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SECRETARY GINRICH RECEIVES INTERESTING LETTERS FROM BOYS IN ARMY AND NAVY AND ' Y.M.C A. WORK; THEY ALL LIKE THE LIFE - Secretary Oscar B. Ginrich of the Salem Y. M. C. A. has received a number of Interesting letters from members of the Salem association who are now in war service. Deane Curtis, who Is in the navy, writes interestingly of his experience with the Y. M. C- A. huts. James Youns urups a line irom Ban adiuuiu. ikx as. George J. Watson and James Elvin have both written before sail ingvfor France where they will do wf I. an. u. A. worn. Like Ixmdon Association. DEANE CURTIS writes as follows from London, his letter dated Jan uary 7: Hello. Dad: Surprised? I thought so. I will Just write a little note to tell you something the Y. M. C. -A. is doing for us boys over here. I am away from my ship on a fiv day leave, and am stopping at the American Y. M. C. A.. On-the-Strand here in London. And -it sure is a fine place. One gets a place to sleep nice- clean beds for 9 pence a night, a meal that would cost you 1 shill ing and 3 pence. One would pay any in fthilllncra a night for a bed and.it Is not any to? clean either. And for a meal yo'i pay 5 shillings for the same things you get-here. They have a pool room , here that has five tables, a reading room, a writing room and a concert hall, shower baths with hot and cold water. Any place yon go and find our boys, you will find a Y. M. C. A. I. was in the little town of Queens town. Ireland, and . they have one there. If it were not for the Y. M. C. A. I don't know what we boys would do. for the people donot treat you any too well, and rob you every chance they get.. I have not met any other boys from Oregon over here yet, but I suppose there are some here. J. have sure done London. I have seen 'everything in this town ther3 is to see. I believe. I have seen a Jot of. other places too that I would like ,io tell you about but can't, some of- them ar not in this country. Well, dad, I -will stop now and go Mke stroll so goodbye. hope everything is all right In Salem and that you do not feel the war there. I think It will be over In about three years. JAMES, YOUNG sends these three sentences: v "Threw it." says I, and the fight was on. How are things going thase days? I expect you are a busy man. ' ' Watwn Kent Busy. - GEORGE WATSON writes: Dear .Oscar: . . . Have been trying every nlghts'nca we have been here (Just a week to day) to find time to write to you, but have been so busy we have scarcely tiai ftrtifl to ieen. Tndr. However. we finished the biggest end of ourl shopping, etc.; and will be ready to sail on Thursday If our ship should go out then, which, it Is supposed to do. Originally scheduled to sa'l to morrow it was postponed to Thurs day and we understand there Is a possibility it may be delayed sev eral days longer. We will wire our Wl II am wKan a ar vt 11 v aafl nrf sssaiw v vu. v wcaaaj mtm m" the Y. M. C. A. will wire them of our safe arrival in France. . Will prob ably take us at least ten days to get over,-we are told. We do not tall on a transport. We" were excited when we found a call In our box from Mclntyre. At once-supposed it was our old side kick f DocM but it turned oat to be a total mistake much to our disap pointment. . Say. Hello to all oud good friends for os, Ging. Jimmy and I surely do miss the old roughnecks and th-j dear old game of biff. Well, good bye, old man, until you hear from as from' the other side. Klvin Has Adventure. JAllES ELVIN puts over this one: Dear. Glng: Wa have been busy it seems every t mnnL-S PER CEKt ttoatteStoiaMteaMPgggL m i Cheerfulness and ICaot ficilhcrCrttiin.Morpnuw. i Muicrai. Not ah w Aim i!iiFcwrl$hncss rcc np Sleep t z ; hJLtst Copy of Wrapper. -r' " h- 111 " ' ' : - 1 p "j , minute since we left Salem. We had a nice trip across the continent as far as Milwaukee when we ran into the blizzard. It took four locomo tives to get our train through some of the drifts. We enjoyed every min ute of the trip across and ran acros3 wmc 'friendly fellow passengers. We took our biff ball exercls? every morning In the observation car throwing footstools at each oth er. ComVng into Chicago we found it would be necessary to stay J.here nearly all day Monday, Jan. 14. and the only train we could leave on was one to Pittsburg. The follow ing morning we left In a day coach for New York where we arrived at half past nine Tuesday evening. The next day we saw so many Jews w thought we must surely be in the New Jerusalem. We had a complete suite of rooms in the Chelsea across from th Twenty-Third Street Y. M. C. A. There is some organization here. A young man takes you at 124 East Twenty-Eighth street and at the other end of the line you ar? somewhere in France. I have just taken my second shot of dope for typhoid and my left arm feels as if it were in a hotter place than France ever dared to be warm, as that na tion is reputed to be. Halvorsen at last accounts was looking for a clea ver to cut his off. Watson's arm is so thin be never feels it at all. We have been very busy in passing our examinations but are now approach ing the end of our tests. The unir forms are simply great. I took llat .vorsen over ' to Paterson, my old home, to spend Sunday and we sure ly cut a figure. The whole town was ours and the ticket agent ex empted us from the war tax. We have serured, all our equip ment and except for a few little ne cessities are nearly readv to go. Some of the boys are renting suits which hold one np in the water. It has some kind of a heating arrange ment to keep one warm in the wa ter, j It seems to me if it set you on fire) it would 4ie awful to burn up in the ocean. Clear clean swimming for mine if anything happens going over. A bunch of the boys sail to night (Monday) and we saw the transport loaded to the gunrails and it was so camouflaged it looked as if it had been; out on a tear all night. We are waiting for passports. Ths camel going through the eye of a needle had nothing on the man who tries to get away from America. The red ! tape -is awful. We must have French and British passports in ad dition to American. -. ... : We'll Bet This Ain't So. It's .something awful back here. You have heard about the shortage of sugar. The half has not been told Why, Cing.tell Mr. McGllchrist that In some cafeterias they have a lump of sugar on a string and when a customer passes down the line the sugar is dropped Into the drink and Quickly drawn up for the next cup. And meat is awfuL.: , A little girl went into a butcher shop and asked for a pound of round steak and the butcher said, "a pound of round steak! Go over and smell the hook." They say they used to put the sugar in the coffee and ndw they put I the coffee In the sugar. They say i if the war continues women's skirts will be shorter and the men say It Is going to be an awful long war. In some places they are actu ally serving horse meat and In -one fashionable place they had a leg of an old fire horse on the table for dinner and when the fire bell rang It got fight up and ran all the way to the fire. I some museums they have small pieces of coal on exhibi tion for 5 cents a look. Alarmists are declaring that underwear is run ning out and that newspapers ar to be used in their stead they can tell when they changed by the date on the paper and all the men swear they will wear Police Gazettes for that is the warmest paper they know of! i Well, such is life In New York. fiSTNH For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature, of Use For Over Thirty Years ft ,1 In hi' u TUti OSTEGOX Pacifists, Socialists. Bolshevik! ga lore, but plenty of 9 per cent pure Americans who don't mince their words out when they express their sentiments. They say here they are going to send a pawnbroker across on an Important mission. We -understand he is going to "hock the Kais er." Halvorsen and I went to church in Paterson Sunday morning and the minister asked me to say a few words at the close of his sermon. I said I would speak briefly as my friend Halvorsen, an eloquent speak er, would follow me. Halvorsen got up after me and said in h's intro ductory remarks that- when h caught Jimmy outside he would shoot his bean off. By this time my arm feels as I. it neverVknew me. I have forwarded Mrs. Elvin the Hat of Instructions that the new men must have. And. Ging. men are needed, that Is abso lutely strainght. although manv here are gettine turned down. We all passed. We are doing our lest. Ging, to overcome the real feelings. Salem looks awful good from here. I never knew it was such a nice town until I got away from it. Gosh, I hate that Kaiser pulling us out of such a nice place. And, Gng, old boy. We surely appreciate the nice reception given us and especially all the good things you have done to make this trip possible. We shall all write you frequently for we are surely indebted to you. ' Makes Vale Club His Haunt. I dined and was entertained today at the Yale club, one of the swellest and most exclusive In the city, and when I left I was given a card ex tending all the privileges to myself and party for two weeks. I'm going to take the bunch there to lunch. How we miss the b.oys and biff. Which side Is ahead now? GlvJ my love to them aH. Remember me cor dially to the Sunday school bunch and the folks of the church and es pecially the Sunday night crowd. We were in a swell tleatre the other night and a lady came out surround ed by girls dressed as Red Crotts nurses and sang 'Over There." The boys said. "Great Scott, they had that in Jiminie's church two months ago.- r Hilly Sunday preched a sermon not long ago from the text. "The place of everlasting heat and 2000 people arose and simultaneously ask ed "What time does the next train start?" Goodbye Glng, love to all from your old card. Jimmy. COUNTRY IS PUT IN GRIP OF WINTER (Continued from page 1) freight is being accepted for east ward movement by any lines. . i Breaking Ire Harmful, r LOUISVILLJB, Ky.. Jan. 30. Breaking ice gorges In the Ohio. Mississippi and Green rivers today in some instances brought fre?h dis asters to shipping and other property threatened new ones In others and created uneasiness in widely separat ed sections. Apparently the most serious dam age mas recorded at Cincinnati and at Carrolton, at the mouth of the Kentucky river, where steamboats, churned by the Ice, had been sunk and loaded coal barges set adrift. On the lower river at Paduch, where a gorge broke yesterday car rying vessels away valued at more than $1,000,000, a second gorge had formed with prospects that it would break and destroy the remainder of the winter fleet. Dynamite was used today in an effort to break the ice Jam.. At Cairo, at the mouth of the Ohio, two small packets had been sunk. Montana Mercury Lnw. HELENA. Mont.; Jan. 30 Today, set for tagging coal shovels, was nshered into Helena by a. tempera ture of 16 degrees below zero. Aft er hovering between that and 10 be low during the 'day. the mercury fell to 20 below toward evenfng. with prospect of TO below before morning. Other cities in the state report similar temperatures. Warm er weather for Friday Is predicted. LEWISTOWN, Mont. Jan. 30 The thermometerrecorded 30 de grees below-zero this evening at 7 o'clock and was still falling, but the wind and snow had ceased. East bound main nine trains are practic ally on time on both the Milwaukee and Great Northern, while the west bound trains are some hours late.' NEWLYWEDS TO FIGHT IT OUT Cases Are Appealed to Dis i trict Board by Attorney Max Gehlhar Two .dozen young men of Marion fcounty who have married since May 18, 1917, and who have made claims for exemption, will have to fight it out before the district board la Portland. District Attorney Max Gehlhar has been appointed official agent of the government to repre sent General Crowder and has ap pealed the cases in behalf of the gov ernment. The cases of the twenty-four men already have been appealed and others are, to follow. All have been placed In classes 2 or 4by the draft board. Mr. Gehlhar has the further duty of checking over all of the Mar lon county names when the work of the draft board is completed. The twenty-four men whose cases have been appealed are: Luther C. Creason. Ward Barrett. Thomas V. Zilaskowski. Ernest T. tleadrlck, George F. Skiff, Robert F. Sphoon. R. Meuric Roberts. Arnold Chris Hermansen. Alpheus J. Gil lette. Guy A. Rannells, Lloyd L. Lucas. Charles S. Beecroft. James C. O'Reilly. Arthur L. Huntley. Julius H. Garnjobst.. William O. Smith. Ray S. Cooper, Carl R. Zurcher, Leo G. Page, Rollin S. Armstrong. Ben II. Drager, Edward Gittlns. Harold G. Hermansen, Ralph W. Weddie. 8TA1E83HAX: THURSDAY, JAXUAK m. ENGINEER NUNN DEFENDS POLICY Criticism of Grange at Eagle Creek, Clackamas County, Is Answered In reply to a criticism of the poli cies of the state highway commission which was made at a meeting of the Grange at Eagle Creek. Clackamas county. State Highway Engineer Nunn has addressed the following letter to the Grange: "On account of hr seeming un justified attacks on the aate hlgu way department, a statement at this time of the exact conditions under which this department works and o. the actual expenditures of money will help to place the matter before the people in this state, who nre honest ly interested, in the proper light. "One of the particular statements which has been made M that the state highway department' has spent up to date 136.000 for automobiles. This statement is untrue. The fact Is, however, that the state has spent 912,605.30 for automobiles for the purpose of transporting engineering and construction crews to their work. Projects In 30 Counties. "The state highway department is a legitimate business, handling $5, 000.000 this year, covering a teril tory of 95.600 square n.iles and thiity-six counties, and all of the work is located in outlying districts none of it being within tb-s city limits of any municipality. No business man could question such an expendi ture and no business man would con sider the handling of such a large organization and such a particularly technical business without the means of transportation to save the time rf a crew whose salaries and wages often total the sunt of $50 to $60 per day, and when it is stated that the:e are more than CO of these crews working within the different coun ties, some Idea can be hal as to the enormous distances to be covered. "The state has purchased trucks for the transportation of materials and equipment to the value of $2S -867, because of the fact that we iiava been paying at the rate of $2.75 to 3.00 per hour for the tame type of trucks, and we have saved the state a large sum of money upon such purchases, and they are not to be classified in any way as automo biles but as working equipment, and their cost and operation if- charged against the construction on which tbey are placed. "It might be well at this time to, state to the public that the state highway department has also pur chased considerable other equipment, among which is one of the highctst type paving plants In the State, of Oregon, with all of the necessary rollers, trucks, hoists, small tool, ttc, necessary for its operation. This plant has a capacity of 2,000 square yards per day of 2-inch pav nient, and will be operated between Salem and Aurora, over a stretch of twenty-one miles and involving a square yardage of 197.147 square yards. The stone for this work ha been purchased and the equipment will be placed under operation as soon as weather condition permit. Is Biggest Project. "This is by far the biggest paving propaganda ever undertaken by the state or any county of the state of Oregon and will be operated under the best of conditions with exerleuc ed men and will undoubtedly set aside for all time the exact cost of bituminous paving In this state. The federal department of good roads has been asked to cooperate with us in the building up of a specification for this work and the advantage of their long experience will leave no quesi ion as to Its stability. "The state highway depart m. at has also purchased a concrete paving plant which has a capacity of 800 square yards per day and this ma chine will commence to lay paving between Sheridan and McMinnvih as soon as weather conditions permit The state also owns two other con crete paving plants which can be used In an emergency although the are of small capacity and will prob ably not exceed 30 square yards per day each. .i. There ha been 9011119 criticism of the large number of survey! nr crews Salts in Hot Water Clears Pimply Skin Hays- we mint snake kidneys $ Clean the blood, and pirn- it t Pimples, sores aad bolls usually result from toxins, poisons and Im purities which are generated in the bowels and th blood through the very ducts which should absorb only nourishment to sustain the body. It is th tnttfUnn rf Ih. IrMnan to filter Impurities from the bloo na cast tnem out in the form of urine, but In many Instances the bowels create puritles than the kidneys ran elhn inaie, men the blood uses the skin pores as the next best means of get- tlnr rid Of lhM ImmirltlM vhloh often break out all over the skin In tne form of pimples. The surest way to clear the skin of these eruptions, says a noted author ity, is to get from any pharmacy about four ounces of Jad Salts and take a tablespoonfut In a glass of hot water each morning before break fast for one week. This will prevent the formation of toxins in the bow els. It also stimulates the kidneys to normal activity, thus coaxing them to filter the blood of impurities and clearing the skin of pimples. Jad Salts is Inexpensive, harmless and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla. Here you have a pleasant, effervescent drink which usually makes nimntM disanttAar; cleanse the blood and Is excellent for the .I., i. i viuueys as weu. ntaced in the different counties of the state,. and for those who are un informed, I will call their attention to the road laws which make it ob ligatory upon the state highway com mission to locate state toads in the different counties upon which ihey iutend to expend money, and we have no option whatever in the matter. The law Is a good one and insures a uniformity of work throughout the ttate and is a large saving to the counties involved, and a question to any county judge or commissione" In tliis state who has asked for such help will set aside such criticism. "The state highway commissloa bas awarded contracts to date for approximately for fifty-five miles of pavement, a part of which has been completed, and the cost per mile on the completed sections is approxi mately $14,000. This includes boU the surfacing, subgrading, base and shoulders, and in most cases, drain age. - Untrue Statement Refuted. A comparison of state price for pavement, as compared with that of Clackamas county. Is very unsatis factory, as the. state highway de partment makes a complete charge for all materials and equipment used tor a completed piece of construction, and the price paid per square yard has little to do with the completed work. The statement, however, that the state has paid three times as much for its pavement as Clackamas county should not be taken serious ly, as the specifications of the state are much more rigidly enforced and the work much more carefully dono than that in Clackamas county, and the statement as a whole is abso lutely untrue. "It is impossible at this time to give the amount of mileage wnica the state highway department caa Complete under the $6,000,000 bond issue, as that will depend entlrel upon the cost per square yard vt the pavement which the state wili lay with its own forces and own plants, and we feel quite sure that with the better organization and bet ter equipment and with men who ar better trained along paving lines that the state will lay its pavement much better and as cheaply in proportion to the quality as any county has witn its own forces and own plants, and we feel quite sure that with the bet ter organization and better equlj ment and with men who are bette. trained along paving lines that the state will lay its pavement much better and as cheaply in proportion to the quality as any county has with Its own plant and equipment. "It is impossible to tell where the mileage will be laid with the $6. 000.000 bond issue, as that Is a question of policy on which the com mission is yet undecided. It is safe to say, however, that none of this paving money will be used for grad ing, excepting where the law specific ally provides for same. "Regarding the bonds available, on which the people voted. Chapter 423 of the Laws of 1917 authorized $6,000,000 in highway bonds for paving purposes, $1,000,000 of tnese to be sold during the year 1917, $2, 000,000 during the year 1918, and $3,000,000. during the year 1919 The law requires that these bonas curry 4 per cent interest. "During; the year 1917, 11,000,000 of these bonds were sold. The lum bermen's Trust company of Portland bid in the first block of $500,000 at $471,300; E. H. Rollins and Sons of New York City and the National O.ty company of New York secured the second block of $500,000 for $472 -130. . CondtionA Govern Interest. "The state highway commission is not responsible for the interest rate;: that money shall carry. This de pends altogether on the . financial condition of the country, and the fact that the bonds actualy sold at a rate equivalent to about 4 per cent in terest was considered by those in close touch with the money market of this country to be an exceptionaly of this country to be an exceptionally the completed highways In the thick ly populated sections of Oregon will very soon offset the discounts at which the bonds were sold. ."The record! of the office of the highway . commission are by law made free and open to the public at all times. We will add to this the fact that any member of your grange 'who may desire It will be given evety opporunlty by the employes of this department to go into the records as fuiy as they desire, as we believe that a thorough, honest, investigation of the records of this department by either a biased or unbiased person, if the truth is what is desired, will only result in the highest commenda tion of the administration of this department. We have applied business princi ples at every opportunity .and have watched the state's money as closely as we believe it U possible for any business house to do it. Where th purchase of equipment would actual ly result in a saving in cost, this has been recommended and done, and our records will clearly indicate that the department is absolutely free from politics and endeavoring to give a genuine. business administration.' BIG STRIKE HOUtfLY GROWING IN GERMANY . (Continued nam page 1) wise, in Kiel, the great shipyard center, at the Hamburg irt works and In the Rhenish Westphallan mine region workers have thrown down their tools. Leaders of the Socialists both he Independent and the majority 'actions evidently are" in control of the movement and for their pains a number of the independent have been ordered Imprisoned." 1 Hnro Haase of the Independents, and I'hll 'p Scheideman. the majority Social ist leader in the reichstag. are head 'ng ihHr respective followers. Advices received by way of Switz erland are to the effect that the So cialists have delivered an ultimatum to the government demanding the conclusion of a general peace with out indemnities or annexations, par ticipation by the workmen In peace discussions, amelioration of the food ituallon. the right. of public assem bly, the release of all political pris oners and the Introduction of equal electoral suffrage by direct secret ballot, Austrian Warehouse Ilnrn. News concerning Internal condf- p j The Boyi in the ARMY WAVY AERO SERVICE Will enjoy Newi from Home $1.25 l Pays 3 months subscription (by mail) SUBSCRIBE FOE YOUR BOY We pay all postage , STATESMAN PUB. CO, 215 South Commercial Street Phone 583 1 1 Ul tions In Austria still is scant. The latest Information received from Vienna ' Is that there has been a great conflagration in the grain warehouses there and that revolu tionaries are suspected of having started it. In Finland the trouble between the government forces and revolu tionists continues to extend. The revolutionists are declared to have formed a government of their own. All southern Finland is said to be in the hands of the red guard. - Although Finland has appealed to Sweden for military aid, such aid. is not likely lo be rendered. Hlmlevttmi-fc Warns Strikers. AMSTERDAM. Jan. SO. -t The Rhenlsch Westphalia JZeltung of Es sen, a copy oi wnicn nas oeen re ceived here, reports that Field Mar shal von Hindenburg haswarned the strikers In Berlin to . cease their movement Immediately.; He told them, according to this newspaper, that they were being misled, actllng: 'Every hour -you lose means the weakening of Germany's defense. Yon are comlratting a crime against our army nd an act of cowardice against your brethren in the front trenches." Sunday School Society Organized Last Night The Salem Sunday School ascpcla tion, which has for Its purpose the , support of the two Sunday school teachers' training classes that, have been organized at Willamette uni versity and the creation of a spirt of unanimity among the Sunday ... - To Be IS COMMON To Stav In Want 1 (First 2 cent cent (Subsequent Insertion) nn ii schools of Salem, was organized at a luncheon at the Y. W. C. A. room 3 last night. Joseph I lv Albert, superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday School, was elected president, and' John W. Todd, Dr. IIV C. Epley and I. O. Miles were chosen vice; presidents. A board of trustees will be made up of the pastors of the several church es interested and the superintend ents of all the Sunday schools. One of the classes at the univers ity is to be conducted by Prof. C. L. Sherman ' on Friday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock, beginning February 12. This class is for university students and college credit will be given. The other class will be conducted for the Miss Gertrude Eakin and will meet Wednesday nights,, beginning Feb ruary 15. Of Interest to Yomen Mme Menocal, wife of the Presi dent of Cuba, has been Instrumental in raising one million dollars for the Cuban Red Cross, of which she Is the head. Plans are already under way la several of the western states to se cure women, farm laborers next year to take the places of men who have joined the colors. " Mrs. R. M. Campbell, wife of a Denver physician, boats of thirty cousins,- nephews and other male rel atives nowf fighting fn the ranks of the Entente Allies. More speakers of National promin ence addressed the recent convention of the W. C. T. U. In Washington, than were ever heard at any previous gathetlng of that organization. 1 ... 1 In Want IS UNNECESSARY be Classified Columns of The Statesman can fill all kinds of wants for all kinds of people. word a Insertion) a word MUHII