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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 .; ,
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