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AUS 1 THE BRN'O Bn.I.KllV. DAILY KDITIOX BKX1, OHKGON, MONDAY, .U'Ul'HT IS, HMT The Bend Bulletin DAILY KMTIO.N Evarr Arternoan Eicast Sanaay. HBND, OREtiON. Enterad as Sarond Claia matUr, January I KIT, at tha Peat Offic at Bead, Oracoa. aadar Act of March 3, 1ST. GEORGE PALMER PUTNAM PublUhw KOHKHT W. SAWYER Edltor-Manasar HENRV N. KOWI.KH Auoclat K.litor FLOYD C. WESTERFIELD Antiatant Mirr. AU"H SPLNCLK Mecaanical Stun. Aa Indarandcnt Nawapapar, standins for tat aquara deal, clean busintaa, clean politic anj Um beat interaau of Band and Central Orasoa. - . SUBSCRIPTION KATES B Mall Ona Year IR.tft til Month! , 11.76 Three Month. , 11.60 i By Carrier . . Ona Year .....K.tt tlx Monthe $3.60 Ooa Month t , (0 All subscription! are due and PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Notices of expiration are mailed subscribers and u renewal Is not made within reason able time the paper will be discon Untied. Please notify us promptly of any change of address, or of .failure to re ceive the paper regularly. Otherwise we will not be responsible for copies missed. Make all chects and orders pay able to The Bend Bulletin. vSf SERGEANT McCLINTOCK. OVfR THERE The Thrill and the Hell of the Trenches Described by an American Boy. Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Le Ington, Ky and tj Canadian Army Has Gripping- Tale That Every American Will Bead, For Ho Tolls the Facts Unadora ed. Wounded, a Distinguished Condnot Kedal Kan, Ho Was Invalided Homo, but Is Going "Out There" Again to Fight For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In spiring, Interesting, Personal Narrative, Full of tho Spirit and Atmosphero of tho Trenches. . MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917 GOOD MOVIES. 4 No branch of production In the United . States has Increased more phenomenally during the last ten years than moving pictures. The rapidity of the industry's growth and .its present magnitude have even out stripped that of the automobile, at least so far as comparative figures are concerned. And without a doubt the movie directly reaches more peo ple, and Is therefore of more per sonal importance to them, than do automobiles. ' - For today everyone is a movie fan. ' And it is foolish not to be, because the movies offer such a limitless field for pleasure and education at the most"' moderate prices. ' For instance, take Bend. Today, through the movies, we have here the opportunity of enjoying the very fin- , est screen spectacles which the for- . tunes and the ingenuity of the film corporations can produce.. We enjoy on an equal footing with any inetrop- olis.the best moving picture attrac tions available. We are in Class A when it comes to the movies. And that means muci to a com munity. It means not only pleasure, but real education. It is good for all of us, and especially for the young folks, "to have the chance to see the greatest actors, to learn the stories "which are world-famous to glimpse at: first hand, as it were, the. four . corners of the world and history as it has been made, and to view the inspiring spectacles which dramatists have prepared at Infinite cost. The world Is grateful to the movie for what it has done, and hopeful for what it can do. And Bend is for tunate in being -equipped with two splendid modern theatres where the ' best moving picture productions can he enjoyed with the utmost comfort and satisfaction. v , PETTY LARCENY. "When Billy Sunday preached at 'Hood River he wore a shirt, on the front and on the sleeves of which were the initials, "J. D. R., Jr." The great evangelist claimed that when visiting -John D. Rockefeller, at Po cantico Hills he put the shirt into bis )Seg by mistake, but he did not ex plain why he wore the shirt instead , of returning It. J . . ' A friend of Mr. Sunday's ;stated . that the shirt was taken as d Joke. ' But It will occur to people who have no fun in them that for Sunday to take the shirt to Oregon was carry ing the Joke too far. See? Los 1 Angeles Times. . Also it may be remarked that the near joke is somewhat far-fetched. Salem Statesman. - . We always did maintain that B. classed up with John D., when comes to getting the goods. No. 5. Wounded In Action. By Serfcaat Alexsoder McClintock, 0. C M., 87lb Overseas Batl., Caaadiaa Oreo. Gssrd Copyright, 117. by tha Ball era dicate. Inc. Sergeant UcClinlak. an American bop of Lexington A'y, hat teen tervict in Prance, vrat decorated for brateru, vounicd and invalided home.' He it telling hit ttorp, a thrilling one, and thit it the fifth article of the teriet. In the preceding onet he detailed how he reached' the front, fighting in Belgium, and then the great preparatlont for the Somme battle. In thit inttallmcnt he tellt of condition and detcribet flrtt hand the fighting in that greatett of all balllet. CB high command apparently meant to make a sure thing of tbe general assault upon the Be gins trench, in which we were to par ticipate. Three times tbe order to "go over the top" waa countermanded. Tbe assault was first planned for Oct 10. Tben tbe date was changed to the 20th. rinally, at 12:10 noon of Oct. 21. we went It was the flrst general assault we bad taken part In. and we were In 0' Thinking of the show Bill Stone, Senator Reed and other 'Germanized M. C. have been making of them selves, the Ohio State Journal says, "We suppose that for some, years to come, Missouri will be more famous for her mules than for her states men." Probably. Missouri raises splendid mules. S Colliers calls MIchaells, the new German chancellor, the Kaiser's new window dresser. It's a harder task than ever before to dress the show window of the Hohenzollerns so it can meet the approval of the passer by. A sorry show it has become,' at best. i . The vandals who "shoot up" road signs ought to be forever left to wan der on signless deserts, vainly seek ing to. decipher directions which "'sportsmen" have peppered with shot into illegibility. ' Either that, or they ought to get a load of blrdshot in a convenient portion of their architecture. It Seamed Almost Certain Death to Start Ovar In Daylight I highly nervous state I'll admit that It seemed almost certain death to start over In. broad daylight yet it turned out the crossing of No Man's Land was accomplished rather more easily than in our night raids. Onr battalion waa on tbe extreme right of tbe line, and that added materially to our difficulties, flrst by compelling us to advance through mud so deep that some of our men sank to their blps In It and, second, by giving ns tbe bnttest, little spot In France to bold later. - -:i. was In charge of the second "wavet" or assault line. This Is called the "mopping up" ware, because tbe business of tbe men composing It is thoroughly to bomb out a position crossed, by -the first wave, ' to; capture or kill all of tbe enemy remaining and to put tbe trench in a condition to bo defended against a counterattack by reversing tbe Ore steps and throwing np parapets. , Onr artillery had given the Germans such a battering and the curtain Are which onr tons dropped just thirty to forty yards ahead of as was so pow erful that we lost comparatively few men going over only those who were knocked down by shells which tho Qr uns .landed among us through our barrage. 'They never caught us with their machine gun sweeping until we neared their trenches. Then a good many of our men began to drop, but we were In tbelr front trench before they could cut us op anywhere near completely. Going over I was struck by shell fragments on too band and leg, but the wounds were not severe enough to stop me. ' In fact I did not know that I bad been wounded until I felt blood running into my shoe Then I discovered the cut In my leg. but saw that It was quite shallow and tbat no artery of Importance bad been damaged. 8o I went on. ' I bad tbe familiar feeling of nervous nesa and physical shrinking and nausea at tbe beginning of this fight but by tbe time we were halfway across No Man's Lsnd I bsd my nerve back. After I bad been hit I remember feel ing relieved tuut l.hadu't been hurt enough to keep me from golug ou with tbe wen. I m not trying to make my- eolt out a hero, . I'm just trying to tell you bow uu ordinary man's mlud works uuder tbe stress of lighting and tbe danger of audden death. There are some queer things In the psycholo gy or battle. I-or lustauce, when we bail got Into tbe German trench and were holding It agahist tbe most rigorous counterattacks tbe thought which was persistently npiwrmoat In my mlud was that I had lost tbe ad dress of a girl fu London along with some papers which I had throwu away Just before we started orcr and which I should certainly never be able to flud again. Hold Begina Trench at last Tbe Rcglna trench bad been taken' and lost three tlmea by tbe British. Wo took It tbat day and held It. We went Into action with 1,500 men of all ranks and came out with 000. I bare said that because we were on tbe extreme right of tbe tine we had the hottest little snot In France to bold for awhile. You aee, we bad to Institute a double defensive, as we had the Germans on our frout and on our flank, the whole length of the trench to tbe right of tie being still held by the Germans. There we bad to form a "block," massing our bomb ers behind a barricade which was only fifteen yards from the barricade be hind which the Germane were fighting. Our flank and tbe German flank were In contact as fiery as tbat of two lire wire ends. And meanwhile the Frltzes tried to rush us on our front with nine separate counterattacks. Only oue of them got up. close to us. and we went out and stopped tbat with the bayonet Behind onr block barricade there was. the nearest approach to an actual fight ing hell tbat I bad seen. . - And yet a man who was In the midst of It from beginning to end came out without a scratch. He was a tall chap named Hunter. For twenty-four hours, without Interruption, be threw German eggshell" bombs from a position at the center of our barricade. He never stopped except to light a cigarette or yell for some one to bring blm more bombs fruui Fritz's captured store bouse. He projected a regular curtain of fire of bis own. I've no doubt the Germans reported he was a couple of platoons, working In alternate reliefs. He was swarded tbe D. C. M. for bis services In that fight, and, though, as 1 said, be was unwounded, half the men around htm were killed, and bis nerves finished In such condition tbat he bad to be sent back to England. The Big Blunder and What It Cost. One of the great tragedies of the war resulted from a bit of carelessness when a couple of days later tbe effort was nmde to extend our grip beyond the spot which we took In that flrst fight Dans bad been made for tbe Forty-fourth battalion of the Tenth Canadian brigade to take by assault tbe trench section extending to tbe rlgbt from tbe point where we bad es tablished the "block" on our flank. Tbe hour for tbe attack bad been fixed Then headquarters sent out a counter manding order. Something wasn't quite ready. Tbe orders were sent by runners, as all confidential orders must be. Tele phones are of no avail any more, as both our people and tbe Germans bsro an apparatus which needs only to be attached to a metal spike In tbe ground to "pick op" every telephone, message within a radius of three miles. When telephones are used for anything Im portant messages are sent In code. But for any vitally Important commu nication which mlgbt cost serious losses, if misunderstood, old stylo run ners aro used, just as tbey wore In tbe days when the Held telephone was on beard of. It la tbe rule to dispatch two or three runners by different routes so tbat one at least will bo certain to ar rive. In tbe esse of the countermand' Ing of tbe order for tbe Fourty-foorth battalion to assault tbe German posi tion on our flank some officer at head quarters tbongbt thot one messenger to tbe lleutensnt colonel commanding tbe Forty-fourth would be sufficient Tho messenger was killed by a chance shot and bis message was undelivered The Forty-fourth, In Ignorance of tbe change of plan, "went over." There was no barrage fire to protect tbem. and their valiant effort was simply wholesale suicide. Six hundred out of 800 men were on the ground In two and a balf minutes. The battalion was simply wiped out. Several officers were court martlnled as a result of this terrible blunder. We bad gone Into tbe German trenches at a little after noon on Sat urday. On Sunday night at about 10 o'clock we were relieved. The relief force had to come in overland, and they tThd a good many casual! lea en route. They round us as comfortable as bugs lu a rug osivpt for the Infer mil and continuous bombing at our flunk tmrrlcmle. The- Uui'iniins bud concluded that It wus iiclc to try to drive us out About one-fourth of the 000 of us who woie still on tlivlr foot were holding the sentry posts, and the remainder of the 000 were having bouquets In the Herman dugouts, which were stocked up like dellcateaavn shops with sauaagos, tluocuuued foods, chain pague and Uvr. If wo bud only had a few ladles with us we could buv bad a real party. ' I got so happily Intereated In the spread lu our particular dugout that I forgot about my wound until some one reminded nie that orders required me to bum up a dreaslug statlou aud get an aull-tvtuuiia Injection. The Tom mies like to take a German trench, be cause if the Ki'iitcs have to move quickly, aa they usually do, we always find- sausage,, beer aud rbauiague, a wek'ome chauge from bully beef. . I could uerer learu to like their bread, however. . -' After this light I was sent, with other slightly wounded uieti, for a week's rest st tbe casualty statlou at Contay. - 1 rejoined my ualtaltuu at the end of the week.' From Oct 21 to Nov, 18 we were lu aud out of the frout trenches several times for duty tours of forty-elarlit hours each, but were lu uo important action. At 0:10 ou tbe mum lug of Nuv. 18, a bit ter cold clay, we "weut over" to take the Desire and alao the Desire support trenches. These were the names given these trcucties. We stalled from the left if our old position, aud our ad vance was between Tblepval aud roilerei, opposite tliandecourt There was the usual artillery prep aration aud careful organisation for tbe attack. I wus again lu charge of the "mopping up" wave, numbering 200 nieu aud cousiatliig mostly of bombers. It may seem strange to you that a noiicommlaaloiiiHl officer should bare so Important au aaslguuieut, but sometimes in this war privates have been In charge of couipaules number ing 230 men, and I kuow of a caae where a lame corporal waa temporari ly In command of an eutlra battalion. It hapHiied on this day that, while I was lu charge of the second wave, I did not go over with tbem. At tho last moment I was glreu a siieclal duty by Mujor Jobu Iwla, formerly manag ing editor of the Montreal Star and one of the bravest soldiers I sver knew, as well ss the best beloved man In our battalion. The Troubleiome Machine Gun. "McClintock," said be, "I don't wlh to send you to any special hazard, and. ao far as that govs, we're all going to get more or less of a dusting, but I want to put that machine gun which has' been giving .us so much trouble out of action.". ' ' I knew very well tbe machine gun be meant It was lu a concrete em placement, walled aud roofed, aud tbe devils In charge of It seemed to be de scendants of William Tell and tbe prophet laulan. -They alwaya knew what was coming aud bad their gun accurately trained ou It before It came. "If you are willing." said Major Lewis, "I wtxb you to select twenty Ore from the company and go after that gun the minute tbe order comes to advance. Use your own Judgment about the men and the plan for taking the gun portion. Will you go?" "I sure will," I answered. "I'll go and pick out the men rlgbt away. I think we can make those fellows shut up shop over there." "Good boy!" be said. "You'll try, all right." I started away. He called me back. "This la golug to be a bit hot Mo CUntock," be said, taking my band. "I wish you iuck, old fellow you and the rest of them.". In tbe trencbea they always wish you tbe best of luck when they baud you a particularly tough Job. . I thanked blm and wished blm the same. ' I never saw blm again. Ue waa killed In action within two hours This le gains to be kit hat, Ma Cllnteek." after our conversation. Both be and my pal Macfarlaoa wers shot dowa dead tbat morning. When tbey called for volunteers to go wltb mo In discharge of Major 1-ew-Is' order tbe entire company responded, I picked out twenty-live men, twelve bayonet men and thirteen bombers. They agreed to my plan, which was to get within twenty-live yards of the gun emplacement before attacking, to place no dependence on rifle fire, but to bomb them or.t inn take the posi tion with the bayonet We followed that plan and took tho emplacement quicker than wo bad expected to do, but there were only two of us left when wo got there Private aodaall, No. 177,008, snd myself. All tho rest of (be twenty-five were dead or down. The enipluveineut was held by eleven Germans. Two only were left stand Ing w hen we got !. Wtiii; w saw tha gun hud been si lenced and the crew illHiibleil (lodsull did I worked round In tin right sliuut ten yards from the shell hole where vu bud sheltered ourselves ' while throwing bombs lulu the emplacement slid scaled the Gvi'limil mi'uH't We ninl.od. Ibe gun position. The olllcer who bud bevu In charge wus standing with his back to uu, firing with bis re volver down the tieiicb al our men who were coining over al another point, 1 reached blm before Uodnnll (Continued nn ruga 3.) Illim WANTF.li. The school hoard of Dlalrlct No. il, Tuniulu, OriiKou, will nieiilvo bids for triiuspiiriiitliiii or pupils for thu endu ing school yeur und by uutuiiuibllu from the territory 7 miles north und 7 miles west to the school In Tuniulu. Information us to rout cm unit spec mentions will be furnished by J. M. Urlfflil, TiiiiiiiIu, Oregon. Tho board resorves thn right to reject any or all bids, and all pro poauls must b In th0 office of tho District Clerk at Tumulo, by Hiiptnm bor 1, l!il7. 3. L. COUCH, Chairman. KUK1) N. WALLACE, rinrk. 20-2o PHONE BLACK 211 WE HAVE BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY WHEN You Want Your Gro ccrics in a HURRY. We have our own tk-livcry system anil can deliver to you anything you want in Groceries, Produce, Cured Meats, etc., etc. M. J. McGRATH i) SHEVL1N PINE SOLD BY MILLER LUMBER COMPANY SASH. DOORS and MILL WOHK Phone 1661 FOR SASH FACTORY WOOD PHONE BEND WHITE PINE SASH CO. 441 OregonTRANSFER. Co. EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE PHONE BLACK 415 LIGHT AND HEAVY HAULING MOVING HOUSEHOLD GOODS A SPECIALTY AUTO TRUCK SERVICE PHONE BLACK 451 Bend View PRICES: $100 AND UP TERMS: Rtasoaab.e We'D Uu rot- Miey I bwU BEND'S MOST SCENIC RESIDENCE PROPERTY Every Lot commands a view of the River, Mountains and City. Building restrictions according to Location. SEE j. RYAN & CO O'Kaae Bld. 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