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German Woman Asks Mayor
To Help Her Find Husband
"Why must kill some men other men that thev have never
seen? ... I think that I could be a good comrade to a good hus
band . . . Life could be so nice. I know It, and my only hope
is mat you couia neip me.
When you lirst read the letter you laugh, and make remarks
(that you think are quite witty.
Head it again, and you wonder.
Maybe it's out of a war-torn
heart, and is written in all sin
cerity and in despair.
When letters like this reach an
editor he first suspects a hoax.
But he's uncertain. Anyway,
this letter that came to Mayor
Robert L. Elfstrom with picture
of the writer is a good letter.
Its well written. And the
quaint mixture of German and
English construction makes It
even better.
So you're on your own pro
tection, boys. You take it from
here. The writer is Traute
Seitz, and her address is Co
burg, Muehldamm 14, Germany,
Bavaria, U. S. Zone.
"Please excuse that I write
you without seeing you," Traute
writes. "If you have not
heart out of stone you will read
my letter. War is over, and al
though I thought that I could
never laugh, I began to hope
again.
"Nights dipped into fire, nights
spent in a cellar are over.
Starving is over and I see with
all my joy the beautiful sun
shine. I listen to the bird's
song. I see the life with all
its beauty, and I cannot imagine
why people must have a war.
Why must kill some men other
men, they have never seen?
Perhaps they would be best
friends if they would have met.
"But I will tell you why I
write you this letter.. War is
over with its danger, but a
new danger begins: I cannot
find, after divorcing, a job to
support my dear lovely chil
dren and me. There is not
enough work for so much peo
ple in our small country, Ger
many, the country without fu
ture. My former husband loves
me and sees now that he has
lost a good comrade. He tries
to marry me again, but although
I am poor and lonely I cannot
marry him again because I
could not trust him again. He
was so a bad tyrant, and I could
never be a slave. I want to be
a good comrade to a good ten
derly husband. I want to share
good and bad days.
"I want to prepare the para
dise on earth to a loving hus
band, as well as a wife can do
it. I am told that I am attrac
tive, and when I cross the street
all men turn their heads round
to look at me. But I am not
Rust, Lindow
Cattle Rated
Seven registered Jerseys in
the herd owned by Farrell Rust
of Independence and Mr. and
Mrs. John E. Lindow also of In
dependence, owning 11 register
ed Jerseys, were recently classi
fied under a program of the
American Jersey Cattle club.
The classifications rated the
animals for type, comparing
them against the breed's score of
100 points for a perfect animal.
This classification was for all
previously unclassified females
who have had at least one calf
and all bulls over 2 years old,
They were rated by Prof. H. P,
Ewalt of Oregon State college,
Prof. Ewalt is an official classi
fier for the club, which has its
national headquarters in Colum
bus, O. .
The seven animals in the herd
of Farrell Rust were rated as fol
lows: Two received the high
rating of very good, 1 good plus
and four good.
The 11 animals in the herd of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lindow
were ranked as seven very good
and four good plus.
The classification program
sponsored by the American Jer
sey Cattle club, is designed to
help breeders of registered Jer
seys improve their cattle by
knowing which ones come clos
est to the breed's standard of
perfection.
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Traute Seitz, German wom
an who asks Mayor Elfstrom
to help her get good American
husband. ,
Silverfon Spirits Continue
High Despite Tribulations
By ANNA POWELL
Silverton, Jan. 16 Silverton's snow storm has several serious
features, many fun suggestions and the proof that the people
of this America, generally, are much better in spirit and desire
to help that is sometimes evident.
Among the more than a dozen fires since January 1 that needed
the services of the volunteer;
fighters, two families lost all
their household possessions and
clothing with the father of one
home. Charles Case, hospitalized
with serious leg and arm burns;
the Arthur Cole home was com
pletely destroyed, a fine barn on
the Carl Hess farm a total loss
In feed and equipment, and nu
merous flue fires. The volunteers
are more than appreciated for
their services in standing by.
High school was closed, wa
ter in the basement rooms, and
Eugene Field grades and junior
high with no classes from Thurs
day for the remainder of the
week, a steam pipe frozen ana
burst from the engine room to
the buildings, announced class
work would be taken up today
in all schools. The young folk of
town made themselves sore and
tired in sledding and skiing on
the hills but many are relieved
to return to school.
Borte Offers Aid
The good Samaritan, Charles
Borte, was out practically all day
Sunday, defying the elements in
a cotton shirt, no coat, clearing
the sidewalks and crossings of
the slippery snow with his
homemade tractor and front-end
shovel, asking nothing from
those he benefited but a hearty
"thank-you." John Becker also
did the tractor clearing stunt in
the down-town and South Water
street area
Mrs. Irene Roubal suffered a
fractured left ankle Sunday
when she slipped and fell in her
yard. Thomas Blundell was stok
ing the basement furnace fire
Thursday evening, tripped and
fell, thrusting his right arm in
the furnace receiving bad burns
from his fingers to the elbow.
An immense ball of snow was
on the sidewalk near the en
trance to the post office bearing
a fluttering tag on a slender
stick with the address: "Weather
Man, Bismarck, North Dakota,
P.S. Take me home, I do not be
long here!'
Amos Funrue, graduate in an
'Imal husbandry from an agricul
tural college, and his flock of
around 400 sheep do not like sev
eral feet of snow either on the
level or in drifts. Funrue is out
with his jeep-drawn sled several
m) times each day and most of the
nigni Dringmg in to the warm
shelter ewes and their new born
lambs for this month is lambing
time; many twins, too. One lit-j
tie woolly newcomer missed the
first sled ride, was stiff with
cold but came to life and was
frisky as could be a few hours
after a very warm water bath
and a blanket bed. No casual
ties.
Families Isolated
Few users of electricity rea
lize "what makes it tick" in un
usual winds and weather, or the
risk to the workers on the job.
Ten PGE men and equipment
in the Silverton Hills area doing
repairs to lines and poles, sent
in an emergency radio message
from one of the three radio-
equipped cars to the office at
12:30 o'clock Sunday morning
that they were snowbound.
Twelve other men were dis
patched with additional equip
ment and not onlyljrought in the
stranded crew but shoved state
and county snow plows out of
the mam highway where they
were stuck by the weight of the
snow in attempting to clear the
roads. Three feet of snow from
Drake's crossing on the roadway
to the J. H. Maulding place held
30 families completely isolated.
Only a small percentage of
electricity users were not able to
be reached, though several will
have to revert to the old fash
ioned wood fires until things
clear up for workers to be able
to reach them. ,
The stranded men and rescue
crew reached Silverton around
noon Sunday, wet and chilly and
glad to be on their way home
after warming up.
Sublimity Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Klecker of Salem, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Klecker of Salem and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gorman of
Portland were dinner guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Heuberger recently.
proud, for I think this gave God
to me, and it is not my own. My
thinking and my heart is more
important. I long for a nice
home and for a good husband
who tries to understand me
Then I would be the best wife
he could find.
'I had been for some months
an actress, for I like to play.
But my children are more im
portant I thought, and I think
there are not the best charac
ters during actresses. I like the
most, an open hearted and trust
ful character. I hate the lie
the most, and it is better the
truth which hurts, than a nice
lie!
"I am 32 years old, but I look
much younger, as I am told
I am 5 feet and 8 inches tall,
have green eyes, blond, fair
hair and a nice figure. I like
to be cheerful, to laugh. But
I am serious if it is necessary
I kept my household well dur
ing my marriage, and my former
husband came to me to ask me
to marry me again, as well as
I am asked by other men to
marry them. I want to leave
Germany and I will find a way
to immigrate to America. Amer
ican husbands are the best of
the world I am told, and I think
that I could be a good comrade
to a good husband.
"In need times I cut trees as
well as I arranged parties in
better times. I am versatile, I
may say, without being proud.
Life could be so nice. I
know it, and my only hope is
that you could help me if you
will ! I Perhaps you know
somebody who is in search of
a wife. Perhaps you can put my
desire in one of your newspap
ers. In America strange things
often are not so strange, if real
ly need is in background. I like
American's customs, and I would
be happy to marry one of your
good husbands.
"I hope, you could under
stand my words. If I could
talk to you, it would be better.
I am sure that you would under
stand after few words. Now I
do not know you. I do not see
your eyes. If you laugh or if
vou be angry, please forgive me
my freedom to write you."
Will Salem See Such a Winter Again? Weather predic
tions for continuing snowfall recall the winter of 1862 when
the temperature dropped to six below zero and Salem enjoyed
six weeks of sleighing. Shown is a 16-horse team in front of
Sol Durbin's livery barn, State and Commercial streets, on
January 20, 1862.
Famous Snow of '62 Recalled
By Look at Weather Records
By BEN MAXWELL
Weather predictions for heavy snowfall stimulate those familiar
with Willamette valley history to speculate if the threatened storm
will equal the disastrous snow that descended on these parts in
January of 1862.
In that year, says the Ladd & Bush quarterly for Marcn, 113,
the valley had not begun tor-
recover from the great Decem
ber flood when snow began to
fall on January 6. On occasion
the temperature dropped to six
degrees below zero and sleigh
ing in Salem extended over a
neriod of 42 days. Everyone got
all the snow they wanted in the
severest winter the Willamette
valley has likely experienced in
the memory of white men.
At Butteville the Willamette
river was frozen over ana
sleighs coming from Portland
crossed on the ice, including the
daily stage sleigh that had been
substituted for the regular stage
coach.
make Historic Picture
Sleighing in Salem, says the
Quarterly, became a "mania'
and livery stables competed to
see who could turn out with the
most "grand, gloomy, awful"
equipment. On January 20, Wi
ley Kenyon, the Salem photo
grapher (he was also the city's
first mayor) trudged tnrougn
deep snow with his massive
view camera, set up at the in
tersection of State and Commer
cial streets, inserted a wet plate
and made a view that is among
the earlier and more interesting
accomplished here.
Sol Durbin's livery barn then
stood about where the Salem
Hardware store is now located
(burned Nov. 5, 1862). On that
Friday 88 years ago Durbin
had exceeded the achievement
of all rivals by hitching 16
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore, Monday January 16, 195011
horses to his sleighs and, nat
urally enough, thought the ac
complishment was worth a pic
ture. Says the Quarterly, "they
drew three sleighs fastened to
gether and were driven by i
man sitting on the seat. Around
a square they went and turned
with much facility."
Seasonal conditions enjoyable
to liverymen and townspeople
were not appreciated by farm
ers. Animal food tor the vicis
situdes of this very exceptional
winter had not been provided
and many were apprehensive
lest the snow destroy what the
flood had left. On January 18,
four below zero was registered
and a foot of snow covered the
level on lower elevation; in the
hills it was much deeper. Late
in January reports indicated
stock was dying throughout the
state.
Most Enduring Winter
So late as February 3, snow
was from eight inches to a foot
deep through the Willamette
valley and it had covered the
ground for nearly a month.
Oregon pioneers had known
deeper snows but none other
had been so enduring.
Dr. Rodney Glisan, surgeon
at Fort Yamhill in the late
1850's mentions the snow that
started falling over the Grand
Ronde Indian reservation on
January 8, 1857, at 9 a.m. There
it reached a depth of 22 inches
and at Salem measured 14,
Business took Dr. Glisan to
Salem. On the return trip the
rider found "traveling exceed
ingly difficult and unpleasant."
The mud in the road was very
deep and the horse had to wade
through both mud and snow or
cut his limbs following the fro
zen footsteps of a previous
equestrian. Sloughs, suices and
branches were covered with ice.
However, the return trip af
forded Dr. Glisan some pleas
ant thoughts for contemplation.
While in Salem he attended a
dancing party given at the Un
ion hotel and had the pleasure
of seeing "all the elite of the
town and the big guns of the
Oregon legislature, then in ses
sion."
He concludes this paragraph
i is "Journal of Army Life"
by remarking that "the present
is as deep a snow as has fallen
in Oregon within the recollec
tion of the oldest inhabitant
the ones of 1849 and 1853 not
excepted."
Hubbard Ladies Aid
Hears Shut-in Report
Hubbard Mrs. L. A. Miller
was hostess for an all day meet
ing of the Ladies Aid of the
Community church (Congrega
tional). A no-host dinner wa:
served at noon.
The president, Mrs. George
Leffler called the meeting to or
der. Devotionals were conducted
by Mrs. Peter Hunt with read
ing of "Keep It Holy." Baskets
given to shut-ins for Christmas
was reported by the committee
who also made calls on the re
cipients. Anouncements Included a re
port that work on the parson
age is progressing slowly. Mrs.
F. H. Myers will be hostess for
next meeting, January 25.
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third of the budget is spent on food, 19 on
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