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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919.
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BOYS OVER HERE
Interesting Facts About Oregon
City Boys In The U. S.
Service
Among the soldier boys from Dover,
Oregon, in France, is Lee Cooper with
Company A. 157th Infantry.
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Webster Roberts, a Dover boy, who
left for Camp Lewis in April, 19 with
Rase Hospital No. 14. George E. Rob
erts, his brother, has been In France
a year with the 19th Company, 20th
Engineers. He says he is anxious to
fret back to the good old U. S. A. The
young men are brothers of Mrs. J.
Jart, well known resident of Kelso,
Clackamas county.
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Mrs. Alta Singleterry of 1702 Molal-
la avenue, Oregon City, is in receipt of
a letter from Bill Collins of Company
C, 167th Infantry, stationed in France.
He is one of the young men who was
on guard duty In Oregon City for some
time before being sent to France.
Although the letter is brief, he tells
of his improving, and is as follows:
"Will write a few lines to let you
know how I am getting along. I am
getting a little better now, and I can
walk around a little at the present
time. How Is everything back there?
Fine, I hope. It la sure muddy over
here, as it has ' been raining nearly
every day for the last two months.
"I wish I was back In Oregon City
today.
"Give my best regards to every
body." ft ft ft
In a letter from Charles Richard
son to his mother, Mrs. C. W .Richard
son of this city, be tells of the rain
he has seen since arriving in Ger
many. He is stationed at present at
Neuweid, Germany, and says he is en
joying the best of health, but they
have been baring much rain. He says
further '1 don't think if will be long
before I am home. Just have a little
patience, and time will fly. Won't we
celebrate? Don't worry about me
bringing any of these dames home
with me." His address is Headquarters
Troop Third Army Corps, A. P. O. 754,
A. E. F.
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Among the letters received from
Goudrecourt, France, during the past
few days by the Women's Patriotic
Edition ofthe Morning Enterprise is
from Captain C. L. Johnson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson of Milwau
kie. He was one of the young men
who received a dollar greenback and
letter from the committee, and each
member of the committee received a
letter. One of the letters received in
expressing, his thanks is in part as
follows: "Received your co-partnership
letter with the 'screaming eagle'
a few days ago, and believe me they
were more than appreciated. The dol
lar bill was the first I had seen for
several months. I was not em harass
ed, but pleased and surprised. A long,
long time ago when I lived in Oregon
the girls were rather shy of captains
and seemed to prefer 'buck privates',
so that a poor captain didn't stand
much chance. Am glad that things
seem to have changed.
"If the rest of the boys appreciated
their letter and dollar as much as I
do mine, you can all feel more than
repaid for your trouble. A dollar is
worth five francs, not four.
"I don't know when we will be home
but hope to be able to thank eac one
of you personally.
"Will say goodbye, until I am able
to say hello.
"Yours respectfully,
"LEO JOHNSON
C. L. Johnson, Captain, 147th F. A.,
Goudrecourt, France, Jan. 5, 1919.
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Floyd Kirchem, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kirchem of Logan, who is in the navy,
on the U. S. S. Western Belle, writes
a most interesting letter to his par
ents, whicn appears in the Logan
items this week. The young man is
now on his way to Naples, and has
written interestingly of some of the
trip he has already taken, among
which is a trip through the Panama
Canal. He is one of the well known
Clackamas county boys, who entered
the service at the first call of Uncle
gam.
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Mrs. FranK Tucaer or Jennings
Lodge, is in receipt of an interesting
letter from her son, George Tucker,
who has been in the service for almost
four years. He will complete his ser
vice July 15, 1919. In previous let
ters he has written about the trip to
Honolulu, China, his visit to the Pyra
mids In Egypt, and many other plac
es of Interest. The letter was written
while on the torpedo boat Barry, and
is as follows:
U. S. S. Barry, Jan. 14, 1919
"Dear Mother:
"When I left home in July, 1915, I
never expected to see anything, except
the West coast. After the exposition
at San Francisco closed, I was one of
the bunch sent to the Asiatic station.
"The Barry was la Cavlte when war
was declared, and we left Cavlte Aug
ust 1, 1917, and put in at the follow
ing ports: Maruda Bay, North Romez,
Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden,
Sue City, Port Said, Malta, Naples
and Gibraltar. After we got around,
our work was convoy duty and answer
ing S. O. 8. was a side issue, but be;
ENTERPRISE
Every Friday.
PoftotTlc m mo4-cUm matter.
- OVER THERE
it was a fake call. We can truthfully
and proudly s.v. we never lost a
ship in any of the convoy we were
with.
"Our boilers were bad. so they fix
ed us up and we left for the states
August 15, arriving at Charleston, S.
C, September 5, after putting iu at
the Azores and the Bermudas.
"The convoy trips were far from be
ing easy. From the time we left the
breakwater until we returned, we
were soaking wet, and maybe it would
be so rough that hot chow would be
scarce, but we didn't kick. We were
putting our ships over.
"I am not much on writing, but I
will tell you more when I get home.
"When we left the Islands there
were five old destroyers and at Singa
pore we were picked up by the ex
German ship, Camelia Rickmers. Her
oga. She went down a short time ago.
oga. She wen tdown a short tide ago.
"It is time to turn in, as we are go
ing to coal ship tomorrow, and go to a
good port, at least, we hope so.
"With love,
"GEORGE."
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Mrs. Harry Roach of Damascus, has
recently received the following letter
from her son. Private Hal Roach, who
is a member of Battery C, 65th Artil
lery Regiment, C. A. C, a well-known
Clackamas county boy, who was at
tending Milwaukie high school at the
time he enlisted:
Donjeau, France, Nov. 27, 1919
"Dear folks:
"Day before yesterday was the day
to write 'Dad s Letter", but as I did
not get to write then, I will write
now.
"We are back at Donjeau, a little
town, where we spent two weeks be
fore we went to the front. It certainly
seemed good to get where there are
no shell holes or barbed wire. We are
about twenty-five miles from Chat
mont, where General Pershing's head
quarters were tor a time.
"We went to the front the last of
August. .Our first position was on
the St. Mihlel front, not very far from
Verdun. We then moved to the Verdun
front in the Argonne Woods, where
we took part in three drives near the
city of Verdun. I was quartered In
Verdun for about ten days, and the
city was shelled nearly every day
we were there.
"When we came over we landed at
LaHavre, then came to Limoges,
where we were quartered in Napole
on's old cavalry barracks.
"Our position at the close of the
war was not far from Grandpre.
"We have not turned our guns in
yet, but are expecting to at any time.
"I was at Chaumont yesterday with
the mess sergeants, who went after
stuff for Thanksgiving dinner. The of
ficers donated 1,000 francs for extras,
but all the sergeants could get was
some canned goods at the American
commissary. He wanted fruit, but the
best he could get was canned pump
kin. Then we went to the French mar
ket and bought Borne nuts and a few
squashes. It is not a question of how
much money you have here but a
question of how much you can get.
"The weather here is much the
same is in Oregon. It is cold when it
clears and rains when it becomes
warmer.
"The latest rumor la that we sail
for America the 26th, but no one can
tell. We are all anxious to get noma
again.
"M-Jch love,
"HAL."
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Lieutenant Ambrose Brownell has
sent a Christmas greeting card to the
Women's Patriotic Edition of the
Morning Enterprise, handsomely em
bossed with the national colors and
ornamented with a wreath of holly,
and in the form of an uniijue folder.
This is an appreciation of the dollar
greenback and the letter sent him by
the Committee of the Women's Patri
otic Edition of the Morning Enter
prise, arriving at their destination
shortly before Christmas. Lieutenant
Brownell is with Company D, 74th
Engineers, A. P. 0. 714, American Ex
peditionary Forces near Metz, France.
It bears the post mark January 4,
1919.
Following is the wording on the
card :
Near Metz, Nov. 28, 1919.
"Dear Friends:
"Your dollar bill received and im
mensely appreciated. There are very
few French girls at the front, but I
hope to meet many on the way home.
"I have been offered six francs for
the bill as souvenir. That's 55 cen
times profit at the present exchange
rate.
"I only wish that you had sent along
a copy of the special edition.
"Sincerely,
"A. BROWNELL."
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Joe Canning, chief engineer on a
submarine chaser, writes the follow
ing letter to his mother, Mrs. F. W.
Canning of Boring:
Valletta, Malta,
Dec. 29, 1918
"Dear Mother:
"Well, mother, we are in Malta
"We arrived her0 at ten o'clock
Christmas morning. We left Bpalato
ten days ago and on the way down vis
ited two Austrian cities. One of thwu
was Ragusa, I had six hours' liberty
there and was quite Interested in the
quaint old place. The Italians were iu
the other tow n so we didn't got liber
ty. We have had an awful time to keep
peace between the Italians and th
Slavs. I feel sorry for the Jugos as
they have been slaves to Austria for
years and just as they have a chance
to get their freedom in come the
"Wops" and want the whole Adriatic.
Of course the ownership can only be
settled in th peace conference.
I'm glad to be out of ther anyway,
as it was a hungry country. The poor
people needed all the available food.
We stopped at Corfu two days, then
came here. The sea was frightfully
rough, and I got an awful ducking.
Haven't got all of my clothes dry yet.
These little boats have had such aw ful
poundings from high seas in the last
ten months, that they leak like sieves
Thank the Lord we are going on dry
dock before we leave here.
"This Is a grand place and we are
making up for some of the liberty we
could not have while quieting the Ital
ians. "Christmas Day I had liberty from
3 P. M., until 8 A. M. and you should
have seen us eat. I'll warrant the peo
ple of Malta never saw such a him
gry bunch in their lives. We all sur
prised our stomachs.
You must know that the cook on a
submarine chaser is Just a carefree
passenger In rough feather. We just
don't eat. That's all.
"We are going to visit all the large
cities in the Mediterranean before we
start home. Of course, I'm crazy to
get home. I'm lonesome for old U. S.
A., but then it will be pretty nice to
see all these places for I don't expect
to let anyone get me here again if
I see them first.
"I must tell you about the milk
maids of this queer place. The milk
supply is obtained from goats that
are driven from door to door and while
you wait your quantity or milk Is
milked and given to you perfectly
fresh. This plan should work well in
Portland where the women demand
absolute sanitation.
"I'm sending you some Malta lace.
Hope you will admire my taste
"Well, Mother, must close with M
of love from your son,
"JOE."
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George C. Brownell received the fol
lowing letter from his son. Lieutenant
Ambrose Brownell, with Company B,
74th Engineers, the letter arriving
Wednesday evening, and the first re
ceived since October, owing to the
distance the young man has been from
where he could mail a letter to his
parents:
Toul, France,
Dec. 8, 1919.
"Dear Father:
"I hope you will not be disappointed
when a "Father's Letter" fails to ar
rive. I was quite out of touch with the
world when the Father's Letters were
written, and I really knew nothing of
the idea until too late.
"I have recently returned from a
reconnaissance party into what used
to be Germany (about 20 kilometers
east of Verdun) mapping hostile bat
tery emplacements, and studying bil
leting accommodations for the army
of occupation. The trip afforded a good
opportunity for souvenirlng of course,
but with thousands of Boche helmets,
ga3 masks, water bottles, rifles, bayo
nets, shells and other ordinary souve
nirs lying everywhere my chief inter
est was confined to collecting maps
and optical Instruments. I have some
interesting specimens which I am
bringing home with me. They Include
a prismatic ranse finder as used by
machine gun officers, and a telescop
ic sighting piece from a German fl
inch gun. An unusual souvenir Is the
combination receiver-transmitter of a
Boche telephone. I plan to install this
piece in your bedroom, and save you
many a troublesome dash to the libra
ryphone. "Field glasses are everywhere, as
are the German Lugers and Mousers,
but they still bring a high price in
the soovenir market. I claim an excel
lent Luger myself.
"I do hope your health Is O. K., and
mother's too. I expect to be on the
way home before long, and here's hop
ing that I can help you in many ways.
"If the Sound Ranging service Is
retained by the army, I am looking
forward toward continuing in the
army.
"Love to you all, and Helen especial-
"Your son,
"AMBROSE BROWNELL,
Lieut. Co., B, 7ith Engrs."
IS
OF HONOR AT 0. A. C.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL,
LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 23. A gold
star In the College service flag repre
sents Verner C. Branland of Colton,
as one of the 44 O. A. C. men who are
known to have died for their country.
Information on the war service ren
dered by college men is being . com
piled by H. M. Tennant, registrar, and
will be published in the special war
edition of the Beaver, the Junior class
annual, next spring. Fourteen of the
44 men are known to have been kill
ed in action or to have died of wounds,
while 18 died of Spanish influenza or
pneumonia.
Two stars represent faculty mem
bers. Dr. W. J. Phillips, college physi
cian, with the title of first lieutenant
in the medical corps, died of pneu
monia In an eastern hospital. First
Lieutenant Mark Middlekauff of Cor
vallis, Instructor In bacterloloev. met
President Wilson Outside Buckingham Palace After Reviewing
American Soldiers Who Have Just Quit German Prison Camps
1 li " ')
Albert Mclllke, who enlisted as a
fireman in the navy in June, 1917. I
enjoying a two weeks' furlough among
friends and relntives In this city aud
at Estacada. Fireman MeiUke was one
of the crew of the IT. S. Transport ship
Covington, when it was torpedoed
about 120 miles west of Brest, France.
July 1. last, on the return trip to
Brooklyn, N. Y where he had quite a
thrilling experience.
The transport was struck amidships
the blow putting her fires out, de
stroying the electric generator and
putting all lights out. Young Melllke
was down In the fire room on duty,
and he and his mates had to grope
their way through the darkness up to
the deck. Their clothing consisted of a
suit of underwear and a pair of shoes.
Owing to the machinery being put
out of commission, the lowering of
the lifeboats into the water had to be
done by hand, and after twelve hours
afloat, with the exception of six, who
were lost, the crew arrived in Brest.
Meilike and his fellow firemen, attired
only In their underwear, having saved
none of their belongings.
The 111 fated Cov'nrton went down
stern first. By good fortune, the shock
of the torpedo tore open the steam
valves, preventing the ship's boilers
from exploding.
Mr. Meilike, at the time of his en
listment, was employed in the Crown
Willamette Paper plant, on Mill D
pulp force.
FORUM OFTHE PEOPLE
FAVORS VICTORY MONUMENT
OAK GROVE. Ore., Jan. 2:!. (Ed
itor of the Enterprise) Please allow
me a little space to advance a thought
or two relative to a victory arch on
the new Willamette bridge. Let us
not be cheap. Along back in 1898
Multnomah county erected a couple of
marble monuments for her Spanish
American veterans and placed their
names on same now why can't Clack
amas county do the same for her boys
for the great world war?
There is no question in my mind
but the big business men of Oregon
City made thousands of dollars out of
the advanced prices during the war,
and the poor boys went over across
and faced bullets and no doubt suffer
ed all kinds of hardships to make the
world safe for democracy and the se
curities safe for the rich as well as the
poor, and now to stick their names
on an old bridge (don't look good to
me) just to get out of buying a marble
monument and place it where It can
be kept clean and neat, as many a
poor boy's name will be placed there
on that we will never see again, as
their remains rest In France.
Now, just one other thought. What
ever may become of the monument,
wherever it Is erected, It won't be
long to the Live Wires or their com
mittee as I believi; this committee
should reach to every precinct In
Clackamas county.
In conclusion, I for one will not
consent to my son's name to be placed
on a concrete arch of a bridge, no mat
ter what the history of the bridge
may have. If we are too cheap to erect
a marble monument lets- let It go al
together. A friend of every boy who joined
the service.
E. D. OLDS.
Now understand I do not wish to
dig Into the Live Wires or its commit
tee or any particular Individual as 1
have the bet of a feeling for the
Live Wires but do think that once in
a while they get off wrong,
F. G. TAYLOR WINS MEDAL
Fred G. Taylor, a former employe of
the Morning Enterprise, and for some
time night editor, and later a copy
editor of The Oregonlan, Portland, has
been awarded the medal of expert rif
leman in the Marine Corps in Guam.
Mr, Taylor enlisted in the Marines
shortly after the start of the war, hop
ing to be sent to France immediately.
He has been in Guam for a year. Ex
pert rifleman is the highest grade
open to an Individual markBman In
the Marines. Higher ranks of the rifle
proficiency can be gained only by
shooting on rifle teams. The distinc
tion entitles the bearer to $5 a month
extra pay and a silver medal bearing
(wn nrnctaert rffloo nrtA a wtot n-
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FLU
When your buck Is broke and your
eyes are blurred.
And your Nhlnbone knock uud your
tongue Is furred,
And your tonsils squeak and your hair
gets dry,
And you're so doggone sure you're go
In' to die,
But you're scared you won't and afraid
you will,
Just dra? to bed and have your chill
and pray the Lord to see you
through
For
You've got the flu, boy; you've got the
flu!
When your toes curl up and your belt
goes flat.
And you're twice as mean as a Thom
as cat.
And life Is a long and dismal curse.
And your food all tastes like a bard
boiled hearse;
When your lattices ache aud yo.ir
head's a buzz.
And nothing Is as It ever was;
Here are my sad regets to you--You've
got the flu. boy! you've got
the flu!
What Is It like-this Spanish flu?
Ask mo, boy. I've been through;
It is by misery, out of despair,
It pulls your teeth and curls your
hair;
It thins your blood ami breaks your
bones.
And fills your craw with moans and
groans,
And sometimes, maybe, you get well.
They call that the flu, but I call It
HELL!!!
"SLIM" BROWN
MAKES ESCAPE
THURSDAY NIGHT
The first Jail break hero for severul
years occurred sometime Thursday
night when C. L. Brown made his ec
cape from the county jail.
An Indictment was returned by the
grand Jury the first of the week
against Brown, charged with breaking
Into a parage and stealing toots. Ho
was being held in jail awaiting trial.
Two burs In the south window of the
Jail had hei-n sawed through, leaving
a Rpaco large enough for the man to
escape. It Is thought by the officers
that the work was done from the out
sido with a hack-saw. The workers
did a clean Job and even took the
pieces of bars away with them.
Brown made up a dummy and plac
ed this in bed, which gave the appear
ance of a sleeping man. When the jan
itor of the court house visited the
basement In the morning he discover
ed Brown was missing and Immedi
ately notified the sheriff.
This is not the first time be has been
In trouble, and he is wanted in several
cities of the Northwest for other of
fenses. When the officers first tried
to arrest him. he made his escape and
was later caught In Portland and has
since been held In Jail on failure to
raise $2."1 bonds.
FOOD PRICES
TAKE BIG DROP
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Big breaks In
the vahi of gain and provisions took
place today as a result of heavy sell
ing and apparent lack of buying pow
er. Corn showed losses of 4 to 8 3-4c
a bushel, oats more than 4c and pro
visions the maximum limit for a sin
gle day, C0c to $1.
In a broad way the setbacks to
prices were ascribed to readjustment
from a war basis and to efforts to ciit
the cost of living.
MORE SALARIES
FOR OFFICIALS
AKED IN BILL
SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special)
Representative Cross today introduc
ed a bill in the house providing for
the following Increases In salaries of
county officials of Clackamas county:
Commissioners, from $3 to $5 a day;
Recorder, from $1200 to $1400; Sher
iff, from $1700 to $2100; Assessor,
from $1250 to $1500.
STUDENTS ARE YOUNG
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 27. The aver
age age of men attending the college
In thA loo trAQ.f lo OA nrtrK nmmnn 10
' '' 1 '.., '.I ,
E
10
Ihmald Brown and Joe llrovat, re
cently parolled from the reform school
at Salem, were returned Wednesday,
llrovat for burglary and Brown for be
ing on the street loo late at nluht.
Tuesday night officers ordered
Brown, Gourde Murphy and George
McC.lnnts off the streets aud they dis
appeared until some time later when
they showed up again. They were or
dered home and told they would be
put In jail if they did not go. They
were picked up Inter In the night and
placed In the city jail ontil morning,
when Murphy and McGlnnl Were re
leased witn a warning. These two
boys had not been In trouble before
There are a great many young boys
on the streets ut night and the chUf
of notice nnd sheriff will work togeth
er to put a stop to this and enforce
th curfew law. The boys will b
wurned first and then if they don't
heed this they will be dcullh with In
a much stronger manner the officers
claim.
OF
E LIFE AND LOVE
Vlerhus Foster, a lad of 13 years of
age, who run away from the Homo nt
licaverton a few days ai, and Is
now at the homo of Mr and Mrs. Hum
uel Stevens at Cunemah .wants n
home, and as ho has worked on a
farm and can milk a cow as well us
tiny man, he Is desirous of making
tils homo on a farm, whore be will
receive kindness and be able to go to
school. He says he will bo willing to
work for his room and board If such
a place Is found for him, and. those
knowing of such & place can telephone
to 202-W, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Slovens.
At tho time Mrs. Stevens took the
child Into her homo he was cold and
wet to the skin from travollng in the
rain all day. He was at the court
house when Mrs. Stevens' attention
was drawn toward him, nnd when told
ho would bo sent back to the Home, he
cried bitterly and said he wanted to
work for his board and room and did
not want to return to tho Home at
tleavorton. Mrs. Stevens hud Just tuk
en back to the court house llttlo El
bert Edwards, who hiso run away
with Foster, and who had made his
way to the Stevens home at 12 o'clock
In tho night previous. Ho hud been
befriended by Mrs. Stevens at a
previous tlmo and the child hud not
forgotten it. He was found asleep at
tho station at Cunemah ut 12 o'clock
by one of the employes of the Port
land Railway, Light & Power com
pany. When he was awakened by the
man, suld ho wanted to be taken to
the Stevens home. He was taken there
by the railroad employe, and Mrs
Stevens gave tho child a hot lunch,
and had him take a bath and gave
him some clean clothing. He was sent
to tho homo of his grandfather ut
Gnrvals the following day, whore ho
will be cured for.
' Foster is one of nine children, Ills
father Is dead, and the last he hoard
from his mother was at Marshflold.
Mrs. Stevens says the lad was excep
tionally good while at her homo.
The parents of the Edwards boy
have. separated, and the boy was
placed in the Home at Beaverton some
time ago, and he, like the. former,
longod for home life again.
MILITARY BILL FOR VOLUNTEERS
CAU8ES CLASH
SALEM, Jun. 27. The long-expected
clush between the state's rival mili
tary factions occurred in the Senate
today when John II. Williams, former
Adjutant General of the Oregon , Na
tional Guard, appeared on the floor of
the Senate through special courtesy
and launched a bitter attack against
Sonator Howell's measures creating
the volunteer guard.
An effort to recall the Howell bill,
which passed the Senate last week by
unanimous vote, from the House, was
voted down by a heavy majority, and
fhn lltojw..llbnnuMi4.Jb,.Mhv,i,l
BY
8.U.KM, Or., Jttit. 23. (flpurlal)
The air has cleared mi tho quimtioii
of consolidation wltli Setinlor Dlmlck
of Clackamas safely landed In the
chalniiuiiHlilp and the two Cluckumns
county imMuhoi's of tho committee, ut
least, Sotmtor Dlmlck and Koprtmmita
tivo Cross, Intend that tlutro shall bo
no bunk about Hie t'uiiHoltdatliin pro
gram this year If they can hulp It.
Senator Dlmlck ilwlures thiit poll
tics will cut no li e wlt, hit committee
this your and any miiinburs of the
committee who endeavor to inulie the
consolidation schema u program for
rfopaying any pnllticul debts or fuf
eiidnnvorlng to advance any polltlcul
proferment will bo promptly aijuotcli
id In their undertaking.
"Consolidation efforts will bo
strictly along the Hue of business
lirlnulplos.' declared tho Cliitkuums
county senator In outlining what tho
plan of procmlure of the committee
will be. "I have told tho people at
lioiiia and promised the people of the
state that 1 would give my bout ef
forts toward Ncurlng some sort of a
salient program which will in nun
something to the taxpayers and not
at the sacrifice of beneficial aud ef
ficient government. Wo hnvo tried to
do that before but have, run up agstnst
snugs. I was willing to drop out of the
race for chairmanship merely to allow
the consolidation program to bo ad
vanced to a successful conclusion. De
velopments, however, kopt iu0 on tho
committee as chairman and in that
rapacity I am going to make the big
gest effort that tins ever been nisdii lu
tho history of the state to sue that
the oft expressed wishes of tho peo
ple along consolidation lines are car
ried out.
"Primarily I wish to say that tho
Cluckumas county iiieii licii of tho
committee at losst, ami I iblnk I can
speak for Mr, Cross as well as my
self In that regard, are not going to
be bulldosed, or stampeded by any
state house ring, or by any set of
state house officials, it lias been tha
practice In the past to allow consoli
dation programs to bo torn to pieces
and strewn to the winds by a pow
erful stale caplto! lobby. These lobby
ists 'may as well stay away from us.
Because they will get nowhere. If we
want Information from tbem wo will
get It, but they will not deter us from
moving a single Inch If we believe we
should move and our program Is go
ing to be a program for tho Interest
of the people of the state and not for
tha interest of any men or it of men
who wish to retain their jobs on the
state house payroll.
"Business principles will be applied
from the start. If we find we can save
money and still do the work for the
state that should be dono by the vur
bms factions of state government, wo
are going ahead aud save the money,
regardless of who It hits, or where the
blow fulls.
"if some consolidation plan Is pro
posed In the Interest of some set or
clique who hove, political revenge or
political motives to foster, they may
as well remain at home, because their
tain will not be llstetiod to, unless
they can show us that money will be
saved for tho taxpayers.
"When I talk about this committee
wishing to save money for the tax
payers there Is no camouflugo or bunk
about It. That Is what wo have been
sent hore for and that Is what we
are going to do If there Is any chance
of accomplishing it. When wo have
forged out a sano and comprehensive
program wo will submit It to tho leg
islature and give our best efforts to
put It over. If the Legislature rejects
It the responsibility will not bo with
us.
"Thnro will be no visionary, faddist
program carled out at the Instance of
some theorizing college professor. Our
program will bo la tho interest of
good government and efficient
government and us economical a
government as can be obtained and
got good results. Wo are prepared to
say that the bunk artist may as well
remain at home because there will bo
no welcome sign out nt tho door of
the committee room for that class of
operators."
GERMAN LINERS
USED AS U. S.
TROOP SHIPS
PARIS, Jan. 21. It wus learnod
Thursday that tho United Slates will
get tho use of nil tho Grout North
German Lloyd llnors, which are In
German ports, for tho repatriation of
American troops.
Tho Germans will be paid the usuul
scalo for the uso of their ships. Tholr
property rights will not be affected.
LINDAU ARRAIGNED
William Llndau, recently Indicted by
the grand jury for bigamy, was ar
raigned Saturday and given until Sat
urday to plead.
Real Etate Tiifer
Wilda I. and Thomas H. Greene to
Reuben F. and Alta M. Welgol, part of
tract 2C, Oak Grove, $1.
Mrs. S. Buchman to J. K. Sylvia, lots
9, 10, 11, block 7, Falls View, $1.
J. It. Sylvia to Ephrlam Williamson,
lots 9, 10, 11, block 7, Falls View, $1.
C. T. and Mary 8. Howard to H. O.
Harding, lots 7 and 8, block 28, Mu
lino, $1.
8. C. Osborn to Nannie Osborn, 4
acres, section 35, T. 1 S., R 4 E., $1.
. J. W. and Eliza Roots to Peter and
Anna Susbauer, lots 7, 8,9, 10, block
1, Roof! add to Marshfleld, $1.
August and Hanna Wilson to Oscar
F. Lunden, land in Oregon City, $10.