Morning Oregonian., April 21, 1919, Page 5, Image 5

TOE 3IORXIXG OEEGOMAX, MONDAY, APRIL SI,
191D.
SOLDIERS OF 3G1ST
HIT in BATTLE
Details of Struggle Around
Epinonville Related.
SlHil READY TO
BUILD LIE FURTHER
CRISES ARE HARDILY MET
Old Roman," Known as Best Ser
pfnt in Regiment, Trie to Can
nonade Encnij- "ct Unaided
ET COI-IX V. DTMEXT.
American lied Cross Searcher with the
9lm iMvUion.
THIRTEENTH ARTICLE.
Tn the headquarters company. 361st
l fan try. was a great German-hater.
Iis name was John Koman, a sergeant.
una he came from the regular army.
Jie had served in the inlands, and ove
te states, Lieutenant Albert J. Haas,
cf headquarters company, also a regu
lur, had served in the Philippines with
Jitm 12 years before, and th lieutenan
prill tell what a wonderful serirean
the OIi Roman was. Just as iftinton
3:rr.rtu Lieutenant Cy Noble's fine
rtfeant. who died when his officer
iied on the .tith. used to be called in
r.is company the finest sergeant In
l ie 364th Infantry," so Serjeant John
J :onan had that reputation for the
Sometimes when a wan In the army
S reaHy good, they call him a fighting
pon-of-a-gun. That was Koman
Keenest man to fight I have seen.
rud Captain Frank Heath, of head
quarters company. "He almost fell out
with me once because I would not send
Vim on an advanced detail. He was too
brave. He would teil me to get down,
lut would not get down htmaclf." One
time, too, the regiment colonel spoke
of Roman's fine non-com qualities.
Vhere Koman came from no one
remed to know. A sister in Tyronza,
Ark., was his emergency address.
Koman was on of the men in the
t-atile o Epinonville one of the many
to die on the 27th. The battle setting
ff tat sunny September morning has
slrrady been told: the 361M. the 36 2d
nd the 3 (7th machine-gun battalion
sit tacked Kpinonville at dawn. The
town lay on the slope of ery canyon
nd on the plateau above: an orchard
was at Its edge; the orchard was filled
Vith machine-guns and snipers: the
fcrisadc was held up at the rim of the
orchard.
Gsmaer la Wounded
Koman and some of his men crept
from foxholes on the reverse slope of
the canyon through the hedge fence
nd into the orchard, which t-amc over
the edge of the canyon. There he lay
long time. .Many lay t here. head
quarters men. men from numerous oth
er companies, mm from the machine
gun battalion, and their officers.
A machine gunner went on up ahead
with a squad to set up a gun. He was
shot in the stomach, and as he fell was
shot tn the chin. Two men came lead
ing him back, and parsed Koman. It
enraged the old sergeant- to see him.
Koman asked where tne nest was, and
its well as he could trie machine gunner
old him. A gunner named Clifford De
oto of Kural Koute A. Clovts, CI.. lay
near, and to Mm Koman said, "Come
tri and Irtm get thes biankety blank
y blanks." For the words of the
army are short and impressive.
A party crawled SO feet forward and
took cover behind a small bank, while
Koman and a 37th man rrawlf J on to
where tltey could Fee the nest. Then
ne surer nt came lack for a crew
with a l-pouttd cannon, and the crew.
ncluding Soto as cannoneer.
crawled up with the gun. Thi. too. is
ne kind of man the .Id Koman wxs:
f made the -rw g to rovrr while he
.-t up the cannon himself: and he in-
ended to f i re it h i fn I f, be i n g t h or
oughly hostile at the way Frit was
wounding tne men of the 3lst.
He was about to f ir w hen Major
eorge W. Farwell of Tacoma ordered
Im not to. fearing he might hurt some
Tifantry and machine enm men wno by
ow had worked up still farther ahead.
Soman then decided to take the gun
own and ' go hack to mvrr with it
here It would not be damaged. As
e, went he wa shot thro'ih the back,
he bullet toiii-hinjr a kidnv.
Two gurners carried him to a rmall
building, where he !;- unt'l evening.
nd then a the b-ttt.ilton retired to itn
tarting point of th- mornirg, h detail
as sect to rirry hirn down t a dress-
nz station above the board walk, in
e canvon bottom, pown there ho1
ked ih? doctor why it was that he
omiT'd Mood when he drank water.
h doctor waj Lieutenant L. C. .Mc-
ntosh of Henderson, N. C.
tm Jhetl TroMblca tVonrfeC -
That evenlt'g a sneezing shell turn
ed near and troubled the men a good
'a I. There were perhaps lot) there.
d some had mounds in the arms mid
uld scarcely p t their marks on. The
srtors and medical helpers could not
ork fai-t enough ith the maks. ana
mask worn after, sneezing gas has
en breathed is a d itrsjunir thing
Bob Craig of company E. m Woodland,
Idaho, man. told him to lie close. Soon
he went back to the dressing station,
and that evening was lying in the
croup that the shell struck.
Bert Clayton Smith of Falls City.
Wash., was another E man killed by
the shell. He had been hit in the or
chard attack by a bullet, but not very
seriously. And so, through the whole 13.
Ckala f Death Is Real.
In one of tha old school readers was
an entomological story captioned The
Chain of Death. Chains of death are
known In the army, too, and were
known In the Slst. For example, when
Koman was wounded a headquarters
private named Gerald M. Davison took
charge of the cannon squad under Cor
poral (now sergeant) Marshall Scram-
lin of 704S Jones avenue northwest,
eattte. Davison himself was a Cana
dian from Guelph. Ont. Again the
squad lay behind the hedge near tha
top of the canyon slope, but when two
shells broke close, it decided to go for j Klamath Falls Asked to Torn Over
rome loxnoics. uavison ana rnvm
Twenty r Mile Extension
Sprague River Promised.
to
STOCK ISSUE AUTHORIZED
line Already Built in Kc
turn for Extension.
Robert E. Strahorn. railroad builder,
and Mrs. Strahorn are at the Portland
hotel after a trip of 10 days to Klamath
Falls, where Mr. Strahorn began ar
rangements for taking over the Klam
ath Falls railroad, which he has been
building for the city as the first step
toward llnKlng that section up with
the Hill and liarriman lines at Bend.
He reports remarkable development in
me Klamath basin.
With reference to the railway line
he says he has now agreed to extend
the line an additional 20 miles. He was
under contract to construct the line to
Dairy. 20 miles out of Klamath Falls,
providing the road is turned over in ac
cordance with the agreement with the
Klamath Falls terminals and rights of
way to bprague river.
Beaeflta Already Felt.
The progressive people down then
reported blown to pieces, and wh "l?bou,t. 9 "er cent f,th. com
was turned fn as dead to the """'77 r'Kht UP. n thA,r .es
vvuiiiicis .iianciuciLia mat will
continue construction." said Mr. Stra
horn. 'They have derived such benefit
from the start already made that they
will probably take no chance on my
ceasing work, even lor a day. We have
the best organization and labor condi
tions that we have enjoyed since the
beginning. In fact we are reluctantly
compelled to turn good men away al
most daily. Our greatest difficulty Is
to find teams and feed for them. Every
man with horses big enough to pull a
James Barnes of Colorado Springs
Ktarted off with their 1-pound cannon.
Close by were Private Barney Twerdale
of rural route 1. Bow, Wash., Gunner
Ee Soto, previously mentioned. Private
Guxtaf W. Peterson of Emil, Mont.
Private Bert Stevens of Norman, Wastu,
and Private Lewis 1L Nelson, whose
emergency address was the Odd f el
lows' lodge at L'maplne. Or., in the
Hudson Bay country near Walla Walla.
Peterson and Stevens were 1-pound
ammunition carriers, and all of the
men were In headquarters company.
It was a third shell that got them.
Twerdale escaped, only to be killed at
o clock in the morning of October 11
in the last couple of hours of his com
pany in the Argonne fight. Barnes es
caped with a wound in the leg and re
covered, and that night escaped the
dressing station- shell. Davison was
hurt in the legs, escaped the night
shelling as he lay wounded, but died
near Revigny, 40 miles south. Stevens
and Peterson were blown to instant
death, while Nelson became the subject
of one of those curious Argonne xnixups.
Records Show Deatk.
He was
his name
division statistical office, which sent
it to central records office at Bourses.
By and by a slip, apparently signed by
him. came back to the company, giving
his serial number and whereabouts. A
correction was then sent to Bourges,
but in January his name was standing
as dead on the division records. The
writer has sent to his lodge to see
whether it has had news.
This Installment will end with the
tale of another remarkable escape of
Dr. L. C. Mcintosh. On the morning " " 7" U .. . T' j.,,. .. "
tion at Deadman's Curve was started.
Mcintosh and George Tselonis stayed
behind to attend to some wounded and
in going forward got in back of the
145th infantry. J7th division, at the
right of the Slst. An officer of this
outfit told them to move back from
the machine gun fire. Dr. Mcintosh
had Just put a cigarette Into his mouth
and Tselonis said. "Shall I light that
for you?" Tselonis was a private in
the medical detachment of the 261st a
Greek, and one of the many foreign
ers who fought w-ith the 91st as a re
sult of the western draft.
He struck a match, held it to the
doctor's cigarette, and was throwing
it down when he jerked his hand to his
mouth and said. "Oh." The bullet
to putting in the biggest acreage of
grain and grass ever seeded in that
country. The prospects were never bet
ter for an enormous crop. I can see
where several hundred carloads of
grain will come to our rails.
" Also we have already arranged to
have about 400 carloads of sheep and
oattle and considerable wool. As for
lumber, well it is pitiful to see the
trucks and wagons 'struggling over
those miserable roads all the way from
ten to 20 miles to reach us with their
lumber.
Arraas-ementa Are Awaited.
"As for our pushing construction be
yond Dairy. Providing the arrange
ments referred to are completed, we
will hammer away, even if slowly. I
emerged at the base of his skull and I am very anxious to get up to Sprague
he fell dead. river, wnicn will be a great supply
The foregoing were typical Incidents I Point, this year if possible.
of the battle of Epinonville. I "Besides tapping the Klamath reser
vation at a very advantageous point
In the 14th Installment Lieutenant for a great lumber business, we will
Dyment will continue the story of the I draw business from Lakeview, 60 miles,
dogged attempts of the Slst to take and the Paisley country and Silver lake.
Epinonville and Kclisfontaine on the eacn aoout the same distance. Cattle,
second day of the Argonne drive. I sheep and wool will come out there
rrom even as far as Warner lake. 100
miles east, while the whole surround
ing country nearer by is taking on new
life, especially In reclamation work and
selling grain by the dry-land farmers.
While I am slowly catherintr un
little more financial aid we have now
Increased our capital stock from the
first nominal amount to St. 000.000 to
get ready for the more favorable con
ditions we hope will prevail in the
near future. The extension from Dalrv
Sinnott Lands En- to Sprague river will take about S500.-
ot mis. -men we hope, as a erolnir
OHTUND HELP SOUGHT
Is more active than in years. Land
sales, some at unheard-of prices, are
in greater volume than ever, due large
ly to the demonstration of the great
merits of Klamath valley as an alfalfa
country and winter feeding ground.
There are many new arrivals of a type
who will add largely to the region's
real, substantial, constructive activi
ties. That country will go the limit on
the good roads movement."
OPAL BRINGS HIGH PRICE
Wonderful TTnset Australian Gem It
Sold for $2500.
CHICAGO. An unset Australian opal
has just been sold by a Chicago firm
for HaOO. It is an oval fire opal,
about an inch and a half long by an
inch broad, a spectacular atone flam
ing with every changing tint or me
rainbow. The sale in its way was an
event. The price is said to have been
the highest ever paid for an opal in
the west.
The stone was part of a collection
brought Into this country from the
Lightning Ridge mines of New South
Wales and exhibited at the Panama
Pacific exposition. It originally com
prised 700 opals, all cut and polished
but unset. It was rated the most valu
able collection of opals every seen in
America. The Chicago firm purchased
it for $50,000.
Certainly the collection is the most
gorgeous group of gems ever put on
display in Chicago. In the mass, the
stones suggest a parterre of flowers
riotous bloom or s bed of live coals
glowing with irridescent fires. Every
beautiful light effect of dawn or sun
set or of the sun shining on crystal
Ice or waterfalls or purple tropic seas
is reflected in these resplendent jewels.
Most of the stones are what are known
as harlequin fire opals. Some are
black opals, found only in Australia
as black as jet but duskily radiant
with red, blue and green flashes.
Mexican opals have given the public
an Idea that opals are cheap. Thirty
cents buys a very fair one along the
Rio Grande. The cheapest opal in this
collection is valued at $200. It Is the
size of opals usually seen in scarf pins
or rings. A mine that produces such
opals is little less valuable than a dia
mond mine. One magnificent opal
found in Australia was presented to
arger pieces of this kind are priced at
and tricked off with diamonds, sap
King Edward VII and before starting
on its journey to England was insured
for $150,000.
Many of the opals in the collection
have been mounted in gold or platinum
phires and other stones. Some of the
several thousand dollars. But most of
he opals remain unset until sold. Then
they are mounted in individual designs
selected by the purchaser. This unique
method of merchandising jewels has
proved immensely popular.
The world's richest opal mines are in
Hungary and have been closed down
during the war. Opals are found in a
umber of districts of Australia and
the stones are equal to the best Hun
garian gems but mining operations
have been sporadic and desultory. Ex
perts believe that the island continent
contains enormous wealth in opals and
is reported that plans, held up by
the war, are now maturing for the ex
ploitation of these treasure fields.
EGYPTIANS IN PARIS;
Great Britain's Position Held
Illogical and Unfair.
ADJUSTMENT IS EXPECTED
Belief Is That Delegates in Paris in
Behair of Irish Republic "tt ill
Xet Get Hearing.
KLAMATH LAND QUESTION"
FOR DETERMINATION.
VP
Represents tire
tcrpr.se of People in Effort to
Seen re Rail Recognition.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April 20.
(Special. A proposal by th Klamath
bounty Cattle and Horse Growers' as
sociation, in conference with the Klam
ath County Woolgrowera' association,
to have the public lands of Klamath
county east of LanRell valley thrown
Into a federal erasing- reserve under
the department of the Interior, was
taken under advisement by the latter
body until sentiment can be manifested
at h. meeting to be held May 13.
C"ingr to the rules of the woo I grow
ers body, definite action could not be
taken yesterday, but It was indicated
that the sheep men are behind the
move in an effort to adjudicate the
ransce difficulties which hare now
reached a crisis here.
That 75 per cent of the congressmen
of the Vntted States can reach their
homes from Washington In less time
than a pernon can travel by rail from
Klamath Falls to Portland was the
statement made by He present at Ive N.
J. t-mnott. in speaking: of the unfor
tunate railroad situation of Klamath
Falls.
Klamath ?ptrlt Is Landed.
Representative Sinnott Is here con
sidering matters which will require
his attention at Washington. Mr.
Sinnott nratsed the enterorise of the
hat was a hard ntcht of war in the people of the Klamath district In their
mon, with the pa?, the wounds, the
ar of a counter attack and the con
loudness that the net result of the
y was no around.
The climax of the day's prirf came
11 o'clock. Away beyond the had
the canyon and a couple of miles dis
nt as Cicrces. and behind Cierses
ere numerous erman bat teries. it
as possible to ftre from near Ciersea
nd strike the reverse slop.- of the ran-
At 11 a shell came tato the dress
station. That is. it foil on the ground
here the 13'J lay. for the pround was
e dressing station. The shell killed
The CM Itoman lay close to Lieuten
t Haas. He had ben talklncr of the
y's batt-le. When the shells bepan t
me he had satd, "This is a frihifu
ice to be. in the condition we're in."
mi an had aiwas hated the Hun for
s killing of wounded, and now, when
unded himself, he met the same fate,
te shell that killed the 13 blew oft
e top of his head and hurt the lieu
nan t.
Seattle Man la A letim.
A Seattle man killed by that shell
ts John Cariello, private first-class
the medical detachment of the 361st.
riellos mother and we both live In
attle pow, the mother at 2620 Day
-eet. He bad- never been better or
-onper than on the night of the Zith
len he wrws sent uut for water for the
-ic rows of wounded men. "Take my
a teen, too. said It. Mcintosh as he
nt, and when he came tn the doctor
d. Iid you pet mine?" Cariello
:d, "Tea. sir. It was thirsty work
tending to wounded as m e'.l as thirsty
rk to lie wounded. "Give everyone
.ter," said the doctor to Cariello, who
ponded "All right, air." Dr. Meln
walked a few feet to one tide and
d down to rest. A slight rain had
irted. Eleven o clock arrived. The
rpes shell came. Mcintosh's eyes
re filled up with dirt, and when he
t them open his helper lay dead,
uck in the head by a fragment as
gave water to mounded.
o Kenneth MeCormaek. corporal
company E-3t. a lad from Republic,
Ash-, ws killed by the Deadnuni
rve shell. He had been shot in the
n about 10 o'clock In the morning
a e-mper up tn the orchard. He
j. led in bellied & hedo and ITivaic
effort to obtain relief from the trans
portation situation and declared that
it was up to Portland to throw off Its
apathy and use every effort to S"et into
direct communication with the Klam
ath country.
Touching upon the reclamation ex
penditures to be made by the govern
ment this year he said that it was
probable the policy of launching: no
new enterprises until more funds were
provided would be followed. Owing: to
the small representation of western
Mates in congress it Is expected that
appropriations made for the reclama
tion of land for the returned soldiers
would be shared on an equal basis with
southern and northern states.
Leaaae Criticism Beneficial.
The criticisna of the proposed league
of nat ions by eminent statesmen has
been beneficial as it has brought about
the acceptance of a number of amend
ments which has made the present con
stitution far more desirable than when
first proposed. The amendments con
cerning the Monroe doctrine and the
right to withdraw from the league he
regards as particularly fitting.
The republican presidential field in
Washington is still wide open, and al
though there are a number of favorite
sons mentioned, there has as yet been
no crystallization of sentiment to date.
BOMB MENACE END SEEN
Possession by Irresponsible Persons
Soon to End, Is Belief.
WASHINGTON. April 10. Possession
of dangerous explosives by irresponsi
ble and c riminal persons, which h&s
been a menace to life and property for
many, soon will be a thing of the past.
Director Manning of the bureau of
mines declares in a report to the secre
tary of the interior, reviewing the en
forcement of the explosive regulation
act during the war.
This act. which was passed as a war
measure and deslfmed to keep ex
plosives out of the hands of dynamiters,
bomb throwers and enemy aliens with
evil intent, will cease to be effective
on the declaration of peace. Wide
spread reforms concerning explosives
were predicted cy ilr. Manning,
concern, with ad?Quat established
earnings and Portland's aid. to anDeal
successfully for the larger capital
which will put the Una through to the
connection with the Hill and Harri
man lines at Bend. While this Is pain
fully slow and the difficulties which
have had to be overcome on account
or war conditions have been almost
discouraging, I could not think of let
ting the project languish, possibly
never to be revived, especially when
we can see o much good accomplished
with every mile "of progress.
Irrigation Projects Mentioned.
Speaking of irrigation and drain
age. I hope The Oregonian will con
tinue its valiant efforts in behalf of
this most Important development meas
ure,' which will come up at the next
election. No effort shotfld be soared
nor the slightest chance taken on the
carrying of this measure. In central
and southern Oregon especially we
nae a numoer ot sound projects upon
which the state could not possibly
lose on a guarantee of the first five
years" Interest on their bond issue.
None of these are very large, so that
what small risks which might be feared
would be well distributed. The saving
in the interest rate upon such a guar
antee would in some cases alone mean
the difference between success and fail
ure in ability of the districts to prompt
ly me?t the charges. The aggregate
of theae districts along projected lines
alone will amount to at least 500,000
acres, and their reclamation would do
more than anything else to insure the
success of the railroad.
"Klamath Falls is crowded to the
doors and doing the greatest business
in its hlRtory. Bank deposits have
about doubled since we commenced this
enterprise, and building of all kinds
VETERAN OF 4 WARS SHOT
General Mlschenko Distinguished in
Russo-Japanese Conflict.
VLADIVOSTOK. General Mistchenko
has been shot, according to a statement
made to a member of the British mis
sion here by a Russian aviator who
deserted from the red army in January
nd flew into the lines of Admiral K.OI
chark's army.
General Paul Ivanovltch Mistchenko
wa sa veteran of four wars. He fought
through the Kusso-Turwlsh war of
1877-s, in the Boxer fight in China in
1900-1, in the Russo-Japanese war and
the world war of 1314.
He distinguished himself In the Rus
so-Japanese conflict '' a series of bril
liant operations as commander of
savalry corps. Afterward he was gov
ernor-general of Turkestan and subse
qucntly commander of the Don Cos
sacks. For his services In the world
war he was decorated with the Order
of Alexander Ncvsky.
EPIDEMIC MOVES IN WAVES
London Scientists Record Observa
tions of Influenza.
LONDON. (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) London scientists
who are observing the operations of
Spanish Influenza say that, so far as
the British Tsles are concerned, it moves
In waves. The country Is just recover
ing from the third wave within a year.
The disease first made its appear
ance here last July and began to sub
side toward the end of August. Eight
weeks later. In October, It reappeared.
and by the middle of November had
apparently run Its course. The third
wave came in January, and by the early
days of March had apparently done its
worst.
Physicians point out that if the dis
ease is to remain for an indefinite pe
riod anojher wave may be expected
toward the end of April, and are warn
ing the people to take all necessary
precautions.
- Mother or 11 Gets $1500.
SAN FRANCISCO. Mrs. Emil Garcia,
1321 Hamerston avenue, has so many
children that she has lost count, so they
had to be called off by her attorney
in Judge Graham's court when 11 re
sponded to their names.
Mrs. Garcia was before the court
with a petition to probate the 11500 es
tate left by her husband, a musician.
When Judge Graham asked her how
she would support all of her children
she said she did not know, but was not
worred by the prospect.
BT JAMES M. TCOHT.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, April 20. (Special Cable.)
Said Pasha ZaghlieL president of the
Egyptian legislative assembly, who has
arrived here at the head of a large and
representative Egyptian nationalist
deputation, in an interview said:
"We have confidence in the spirit of
equity in the conference to grant us
the independence that we demand. Our
delegation has been constituted for five
months, but the British government, re
fused us passports.
"The same obstacles were encoun
tered by the Egyptian ministers who
desired to accompany us. The entire
cabinet was dismissed and four ar
rested and deported to Malta. The agi
tation that you now see then developed
throughout Egypt.
"Later General Allenby arrived and
authorized our voyage to Paris and to
London.
Egypt Wants Independence.
Our object is to make known to the
conference the voice of Egypt, whose
13.000,000 inhabitants, forming a per
fectly homogeneous race, wish to be
independent. The Egyptian movement
is not religious, anti-foreign or pan-
Arabic. We do not desire to confed
erate with any neighboring country,
and have satisfied the conference in
advance that we will respect all it
decisions relative to the neutrality of
the Suez canal."
Great Britain's position in refusing
access to Paris and the conference to
the Sinn Fein envoys becomes unten
able on every ground of logic and fai
play in view of the objects with which
she has permitted the Egyptian delega
tion to approach it. This much may be
said without prejudicing the merits o
either case in its desirability or practi
cability on national grounds.
Irish May Get Hearing.
That there are good prospects that
the Irish delegates will get a hearing
at the peace conference was stated of
ficially to the correspondent for the
World and The Oregonian at the head
quarters of the Irish representatives
today.
Frank P. Walsh. Michael J. Ryan of
Philadelphia and former Governor Ed
ward F. Dunne of Chicago, the commit
tee from America, had another inter
view with Colonel House yesterday.
am assured that their arguments are
being received more cordially than was
anticipated at first.
James O'Kelley, who represented the
Sinn Fein republic here, today received
letter from Bishop Fogarty of Kil-
laine. conveying the bishop's greetings
to the American delegates and praying
God to Inspire them to do what is right
and best for Ireland, and to guide them
on the sure road to Irish liberty.
Ireland Visions Dawn.
The bishop's letter indicates that
messenger was sent from the confer
ence to interview De Valera, president
of the Irish republic, and says if this
report be true it is "the breaking of
the dawn.
The American delegates attended
special mass at the Cathedral of Notre
Dame yesterday for American soldiers
and sailors of the Roman Catholic
faith. Cardinal Amette of Paris offici
ated and invited the American dele
gates to the rails to kiss the sacred
relics. Five thousand American sol
diers of the Roman Catholic faith at
tended the mass.
SWEEPER WINS $8 RAISE
Training Taken. In Department of
Labor Service.
WASHINGTON. How an unskilled
workman increased his wages 60 per
cent in six months, through the work
of the training service, department of
labor, is revealed in the story of a
young man who six months ago went
to a Chicago machine shop and foundry
looking for a job. His only experience
had consisted in pushing a wheelbar
row to and from a concrete mixer.
They gave htm a job as a sweeper.
but after working in the shop for a
few weeks he became interested in
the machines, particularly the boring
mills and hand screw machines. Be
cause he spent more time watenmg
the machines than in working he fell
behind in his work, but the foreman,
learning of his attraction toward the
machines, turned him over to the train
ing instructor for a chance.
COTTON GROWERS AROUSED
Texas Ranchers Plan to Enter Poli
tical Arena.
DALLAS, Tex, Charging that the
"whole world is organized against the
DIRECTION -JENSEN -VON MERBERGT:
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STOPS
WEDNESDAY
MIDNIGHT!
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FIGHTS AND OVER
COMES HIS FEAR, IN
ONE OF THE SWIFTEST
AND MOST THRILLING
STORIES HE HAS EVER
PLAYED
"The
Sheriffs
Son"
J
THE STORY OF A VAN
ISHING TYPE OF PEO
PLE THE CATTLE
RUSTLER AND HIS
GANG.
Always Martagh and Our $50,000 Organ
cotton grower." and believing that the
time, has come for farmers or Texas
nd other cotton-producine states to
organize for their own protection," the
executive committee of the Texa-s cot
ton conference here today started the
organization of the farmers' league of
Texas, with the purpose, according to
N. A. Shaw of Red Kiver county, chair
man of the committee, of promoting
greater interest in Texas politics and
extending the organization throughout
the southern states as the farmers' an-
wer to the "platitudinous politicians"
at Washington, who, by their continued
maintenance of the embrago on cotton,
have "betrayed the south."
The new league also telegraphed
Governor Rllen of Kansas, asking if he
would recommend the prosecution by
the attorney-general of the United
States of persons in the "combine" to
force down the price of cotton.
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GILBERT SAYS:
"HURRY! They
Never Last Long"
60,000 Young Americans
Have INVESTED their all for us;
300,000 near relatives mourn their loss;
100,000,000 of us who stayed at-home
owe them a debt of gratitude
which we can never fully pay.
Let us do what we may
and all we can
by investing liberally in the
VICTORY LOAN NOTES
Made safe by the sacrifice, of
our fallen heroes.
UNITED
STATES NATIONAL BANK
Portland, Oregon
Month-End
Clean-Up
Used Pianos
$150
"Pltnty for Twenty"
Only
Two
Days
More
Davenport & Tracey, ma
hogany; priced
Biddle (fine shape), priced 1 Q'7
at only JIO
Kranich & Bach (Rose
wood) ; priced
Huntington (nearly new); J?0"7C
priced J O
Hazelton Bros, (nothing CJOQ7
better); priced J00
Stnrvysant Pianola (mod'
dern); priced
$200
$487
HAROLD SGiLBEKT
IT 384 YAMHILL ST. jig.
PIANOS
'bought-REHted-sold
The Little Store with the Big Business
Jjhat'a Why I Sell for Legs
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8 -V '
The 60-Mile-
An-Hour
Funster
r
William
Russell
"Brass
Buttons"
For the past two days Columbia
audiences have "laughed their
heads off at this
SO
If You Have
a Grouch
Come on In
and Wear It Off
Other Pictorial Attractions
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