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Tt KHIAV, Al'til'HT UT. lUlfc PACS TWO DAILY ROClTt RITES OOOKC3I Ql EiE GltB tO' Published Dtlly Except Saturday A. B. VO0RHIK8, Pat, tad Propr. Cater I tt tottomct. QrttU Put. Or., at attend data mtU mttttr. ADVERTISING RATES ttaplay tptM. per Inch 15 LtetJ-Mnonal column. nr lint 10c Ltadert. Dtr lint 5c DAILY COURIER rr nail or carrier, per yaar....00 . Lt nail or carrier. Mr atotta..- .50 WEEKLY COURIER 1 mall, per rtr.j.,.....-...ll.60 MEMBER " ' ' State Editorial Association CYfgoo Dally Nawsptptr . Pub. Attn. MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PREbo ' The Associated Press li exclusively tatlUed to the ih (or republication trf til newt dispatches credited to It r tot othtrwltt credited la . Ihti aaptr tad also tht local newt pub lished atttia. All rtgatt of republication ot spa tial dlspiitchea herein trt tlao marred. Tl-ESIhtr, AVGl'ST X7, 1918. OREGON WEATHER . 4 4 4 Tontght and Wednesday (air. f Gentle northwesterly wind. 4 V4444444444 4444 444 HAIL TO OUR MIXERS! M lner are going over the top wltb production. To Increase their max lmura efficiency they are making . many personal sacrifices. They are giving up holiday picnics. Sunday picnics, and carnivals; they agree to .appoint a committee ot six Instead Ot the whole colliery to attend a (el- low workman's funeral., '5.' With the reports of . the splendid wgrk of the American soldiers In France come these record-breaking . reports from "our miners. The dls , trlct representative from Alabama reports the production (or the week of July 13 as .412.478 net tons, an latrwtrHTttYii tons over the pre vlous high record which was 379,' ' 73? tons. The representative for Big Sandy and Elkborn districts of j Kentucky report an Increase cif 20 003 tons for the same week, the new record being 157,916 tons against 137,993. ' This Is but part of the" miners' smashing records. It Is now up to householders to save as .. vigorously at miners are producing.-1 Twenty million householders, by doing their tlftrt will aAA mllllnn nf tntia ' tit , coal to the miners' supply and thus be backing up our million, men who : are already in France, . . i General March, or someone equal ly as great. Is quoted as saying that "Married men without children are worthless to their country," Cruel words, but perhaps it'a true. . Xail German lies! Under ' pres ent conditions any man who knocks any branch of our. governmet has a yellow streak. ... . This is a great season for prong-horned beauties. - Men hunting men Instead of deer. the ' ; i .., Absolutely the easiest and t small- est thing to do In this war Is to eat less sugar and more war bread. huwulk TRllti ah 81 HI'KXIS imorning. ana ociock in tne alter-skillfully and closed In on him un I'lULICATIOX AT KIDULK noon- When they go off theyju, he couId e B,loU olalnl- )n i viauu a. muuie ana iamny nave returned from a sojourn of about two weeks at Riddle, Hays the Rose-' burg Review. While there Mr. Rid- die decided to temporarily suspend publication of the Riddle Tribune, Geo. B. Coulter, the man In charge, having failed to make good In con- rillptlllir the Same. Hfl l Sld to hav f " 1 .J n I J II . . gone to Yreka. The plant Will re- main Intact add In place, so publlca- tlon may be resumed at any time the conditio; nay warrant. Baiter GIA1UXTKKI) WHEN YOV V8H tWZQN i - ' s ' . a i ; i'i ' " THE s'KKFKCT UAK1NQ roWDKH ? ' - .' "' l '. 1 KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY tjCAIJTY SOLDIER LETTERS July li, 1918 Dear "Folks at home: I suppose you think something has happened to me such ts getting In the way of one ot "Jerry's" bombs or something ot that kind. I am pretty sure that If anything were to catch up with me lt would be a bomb, aa they are the only break in the monotony of our career. I don't think there is much likelihood of anything like that happening though, aa I don't think my number la on any of the bombs. We havent had t real Interesting visit for over t week And things sure have seemed dull, aa usual. Tht French people have a way all of their own " for keeping tht bombs away from them They have a little combination of a "Jeux-chasto" made up of two little1 figures like "Punch and Judy" only the French call them "Annette and RIn Tin Tin." They are hung on a string and worn on a button or around the neck. It's funny, too,' the Implicit faith they put in them. If anyone makes fun of their belief they get right up In the air. I have a pair of them inside a little class case like a locket and am keeping them for a souvenir. We sure have had some awful weather here lately. For a day or two the sun will he real warm and then for a couple of days or more it will just pour down rain. When I say that It "pours" down I mean "pour"- for I never saw such hard rains in my life. They even beat the' heavy rains of southern Oregon. It takes only a few minutes for the sky to cloud up, then will come the lightning and the thunder der. - In about 15 minutes after the rain starts, then all is mud. It's real mud too, and about six Inches deep. The mud makes me think of our days in Texas. It doesn't make it any more pleasant (or the drivers when It rains either. For my part I'm sure I've built at least a mile of road in order to. get my truck put of sticky places. The trucks are so heavy that they get stuck even when empty if near a sticky place. We art getting along pretty well as an Independent squadron. One of our pilots got our first Hun the other day. and I sup pose and hope . that, they will keep right on getting them. One ot our pilots was forced to land hit machine In ."No Man's Land" In front of the Belgian trenches; he wasn't . hurt, and a bunch of our fellows went up at night to get the machine. , The water and mud -was about three feet deep clear out to the machine. After they came back the Belgians pulled the thing back of their trenches and an other bunch went up' and brough the plane back. ; i ,. . v...;! t - .This place Is near a town, and is one of the best, places we have tieeUjHIs motor was how out of commis si. - We go to town quite often and 80n and he was looking for two dls can get anything we want, rve col- asters at once a fall of 4,000 yards lected a few little things for sou- and the final bullet. Again the Cer- venirt, dui aon t want too many, as. II won't care to have so many remind ers of this war, when I" once get e out of it. There Is one intirestlng place near here; it Is where the col llected mines are exploded. The traw- ilers bring the mines In from the sea t0 the shore where they are brought up on the land and exploded, either by machine gun or rifle fire. They are exploded at 10 o'clock in the morning, and 4 o'clock in the after- throw great geysers of dirt Into the St. I . m rt I. . ta-hAM ama 'o" " '" enough away to enjoy It. Wednesday, July 24. Will finish this letter now while I have nothing else to do. I am on ambulance duty for the time being, Whenever there are any planes fly- In1 there is an ambulance kept rea ty for im at tho aAaa nt lh. alrilrn nu for use in case of accidents, Ai there are hardly ever any accldenti there Isn't much to do, but the cm- balance must be here Just the tame feints ' Ui' FIRST , Several of "Jerry'a" bombers wert over us the other night but nothing except shrapnel (row the "Archies" dropped near ua. That was plenti ful enough though; lt waa dropping on the roof ot our barracks, and all around us. There are lota of French "Archlea" around ; us and they sure make an awful lot of noise when they are all firing. They have shut down several ot the bombers over the town near here, and put the wrecks In the town square for exhibition. . I don't know how much longer we will be here but 1 would just as leave stay . here for the duration of the war since it is the best place wt have been In yet. For a while we were near Amiens and was waa fine place before It was shelled and bombed. J must close for this time; wrt hie all the news. 1 have been getting the Courier regularly now and like It (Int. Love to all", CLtFTON. PVT. CLIFTON BOOTH. 17th U. S. Aero Buadron, Aviation Section of the S. C, A. E. F. ' ' LIEUT. PM LEADING Continued from Page One. J -. afternoon of the following day he ran Into one of the ' German "cir cuses;" there were six In the group and he got two of them. These made five adversaries shot down between March 14 and April 12 from a mon oplane. ; . Engaged at close quarters with a two seater on May 13 be got.c near enough to see th German pinner iaii lorward orr nit quick firer when lie sent a bullet home.- Putnam was brought down hjmself for' the first time June 2, but without' persona! damage. He was one of two fight ers protecting two reconnoiterlng machines when he sighted 11 Ger mans. He signalled but the recon- vholterlng planet continued their course. - Two minutes later the Ger mans came on In two groups, one of five above and one of six below. The reconnoiterlng planes dove for melr lines and Putnam for the first tme in bis career "gave himself J up ; for One of the Germans had succeed ed la cutting off the reconnoitring planes. Putnam dove and drove him down. Another German dove at the second reconnoiterlng plant and Putnam followed him. The German "put hit nose up," which in aviation parlance means that he made a steep upward turn, and put three bullets into Putnam' motor. He got one In return that sent him down in a crashing slide on the wing. ' Mean while the sli machines In the higher group were firing and one of their bullets went through the 4 machine jwlthln half an Inch of Putnam't foot. mans abandoned Just as they were about to get him and he managed to fall Just softly enough to break noth ing but "wood." - The great fight that made Putnam famous In France was over the battle f 1 3 Id of Rhelms on June 5. In a half hour combat he shot down five of an enemy squadron of ten Alba trosses, il was clost, and difficult work for the Germans manoeuvered their seats as their machines passed! under nim, He waved his hand to one of tnem and the 0erman return- ed the saute in the thick of the fight. All Putnam says about It Is that he kept out of range as best bo could and watched closely . every chance to fire. He finally got Into a good position and tho German ma- nhlnai h.mn in f,. II ri. A a in-n . .... .. crashed before the fight was over. ! June 14 Putnam got three out of six Fokkers and the next day shot down one-of two German b'nervM plant. Ht waa tbeut to put out ot this on account of jammed guns when out ot his adversaries pulled up at a sharp angle, tired ten ahots, turned over and fell two hundred yards; then tht machine brokt lu the air and crashed. Since then Put nam has accounted for an observa tion balloon and, on June 30, anoth er enemy plant. STATE FAIR SALEM, ORE-, . HKPTKMI1KH 8H-IM Splendid exhibits, excellent music, high data tntartalnrasBta and a io perb racing card. For . particulars write A. H. Lte, Salem, Ore. 41 Our Boys in Franco . and Home Protection Tlit men on the firing line represent the pick of our American youth. One in tour of our boys at home was ilok, rejected be-nuia of physical deficiency. Many time the kidneys were to blame. II wt wish to prevent old age coming on too soon, or if we want to Increase our chances for a lung life, Dr. Pietoo nf the Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.V., tiyl that you should drink plenty of water daily between nienlt. Then pro cure ntyonr nearest irug More, Annrio ('double strength). This "An-u-rio" drives the uric acid out and cure back ache and rheumatism. If we wish to keep our kidneys in tht bent condition a diet of milk and vege im-o, null I'liif uitiu llteut uui'v un, is the most suitable. Drink plenty of mire water, take Anuriu three timet a duv for a month. 8end Dr. Pierce ten cents fur trial pAckage. "Aniiric" many timet mnrt potent than lithit, elimina'tet uric acid aa hot water melts sugar, A short trial will convince you. Mn.Pvr.Kct JorTi "Just few lines In regard to Dr. l'lorw's Annrio Tablets which i iok ior kill lie trouble. I am (lad to r-vonv men J them : every body, Iknow that tliev in uood or I waii I A mil f;; rwunmend them. ,'liV After taking t few :i.v iNillliw l liw mil the kwelllng . t Ifolutf (li ins n to I .....ii.tai it,iti nk I have iiilt taking them now tixl an cured pttlim along llixt nul iluiuly. "One ulil l:i(ly. M years old. Id whom I have recommetMliit Annrio nyt that It did her it xxl, took tlit twelliug out of her Iwt," . v "J 1 ; T " f " !?M II MT I N G THAT J J XrJ it' MQmfflion, must eat ''.in' ' tailed States Food .2. Gratis Pass & Crescent (ily Slage Co. VV. T. Ilrwii. II. biddings Big Pierce Arrow Cars lirriirJiiM-vltlno II. ml lllm k I el iluiir -S2M. J Hint HI I JOB PRINTING W OONE J!' WE DO v Administration l'rir. Agent Easy Riding HI THE COURIER OFfltE IT!