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BOYS OVER HERE-OVER THERE
Interesting Facts About Oregon
City Boys In The U. S. '
Service
rhrlf. Noblo hag cabled Ms wife Is worth a flock of notes to know that
In Portland, that he has arrived safe- the people at home are not forgetting
lilt IK'i o uvt'l ui-iv. i ituiin .U7 UIUH
lv "over there", and that he Is with
hlg son, Reward Nome, who was a
former Oregon City young man. and
has been in the service since the
Vnited States entered the war. Bern
ard Noble la suffering from wounds
received in action. His left hand is
still badly crippled and has to be
massaged each day by the attending
surgeons and nurses in the base hos
pital. One of the wounds in his hand
has failed to heal so far, although Mr.
Noble was injured several months ago.
Charles Noble, the father, has gone to
France to enter the Y. M. C. A. work
He was former city engineer of Ore
gon City. It was while the nephew of
Rernard Noble, who is little Harold
Hall Cadell, of Portland, was in Ore
gon City Tuesday that he first saw a
anidier. Mavlnir heard so much of
them, and being particularly fond of
h!s uncle In Prance, as soon as he
spied the soldier in this city, he
Jumpd from a buggy in which his
mother and relatives were seated,
and ran down Main street as fast as
he could. He was bound to overtake
he soldier and give him the ,lad hand.
M er running several blocks he over
took him and taking hold of the khaki
clad man's hand, looked up in nis face
said: "Are you a soldier?" The bis
hearted soldier, being impressed with
the youngster, stooped down and chat
ted with him, and informed hlra that
h was one of Uncle Sam's men. The
kiddy was delighted. The mother in
formed the young man 'hat the little
son had heard so much of soldiers,
and that he had Just come in from
the homestead in the Tygh Valley,
Oregon. H is now contented that he
h'.s seen a real soldier.
P3 P3 Pi
E. R. Anderson has just receiv.'d a
card from Private J. U Applegale,
Company C, FieM Signal Rattallon,
American Exped. forces, France, for
merly of this city, and was for some
time night operator for the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company with head
quarters in Oregon City. The card
bearing on one side a beautiful scenic
view of some of the country in France
showing a number of handsome build
ings in a distance, while on the oppo
site side is the following reading:
"Grenable, France.
"Am on a furlough, after six weeks
at the front. Hope you are all well.
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Mrs. K. Gallinger, of this city, is In
receipt of a letter from First Class
Private Charles Richardson, of Head
quarters Troop. Third Army Corps,
A P. O. 734, Amer. Exped. Forces,
France. He 'tells of receiving the let
ter from Mrs. Gallinger, and says he is
feeling pretty good. He further says:
No, Mrs. Gallinger, 1 am sorry, but
we are limited to one box this Christ
mas. Thank you just the sama. Your
Christmas box last year was simply
grand. I am writing this letter in my
'dug-out'. It is occupied by myself and
William Tully, a lad from Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. '
"Tell Edgar to write me. I am glad
to hear of his new position with Farr
Brothers.
"You said you wanted me to give
you a deucriptjon of Sunny France. I
have not been any further south than
St. Nazaire. This little village we are
now in is level with the ground. There
isn't a building that hasn't been hit
. at least once.
"We were playing cards last night
and thought of the time when wei
used to play 'pedro'. I don't think it
will be very long before we will be
playing it again, if the Huns kesp go
ing toward Germany like they are."
(Mrs. Gallinger has sent the young
man a gift of $2 and some gum. The
gum and money are always most ac
ceptable gifts for the boys over
there. This is her Christmas gift to
him.)
S3 S3 P
Sam C. Roake, a former Oregon City
young man, and now in the service,
who is stationed at Fort Worden,
Wash., accompanied by his wife, have
been spending Thanksgiving week
with the former's father at Castle
Rock, Wash. The latter also former
ly resided here. Private Sam Roake Is
a brother of Mrs. George Gardner, of
Meldrum Station.
Pa P Pa
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mattoon, of this
city, recently received a letter from
France, dated October 25, from their
son, Roy Mattoon who is first-class
musician with the 162nd Infantry
Rand of the Third Oregon Regiment,
He stated that all the band boys were
well and were doing fine also that
some of the Oregon City boys had
been promoted. Among these are Clif
ford Osborn and Allen Mitchell to cor
porals of the band, and Edward Miller
to second class musician. Roy Mat
toon was offered a sergeantcy, but
declined It in favor of some older
members of the band.
Pa p Pa
In a letter to the Patriotic Edition
of the Morning Enterprise from Pri
vate Henry Wilson, dated October 30,
a. Romsey, England, with the A. R.
C he says:
"Received your note tonight and
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. DECEMBkK ft. IVltt.
Navy Lieutenant Who Swam Across Rhine
f ter Escaping from German Prison Gamp
follows will express their gratitude
for your kindness as I am doing.
"Thanking you again for your kind
ness and thoughtfalness, I am
"Your friend,
"PRIVATE H. WILSON."
I . S. Army, A. E. P.
Pa Pa Pi
According to the last letter written
by Private T. P. Rarker, of thia city to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Darker, his
arm is improving. He says in part as
follows:
"Somewhere in France, Nov. 2, 191$
Dear Mother, Pad and the Girls:
"According to the latest communi
ques from the different fronts, the
boche is about licked. Anyway the
most of his allies have quit, so I think
that it is only a matter of a month or
so until Germany herself 'throws up
the sponge', and it will not make us
mad either.
The doctor took the splint off my
arm day before yesterday, so it is
healing up fine. Of course It Is stiff,
and the muscles are sore yet, but they
are limbering up in good shape.
"All I hate about being in a hospi
tal is that our mail hasn't caught up
with us from our company yet. Befor
I was hurt I was getting about a half
dozen letters a week besides the Sun
day Oregonian, but since being in the
hospital I haven't received a letter.
"I understand that the government
wants men to sisn up to stay here six
months after the war and work. Of
'rourse, it would be good work and
good pay, but I think that I have had
enough."
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Mr. and Mrs. Julius Goldsmith and
family, of this city, are in receipt of
the following letter from their son,
Private Ivan Goldsmith, who left
here several months ago to enter the
service:
"Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 29, 191$.
"Dear All:
"Just a few lines while we are
homeward bound. We left Camp Up
ton Wednesday at 10:20 according to
our schedule. We left from either Ho-
boken or Jersey City on the Grand
Trunk. Did not leave there until about
5 as the kitchen car had to be fixed
up. .
"Thursday we 'hit' Canada. We had
Thanksgiving dinner in Niagara Falls.
We were taken, or rather 'hiked', to
the falls for an appetite. I would not
have missed the sight for anything.
They certainly are beautiful, and the
river is surely swift.
"After dinner we marchea back to
the train end then entered Canada by
that roite. I woke up this morning
in Michigan. Just left South Bind,
Ind., and should be in Chicago short
ly afternoon today.
"The scenery so far Is muct bfetU'
than on o.;r trip East. Evrythir.g
looks so fresh and green. Wis have
not encoiwerrl the usual severe
weather. It rained a li'.'.ls last nisht.
but have ! n no snow yet.
"I -.mdersii.nd we tak'; he. Santa
Fe and go via St. Paul and Kansas
City. Doi't 1 now how far Wis w.i gi
before going into California.
I am 'li. liked' with a California
boy and an Eastern Oregon boy. It is
reported lYi we are to tin mustered
out witV! three days after we 'hit
Fort S"ott. California.
"Address me 'Fourth Company, A.
R. D., Fort Winfiald Scot. .San Fran
cisco, .";i:if"
Pa Pa Pa
The Pa'r'otic Edition Df the Morn
ing Kntrpr'se is in receiot of a let
ter received from Sergemt Kent L.
Moody Headquarters Troop Third
Army Corps, and the young man re
iving one of the dollar greenbacks
and letter is writing ro the ywng
women thanking them for the same,
and is as follows:
"France, Nov. 3, 191S
'Dear friends:
"Today's mail brought me that
great big old American 'buck', and 1
have already spent it for a big box of
'makings'. I have plenty now to last
ma until we go back for a rest again,
and believe me every rJms I roll one
I will think of my friendn in 'he won
derful little city by the falls.
"I do not know of any way that you
could do more for us fellows here,
to- v.e sure do enjoy a food old smoke
a vuna the stove in the dug-out after
the day's work.
"I am thinking of you an I blow the
gr.nke away.
"Sincerely
"KtSN'T '
Headquarters Troop Third Army
Corps.
Pa Pi Pt
U. S. Naval Forces operating in
European Waters. Naval Base Twenty-Seven.
November 11, 1918.
"Dear Mr. Brodie:
"About ten days ago I went and
had my picture taken and mailed one
to you yesterday afternoon You
should receive it about the same time
that yon receive this letter
"I am wondering how things ar
getting along in Oregon City and
Clackamas county. I hear that Judge
Campbell is out for the Supreme
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WEELKY SOLDIER LETTER
liEUt C.DWARQ, V. ISAACS MM)
If Lieutenant Edward Victor Isaacs, hind the allies lines. 1 1 w ns captured
X , had had more patience his
U. S
trip from a German prison camp to
Chicago would have been much easier.
As it was he had to cludo his guards
and swim the Rhine to And refuge be-
when a Uboat stink the President
Lincoln. He is seen here on his ar.
rival in Chicago being greeted by his
sister in law, Mrs. Charles F. Isaacs,
and his niece, Margaret.
s-.iccess in the world. I wUh I was
there to vote for him.
"Of course I have seen bts of
s:"hts since I left iho S ate- They
are too nuinrous to mention, all of
the way from a Submirl."'. A ruck up
on a convoy at Sea to iho engaging
of the Channel Forti wUh a Subma
rine operating off tho Coast and be
ing discovered one evening. Lots of
historical plates and E'shts th two
greatest cities on esrtt etc. etc.
"This mtrning we -vsre nl.iddened
by the news that Ger-'.tny hud chang
ed her form of government and was or
would be a republic ttat the kaiser
had abdicated and fl-vl to Holland,
that an armistice had been signed and
peace was practically assured, 'ihere
was naturally gr.'at pjolcng today
and there will be a big "line in the city
tonight.
"Sincerely,
"CLARENCE L EATON.
"lf. S. Naval Rase X.i. 27,
"Care Postmaster, NT-w York City."
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Bench and certainly wish him all the
SALEM, Ore, Dec. 3. ((Special to
the Enterprise!. Indications point to
the fact that the Public Service Com
mission may kick over the traces In
the tlephone rate cases and precipi
tate a fight which will determine
whether or not the federal govern
ment may ride rough shod over state
statutes and slate regulatory bodk-s in
a time of comparative peace. The com
mission, during the time that actual
hostilities were in progress, threw
down the bars and acquiesced in ths
actions taken by the federal regula
tory administrations, but the control
of telephone and telegraph lines ap
parently takes on a njw phase with
a practical, lf not actual state of peace
existing.
A hearing will be held next week in
Portland to determine whether or not
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company is justified in making ma
terial increases sought under the
guise of giving higher wages to op
erating employes. The company ad
mits its service is a heinous offense
against an entirely unoffending state,
but contends that its only remedy Is
an Increase In rates so that it may
boost the wages of some decidedly
underpaid girls.
The assumption seems to be that In
these times of high prices the old
schedule of wages for telephone op
erators js entirely too low Tor a girl
to live in decency and self-respect ana
there doesn't seem to be much objec
tion on the part of anyone to paying
them wages that are something near
commensurate with the services ren
dered and the cost of living.
The commission agrees that this
should be done, but the members are
not at all sure that the phone com
pany needs anything like the Increase
asked, nor is it at all sure that it
needs any increase at all.
The solid fact of the matter is thai
it is barely possible it may be found
that the present rates of the company
might be reduced, the operating em
ployes wages raised, and still Have
money left for the company and the
government. This is not a prediction
that such will be found to be the case,
but it is hinted at as a possibility
Whatever is' found the commission
will operate along the lines that it
will go completely into the situation
and return an order squarely on its
merits.
The situation simmers down to
something like this: The company
filed its rates with the approval of the
Postmaster General, but did so illegal
ly as far as the state statutes are con
cerned. Strong protests from the com
mission finally brought the Postmas
ter General to a point where he con'
ceded that the state statutes shoulu
be followed and that he thought the
company had followed the regularly
provided channels of procedure. He
ordered the company to do this, but he
did so laboring under the assumption
that by following the procedure ft
would be merely a perfunctory pro'
cowling and that the commission
would iinTely issue an order approv
ing the Increases without going into
the situation any further.
There is where the Postmaster Gen
eral stubU'd his toe, bi'c.ume the com
mission is going to do nothing at all
of the kind. It is going sijuarciy Into
the matter ou Its merits, and here it
seems to have the p! M. G. over a bar
rel, as when the merits of the case ari
shown up, commission members hint,
the merits will be lui'h that the es
teemed P. M. O. won't have the nerve
to kick over the traces If it is found
that his wishes are not complied with
As near as can be datermined,
without prejudging the cause, the
company Is endeavoring to slip some
thing over on the patient patrons that
Is not entirely justified by the con
ditlons and the commission Is lying
in the brush waiting to Jimmy the
company squarely on the coco at the
first appearance of the aforesaid
company's bean.
These telephone cases may be the
opening wedge toward determining
how far the government has control
over the rights of state to regulate
public utilities within their own bor
ders, and may have an important bear
lnu on the future of government con
trol and ownership of pnbllc.utllltles.
As it Is there is not a community
in the state but is waiting to see what
the Public Service Commission will
do.
In the light of Increases In Portland
on the Portland Railway, Light
Power Company, as well as of the
lnterurban car fare rises, and increas
es given to utilities in many parts of
the state, it Is likely, that with the
first dawn of peace, the commission
will take a gouge at the telephone
company. It is apparent that prices for
materials, at least, will drop to a cer
tain extent and supplies of many kinds
will go the same way. The company,
nor the government cannot expect to
hold out for long the cry of advancing
costs, because costs will probably
go down.
The Postmaster General gave ar
suranc -s when he took over the lines
that he would better the revenues by
Increasing the volume of business, and
that the way the volume of business
would be increased would be by low
er rates and better service. Instead
the company has immediately been
endeavoring to put on higher rat'fl
with a service- which smells to the
high heavens. If any of the govern
ment ownership bugs think that the
P. M. G. is making their cause popu-
Miss Urcll Armstrong is in receipt
of the following letter frwra her broth
er, Corporal Delias (Shorty) Arm
strong, who is at Itonuey, England:
Romsey, Monday, October 88 1918.
"Sister I'rcll:
"It Is almost tlm for luncheon but
t am going to write you a letter, Only
In the army we doiv't have luncheon.
We call it 'mess,
,WI wonder how It will seem to be
back in human" life again I mean
'civil' life. From the news now it
looks as If General Pershing was
right when he said 'Heaven, 1UU or
lloboken by Christmas. They surely
ar giving it to them good and proper.
"Among the interesting places . to
visit here In Romsey is an old abbey,
which silll, and will for centuries yet
to come, show us what wonderful
builders the Normans wore. This old
abbey was built In 607 A, D. Just
think! That was five hundred and
soma years before Columbus started
on his trip to America. The cathedral
In Winchester I will never forget.
Such niftgnlflcancet Indeed the man
was right when he spoke of "The Lure
of Cathedrals.'
"As a rule, at home we abbreviate
mimes by using letters contained In
the name Itself, or some syllable that
has the sound of the word, but over
here there are some of the most pecul
iar abbreviations for names and places.
For Instance 'Winchester is ab
breviated by Wluton.' I thought it
waa the name of another town until
I found out otherwise. Along the rosd
we see sign posts that rend '10 miles
to Winton.' etc., and I always wonder
ed where Winton' wss.
"You sea on my letters 'Romsey,
Hants, England. You may have won
dered what the 'Hants' is for. It is an
abbreviation for 'Hampshire,' one of
the counties of England, Now Hants
does not sound or resemble or even
suggest Hampshire, does It? What If
e shonuld say 'Chins' or Rats' or
something like that when we moan
Clackamas county?
"It is time to partake of 'ranch
mess) now, so will close,
"live to all,
"Your brother,
CORPORAL I). ARMSTRONG.
t. T. C, Detachment, -A. R. C.
Romsey, Hants.
P3 Pa Pa
A letter has been received from C.
E. Johnston from France, by bis cou
sin, Miss Anna Rinearson. Mr. John
ston is a son of Jacob Johnston, of
Portland .He is a graduate of the
Washington High School, and was a
student at thf uregon Agricultural
College at the time of his enlistment
a year ago. He has been In France now
for several months and writes as fol
lows:
"I received your letter about two
we'ks ago and was Bure delighted to
hear from you. I have Just relumed
from a seven days' leave. Clarence
(his brother) and I went to Mont
Dore. which Is almost In the center of
France. We surely had a good time
while there; altho the trip there and
back was par bou as the French say.
"Mont Dore is a summer resort. It
is a small town of about elsht or ten
thousand inhabitants. About all th
town consists of Is hotels. There are
several mineral springs and baths !n
the town. It is situated in the heart of
lar they should back up and go down
another switch. Just ask any poor
down-trodden gink who has been ask-
d to pungle up "ten or fifteen bucks
as an installation charge
His answer would have to be print
ed on asbestos paper to secure the
proper effect
UNITED STATES
REGULAR ARMY
WILL BE LARGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. A regular
army of approximately half a million
men is provided for, specifically in
estimates submitted to congress yes
terday for the fiscal year 1920, beglh-
nlng next July 1. Detailed Items on
the pay of the army show that in the
total of $1,922,000,000 asked for, ex
elusive of the fortification estimates
provision is made for the payment of
only 21,259 officers and 382,667 men
of the line and approximately 130,000
noncombatant troops with the Tequl
site staff officers.
The Inclusion ia the estimates, how
ever, of five items of pay with a nom
inai appropriation of $100 each asked
shows that the whole question of the
strength of the army after the con
clusion of peace has been deferred
and that supplemental estimates are
to be. expected under these headings
when it ia possible to present a conv
plete project. The items thus held In
suspension are those providing for
the pay of reserve and national guard
officers and men. '
range of mountains, the highest peak
close by is about 6,000 feet In eleva
tion. We went for several hikes around
the country. We climbed peak Sauncy,
the highest peak around, and found
the top of the peak covered with
snow. From the top of Sauncy we
could count seven lakes. We could also
see Mont Blanc in the Alps.
We took another trip to Castle
Morle, which was built in the time or
Caesar. It was very interesting. The
old walls and the custle Itself has been
left lust as it was built by the
Romans, but the French have rein
forced some parts of It with concrete
to keep It from falling.
"Taking everything into considera
tion I had a very pleasant seven days
in Mont Dore.
We got back to camp Just in time
to move to another part of France, not
very far from where we were all sum
mer. We are so far back in the
woods now that if the war should end
we would never know about It for
some time unless they sent a special
messenger to notify us.
"The bugle is calling me for supper.
"Your cousin,
"CHARLES JOHNSTON,
"16th Co.', 20th Engineers, A. E. F."
(Clarence E., a brother of Charles
Johnston, also writes of his trip to
Mont Dore. He thinks be could enjoy
armyWfe if it was all furlough. Bui
he is looking forward to a long fu
lough soon when he can come back to j
Oregon again.
Both boys are well known in Port
land, where they graduated from the
Washington High School and where
they were popular among the football
stars.)
Pi Pi Pi
Mrs. Mary Dambach, of this city,
is in receipt of two lottes from her
eon, S. John Dambach, who has been
with Company A, U6th Engineers,
now in France. One of these letters
is dated August 2, and was written
while the, young man was in the Alps,
and was a guest of a noblo French
family. Another letter is dated Octo
ber 18, and written after he had ar
rived at a school, this being Engi
neers Candidate School.
The first letter is as follows: :
Chateau de Pensonnas,
Prls La Mur-d-Tsira,
Le 2nd of August, 1918.
"My Dear Mother and All:;
"It seems like a dream to be here
Can you guess from the picture on the
stationery? High up in the Alps as
guest of a noble French family. We,
four of us, are on our way to Nice
on furlough. We stopped off at a lit
tle city called Greenoble, where we
met a fine French sergeant, who in
vited us to his grand home In the Alps
The four of us are Herschall Nunn, of
Portland; William Merrltt, of Port
land ; Joe llrennan, of New York, and
myself, from Oregon City, and this
minute we are sitting In a large room,
all writing to oar mothers about the
same thing (the wonder of it all).
"This morning we climbed to the top
of the high mountain from wlirre we
could see all over the country, It re
minded ine of the stories you used to
tell us of Europium countries. The
hind is nil divided eft Into little farms
in the valleys and grapes are grow
lug on th hillsides and sheep and
goats sin! cattle grating here and
there.
'The house here, or chateau it Is,
has stood slticq the year 1(130, and
one family tins occupied It for four
generations. It wim built by a noblo
man by the name of LesdlKnleie. It
stands hlBh on a hillside, wel pro
tected from the wind ami Is well
kept up, About it are many little hous
es with the thatched roofs where
peasants llv who work on the place
The owner, Monsieur Kscalle, Is a
major In the army, but has been al
lowed to retire, due to age and shrup
nol wound In leg and a broken eur
drum.
"Can you imagine how glad he was
to see some Americans, whom he had
read about but never seen. You see
he retired from this war before the
Americans came across, and there
have linen none In this country, Think
of first Americans up here. Tslk about
being 'looked over'! We feel the eyes
of nil the people In the village on us
constantly.
"Tomorrow we go to Nice.
Love to all,
"JOHN."
The second letter Is as follows:
"Pear Mother:
i "Sorry thut I waited so long to
write this time. I had a slight change
In affairs, and the time bus been rath
er prpttslns?, I think that my last let
ter wiis written at Nice, Beautiful
siwt Nice Is. While we were there I
got the telegram from the regiment
that I was to go to school, mid it is
here that I am writing this letter.
"I am learning how to be a "shava
tall.' Now If you don't umfertnml
that term ask some of your military
friends If there are any In the neigh
borhood. It Is a sort of a race for a
better living. I don't know how long
I shall be here, nor where I shall be
spnt after it is over. However, I will
keep you posted. "
"Can you Imagine me leaving An
glers with ft large pack on my back
und all of the Avenatls there to bid
goodbye, and the mother gave m a
urge French pie to take along, Ba
I will surely miss that home and the
hospitality accorded me while there
Grace must continue to write them, 1
promised them a letter every Sunday.
I hope to see them aguln some day.
"All l O. K. with me. Quarters and
food are good. Don't think that you
Just know something win happen
"Uive to all.
Your son.
"JOHN DAMBACH,
Engineer Candidate School,
"Anit'rtcHn Exped. Forces,
FVance, A, P. O. 714
P. 8. Ptenso address letters to the
old address Company A, 116th Eng.
"Amer. Exped, Forces, France."
PI PS Pi
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Woudberk, oi
this city, are In receipt of a number
of interesting letters from their son
Henry O. Woodlieck, with Company E,
21st Engineers, in France. These are
as follows:
October 17, 1918.
'My dear Mother:
"Received the papers from you and
Father. We moved since Inst I wrote
to you and God only knows where we
are npw. We are living in squad tents
now, 'and it has been raining ever
since we have been here.
"Saw three big bunches of German
prisoners brought In yesterduy, and
they looked as though thoy had been
having a hard time of It.
"We have the Huns on the run,
now. They are leaving without a
chance to blow up the railroads or
supplies, which mukes It pretty han
dy fur the Americans, who movo be
hind them. If things keep up the way
they have been going, it might all be
over by Christmas.
"From your loving son,
"HENRY".
Another dated October 21, to his
father, Is as follows:
October 27, 1918:
"My dear Father:
"Have not had time to write lately
on account of moving, but we are
now settled for I don't know how long,
but do not think it will be for long.
"We are all In squad tents, but we
managed to gr;t hold of a stove, so
we are q-.ilte comfortable Most of the
men are in 'pup' tents, and with the
mud and the rain It is fierce.
"The Huns are moving out in a
hurry, They are leaving lots of ammu
nition and guns behind, and they are
not even given a chance to blow up
the railroads. I don't think the Ger
mans ever thought they would be
moved. They had good concrete dug
outs built and had things fixed up so
they were quite cozy, even In the
front line trenches. '
"You may read where the allies take
'such and auch' town, but when they
are taken there are only a few naked
walls and plies of rocks to show where
a town once stood.
"Your loving son,
"HENRY."
Pa Pa B3
Mrs. John Warren, of this city, Is in
receipt of a letter from her brother,
Private (inrst Class) Charles Richard
son, son ot Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Rich
ardson, of this city. The letter was
written "Somewhere in FFrance," and
on October 20, and is as follows:
France, October 20, 1918.
"My dearest Sis:
"I received your most welcome let
ter day before yesterday, and was
more than glad to hear from you
again. Was sure glad to get the little
photos. Tell mother to sond her photo,
also I want yours and Elmer's. If yea
could see the pl&oo whsrt I am at
the present time ymi wouldn't won
der why I don't send you more photo
graphs than I do, but you will have
to wait until we get back to civilisa
tion before I can send any more.
"Stanley sure looked mite, Do you
suppose he wilt know nte any more?
"1 wrote to Mother a few days
ago, also to Mrs, Gallinger. Give every
body a 'hello' for me.
Ho you thought the kid In the pUi-
tare looked like Lloyd Curtis, Buy,
there Is a kid In (he troop that is the
very Image of Curtis.
"Ni'llln, I had a piece of bread and
Jam itwllu uko, After I nte the jam I
lost my pencil, nnd after looking all
over the bunk I found It behind my
ear. I don't like. Jam, anyway, as It
gets In my atomttch.
"'Must close now, Bis, for the want
of news. '
'"Answer soon, i .
"As ever your brother,
CHARLES,
Headquarter Troop, Third Army
Corps,
Pi Pa Pa
"Bomewhere In Franco,
Nov. 7, 1918.
"Dear Mother: :
"Received your welcome letter to
day, und was so plnnsml to hoar from
home,
"Have been having nice weather for
the lust few days, and our tent are
getting .dried out nicely,
"Have been on s work train the
Inst two weeks, so have had It pretty
easy,
"Things look better every d:iy now,
but If It would end right now there
would be a lot of huart aches saved In
the States,
"There Is nothing In this country,
except work and soldiers, The civil
ians have all departed from this coun
try long ago, All the small towns r
nearly level with, (lie ground
"They have handed out orders to he
signed by the men to be scut home
so they can send them Christmas piw
sent, but as there is nothing I want,
I am not sending mine.
There Is no more news to writs,
so will close,
"Your loving son,
"HKNKY",
CANEMAH MANSENDS
B
TO
A. II. Finn-Jgan, of Canemnh, who
has engaged In growing strawberry
prants for several years on his lund
in the southern part of the city, Is
shipping to 8an Francisco 300.000, a
contract, from a large firm of that
city. These plants are to be distrib
uted to various sections ot California,
where there is a big demand for those.
Mr. Finnogan has a force at work on
his strawberry beds removing Uia
plants and packing them to semi to
their destination south. The variety
being shipped at the present time are
the "New Oregon," a most delicious
variety for canning and for table use
as well.
Another variety that Mr. Ftnnegnn
will ship soon are the "Nlckomsr."
These, bao, will go to California, and
there will be 00,000 plant shipped.
There is another variety that Mr.
Flnncgsn prlr.es highly, nnd this Is the
"Jewish Maiden," but Mr. Flnnegan
will retain all of these plants for the
present. He clulms they are even bet
ter for canning purposes than the
famous Clarke's Seedling, that has
long had that reputation. The Superb
la another variety Mr. Flnnegan Is
specializing in his berry gardens, and
is large everbearing berry.
Since starting Into the propogatlon
of berry plants, Mr, Flnnegan has mado
a record for himself, and his plants and
berries are aiways In great demand.
COUNTY ARE MILD;
IT
There have boon about 80 cases of
inn u6u.a reported In this coitnty In
tho past six days, but according to
Dr. M. C. Strickland, county health
officer, the majority of them are of
a mild form. , ,
About six of the district schools
have been closed but it Is not thought
it will be necessary to generally close
these.
Precaution is being taken by the
officials and tho spread of the disease
Is not likely,
LOUISE DEUTE
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ably known In Oregon City, where she
had a large circle of friends. She was
born in this city November 2, 1892,
and attended the local schools. She
was a student of tho high school, grad
uating from that institution with high
honors for which she was awarded a
medal In 1911. She later took a teach
ers' course at the Oregon State Nor
mal at Monmouth, where she had the
highest standing of the students, and
as a reward was presented with a
handsome medal. She graduated from
the normal in 1913, and later accept
ed a position as an instructor in the
Pendleton schools, where she taught
for four years. Last fall she accept
ed a similar position with the Emor
Bon school at Spokane where she was
taken ill.
The young woman had made a host
of friends at Pendleton and at Spo
kane while making her home in those
cities. She wins an active worker of
the Episcopal church of Spokane.
Miss Deute Is survived by her moth
er, Mrs. Arthur Deute, of Portland, a
Bister, Miss Clara Deute, of Oregon
City. She also leaves several aunts,
among these being Mrs. Otto Deute of
Sherwood.
thanking you very much tor this. It