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Jaat hew much truth there to lik ely
to be la the wide « « ‘ • J ^ * * * * *
our b oy« who have enlisted to A *h t
to t th eir country aro net '
erly cared fo r by the W ar
and the Governm oot, may
gin to appear oa reading
ju st repaired hare by M rs. J. H . Oerd-
ia g from her son, W alter, whom s v e r-
body in Coquille knows:
Fob. 7, m fl.
Dear M other: “ A paradise” w oo
be a At title fo r camp and quarter«
compared to our form er heme a t Kal-
ley Field, Texas. W a a rt told that
this camp to the beet new eae in the
United States.
The b a r r e ls
m ad« o f wood, flttod w ith etoetrle
ligh ts aad steam hast, the roeam am
large and dry, the mess hall to «
about ona hundred fe e t «w ays H
tables fo r the men to ent on; aU the
food to cooked oa to r * « raagee, *tv
in , the
a batter chance to maki
the food mere palatable. W e w en
pieced la Imre about one o’clock in the
m orning. H ere’s some remarks that
w ere made: «H it me w ith a brick
«a d a «« i f I am a woks,” «171 bet they
take ua out o f here
but at any rate w e’re s till hare, fo r
how long wo do not know.
Our barracks are about six
from Indianapolis; the faaeous _
w ay to about a block aw ay; tho Pres
to L it « Co’s, fa ctory to by the edge o f
the Horn; w e am in w h a tjs known as
“ Speedway C ity.
Tha first m oraine in M ichigan tha
therm om eter registered b
below sero but tho weathei
The enow to m elting, mud
show about noon; pools o f
collect; the next «warning
to froaau up again.
Uncle Sam added another blanket
te our collection so now w e have four
W e sleep oa iron cot* w ith real mat-
tram s«; aU we need to make ths bed
com plete to tw o sheets and a soft
feath er pillow.
Tha Bed Crum chapter issued to us
knitted helm ets; they are also going
to g iv e us a plane, and lots o f good
talent from the city to com ing out to
entertain ua and las, but not least,
some o f Indianapolis fa irest girls
are going to come out and dance « lip
u* as soon as w * g e t everything
ready. I f they leave it to ua faUows
1 don’t think that the daU w ill ba
very fa r e lf.
George end I have been placed
special duty which relieves us o f aH
fatigu e and guard duty.
Tha large «hope are
plate aad are to be finished by the 2Sd
o f this month; then wu w ill have
chance to do some real work which
w ill help to win this war.
W s are In the best o f health and
feelin g fine.
H arry Oerding in France
H ere to a latter ju st received from
H arry Oerding by his mother. It ap
pears that ha and J. P . Mtehato,
went out together are s till in the
same company— Sound and Flash
Range Detachment— learning the work
«1 the Signal Corps.
Dear M other: ' I received m y first
m ail yesterday but did not g et any o f
the packages you told about. It
a great day. AU the boys received
frem six to tw elve letters. I
aged to g e t ten. W ill probably got
the packages in a few days.
I was somewhat surprised to
that the boys had enlisted, although
I expected them to.
I
G eorge and W alter w ill g et there in
the arm y and they are in a good de
partm ent— the A viation Corps. You
can now add tw o m ore stars to the
flag I sent you and you can alw ays ba
proud o f ovary star; each star to
mother has a cloud o f sorrow, but the
tim e w ill coma when you w ill twice
fold be paid with jo y — the boys and
your boy w ill be com ing horn«, the
chompiona o f world democracy. A f
ter a ll it to worth the price.
I am not w ith Co. A at preeen
probably never w ill be again. I do
not know where M att or Jim are; Mike
end m yself are the only Coquille boys
here. W e are goin g to school
gettin g a special training. 1 de not
jraew how long we w ill be
I was glad to hear that Stalls and
her baby are gettin g along so nicely.
I de not suppose I w ill know the little
shaver when I see him. Last but not
toast w ill say that I am feelin g fine
and hope this letter finds the rest o f
the Oerding* tha same.
The Commercial Club
Wrnppero
Signs at the
and
hitched ahead o f ths A n t «a d the d riv
er walks bauds it. It is surprising
how m e h hay can ba balanced on a
e u t I saw ona load t in t would do
credit to an Am erican hayrack and a
single horse hauled it.
The coospicuoua part o f the har-
m m to the collar. A tre a t extension
rieaa on top that makea the horse at
Brat look like a esam i or other hump
ed-back anim al. W hat the idea o f
the immense collar to 1 do not know.
AH the French farm houses that 1
have seen a n about alike. They a n
a ll old as the hills aad bu ilt o f stone.
They risa d irectly from the ground in
aa unbroken lia s to the roof. They
resemble a stone cow stable m ore than
any other Am erican building that I
can think o f ju st now. In fact, the
barns and houses a n built alike, and
in tw o cases I have seen one end o f a
building used fo r a dw elling and the
rest fo r a barn or stable. I saw one
house that had chickens in ona port
end people in another. A ll the fow ls
I have seen a n la rge birds; chickens
and ducks a n the extent o f m y neigh
bor's poultry possessi ons.
M ost o f the farm ers w ear wooden
shoes. 1 do not think they w ork very
w rit in the snow. M aybe they go bet
ter on d ry ground.
You mention having read that the
soldiers a n poorly prepared fo r «old
weather. Souse people m ay think they
a n poorly prepared, but I fe e l that I
have about all the blankets aad cloth
in g that I want to take c a n o f. Each
man has fou r blankets, three olive
drab and one blue, and a bed seek to
AH w ith s tn w fo r a m attress. W ith
a straw m attress aad fou r blankets I
have no difficulty sleeping com forta
bly. I w ill adm it that I did not have
fou r blankets until I reached this
camp but I nevertheless slept warm.
T h e n w e n tim es when I slept on a
board w ithout a tick under me aad
w ith only tw o blankets, so that I was
obliged to sleep in a ll m y clothes, but
thoae tim es have bora few and fo r the
How U m Soothara Oregon Act
Now Stead* at U m Natioa-
a! Capital.
Tha follow in g from a press dis
patch from the national capitol la the
Portland Journal convoya a good deal
o f inform ation about the present stat
in o f ths biU providing fo r govern
a i purchase o f the Coos Bay W ag-
Road, or Southern Oregon landa
that w fll Interest many e f our read-
H e objeeted te thè pròvision whieh
_ roteets thooe whe bave laaeed traets
a i land fa r 10 yeers or U n ger by g lo
rig li t*.
Under
saM thè seeretary,
coold ternata acquire su di equittos as
I sn title them
k Ha a t o o __
te raqatoe thè Southern Oregon
company, in g irin e a quitclaim , to
convey thè landa to thè United States
fis a fo n a all incumbrancas axeept thè
LXM.
W ith theee amendments, Seeretary
U n o favon i thè bill. Ha passe« thè
queetion o f d tris km o f p ro c e d i w ith
thè statem ent that thto dose n oi re
q u i e comment, aa it follow s thè seme
line o f action ss w a* takan w ith thè
O A C. land*.
The public lands com m ittee o f tha
house has apparently lost the per
spective which governed it in the dis
posal o f the lands e f the Oregon A
C aliforn ia grant. It to not w illin g to
allow the »1,000 acres o f the Coos
B ey wagon read rant to be sold or
settled on the same terms, as shown
Cheaper Lim e fo r Farm er*.
by the resolution
has adopted,
which reads:
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The Oregon Lim e Board has com
“ Tha com m ittee to o f the opinion pleted plana fo r supplying the farm
that the return proposed to the gov ers with agricultural lim a and w ill
ernment (re fe rrin g to the Chamber - be able to send the m aterial out early
lain-Sinnott b ill, which would dispose in Juno, according to present ar
Of the proceeds on practically the rangements.
A m eeting called by
same term s as the O. A C . lands) to Dean A . B. Cordley, o f O. A . C.,
not sufficient to w arrant the expendi chairman o f tho board, test W ednes
ture involved and unless the b ill to to day, showed that the grea ter part o f
be amended providing s la rger return, the construction work has been pro
no fu rther action should be taken vided for.
ereon.
Machinery fo r the breaking and
«T h e com m ittee to e f the opinion grinding o f tho lim estone has a rriv
that amendments may ba adopted ed a t the quarry near Gold H ill and
m aking it very desirable from the is being installed by convict labor as
standpoint o f the governm ent that provided in the state law . Tha quar
action ba had at this session, end rec ry has been leased on a royalty basis
ommends fu rth er hearings in fuU o f 8 cents per ton.
Lumber fo r
com m ittee w ith a view to such the construction o f bunkers and other
nendm enti"
^
structures has bean purchased and
The sub-committee which fram ed power fo r operating m achinery Has
thto resolution was headed by Repre been leased.
The contract fo r the
sentative Tillm an, o f Arkansas, and construction o f a spur railw ay track
had ju st one leading member o f the has bean tot. A n aerial tram has a l
com m ittee upon it.
This was Lon- so been purchased and to being put
root, o f Wisconsin, who had a stellar into place. These expenses w ill total
part in «holding down'” the benefits «b o o t »12,000, leavin g »8000 o f the
Oregon received under the Chamber- appropriation o f »20,000 fo r fu rther
lain-Ferria act. Other members o f installation and operation o f tho
the sub-committee w ere Hayden, o f plant. It w ill bo possible to increase
Arizona, M ays, o f Utah, and Cram- the capacity o f tha plant, now about
ton, o f M ichigan.
10 tons o f m aterial par hour, w ithout
The sub-committe was made up o f exceeding the origin al appropriations.
*n from the states a t the greatest
Tha prices at which lim e w ill be de
distance from Oregon.
Out o f 21 livered by the board cannot bo quoted
libers ot that com m ittee, seven, a t present, but D ees C ordley expects
or one third, come from the states e f to supply the farm ers w ith adequate
W ashington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho amounts at reasonable rates.
and C alifornia.
N o t one o f theee
Convict labor w ill bo qsed at the
seven, however, was a member o f the plant. Tha Ann w ill ba paid a m axi
sub-committee which was given -tha mum o f 60 cento per day and wiH ba
job o f reportin g to the fu ll com m ittee under the direction o f a supervisor.
lyin g on our cots w e could fool the
what should be done w ith the bill
cold air circulating beneath us and one
W ith
the
sub-committee
thus
Persian Cookery.
solitary blanket was very insufficient
form ed, it was easUy dominated by
Cookery among the w ell to do ck
to keep us warm. I hare the ab ility
the Lenroot school o f opinion. This in Persia to extravagant, pertly be
to sleep in cold that keeps m any men
view , broadly speaking, to that the cause they are lavishly hospitable,
awnke, and although I awoke several
land grants in Oregon offer an oppor partly because a ll bouse servoute are
tim es I spent n fa irly com fortable
tu n ity to the governm ent to recover a fed from tbe leavings o f the master’s
night w ith aB m y clothes on. The
certain number o f s e n s o f land, from table. A favorite dish to tbe follow ing:
other men in m y tent w e n up a t var
8mall pieces o f tomb of tbe sise o f a
which a certain sum may ba obtained
walnut are skewered on a slender rod
ious tim es putting on their overalls
fo r tha treasury,
o f Iron; tw o pieces o f lean and a piece
and jum pers over th eir uniform s and
FoHowing this out to its conclusion, o f tbe delicate fa t o f tbe buge tall o f
even than they could not sleep. That
they count as tha “ return to the gov the oriental sheep ere put on alternate
was one o f the coldest nights I have
ernment” only the percentage o f pro ly, a sou peon o f garlic or oulon to add
spent in the arm y. Another cold night
ceeds which flow into the treasury. ed, and the kebab to toasted over a
was the last night I was on Long
They do not count tha money, which, fierce fire and handed hot. It 1« eaten
Island.
W e packed our equipment
with a little salt end a squeeae o f lem
under the Cham bar la in-Ferris act,
on.. Tin y chickens, quells, pigeons,
during the evening and had our blan
goes into reclam ation, or fo r roads, doves and young partridges are banded
kets rolled, expecting to leave in the
schools and ports. In the 0 . A C. hot on the spit Itself to each guest.
night, A s it happened we did not
legislation, 10 per cent goes into the
leave until nearly daylight, and spent
Table knives w a n first used in I
national treasury, and this w ill give
the night on the bare boards o f our
land in 160».
the governm ent a handsome p ro fit
tent doors. The early part o f the
It has been pointed out that i f the
In 1ST» ground was first broken hy
night was clear and cold, but towards
same 10 per cent to allowed in the the steam plow.
m orning a cold rain set in which con-
case o f the wagon road grant the net
Effued throughout the day. M any o f
“ Good lock” results from w ell <
return to the. treasury w ill ba a defi
the men did not sleep at all but I got
ed efforts to succeed.
c it fo r i f tha governm ent gets 10 per
in a good three hours o f sleep. That
cent o f the »2,000,000, which to about
last night stands out vivid ly in my
the highest estim ate made o f pro
m em ory; everything was packed, only
ceed«, it w ill have only »200,000 to
A child’s drees, outgrown, can m b
the bare tents were le ft. A fte r we
balance an expenditure o f *232,000 to times be utilised fo r aprona.
bed eaten supper and the few rem ain
be paid the Southern Oregon com
in g cooking utsnails had been packed
T h a n la no difference in food vai
pany, plus »408,000 taxes, plus »25.
the men collected e ll the pieces o f
between w hite and yellow corninosi.
000 or more fo r classification.
beards they could find and built a bon
This was the com pelling argument
Born« men go « t o o duty calls—but In
fire.
I f the wood had lasted w e
with the com m ittee, which le ft Con
tbe opposite direction.—Chicago Mows.
should probably have stayed by the
gressman Sinnott alm ost alone in op
fire all night, but it was all burned be
When tho beato o f tho overshoe wear
poeing the decision that the “ retain
fo re midnight. W hile the fire lasted
out cut them In tha shape o f a sandal.
the men sang songs and told stories to the governm ent” must be in
E very man w he says that manta
E fforts to learn ju st what
nnd we had ona o f tbs pleasantest eve creased.
to a success praises both bia w ife and
w
ill
satisfy
thto
demand
fo
r
nings I have had in the arm y. F avor
ite songs among the soldiers a rt “ The money fo r the governm ent have not
Yonks are com ing,” "Th ere to a long, been w holly successful. Apparently
long tra il and I am going back to In the purpose prevailin g to to hold
diana” as w ell as s number o f others. down Oregon’s share to payment o f
the taxes due the counties o f Doug
las and Coos. Adding to this out
Kaocka Us Out of the Box. toy o f over »408,000, the government
• Just as Coquille people were learn would pay the owning company »28»,
The first guards sod regular troops
ing how fine an article o f diet mid 463 and bear the coat o f adm inistra
dlings are, aad how w ell they har tion, and recoup from the sales o f the ea a standing army were formed by
monised with buckwheat in m aking land and tim ber, estim ated to bring Saul In MOB B. a
flapjacks, comas the news that no from *1,600,000 to »1000,000.
m ore can be secured as the part o f the
I t m ay be that in the end boom
wheat karaal that it consisted o f w ill greeter consideration fo r tho equita
go in w ith the rest o f it to make w ar 11« Interest o f Oregon m ay be seem
bread.
This saems unfortunate ea ed. by devoting part o f tho proceeds
m iddlings was the only flour o f any to public purposes which w ill benefit
sort that could he bought fo r leas the state, instead o f turning H a H o v
than w hite flour. O f late years H has er to tho general governme n t A c
le e a used to a considerable extent Uoa wiH be postponed long enough to
fo r mUk eowe. But i f the present perm it representative, o f the state
scheme w ill fam ish m ere b rea d -for and counties to appear before the
com m ittee i f they so desire.
The com m ittee’s action on the rea-
olutien was taken apparently without
w aitin g fo r the report which It
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