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rniTMTrrrTA YM DRIVE IN ITALY IS TOLD wall, -ye saw the Isonzo .river. IjIbls. Ahead, and on tbe farther side Gor izlx in terraces lth. tb lw.b4t la ments of the citadel flowering on the Tl ght. . The river ' looked a boo t the width'of the Potomac at Washington but with swifter current from the mountain, , feeders. Alon the edpe of the rirerrran rows of ' shell-torn walls with gaping windows. Thin whole water . front had been 'torn to pieces, and yet many of, the demol ished remnants of tfce buildings were 15' " it t .t lshed remnants -or t fee buildings were i reparatJOa iilade QuiClIy at occupied, and work along the river : Night and AV.ault j ; "hl8. LCSieS buddenly ' I "J To the left, as we approached the ..v-r s w w t- v r v v . . of Count-Cotonlnl of .Vienna, the ... . . t -. Y .. -r- i ATI v DUHDrtT Cm tT Tlf I Joseph up to his death, and the mast JkLAs. rCiUr L.C rUCL ULUlYlcr of ceremonies of tbo imperial household. In this castle had died King Charles X, and his body still icposea la the near-by convent of St. Caterina. One of the lion of St. lark, which had capped the entrance to the castle, iwas taken down by the "On to Gonzia" Becomes Synsbol of Change, Writes Correspondent I ' I Austrlans before they quite uorlzla viand is now in the city museum.; It I was' an impressive sight to see the fine old castle through a , vista of trees, with its park and avenue, and the Italian flag flying above It The tlsonza river was crossed by 45. the ,pbj$eratlon.pQst .We, lulled a moment, about to. enter the. post. but others wished . tush- oa tu the very front of the wall; and this vlw pr?vailed It was a most for tunate decision, as we yoon after had reason to know. Ofi "the battlements v a splendid view ' stretched "out for. miles over thls.battlecronnd of, moontaln. val leys'and; plains, rwth the city houses' clusteredAbelow-and th!' roads wind ing off hrogh the valleys and' foot hills: "There in front was Mount St. Gabijel, this side held by th Italians the other by the Austrian. "There runs the dividing line." said the escort, pointing to a line of - trees - and depressions near the summit. .".'' Italian Trenches IMaln. , . LEITERSrGOiTOri OTHER TOWNS Armenian-Syrian Relief Cam paign lis Being, Thor- ; oughly Organized HEADQUARTEiW OF THE 1TA IAN ARMY. Northern Italr. Jan. 5 (Corrsspondent of The Associated the wooden bridge which Italian en i irVor,ria 18 a ymnoL "On gineers built after all the old brid- vw uorizia. was toe cry or tne uuaei Kes had been blo?m up. On one side Of AOSta'S SOldkrR a& they nressed J l.iv the wreok of a hlr nmifnnn It through tbe.littf town of ueinico was on pontoon bridges that the Itall Then the lo w a feVmonthyago. fighting ihfyr way lians entered the cit, and this wreck IneL RHtCth wfi KJm?? .McNauht of Lo wown ato me isonzo river, tnenjacross was one of the remnants of that xne western bridge leading to the i crossing. The big railroad bridge was f wnen ae. cry changed to "uor-l lying in a wreck from artillery, ire izia at lasi: . . i I further on was the massive stone Then, a week ago, this, was re- bridge with one oT its main arches Tersea when the overwhelming In-1 blown to pieces. Near these bridges yacing torce or Anstrc-dernians took lie a - number of Important paper tip this same cry. , "On to Gorixia. I mills, where paper is mad for gov pressing-down from the north, across I eminent notes. All these mills were the northern bridge to the city, and I masses of ruins with a few tall chira- endlng wlti "Goritfa at last!" Ctorlzla Symbol of Change. ; j Thus Gorixia has become a symbol or the. hug-3 , change vihich has. oc reys still standing among . the de- brL . - . ". j The bi drive for funds to relieve the starving people-'of Armenia and Syria will be on iaj-earneit through put Marion county jjiejt week. . , ; Uetters went forward yesterday to the leading spirits of Silverton, AVoodburn.Gerrals' Marlon. Starton. The .Italian trenches could- be Sublimity, Turner land Jefferson, plainly seen. But there was no need calling preliminary' meetings with of indicating a dividing line, for the campaign Manager Gill of Salem, bursts of smoke along one side-of Mas Meetings a Be Held. 1 the summit, and the. answering Manager. Gill plans to. hold mass bursts from the othe side, told meetings at Salem, Woodburn. Sil- where the line wa3. Off to the left verton and Staytda,on Sunday, night, was Mount St. Michiel, once swept January 3. and In all the other cen- clean' by shell fire, but now green ters of the county during the same again.' Nestled In a hollow .wa- the week. Following the mass meetings convent of Sf. Catarina. The Clan- at each place the drive will be.gtn sizza plateau was off to the left. to rarry tne raetigage to tVery home, and throiifeh the mist were tha dim Portland headnnaj-ira u,riteB- outlines of snow-topped Mount Nero, vWithia.a Jemdays we'bope tola thing unprecedented in history. ' that outpost of the Italaqla advance, i teiHyo that oneof the biggest if Mr. Gilke's wife is chairman of tWhjPtT.-OC,l,,J;tJ the. United States, will open your SfleiW. sJJUl mere W one 'HfllJ van ra m kuinti-i ln rnrtrav an, n- - 1 3k . i I J i V. . V , r " J , . u V-J . cording to a wire from New .York to- ikntJ1 'Masterly orator fully equal and: It wasnot going oTer nbr un lo Ambassador Elk ns r In platform er noZ . nmer s,ae :reryonJ -bilitv You mar coimt on m for three - speakers for the evening of Jahnary 13." I ' ... " These three sneakers, with Mana ger GUI filling one appointment, will cover the four centers on that night. . Press Will Carry Metiage. Salem papers of January 12 will next year's 'crops are 100 per ceni perfect. - - '"The first tfme in raany years th cattle;and sheep of Wallowa are liv ing on the rang at' this time of year. As Vet; there has not been a forkful of hay fed, and on the, range the-theep arc? ready' for mutton. Herders are overjoyed; Last year, during this month, everyone who had k attle was in the depths of de spair over the shortage of. hay and grain, with two to three-feet ' of snow on the ground "Fall wheat Is exceptionally good this year, and a very large acreage lias' been own. Alfalfa is a staple crop and indications are for bumper croos next "summer.1 While' conversing on the weather Mr. Galke recalle; a winter forty years ajso. when he liven in Minne sola. At that time he was bnt 9 vears old vet he said the circum stances stood out clearly in his mind. "About the middle of February, he said, "we moved from Minnesota to North Dakota. The winter or - '78 was very mild, and when we left Minnesota, tbe climate was a 'mild as it nsuallr was In May. When we reached Dakota, which, as you know has very rigorous winters, we found the cattle grazing on the pastTVea. Instinctively recoiled. and then - 'Crash!- - - ' - Five of ua went down .In a heap. stunned as - with a hammer blow. There was a great enveloping noise. with the smash and crack of wails. terrific bombardment, for. the full . t. H & . . . i curred wrthihrtfce last ten das. It , " VJ rl"Z w. na nt th- : ,JJ: only a tew hours oif. Th cannonade was one of. the furthest points for j. ward 1 or the flying of fragments, and then CorizI Itself was under the rain of b!?L Il!Ltai' Tltl' contain a portrayal of the terribly Z tZtVJ f wr - Ul . ' tragic situation that exists in these ; fWmenrntion Post If It. ' which There was a tbi itun u th ran tQe whole range of violence, from nad strltck ' that obse a vast n 2? 5rttS.SSr the deep baae rumble of monster Pst. Just fifteen feet away. t,Mn! .-EL SLUA1- 'r.v! Stinaup to the staccato rattle 6l ma- we- were about to enter.. The historic lands. It is a story that appalls. Language -utterly fails to convey the significance of it. At a distance we haggle over a few dollars of our surplus earnings, whereas, etretchlng from Plexziv ?ur rT us earnings. , wnereas, north, down to the Adrian. iinn-r ""' r."'" WUH" ir , ZCl acn contmions a tour aoors wouia strongs of big fire-crackers in a bar-1 wept c4ean. But fortunately the --M. .a i a. .m . iir miituuc, anu ji wh rne more oon-1 . . . . .v.t. v- iv i ,.v. k ulous and Important citv in the rat i imnnS aus couia i ft""- ; V 7 and sell the furniture descent fteVHt hi now an then aS one of tbe big terlng down massive walls and dig- nomes lf necessary to fr0-0!"1 Ji!rlntl "-rIwlr b raralWax- tet-rrx :Inr a , deep trench into the earth Tfne. . . V,T.r;- ' rV: u led by those who Uve with this I where it.had exploded under ground "" nsiuv vvv- Miuaie nines ini.v.iin.. ... ... . j, k, . . alt - And so Gorlzla was symbolic 1 of that entire region which has twice changed hands m this war. and of the furthest advance In the first Ital ian campaigns, throwing up great geysers. , But I I'eonle CIi2:To Homes, il - I while the earth and stones flew. like And yet with th imminent' danger. I hail, the underground explosion had many people still clung to ' their I held the shell fragments. Stunned homes and belozrginga with that samel as we were, the first impulse was of tenacity which makes the iVesuvIan I self preservation. A hasty glance T iiit fi.i.i-. ,. t j, I " MMm.t MUM i u tan iccrTBuvu. - ". uwi jusi nine oan tiMunti !no. -..! I . . f 5f i. eJ,ty the ve .9 when-the yolcano.. W raging and lured, though the trickle of blood made two bi tSa X threatening to buryjhem. f But most on th right temple of one of the SmtaCfS IhtrartzS k:1 l!ZJL U"' iold Jthat a nying . stone had The rear, of the great AustrtHGer- ,Bd hV keT; r,,- ucs a v liu j uau cuuh i nnr ' trrAfd- ia a ihA.! . v, .i . i -a a. a menced. though for the moment It Z' L .r," T.'fr It "r"su ""V:. was taicen roe a spasmodic renewal I eUi h th. . i r scramble from the tons o de- cause us to divide our Tery clothing and 'sell the furniture from our relieve such suffering. The weekly press of Marion county will carry without charge full page suplements devoted to the Armenian Syrian situation in their regular edi t ion s this week. The supplements will be supplied them by tbe Salem committee. C'amnnrgit in Public 8chooI.. 'On Monday at 4 iZb Manager Gill will address the Salem Teachers' as sociation ; at the high; fechool at the 4f that body.t .Thiswlll be the first step'tnnlfcting the help of the schools -In rtatlngnne inessageto the hemes of. Marina -cotinty- Every school teacher in the county will be reached early this week and enlisted for the campaign, 11 ,r?t Kverr Dollar Goes to Relief. The local committee: desires It thoroughly understood that every dollar will go wholly to relief. vAll campaign expense will 'j be met by spec! a contribution given expressjy 'iAVA'""r"r-ir"Itfor th4t'buroOBe.ff Hammer-stroke by which they hoped tiedav ofthT vTT. ,T " J?"? .8l This arrangement l the result of to finish Italy and cripple the whole some ddition.i w.h- Z'JZl 7 -JT"uSi .1 rS.t T definite idans originaUng at- New entente. . . . s . . . . . I MrHinr iin--i I .. . . . . Ynrfc .ari nufl rf r -as a - result oi .Work Dw at Night. 4 . ' I so symbolical! v7 viZ,T Z7Z I r.i,.- J" .JTt .v I much experience and expert advice. Thevis!t Va made .hVinvItalhvi I we naased,lhe extlnsivA 5cltrt taK.T-tIi v- i.)m. I "Regardless1 of how the local; ex- cf the .surrema : eommand - with a lllshment whrA ttna ft,-! VAf jtn j .. - I senses are-'provldea, ? say ' lnstrnc- staff editor from heainnartr I locateOnA rtrnt--.o--tT,.ir ...t .t I tlons from headauarters. "there .must escort. As. we sped alone the road t the cornices were hanrine- nni .- iT . ri - r. I be expense.- Even, the Lnlted states In the b)r arniT anto-T nntd fhr i eral hitr hnl tnit rova uvtni I wlut t-- j j i .. I s-nvernment- has to BPend S3. 090, 000 were no troops alon the road and had round a mark The -main con- a close cm r observation of th hat. hn th work f of sluing its liberty bcrderi- , field as one sees an-1 tour of the street was Treservd on tipf-n-. n if. -.--A. , ZT- I bonds. 4 gilt Wge though tne oonas proaching Verdun or In the Somme the buildings were- Intact as a whole, jestle beauty. But : worsts aH It re- u ,costVtoJ place: fts before or Flacdera This absence of troooa I but evenr second r trA h. t-.. . -1 the necmle. fThe-looal emmittee that la the rear was .part of. the system hit,, some collapsing entirely, others for th officer aald no further eh-nr- tails to lnciir expense for publicity aaoptea It was explatoed. All the with, their front wall gone and their es of this kind could be taken, and almost inevitably rail io ecur lTVI?Zl 0lnI h ny adon- supper , rotrVsA with -houseJioM' goods on Ihis recommendation the general 'rom its cltens a; response An any fi w'! Jtkf ads were left showing from the street fyBat there staff that night ordered a discon- degree commensurate W"J? 5- ciear tr, day most-ot the time. , j' was no viiit'- nm-ut.i i . n it.i . ni demand for bread witn wnicn to Ten miles ont we crossed the Ital- eled debris as at Verdun or Monas-1 as well for now the ereat ffensiv the innocent non-combatants of ia-AUStrian irontlera- and entered I tir. . .The nntiine. . -it- ,.in t r --. w .. -1 rtihlA ands.'T iitirm tti e-n ti. i . . - . ji - . i. i . " J -- ?V Mn iJ7. - it. ' H w 11 ,any sieved'Uy f wi ih it came the retreat from the by an empty river as the mountain I bombard men tr , . . . i (inHii-i im -V.-i- r u.icui naa.-Tun ary. -j neTe were irweilincr Annears fhwrr tnnatelr. r had -nH - . 1 m I . , . ' I -'- " - " -IT r ua-u uu uur - wae mooest aweuing stood out as moment when the tide was turning. ZITJ '?! BtrB that we hurried alonav not bjt its ruin but At the cafe wrhere we went for fntt- hA I T", ' . y,vvw jiw me DauiemeBi, over Isonzo Tttfteen iie.' ,,. ww pe DHl ?mT left, and bris thrown up which now complet?-JurnedSTalSTef; a ' Canelto f?iatJd ?f ? ther Bld? -helWtorii fronts. York, had bein nearest the shell j ai . lapeuo, threatened to envelope I it was minin- hori . I . . - h Tilr or-m-p .it-. t..i.. " . 7 , . " " -uucu iicu n struts aou . was noi pui Aost?bithe? o "?(!rilt f t?-w to the lugubrious spectacle. half covered by the upheaval but .; v. v " v,.rr: . 1 a ucu were canted on i that It fastened to on the Red Cross In-Wallowa county. and the famiiy Is vitally interested In anvthing connected with-the wel fare of the state and. government. The Fim bank of which Mr. Gilke Is president, is Jtberoldest in Wallo. wa county, and wis eRiabllshed In 1SS7 by F. I. -McCuHyV Mr. Gaulke, whp was in the city yesterday f9r! a" few nous on -business, was accompanied by John V. Iloran, an old s friend and former newspaper man, having been on the Ore eon Journal for many years. ijThey left last nteht on their return trin borne. Dnrinsr tnetr stay in mo iiv h were reeistered -at . th4 . .j - Marlon. " CARRYING WATER INTOFRONTLINE PECULIAR TASK end. After five minutes we started out again, : and th sergeant-major Set a pace that' I knew 1 could not austain. Gradually: I felt myself fall ing behind, and oyery fresh effort to catch tip with my party only served to increase my exhaustion and limit my breath. At last, with a feeling 1 of utter desolation. I fell beside my cans. The f laics revealed "to mo that I should soon lost contact with my hurrying comrades, jlahd the mad music of the huitiing shells cumulated- me to a fresh effort. trror a coupie or nunarca yarns . I,it niggled forward, but, -weak gnd M nerert of wtnn, l went down once more and watched, with a kort of guilty dofipefation, the Vcar file of my party disappear over a ridge be tween two lonely shell-stricken trees. It was terrible to feel , alone on that t3rtured fiell, yet I was not altogether alone. The. fitful glares lighted up for me the unmistakable face3 and forms cf the dead, com rades who had fillcu on their , to the front line. Ilritbih Voices Heard. - "A great wearinea3 seized me. and In spite of the noise, and uncanny surroundings -1 could j have gone to Bleep. A chagr'KCd dread of falling in my task nerved rae, however; to a final effort. I found my way through the stark sentinel trees, and, though wandering blinaly, with no further sense of . direction, I finally heard voices. British voices, an l was soon looking down into a communi cation trench; t ' - " 'Get down oulck. digger cried an officer. 'Never mind your cn.' But those cans had become a pre- cIohs part of m)'self, and gripping them affectionately I slithered Into the trench and comparative safety. The experience had been; thrilling and unforgettable, but there was wa ter for3ixteen men. And the e'gfit of the boys eagerly filling- their wa ter bottles made everything wonder fully wirth while. ' . 'My comrades of the ration party had doty delivered therr burdens and returned, so that my journey back to t he dug-out had to be accom plished alone. I freely confess that I feir fairly squeamish as I Climbed out of that-trench and faced that dreadful field again. . Every, flare seemed to me to have for its sole motive the discovery of. my over wrought form to the enemy, i ' "After half an hour of well-nigh STMY LETTERS CLAIM BOIliiidM NOW5 STARVED AH Foodstuffs Short and Crop Outlook Appears Discouraging RATIONS ARE CUT DOWN Hunger Cause of Wjlld Dem- onstratiofts- Workers Made Slaves 1 hopeless wandering, a shrieking shell exnloded so close t me that Former Member of Parlia- the concussion, lifted my steei hei- rormcr mcinucr wi met from my head and almost blew ment in Army IeSCriOeS me off mx feet. At tne same mo- meni i inppea yr -i"uiefcuiis muu fell between two . dead soldiers; They had fallen facing each ether, their arms extended. For a moment I envied them' their pain-freex sleep. ; "An Inscrtable Provldencc-i rather than any conscious ef f ort ; OrrV my part. . lrtrought me to my dank ,r; but welcome dug-out. My comrade were hugely .'relieved at the sight of men, for they hai counted ,ine among the 1UIICU. - - ' - . Sensations PAL FALLS INTO HOLE Bullets Are Thick in Air as 1 Struggle y Made in Slippery Mud London. Dec. 2T, Carrj lng water to the thirsty-fightings men In the front line trenches through a dou ble barrage of burs'Jng- shells from both British and German, guns, while the multi-colored flares- from the Livesley Women Attend Meeting of G. T. Hub " W-1 .dN-HMl' --irfw' wr.Vav'.; i.t VESLEY. Or..v Janr 5. The O. T. club of Livesley met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. "VV.-V. Johnson. The contest was wonTby Mrs. S. C. Davenport. Kerresnmenis German trenches cast a weird light were served by the h6stess, assisted over a shell-riven hsttlefiel.l tnt to I by her daughter. Leila Jonnson. test the nerve and courage , of the I Those present were airs. e. u.. bravest. Yet the work must be done while the battle Is In progress Stumblin? over the bodies of dead leomrades t or falling exhausted among them, floundering through the -mud or into shell craters, the oort. Mrs. C. D. : Query. Mrs. c u. Thomas. Mrs. George Hlgglns. Mrs John Watson, Mrs." H. B. Carpenter. Mrs. B. D. Fidler, Mrs. James FIdler. Mrs. W. Pettvlohn. Mrs. Frances Bressler. Mrs. T. Holly. Mrs. N. 'P, ONE DOSE RELIEVES A COLD NO QUININE S- - i leave- 'he-7 1. I iw.T Mi l' "3f U-V!rf " low: ine enemy ---,., . "fT i u;ii Kara-Sa I waa, bringing, crreat m vera --..-..i.-. I -- rT,-.ui - u.mStu5; 6rri uira oi men V" " '"r . .V -"."-ncon8Cious-or theshell t to -the north of the'BiansIzza. Pla- ;.,wt.o,niimK iron me nre an aDout and called down to her tearf. th dAfrt. . t. , 1 - - - " - T W, V J l.tUhl 11'' i.uuivuuua uetow. borne of the uuimmpi nan thoi .i . i i . . . . I-- An thaAmA I t.i.TI. r.r; z s . . uy -wuk ring wnicn was tnreatemng .wr'. i ,i UD umuerMo seep them from I Trieste. To save Trieste the enem f hop" cr " ln ."sUan. showln toppling, over. At the theater In the ranH force the Italian, t Si ivVt.T6 m e a m cnterj0f-the city the bUl-boaxdsI Isoitxo river, as another Italian of- 1 Cwn pound ends bad grippe In m lew hours i.u" wcuon- was racially snowed the remnants of-the bust kr.1 rn. -t lur.-juuiau uiajea meir iinai cara I iler psi.rtIro.rt th. town b.d tire nIM ... in VtS Timtr;n.or Italian f error they had decorated the and besides air the hotels Sad h7n wftwafid?. wEe4 owt he main.hetet?a hand? l?lrS ?.1f-!,5,thl8 nMkp,Med 80me structure on the main corner, there by ItaUan soldiers. , was demolished by the explosion of Jiienry Forces Increaaed. j two 12-inch shells. Svhich landed The cannonade began to be heard aqoarely Inside, The- loss of life for the 'first time ten miles west must have beea grpafand the' ma- of Gorirla a low rumble ;to : the terial destruction was complete, not north and east with now and then- Testige of the building remaining, the muffled, boom of a "gret gun. ept great .. heaps of debris. The Dar byjday. the fire was getting cathedral near by had also received heavier, , said pur. escort,, who knew a shell through i the -roof i fast vir the ground by hearts and he added the altars "All thfe stlinld tLi l- that the enemy forses had been In- J dows were shjvefed and the bts lay4 cressea irom iiv oaiiaiions io jjv vu ie urouna. - ioottlng through battalions. one of these empty windows'we could As we passed through the town of ee the wrecked altar.t with Us rall Lticlnlco, a far-out suburb of Gorirla, ings twisted and its marble sides It was seen to be half destroyed, blasted into frarn&ntf 'i'nfi' Along the main street ran rows or ." '" Bighta f Havoe Viewed battered . buildings, with v walls half r Tha visit o tbeitadeF "4s the down and shell holes making ugly event of the day. This Is a huge pile gashes. Bnt business was going on, with old-time moat and battlements: men were at the cafes, and. women anda great lower dominating the end girls strolled the street ancon- whole countrv for mu ir crnedly. Now the automobile turn-1 we were to view Mt G.hrioi iu and? hold the Jewel' of the Adriatic. Relief eomes instantly. -A dose taken every two hours until three doeses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either In the head, chest, body or limbs. ' i I . : . It promptly (opens clogged-up nost- passages in we" nean, discharge f nose un sick headache, dullness, sore throat, sneezing. ftoreness and stiffness.. ? ".: '- - Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blow nine. - ibo iwrir iu- i rw.eni nui, Micnei, the Blanslzz plateau and cae of the outer defenses of Gorizla the whole range r emind"' which vhere bloody, hand-to-hand fighting had passed through, .SEsrtSaL cccurred.- One could see the old It wa uphlU Ao the MtadeLEvery treaeh and wire system, now grass- thing showed the havoc of Tone coiL rrown All this hiU had been swept tinufd f ire. InneUeat VeutSr I are by shell-fire, but nature had was wretty little chari whhhad : indly obliterated the scars, and the eome through, thtordSuatonId Lrilside was again smiling with , Its through all around?wa? wreck vcrdare. The sound of firing had now Once- wpoa the battlements a eom increased to an omjnoiw roar.aa we manding view was afcead There "awej Padgera HilL was one point of Tantage,where this Turning the corner of a shattered view wis particularly 'goodknown w.r Blow. K.-Felt. r-'-; ; J'- . fng and snuffling. Ease you throb- f-61' w,? voarea over tye map the bing head! Nothing else th the increasing rear of the artillery told world gives - such prompt relief as that the , enemy, was losing no time -pape's Cold Compound.". which in Jiis part of , themi.ltary game. cost3 only a few cents at any drtig The proprietor of the cafe was an re. It acts without f assistance, intelligent old man. and I asked pJm tastes nice. nd -caases no incon- ii t,ne tire we heard was the same as vtnience. Be sure you. get the gen- "Nd. it is vory much heavier and It reems as though something was go Ing to happen.?. This was' the In stinctive feeling of the people on'the spot who had gore through this day after j day for months. They felt the blow coming. On the corner there.! were " Xwo women nf fh..nrHn iin toivrnv together nndor an umbrella, for it J eliS 01 r DUSUieSS . jand, LrOp W ralnlni. .T rr--v. .1- 1 .a r I f t ... . ...... u Mi tucir inmucr- ence to the shilling scened strange, and I stoppe4 tto ask them if the bombardment did nrt frighten them and keep them awake , at 5 night. 1 ney were puzzled for a moment I Kuele. Mrs. O. G.- Greenstreet. till he reaches the first line, unless! Mr. and Mrs. Phil Gllham of Hep- death relieves him of the task. A ner spent the holidays with tbe Hlg told bv Victor Gravson. formtilv a I Aubrey Johnson, who Is attending memW r the nrttlsb narti-ment. the dental college at. ppruand. was co-.i-rr , nr,r9f in f ha Tti-i I home f or his Christmasr vacation. r-iV " " Mr. and Mrs. John Watson were ' r aL. I Christmas guests' of. Mr. 'and Mrf tailed t6 carry up rations to the Hutcheon, who live In Salem. front line trenches through a datir 'f Kmma ''Ti o.w bnrrage." he writes. -We all knew hristma8 ??,a,n..wlt - .11. w thatthe boys un the line were to "' YlAV6SV,H . ' :V' morning, but we wer- not aware un- " h"" V-Ti-i fnr James Fidler has returned from a til our .sergeant maior told us., that they had been without rations for I twelve hours. : ;i lare Spelled Vp In Bf n1. "As much as the mud Would per mit, onr pace waw speeded ip. and his sister, whom he had not seen for fifty-three years.' , Mr.'aad. Mrs. A. L. Johnson of sa- lem spent Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs.- W. V. Johnson. Mr. N. P. Kuyle and daughter Edna are home from a visit with we 'were soon !n line upon the duck- relatives In PorUand4 dtfrfng the boards (board walks laid in mud) uouuajra. - . - - m-.tf immoHiato enmnan-I Mrs. u. u. ureensrreei or uanoon. ions each lalen with two petrol tins j Nw Mexico. Is spending a few weeks Of water " " i wiiji ner - laioer, o. u uuvcutwcu "The front tine was aiMjni iwo ' ........ j. , . . miles away. For the first part of the , William Meiers, who has been lunuiUE in ini- incienuuruwni' is WALLOWABANKE VISITS SALEM 'L- i Conditions of His County While in City , 'Wallowa ccHinty can always be journey a bright moon made tne travelling comparatively easy. But snddenlv the duck-boards ended, the moon completely disappeared, and the "resulting darkness acted like a signal to the opposing batteries. The air was lorn with the howls and shrieks of shells. ' "It became a matter of Infinite care and. considerable skill to. fplck our ! way between the deep fchell holes, which, were sometimes fo Close together as to be d.ivlded only by a sloping ridge or less than a root m width. The enemy was firing 'wild and shells were exploding on ail j lit. txtslnfiiil wr Iher - tn tt A uTinvcduntaVirr duck o,,r3d. d JlnL t."!"S Dnd- f over four years, intends o leave for Portland soon with his family,' where he iwlll engage In electrical work. Mr. Meiers has rented his farm to a Mr. Foster , of Ralem. Mr. and Mrs. II. B.' Carpenter had fny their Christmas guests Ifev. and Mrs. A Hawthorn and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bay of Portland. 'Mrs. Charles Ekin. who has spent wveral weeks- with' relatives la Idaho, arrived home last Tuesday. A llettincourt had a small opera tlon for catarrh performed .last Tuesday, The school directors are rapldlv all trees: and stumps A 32-inch bell has been purchased for the church. , as though not comprchend'ner such depended npon to come through with an Inquiry. And then they shrugged f the money when it 1 comes to a "pat. their shoulders. ' rlotie call" Said "F. It. Gaulke. pres- I t iMmen Xot FrlghtenrcL I Ident of the " First Uank of Joseph. TWe are used to it ther raid. Wallowa county, yesterday. "ThH Tit nsed to frighten us at first, and county did .its duty and then some the children still ery at night. But when It came to the Bed Cross'and what can we do?; " liberty bond drives." he continued, i These were trpicaT towns-women, "and more than met its allotments. Lwho had got habituated to the dan-! In the last Red Cross drive. Jo er;and destruction all around them. iseph went 'over the top' by at least and were now stopping on the street 200 per cent. s . COrner-ln the rain tn nrhinvA thai "Fiiiatnoia ennTritnnrar" are rCel-l latest, gossip. One cif the women had I lent." he declared, "especially In the! the features of an Austrian and shef agrlcultnral and cattle raising sec- Rniuc-a as ,ne , neara .the rumble- of tlons of the -eounty i -The weather the. Austrian gans and looked off to-1 this winter , has been" exceptional. warfl me enemy lines so near. I Just at present i the prospects for wait for the Inevitable shower or dirt and mud. or worse. Every now and then a man would lose his foot ing, and h nnd Ws cans would roll with a slash into a gaping fhell hole. Pal FalU Into Shell Hole. , "It seems Inconceivable., eren..lr- reverent, that one- sbeuld la'agh In the midst of such horrors. Rut when 1 saw: my pay m ironi aari awy Colfax. Wash.., Dec, 27v-Because from a menacing shell-burst on th ho withea to do something to help ngnx. siraigni mm . . - r wJn tDe var j. s Oreenhlll of this speak. t a muddy shell-hole on th0 town, aged 70 years and a veteran left, I laughed, tl'l a stitch came Into of.the civil war. has asked the fed- Ww V Ii1a . ' 1 i. A - S .. A M i. . rerai counio esiaonsn ais American "When we reached the .support citizenship, that he may obtain a Man, 70, Asks Citizenship . to Work as Navy Machinist trenches, a bait was cauea not c, position as-machinist in the Bremer moment' too . soon tor a i rest. My I ton navy yard. water'-cans had become amazingly l : Mr. Greenhlll came to America heavy, and all of ns were panurc a j fr0m Scotland at the age of six and we . croucnea Desiae our j comraues j jus fathers naturalization papers wno. were waiune in tne support were destroyed in the Chicago fire trench, la reserv. Ihad recenUy suf 1 He is an expert .machinist and has fered from" a cold. and. I hearti'y j beert employed In- machine shops wished, that my journey hlgbt -boon j here. 1 London, Dec. 27.-r-(Correspond-ence of the Associated Press. ) The food situation! In parts of Austria, notably Ilohemla, Is at present more critical than at any previous period of the ; war, according i to letters which have been received by Czechs here, after, evading the Austrian censorship. Bohemia, both owing to her geographical u situation and the concentration of her population In the Industrial .districts, has al ways been dependent on outside as sistance as fa.r as her food supply, is concerned. : I 4Yon can't conceive what a . des-' 'perate plight we are in." says one letter, "and i It will be even worse as winter comes on, for there has -been no harvest to speak of. Owing to the drought, .everything has been burned up; there Is no wheat, and soon there will be no potatoes. No body sees how we can. endure an other winter. Even the peasant farmers have not enough for them selves. There Is practically no melt you can perhaps buy a scrap once a week after standing for four hours in, line. There are, strikes and dem onstrations everywhere, but the newspapers are noit allowed to cay anything about them." ; ' . - - 4 - - Fall Allowance ' Xot Allowed. ' Another letter says: "The ra tions per head are now: Bread, two pounds weekly; flour, for married people Only, one pound weekly; 'po tatoes, one pound weekly; sugar, half pound weekly. "But In reality it is' practically Impossible to obtain one's full' allowance of anything Food Is Issued on Fridays and Satur days every week', -but it" frequently . happens that those who. have finish ed their rations too soon or who have no- money to-procure aomething by underhanded . means, die of starva tion on Thursday. ( T.he mana; -ment of the food bureau attenr t ' , to satisfy our appetites byiproviiin : the most-terrible bread,' the .-mm sight . Of which often uifets tl.-i starving stomach. - j "It Is- true we have the., 'much jaunted soup kitchens, which provi Ja' a midday meal. But tha tacr t is no Monger anything nourishing, but only water containing, beets, cloverand . turnip. The war vegetables are oc casionally supplemented with horsa meat rhen things are going badly oa the front. Thus when the ItaHia of fensive was going badly- against ns, many wagonloads - of dead hors-' 3 were brought to the factory kitcher i to be made Into soup. These kitche:: supply the Invalid soldiers, and a: the foreign . workmen,- the Utter mostly Poles. - - - Workers Are Slaves. "Whenever a report came In that the Italians were winning, there was great rejoicing-among these slaves at the prospect of getting meat soup. These' wretched creatures, who, are conscripted for "work In the mines " and .: factories, are literally slaves. Not only is their personal liberty re stricted, but corporal 'punishments' are Inflicted for the slightest retort; the" offender la flogged and shaved close, like a convict, as a mark of humiliation. - , . 'A good many men may still be seen in the industrial towns, but there are absolutely none in thevil lages. A few sons of rich, land own ers have been able to escape military service by suddenly becoming indis pensable -to some mine or factory. There are very few sojdlers left at home now, although there, were plenty last "March. The end la at hand." Corroborative evidence of th critical situation in Bohemia Is found in several more official sources. In. the Austrian budget committee, tbe deputy, M. Zenker, declared that the shortage of flour and bread was now almost complete." "If the government realty desires to continue tne war, -he said. "It will have to make some very urgent measures. We will aft erwards have something to say about lungary, which 'would be well ad- , vised to give way and let us have some of her stored up food if she does not want to see a current of overwhelming' opinion -rise against ' Budapest to the great detriment of the dual monarchy," - j 1 An the Austrian upper house I on October 27. Dr. Gilbert Ilelmer. Lord Abbot of Tepl; and one of tbe, most Influential churchmen In Aiistrii HHngary, ' said: "Terrible want ' reigns. In the districts of Gablonz. Hamburg and Warnsdorf, and In the Grzgebirge Conditions In the last named district are appalling, owing to the failure; of the Czech popnla- h tlon ot do their duty to the com- f munify In handlng over foodstuffs. ? It' Is even 'widely reported that tha failure of the Czechs to hand over " their food .hoards .Is dne to rebel- ' lions nationalistic aspirations." A GOLF HANDICAP. "I wouldn't say McTavish canna Jearn the game." remarked Sand r. as tbey trudged home from th llnkr: "but it will be deficult for film." . - "Aye,". agreed Donald. "At times $ie will be like to bust, what wi' be ing so releeglous, and tongue-tied." Everybody's Magazine. .