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7 AKTTLATfD TTDIKGS Thwadar, May 9, lfflf aPAGH SIX 1JJ Ut Mt'.fc. t illl I.. . .1 I ' I - I - ,, . . - . Cliaiiiicey Florey I am a candidate (or County Clerk. Tlie duties of County Clerk are numerous and complicated. Business discretion as well as clerical abil ity is necessary. The County Clerk is exofficlo member of the equaliza tion board. lie Is clerk of Jhe proliate and county courts. He Is clerk of the circuit court and recorder of dueds for the county. He handles also all the business connected with elections and road districts. I feel that my years of experience about the court house work, In the different departments, especially qualifies me for the duties of County Clerk. In relation to my work as County Recorder, the last public accountant had this to say: "It Is the best conducted office of Its kind in the state." 'If nominated and elected I hope to have as good report of my service as County Clerk. (Paid Adv) $ ? $ 4 $ ? ? S s SOUHEIIS' LKTTKItS s Letter are beginning to find their way across the Atlantic from the boys who are "over, there." Just where they are no one knows, nor are they apt to know for some time to come, Jbut the fact that our boys are In Trance getting ready to take part In the great world drama that Is be ing staked In that country Is enough to make the letters Intensely Inter esting to all Ashland people, and the Tidings is glad of the opportunity of presenting some of these communica tions recently received. The fact that the boys are restricted In the news they send limits their letter writing omewhat, but all word from any Ashland boys la of great Interest to Ashland people, and as long as let ters come they will be persued most assiduously. the ocean, and, although we ran into 'a couple of storms which upset my jpersonal equilibrium, everyone seem j ed to have enjoyed the trip very j much. To hear the men talk, every lone on board was sick but the one who happened to be talking. But ' they all agreed that they had excel lent meals and a place to sleep. One ; man said he had seven meals a day, 'three going down and four coming up. Outside of guard and police duty, my duties aboard ship were light, as I knew just .where my men ; were and they had no chance to get away. Administration was very easy. ;Ye had plenty of talent aboard and ! used it for entertainment. There Mrs. L'. A. Phillips is in receipt of the following interesting letter from her son, Walter A. Phillips, first lieutenant, 19th F. A., who Is serv ing In the American expeditionary Jorce In France, in which he said in part: "We had a very pleasant trip on ' were musicians, boxers, wrestlers, etc., who helped break the monotony of the trip. "When we entered the submarine zone we had delightful weather (to? jthe sub). The sea was calm, the 'sun was warm and the nights were moonlit. Of course, we took the us ual precaution of wearing life pre servers at all times, even to sleep : In, and we had abandoned ship drill daily. It was a great relief to us when we were picked up by a fleet ' of fleet-destroyers and guarded from all harm. miles from the scene of the world's greatest battle, it Is aa peaceful and quiet as It is in little old Ashland. In fact, the climate reminds me very much of southern Oregon in early spring. All crops are coming up and the trees are leafing. II alternates with a day of sunshine and a day of rain, and Is very pleasant. "At present we are located In a barracks on a hill overlooking the harbor and city. They call it a rest camp, but my men are out building a railroad, and the only place I ever worked harder was the .last camp I Screen Doors Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 "It was a beautiful spring day when we sighted the shores of France and a more beautiful view could not be had anywhere. It was warm, the fields were all green and well kept, and as we approached the harbor numerous red-sailed fishing boats were out for their dally catch. Then a 'Henry Ford' was seen on the beach road, and a shout of joy and derision went up from the men at so familiar a sight. Some of them, no doubt, thought that they had'been fooled and were landing at a port in the U. S. A. But upon landing wo found that we were at one of the great bases of the U. S. troops in France. Thousands of motor cars and trucks are assembled here, to jay nothing o( the immense supplies of other stores. "Although we are only about 400 was In in the United States. My time is taken up with company administra tion, handling working details, cen soring letter from 150 men, eating and sleeping. "Speaking of eating, I have soma wonderful meals at Madame Robin's. You can't beat the French cooks, but a meal costs about 5 francs, so we cannot afford to eat many meals ont (one franc equals 18 cents). I have not found anything I like to drink except chocolate, which Is delicious. I've tried everything else but can't go It. I don't like the wine and the coffee is mostly chicory, and the wat er has typhoid germs in It. "All cqmbatant troops are being rushed to the front and veryf short ly, in a couple of days, our battalion will relieve the 162nd Infantry (the old 3rd Oregon In which I have some acquaintances, the company that was stationed at Medford last summer), as provost guards and dock: guards for the port. It is a very responsi ble duty, as the property values run up Into (censored), but we can sure ly handle it if the N. G. can.) Colonel McAlexander, former commandant ot cadets at 0. A. C, is port commander, and I intend to make myself known to him today. He recognized my face when I reported, but could not placa me. The quarters for the guard are excellent, and the officers are quar tered in the American consulate.) I saw the beds and I never dreamed of seeing anything like them in !M ST" iff IS I ' aa XSunpsiMU? Oregon's Need Today A Trained Business Executive France, and there is a bath In the place (the scarcest article In France). There is another one at camp. Of course, If we take over the guard we will not get any nearer the front for a long time. "Love to my relatives and friends, "WALTER." Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Simpson have received several short letters from their son, Harold, who Is a member of the 65th artillery regiment re cently arrived in France. Harold is among the boys who writes interest ing letters of his experiences, and the following, although circumscribed by the censor, manages to relate enter tainingly many little, items of army life in a foreign country: Overseas. Dear Mamma and Papa: There Isn't a great deal that I can tell you as we aren't allowed to tell you where we are, what we are doing, etc., and asl want this to be sure and get through, I won't attempt to say anything doubtful. I am feeling fine and have been feeling good allthe time. I have lots of things stored up to tell you, if my head will hold It all. We have had an opportunity to talk with several Englishmen, and they all have lots of confidence in Sir Douglas Ilaig and his army in the west, and they say the "bloody, blooming war can't last long, 'you know." Don't worry, the closer I get the simpler It looks. I have decided what I want for my first dinner at home, how does this sound? Roast leg ot lamb, dress ing, mashed potatoes, gravy, whole wheat bread and butter, country cream, peas, fruit salad with may- onaise, pear butter, plokles, canned pears with pineapple, four-layer cho colate, cocoanut or. mocha cake (de cide which one later). Now, what do you think of that? I made this menu up for the benefit of the boys the other day, and almost got mobbed. I willvhave to close and get this on its way. ' Lovingly, HAROLD. April 8, 1918. Somewhere In France. Dear Mamma and Papa: France! Hard to realize, but true, I guess. We haven't had an opportunity to see i great deal of France yet, but we've seen a little, anyway. Odd, dark, weather-beaten buildings, not greatly different from the ones we saw ln England, worn cobblestone pave ments, old trees and formidable-looking stone churches, everything looks old and most everything dirty. We seem to have -the habit of landing In the slums of every city we go to, and this one was no exception. I think I will like the country better. We had peddlers try to sell us ap ples, they called them apples, about the sizo of English walnuts and not at all good looking. , They talk about the "scheming Yank," but I believe the English and French peddlers have the "Yank" backed off the face of the globe, and even "ye Jew"' hasn't anything on the English and French peddler! Thrfse peddlers take any kind of money, al most: English, French, American. We fell In with a bunch of Aus tralians. They seemed delighted to see "Yanks", and they say they are more friendly to the American "Yank" than to the British "Tom mies." One of them said "You'll like' the Australians, they live like you do". They also were quite optomlstlc about the war. They were veteran fighters. I am writing this more to tell you that I am O. K. than for any news. Will write lots later. Love, HAROLD. Your OPPORTUNITY to elect a TRAINED man to head your state govern-"" mont. one who has never before been in politics, who is a staunch friend of ( the workinginan, who has a successful Imsiness record of twenty years, whose energy has made him a worker, whose experience has made him a builder, whose training has made him a thinker, and whose ability has made him a leader; April 11, 1918. . , ' Somewhere in France. Dear Mamma and Papa: I think I'll have time before dark to write vou a short letter. It Is a rather difficult task to get letters written 'and mailed these days. If you don't ' L... An dnn't wnrpv no IL'A arm getting along fine, and the Germans won'LJjave a chance to "get" us for some time yet, judging from appear ances. .We have had a chance to see quite a little of France and it Is surely an interesting icountry; with Interesting YOUR OPPORTUNITY to elect XHIS type of man Governor of Oregon is fi'imd in ' LI QEMPQ AM (Republican) Candidate for the Nomination JU kJIl&lirCWrtf for Governor in the Primary May 17, 1918 AKERICANISM DEVELOPMENT PATRIOTISM EFFICIENCY PROGRESS SOCIAL JUSTICE 'YOUR KIND OF A MAN FOR GOVERNOR' Paid ad isued by "Sin.pson for Governor leagie" 411 Selling Illilg.. Portland Oregon. you can flavor mostdslntilywiih ESLIE SALT itisMflavored free flowing sironwfthoirt Ifittcrnoss people. I wish I could talk French. The French people seem more friend ly to the Yankees than the 'English and always look inquiringly at us, altho American soldiers are not un common. They call us Yankees, as did the English.' ; Now, we are stationed right In a town, a good-sized town, I think, al tho I can't estimate these European cities with much accuracy. There are a good many French soldiers on the streets here, home on furloughs, I suppose. Their uniforms are blue, tipped with red and sometimes gold. Everybody here begs the Americans for cigarettes and tobacco. Tobacco 1b scarce over here and American to bacco is the favorite. Children from six and up smoke here and in Eng land. The cities here are cleaner than the English cities, but have the same cobblestone pavements, dingy lookin? old stone and brick buildings, ami dark, gloomy stores. The stores are always interesting, only a few of all we have seen have been modern looking. Occasionally there Is a store witli a sign out "English spoken", and several times on our marches, some one, would wave an America flag from a window. American products are quite com mon over here. In one store I noticed Armour's canned beef for sale; all T had was an English halfcrown (about COc), and the three women In the store argued and jabbered about It for about 15 minutes, while I point ed at the chocolate. I finally got about 15c worth of candy for the halfcrown, but I considered myself pretty lucky at that, as the odds were 3 to 1! As a general rule the mer chants and peddlers "soak" the Amer ican. The French money is easy to get on to, as its very similar to ours. We have one fellow In onr battery whose parents are French, and h talks French quite well, so is greatly In demand. We occasionally find a Frenchman who speaks English. They earn It In their schools, they say. I must close for tonight, Lots of love, ft ' S "HAROLD. "Corn-Loss Day" for FecfJEvery Day Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn Dis covery t Mafces Corns Feel Bight Off! Look at the illustration below. See the two lingers peeling oft a conr ar though It ' were a banana peel! 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