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alara waa tivai aid of court lot
of us fasd left our gat masks In the
barracks. There followed a mad
rush tor them and a great polishing
of goggles, and then we went on with
the show, tha signal to put them on
not having to be given.
"B. Coutant ran acrosa DwIkM
Jewell the other day and talked to
him" awhile. I expect to look him
up tha first- chance I get, but ha Is
camped about 10 miles further back
and that la quite a hike for a short
vlall."
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THE PENALTY OF F RIGHTFUL
NESS When British pressure along the
Somme compelled German retirement
a year ago the Germans laid waste
the country they abandoned with a
thoroughness which called to mind
the mage of the desert horseman
who boasted that grass never grew
again where once his horse had trod.
They wrecked every .house and
very barn, fired every hay or straw
tack, cut down great avenues or
century old trees, drove copper nails
Into thousands of fruit trees, rilled
up wells, dynamited roads, and left
the land behind them blasted by des
truction so complete that the labor
of years could not restore it. It was
their Intent, and they made no secret
of it, that such parts of France as
they surrendered should be emptied,
economically speaking, and Incapable
of prosperity for a generation. Now
the Germans are regretting tbe com
pleteness with which they did their
work.
The chance of war, last spring, led
to a German drive over thla ravaged
territory. Today the Germans retire
acrosa it for a second time, and find
retreat Inconvenient. There Is no
chelter in the stricken country, no
houses about which to organize little
centers of resistance, no clumps of
trees to screen trenches or machine
gun nests, no roads along which
weary men may retreat with facility.
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICANS IN
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This Is the flrn uiitlii'iitlc plmtoaruDh In reH,h r,.i,.ui u. . .
tlfnjr. their rst rcal.y ln!.n conflict w. 7 il tUu, " XrM .nZ
, Attack, while their companion, in (he trenches C Z o.mmanS L
obtained all their oJ!ctiviw, Inking many prisoners. ,".!"nmnnd ,0 ,ol,ow-.
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
QCAUTT FIRST
The smiling country-aide baa become
a desert, a German-made desert.
acrosa which orderly retreat la much
mora difficult than systemattsed ad
vance.
Germany's economic- aim la war
becomes more apparent with every
passing month. Germany went to
war for loot, and for the chance to
loot the world. That chance haa
passed, and now the Germane, sullen
ly retiring, are looting as they go.
They undertake deliberately to lay
such a blight upon the land they sur
render that It will be worthless to
those who pour out blood and treae-
ure for lta redemption. They would
render their neighbors Incapable of
Industrial restoration for decades.
They make war ruthlessly with an
eye to war after the war.
Their experiences In wasted Plc-
ardy should warn them. One can
not war against nature, against
man's Improving handiwork, and not
pay the penalty. For four years now
the German people has warred on
civilisation. Civilisation will be re
venged, even as ruined Plcsrdy today
revenges Itself upon Us oppmsor.
The disregard of treaties, the sac
rifice of non-combatanta on land and
sea. the brutality of tha battle field
and the prison camp bring their re
ward. The German will be an out-
cast among his fellows long after the
peach trees of northern France bloom
and bear again.
"The war Is now a race between
Hlndenburg and Wilson," said Lloyd
George last spring. Well, you
couldn't except much speed from a
heavy, puffy fellow like Hlndy, when
matched with a slender college ath
lete like Woodrow.
Just wait till they put that tax on
servants. There'll be many an old
guy who will tell you he Is Just prac
ticing up on his golf strokes, when
he's really out In tbe back yard beat
ing the ruga for mother.
COMING EVENTS
Aug. 19-SepL 6 Josephine county
teachers training school.
August 24, Saturday Pomona
grange will meet at Frultdale.
Aug. 24, Saturday Registration day
for men reaching age of 21 since
June S. Registration at court
bouse. sept. 9 Opening of city schools.
SOLDIER LETTERS
Tbe following Is an extract from
a letter received from Chas. Dana
Anient:
"Was up In the trenches 8unday
before laat and watched Frlta's lines
tor a while through a field glass. A
small town was situated between our
positions and theirs, and If you have
seen pictures of ruins you may Im
agine the appearance of a whole town
of them. The church steeple was
only a skeleton of rock, and the walls
were not aa high as a fence. To the
right of the town a once beautiful
stone bridge was only a streak of
broken rock laying between piers,
while further to the rear a fine ateel
bridge on the railroad leading to a
certain German metropolis had been
blown to the valley beneath. Large
"duba" (unexploded shells) lay here
and there and tbe ground waa a ver
itable checker board of craters. Hack
Jot me on the road I had just tra
versed ritx was dropping high explo
sive shells in a vain effort to locate
a battery which was evidently doing
very destructive work to his posi
tions behind the lines. Overhead
several of our planes sailed slowly
up and down the lines while FrIU
peppered away at them with his anti-aircraft
guns. Pieces of sharpnel
would sing to earth here and there
and we did not dare watch these op
erations for fear of getting one in fhe
face, and our "tin lids" proving use
less. We spent most of the after
noon In a machine gun nest and to
wards evening had supper with the
boys. Our meal consisted of pork
and beans, mashed potatoes and some
bread pudding with dried applea In
It, and coffee. Later we tramped
back to camp with a battery of crack
American gunners sending the high
explosives and gass shells screeching
overhead as "peace proposals" to the
kaiser.
"We had movies In the Y the oth
er night. I think they were produc
ed in about 1905, and after witnes
sing the complicated modern plot,
the whole reel could be figured out
after about ten feet of film had
passed. Tbe machines are run by
French boys of about 16 or-17 years,
and generally some one of our boys
have to get up and fix the machine
and get It going about every few
minutes. Of course every window
has to be covered, and with a tent
packed full of men and the air blue
with tobacco smoke you may well
Imagine the pleasure an ordinary
mortal Just over from the states
would get out of such an entertain
ment. However, we old 'veterans'
enjoy It to the fullest extent. The
lother night while at the show a gas
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BE USED IN FEEDING
In answer to a letter aa to the dis
position of wheat raised In Josephine
county the county food administrator
haa received the following from M.
II. Ilouser, of the food administra
tion grain corporation; "Our reply
to thla It that the small lots of grain
you mention should be either hand
led locally by (he growers of same
for feeding purposes or the small lots
uooled Into carload lota and consign-'
ed to the food administration grain'
corporation for the account or the
several shippers."
The basic price Is ItSO for No, 1
whest at Portland for bulk wheat.
(Basic price varies according to va
riety.) A premium Of 9c per bushel
will be paid for sacked wheat basis
good order sacks.
No. 2 3 cents under No. I; and
No. 3 wheat at 7c under No. 1.
From the above Instructions I un
derstand the grower of wheat can
sell his wheat for feed or for milling
purposes at his option.
SAM II. HAKE It,
County Food Administrator.
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