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Hl.MtAY, APRIL itH, I)H. DAILY IWXitK fUVEJI OOl'BIU PAGR BKVES "Over the Top" By Ai AjRtrlcu SoUltr Wko Wnt ARTHUR CUT ENPET Utiklnt Caw 5''f to Fr tlfefMi 111. AnaaiOw Bawl When 1 ram to, hell wee Irt Iimim. Ad Intense boiuharuicnt wm on, und oa Hi whnl my position wim divided ly unplrnimnL Then, suddenly, our barrsg cened. Tim silence ulimipt burl, but Dot for long, bvruumi Krlu turned loon with itintiml. iiiiichln JruiiM, and rifle fir. Then all along our lu mint a cheer and our boy mint1 over lbs top In a rlinrg. The firm wav wia eommte of "Jm-ka." Tiny were a magnificent llit, kills, flapping In lh wind, bar knrt-e allowing, and Ibflr bayonet glUtenlng, in the flint wav that passed my shell bole, on of th "Jorka," an liiiineiiiKt fellow, about ill foet two lliclie III height Jlllllicd .right over in. On tint rlnht and Iff! of ui severs! soldier In colored kllta were huddled on tin1 griuind, then over, cam th accond wave, uIko "Jocks." On young BooMe, when he ' nun breast of my shell hoU, leuud Into tba air, hla rift hiotliig out of lil band, landing ulioiit nit feet In front f him, bayonet flrel, and tuck In the ground, the butt trembling. This lift pMHonnl ma greatly. . Right now I ran r tin. butt of that gun trembling. Tb Scottl mudv a complet turn In lint nlr, hit th ground, rolling over twice, wh tiro Clawing at III enrtb. and then r nmlued Kill, about four feel from in, lo a aort of alttlng ihwIUimi. I culled tg him, "Ar you hurt badly, Jorkr but Do anawar. Jl wna dead. A durk red aniudg waa coining through hla tunic right undi'r Hi liourt, Th blood ran down bl bar knee, nuking a horrible light. On hi! right aid b carried hla watr bottle, I waa cmsy fur drink and tried to reach this, hut fur lha Ufa of ni colli J nut IH'Kollute thnt four feet. Then I became uiunnmliitiK. When I wok up I waa lu nn advanced flref-ald mmi. I asked Hi doctor If w bud taken th trench. "Wo took til trench and Hi wood beyond, nil right," h mild, "and you fellow did your bit; but, my Ind, Unit wna thirty Ix hours ngo. You were lying lu No Mnn's l-mxl In that bully hoi for a tiny mid a hnlf. It's a wonder you oreullve." 0. & G. Grant Land Blue Print Maps .losciiliitic imd Curry (-ouutioK ...... L.-. ,...$1.50 .rnflcKon County Li.i-JL'.$1.50 Both inni for $2..r0 " J'rintctl from tracings uuulc ly M. J.. Anderson. J r, rulled projiaid ou receipt of price A. E. Voorhies ' . . Grants Pass, OreRon . Oo i - fc' t ' ' Homestead Lam d Wo enn mivo you time and money by ahowinji you quickly and ' :, J: . t t ..... . m-curnudy Hind tlmt wo huve lawpected and aolected during months of rrtilNliiK In prepaiinK for thin land opening. Fee reasonable. 'I r, l-'IIKK Al'TOMOItll.K HEltVH'IC Launer's Realty Office I.. A, I.Al NKIt (K) O Htreet II also told in that out of th twenty Hint were In lha milling party, aeven-1 teen wr killed. Th officer died of ! wound In crawling back to our trench J nnd I waa aeverely wounded, hut on fellow returned Without a ecratcti, with' J out any primmer. No doubt ttila rhnp waa Hi on who bnd aneexed and Im properly rut the barbed wlr. . In th oflleliil communique cur trenrh raid waa described na followa: "All quiet on th western front, ex reptlng lu Hit) neighborhood of Uotu luet oiirt wood, wher on of our raid lug pnrtle penetrated Into th Uermnn line." It la needlena to aay that w hud :n ii" for our iiermiuder or ronie-iiloiifn, ai w brought' buck uo prisoner, mid until I die 1)14 I'epiier' wordu, "IVr oiuilly I don't believe thut Hint mrl of the (ierinun trench la oeeulcil,H will alwnya com to mo when I heiir mnue fellow trying to get away will) a fl-liy alniement. 1 will Judf It acrordlnuiy, CHAPTER XXVII. aaaa Blighty. ' Kroiu till flrHtnild poNt, after Iikku Intlng m with nntltetunua aeruni to prewut lorkjaw, I wni put Into nn mil liiiluuee and ent to a ttmiporary lnw pltul behind th Hue. To reiih IliN lioNpltnl w bnd to go along a rond iihoiil live mile In length. Thl rHid wn under ahell firu, fur now aud then a Hiiro would light up th nky a tre ineiuloua explonlon and tbun th rond aevmed to treintil. W did not tnlnd, tliouKh ho doubt aom of u wlxhed that ahell would bit ua and end our. mliu r. IVrnnnnlly, I waa nut pnrtlen- lur. It wna nothing but bump, jolt, rat-, He, and hnng. .i . . . , . i . i ., . u ..I., . ' orTPrai iiuir uie uriTrr wuuiu iuro around and glv ua a Tbevro, umtea, we'll aMin b there " flu fellow, iliiiRU aniliuliiuc driver, a lot Of them go Wet, liMt, V gruduully drew out of th fir xoue aud pulled up In front of no Im iinii dtiaoiii. Htratclier-hmin'ra car fh'il him ilnvn nutiilir of aleru and liiiuvd me una whit table In a brightly ' llcliivd nHiin, . j A aergennt of th Iloyal Army Med Irnl eorp removed my bautlngei and cm oft my tunic. : Then the doctor,' " till lilx Nleevea rolled up, took iliurge. ' ll.t ulnl.nl at in aud 1 wluLi'd buck. nnd then be nked, "now do yon find, Hindu it up n bur I iiiiNuereil: "I'm all right, but I'd give a unld fur a drink of linn." lie nodded to th Hergeant, who ill! , , . . , L. ' him" "ifii, nun i ii lie minim u ii" 1. H. KIILK (li-HiitM Taiw, Oi-egon didn't return with a glaa of al. I could only oin my mouth about a Quarter of an Inch, but I gut away with very drop of that at. It (anted Juat Ilk mighty, and that U beaven to Tommy. Tba doctor aald aomrthlng to an or derly, th only word I could eaten wai "chloroform," then they put aom kind of an arrangement over my noa and mouth and II waa m for dreamland. When 1 oiend my rye I waa lying on a atruuher, lu a low wooden building. Everywhere I looked 1 aaw row nf Tommlee on lret her, aome dend to the world, and th reat with faga In their nioutha. The main tuple of their conversation waa Blighty. Neurly all had a grin on their foera, except Hum who didn't hav ennugh far left to grin with. I grinned v. lib my right eye. Ibe other wua bnndnged. . Htretcher-bearrr ruin lu aud be gun to rurry Hie Tommlea outxlde. You cnulitheiir the chug of th engine In Ilia v. nltlng aiiibuliiiicea. I wna put Into an ambulance with Hire other and away w went for an ellfhtecn-uill ride, I wua nu a butunn atrvtcber. i The Ind right a i Ton" from me aa nuantied up Bfiiiiethlng horrible. . Itlflit iilmvit me tan a nmn from the Itoynl lrlh rillea, while acroaa from blni wua a Hcoti'huiiin. V bud gone about three mile when I henrd th death-rattle In lb throat of th nmn opposite. He had gone.to rent aero th CI rent Divide. 1 think at Hie time I envied him. The man nf the Itoynl IrUb rill hi hud bud hla left foot hlovtu off, the Jolting of the einhuluiu'u over the rough rond hud Inoaeucd up Hut bund- uki'n on hla foot, and hud Hurled It hlet-illng oituln, Thl blood run down the alilo of Uie atrvtcher and atnrtetl dripping. I wua lying on my buck, too vivuk to move, and the dripping of thl blood got me In my uiibundaged right eye. 1 cloned my eye and iretty noun could not open the lid; the blood bud eoti:;ciiled und cloned It, a If It were glueil down. An I'iikIMi girl dreiwed In khukl waa driving l fie nnibtiluuco, while henlde hi-r on Ibe aent wna a conorul of the 1L A. M. CH They kept up a running cuhvermitlon about Ullghty which nl moot wreclied my nerve; pretty noon from the stretcher above me, the IrlHliinnn becunie aware of the fact that the bandnge from hla foot bad be come loose ; It muitt hove pained blm horribly, because bo yelled In t loud voice; " i "If you don't atop this bloody' death wngon nnd fix thli d bandage on my foot, I will get out and walk." , The girl oa the teat turued around and In a lympathetle voice asked, "I'oor fellow, ar yon very badly wounded r The Irishman, at this question, let out a howl of Indignation and an swered, "Am I very badly wounded, what bloody cheek ; no, I'm not wound ed, I've only been kicked by a canary bird." ,; The ambulance Immediately atopped, and th corporal cum to the rear and fixed blm up, and also washed out my right eye, I was too weak to thank him, but It waa a great relief. Then I must hare become unconscious, be cause when 1 regained my sense, tht ambulance was at a standstill, and my stretcher wni being removed from It It waa night, lanterna were flashing here and there, and I could see stretcher-bearers hurryng to aud fro. Then I wni carried Into a hospital train, y The Inside of this train looked like hehven to me, just pure white, and we mot our first Red Crosa nurses; we thought they were angels. ' And they were. . , . Nice llttla soft bunki and clean, white sheets. ; ; ; A lted Cross nurse sat beside ma durlug the whole ride which lasted three hours. She was holding my wrist ; I thought I had made a hit, and tried to tell ber how I got wounded, but she would put her fluger to her llpa aud aay, "Yes, I know, but you mustn't talk now, try to go to aleep, It'll do you good, doctor's orders." Later on I learned that she was taking my pulse every few minutes, ni I was very weak from the loss of blood and they ex pected me to snuff It, but I didn't. - From the train we weut Into ambu lances for a short rldo to the hospital xhlp Panama. Another palace and more angels. I don't remember th trip ncroxa the channel. I opened my eyes i I was belni? ear- v1'4 "r i In "Blighty." fled oa a tretchar tbrougb lanes of p-ople, sum r ber ring, sow waving fl"i, and other crying. Tb flag were Union Jacks, I waa In Houtlismpion. Hi ghly al last. My atretrher waa strewn with flowers, cigarette, and rliocolatM, Trare started to run down my cheek from uiy good ey. I Ilk a. booby waa crying. Can you beat It) Then Into another noapltal train, a five-hour rid lo Paignton, another am bulunc ride, and then I wna carried Into Muntey ward of the American Wntnrn'a War hospital and put Into a real bed. Tills rent bed was too much for my unntrung nerves aud I fainted. When I ram to, a pretty lted Cron mirae was bending over me, bathing my forehead with cold water, then she left and the ward orderly pluced a screen around my bed, and gave m a inuch-tieeoVd bulb aud clean pajninn. Theu the screen wa removed aud a ImihI of iteumlug noup was given me. It tasted delicious. Before flubbing my soup th nurse mm buck to auk ui my mime and iiiiuiIm r. Klie put this Inforiiuitloii down iu a Utile book and then utkvd: "Win-re do yon rnin froinl" I an swered : "Krolil the Mg town behind the Ktntue ofl.llMTly ;" upon hearing this Nhr Hlurtifl Jiiinnlng up and down, rlnpplng her bunds, und ralUng out lo three nunu-s aeroM the ward: "Come here, girl at bint w hav got n rrnl live Yankee villi ns." They mine over and besieged m with queniluiis, until the doctor ur rived. Upon lenruiiig that I was an Anu-rlciin he altuont crushed iny hand la bis grip of welcome. Tln-y slo were Americans, and were glud to ace me. The doctor very tenderly removed my biiiuhiKc and told me, nftrr view lug my wounds, that he would bnve to tuke tne to the operating theater Im mediately, l'ereonully I didn't care wluit waa done with me. In a few minute, four orderlies who lo'iU-d like undertaken drevd In white, bronchi a stretcher to my bed and placing me on It carried me out of the wurd, ucrorx n counyi.id to tliu operating room or "picture," as Tom my culls It I don't remember having the aura tlll'Htlc applied. When I cniiie to I was attain lying In a bed In Muuw-y ward. One of the nurses had draped a birge American Aug over the beud of the bed. aud cliuqied In my baud waa a sululler Bug, and II nmdo me feel good all over to again see the "Stars and Stripes." At thut time I wondered when the boya In the treiiehea would see the emblem of the "land of the free- nnd the home of the bruve" beside them, doing It bit In this greut wnr of clvl- Ilxntlon. i : Ms wounds were very pnlnfuL and aeveml times at night I would drenm that myrluds of kliukl-clotlieu tiRiires would puss my bed and euch would ntup, bend over lue, ami whisper, "The bent of luck, mute." Bonked with perspiration I would, awake with a cry, and the nlcht nurse would ctrnie over nnd hold my hand. FOR RENT Modern houre. not wa Thls awakening got to be a hnblt with; ter; electric Ushts and gas, "Very ne until thnt particular nurse was. triinsferred to nnotlier ward. - IT -j He tntlnucdl-'-" REMOVAL NOTICE ' ; On May 6th the assay office twill be moved from the Hall building to the Schmidt building' on southwest corner Sixth and I atreets. 53 E. R. CROUCH, assayer. Township Maps Showing Oregoa and Califor nia Homewtead Land, open to Ming April 20, 101tt, ft per township. ' l'lon give township and rinige-- ; , - DOVOIiAS ABSTKAtTT CO., i Itoseburg,! Oregon The Calitornia andvOregoi Coast Railroad Company TIME CARD EBectlveDecember 1, 1917. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Train 1 lv. QranU Pass.. 1:00 n.jn Train I lv. Waters Creek 1:00 p.'m All trains leave Oranta Pass from the corner of O and Eighth streets opposite the Southern Pad fie depot . For all information regarding, freight and paEsenser service call at ll office of the company. Lundburr hulldlng. or phone 131 for same. War Savings Stamps JtOtH'E 1UVUK WATKU (JOMPANY Qsssfffed KOK BAI.K O." C.lJBANT LAN DSB fu p rial plats showing lands la Jophlo county, 11. JO. Addrosa A. E. Voorbloa, Grant Pas. tf FOR SALE Good modern home, do la, north aid. Inquire No. lilt, ear Courlar. lltf HEM STITCHING and pacot odga, 10 cants pr yard. .Mall ordart will reclv prompt and careful atten tion. Tba Vanity Shop, Mdford Oregon, 114 Wnt Main. 07tf KOK BALE CHEAP Three-quarter ton truck, In good condition. New Urea. Churchill and Maxwell, tf FOR BALE Beed corn, tudan grass, Michigan pea beana, alfalfa, clo vers and grasses. Legum bao lerla cultures for alfalfa, clover, and beans, enough for 80. to 100 lb., 11.25. Ralph Waldo Elden, Central Point. Oregon. tf TOWNSHIP ownership maps show Ing O. k C. and deeded lands In Josephine county for sale by th Josepbln County Abstract Com pany, 60 cents ach. . 5 TOR BALE Alaskan dog. about eight months old. Mrs. B. B. Loe wen, ltd. No. 1. Box 10. . 46 FOR BALE Young black Uam weighing about IkOO. Address Andrew Johnson, Merlin, Ore. 46 FOR SALE Electric reading lamp, high chair, child's chair awing, feather pillows, kitchen utensils. Electric cooking plate. Phone I7I-L. ' ,-42tf FOR BALE My entire herd of dairy and atock cattle, 20 bead Ilolsteln cows and heifers, some fresh, oth ers soon, on pure bred roan Dur ham bull. .Phono 601-7-J.., Ad dresa W. U Hayes, Murphy, Ore. 45tf TO P.KNT FURNISHED ROOMS Large, com fortable and roovlentty located. 411 C street. " 8tf PARTLY FURNISHED cottage for rent, SO feet from pavement, also unfurnished cottage on pavement, $S per month. Inquire A. E Voor bies. ... 92tf I FOR RENT Furnished five room cottage with garage; Mrs, Q.. P. jester. 215 C atreet. phone HS-R, ...... 43tf for RENT Four room house, one and one-half blotk from postofflce, n. Drake. 611 D street. 48 , . . . ; ,. .. I10 j n Drahe, n I -- n -lrr,, i 4 , FOR RENT Elght acre apple and peach, orchard, one aci Tokays, ' good ,6-room house partly tur- nlshed,' good cow (for sale), few Black Minorca hens. All plowed. See Heath : ft Herman or Isaac Beat' 9 ...'v '?TE. EXPERIENCED mill men wanted year around work. Excellent vi cook-house, electric lights, men's club, good wages, write to Modoc Lumber Company, Cblloquln, Ore gon. 61 WANTED Oue section steel frame harrow, with lever. W. H. Leon . ard. Rd. No. 1, Box 11-A. . 4 WANTED One-half , horse power electric cmotor. Williams Oarage. '1 Hl'YERS OF NATIVE PLATINUM GILFILLAN BROS. Smelting and Refining Co.,' 117V. West Sixth . street, Lo Angelee, Cal., are 1b the market for clean native Irldo platinum. i; ,tt WANTED Teams for county 'road work, $7.50 per eight" hour day. ' Board of men 11 per'day and feed for horses furnished at wholesale; prices. For further Information address- Moon and Oldley, Marsh field. Ore. 50 MALE HELP ; WANTED Mill-yard men and laborers' In logging camp wages 13. 2 and up eight hour day steady work right: now,- few., empty houses tree rent 11 miles, east of y Cottage Orove on O. P. ft E. Rr. The Bohemia Lumber. Co., Dorena, Oregon. . '.-ri-,j!' t1 ' . ; 89 MISCELIjANEOVB O. A. BRYAN, 411 Bridge street, power and steam engineer am onla and cold storage refrigerat ing engineer. Installation of plants. Pipe fittings. Lltherage- ' tight Joint if wanted.""'"' 70 Envelopes at the Courier Office. Advertising TO EX CU AMOK TO EXCHANGE Choice Ineom realty for stock of merchandise. Address (If, care Courier. 41 TC EXCHANGE New piano for what bar youf Addreu No, OO eare'Courlar. 4 rouwD. FOUND A sweater on lower Mvr road Sunday. Owner can recover aam by paying ad and proving property. Phone J54-T. 4( ATTORN EYB H. D. Norton, Attorny-at-lw. Practlc In all 8 tat and Federal Court. First NaUoaal Bank Bldg. COLVIO A WILUAM3 AltorMya-at-Law Oranu Tut Banking Co. Bldg. Oranu Pass, Oregon. I. B. VAN DYKE, Attorney. Practlc la all court. First National Bank Enlldlag. O. B. BLANCHA.RD.Attorny-at-Law Golden Rul Building. , Phon 270. Oranu Pass, Oregon. BLANCH ARD A BLANCHARD. At torneyi, Albert block. Phona 238-J. Practice In all courts; land board attorneys. ' VETEKI.1ARY BCBCEOil DR. R. J. BESTUU VeurlnarUa. Office Id Wlnatrout Implement Bldg. Phone lll-J. Rasldanea Phone 105-41. PIIY8ICIAX8 U 0. CLEMENT. . M. D Praetlea limited to dlseaaaa of th oya, aar, no and throat. Olasses fitted. Office hours 0-11, 1-5, or on ap pointment. Office phone, 02; resi dence phone 35J-J. 3. LOl'UIIRIDUE. M. U. Pbyslclaa and surgeou. City or country raiu attended day or UshL Bealdeaer phone 'f9; office phone IS'i. Sixth and II. Tuff llnlldiiu A. A. WITHAM, M. D., Physician and surgeon. Olflce: Hall Bldg., corner Sixth and I atreeu. Pbonea: Of fice. 118; .residence, 288-J. Hours, I a. m. to I p.m. DR. -J. O. NIBLEY Physician and surgeon. Lund bur; Building. ' Surgeon UUa-Idaho Sugar Co. Health Officer. Officer hours, I to 11 a- m. 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 110-J. . ,8U I'HOTO STUDIO THE PICTURE MILL, open daUy 10 a. m. to 5 p. til. For Sunday slt- " tings call Mill 293-R 'or residence - 140-J. 7gtt DENTISTS E. C. MACY, D. M. D. First -clas dentistry. 101 Vi South Sixth, street, Oranu Pass, Oregon. MUSICAL INSTRUCTION J. S. MACMURRAY, teacher of vole culture and singing Lessonj gives at home of pupil If requested. Ad-! dress 71 Lee St Stltt: DRAYAGE AND TRANSFER 4 COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Ail' klnda of draysce and traufer' work carefully and promptly do.'; Phono 181-J. 8Und at freight! depot A. Shad. Prop. A T. O. IBHAV, drayag and transfer 8afea, pianos and furniture moved j packed, ahlpped and atored. Phoa ' Clark and Ilolmaa, No. B0. Rest dene phone 114-R. 'i THE WORLD MOVES; so do wo. Bunch Bros. Tranafer Ce. Phoa Political Cards. ' ' Paid advertisements -EUGENE L. OOBUBN Republican Candidate for . -oiNommee xor j COUNTY CLE3E Preent Inoonilient Ai f-l GEORGE LEWIS i Candidate, for Republican Nominee for ' '? ....., SHERIFF, Prettent ' Incumbent C. E. HARMON Candidate for Republican Nominee for V COUNTY CLERK Prlniariwa May IT Our olasslOed ads brlag resulta.