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Tuesday, October 15, 1 9 18. ASIILAKD TTDLVGS PACE TTTREET Universal Combination Ranges I.IGHTKX nOCKKHOIJ) LA mil AND EXPENSE How to prepare economical, satisfying meals with the least waste of time and materials Is a problem largely solved by the right kind of a range. The Universal Combination Is that kind of a range It makes for economy in food, fuel end la bor. Burns wood and coal or gas use the fuel most desir able for the work In hand. A turn of the key changes from ono fuel to the other or yoj may use both fuels at the same time, If desired. The Univer sal Combination Is really two complete ranges In one and yet occupies the space of paj one range. Your old range taken as part payment. And Ihe Famous AUK IIKRB IX A VAKIKTV CP STYLES AXU SIZES Our stocks of Universal heaters are most complete. We have wood heaters, coal heaters, and com' lnation wood and coal heaters, ev ery deslr&blo style and size. The "Air Blast Universal heater will help wonderfully la the cut ting down of your fuel bills. Come In tomorrow and select your new range and heater. Prices are very moderate. MAKE VOI R OWN TERMS IX REASON. Swcnscn & McRae Come in and Examine the TIRE With a thous and claws. All sizes SOLD BY THE Overland Millner Co. Bids for peace according to speci fications are In order, but we under stand that the specifications do not call for a German peace. One of the institutions of the army In France Is the traveling bathroom. An outfit that requires three trucks to carry it is rolled up to the lines sc the boys leave the trenches and provides bathing facilities for Gt'O men an hour. Don't wait 'till the old unsatis factory, dangerous oil lamp is knocked or, kicked. ovcr.before you investigate the Western Electric FARM PGHTING PLANT DO IT NOW! Now before' anything hap pens is the time to install one of these sunshine plants. When you have electricity, you, your' family and your home arebe-j yond the daneer ofjire ' Dcctricity is safe 1 And not only is it safe but it ' gives the best light in all the world it does your work and brings happiness to your home Don t put it off a minute See a plant today. You'll be surprised to learn how easy it is to buy, to install and fe operate. Sec a Plant Today Paul's Electric Store Medford, Oregon I ; r : '-ij x r; -- "Tl Universal Heaters O SOLDIERS' LETTERS 93$$g,i$$$,$,$$,$$$$$ E. P. Spencer Is the recipient of the following letter from his brother. First Lieutenant Donald M. Spencer, who left for France lust spring with the Ooth artillery: My Dear Brother: Well, here U coming back at you with your own dope. I can use a typewriter as well as you, now, owing to the peculiar fact that I am now an owner of one known as the "Corona." They have become the universal machine over here, and even all of our offices are now furnished with them. My machine was purchased at a very reduced rate from an officer who had taken it clear thru the drive from Chateau Thierry to Solsson and It came out in a darn sight bet ter condition than he did. He was badly "broke" after ho made a trip to Paris and wanted some money and I wanted his machine very much, so we exchanged. I have found beaucoup need for it since I be came one of this Immense postal game over here. Oh, yes, I was In that Chateau Thierry district (according to or ders), but all I really got out of It was a trip up there to see It, be cause I was ordered out and re turned to Tours to postal duty Just as I was about to get Into some real work. I am now stationed at Tours, and In the office of the division superintendent while he Is away On a trip. It is pretty fast work, I'll admit, but nevertheless I am here, and I like It very much. We have a big game to handle and It will take several days to handle It properly and completely, but when It Is done, It will be absolutely done, I'll prom Ise you. My particular job is the organiz Ing of divisional post offices, and requires that I do a deuce of a lot of traveling, which, of course, means that I will see a great deal of beau tiful France. For some unaccountable reason I have no particular objection to Stiff Joints Sore fitecles LIMBER UP QUICKLY UNDER THE SOOTHING, PENETRATING APPLICATION OF HDMLIHS WIZARD CIL Ailments of this nature can be effectively treated with Hamlins Wizard Oil. In cases of rheuma tism and lame back it penetrates quickly, drives out the soreness, and limbers up stiff, aching joints and muscles. Wizard Oil is a good, dependable preparation to keep in the medi cine chest for first aid when the doctor may be far away. It is an absolutely reliable, antiseptic appli cation for cuts, burns, bites, and stings. Sprains and bruises heal readily under its soothing, pene trating qualities. Get a bottle from your druggist for 25c and use the medicine. If not entirely satisfied take the bot tle back to him and he will return your money. If you are troubled with consti pation or sick headache try Ham iins Wizard Liver Whips. Just pleasant little pink pills at drug gists for 25c. Guaranteed. this kind of a life at all, because I find that I can be of far greater ser vice to a far greater number of peo ple than was at all possiblo in the artillery. TliUs line makes Imme diate connections between tho men (and women) over here, and their folks at home, who are extremely anxious at all times. If I am to be the means of speeding up the letter that Is transmitted to us for trans port In either direction, then I feel that I have become a service that Is real. I know what the letter means to the men over here, and have a pret ty good Idea of the value of the let ter at home, so here we are, and here we stay until this thing a run ning at top speed and everybody Is happy. That happy stuff Is a physi cal impossibility as long as the Bosclie are allowed to speak German. Some of this country is great, wonderful, in other words, and I feel particularly fortunate In being privi leged to visit so much of It. The dif ferent customs and habits of tho dif ferent principalities are extremely Interesting and are worth noticing everywhere I go. Some places you will find that the cows are all white, and In others they are all a very light yellow, and others show only red, and still others have only black and; others spotted. I have only seen one district so far where there was a mixture of several colors of cattle In the same district. It is very strange. In some places the wooden shoes abound, and In others you never see a wooden shoe. In some places I see the cattle driven to the carts,, and hardly see a horse driven, and in others It is just the opposite. Even the people of these various districts do not know the others are differ ent from theirs. Some places the women wear a little white cap, and others I find a large white cap, and still others it Is black, and all have a particular shape convenient to that department. Even the farming Is done by il ferent methods. I still see the arm strong" used in many places, and in others a peculiar mowing ma chine that rlcks It Into windrows. USE Land Plaster NOW Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 The binders gather the grain into bundles, but do not tie it, and the women of the farms go along after the machine and tie the bundles with wisps of the long grain. I find in some departments that the horses are always driven three abreast, and In other departments they are always strung out In tan dem, which to my mind Is a poor way to get results,, but they sure do get the results. , There Is no such thing as hurry In these people. Life Is Just to be lived,, and If It cannot be done in one way, why, some other way will pop up, and nobody worries about It, anyway. "Tout a suit" (toot a sweet) Is about the most abused ex npacatnn ....! , """o"'u ua,:u ver nere. it means mighty quick," or "Immediately," or some such stuff, and Is used to a great extent by the French. It is disgusting to see how little It really means when you want quick action. These people take life so as a matter of course that It seems entirely out of place with us. We have a band concert here ev ery noon and the music is surely thru about 12:35, and get to hear thru about 12:35, and bet to hear about three pieces every day. Gee, It sure is a big help In the way of keeping up the spirits of our men. I wrote to May last night and told her about everything that I know that would be of any use there, so that does no',t leave me much to escrlt dans cette lettre. Cette beau- coup dlficile pour escrlt en Francals mats II ne pas difficile pour lire en Francals. Je trouver beaucoup de pleaslr, quand Je recu de lettre en Francals et Je apprends blen. wen, l suppose that does not mean much to you after all, but look at the fun I had while writing it. Oui, II est pleury beaucoup maln- enanat. Oh, thunder! It Is raining to beat the cars now, and I just had my uniform pressed yesterday ami now it looks like the deuce. I think that I will have to make a trip away Into the southern part of France In a few days, so I will look like some Sheeney. Darn the looks anyway! We arc over here to clean up th.i business, and If you could see the looks of some of these poiv devil that have been doing the cleaning, you would say so, too. Keep thorn coming, and we will tako care of them over here. The damned Hun knows now on which side his bread is buttered, as you no doubt know from repot ts. You get better war news limn we do. ouly that we know It t a fact. HON'. Following is a letter Mrs. A. C. Spencer received last week from her son, J. M. Spencer, who Is with the American Kxpeitlonary Forces In France: Dear Mother: Well, I'm awful late in writing this week, partly becauso I've been lazy and partly because of moving about, and consequently it was diffi cult to get mall started. Even now this letter will probably bo subject to delay as transportation of troops and supplies-are of more importance than is the transportation of mall. Veil, anyway, here I am in the most beautiful country I've yet seen, a place really worth fishtlng for. I can't blame the French for rising against any invasion of this section of country. It would really be a crlmo to sue Its lovely forests and fields laid waste by war. We've Just taken another' fine auto trip, in real war style. Gee, we have done a lot of It rajnbliiig a'lout hunting for this war and haven't seen uny of It yet, except, of course, soldiers and soldiers and then more soldiers. Just at this point came a delay and here are two days gono by and this letter unfinished, nor am I at the same place where I was when this letter was started. Just Imagine a camp pitched In a "His Rocky glade" close to the stream, and you will have a fair picture of our camp as it Is at present. I thought I had seen pretty coun try before, but the other day when we came around the horns of the mountain and saw the valley stretch ed out beneath us with their villages and cities, red tile roofs and white stone and concrete, against a back ground of lovely green meadow and fir clad hills I had nothing in my mind to ex press the satisfaction I felt in the view. Gee, it was great. How I wished you might see it, too. This place Is so much like the mountain.) of HOME that I know they would Just please you to a finish. Last evening we cooked our own meals over small camp fires, and It's the most satisfying meal I've had In a long time. I'm more contented today than at anytime since comln to France, for we are In a delight iui piace ana are doing real war work, that one can see the value of I don't know If. our mall will be able to find us here, or not, and am sure that I would have a hard tlm findlns: my way back If tliev turned me loose. Have only a very hazy notion of where we really are. Any how, I like lt am growing strong and never felt better. What do you think of fresh red raspberries for lunch today? Well I rustled some, and there are huckle' berries, too, but not quite ripe yet Makes me feel quite at home. Prlv. J. M. Spencer, Co. C. 318 Engs. A. E. F. France, Censored by C. T. 0. Husted., Lieut Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Halfhlll Scenic Drive have Just received of letter from their son, Delbort Half- hill, who Is wireless operator on the U. S. S. West Alsak. This is the first word they have had from their son since July, and on account of his po sltlon were quite worried about him The following letter tells of the stir ring adventures thru which he lias been passing: August 20, 191S. Dearest Mother and Dad: Well, France! Hard to realize We have Just arrived at a French port. We had a very pleasant trip across, altho we ran Into a couple of storms which gave me, oh, such a funny feeling! We were attacked twice by sub marines. They succeeded In getting one of the cargo ships in their first attempt. In their second attempt they got the West Bridge, a sister ship to this. She came around with us from Seattle. The first boat they got was the Montana. I suppose you have read something about it in the newspapers. That night a submarine came up right between us and another ship, and the sub swung around so as to MARLEY 2i IN. DEVON Hi IN' ARROW COLLARS CLUCTT. PEBOOY CO., INC. MAKERS Extr&Cost ' forQuatitp You'll likely find it costs you even less to chew Gravely. It goes further. You only need a small cnew of this class of tobacco, and it 1EYJ0N BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug 10 $ a pouch-aztf worth i? launch a torpedo at us, but we were too quick for them, as we got said sub on our third shot. Tho next morning about 2:15, a sub happened around our vicinity, but didn't havj time to do much damage, as an American destroyer dropped a "can of Campbell's condensed soup" (a depth charge) over the side of the ship, and no doubt got said sub. You seo If a submarine Is anywhere n the vicinity, say one hundred yards of a depth bomb when It ex plodes it is sure to be destroyed. I was all ready to send out S. O. S., but luckily I didn't have to. I heard five S. 0. S. signals In one day, so 1 guess the subs re doing quite a bit of nasty work everywhere. Haven't seen very much of France as liberty Is very short here. No one As the sun of life sinks toward the west ' Life has been said to consist of a constant succession of breakdowns and repairs. In old age, the former predominate. The body machine is more or less worn out. Digestion islessperfect, elimination of waste is increased in quantity, but reduced in efficiency. Hence, constipation is particularly pernicious. Constipation mcan9 nior than mere failure of the . bowels to move regularly and thoroughly. It means stagnation of the contents of the intestine, increased fermentation, putrefaction and cerni action, the production of irritating and poisonous substances, that are absorbed into the blood and carried all over the body. This is always serious in old age it is especially dangerous. Constipation cannot be cured by drugs at any age. It is especially harmful to an aged person to use pills, salts, and similar strong purges in order to force the boivcli to ai t. Rut The Nujol Treatment for Constipation is not only safe, it is in every way efficient. Nujol is not a drug, does not ac t like any drug. Nujol helps nature to re-establish easy, soft, thorough bowel evacuation as "regular as clock work." Nujol softens and keeps properly moist the in testinal waste. Nujol makes it easy for the intestinal muscles to act, and prevents tlicni from overwork. Nujol absorbs poisons and carries them out of the body. Cot Nujol from your druggist and take it according to directions. JVnrfliilfJ NUJOL is sold only in sealed tr Uf fillip . bottles bearing the Nujol Trade Mark. 'Insist on Nujol You may tufftr from substitutes Nujol Laboratories STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) SO Broadway, New York IS .mm, i mi i m .-a b - rw - r holds its good, sat isfying taste a long, long time. goes further that's why you can get the good taste of this class of tobac co without extra cost. Is allowed out on tho streats later; than 9 p. m. Prisoners of war do atl the unloading of the cargo ships. Our; caro Is bound for Switzerland. Wa won't lie unloaded for at least two or three weeks until they get ships ahead of us unloaded. Food Is very scarce here. No flour or sugar. No one can buy tobaco only at the American canteen. That American canteen is a wonderful es tablishment. If tho people over there only knew what It means to us they would deprive themselves ot quite a few things. The Frencii think quite a lilt of an American. "Gob" (sailor). All ono can hear, from them Is, "Tho Americans are) generous." With lovo to all, DELDERT. COS 1