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t Till RNOAV, JILT IS. lilt. Draw A Alberts. Dep CA'UWMMcn mu wriitr 11.11 MEMBEr OP THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE CAPTAIN GUN TURRET. FRENCH BATTLESHIP CASSAM)" WINNER OF THE CROIX DE GUERRE SYNOPSIS, CHAPTER 1-AIUrl ti. bap., aullior nl Ilia story, enllais In the Uiillwl MialM navy, earvlitB luur ihii and altaimii in ran of elilaf pally wlUiar, Bret-claae sunnar. , CHAPTER II Tha ai war at art aoon attar da la honorably lilKhataau fruia (lia navy and lia aaJla lor area lib a UalariulnalWn lo anllat. CIIAITKIl lll-lla )uln tli Foralin Lralun and la aaaliial lo Ilia draadnau laaaarti atnara Ilia aiaraanianaliia win aim lilf h honors. do wa put cotton In our ear and tba captain called th observation lower abort distance away and they tava him tba ran. Then Iba captain "called 412H meter" to llrown. Tbey placed tba noaa of a shell In a fu adjuster and turned tba handle until It reached scale 4128. Thla net tna fuae to eiploda at tba range fire. Titan tbar slammed lha ahell Into tna brwh, Irakcd It abut and Brown acnt Mh tHt to Frits. . ; The hnrrxl slipped bark, threw out the ancll raa at our feet and returned over a cushion of greaae. Then wa received the rrailta by telepbuna from tba obaervatlon tower. After ha had fired twelve allot the capluln Mid to Itrown. "You ahould never wat your self In Infantry, nn.M And old dnjx-y llrown JuHt itood thera and grinned. That waa llmwn every time. lie knew about more Ihlnga than you could think of. He had read nlxtnt nunnery and fooled around at Dlimml until tbey lot hlin play with the "73'." and flmilly her he waa, giving hi kindest to old Frlta with the rest of them. I never saw a battery better con- reeled than thla one. Up on the ground yon couldn't nee the inutile twenty J yard away and that- waa all there waa to aee at any distance. There I roe It waa and I remember now waa a ruined garden Juat outride the' how the old minstrel Joke I had beard gun quartera, and while th gunner M ho,r(j i,p ram to my mind at the wera there picking applee thera would dm something about a fellow feel be a bins and an explosion, and over ut to email be climbed Into a hole would go aoma of the treea, or maybe a0d pulled It after him end I wis. led a man or two, bat never a ahell struck j might do th aame. I flattened my nearer the guna than that. The polio Mif u Ho agalnat tho wall of tba need to thank Frlta for helping them crater aa I could and then ! noticed pick the apples, because the explosion that aomehody bad mad a dugout ta would bring them down In great ftyle, , Shell from our heavy artillery paaaed Juat over the garden, too, making an awful racket. But tbey were not In It with the "TOV They gave me a llttla practice with a "75" under the direction of expert French gunner before I went to my 14-Inch naval gun, and, believe ma. It waa a One little piece. Just picture to yourself a little beauty that can send a 88-pound ahell every two aec ond for five tnllea and more, If you want It to, and land en Frlta' vest button every time. There la nothing 1 like better than a gun, anyway, and I have never since been entirely aatla- fled with anything leaa than a "78." As yon probably know, the oppoatng artillery In thla war la ao widely aepa rated that the gunner never tea their targets nnleaa these happen to be building, and even then It la rare. So, since an artillery officer never eeea the enemy artillery or Infantry, ho mast depend on others to give him tho rang and direction, For this, purpose there are balloons and alrplanea attached to each artil lery unit Tho airplanes are equipped with wireleas, but alao signal by smoke and direction of flight while tho balloooa nee telephones. The ob servtra have ' maps and powerful glaases snd cameras. Their maps are marked off In aonea to correspond with tho maps need by the artillery offl cor. The observation are signaled to receiving station on tha ground and are then telephoned to the batterle. All our troopa were equipped wtth telephone signal ' corpa detachments and thl waa a very- Important arm of the service. , Tha enemy position Is shelled before an attack,' either an barrage or otherwise, and communica tion between the wavea of attack and tho artillery la absolutely necessary. Bombardtnenta ' are directed toward certain parts of the enemy position almost ai accurately as you would use a searchlight.' The field telephone are very light and are portable to the lait decree. They ran bo rigged up or knocked down In a very abort time.' The wire la wound on drum or reols ; ana you wouta ne aurpnsea 10 see uow quickly bur corps, established com- munlcntldn from n newly won trench to headquarters, for Instance. They were asking for our casualties before we had flnltmed having; them, almost Artillery fire was directed by men whose duty It was to dope out the rang from tho Information sent them by the observers in the air. Two men were stationed At the switchboard an) r .7 ... usanf i'vi i ivnv w. 1 one ninn to receive the meaaage inn III other to operate the board. A oon a Hi" rang u plotted out It mi telephoned to the gunner nod they did the rent. The naval run at Dlimud wer mounted oa flnt mm and lh were drawn back and forth on the track by llttla Belgian engine. After I had boon at my gun for sev ral daya I waa ordered hack to niy regiment, which wa again In the front-Una trenchra. My couraa n pat both tba nrltlah and French llu but qulta OlaUnco behind tha front line. Bvarywhera thera wer ambulance and wagon going backward and for ward. I met ona french ambulance that waa a long wagoa full of poilu from a field bpltal near tha tiring lln and wa driven by a 'man whoa left arm wa bandaged to tha aboul der. Two pollu "ho aat In tha rear on guard had each been wounded In the leg and ona had bad a big atrip of bla sculp torn off. There waa not a ound man In tha bunch. Ton ran Imagine wbnt their cargo waa like, If the convoy waa aa naed up aa then chap. Hut all who could wera ting ing and talking and full of pep. That la tha FrenA for you I they ued no more men than they could powilhly iare to dike cor of tha wounded, but they wer all cheerful about It alwaya. Juat after I passed thl atnbulanc tha Gerumna bgan abPlllug a aertlon of the road too near ma to be comfort able, ao I beat It to a thai! crater .bout twenty yorda off the road, to the J rtar, a shrapnel shell exploded pretty Mar ma juat I jumped Into thla hole I did not look around to aee bow the ether wall of tho crater and 1 atarted for It Tha ahella ware exploding so fast by that time that you could not listen for each explosion aeparately, and Juat a 1 Jumped Into the dugout a regular A Regular Hall of nrapnel Foil. hafl of shrapnel fail on tho spot 1 had Just passed. It waa pretty dark In the dugout and tho flrat move I mada I bumped Into somebody else and he let out a yll that you could have heard a mile. It waa a Tommy who had been wounded In the hand and between, curses be told ma I had aat right on his wound when I moved. I aiked him why he did not yell sooner, but be only aworo more. Bo surely was a great cusser. J ;. "The bombardment Blackened up a bit about thla time, and I thought I would have a Took around. I did not get out of the crater entirely, but moved around out of the dugout until 1 pnnld aea tha mod I hail hcan an. The first thing I aaw waa a broken down wagon that bnd Just been hit-; , jq tact It waa toppling over wnen my y caught It . The driver Jumped from his seat and while he wna In the olr his head Waa torn completely from hla ahouldera by another ahell I do not know wbat kind. This was enough for me, so back to the dugout ', IIow the Oermnna did It I do not i now, but they bad found out about unit road and opened fire at exactly tlia moment when the. road was cov- 333 moavu ered with wag"" wd man. Tat thera bnd not been a balloon or airplane In tha aky for tlma, . After a while lha bombardment moved away to tha east, from which direction I bad eotne, aod I knttw our batteries wera getting It. The Tommy and 1 cam out of tha dugout. Aa I atartvd climbing up tba muddy lde I aw there wa a man atandlng at th edge of It, and I could tell by hi putter Hint ha wna a Limey- I wa hiving a hard Job of It, ao without looking up I balled hint. That wn aura noma ehelllng, wnan't ItT I sold. "There1 a lad down her with a wouudad fin; better glva him a hand." "Whit t (helling do you mean," says th leg, without moving, "There'a been none In thla aector for aotue lime, I think." The Tommy waa right at my heal by thla time, and ba let out a atrlng of language. I wai mirprlaed, too, and allll acrambllng around In th mud. Then tha Tommy let a "Oawd 'alp uil" and I looked up and aaw that th leg belonged to a Llinay officer, a major, I think. And here wo bad been cuaalng tba eyea off of him I Hut ba ilsed It up rightly and gave ua a hand, and only laughed whan w tried to explain, 1 got rattled and told hlin that alt I aaw waa bla lags and that tbey did not look Ilk an offl cer'a leg, which might bev made It wore, only h wa good-natured about It. . Then bo aald that ba bad been aileep lu battalion headquarter dug out, about a hundred yard away, and only waked up when part of the roof caved In on him. Tet ba did not know ba bad been ahelled I I went on down tba road a atretcb, but aoon found It waa aaaler walking beaida It, beeauaa tba Hun had ahalled It neatly right up and down tha middle. Alao, thera wera ao many wrecked boraea and wagoua to climb over 00 tha road beeldee dead men. After I bad paaaed tba area of tba bombardment and got back on tba road J aat down to rt and amok. A couple of ahella had bunt ao near the crater that they bad thrown tha dirt right Into tba dugout, aod I waa a llttla dluy from the ahock. While I wa alt ting thera a aquad of Tommlea came up with about twice their number of German prlaoner. Tba Tommlea bud been making Frlta do the goose atep and they itarted thera at It again when they aaw ma anting there. It aura la good for a laugh any tlma, thl gooae atep. I gueaa they call It that after tha fellow who Invented It Ona thing I had noticed about Frlta waa tha way bla coat flared oat at the bottom, ao I took thla- chance to find ent about It while they halted for a rest Juat a little farther down th road. I found that tbey carried their emergency kits In their .coats. These kits contained canned meat tobacco, needles, thread and plaster all this la addition to their regular pack. Then I drilled down the road some more, but had to stop pretty aoon te let a column of French Infantry awing on to th road from n field. They were on .their way to the treochea aa re-enforcements. After every two companlea there would be a wagon.. Pretty aoon I aaw the uniform of the Legion. Then a company of my regi ment came up and I wheeled In wtth them. Yfe were In the rear of the col umn that had paaaed. Our boy were going ap for their regular atunt In the front lines, while the others bad Just arrived at that part of the front Then for the first time my feet be gan hurting me. Our boeta were made of rough cowhide and fitted very well, bat It was a day'a labor ta carry thesa on your feet I began lagging behind. I would lag twenty or thirty yards behind and then try to catch up. But the thousands of men ahead of me kept up the steady pace and very few limped, though they had been on the march since 8 a. m. It waa then about II a. m. Those who did limp were carried tn the wagona. Bat I bad seen very few men beaidea the drivers rid ing In the wagons, and I wanted .to be as tough aa the next guy. I kept on. But believe me, I waa euro glad when we halted for a rest along tha road. That la, the re-enforcements did I Our company of the Legion had not come from ao far, and when the front of th colnmn had drawn out of the way along the road wo kept on filing, at the aaytng la. I did not car about being tough then, and I waa ready for the wagon, i ,' , , .. ., Only , now, there, wer no wagons I They belonged with th other troop. So I had to ease along aa best I could for what seemed like hours to my feet until we turned oft onto another road and halted for a rest I found out later that our officer bad gone astray and were lost at thla time, though, of course, thvy did not tell US SO. ,-f.,'i - .We arrive ai qua -section, of the trench about three o'clock tbnt after noon and I rejoined my company. I Waa all. tired out after thla trek and found myself longing for the Cassard and the rolling wave, where ho Mara thons and five-mile hikes Were neces sary. But thla waa not In store for me yet (To be continued.) In the Same Claaa. . Another- little thing that we have noticed la Hint some girls who upend a Krent deal of time on their cheeks and lips nnd eyebrows bnven't anything on tflr bnd llttla boys who refuse to wusfe brhlnd the earn. DAILY IUY Ell COCKIER BU.l -TTT" PhOPErt MANNER FGH HANDLING HAY CROP When Exposed to Successive Rains It Is Injured In Quality. Many Farmer With Small Acreage Dlaragard Dawfall and PreUr t Mew In Afternoon, Thu diving Hay Chance ta wilt (Prepared by the Unliad Biataa DeparV MM at ATkullurt ) It I a matter of couinon kuowledaa Hijuiru iiusi,, MIIU iuw- III pruiliat and pulHtulilllty. A light rulu or a heavy dew doea but little Injury to freahly cut hay In the awnlh. Inih-ed, many fanner whoaa acreage la not large disregard dewfall aud prefer to mow bay In the afternoon, thu glviis the hay a chance to wilt overnight Rnln raiiM-a partly cured hay to be come bleached and moldy, and con-tlnut-d warm ralna dlaaolva and carry away a coiiNlderulile portion of th nit trlenta. liny ahould never be raked, cocked, or put Into the alack or bnrn when Hay 8hould Not Be Rushed to Barn Before It la Properly Cured. there Is sny dew or rain on It Such liny Is very liable to mold or bean ?nd even spontaneous combustion may oc cur. If a rain cornea on when the hay ia partly cured In the swath, it Is bad practice to ruke It Into windrows, for It wlh be dmunged no more In the swath than In the windrow. Tiny that geta wet In the windrow will have to be spread out later to dry. The same I holds true about cocking. In case of I rain, nothing la gained by hurriedly cocking or bunching hay that Is almost cured, nnleoa large hay cap are put 1 on the cock. When such bay I rushed Into the cock It will not turn water and will be wet all the way through, and If not scattered out after th rain la over will aoon begin to heat and will spoil. Ml at t I'M 4 14 HlUlllt t TILLAGE OPERATIONS (Prepared by tha TTnHed Mat Da . parunanl of AcrlciiHura.) : Kuiiiemiia cost-account rec ord collected by the office of farm management United States department of agricul ture, show that on the average diversified American farm the coat of tillage operations com prise from 80 to 40 per cent of tha total coat of farm opera tions. Probably half the total amount of cultivation required la necessary only tor controlling weeds, and In many Instances practically all tntertUlage could be eliminated without affecting crop yields If by other wean weedai wer prevented tear growing...'. . -.. , ... T X Of Course. ' A young author said to William Dean Howella at a reception in the letter's I" M1,I"1 . , . . . t -That waa Aatorbllt who Just aAed yon fw your autograph, air. Toudont seem much lmpreesed r ' ' 1 never undenrtand," aaid Mr. JI.,,Pe0!) e J Jl preteed by mimonnlres. My own ex- perience baa been that whenever you lch with them they always let you pay." Tha vnnit, a,rfIA lnnvltaAr Mltv.. "That, of course, is how they hecca- millionaire, iant Itr ho said. . ... , Corporal (nam, deleVed Th, censor) Is the champion optimist In the (de- V "V T. : :J' f hVi " .: J V .i-rtS--P&i: I letcd by censor) regiment On his first' racing open unnaiua on a visit to Paris an air raid was In prog- ool or moreabove-tho floor ross, and aa be observed the Parisians. Prevent the hens from scratching all intent on the Tnubes, he aald to " Httor Into them but doe, not his companion : . . , . ,. teep out fine dust which floats In the r "Thore's one fin thing about this Ir nd MttIe the water- v n.anir , . 'Thoroughly rinsing ' open vessels "And that la-r-r " , : "It keeps you looking up." . . '.' "(Reply deleted by censor.)" Car toons Mngaslne. ' 1 ; 1 ' ' " . Butter Wrapper ptinted to com ply with the law at the Courier. Classified kfoariMng FOB lAUt rOR SALE ITS Angora goata and kid. For partlculara addrtaa B. II. Wla. K.rby. Or. Sltf roil SALE Tent, 2H50, and a ( foot wall, for aala cheap. Joe. Fetiner, (65 North Eighth atreet, phone 280-R. tf 'yon. BALE 11T model S-paaaen-j ger Ford In Good eondttlon. Clyde ' K. MUa. OUt t CO. Caah Store Fresh grocerlea; dry good, general Block merchandise; aecond hand gooda of all description. 406 South Ulxth itreet. A quare deal to all. S3, FOR 8 A LB CHEAP 120 acrea of land on Grave creak. Would con aider an automobile or a team of b'orse. Inquire of 8. L. Brock, Leland, Or. IS FoiTflAXE Two good pack burroa and aaddlee at Red Front barn. It FOR SALE Tent house, surrey. 1 H. P. gas engine with Meyers pump, riding orchard cultivator. bone grinder, Inenbator, hand d der press, farm Implement, kit chen ranger. Cheap. Mrs. C. B flelleck, Morphy, Or. IS FOR BALE All kind of mining machinery Including mill, con centratora, crushers, steam pumps, tO-h. p. boiler, electrical equip ment, motor and generators, air drill and atopera, machine ateel blower, water wheels, redwood tank and pulleys, wood and Iron; miscellaneous assortment. Includ ing turn table, shaft bucket and .large platform scale, clasaiflera and sine shavings. This machln ery can be teen at the warehouse ' of the Grants Pass Hardware Co. or can communicate with Mark Whipple, Takllma. Ore. 23 6 HORSE POWER gaa engine, for aale or trade for shot gun, horse and rake, or mowing machine. W. H. Leonard, Rd. No. 2, Box 11 A, Granta Paaa. .14 FOR SALE Thoroughbred Berk ablre plga; 2 thoroughbread Berk shire sows; 4 milk cow; S calves; set chain harness; ; spring tooth harrow, reasonably priced. L. H. Kornbrodt Merlin, Ore. Phone S10-F-22. 14 TO RETT FOR RENT S-room boaee wish bath 'and largo garden planted. SOS Foundry street Iaqairo op posite, er Moa rentla agency Sltf FOR RENT Furnished modern S room cottage, gaa. Inquire Beat Fuller Realty. OOtf FOR RENT (-room house, almost i furnished, modern. Urge yard ior cnieaens. Dieaping room oat side for three beds. Rent, I8.SS. Inquire Mr. Day, corner Fifth and Evelyn. 87 I. NOTICB NOTICE Dance and amusements July 27. 8:30 D. m., Leland, hotel 1 dining room (something differ ent). , For ibeneflt of American Red , Cross., Tag 25 cents. In clude dance and supper. Amuse ment Committee, ' it t WATER SUPPLY FOR POULTRY i As Necessary for Fowls as Sufficient , Quantity of Food Different I Types of Vawel. i . (Praparad ky the rnltad 8tat Depart ; mant of AgrtcultorO I A supply, of pur drinking water frequently., renewed Is as necessary f noultrv aa sufficient annnliea of pyj - There are two different types of Mnk teMe for K , moB w. 0pen vesseta-palla; pans, trocts nnd th. -Mka; and drinking Kasmctei auat and rt cannot get Into the water except b .xpoUl but- . :,tJ:j big, vessel are about equnlly, popnlar Poultry .keepers. Open vessels catch more dirt ami dust but are more , Mudly Cleaned. Closed fountain may ; ie used much longer wltliout cleaning,' " 7 ZSS' -to clear thoroughly. . -V jnce a day and scalding drinking foun aJns once or twIcQ a week will usually leep them as clean ha necessary. V i . . ' ' The philosophy of the W. 9. 8. sive. cave.- sav. ' is lAOH TESTE i it WANTED WANTEI etecoud hand wading ault for flahlag. Call phone il. 14 WANTED Woman to do laandry work and cleaning. Inquire at 111 A atreet Mra. A. Letckar, Jr. 14 MIftCELLAXEOTS TETHEHOW Plumbing and Sheet Metal Work, fill F street. 2S 8TBADY JOB for prtnter In coast town. Addreaa Courier, Creseeat City. Cal. e&U ATTORXKYB H. D. NORTON. Attoraey-et-law. Practices in all State and Federal Courts. First National Bank Blag. COLVIO WILLIAMS. AUorneys- at-Lew, Oranta Paaa Banking Co. Bldg., Oranta Paaa, Oregon. . 8. VAN DYKE, tloe In all court Bank Bldg. Attorney. Prae First National O. 8. BLANCH A RD, ttorney at Law. Golden Rule Building Phone 27P. Oranta Paaa. Oregon. BLANCH ARD k BLANC HARD. At torneys, Albert Bldg. Phono 1IS-J. rradica In all sonrU; land hoard attorney. C. A. 8IDLBR, Attorney- t-Law, ref eree in bankruptcy. Maaonl temple. Grant Paaa, Or. TETERINABY 8VBOEOX DR. R. J. BBSTUL, Veterinarian. Offloe, residence. Phone S9S-R. PHYSICIANS L, 0. CLEMENT, II. Practita '.:;i;j hrn-i 31-', : ldence pLoC3 3j-J. 3. LOUOHRIDGE, M. D.. PnyatoUui and surgeon. City or country call attended day or night Realdeaer phone . SSS; office phone 1SS. Sixth and B. Tuffs Bldg. A. A. VfTTHAM, M. D.. Ptyetelat and aurgeon. Office, Ball Bldg, corner Sixth and I atreet. Phones: 09.ee, US; residence, 188-J. Hour a. m. to 4 p. aa. DR. J. O. NIBiJCY, Physician and surgeon. Lnndburg Bide. Health officer. Office hours. S to 12 n. m. and 1 to S p. am. Phone SltM. DEHTI8T8 E. C. MACT. D. M. D. Flrst-claaa dentistry. 10SV. South Sixth atreet, Granta Paaa, Oregon. PHOTO BTUOtO P1CTURB MILL WiU clone for war eatlon: . open about August 1. Watoh for aanouncemenL . tStf . MUSICAL INSTRtCTIOM J. S. MACMURHAT. tenchar of volee culture ad atagtng. Luom given at home of pupil if requested. Ad drees 718 Leo street i DRATAOE AXD TRANS'-KR " ......... , J- COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. AI kinds of drnyage . and traatC work carefully and promptly don papa 1S1-J. Stand at trelghi ' depot A. Shade. Pro. - i THE . WORLD MOVES; BO. do wo. Bunch Broa. Transfer Co. Phone Mt-R. F, G. ISjIAM. drayag and- tnuuuor. lafas, (lanoo and' furniture moved, packed, shipped, and stor ed. Phon Clark ft Bolman, ISn. SO." "Kesldene phono II ' The Caliloiria ii Crt-a Coast Banrsac capJ V TIM3 OAltD'. ,w3 Dally except Sunday Effectlv- May 1. lll , m.!r J - 1 lv. Oranta Paaa..' 1:00 p. aa. 8 lv. Water Cseok' 8:00 p. at. Train Train '' ' All train Iav Oranta Pass from, Jka aonaer Of Ov and. E'lht streeU. jppaalt tL Southern tao..le depot i For all information regarding might nnd paeanffr service call at IB efflce ol Uo eompany, Uundbnrg building, or phono 181 far .; , OOB 'A THE AK, 'Jl!'