OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31,1919
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WEELKY SOLDIER LETTER
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Schwerln ot WU
ametto, received official word a few
days ago of tie death of their young
est son, Arthur E. Schwerln, killed In
action In Fiance.
The letter received from the ad
jutant general, Is as follows:
"Private Arthur E. Schwerln of
Company A, 363rd Infantry, 91st Di
vision, who was killed In action No
vember 2, 1913, lea as his emergency
address, the name of his mother, Mrs.
Louisa Schwerln, Willamette, Ore
gon." The letter was dated January 3,
1919, and the last letter received by
the parents from the young man was
dated In October, a short time before
he met his death.
The letter written June 16, 1918,
and Is farewell message to his moth
er, previous to starting to France:
June 16, 1918
Dear Mother:
"Am writing you a farewell mess
age. We leave for France Thursday
Made good on the Lewis machine
gun. Please keep Information to your
self and dad. Outsiders must not know
when we leave. Your secrecy depends
upon our safety. I though It my duty
to write you before we go. Do not ans
wer this note for I will be sone when
the answer comes. You will receive
$58 monthly from the government jf
I am killed over there through the
$10,000 Insurance I have taken out
"I hope you will try to forget to
worry about me. If I can put a little
honor on the family name I will do It
Tell all goodbye. Give my love to my
two sisters. Will write when I get over
' there. Would have come down to see
you and the others but could not get
a pass long enough to give me time
to travel that far and be back in time
for revelle. Will be a good boy and
behave myself as good as I have In
the past
"Please attend to all business mat
ters that may arise while I am gone
concerning my property.
"Well, this Is all until I arrive In
France.
"Your Soldier Son,
"PRIVATE SCHWERIN,
. "Address unknown until I get there,
"ALOHA."
The letter written July 1, 1918, after
his arrival in Camp Merritt, New Jer
sey, Is as follows:
"Dear Mother:
"We arrived at Camp Merritt at 1:30
today. It is not much of a camp. We
have had a fine trip, coming over the
Great Northern, but do not know how
long we will stay here. Went through
eleven states. It costs 65 cents a round
trip from here to New York. This
camp la in New Jersey. We did not see
any big cities coming here as we took
to the outskirts of the towns. If we
stay here long enough I will see New
York City.
"The East does not look as good to
me as it once did .Cleveland is a
place that I do not admire. They do
not have the good air there that we
do in the West, nor do they have the
elbow room we are used to.
"Ma, I hope you will not worry. If
I go to France I want you to send me
some candy every week. Now I do
not like to ask you to do this in so
direct a manner, but if you were thou
sands of miles away from people you
have always cared for, you will under
stand why I ask this favor of you.
When I return you will never regret
the favor I am asking of you, and
which I am sure you will grant.
"We are three miles from the At
lantic ocean and 14 miles from New
York city. It does not compare with
Camp Lewis, but it is a very nice
place.
"Having nothing more to write, will
close,
"Your soldier son,
"ART.
"Company A, 363rd Infantry,
Camp Merritt, N. J."
Arthur E. Schwerin was born in
Cincinnatti, Ohio, October 29, 1882,
and was the youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Scherwin. He came West
with his parents about ten years ago,
and first settled at Elwood, in Clacka-
ma8 county. Later he came here with
his parents, and was employed for
seven years by the Hawley Pulp &
Paper company.
When entering the service he went
to Camp Lewis, where he was station'
ed for nine weeks before leaving for
France. He was stationed at Camp
Merritt, New Jersey ,for a short time
before going overseas. Soon after his
arrival in France he was in action
and had written of some of his experi
ences while on the firing line.
He was well and favorably known
here. He had many friends in Clack
amas county.
Although it was rumored several
weeks ago that the young man had
been killed his many friends and rela
tlves had hoped it was but an error,
but since the official word has ar
rived It has cast a gloom over the
community in which he resided,
Arthur Schwerln is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Schwerln
of Willamette; two sisters, Mrs. Man
Ion Snidow of Willamette, whose
brother-in-law, George Snidow of that
place, was killed in action In France;
Mrs. Sidney Waldron of St. Helena;
two brothers, Frank Schwerin, who
has been in nthe reserve in the United
States Army, and who recently re
turned to Willamette at the home of
Tils parents, from the East, and Al
bert Schwerin, a machinist, who re
sides at Sellwood.
Pa U Pa'
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Criteser of Can-
by, Route 2, received a letter from
their son, Delta, who has been in
France for a year. He has been In
,nir f the hi fiKhts and came
through without a scratch.
He states in a former letter that
he had Just been to a little store and
bought pears at 20 cents a piece; a
little can of Jam for fl.oo ana Bam
htm to the good old U. S. as fast as he
pleases.
Fully one-half of the young man's
nuvil has failed to reach him, as flat
tery A has been In the thickest ot the
fight and did nots of traveling.
The letter Is as follows:
Battery A, 147 F. A.,
Broeourt, France,
Deo. 15, 1918.
"Dear Folks:
"I received your letter dated Nov
ember 14, yesterday afternoon and
will try to answer it now. It is the
first mail that I have gotten for a
long while. Our mail was held up and
lost for some reason. The last letter
before was dated October 12, so you
see there is some mail In between
them that I haven't received.
"There must have been some cele
bration there the 11th. the way you
told of the noise they made, and there
sure was quite a noise and excite
ment going on at the front. There
were so much fireworks at night that
it was as light as day part ot the
time. We are still at the same old
place (Rrocourt) that we were in my
last letter of December 5, but we are
now pretty sure that we are going to
move within two or three days to an
other camp ,and from there they say
we most likely go on board the boat.
I hope so anyway. I would like to be
home for Christmas but it dou't look
like we can.
"I heard there Is quite a bit of "flu"
going on over there. I hope that none
of the rest ot you folks will get it I
am glad that Ernest and Elsie and
Etta are getting along all right.
"I think Allen Grlbble had more
than his share of wounds. He was
lucky to get out alive. I sure was
lucky. I didn't get a scratch. I would
n't take a lot for what I have gone
through, and have seen and wouldn't
want to go through it again for a lot
either. I wouldn't have felt right if
I hadn't come.
"You spoke of a Mrs. Catlow writing
you a letter that she hadn't heard
from Tom Gillis in our battery since
fie was crippled. There Is a Gillis in
our battery but I don't know if his
first name is Tom or not but it must
be him. I will speak to him about It.
He Is still with us, bat didn't get hurt
bad enough to go to the hospital.
"I received a letter yesterday with
one dollar bill in it from the Patriotic
Edition of the Morning Enterprise.
The real old American money sure did
look good to me, and I sure thauk
them for it I will make good use of it.
"I am feeling fine, and hope yeu
all are the same.
"With love,
"DELTA."
Its
Henry Woodbeck, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Woodbeck of this city,
with Company E, 21st Engineers (Rail
road Engineers) stationed for the pres
ent at Longyou, France, tells of some
of the recent experiences and of some
of the country he is stationed near.
He says:
"I guess the people in the States are
not a bit happier to know that it is
over than the boys over here are. It
sure was a great relief to know that
one could go to work without a gas
mask strapped, to one's side. The first
few days after the armistice had been
signed it seemed pretty quiet, especi
ally in the evening when one did not
hear the Boche planes overhead or
hear a few bombs dropped. Shells and
bombs are not as bad as gas, as one
can get under cover and the only way
one will be hurt is to get a direct
hit. The gas la much different, it
sneaks along like a snake In the grass
and It is sure to find the lowest spots.
But those things are past and now all
we want is to get home.
"We turned the railroad over to the
French today, and tomorrow we move
to Audun. I hope wo move from there
to a port for embarkation.
"There are not many civilians in
this country but they are beginning to
return to their homes they left to
escape the Germans, or some of them
were forced to leave and go Into Ger
many when the allies came into this
country. .
"This country is in pretty good
shape; some of the houses are shot
to pieces, but most of the bombing
was done on the railroad yards and
tracks. The place was a Junction with
roads running five ways out here.
The Germans held this place since
1914. They say during the war they
had 90 guarded trains a day out of
here, but when we were behind the
Argonne drive of the Meuse things
were different. Everything was shot to
pieces. Towns were level with the
ground, one could find graves wherev
er one wanted to go .
"War surely changes things. At
Varrenes a bunch of doughboys were
camped in a graveyard, and quite a
few had taken shelter in Borne vaults.
On one grave there was the statue of
an angel. Some one had dressed It up
In a suit of old underclotheB. Another
place a soldier was using a cross for a
rack to dry his clothing on.
"There was a German dugout at
Varrenes that was fitted up with a
piano, and the best kind of furniture.
This place was for officers, and was
about 60 feet deep.
"They say the Germans are short of
war material. About the only thing we
can see they are short of is rubber
and oils or greases. Their gas masks
were made of leather and all auto
tires are made of wood with iron
rims. All of their engines are in bad
shape on account of poor oil."
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George Swafford of this city, Is in
receipt of the following letter from
his brother, Lieutenant Harold Swaf
ford, who is in France:
Bordeaux, France, 12-4-1918
"Dear George:
"Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year to you. "mon cher frere".
You don't know how many times I
have wished that we could be togeth-
English Girl Has Difficulty Giving Wounded
Being wounded Is tough but It help's
a lot If somebody takes an interest
In you This photograph taken In tho
yard of an English hospital proves It.
It shows a group of women, ulrla and
children chatting with a disabled
doughboy who has boon car .'led out
for a sun bath. One of the women Is
belli paid for a cigarette with a
smile.
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we go home?" I can tell you it is pret
ty discouraging to sit here almost on
the docks and watch organizations
go home, who have not been over one
sixth the time we have. However, as
the French say: "C'est le guerre."
Something new Is coming up In the (
organization of the Transportation
Corps. It will not have such an organ
ization as a regiment. Instead it Is
divided Into individual companies and
each company will be an Independent
unit by itself reporting direct to the
headquarters of whatever railroad di
vision it might be assigned. That does
away with a Regimental Commander
and his staff. The organization tabla
provides for a Divisional Supply
ficer.
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'The censorship is practically off ! sweating like negroes when a heavy
now so we can answer any questions ; shower came tip and the water ran
you might want to ask. In the August 'down this thing In bucket fulls right
number of the Engineering Record Is! on ,hem- Dut soaked and dirty as they
a fine true article on just what the
Eighteenth has done. The Major it
speaks of Is Major Rice, who Is Lieu
tenant Colonel now.
Do you know where we are now?
I mean exactly. Well It is 'about ten
miles from Bordeaux just outside of
the village of Basscus. There is one
other town between Bassens and Bor
deaux, named Lormout. As for popu
lation it is a great deal smaller than
Canby and In the first battle of the
Maine there were 500 men from this
one town killed. We are on the Gar
rone river about five miles from
where the Dorogne river empties Into
it and the two form the Glronde riv
er from which this 'county' or region
as they are called, over here, la nam
ed. From the docks that we built to a
small town called St Sulplce we built
a line of railroad to operate In con
nection with the P. & O. (Paris &
Orleans), and here at St Sulplce are
built (under the direction of the
Eighteenth, Engineers) the finest rail
road yards and warehouses you ever
saw. Immense. France is a regular
network of railroads, makes you
think railroads railroads everywhere
and not a car to ride on. I would like
to see a real American passenger car
again.
"Well, If It works out alright I'll be
able to tell you all about It before we
are many years older.
"The main Idea of this letter is to
wish you a Merry, Merry Christmas
and a Happy, Joyous New Year, and
may I see you before another one
rolls around.
"Your affectionate brother,
"HAL."
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCarthy of
Clackamas county, are in receipt of the
following letter from their son, Rich
ard T. McCarthy of the Hospital Corps,
stationed at Santo Domint?o, West In
dies: Dec. 29, 1918.
"Dear All:
"Well, I suppose you have been look
ing for a letter for some time, but
if I would have written sooner It
would not have reached you until thia
boat gets back to the state anyway.
"I will try and tell you a little of
our triD. We left Charleston, South
Carolina, December 13, about 2 P. M
Gee! but we sure were glad to get
off that old Hartford. That was the
darndest place I had ever seen, so
no more Southern states for mine.
That night after we left the harbor I
felt myself beginning to roll around,
so I got 'chow' about 5:30; came
back upon the upper deck and there
were about 80 'guys' hanging over the
rail 'feeding the fish. Well, I thought
I would hang onto my supper as long
as I could, but a kid by the name of
Ingram (a brick salesman from Port
land) and a H. A. of our bunch came
along and said 'let's go down to the
lower deck and get a drink.', so down
the stairs I went. Oh, Gee! How it did
roll down there. You could no more
stand on your feet than you could
fly, so we managed to get a drink, and
I said let's -get back before I spill
my chow here on the deck,' so we
no more than hit the rail when It came
up. As soon as we had heaved all
we could to the fish, we crawled to
our hammocks strung up on the up
per deck right over the darn water,
you might just as well say. As long as
we were left In our hammocks the sea
sickness did not bother us.
"The second day out It began to
rain, and everybody was soaked.
"This old boat was formerly a
German cruiser, and there are no
conveniences at all on her. There
were about 550 marines and 'gobs' on
her, so you can imagine the conditions.
These marines slept right on the up
per deck with one blanket over them
during the rain. It is a wonder some of
them did not die, but they didn't. The
waves lashed right over the old second
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washed over the deck and swept them
ugHinsi the railing, and only by grub
bitiR the Iron ruil they kept from be
Ins washed overboard.
'i will tell you now what I suw of
the fireman's life. One night about
7:30 a 'guy came along and said
come with tue.' Six of us II. A. Well,
of course we went, aud they pat us
to dumping as lion All the ashes were
placed in baskets and draw n up to the
second deck, and here we dumped
them through a hole about IS Inches
square, and about every time you go
to dump a basket a wave came along
and soaked you. These firemen were
working down below an air vent, and
probably you have seen these on the
ships before. Well, the 'buggers' were
were, they kept right on. This ash
dumping lasted for about half an
hour, but that was long enough. After
this. Dr. O'Neill, an optician, Ingram,
Smith and myself were given watch
duty, so that's all we have to do Is to
stand and watch la the crowsnest or
on the bridge, for two hours a day or
night whichever It may happen to be,
while the rest of the gang scrub paint
work, or hollystone the deck from 8 to
4 o'clock, so I reckon we had pretty
good luck after all. It Isn't vwy
pleasant to get up at 2 o'clock In the
morning and stand and watch until 4
o'clock, but as it is only two hours, it
isn't so bad.
"If you will look on the map you
will see between Cuba and Haytl there
is a windward pass. I happened to be
on watch from 2 to 4 o'clock when
we went through this. Maybe you
think the wind didn't blow. I had all
I could do to hang onto the railing
and keep there. The waves came clear
over the deck too.
"We landed at Quantanama the fol
lowing Thursday, that being a six
day trip. Here we weren't supposed to
leave the ship, but we ran up to the
canteen and got some ice cream. All of
It here Is made from goat milk, but
sure Is good. From here we went to
San Diego de Cuba, and had a half
day liberty. We went up to the mar
kets where we got six bananas for a
nickel. Gee! They are about 15 Inch
es in length and three inches in cir
cumference. Down here the oranges
are six for five cents, cocoanuts a
nickel. You can get a pint of ice
cream for ten cents and wine 15 cents
a glass, hut I drank only beer and ate
frill's of a'l kinds, and with all I ate
made me feel fine, Instead of making
me sick. I don't know what I will do
when I leave here and not get th&
fruit.
"This city is mostly Inhabited by
mixed Spanish and the Mack or native
race.
"After leaving here we went to Port
au Prince, where we spent Christmas.
Some Christmas, I'll say. I hope 1
don't spend another on like It. I
helped a kid out on mess duty, so I
had all I w;mt;d to eat. This was our
menu: Mashed potatoes, turkey, dress
ing, cranberry sauce, bread and but
ter, coffee, cake, mince plo, 'nlggei
toes' (liraziliun nuts), cigarettes and
cigars,. This burg was quarantined,
so we had to remain all day on the
old boat.
"From hero we went to Cape Hayti
en, but stopped here for only a few
hours. Then wg went to Sanckey, but
on account of the influenza here, we
anchored out In the middle of the har
bor. Then we went over to the Virgin
Islands, and at St. Thomas we coaled
the ship, or rather the women did,
They carried the coal in baskets on
their heads, and received two cents a
basket for them in their money. They
worked from 2 to 10 last night, and
averaged about 60 cents each. They
sure have an awful life here. Some of
them have a few old rags to wear and
some haven't. They were glad to get
what We threw out, such as crusts ot
bread and beans left on the plates.
Tho city, though, la a nice little vil
lage, about the size of Oregon City.
It hag one movie show, which is
about the only place of amusement.
"From here we are to go back to
St. Crow, and then to San Juan, and
expect to strike Santo Domingo City,
Tuesday morning. That place Is our
destination, and we are sure glad to
reach It,
"I hope we will be home within two
or three months, but am quite sure
we will not be by harvest time.
"Say, talk about it being hot. We go
around on the boat here with Just our
undershirts Ilk othe middle of August.
Perhaps you wouldn't believe it, but
Mark Sturglg of Oregon City, was so
sunburned Christmas he couldn't get
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"With best regards and hoping this
finds you us well us It loaves mo,
"Yur son and brother,
"DICK."
Pa rta
A. J, Lewis of Maple Lane. In In
receipt ot an Interesting letter from
Private Kugene W, Morton, a well
known Muplo I.nno boy, and steward
of Maple Ijine Grange, who waa re
elected to that office at the election
of officers In December. He speaki
of lAinan In the letter, and this is
Lyman Derrick, past muster of Maple
line Grange, and a brother In luw of
Eugene ilorton.
The following Is tho loiter:
lirest, France,
Dec. 15, 191S.
"My dear Friend:
"I received your welcome letter a
few days ago, and will proceed to do
my best to answer It.
I "Little you thought that there would
be as many miles between us as there
Is. It was rather a surprise for us
when we were told we were to come
across. From what I hear, we left
Camp Fremont just In time to escape
the 'flu'. A part of our company had
it, hut only a few. I guess It was provi
dence that got us away.
"We arrived In France before the
war was over, although it was only
two days after our arrival that the
armistice was signed.
"We started on our trip on October
18, and went through several large
cities including Salt Lake, Pueblo,
Omaha, Des Moines, Rock Island, Chi
cago, Toledo,' Cleveland, Buffalo and
New York City, and Bcvcral more. We
were orf the train several time at
different places. We wore seven days
coming across, and were taken acrois
to Long Island on the ferry, and then
took a train to the camp. You are
probably better posted on the loca
tion of the camp than I am. We were
there from Friday ulght until Mon
day morning. We boarded the trans
port about 10 A. M. Monday, and
pulled out of the harbor about noon.
"We had fine weather all tho way,
with the exception of about 18 hours,
when we had a little storm. That only
livened thinns up a bit. I was lucky
and did not get sea sick. Thore wero
sixteen or seventeen ships In tho con
voy, Including a battle ship and a few
destroyers. There wbb a wholo fleet
of destroyers that met us about a
day out, and came In with us. We
were twelve days on the water, and
landed here November 9. We remained
here in Ureal for a little over a week,
then went south about 125 miles to
Paris, and stayed there one night, and
moved on about seven miles farther
to Saint Gents, a small village. We
were billeted thore. Fourteen of us
had two rooms on the third floor of an
old house, so we were pretty well
cared for. We remained there a little
over a week, and came back to Brest,
arriving here on Thanksgiving eve.
That is one Thanksgiving I will al
ways remember.
"Since we have been here, w8 have
beon working at most everything a
person could think of.
"We are at Pontanzen Barracks
now, right at Napoleon's old training
ground. Ills old barracks are of stone
and are at least 200 feet long, sur
rounded by a high Btone wall. All
buildings are of stone.
"I .have not been Impressed with
France like some have. Have not
made much headway at learning the
French language. So far, I do not take
much Interest In It. Don't care much
a'bout the girls in this country. I can
talk to them by using lots of signs.
"We were among those who had
the chance to see President Wilson on
his arrival here. Our company was
street guard, also had the honor of
seeing General Pershing,
"Lyman is here, but was transferred
to L company. I have only seen him
twice since we have been here. He Is
on guard duty at Brest, and he sure
does look well.
"Give my regards and best wishes
to all members of the grange.
"As I have to work tonight, will
close for the present time.
"Your friend,
"PRIVATE EUGENE W. HORTON
"Company E, 18th Inf., A. P. O. 716,
A. E. F."
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TOURIST ASSOCIATION IS ACTIVE
Much Work Done to Attract Eastern Peo
ple to the Northwest
Oregon will act as host thin summer
to tho National Editorial Association
us one of the results of tho activities
of tho Paelllo Northwest Tourist Asso
ciation. This body ot men and women
U made up ot the brightest minds In
the newspaper world and the results
that will accrue from a publicity
standpoint are beyond all computation,
Durlnit tho past two years the Tour
ist Association representing Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia hits
spout 1113,000 to attract tourists to tho
Paclflo Northwest and tho results have
been fur beyond expectation when war
conditions are taken Into consideration.
That Oregon him received tho greater
benefit over tho other commonwealths
Is evident In the attendance at Cruter
U.ke. Thore are 11 National Parks In
the United States and all but two
showed a decrease In attendance ex
cept Crater Utke and Rainier National.
Crater Iake showed an Increase of be
tween 25 to 40 per cent and nearly 50,
000 people visited Rainier National
while all parts of the I'acirio Northwest
were Included In tho various phases of
publicity.
The total expenditure of tho tourist
aud vacation seeker per annum Is not
less than One Billion Dollars and It Is
to secure our fair share of this iin
mense revenue that this association
exists.
It Is safe to say that within a very
short time the Paclflo Northwest and
It can bo demonstrated by figurescan
derive from Fifty to One Hundred Mill
ion Dollars of actual cash fiom the en
couragement of this travel. This cash
remains In the Paclflo Northwest. It
Is not sent out for any raw material,
nor for any other commodity, but re
mains here to help every Imllvldmil
cltlien In the development ot his busi
ness, aud In tho payment of his taxes
and the Tourist Is absolutely the fore
runner of the settlor, the new Investor
and the manufacturer.
L PERSHI
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PARIS, Jan. 24. General John J
Pershing, commander of the American
armies In Europe, will return to the
United Statns with President Wilson
on the transport George Washington,
It was learned here today.
General Pershing Inspected the em
barkation center at Lemans today. He
will return to American great head
quarters later.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 "It Is
ows to me. Interesting news," said
Secretary of War Baker, when told
that General Pershing Is to return
'roiu Europe with President Wilson on
the George Washington.
General .March, chief of staff, also
evinced surprise at (he announcement.
Both said It would not be necessary
for an order to bo Issued formally
for tho commander of the American
expeditionary force to accompany the
president home.
IS
LIFTED AT SALEM
AND STATE ASYLUM
SALEM, Or., Jan. 27. Dr. It. E. Loo
Steljier, superintendent of thn state
hospital for the insulin, said today that
tho Influenza quarantine will be lifted
at that institution Wednesday of this
week. For a time, however, the bos
pital will be open only to relatives of
patients, and general vIhUIiir by the
public will be discouraged until there
is a complete eradication of the mal
ady. Only four cbsob remain at the In
stitution. The Influenza ban was lifted In
Salem today. Schools and theatres op
ened and other public gatherings will
be permitted. The quarantine order
will be continued. Milder weather of
the last woek has caused a marked de
crease In the number of cases and
most of the new cases are from homes
that already have been under quaran
tine. CANNON WANTED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24,-Congrcss-man
W. C. Hawley has Introduced a
bill In the lower house of congress,
providing for the gift to cities In his
district of captured Gorman cannon.
The cities named In, the bill aro Jack
sonville;, Grants Pass, Rosoburg, Eu
gene, Albany, Salem, Oregon City, As
toria, St. Ilolons, Iltllaboro, McMInn
vlllo, Dallas, Corvallls, Tillamook, To
ledo, Coqullle, Gqld Beach, Ashland,
Medford and Marshfled, making 20 In
all.
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Travel by rail was dlMOoiiragnd last
year aud as far as going abroad Is con.
corned there will be nothiiitf doing this
year. The war Is over and thn peopla
huvn tho money and a desire to travel.
We have so far expended 1 113,000, to
attract attention to tho trentest as
set wo hnvo and we only need to keep
up tho work to secure returns based on
this expenditure far heyound thn do
sires of thn most avaricious To Illus
trate: the Park to Park Highway As
sociation at a recent mooting In Spok
ane reported 10.000 mnchlui entering
Spokane over the Yellowstone I Ugh
way with an average of four In a ma
chine, HupiHiHo those machines wore
gathered together In Spokane In one
tluy. You know what It costs yptt to
travel. Take this amount anil multi
ply It by 40.000 and look at thn total
aud this la the way this new money
(hat costs up practically nothing to get
flow lii a steady stream Into our lay,
House Hill 78 culls tor another appro
priation to cover the coming two years,
tor thn same amount asked for two
years ago and dependent upon Wash
ington and British Columbia following
wlih thn same amount they gave prev
iously, No appropriation has secured
more for Oregon or boon bettor admin
Istered. Tho work Is under the con.
slant attention of sonio of our loading
business mon who give their time free
of charge and pay their own expense
when attending the mooting ot the
Board of Directors.
Thn state revenues art used to de
velop every other asset, either by main
taining departments, enforcement of
Inws. maintaining institutions, and tho
building ot mads and bridges and the
simplest way to Increase theso rev
enues Is by a development morn potent
than any that has gonn liefer which
will result In the coming here of thou
sands of mon and women, who will see
us as we are and who will In a large
measure either remain permanently or
leave their money for Investments
LOSES FIGM
00L MEASURE
E FRIDAY
SALEM. Or., Jun. 24. (Special)
Representative Cross of Clackamaa
county, wa responsible for the first
real fight to develop In the house, anil
a measure of his providing hat grad
uates ot standard colleges may teach
In thn elementary schools of the
state brought forth a vitriolic debate
which consumed aliuoHt the entire
time of the morning session. Cross
favored a minority report on his bill to
keep It from getting killed. Mrs.
Thompson headed a majority report.
and Cross lost out, but It was only af
ter he had made two strong speech
es. During the course of one of his talks
he stated that he had been advised
by an Oregon City educator that the
wheels of thn machine of the stale
superintendent's office were well
groused aud ho could expect to find
when he came to Salem It would be al
most useless to buck up nualnst that
machine. Ho admitted afterwards ho
had found it so.
Cross sounded the keynote by de
claring to lo in favor ot legislation
of "Common Sense."
MEDICAL MEN
APPROVE OF
MERGER PLAN
SALEM, Or., Jan, 27. Dr. W. F.
Allen and Dr. Harold Q. Myers, mem
bers of the fuculty of tho medical col
lego of tho University of Oregon In
Portland, appeared before tho consoli
dation committee of tho stuto legisla
ture and expressed approval of tho
consolidation proposed us It affects
the health department.
. They stated that tho college would
opposa political appointments and
would want the modlcal eollego men
placed in charge of the Hclentlfle work.
They are mainly Interested In the bu
reaus of opldormology nnd of prevent
able dlsoases. They aro of the opinion
that efficiency would bo Increased by
a consolidation of the state's laborator
ies, as planned In tho report of the
consolidation commission.
FIRE DE8TROY8 CATHEDRAL
MONTREAL, Que., Jan. 17. The
Catholic cathedral at Chlcoutlml, In
the Lake St. John district, wbb de
stroyed today by !lre which threaten
ed the presbytery and other adjoin
ing buildings. The damage was $300,
000. ROOSEVELT DAY PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. A bill
setting aside October 27 as a Nation
al holiday, to be known as Roosevelt,
day, was Introduced today by Repre
sentative Bacharach of Now Jorsey,
and roferrod to tho House Judiciary
committee.
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