OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919.
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BOYS OVER HERE-OVER THERE
4 LETTERS WANTED
Soldier "ettera are wanted by
the Enterprise, aa all are anxious
to hear about our soldier boys
here and over there. Whether
your boys' letters have been in $
the Enterprise or not, and you
have more arriving, bring them
in. We wilt gladly publish them.
' We publish a letter every day,
and will take care of them for
you, and return them. $
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. O'Neill
have received a letter from their son,
I R. (Tip) O'Neil, one of the well
known Oregon City boys entering the
service. He has been in the service
for over a year, and has made many
trips to France. The following is a por
tion of the letter:
Norfolk, Va,,
Feb. 15, 191S.
"Dear Ma:
"Well, this is Sunday night, and
everything is closed tight, except
churches and restaurants.
"Our ship is in the drydock for a
few days. I think we will leave for
France in about a week.
"On my 48-hour furlough I went to
Richmond. Virginia, and went through
the confederate mueouum. It sure was
worth while. It bad ill kinds of relic
from the war. There we fifteen
rooms in the house, and each room
represented southern state. Here
were all the belongings of the officers
and even the generals. This was for
merly the home of Jefferson Davis in
the years of 1S61 and 1865. 1 also saw
the home of General Lee and the
house that General Stonewall Jackson
died in. I bet Pa would have liked
to go through some of these places.
"We also saw the old battle grounds
around there.
"Will write before sailing.
"Tell all the boys hello, not forget
ting yr4rselL'
"I am always,
L. R. (Tip) O'Neill."
Care Postmaster New York City, N.
Y. Baker First Class, U. S. 8. Ryn-
dam.
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Bert Harvey, who is on the U. S. S.
"Willlmantic, Is now on is way from
Gibraltar to Trieste, Italy. He Is on
the ship, and is anxious to return
home. All know Bert in Oregon City
and his many friends are planning to
give him a royal reception upon his
return.
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Joseph Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs.
"Jacob Miller of this city, is in the
navy and is on the U. S. S. Floridian.
In a brief letter to friends in Oregon
City Wednesday morning he tells of
the ship getting on fire, and the boat
is In bad shape, but will be ready for
. sailing about March 15.
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Milton Nobel, son of Mr. and Mrs
Louis Nobel of this city, who has
made many trips to France, on the,
U. S. S. Ryndam, has been enjoying
a nine-days' furlough while the steam
er was in port at Newport News, Vir
ginia. He has set sail again for
France, and is anxiously awaiting his
lonorab'e discharge from the service.
At the time of enlisting Nobel was
connected with the Bynk of Com
' merce. ,
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(Tip) L. R. O'Neill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas F. O'Neill of this city,
was accompanied on his brief fur
lough to Richmond, Virginia, by Clyde
Montgomery. The latter is tb" son of
Mr. and Mrs. lohn Montgomery , and
both young men are now on their
way back to France on the U. S. S
Ryndam. ,
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John Montgomery, fourth eon of Mr.
and Mrs. John Montgomery in the
service, has received his honorable
discharge from the service, and hasj
returned to Oregon City. John has
(been on the receiving ship at Iiay
Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y., and was much
taken up with his work, but of course
is one of the boys who ie glad to be
mustered out of service and returned
to his home. He has a host of friends
here, who gave him a most cordial
welcome. He hag been in the service
over a year.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wade of Cams,
Clackamas county, have three sons
in the service. These are Miles C.
Wade, aged 24 years, eldest son in the
army; Alva R. Wade, aged 22 years
and Pearl 0. Wade, aged 20 years
who is in the navy.
Miles C. Wade is with the Field Ar
tillery, Battery B, and is now at Ok-
lahoma,where he is in charge of the
bulletin board of the mess ho-jse. He
helped to train the soldiers at Fort
Bill, and also was one of the assist
ants on the big caterpillars. One of
these exploded within about 20 feet
of him while he was sitting on a car
track, and he only escaped by step
ping behind a freight car.
Alva R. Wade is on duty on the
Rhine, and was on the front from July
6 to the time of the signing of the
armistice, and was one of the young
men firing the last shot He is with
Battery E. In the last letter received
by the mother he said he was just
recovering from a severe attack of
pneumonia. Alva Wade enlisted on Oc
tober S at Walla Walla, and says he Is
anxious to be home again.
Pearl O. Wade went to' Mare Island,
and then to Honolulu, later to Japan
and then to Siberia. From there he
went to the Phll'.lplne Islands. He Is
In the marine service, and joined the
6th of August
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bettel, formerly
of Oregon City, out now residing at
1426 East Eighteenth street Portland,
have three sons In the service. Lieu
tenant Irwin Leonard Betzel, who was
graduated from the Oregon Agricul
tural College, and was an assistant in
structor in pharmacy when entering
the service, is la France, and writes
his parents that he expects to return
to America abeut March 1. He was at
the officers' training camp at Camp
Lee, Virginia, and was also stationed
at Camp Funs ton, Kansas, before go
ing overseas. He entered the service
January 5, 1918. ,
Charles J. Betxel has been in the
service since a year ago last Decem
ber. He took up his training at Goat
Island and San Diego, and is now on
the U. S. S. Alabama. Betzel has made
a number of trips to France and Eng
land. Dorian Betzel is on the hospital
ship Herbert Pratt Ho has been in
France several trips on the hospital
ship. He entered the service at the
same time aa his brother, Charles, in
December, 1917. ,
A service flag of three stars adorns
the window of the Betzel home in
Portland, and the parents are proud of
their son's loyalty to their country',
fa fa fa
Mrs. Sophia Moody of this city, re
ceived word from her son, Kent, who
is with the Third American Army of
Occupation, stationed at Neuweid, Ger
many, 12 miles from Cobleuz, Wednes
day. This American army is further
east of any army in Germany up to
date, and he says he has been from
one end of the Rhine river to the oth
er, and so far has eeen nothing to
compare with the scenery of the Col
umbia river highway. He is well and
be hopes, is well as the rest of the
boys, to be home in the early summer
and back to his native state Oregon.
IS
School district No. 21, the smallest
In Clackamas county, is to be stand
ardised, and In order to have this
done, some of the booster , of tho
school of this district, which Is at
Linn's Old Mill, and about four miles
from Oregon City, forgot their farm
duties Saturday, ami repaired to the
school grounds to do their bit These
were Joseph Spees. G. L. Kvansou,
George Snots, Mr. Deerneti, George
Closner, 1). H. Stewart and William
Spargue.
The work to be done to make the
school house that of a standardised
school was to chiig the win
dows, the dceks. the blackboard and
the doors. This was accomplished and
the men worked like beavers ull day.
As their homes were located near the
schoolhouse. they were able to par
take of their usual hot noon meal.
This little district i one of the
most patriotic, In the county, and the
residents of that little settlement have
always done their part In bringing
that part of the county over the top
In every drive.
Plans are being made to give an eu
tertalnment at the school house on
the second Saturday of March, when
the proceeds therefrom will go to
wards purchasing paraphanella for the
school grounds for the pleasure of the
school children.
WEELKY SOLDIER LETTER
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AT
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LILE DAILEY HOME
AFTER
An organization meeting of the
three departments of the farm bureau
was held at the Concord school house
Thursday evening, when Miss Anth
ony, the home administrator agent
R. G. Scott county agent and T. L
Olmstead, In charge of the boys' and
girra' club work of Clackamas coun
ty, were In attendance. Each present
ed the line of work to be taken up
in the county, and explained to those
in attendance how the work was to be
carried on.
The people in attendance were al
lowed to select the subject to be car
ried on in the district Mr. Scott's pro
ject is fetllizer demonstration, and the
project leader appointed was T. P.
Worthlngton; seed improvement lead
er, C. P. Andrews; drainage. John
Baumgartner; poultry, Mrs. C. P.
Laudian; extermination of rodents, J.
J. Gross; extermination of Canadian
thistle, John Risley.
Miss Anthony did not organize at
this meeting, but will attend a meet
lng of the Parent-Teacher Association
when the leaders will be appointed.
Mr. Olmstead appointed Mrs. O'Con
ner as a club leader for gardening pro
ject, and John Baumgartner was chos
en chairman of the executive commit
tee.
H. G.' Starkweather presided at the
meetjng, which wa3 largely attended.
With the empty trouser leg as evi
dence of his sacrifice in the world war
against the Hun hordes, Private Llle
Dailey of Portland, formerly of this
city, is home visiting his mother, Mrs.
Ella Dailey, 809 Moores street.
Private Dailey is a member of Com
pany G, 18th infantry, and came to
Portland from the Walter Reed hospi
tal at Washington, D. C, where he has
been receiving treatment. He was in
jured at Soissons, receiving wounds
which later necessitated amputation.
He enlisted with the old Third Oregon
regiment at Oregon City.
Arthur Dailey, a brother, who has
been In the navy for 21 months, re-
cently has been given his discharge
KING WRITES
LETTER TO BOY
OF THIS CITY
The following letter was received
from King George by Albert M. Scrip
ture, of the 642 Aero Squadron, now
in France, and Is highly prized by the
young man, who is the son of S. F
Scripture of this city, the letter hav
lng been sent home by the young
man for safe keeping:
Windsor Castle, England
April, 1918
Albert M. Scripture,
642 Aero Squadron, France, A.E.F,
"Soldiers of the United States, the
people of the British Isles welcome
you on your way lo take your stand
beside the armies of many nations
now fighting In the old world the
great battle for human freedom.
"The Allies will gain new heart and
spirit in your company.
"I wish that 1 could shake the hand
of each one of you and bid you God
speed on your mission.
"GEORGE, R. I.
T "" ' "
PROBATE COURT
AT
MOUNT PLEASANT IS
FORMED LAST WEEK
Industrial Club work was started
last week at Mount Pleasant Bchool
with the organizaton of three standard
clubs. A club, to be standard must be
composed of at least five members
and must conform to various other re
quirements of the Oregon Agricultural
College.
The clubs and their officers are a
follows'
Baking Club local leader, Miss An
na L. Erlckson; president, Hermania
King; secretary, Lucille Wilson; vice
president, E'sle Iiieratecker.
Poultry Club local leader, Miss
Margaret H. Thompson: president
Virgil .Webb; vice president, Lee
P.arnum; secretary, Forrest Yexley.
Canning Club local leader, Mrs. W,
A. Barnura; president, Edna Jubb;
vice president, Alice Hultenberg;
secretary, Helen Erlckson.
There are, besides the three stand
ard clubs, three pupils who have en
listed In other projects.
The officers of the main club are:
president, Cecil Wilson; vice presl
dent, Gladys Thomas; secretary
Alice Hultenberg.
The clubs will hold five meetings
during the year. At these meetings
each, club will give a half hour pro
gram, which must be an original one,
prepared wholly by its own members
Great enthusiasm is being shown by
the pupils in the competitive scheme
and the teachers expect better results
than ver in th Industrial Club work
this year.
BANKS DONATE
BIG U. S. FLAG
FOR CONTEST
Petition for probate of the will of
the late Gustavus Oldenburg was filed
Thursday by Ami Oldenburg, a son
The estate consists of real estate In
fclackamas county and is valued at
11500. There are several heirs.
Effingham B. Sutton filed for letters
of administration of the estate of the
late Allen McKenzie Sutton, who died
at San Francisco in 1915. The estate
consists of property in Clackamas
county valued at $1500. There are sev
eral heirs to the estate.
The banks of Oregon City have giv
en a U. S. Army regulation 7xll-foot
American flag to be given to the
school which gives the most per capita
for the suffering children in Armenia
and Syria. The contest closes Febru
ary 28.
Superintendent Kirk came down
town Saturday to procure a flag for
Barclay school but when he saw the
The following Is a poem composed
by Private Robert 11. Richards of Com
pany U, Eighth Infantry. In Franco
and otto of the Clackamas county
boys, son of Mr. and Mix. r 1'
aiils, of this city:
The Eighth Infant rv sailed from old
Broadway,
To Sunny Fainee, so far away.
On November the 9th. they landed at
ltrest.
Then hiked to Camp Pontuiioaen to
take a reat.
rpon learning of their arrival, old
Kaiser Bill,
Threw up his hands and went over
the hllL
And on November the 11th. the rogu
Ish Huns
So frightened nt the appearance
of the Native Sons.
Said to Htndenburg: "The Armlstleo
you must sign
Before the fighting Yanks cross over
the Rhine."
Then the fighting Eighth, still raring
to go.
Started for the front on a train so
slow.
After two days travel they reached
Jonxac,
And staged a battle against Cognac
Battle after battle we successfully did
win.
Then they threw In the reserves (on
boutille de vln)
Gallantly they fought with but one
thought in mind.
To conquer or die, this native wine.
After struggling day and night, both
officers and men,
The battle of Joniac did finally win
Then back to Brest, we started once
more,
Expecting to embark for the Ameri
can shore.
Alas! The boat on which we were to
salt,
Must have met with disaster in an
Atlantic gale.
Then up the log hills, through the
chilling rain,
To the beautiful Camp of recreation
and refrain.
Rut the Camp was unfinished, so we
rested over night:
Next morn, "Chow" call sounded
long before day light
Then to the mees hall you should seen
us rush,
To hear the cook say "No seconds
on mush "
After breakfast we went out to fa
tigue. Some to the docks, others to dig.
So nowwe are stevedores and engin
eers as well.
And some of the boys say we are S.
O. L,
On every job we are highly compli
mented, But still the boys seem to "be dis
contented. Their hopes nil vanished when they
drew rubber boots,
But the hardest blow of all. was the
oil akin suits.
And the only rumor I have heard to
day, Is that the Eighth is sure to go
home In May.
But we and the 319th Engineers.
Would not give up Ir. a thousand
years,
We came to France to do our bit,
And we'll do it, you know, fnr we've
got the grit.
I know its h; rd now. as though the
mud we troil,
It seems that we fro entirely for
gotten by God.
But soon we'll hear them say "Roll
your pack,"
The boat's In the dock to take us
back.
So patiently we wait for the final de
clsion,
The lonesome units of the Eighth
Division.
PRIVATE ROHKRT II. RICHARDS
Co. IS, 8th Infantry,
Brest, Franoe.
fa fa fa
The following is a portion of Bert
Harvey's diary dated January 17, on
board the U. S. Willlmantic, and re
ceived by the young man's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Harvey: ,
Jan. 17, 1919
This surely has been the darndest
ing, checking, taking Inventory and
every ten minutes some one looking
you up for this, that or the other. Cer-
two days I have ever put In, with all
the uncertainty of whether we were
going across or transferred to a navy
ground here. I worked my head off, be
tween getting supplies aboard, pack
talnly been a mad house aboard this
hip since word was received we were
to continue on her.
We are stationed now at Staten Is
land. From here we go to Gibraltar
for orders, and that is a hundred to
one shot that wo go to some port In
the Mediterranean or Black Sea Un
derstand several ships have 'been
here lately and out of here for Gibral
tar, from which point they went to Dat
um, Armenia. Hope we go also, as
long as we have to go. May get ashore
at Constantinople If I am lucky, at any
event, but will get to see It navy stylo
through a port hole. Mr. Pasco has
just been tel'lng us all about the
beauties of the Mediterranean, both
climate and the water, and from his
description it must be as fine a place
to live In as the Pacific Northwest
which includes Seattle.
Mr. Pasco says It will take us about
25 days to go from here to Gibraltar
and a week or ten days to Batum (If
we go there), two or three weeks to
unload our cargo, as it seems they
don't have the facilities or pep in for
Had they any intention of sending this
cargo to France or north, at this time,
we wou'd have gone to England or
some port in France for orders.
January 17, 1919
"Noon. Weil I'll be darned orders
changed again, result being we now
are to take the ship across, sailing
some time tonight or tomorrow morn
lng early. Assuming again that In-
formation la correct, I am going to get
this set of copies off this afternoon,
to counteract the effect of the ones
this morning, when a messenger came
elgn countries to handle cargo like
they havo here, then of course tlmo of
our return to this coast again depends
upon what they do with us after got
ting rid of our present cargo. Whtto I
think of It, It must be borne In mind
may bo two months before any furth
er mall from me can reach any of
my friends, as Gibraltar will bo the
first port wo will touch where wo can
put mall ashore, that will be from 'JO
to 30 day from now, then allowing
for delays In mall bouts, and lime
across the Atlautle and overland
Don't suppose six weeks or two
months will bo much out of the way,
"I am certanly glad we are not go
lng to Norway. I would simply have
frosen to death In that country, as
the sun forgets to thine at thin time
of the year. In the same breath
though, I know It la possible, but hard
ly probable, that we may go any where
In this world of ourn, as they run
change orders on you Just as often as
they please, and they do change them
In a hurry, as 1 well know. Within
reason to think our order at (libra!
tar will be to go to France, or some
place north of It, but hardly probable
aboard with a note for me from the
paymaster, who I over In the city, to
the effect that the ship would not
now be turned over and to havo the
captain report over In the city this
afternoon for orders. I did so, and the
only thing delaying his sailing was
repairs to the engine, which would
be completed this evening, taking off
the motor sailors and barges, and W
tons more of fresh water. It Is all
supposed to be completed this after
noon, so want to make sure of getting
this out today sure. Don't know, but
best of my Information I we go to
Gibraltar now for orders, which may
mean any place at all In Italy, A us
trla, Turkey, Armenia, Russia, or
Lord knows where. Here I had all my
small stores packed, and most of my
canteen. Now will have to turn In and
unlock the whole work.
"BERT."
beautiful flag at Dr. Prudden's store
he decided to wait until Barclay bad mailed last night
won the flag. 1 "I was busy packing up my canteen
fa fa fa
Miss Anna Rlnearson has received
the following letter from Private Per
cy Wilson, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son of Gladstone:
Cavlte. P. 1.
January 11, 1919
"Dear friend Anna:
"As It has been some time since 1
last wrote you, I thought I would
write again and let you know what
has been doing here for the past two
months. We have had lots of excite
ment with the holidays and the wars
ending, so I will tell you about it
"We had the usual turkey dinner on
Thanksglvng Day, Christmas and New
Years. The barracks were all decorat
ed ud with flags and greens from
Xmas until after New Years.
"The natives had a carnival during
the early part of December, with Pr
ades and all sorts of games and rao
es. The girls played base ball and
needless to say the Marines rooted
loudly for Cavlte. The negro team
from the Ninth Cavalry played two
games. They are awfu'ly funny r.mi
had a good time here. The negroes put
on a vaudeville act at the movie wliow
here, a large crowd was there and
their buck and wing dancing received I
much applause. There has been some
kind of a benefit show here almost
every week for the last month. The
Red Cross raised over $100,000.00 In
tho drive and secured many new mem
bers. They gave several dances alo to
raise funds.
"I went over to tho club Xmue Eve
to a combined dance and entertain
ment The typhoon came up and I had
to stay over night. A big steamer was
wrecked and twenty-one people lost
their lives. Much damage was done ta
tho rice fle'ds and to the hemp and
sugar cane plantations. It was unus
ual for such a hard storm at this sea
son of the year.
"We had games and sports of all
kinds again, and two greased pigs to
chase which were not easily caught
We had a holiday from Xmas untl'
New Years with not much to do. I
went to Manila again New Years Eve
to the Club. There were thousands of
of people upon the streets with all
sorts of noise making things in thel;
hands. They kept b'owlng the horns
and tooting whistles, throwing confet
ti for hours. At 12 o'clock things tore
looes for fair and they kept It up for
over an hour.
"I have been quite busy since the
first of the year, but we have most
of our work caught up now so that 1
am able to get out and enjoy some of
this nice weather we are having. The
days are bright and sunny but a lit
tle cool at times.
I have been going out swlmmng
and sailing for the last week, we have
a dandy sail boat and It s great sport
to go skimming over the waves, but I
have acquired a lot of sunburn which
Is not much of a comfort to me. I am
feeling fine now and taking on weight
after I recovered from the ' Fm.
There were over 36,000 people died
here and some still have it In the
other Islands. I read In the paper about
the time they had in the State with
It. It Is awful. Only three people in
the service have died from it.
"I read in the papers about Presl
dent Wilson's trip to Europe ana
about Theodore Roosevelt's death
The flags are at half mast in his
honor and services are going to be
held tomorrow in a'l the churches It
Manila. I may go but may not be able
to get away.
"I suppose Pete will soon be home
again now that the men are being
discharged out of the army. I expect
to get away from here in a month o
so, if our relief ever gets here. I have
about four months to do so perhaps 1
will see you about Decoration Day. I
will certain'y be glad to be free again
and don't think I care for any more
life in the tropics as I have seen sun
shine for eo long that I want to see
some rain and snow again and soim
fir tree.
"Slnooroly your friend,
"PKUCY WUSON."
"P. S. We have a lit t tt black pup
fur mascot, llo t awt.il mean us some
oiio Is always teasing him. Please ex-
cuso mistakes as this s written has
tlly."
fa fa fa
Leslie Kellogg, null (if Mrs. Ina Kel
logg M 'bis city, has arrived safely at
Canin Stuart, Va., from Friinco, The
fol'owlng Is tho letter written previous
to Nulling for the I'utled States:
Somewhere In France.
"Dear Mother;
We are located In tho heart of the
wine district of France. About all that
Is grown here I grapes and tho peo
ple give u all we want to oat. Y ester
duy as we were on our dally hike
across country, we saw the way wine
Is nnulo and It Is not an appetising
sight. They build a largo hardwood
box of Indefinite proportions .which
has drains to cuU'h the Juice, then
what dr you think! First they fill the
box with grapes, lake off their shoes
and get Into tho box with tholr bare
feet and smash the Juice out. Vgh!
Wouldn't you like a nice fresh glass of
grape juice? I never Imagined they
made wine In any such primitive,
did you?
"I don't believe I ever told you what
market day looks like. It Is strange
but market day Is always on Sunday
There la a squaro In any town of any
Importance at all and on Saturday
night the farmer? arrive and set up
their sUniUJnst like Booster Day In
tho States. Each one tpoctalUes and
they don't try to run anyone but them
selves out of business. It sure Is fun
to watch them buy thtdr necessities at
the different booths. Butter Is made In
long rolls about three feet long and a
man cuts off as much as the customer
desires. Their bread takes first priio
though, tor It Is about two and a half
feet long and weighs five pound. This
slue seems to be standard and It is
a common sight to see a kid lugging
a loaf larger than himself down the
street
"We have almost forgotten what a
modern bouse, or Malson Modern,
looks like. Everything goes back tev
eral hundred years or longer. In one
town there even Is a castle w ith moats
around It just a In olden times. Tho
houses are mad of stone that Is mln
ed from the ground as we mine coal.
They lg a large hole down to the
rock, then branch out In every direc
tion, in one of them we could walk a
block under ground. In one little cave.
In one place there Is a whole city un
(lorgroiind which was very popular In
the days gone by. We have also travel
od on one of the oldest roads In the
world. It I lined with Sycamore tree
on both sides, which are hundreds ot
years old. These tree aro very plen
tlful hero and are a great deal like
our Maple tree at home.
"One funny thing here the people
all start to say "Goodnight" right
away after noon. One thing we hear
more than scything else, I think, U
"No Cornpree" which means "I don't
understand" In America. Whenevei
you say anything they don't like, that
Is what they say. It sure sounds funny
to hear them say "Mercl", meaning
thanks whenever one buys anything.
"Our billet Is an old chateau on top
of a small hill overlooking the sur
rounding country for severel kllomot
ers. We can see for maybe twenty five
kl'ometer to north and tho villages
are as thick as pimples on a person
witn tho m Mules. no farmers are
I left lloideauux tho first of Aug
ust, Have seen bit or country imt
none of the war son. Made two trips
to I'ontnlller on I ho Swiss border and
was down to Never and up to Lun
gers, IHJotl, tlie home or llltl -pimra-
llng Burgundy' l our nearest city, It
being twenty miles uway. I him we
have oilo of tho liiininit buKorlws III
tho world, LROO.OdO pound of bread u
duy If necessary; also Imvn complete
niiicliliio hops, to repair r,unn, can
non, unil everything In n fight. Ua it
great gu plant not far away. Have
separate shop for englntwirs' uijulp
ment, iOI very complete.
"The faiiu laud around here I not
of much account. Hut around Never
they havu very flint places, with stock
of ull kinds, turkey, geeo' etc. V
had turkey Thanksgiving by chipping
In five franc each. It cosl snveuty
cent per pound, It cost one dollar i
to get any meal. Boom are fifty und
seventy five cent In tho small town.
But w do not get to run around
Army life I tint ot a prisoner.
I am glud to know my folk have
kept well while I'm over here. I hav
not lost a day since I have been lu
the army.
"With best regards to all,
"I am sincerely your.
J. R. BTAFFOHI),
Co. K. 18th Engr., Hy.. A. P. ()..
No 712."
BATTLE IS EXPECTED
ON OLEOMARGARINE
MEASURE IN HOUSE
HALEM, Fuu. If A battle I expert
ed on the floor of tho houso today
when the Pierce oleomargarine bill Is
reported with a dlvded committee em
posed of the house manufacturing and
the house food and dairy product'
committee. The manufacturers ar
opposed to the measure, while a ma
jority of the dulry commute men fav
or It. It seems that a majority report
wilt be submitted against the bill and
a minority report In favor of It. The
motion to substitute the minority for
a majority report will be the opanlng
gun In what promises to be one of tho
llvllet scrspi ot the session.
10
PROJECTS
just in the ?)ldst of tholr full plowing
which they do wlih oxen exclusively
They havo tho strangest way of plow
Ing I ever lieurd of. . They plow the
land up In dead f.irrows and hillock
alternute'y, and then send the high
places. Old John Itayl must be quite a
veteran by this time. I was at the
same sctiooi rrunx M. MUllknn was
and returned several week ago.
Lator We have taken our first
step in tho Journey homeward and
are very Impatiently waiting for the
next one. tast Saturday we loft I,us
sue and hiked Into I.lbourne and have
been here ever since. Talk ubout a
happy bunch of follows! There cou'd
n't have been any happier bunch than
the 69th when we rolled our packs and
started West We have not received
any mail for over a month and won't
got any moro until we hit tho States,
so I haven't much Idea what Is hap
pening In old Oregon City. But don't
worry about us as we will soon bo
where letter writing Is unnecesMory
which means Home, Sweet Home.
"Love to all.
'ES."
fa fa fa
The following letter has been writ
ton by J. R. Stafford of Company E
188th Engineers, Railway:
ls-snr-Tllle, Franco,
Dec. 3, 1918.
Dear Uncle Jack:
"It has been a long time since I
heard from you. This Christmas will
be different from those gone by. How
ever, time changes a great many
things. Hero I am, miles from any
where, yet It Is a large place from a
military view, with Its vast stores,
warehouses and yards. It sure sounds
good to hear those American locomo
Uvea whistle, after listening so long
to the little screech of the Belgian
SALEM, Feb. 21. Bids on four
road building projects wl'l bo receiv
ed by the sluto highway commission
In Portland on March (3. The meeting
will be held In the court house. Chair
man S. Benson will return from Cali
fornia to attend. The projects on
which bid will be received are:
Wolf Creek to Grave creek section
of Pacific highway In Josephine coun
ty, 4 9 mile macadam.
Grand Rondo section Yamhill Nes-
turca highway In Yamhill county, 2.7
mlloH, grading and macadam.
John Day to Fish creek section of
Jbhn Day highway In Gram routity,
7.2 miles of grndlg and mucuilum.
Jefferson-Albany section of Pacific
highway In Linn county, 6.9 uillce of
grading and paving.
DIVORCE BILL
POSTPONED IN
UPPER HOUSE
SALEM, Feb. 22. (Spoclul) The
llttlo difference between Henalor Dim.
Ick and Representative Cross over the
sa'ury rises for ' certain Clackamas
county officials was still .unsettled
when the Legislature adjourned to
day over till Monday. Cross express
ed belief that It would be sottlud Mon
day In some umlcablo form. Dlmlck
was busy yesterday engineering
Schuobel's board of conciliation and
arbitration bl'l through the sonato,
which he did by a heavy vote and his
brief conference with CroBs on tho
salaries ot officials got nowhere.
Oregon City Is still to remain a
mecca for martyrs of mlsmatod mar
riages as the Cross bill, which passed
the house, requiring ft plaintiff to
reside In the county six months be
fore bringing divorce proceedings,
was Indefinitely postponed In the Sen
ate and tho mills of the cruel little
god may grind a'ong uninterruptedly,
Dlmlck Inceneses at the midnight
action of the house last night In kill
ing Senate Bill 67, "Those fellows told
me they would pass that bill and it
has gone to the slaughter pen," ho de
clared today.
An Ineffectual effort was mado to
day to re-refer Schuebel's Inheritance
tax bill In the Senate to Increase the
amounts contained In the bill, Plorce
declaring he wished to do this to take
and French type. We have a great care of some of tn0 Varies being
BILL TO COME
UP THIS WEEK
i
hnnnh rt kit era anolnoi an A mull Krv I rUloOU,
cars over here. The box cars look big.
but they are only 3C feet long and WIRE CONTROL
OU-IUU 1UU UVO UIO MO.IO vvui
here are made for short hauls, so are
very small,! They carry from 10 to
20 tons and are rolled right into a
warehouse or factory by hand power.
The tracks are double, and the en
glneer travels by block system in
stead of orders. It Is positive but
somewhat slow at times, as there is no
operator to tell what is wrong, or
know why a train Is late.
"Our camp life here is Just the same.
Everyone 1b very anxious to return
home. The wounded have all gone to
the camps, from which they will be
sent home. I am in charge ot keoplng
the construction motor transporta
tion in good repair. It la a good place
too. I am the on'y one of my company
left here. I havo'beea up here almost
five months.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 24. Right of
way over the mass of congested legls
latlon was today given tho Moon wire
control bill, limiting government con
trol of the telograph and telephone
lines to December 31, 1919, and a bill
providing for the appropriation of
$100,000,000 for acquiring and estab
lishing rural settlements for soldiers
In every state of the union, In two
special rules announced by the house
ru'e8 committee. This makes It certain
that these two measures will oome va
in the house this week.