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Tuesday, Novcml)cr 10, 101H ASHLAXD TIDINGS i Both Coal and Wood at Reasonable Prices SIMPSON'S Hardware Store Cleanliness, Personal Attention and Courtesy Combined to Make the Eagle Meal Market Popular INSPECT onr market and yonr confi dence will be behind the pleasure of eating our meats. The Knowledge of cleanliness and a lanltaiy wortt shop will aid yonr digestion. 81 N. Main Pbone 107 BEURXIE n J. P. Dodge h Sons nttitTtttttttttni-iti undertakers Lidy Assistant Deputy County Coroner State Licensed Embalmcr cutuutuut: h. ani.v-'V iiiiMiii iriiii i nni,irji in. li armnmrr-r r- t- i- Pure Hilk Pure Cream Norton's Clover Leaf Dairy E. N. NORTON, TELEPHONt Proprietor 392-J Strictly Sanitary. Thoroughly Up-to-Date. Good Ser vice to Any Part ol Town THE UNIVERSAL CAR There's tho same economy in using the one-tou Ford truck that there is in usinjj'tho Ford car only Jhe Jarger carrying power of the truck commends Tht TmipI- il Particularl' t0 UlC liuvn farmers,and other business men. The fatuous Model T TrilCliS motor assures re liable power, and lots of it; tho manpenese bronze worm drive makes certain the use of all that power; the three point suspension gives flexibility, and vanadium steel strength. Price, without body, $550 f. o. b. Detroit. FORD GARAGE. . Lee Hall, Prop. Have You a Stock of Merchandise In a Poor Location? I have a Btore building and warehouse (or rent at $25.00 per month In which three merchants have made a nice stake, or will sell or trade. Big pay roll; no competition. ' J. F. Maguire, Klamath Falls, Orcflon. SOLDIEnS' LETTERS $$&3S$$$$$$$$$$ SOLD LETTTEUS , . Cul !! , September 18, 1918. My Dear ParentsT"" It has. been some time since I have written you, but you remember 1 could never write an interesting let ter unless In the proper mood. I (eel that way this evening, so will do my best. Your letter No. S reached me Inst week, having been mailed August 10, and on the way about a -month. En- Joyed It, of course, also the clippings,' which I shall look forward to from now on. I don't think it would be very hard to read a few magazines, j tho. That wus a low one. You should get It. I read of Lieut. Bidwell's accident and death in a Paris paper before your letter reached me. This war is surely all that Sherman said It was. It seemonly a short time ago when "llobln" and I chummed together in Red Bluff. It must have been hard for his family to take the news of his mishap. Well, his case is just one o( thousands In this world, and it Is consoling to his folltp -to know he did It for the good old U. S. Gee! I love thosetwo words and the country they stand for-moro and more every day. France may be ap preciated by the French and ducks, but I hardly think there is one of us who will fall to greet the order thai starts us home with a thrill oMoy. As I am writing this it is raining after a few days of sunshine, which followed a rain storm of five days and nights. France' has her sunny spots and periods o( (lne weather, but I do not thlnli those facts apply to this section. I think when I re turn J will settle in the stormiest sec tion o( the west and stay there so I will feel perfectly at home. We are fortunate In having a Y. M. C. A. hut of our own now. Just completed a few days ago and we all enjoyed an evening of entertainment given by five American girls, the Herron Sisters. , They certainly were clever and gave a very pleasing-program. We would have been satis fied, tho, to Just have Bat and looked at them. American girls are a nov elty, 'afact. Tho "Y" man Is planning a num ber of such affairs for our benefit, and we ourselves are talking of min strel shows, glee clubs, orchestras and such things. If our plans are successful the gloom and hardships of the coming winter will be lessen ed In a way. Judging from Information gotten from the French people In this part, we all expect a very severe winter, and of course are preparing for it. We had our preference of barracks or tents for our winter quarters De cided that tents would be the best, so, dad, don't kick when you have to, get up these winter mornings and build that fire. As I told you In my last letter was working In a small town a few miles from the main camp. Have been removed to the camp again and am working In the mill, ' two weeks nights and two weeks days. When on tho night shift we take our gas masks and "tin derbies" to work with us. Enemy planes fly over most every day and night when the weath er permits. I somotimes feel like 1 am really in this war when I se? the Boche planes overhead and the anti aircraft guns shooting Bhrapnel at ihem. Last Sunday we were all startled to see a machine fly over camp at a height of about BOO feet, and light about a half a mile away.' It proved to be an American who had a shrap nel wound In his head from the Ger man guns. He secured treatment from our doctor and left the next day. He said this was the fifth tlmi he had to descend becauso of dam age done to his machine by German gun fire. The old "daughboys," "frogs'" and Tommies sure have got those Boche persons on the run now, haven't they? Looks good to old man Ketchum's son, I'll tell you. Am going to lay aside 100 francs this month for a, foundation for the necessary "roll" to make tho home ward trip on. I draw $18.50 or 12tVi francs per month. Will prob ably get paid this week for last month. Always about 18 or 20 days' pay coming, you see. Am losing my grip on this pencil so will have to stop. No word from you, dad, in the last letter. Write a few lines with mother, will you? Love, ELMER. Private Elmer If. Kotchum, Cth Co., 20th Ens, American E. K, via New York. Harold Simpson, who Is with tli9 Goth regiment In France, sends some real thrilling war news that has come under his personal notice in the following letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Simpson: Franco, Oct. 7, 1918. Dear Mama and Papa: Perhaps I'll be able to make a real letter of this. I'll start In, anyway, and see how far 1 get. Just at pres ratber ruins of one.' It was once a ent I am in a very famous town, or lage placo, but now there Isn't a single civilian Inhabitant left. There Is scarcely a building that hasn't shell holes In it and many sections are merely stacks of stono. This place has never been in German hands, but It was surrounded on three sides by Germans for several years. It sure ly has had Its "baptism of fire." Some of the ruins are old and par tially overgrown with weeds, shrubs, etc., while others are very recent, for there has been fighting here ever since the beginning of the war. We met the other part of the regiment here, so I've seen Elwood Hedburg, Earl Bieglo, John IJnders, Steve Eric son, Cecil Norton, Wilfred Cnrr, Andy used to bug the bluest plug for the money 1 n 'till one day Barney gave him a chew of Real Gravely. It wa3 an hour or more before Andy said any thing. "How much longer does this Grave ly hold its good taste?" he says. "Two or three little squares last, me all morning," an swers Barney. "This class of tobacco lasts so much longer it costs no more to chew it than ordinary plug costr." .' 1 oil farther tlc'.'t vhj y-n c-n get Ih) foodlr.ils ef th't da: cf tobacco vllkout t'lrc c::t. PEYTON BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug eden piece pzccea in 3 pouzu I -i USE Land Plaster NOW ' Ashland Lumber Co. . Phone 20 Meredith Beavor, Fred Schucrman. Elbert Farlow and the rest, all look ing fine and buster than bees. It was a sort of a reunion, for It's the second time In six months we have all been together and had a chanco to talk. ' Have had another trip across France. It took us three days in cluding stop-overs. We laid over In several cities and were able to look them over. The last six miles we traveled just at twilight in a big truck with the good old aea breeze blowing In our faces, and the sun sinking from slsht In the blue ocean. It seemed the closest home I've been since I hit this country. Of course I can't tell you tho name of this port, and even If i did you probably would have tremble In locating it, for It was .little and Insignificant until the Americans made It, but It Is sure ly a busy place now and It's not the biggest American base port either, by several, and that's only a little of what the Americans are doing over here, besides fighting. Well, we staid there a day and a half, putting in the tlmo olllns, greasing, and generally repairing our trucks. Then we started back, our trucks Joaded with barb wire en tanglement, posts and other things. I had the. aforementioned We trav eled all day, eating corned beef, beans and tomatdes, and slept along side of our trucks at night. We went thru cities, villages, vineyards, gralnflelds, over plains and moun tains, some excellent roads and some "not" - The last three or four days It rained, and say! Whoever said It rained In Oregon? Oregon surely Isn't noted for rain. You ought' to see It rain In France. Of course wo didn't have any tops on our trucks so got wet, but that couldn't spo'l a good trip like that. I'd like to writ a volume on that trip but At one city "we ran Into a bunch of I American civilians, and believe me, it surely seemed good. It was one of the few cities of any bIzi where there wasn't numbers of American soldiers (only-18 there.) We had stopped for the night, park ed our trucks in the middle of the city and shortly after dark, along came a bunch of fellows and hollered "Hello!" (Nobody but real Ameri cans say Hello), and it "SURE" sounded good. We talked for a long time. They Mere engineers, drafts men, etc., all in Government employ. Had been there two weeks, and ex pected to soon return to the l S. (some lucky, eh!) The next morn ing we started out again and got up behind the lines that night. The last of our trip was over roads where there was heavy traffic, both ways, in the rain, over slippery roadj with no lights. Then is when a driv es Is pretty "busy." I thought I know something about driving when I left the U. S. but? At midnight we drove off to the side of the road to await daybreak, when about 1:15 the "fun" began. The whole northern horizon suddenly seemed to belch forth fire and froml then until lato in the morning, the! flash, flash, flash, and roar, roar. roar, never ceased. It seemed there was not the tiniest space on tho horizon that did not contribute its flash to the Illumination. The boom of the cannons had settled down Into a steady "rocr" like the roar of the ocean, multiplied MANY times, only the roar of the very large guns that were nearest us were distinguishable. Just at daybreak we started on 'again and by 10 o'clock we werej eating our breakfast of hot cakes and Jam and Impatiently waiting for news at the front. The "dough boys" went "over the top" at daybreak and at ? p. m. 1400 prisoners passed mo In the littio village where I was (This paper I'm writing on, .the boys rick ed up In an old German dugout. Tho Bodies seemed to have left In a hurry! They left the boys plenty of souvenirs.. By night the artillery was out ot range, or had moved up, for tho dough boys suroly traveled that day. Since then I have seen another bom bardment, only I was a little closer. On neither occasion did the Ger mans reply heavily, they were too busy getting out of the way. There Is so much of Interest to I tell, luit I must postpone the rest until another time. Last night we went with our trucks after mora shells. The papers say the Central Powers have made some "weak kneed" peace proposals. There' will bo some "real" peace proposals some day soon. Love, , HAROLD. ' W.A.Shell U The Barber m 137 E. Main "The goose that laid the golden eggs" had something on the hen who is laying eggs at the prose it market price, but not so very much. A rich gold strike Is reported near the Rainbow mine out from La Grande. North Bend claims to have spent $300,000 on buildings this year. Hooray for Banana Peel "Gets-It" Only Beat Way to Get Bid of Conn Which do you prefer a corn that pulls or a corn that p-elpT Butchery or bltis.vdncr Only "(iots-It" can nt rid o( your corn tho pecl-od way, tho bluiied wuy. Von don't need pull. The vranberry crop Is the greatent In tho hlstoyrr of the Pacific coast. "Cora NTr Trouble Mc, I Um Gt-lt' f Why hump yourself op on the floor and with your )uw it and eyea pop ping from pnln. Jerk and eouca and cut your corn Why Irritate your toe with eomo anlve or wrap your toe Into a biff pulnful bundle with aonis tlrky tnpe or plnstort Lite Is too ihort. 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