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About Eastern Clackamas news. (Estacada, Or.) 1916-1928 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1919)
Page Two WITH THE COLORS The following letter was writ ten to Mayor Bartlett, by a for mer Estacada boy. Dear Sir: i am feeling fine, altho it is hard ror a western man to get climat ed here. Thousands bf wounded men are arriving every day from over-seas. The largest base hos pital in the U. S. is here in Balt imore, and hundreds of legless and armless men can be found on the streets. The weather is some cold, a cold wave having been sweeping over the Eastern States. I went up to New York and saw the stranded transport, the Northern Pacific, on the reefs. It was a wonderful scene in which the soldiers were re moved from the transport. There is just one Estacada boy in this camp besides myself and his name is Earl Tracy, gnd he lives in Garfield. Guess you know him no doubt. Well, Mr. Bartlett, I am all business, am in charge of four fire engine houses, and they sure keep me on the go, so have not much time to write. It will be some time before I am even con sidered in the muster for a dis charge, so guess I will have to stick to old Uncle Sam until next August or September. Senior Sgt. Walter Whitbeck, Fire Chief, Camp Holabird- Baltimore. Md. Jan. t>, 1919. OVERSEAS Brest, France, December 12. 1918. Dear Mother: We were a long time in getting across, twelve days. 1 didn’t get seasick but a number of the bunch did. Had only one day of rough weather, but it surely was rough. Coming back will likely make it in about half the time. This is a deportation camp here. Things are quite comfort able; about all some of the fel lows can find to kick about is the mud, they tiever lived in Oregon. The French are fine to us, and they certainly have had a terri ble time during the war. The farming is as far from being up- to-date as one could imagine. We have seen women leading the oxen and old men or boys, some times girls holding the- plows. 1 have had some mail at last since we got over. Heard theie was a lot of mail rolled off a barge yesterday, suppose some of it is forme. How is grandpa? Tell him that Oregon fern grows Thursday, January 1H, 1919 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS here and that the rain comes down just as oftbn as it does in Oregon. We have been doing longshore duty, but tomorrow we are going to Brest to act as President Wilson’s honor guard. He is due at Prest sometime to morrow. ' I suppose you are wondering when I shall be home. I don’t know and could not tell if I did, but I think we shall be here two more months. Uncle Sam gave us each a half pound of candy, also tobacco yesterday. I must close now clean up and get readv to go down and meet the Presi dent. Goodbye, Clyde Schock. UPPER EAGLE CREEK 1 NEW TRAIN \ f \ Í Card of Thanks We wish to express our sin- cerest thanks to the neighbors and friends for their great kind ness to us during the illness and death of our dear wife and m. ther, Elizabeth A. Munger. Itoy E. Munger and children. Eagle Creek. 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Over six roads are now laid. Mr. and Mrs. Will Douglass were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglass Sunday. Those who were on the sick list are improving. Bob and Grace Cahill have returned to school. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Douglass and daughter Florice, visited with Mr. and Mrs. J, C, Duns of Garfield on Monday. A number of farmers of Low er and Upper Eagle Creek are loading a couple cars of potatoes to be shipped to Portland. Will Douglass having received word that his brother Carl was accidently killed during target practice at Fort Stevens, left for Portland to help with the body. The Douglass Mutual Tele phone Company held its annual meeting on Monday evening and the following officers were elect ed, J. P. Woodle. reelected Pres.; W. H. Douglass. Vice Pres.; H. S. Gibson, reelected Secretary and Treas.; and Will Douglass re elected Director. Í * ~ J T R A IN S LEAVE ESTACADA ! 1 FOR PORTLAND: 6:55 a. m., 8:52 a. m., 12:52 p. m., 4:52 p. m. ! T R A IN S LEAVE PORTLAND FOR ESTACADA: 6:45 a. m., 10:45 a. m., 2:45 p. m., 4:45 p. m. i An extra train will be run from Portland to Estacada on Sundays only, leaving Portland at 5:15 a. m. Í j Portland Railway Light & Power Company î THE BEST “ FLU” PREVENTATIVE Is a Good Heater or Steel Range Come in and pick yours out before this cold weather cleans them all out. We have the Best "1 A Mt% from - - - « p Z a /U l i p Kee j Out These Cold Winds With Our Wal Papers and Warm Deadening Felts. We also have Glass, Windows and Doors to patch up the broken ones. () Start the New Year right by paying up your account with the Hardware man. B E R T HARDW ARE H. F IN C H FU R N IT U R E IM PLEM ENTS