T UPLIFTS TO
SOLDIERS SEEN
BY JAMES ELVIN
Salem Pastor Writes of Thrill
ing Experiences "Some
where in France"
SALEM BOYS ARE MET
Warm Quarters and Good
f Food Preclude Necessity
for-Wofry, Is View
The following 1. tt t
by Jauiw Klvin, pastor
Was written
of the First
Congregational church, who is now
"i-omewhere in Franc-." to (srar H
Gingrich, secretary of the local Y.
M. C A. Mr. Klvin is on. of 111.
famous Salem trio Klvin, Watson
and Halvorsen now engaged in war
Y. M C. A. work.
"Dear GIng: Well, here I am hard
at work on the job. In Lctween
times -at the best I am trying to find
time to drop yon r line. If I had an
Idea that the "V" was tac kling a bin
Job that day w e w ent to Portlan J,
I want to tell yon that we did not
get even a little idea of what it i
trying to do. I just wish I could
turn loose now and tell folks what
I have seen since . I left home. It
w ould surely open their eyes.
When we reached New York, we
were taken in hand and passed from
one department to another and 1
never met a kinder, or more couxte
ou3 bunch of men. Everything was
dene that possibly eon Id be done to
help us. We were sui pued -with
Fnglish and French money before
leaving New York: We had first
class accommodations coming over
and everything was lone for our
many arratr-i
t in toe first cabin and the most -piea1-
ant relations were maintained be
! tween them and ourselves; the ma
jor in command was a prince.
Mjetfim SKiri l"Mer Way.
Our ship left New York on a Sun
day afternoon at 1 o clrx k. Hy three
! we had a fine meeting under way
end 1 d.elered the addiess to th
cabin full Tf officers. All that wa3
left f delivered to the ocean the fol
lowing day. Monday evening we ar
ranged a lecture given by ex-('oa-
reKHnian Intz of Ohio, who gave
; ti elescant, patriotic address that
pleawd the crowd. You may be in
terest d to knofw that Mr. Lentz was
A member of a party of these promf
im. Moose carrying half a million
collars across for any Mooses Bi;k
or in need. Wasn't that fine? ,Oo
of our putty gave two lecture n
(.finnany's war- aims that greatly
T-leased all those who heard him.
Tuesday evening we arranged a
;;rand concert and used some excel
lent talent found among the men.
On Friday evening we arranged an
other grand concert, with printed
urograms, and the collection takn
for the Seaman's charity amounted
to nearlv one hundred dollars.
Fngle lint" I Visited.
"The last night of the voyaee.
Monday evening, we held a big fare
well meeting and the three majors
on loard delivered the speeches. Ma-
I tor Murnhv. of Red Cross fame, da-
NEED OFJRON HOW
Ailment Due to Insufficient Iron
Common in Spring.
Iron is ah entlal constituent of
pure and healthy blood.
1'eptlron, the new iron tonic com
bines iron with nux, celery, pepsin and
other blood and stomach tonics that
8uccenful physicians prescribe.
If Is a wonderful corrective of
anemia, paleness, languor, nervous
ness, whether caused by ttnrd work,
worries, too clone confinement Indoors,
or any other caune. J'eptiron will
multiply the red corpuscles in your
blood, tone your nerves, improve your
color, aid your digestion, and restore
the health and strength that you must
have or the cheerful peiformance of
daily duties.
J'eptiron Is In the form of pills,
chocolate-coated, pleasant to take,
prompt in effect and economical.
Your druggist known the great
merit of this nut and Iron prepara
tion, and -H ill be pleased to supply you.
MARION LEADS
STATE OUTSIDE
OF MULTNOMAH
comfort. There were
TODAY
LAST (TIMES
in
The
FLAME
of the
YUKON
-
BLIGH THEATRE
a I
Hvered a dandy and all the speakers
bad a good word for the "Y. Wh-n
viP . reached Ixmdon we were espe
cially interested in visiting the great
hot called "Eagle hut." and, ber.sve
me. it is some hut a big restaurant
v ith a corps of "Y. Ws" in charge,
big billiard room, an entertainment
hall that accommodates almost eight
hundred with a stage and foot lights,
ond big writing room, a room with
200 beds and an addition going 'ip
for 100 more, showers and batlu,
r.nd the whole plant running from
early in the morning till midnight
seven asiays in the week, and the
place crowded with soldiers and sail
ors frojn all over the world. They
even have one big corner reserved
for drunks. They pick -.them up-on
the streets and carry them to the
"Y" where they are sobered up and
where they ret opportunity to talk
to the (secretary. It was a great
pleasure to witness the construction
work done, lasses, entertainment-
service lectures all are carried, oa
from dav to , day.
3000 Iaily Care! for.
- VWhert we landed in France, wa
paw a real hut in action. We visit
ed this place at ten o'clock Saturday
morning and found it so crowded
with soldiers we could hardly wend
cur way through. The secretary in
charge was a fine fellow from Hart
ford, Conn. He said it was nothing
unusual to draw COO cups of tea In
an hour and that they took care of
five thousond soldiers every day.
Some, family, that, to look after.
"Writing, entertainment, billiards
nnd eating rooms were provided
Coffee, and a nice cake, something
like a doughnut, were served for
nine cents and balled by their own
baker. In the town proper one of
the biggest places has been converted
Mnto a hut and at night it is Jammed
tc;the doorsj In Paris they have huts
and hotels galore and everything i
done to make it pleasant as poss bl-i
for both men and officer. We stay
ed at one hotel in Paris used for
retfretaries only, who are going an I
coming all the time. Fine accom
modations are provided for about
two dollars a day. Only a million
aire can live In Paris In these times.
"Watson nnd Halvorson will no
have their headquarter for some
months in Paris. I left there neariy
HIPPODROME
VAUDEVLL
E
Js--K
Most Times Good
Some Times Great
And
Always Goes
OVERTTHETOP
EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
0L IGH THEATRE
SHAVE
THAT LAWN
One of these nice new easy-running lawn mowers will en
courage you in keeping j our lawn neat and trim.
"NEW PACIFIC" Lawn Mowers, 14 inch, sturdily con
structed, a bargain . . I ...... $4.25
Ball bearing 1 . ..... .$7.00 and $8.00
16 inch, ball bearing. t ,$9.50 and $11.00
"GOLDEN GATE" Lawn Mowers, 14 inch, modern in every
respect, ball bearing. $9.50
Same, 16 inch . j $11.00
"BONITA" LAWN MOWERS, 14 in., ball bearing $13J0
Same, 16 inch. . . . . .$13.75
"ECLD?SE" Lawn Mowers, 14 inch, ball bearing $UJ5
Same, 16 inch ! $14.25 and $15.50
"STILETTO" Lawn Mowers, 14 inch, ball bearing, a high
class machine. ....... .... j. $16.00
Same. 16 inch. . . $16.50
Same, 18 inch J. .. . .$17.00
LET US SHOW YOU THESE'MACHINES
SALEM HARDWARE COMPANY
a week ago. I am now -worKing un
der Dusty Rhodes and Dan Allen
who are in charge of the biggest "Y"
district in France. About thirty
I laces are running already and they
are opening new places every day.
Thev have a big central "V" in the
leading town warehouse and an en
tire building for headquarters pur
pose.' Fred Loekley a prince if
ever there was one-yis behind the
desk at central.
Itictt Women Uusy.
"For the benefit of some the
card fist aristocracy of Sale'rn, let nie
Inform you tha some of the richest
women in America are here doing all
they can for the boys, and I am a
better Ameriean after seeing th
work they do. Mrs. Vincent Astor
tuns the dining room in our central
and she is sure a dream. She is
; est less wherever she is needed.
Meeting JescrileI.
"Sunday afternoon I had a fin
auto ride of sixty miles. We stopped
at a little camp of sailors in a lone
ly forsaken spot and the only twe
of home there is the "Y." A secre
tary lives with them and runs a can
teen and shares all their hardships j
wnn mem. i gathered about firty
pallors about n,ie and talked and sang
for them. Thirtv miles further, aft
er a ppeedy ride through a mot
beautiful and picturesque country.
with giant stone houses and barns,
little donkeys hitched to big wagons,
men and women in curious head
dress and wooden shoes, we came to
n place run by two girls and it was
jammed to the limit with sailors and
roldlers. It is the only trace of homo
they have and what a Godsend
Those girls are girls used to every
Comfort. Prisoners in the peniten
tiary are better off by far than they
are. After the rush was over the
room wes arranged for a meet in a;.
We whistled, sang and then I talked
to them. The room was crowded.
Social Life Hnjoyed.
"When we started home at ten
o'clock we found that one of the
girls, had taken down with measles
during: the evening. We rushed back
to our base and talk about speedfne.!
That machine was almost turned in
to a f lying machine, t reported to
Dusty and he. rushed me right back
early Monday and so here I am.
Worked till twelve last night and
was on the job six thirty this morn
ing. This is sure a busy place but
it is great the way the boys appre
ciate it. its social life is just what
they like. J am to stav here until
the little girl getr better, when 1
am to have my permanent hut in a
new camp and my associate will be
a prominent business man of Wa!l
Walla. Wash. jt will be several
weeks before they are ready for us.
Mr. Flrln Meet Suleiu I toy.
"Atterbury. Randall, Ksteb, Itua
sell Brooks. Ed Rowland are some
of the Salem boys I have seen and
talked with and galem can well l-
proud of such bnys. There are no
Letter to be found anywhere. I took
dinner with Ixuis Cetnpton. Wish
you could have seen the look on hli
face when he saw me. We had a
fine titre together and he asked a'll
about the news and I told him how
well everything was going when I
left home.
"And now, Ging, I must close.
This place is filling up fast and I
must give all byi attention to the job.
"Tell the folks ai home that the
climate, here is similar to.regou,
that all the boys are happy and con
tented. They have warm, comforta
ble quarters, they have good food
ond are not in as much danger here
as when they were in Salem. So tell
the folks not to worry. j .
"When the next drive comes on I
could hold a crowd and get the mon
ey I am sure, and you and the gov
ernor can have me, I am sure, for the
asking. . i
"I would be tickled to death to
come back and tell the story. Hop?
an is well. Give my love to all the
boys and tell them I think of them
more often.
"Write me a line, whenever vou
get a chance. Good-bye. Ginir an I
God bless you. Thank inp von flp-oin
for all you have done for us. I re
main, your old pal, JIMMY.
Thrift Stamp Sales in County
Now ShowTotal of '
$77,345
MERCHANTS WILL HELP
Over Forty Firms Consent to
Make Stores Selling
Stations
Marion. county leads the stale out
side o Multnomah count v in the
sale of thrift and war saving stamps.
Marion's sales to date total $77,34."..
Our next nearest competitor is
Clackamas with Bales of .",i,ll7.
The stamp campaien is in full
swing. The workers in many dis
tricts are reporting much success.
Within a fhort time every school,
lodge, church or other organization
will have" organized a war saving
Hoeiety to promote regular and sys
tematic saving by its members. Sev
eral such societies have been organ
ized and are doing good work.
.Over forty, of the merchants of
the city have agreed to become sell
ing stations for thrift and war sav
ings stamps, thus giving the public
an opportunity to buy stamps at the
fame time they buy grceries, dry
goods, etc..
Following is a list of the celling
stations: '
March 1 3 W. P. George.
March 13 Salem Bank of Com
merce. March 13 iia'iwr Urol hers.
March 13 Central Pharmaer.
March 1 3 J." I.. Musiek & Son.
March 13 J. I. Itusick & Ron.
March 13 J. I.. Uiisick & Son.
March 13- Adolph P.rothers.
M,-h i r Cro n Drug Store.
Vorsh IS A. f. Schef.
M-i-ch13 The Price shoe com
pany. March 13 Oerrp. House Phar
'''. -m i'v puff g. son.
'r-h 14 K. I.. Kanphan.
M"'h 14 U. G. Shipley company..
March 14 Ilarttmtn brothers
company.
March 14 Western, I'nion Tele-J
graoh company. U. H. IJng. Manager
March 1 4 Salem Kleetric com
pany. March 14 - Spencer Hardware
company. .
March 1 4
Co.
March 1 4
March 14
Mctae lie
r
fno'r lreloi7TOD
Price fixing and price juggling. Our prices on merchandise are determined by market cca
ditions and cost of merchandise and priced to you at t& lowest possible margin of profit.
Some grades of merchandise that we are fn any doubt ai"to their quality we do not care
to handle or sell at any price. Quality merchandise at the lowest price possible is what yea
get at Gale & Co.
Ladies1
-Coats
The best and Smartest Assortment of Ladies Coats and Suits
are now here. New express shipments direct from the fashion
centers of New York and Philadelphia are arriving. We do
not depend on any one or two bouses in this line but are today
buying Coats from twenty different New York firms whkh
give us the best assortment possible, ' . f
''''"'..'.
Our buying direct saves ytm all the middlemen's profit. t
$6.90 to $27.50
SUITS, $9.90 to $25.00
Our Prices Always the Lowest
GALE
Commercial and Court Sts.
.&
CO
Phone 1072
Formerly Chicago Store
-A. W. Woolworth &
Red Cross Pharmacy.
George C. Will.
March 14 Scotch Woolen Mills.
-March 14 Gardner Keene.
March 14 A. W. Schrunk.
March 14 E. C. Cross k Ron.
March 1 4 H. W. & M. L Meyers.
Msrch 19 tto Klett. )
March 19 Kafoury nrothers.
Miss Viola Hoover of Richmond
school has the honor of making the
largest ale "accredited to a pupil In
the schools of Salem. She has sold'
InOa worth of stamps. When the
hoys come back she can say "I did
my best to help you win the war.".
There will be no Jet tip in the war
savings campaign during the liberty
loan drive. The continuity of the
W. S. fi. campaign must not be brok
en.. The purpose of both campaigns
are the same. Each will help the
other.
Information conies f torn part of
the state that some mistaken zealots
or wolves in sheep's clothing, are ad
vising and even threatening' those
patriots who have Invested their sav
ings ia war savings stamp to "cash
in" at the postofflce and; invest in
liberty bonds.
- The fundi arising from the sale
of war stamps are just a; fruitful to
Uncle Sam- as that from liberty
bonds, and snth Suggestion or advice
as referred to- abov is , simply a
waste of breath and a loss of energy
to Uncle Sai more or less giving
aid to the enemy by such lost
motion. " !
GIRLS! GIRLS I TRY IT!
STOP DANDRUFF AND
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Hair Stops Falling Out aal .Gets
Thick, Wavy, Strong ami
Iteautiful.
Ohio University President
Has Conference in Salem
Your hair becomes light, wavy,
abundant and appears as soft, lus
trous and beautiful as a young girl's
after a "Danderine hair cleanse."
Just try this moisten a cloth with
a little Danderine and carefully draw
it through your hair, Qakiug one
small strand at a time. This will
cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and
excessive oil and in just a few mo
ments you have doubled the beauty
of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at
once, Danderine dissolves every par
ticle of dandruff, cleanses, purifies
and invigorates the scalp, forever
stoppiug itching and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks' use when yon
will actually ee new hair fine and
downy at first yes but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and
lots of it. surely gt a small bottle
of Knowlton's Danderine from any
druggist or toilet counter for a few
cents. "
JUDGE WEBSTER
RECALLS FAIR
Women in Civil War Days
Collected $100,000 in
Unique Manner
" " -
"Well, yes, perhaps I can think of
something that will answer for an
other War story," said Justice of 4hj
Peace Daniel Webster. "This coun
try fair to Taise money for the Red
Cross reminds me of the great sani
tary fair held in Chicago during the
full of 163. J :
mere was an organization of
men and women Kbown as the-sanitary
commission,- organized for the
rurpose of renderiug aid to sick and
wonnded soldiers at home and at the
front. Their mission was to visit
hospitals and furnish -necessaries and
comforts; to the suffering.
"The two most prominent women
connected with the organization in
the northwest were Mrs. II oge of
Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Liver
more of Chicago. These women hail
epe-nt much of their time with the
ariiiy in the field, ministering to the
sick and wounded, distributing cloth
ing food and snch necessities as the
Fovernment did not, furnish, or in
F!ifficint quantities to supply the
demand. The society had run out
of runds, and saw that much tuonev
would be needed for use during the
coming winter months, and the wo
men suggested the holding of a north
west Sanitary Tair at Chicago, and
thought they might ruise $25,000
thereby. The men members of the
commission while consenting thereto
frankly said they did hot thing it
prove a success. Hut the w
men called a meeting of women to
decide upon the matter, and they
decided to hold the fair. .
"The country waa flooded with
circulars calling the attention of the
public to the object and purposes
of the fair, and calling for contribu
tions. The response was phenoni
ral. Everything Imaginable waa
freely contributed. Tber was every
kind and description of machinery
and Implement from a jack knife to
a steam engine. Other manufactur
ed articles were also donated In pro
fusion. Beef cattle. hors. sheen.
poultry .horses, oxen and even doss
and cats were in evidence as contri
butions.! Works of art, pianos and
all kinds of musical instruments
ere there, too.
"When all was ready for the op
ening, it jwas decided to inaugurate
the fair by a parade, and a pxoces
slon of more than three miles in
length filed throng the principal Chi
cago streets on that morning. Bus
iness was suspended throughout the
city. The postofflce did not open,
nor '"did the banks. In the proces
sion was a delegation of more than
100 farm wagons all loaded with
products of the farm, and they were
loaded to the limit, too. There were
no slackers among the Illinois farm
ers in those days.
"The fair continued for upwards
of a week and netted the commU-
over 1100,000, and it was all
managed and controlled by those two
women. Mrs. Hoge and Mrs. Liver
res at rhe front that would serlo
ly Impair their efficiency.
New York state obtained the v.
of 'strictly New York military us,!'
In France last winter, sending a torn
mission to. France for that purpos
It is pointed out, however, tbat4
troops were thenHn training cafe'
and not actually engaged at the frc
The situation now is wholly differs
and the time Js not far distant wi
rtery active division in France
be composed of men from mas
widely scateered states.
In this situation, should , an t:
tempt to poll thfet soldier tote V
made at a national election, for?;
eight state commissions wonld bar
to visit every unit of the arrny fc
France and determine the ellgibi:::
cTthe men in each -unit claiming r
fdence in each state to vote. Acco -t
lng to war department official! I
would be a hopeless undertaking i.
since the federal government cizz:
itself participate in the recording c:
the vote which, must, tinder the 1
of each state be taken by state C
iiciam, mrre in no reioeuy.
Existing orders fully provide h
the recording of votes of soldiers e:
this side.
SOLDIERS NOT
TO HAVE VOTE
. .. - i-.
Pershing1 Shows Impractica
bility, of Burdening Mili
tary Machinery
WASHINGTON, March 21 A for
mal recommendation against any at
tempt to record he soldier vote la
Frahce for elections held during th
war j has been prepared hy the war
department. After obtaining the
opinions of General Pershine and bis
fctaff, and of department officials
c-r this side, it was learned tonight,
the department has determined that
no practical method of taking the
votes of members of the expedition
ary forces can be devised.
The subject was brought nn re
eently by a western state, which pro-
posea a scheme or its own for ob
taining the vote of its citizens in
France. While It might be nosKlhle
for a single state to accomplish this,
the army holds that extension of
that privilege to all states would Im-
pose a burden npon thy military for
wnw w in ii 4
Tot Infanta Children
in uso roruvcfrisuTccrr
Always bears -J '
the
Signature of
Tat was celebrating, and be U:
imbibed too freely.T He 'punchd s I
Othr man In th face ami nt halt; 1
up bfot the court. The iudre toIJ
him he was charged with strikins
man.. "Shure, yer honor, can't i
man Jbave a bit of fun?" asked Pat !
i e. - saiq ine jungc. out yoer i
t-I cr 4 I. n .... r.. . i i i iv), I
man's nose began." Boston Transcript.
SUMEZE
TVT TIIIS MAN
IUCK TO WORK. 1
This js to certify 'that Mr. R. !
Woir.. 220 Ash St., San DiegO. Cult
fornia. purcii&Rfd three bottle
STUMEZK. iAir. Wolfn mated that W
Hoinai h was Kivint; him mt much truti
ble h wait unable to work: but in
taking STUM KZK he ia entirely re
'"vl and abi to resume his iutir
(Signed).
TUB MOKAUCH DRUO CO,
Han Oiego. Oalifornk
Whn your atomnrh ia iek you
ick ail ov-r imnn knocks you
Don't run the risk of total diaabllity '
ko iuw to your 1rutcflyt aad tret
bltl of STITitKZK, the real mediciiw
ror aiomacli jtia. Jt ia guaranteed.
President W. O. Thomnson nt the
i-niversiiy or Ohio was In Salem ves
tepflay In conference with Governor
Withycombe and other state offi
cials. President Thompson is rep
resenting hecretary. Houston of the
department of agriculture in an in
vestigation or cereal production In
the northwest, particularly with ref
erence to the wheat crop. While In
Salem he visited the state farms
and conferred with the superintend
ents of state Institutions.
Forest Grove Man Is Oat
for Seat in Legislature
Loyal M. Graham, Republican, of
Forest Grove, yesterday filed declar
ation of his candidacy for represent
ative in the legislature from the fif
teenth district. His platform Is
"Apply good business principles and
economy to legislative affairs, and
will work consistently for lost leais-!
lation to promote the best interests 2
The Smile That Wins c
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