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MONDAY, JAXTARY 13, 1919.
OREGON WEATHER
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-f Fair tonight, except rain in
the northwest portion, colder, -f
Tuesday fair, fresh easterly
f winds.
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base. Neither gas clouds nor artil
lery lire prevented the messenger
birds from doing their work. Air
men have been rescued through the
pigeons. The birds were even car
rid behind the enemy's lines and
from there carried Important Infor
mation back to the allied armies.
There are three branches of pig
con war service, the naval, the mili
tary and the air. Pigeons did ne
cessary work in home defense, too,
but it was at sea and on the battle
fronts where the work seem
marvelous.
SOLDIER LETTERS I
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one shell hole to another; mitnglcd
to atoms and mingled with the earth,
and now everything, "qulot as
donth," the flint time I ever realised
the slgnlfcance of that sentence, for
tho thundering of cannon and burst
ing of shells that hnd been muring
In our oars tor many days hnd all
censed. Not a sound could be heard,
not a living thing could bo seen;
everything seemed to be In such a
profound Bleep rb though matter
had born transformed Into space.
Well mother, I will not try ' to
' give you a history of tho war In one
letter, but will hold some bark to
.tell yon when I get home, and If
letters don't travel any fastor going
back than they do coming over I will
jbe there before the letter will.
I With love to all, DONALD.
DONALD R. MORRISON.
XT. 9. A. S., 188.
American Ex. Forces. France.
Sherman Had Hell OverctitiniHtod.
Says IHmald Morrison
LIBERTY BOND PRICES
No owner of Liberty bonds need
be disturbed by the fact that these
securities have been dumped on the
.market lately In large quantities and
at comparatively low prices.
Most of the selling has been due
to perfectly natural causes. The
holders had to have cash, or thought
they did. In most cases their selling
was either necessary or else a piece
of financial folly which they may re
gret later.
November 27, 1918
Dear Mother:
Since I wrote last the censorship
has been raised to a limited extent
so I will be able to tell you some of
our experiences over here. It la just
three months ago today since I left
most, England. We landed at La Havre.
I France, and from there we went to
southern France to be outfitted for
the front. While there we were hiu
were added to the service every thedral. which was Napoleon's head-
year. In a war In which so much tehdral. which was Napoleon's head
highly developed machinery was em- Quarters In the Franco-Prussian war.
ployed, it Is more remarkable to I Hla ottlce and stores are there,
. . .. , . A. . I Just as he left them. We were there
read of the work of . these feathered ,hnn, . .
! about two weeks, and since then we
members of the armies. The carrier .have Wn nn ii vr
pigeons have won deserved honor
and respect In the past four years.
A MINISTRY OF THRIFT
The British government is consld
erlng the establishment of a new ad
ministrative department called a
"ministry of thrift." It is Intended
to encourage national saving -and
make permanent the thrifty prac
tices adopted by the British people
during the war.
The Idea Is not merely paternalis-
The current market price of the tic or philanthropic. It Is meant for that It was all over, the roar of can
fronts. What I have seen of war In
that time makes me thing that Gen
eral Sherman had Hell overestimated
beyond conception when he said that
war was Hell.
At 11 o'clock on the 11th, when
the armistice was to go Into effect,
many of us were holding our watches
and betting whether or not It would
stop on the minute set; but at 11
o'clock there came a sudden hush
and I said to a lad who was betting
It would not stay, "You have lost
your money,"1 but he said, "Lost
nothing. Just wait." But we only
had to wait a moment to tell plainly
OREGON SETTLEMENT
PLAN BRAND NEW IDEA
bonds, though below par, is not so
far below normal as that of most
other, standard securities. Financial
experts point out that the "slump"
in these government issues Is really
vlal that they have dropped
along with the whole list of securi
ties, bnt have dropped less than any
of the rest. That Is to say, the
whole stock and bond market at
present Is "weak," but Liberty bonds
are the strongest thing in It.
Naturally, then, as the general
market rises, these bonds will rise.
A return to normal prosperity Is
considered certain to send them
above par.
This, then, Is a time for buying
the bonds rather than selling them.
Anybody who wanted to buy them
merely as a speculation could almost
certainly make money on them.
The opportunity is likewise good
for the man who buys as a perma
nent InTestment, At current prices,
the latest issues will bring about 4
per cent. Even at par, these bonds
would still be a bargain, paying a
higher rate of Interest than the
banks pay, with absolute certainty
of interest and principal, and with
freedom from the income tax.
DOVES :OF WAR
A little has been heard about the
work of the carrier pigeons at the
front In Europe and in many of the
remoter scenes of conflict. There Is
till more to hear, and when the
whole truth Is known some one will
be wishing to decorate the birds for
distinguished service.
. On the western front the French
Were the first to employ pigeons as
messengers. In March, 1916,' the
first English pigeons were put Into
action. .They proved so valuable
that their use was soon . established
In Egypt, Salonika, Mesopotamia and
wherever British troops we flght-
ing .-v .:.,. - ; - :
. . Pigeons were . particularly helpful
' to the tank battalions. They were
(he tank crew's only means of com
munication between battlefield and
the welfare of the people themselves,
to be sure. But It Is also meant to ac
complish two very important things;
First, to enable Great Britain to take
care of her huge war debt; and sec
ond, to undermine the tendency to
ward radical socialism and Bolshe
vism.
If this Is a good thing for Britain
It is surely a good thing for America.
An English government official Is
quoted as saying: "Great Britain
needed to learn the lessons of thrift
and economy, but onr American
friends needed it much more. I
wonder whether they have been In
the war long enough to have gained
the benefits from it which France,
Italy and England have gained."
A definite, persistent campaign for
continued economy, carried on under
the direction of a governmental de
partment, would surely help our
people to make up any such deficit
In'the lesson of war.
Triumph or American Dyes.
The 1nUtt official reports for the fis
cal year which ended with June show
that the Americun exports of aniline
dyes for 1318 amounted to. 17,290,080.
This, when compared with our Imports
of aniline dyes in' 1914, Is significant
of the strides made by American chem
ists in" the dye xltuutlon. Gerniuny
supplied these coal dyes before the war
and America paid more than $7,000,000
a year for the products. Today Amer
ica makes enough of the lending colors
for home needs and Is supplying other
countries In large quantities, as the
exports Indicate.
In the early days of 1915 there were
but seven companies In America pro
ducing colors. Toduy it Is estimated
that there are about 150 concerns in
this line.
Interested In Firearms.
When brother returned from Sunday
school, mamma explained to him that
he soon would be old enough to sing
In the vested choir nnd prohnh'y wonld
be accepted as a member, If he was a
good boy. She emphasised the matter
of deportment and said some who
were good and fulthful In attendance
got to carry the cross In the proces
sional,' others to "carry flowers.
"Do any of them carry revolvers!"
Uttle brother inquired.
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non for miles, the quaking of the
earth from bursting shells, all had
ceased and the whole world seemed
to fall asleep. That evening trucks
and automobiles were running with
full lights; In the distance lights
were shining in windows; bon fires
were burning along the trench lines
the heavens were filled with flares
and rockets; the big guns resumed
activity and It sounded like war had
started up again Frltzle thought so
too, for he sent word to headquar
ters that we were not complying with
the terms of the agreement.
This kind of celebration lasted for
a day or two. After everything bad
quieted down, another lad and I
walked out over the battlefield
where the last and fiercest artillery
barrage of the war was carried on.
Going up to the front line we met
thousands of doughboys coming
back, their faces wore a vacant and
solemn expression they were not
Jubllent over the victory won, as
you read of in song and story and
perhaps have read of In this case
even knowing they were Instrument
al in bringing to an end the world's
greatest war. The end seemed to
cast a sort of tense gloominess over
them, In fact I was touched a little
with It myself I don't know Just
what It was, whether we wanted fur
ther vengence for the crimes of the
Bosche or whether we were so glad
It made us sad as the song goes.
During my whole time in the zone of
action I never saw an American
downhearted or discouraged until It
was all over.
If you have never head the poem
by William Service, "The March of
the Dead," you should read It it Is
so significant of the prevailing spir
it of how the end came to us. If
you have kept tip with the history of
the war you will know that there Is
over a million and a half of men
burled on the Verdun front and as
we walked towards No Man's Land I
Judged It to be the most devastated
piece of land on the face of the
OreUon Agricultural College, Cdr
vallls. Jan. IS. The Oregon land
settlement plan, which provides for
the reclamation and purchase of
lands for resale to soldiers and oth
er desirable settlers, and which
practically guarantees the success of
the settfer by supervision of the
farm management department of the
Oregon Agricultural Collage, Is the
first project of the kind ever at
tempted, according to II. D Scudder.
professor of farm management, who
has Just returned from Washington,
D. C, where he received promise of
favorable legislation on the plan.
"This plan of ours has captured
everybody," ho says. "We have been
promised Just the legislation we
want broad enough to provide for
cooperation of the states with the
federal government and permitting
us to carry out our Oregon land set
tlement plan.
"Model farm management farms
for settlers In every part of the state
will be our program In future land
settlement, and the federal legisla
tion will provide the funds for re
clamation and purchase of lands for
resale to soldiers on the easy pay
ment, low Interest plan. We expect
to get the necessary state legislation
to go with this at the coming session.
"The authorities at Washington
tell us that the application of the
farm management Idea to settlement
Is brand new and our model farm
management farm Is the first thing
of the kind ever attempted. The of
fice of farm management has prom
ised us funds for both Investigation
al and demonstration work In farm
management In Oregon."
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TRAGEDY ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Individual Combats and Disasters That
Test the Nerves and Wits of the
Flyino. Fighters.
Though alrplnne battles are tre
mendously exciting for all those par
ticipating in thHin, It is not always In
actual conflict that the nerves and wits
of flyers are tested to the utmost. Muny
adventures may be met In tamer pur
suits, i
Every now and then comes the roar
of a gun from below, followed by flush
es of blue nnd red, harsh, angry explo
sions right and left, front nnd rear;
the disappearance In flumes wniiel lines
of what till then had been a welcome
companion on the wing, the drone of
some hardy adventurer strenuously en
deavoring to climb into the night, and
now and then the awful spectacle, of
a machine emerging safely from a
smoke cloud only to go smash Into an
other traveling In a different direction.
An awful smash, a hideous explo
sion, smoke, 'human cries, flames anil
then, with volcanic Intensity, the sud
den plunging Into the abyss not only
of what a few moments previously
were two magnificently equipped' bomb
throwers, but four human souls, brave,
proud, youthful and adventurous.
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earth not a living thing was left, alienating my affections.''
What the shells and bullets didn't
kill, poison gasses had. We never
saw a living thing, not a bird or even
a little bug. We walked until dark
ness overtook us out in No ; Man's
Land, and in coming back over the! anvil of distress.
shell holes and trenches by the light
of the moon we could realize a glor
ious peace It was "It seemed like It
Gains Through Distress.
The best qualities of mind and char
actercourage, sympathy, self-mas
teryhave been forged on the hard
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rest, for they had been blown from for each second.
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