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NEWBERG, YAMHILL COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1«, 191»
FR0MN0MET0
KOTZEBUE,'ALASKA
BOYS IN FRANCE
LONGING FOR HOME
8aj> Ariie Evans But He b
Willing to Let Doughboys
Come First
Boon after the marriage o f Hiss
Ruth Hlnshaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon T. Hlnshaw, and Dol-
bort Replogle, they loft here for
Noorvlek, Alaska, which Is In the
far north In the land of the Eski­
mos, where they arrived on October
20 after having had an exciting and
perilous Journey, an account .of
which Mrs. Replogle gives her par*
eats In a letter received a few days
The first letter was written while
on the way and housed for n time In
"W hiskey Jim’s cabin 13 miles from
the mouth of the Kobuck," and Is
as follows:
Dear Folks— How I wish you
could step In this evening and pay
us n little call for- we surely are.
having an experience, and espe­
cially since we left Nome. We start­
ed Tuesday o f my last letter ( I can’t
keep track of dates or even days
here) on the little schooner, “ A rtie"
and schooner It surely was— only a
S f footer to ride real ocean w^ves.
However, that te a minor point for
there were sixteen pa mongers be­
sides the crew of five, n eook. two
babies and seven dogs.
The passengers were nil ushered
into one room or hall which had
only rogm for the wooden berths on
the side, one above the other, and
each berth had one dirty quilt and
soggy mat for n mattress which the
cook Informed us had been washed
last fall (a year ago now) which
fairly made one sick at hfa stomach
before the boat started.
Well, even thia might not have
been so bad if we could have gone
on deck, which was almost Jaipos-
hay and dogs. It waa freezing cold
with all the shores covered with
enow and ice and not a smell of fire,,
but this wouldn't have been so bad
i f wq could have had anything frfe
enough from dog hair and dirt to
eat, and a place to eat it. and fu r­
ther-more. it wouldn't have been so
had tf we oould have kept on our
stomachs what we d|d eat.
The dining room, or what they
called the dining room, was Just
big enough for six people to squeese
In «round the little dirty table
where a man, whose personal odor
made one feel like suggesting e
little Ivory soap, n scrub brush and
water, handed some messy looking
grub out to you In dirty granite
pans. Well, I think I managed to
go down and consume a little of this
grub three or four times on the trip
by using n great deal o f "push mlt-
in " but on the other hand some­
times the "push mit-in'* wouldn't
let It*stay. One night I was awfully
sick. I fed the flahes with all I had
and then spent the rest of the night
trying to feed them something I
didn’t have.
Well, although it la only1 a three
or four days’ trip from Nome to
Kotzebue, we bore or endured these
conditions for nine days, due to |he
fact that they loaded the bdht so
heavily that when the sea was very
rough they would have to anchor
over night else the boat, being top-
hrovy, might have toppled over.
The night we came through the
straits it was very, very rough, and
we can consider ourselves lucky
that we are now safe on land. Once
the water came clear over the top
o f the boat, went down Into the en­
gine room and abort circuited the
dynamos which threw the belt o ff
and put the lights out. I guess It
was the proper time to, be frigh t­
ened but I was too sick to think
about I t /
To top matters o ff one night as
It was getting dark Delbert and I
were shivering up od deck and won­
dering what we would do next when
Mr. Rank came and told us how flvs
years ago about the same time of
year hit brother and four other men
started on the same trip with
freight and they were never heard
of again.
Of course he did not
mean to scare us, but mere Informs.
tlon. Nevertheli
It made us rather
squeamish.
Finally, qu jj« late Wedneeday
night we landed at Kotsebue and
maybe you think w| ware not one
happy bunch for ws wars worn out,
and dirty doss not express It. W s
had to sleep* in nil our clothes
and pile more on to keep Yrarm sad
Still in Prance,
November 13. 1913.
Well, dear ontofc we’ll soon be ,
home. Not In a few days, but with­ .
in a few months, and how happy 1 l
will be. I can hardly imagine such i
a thing possible for we soldiers are i
Only a few short years ago, tho
growers o f berries, fruits and TSQS
tables in the vicinity o f Newberg
had no market for their produet,
and. as a result, a large part o f t i e
crops were a total tons
Today,
Newberg and Sprtngbrook and th *
not celebrating like n parson would surrounding country have at thatr
imagine. Not that ws are not happy very doors two dnstltuttoas wherw
but It’s a feeling that can’t be ex­ they can sell, at the highest market
price, all the berries, etc., that th ey
pressed tin a lot o f notes.
can grow, and the people have real­
Ton should have sbsn the French
ized a change In conditions and
Monday eight. They certainly p it
on n demonstration.
Tho bug!so | have planted In creased acreage.
' Both the Valley Canning Company
and drums and tho French p e o p le -
talk about a howling mob. They and the Sprtngbrook Cannery fe e l
simply \were wild.
The ones who gratified at the manner In which
know mo would pat mo on tho back the people have responded to tbsdr
call for berries and other i slining
and say •"Mon comrade.” They are
crops.
certainly thankful for America's en­
These two Institutions have al­
trance end give the Yankee boys
ways
paid the highest price which
due praise for all we have been able
could be paid to the growe#%and tho
to accomplish.
Valley Canning Company has dis­
As for me, I am still here away
tributed bonus cheeks to the people
from the Company, bat not n fix­
ture, as Captain Young refused to j»h o have delivered goods to ( M R
during the past season. * It .Is al­
transfer me to this station, so as
ways a safe bet that th * hosts In­
stitution can and w ill treat Its p a t­
rons more fairly and Justly than ana
Thta is certainly some Job and I who
not expect n continue«*
am very glad to have bead able to
of the patronage o f any given lo­
put It across, and while if the war
cality. for the interests of the horn*
had lasted a few months longer sev­
grower and the home cannery a r *
eral advancements would have bden
identical.
■tads.‘ I am truly thankful It’s over
Still, during tha past week, a
and I hope that never again w ill
buyer for a concern not located ha
the good oM U. 8. A. be forced Into
this territory, has been endeavoring
war. It’s n terible, disgusting thing
to persuade the growers here to
nil through.
send trfelr products te tbeni wham
November 32— I am back with the concern in queptlpa dean * * t
Company ■ and Clarence and I have even own a plant wherein to h t a f o
Just gotten W k from n thirty-six
the products when received. Hoes*
hour furlough. Six of us went to-
T H E * SHALL NOT
FOR RELIEF I N THE N E A R EAST
could neither wash or comb on the
boat. Two nights they aschored at
villages and w'e got o ff and staid at
hotels which was really coatly bus­
iness. One night our bill was about
f 10. but I Can assure you it was
worth It to us.
• Well, as*I was saying, we were
landed at Kotsebue where every
man. woman, child and his dog were
out to meet us and we were really
royally entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson, the government teacners
there. After some rest and really,
truly cl Ian food, « « began to feel
glad we had come, for really, Alaska
is the most beautiful country I have
ever dreamed of and the people are
the most kind hi .rted ones I have
ever met.
. Everyone so sympathised with us
that we had had such a terrible trip
and nothing was too good for ua
You may think thia story has bees
told to make It interesting but really
it has not. Delbert says it was by
far the worst trip he has taken and
others teere bad enough. If he had
realised It would have been so hod
he would have left me in Nome un-
til the freeee-up and we would have
the boat tossed enough to give us
a very good scare.
Sometimes it Is Just like a mirror,
as smooth as glass, but when a
storm comes up it fs Just as much
the other way. It also has quick­
sand bottom In many places, there­
fore- the people are afraid o f i t
When Mr.« and Mrs. Replogle went
out this summer they had a terrible
trip, lost $360 worth o f their goods
but considered themselves lucky that
they got out safely themselves.
I almost forgot to mention that
to top o ff our good luck shortly
after we started on up the lake the
propeller o f our boat lost o ff and
couldn’t o f course be found at all.
A $35 one. too. So there we were,
could neither go forward or back,
but as luck would have It, Delbert
happened to have one in his trunk
thgt he was taking up for the gov­
ernment boat. They got It out and
though it waa much too small they
wired It on and made It possible for
us make about half speed to get us
where we are now. Had we been
two days earlier we could have gone
right on up to Noorvlk. but now we
be here indefinitely ns It is
When we got to Kotsebue every-
I already have a big candy bucket
o f cranberries, so you see we are in
the land o f plenty, such as it Is.
It is perfectly wonderful here and
such scenery, mountains, rivers and
trees, everything snowy white and
the sun shining bright as can be.
The natives all seemed very glad
to have us come and all seem to re­
spect and think a lot of Delbert,
which is a big item, if only I can
win The same.
I went to their Endeavor tonight
and their were about 78 present,
but nearly all o f the families are
k eel from hunting and fishing.
Mrs. Ruth Hlnshaw Replogle.
point, their home market cannot an#
Ins wonderful when you think it
i will not remain. The Valley Ona-
Was a year ago last July since I had
i ning Company Is even now addin*
slept in a real, honest-to-goodness
| to its facilities to handle the etope
bed. I have been in^the hospital
i raised near here and naturally re­
twice but you know what a hospital
sents the efforts o f a skip-by-night
bed Is like.
concern to draw upon local terri­
We saw lots of thingB of interest.
tory. Stand by your home Indus­
An old palace, now a museum, and
tries and they will stand by you;
all its contents, wonderful works of
listen to the siren song of an ^out­
art.
sider and you may have to hunt a
I was in hopes the Eighteenth
market.
would be slated to coqie home by
Christmas, but not this year. Well,
QUAL-I-TEE ROYAL AHHE CHER­
I am willing to have the doughboys
RIES REACH BOYS DT FRANCE
and marines go first for they have
certainly had the worst of this whol-s
dirty mess.
I am positive every
A. Rupert A Co. received the fol­
man in the A. E. F. is Just as anx­ lowing letter telling how Newberg
ious to get home as I am. But the cherries are appreciated by the boys
boys who have faced shot and shell, In France:
mud and things I can't write you.
Gentlemen— I enclose a label from
should have the honor of being the S| can of cherries grown in my
first home.
"Home Town.” They looked so good
I think I ’ll like my Job here, as and reminded me of so many pleas­
it calls for over two miles of six inch ant things and of the distance they
pipe besides the pumping plant nnd came, 1 could not help sending you
ail the service lines, and above -ill, word..
I report to Leiutenant Irwin. He Is
I really think had we been abi*
certainly a grand man.
I am so to shoot canned cherries at th *
glad to be busy.
Huns they would have quit figh tin g
Please give my thanks ard the long ago. No such fruit grows her*
thanks of the whole bunch to Miss or else the French have it ail camou­
Shrader for the magazines.
You flaged.
,
can’t know what it means to get
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
those roils of papers and magvrinen and a Happy New Year. 1 am.
every week or twa
Respectfully yours,
bury or noses in them and arc at
Corp. Margulies.
home for awhile.
Co. A, 18th Inft.. 1st Division—
I am still in hopes we will be the Division that made Gen. Persh-
home by cherry time and let me tell Ing famous, and that is no Jolly.
you, I am going to roost in the
cherry trees and eat my fill. Has
CHAPTER L.. P. E. 0.
Dad found n ranch yet* I tell ytu
SISTERHOOD ENTERTAINED
a farm would look like a million
dollars to me.
On last Thursday Chapter L.. P.
Love to-you all.
Ariie.
E*. O. Sisterhood, met at the pretty-
country home. "The Three Oaks.”
of Mrs. Anns Eckerson, this being
our regular business meeting.
A
The other day a man climbing s new star was added' to our Sister­
flag pole on top o f a Jersey City hood in the person of Mrs. Ethel
building 115 feet in the air loet his Pslmer.
hold and fell. His body struck a
After the regular business meet­
guy wire and was tossed over the ing our hostess served s delicious
parapet sad beaded for the pave* luncheon, the table decorations be­
ment ‘ below. Just at that moment ing carried out in yellow and white,
an auto was passing and the body the colors of our Sisterhood. Covers
struck squarely on the heavy leather were laid for the following named
top.
It bounded up a couple o f ladies:
Mrs. Mabel Evans, Mrs.
times and then lay there and was Ethel Palmer, Mrs. Jessie Boyee.
thus taken directly to the hospital. Mrs. AUce Wallace. Mrs. Nell Cha­
By the time that Institution was pin. Mrs. Hattie Thurston. Mrs.
reached the man had regained con­ Minnie
Cooper.
Mrs.
Delphlne
sciousness and was able to stand up Baird. Mins Madge Colby. Mrs.
and give three cheers for the United Grace Morris, Mrs. Anna Eckerson.
States.
He was practically unin­
The afternoon was spent in a
jured. Out would think such thtngs most enjoyable manaer and tha
couldn't happen outside the movies. guests agreed that we would all
If It occurred here they would be look forward to some day meeting
sure o f it.
again at tke "Three Oaks Farm.”