hi own rcqucet hi assign
ment was made to the engin eer,
About two mouth ago he notified his
people that he hud beeu recommended
tor a commission and last Hominy the
following letter was r -reived by bl
mother;
Mrs. Grorge C. Brownell,
Mllwaukto, Oregon.
"Dear Madam:
"The Secretary of War dfwlre in to
Inform you that your son, Ambrose
Hrownull, hits b-en appointed Second
Lieutenant, Knglneer Corps, United
State Army, with ruiik f'oin October
4, I SUN, upon the recommendation of
(he Commanding General, American
Expeditionary Force. Ths commission
evidencing hi appointment will b
sent to your care at an early , date.
Thl commission will be retalaed by
you and not forwarded to Lieutenant
Brownell.
"Very respectfully,
"H. A. Fife."
Adjutant Generul.
OREGON CITY B 0 Y
PLAYS ROLE OF HERO
CITY
Kugeni Horton, of Mspln lna,
about three mile from Oregon City,
played part of a- hero In New York
City a few day ago, when he saved
the lit , of a child.
Young uorion, wno l in tne ser
vice, and recently arrlvod from a
training camp to New York to be on
hi way to France, wa walking down
a street In the big city when a woman
came to her door screaming aaylng
that her child waa dying. Horton rush
ed to the woman' assistance and Into
Mbr home, where he found the child
almost lifeless and In convulsions. The
young men gave first aid, and secur
ing a tub of hot water placed the
child in this und soon revived the lit
tle one. The mother! In her delight of
having the child's lire saved, placed a
five dollar bill In the young man's
hand, telling him at the same time
that be had laved the life of her babe.
The young soldier at first refused to
accept the money for his first aid
work, but tho mother Insisted to be
awarded.
Horton Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Horton, of Maple Lane, and Is a mem
ber of the Maple Ijine Orange, and a
former student of tho Maple Iitne
school.
DATE EXTENDED FDR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.Hxten
slon to November 30 of the time In
which Christmas parcels will be ac
cepted for mailing to members of the
American expeditionary forces' In
France was announced tonight by the
postolllce and war departments. The
extension wa due, It wns said, to the
fact that the men of several American
divisions which wore In combat re
contly have only lately boon able to fill
out the parcel labels, without which
packages from relatives and friends In
this country will not be accepted by
the postal authorities.
The postolllce announced, however,
that, to insure delivery by Christmas
parcels should be mailed as aon as
possible.
NO MORE PRISONERS' PACKAGES
PARIS, Nov. 18. An order has boon
issued iignlnst the sending of any
more packages to American prison
ers in Germany It was announced, ow
ing to t-ansportntlon dlfflcnltioa.
French captives are similarly affected.