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BKrTD BULLKTJN, BErTO, OltROOrf, THUItHDAY, MARCH 2fl, lfHS PAOH 7 I 'v fc lll-IM 1 1 ! J . ' ML, (II II 1 iiTMOION50IJ)im WHO WENT MrtlUIKiWfflKT MACHINE CUHMERJERVINGIHfRAWCE I 1917 BY Afwumtw iwty CHAPTEn VIII. The Little Wooden Cross. After reumlntrisr lit rest billet for rlicht days, we received tin unwelcome tldlnKN tlmt tlic nuxt morning w would "go In" to "tnko over." At six In the morning our innrch started nnd, after u long inarch down tho tlUHty rond, wo iiKnlii nrrlrcd nt reserve billets. I wiin No, 1 In tlm lending net of fount. Tin in n n on my left wuh mitncd "I'flto Walling," n cheery wort of fel low. Ho laughed mit joked nil tho vuy on tho innrcli, buoying up my drooping spirits. I could not figtiro out nnytlilng nttrnctlvn In tigtiln occupying tho front Hue, lint Petit did not seem to mind, null It wit nil In n lifetime. My left heel wmn lillNtered from tho rub bing of toy lienvy mnrchliiK hoot, l'etn noticed Hint I wnn Ihnplng mid offered to curry my rifle, hut by thin lime I IiikI lrnrnel the ethlcM of the mnrch In the Ilrlllsli nrniy nnd courteously refuiivd hid offer. Wo hnd pollen hnlf-wuy through tho cotumunlrntlon trench, I'vto In my tin medtnto renr. He hnd his hiind on my shoulder, nn men In n cotnmunlcntlon trench hnvo to do to kiep In touch with ench other. Wi hnd Just cllmhed orer n hnnhed-ln part of tlm trench when In our renr n mnn tripped over n loose slgnol wire, nnd let out nn onth. An usual, l'etn ruiihed to IiIh help. To rrnch tho fnllen mnn ho hnd to crowt thin hashcd-ln pnrt. A bullet crncked In tho nlr nnd I ducked. Then n inonn from tho renr. My henrt Mood Mill. I went bnck nnd I'eto wns lying on tho ground, lly tho old of my flashlight I now Hint ho hnd IiIh hnnd prenNcd to M right breiiHt. Tho finger were cov ered with blood. I UnMicd the light on libi fa co nod In Km kIow n grnylidi blue color wiin stealing over bin coun tenniice. Pole looked up nt mo nnd notil: "Well, Ynnk, they'vo dnno me In. I cun feel myself going Went." Ill voice wim getting fainter mid I hud to kneel down to get hU wordn. Then ho gave me a inessiigw to write home to IiIn mother mid IiIh Hvothciirt, and I, like n great tilk' boob, cried like n baby. I wax losing my Unit friend of tho trenchen. Word wui panned to the renr for n Mretcher. llo died before It urrlved. Two of un put the body on the Mretcher nnd curried It to the nearest flrM-iild MiNt, where tho doctor took an olllclnl record of Pete' niiine, niim ber, rank and regiment from IiIh Iden tity 1IhI(, t IiIh to bo, uned In the cum. unity HMit nnd notification to IiIh family. We left I'ete there, but It broke our lieurtN to do xo. Tho ilortor Inforiued un thut we could bury bliu the next morning. Thut nfteriiiHiu lire of the boy of our xcctlon, myself Included, went to tho little ruined village In the renr and from tho deserted garden of tho French chateaux Kutherett gritst mid tlower. From thcHo wo iitiitln a wrenth. While tho boyH were milking thin wrenth, I nut under u Miot-xcurrcd apple tree and curved out the follow ing verso on n llttlo wooden (diluld which wo nulled on 1'eto'n cross. Trim tn til nnd; trim to Ilrltutn, Doing till duty to tho lnt, Junt una more iiiima to bti written On tlio ltoll of Honor of lirruca paaiod 'not to tlmlr flint, rnitirlnnl In slory, Kntorliih' llfo of ilonml rit, Onn mora clintiler In KttKlniiu's story Of livr ont doing their lict. Ilrit, you koMlnr, main no (run, Nnvor forKiUtun by tut Mow; Know tlait wo nra tlilnldiiK of you, Kro to our roit wo uro blddun to ro. Next mornliiK the whole section went over to miy good-by to Pete, mid laid lit id iiwny to rest. After ench onu hud u look lit tho fa en of the dend, it corporal of tho It, A. M. O. Hewed up tho rctimtiiH In it blan ket. Then iiliiolnir two lieiivv rones ' itcroHM tho Htretcher (to be uhci! hi low erltiK tho body Into tho grave), wo lift ed I'eto onto tho Htretcher, mid rev erently covered hint with it Inrgu union Jack, tho IIuk ho hud died for. The chnplnjii led tho way, then cm no tho olllcerH of tliu xcctlon, followed by two of tho men currying n wreath. Iut mediately after emtio poor l'oto on tho fliig-ilrnped Htrotchcr, cnrrled by four xoldlerH, I wuh ono or tho four, llo ihlnd tho Htretcher, lit column of four, camo tho remuliider of tho Hcctlon, ' To Ret lo tho cemetery, wo had to piiHH through tho llttlo Hhclbdcstroycd village, whero troops woro hurrying to and fro, Ah tho funeral procession passed Uicho trnopH camo to tho "attention" and Mtmrtly xultited tho dcutl, Poor l'oto wuh recelvliiB tho only Hit luto it private 1h entitled to "aonto L.whero in Franco," r' Now and iibuIii it shell from tho Gor man llncH would bo whlHtlliiB over the vIIIiibo to burnt lu our artlllory IIiich lit tho rear, When wo reached tho cemotory wo halted In front of an open Bravo, nnd lnlrt tho Mwtphor bnsldo It, FormliiB n hollow mjunro around tho opening of tho Bravo, tliu chnplnln read tho burlnl dcrvlco, (lermnn mnchlnn-Rtin bullotii wero "crnckliiB" In tho nlr nbovo un, but Peto didn't mind, nnd neither did we. When tho body wan lowered Into the Bravo tlio flnjc hnvlnjr Leon removed, wo clicked our heel together mid came to tho iinluto. I left before tho rhivo wiin filled Jn. I could not benr to xeo tho dirt thrown on tho blnnket-corcrcd fuco of my com- rndo. On tho western front there nro no coninii, und you uro lucky to Ret n blanket to protect you from tho wet nnd tho wormn, Nevernl of the nee lion Mnyed nnd decorated tho urnve wllh white Ntouex, I That nlKht, In tho IIkIU of n lonely cnndlo In tho machine Runner h dURout of tho front-lino trench I wroto two , Ictlcm. Ono to I'eto'n mother, the )ther to IiIn Hweethenrt While dolnR :hln I cuntcd tho PrUHlnn wnr rimI I Alth nil my henrt, und I think that Ht. I'otrr notetl xnme. Tho mnchlnu Runneni In the dURout Aero IuurIiIiir nnd JokliiR. To them I'eto wnN unknown. Pretty hood, In the ft-nrmth of their merriment, my blued lliuippcnrcd. Ono noon forRvtn on the it'enteru front. CHAPTER IX. Suicide Annex. I wnn In my flrnt dtiRout nnd looked t round curlouxly. Over the door of ' tit mo wiin n llttlo hIrii reitdltiR "Rul j rldo Annex." Ono of the boyH told aio Hint HiIn pitrtlculnr front trench won culled "Hulcldo Ditch." loiter ou I learned that machine Rttnneni nnd bombeni nro known nn tho "Hulcldo Club." , Thut duRout wnn muddy. Tho me ilept In mud, wnMicd In mud, ate mud, and drenmeil mud. I hnd never before reitllted that mi much tllxcomfort nnd mlxery rotld bo contained In thoie three llttlo letterx. M U I). Tho lloor of the iluRoitt wun un Inch deep Ir ivuter. Outxldo It wiin rnlnliiR catn nut Jorh, nud thin rlvttletN were Irlcklln; Jowtt the xtepN. Front tho nlr xlinfl Immediately iiImivo mo came n drip, drip. drip. Ktilchlo Annex wiin it holt rlRht feet wide, ten feet Ioiir nud xlx feet IiIrIi. It wiin about twenty feet below the lire trench; at lennt there wero twenty xtepi IciiiIIiir down to It. Thexe xtept wero cut Into tho enrth, nut ut thut lime were muddy and xtle pery. A mini hud to bo very careful , or elxe be would "xhoot the chute." Tho nlr wuh foul, and you could cut the xmoko from Tominy'M fiiRN wllh n knife. It wun cold. The wulU und roof werextipported with heavy xipiare rut timber, while the entrance wiin MreiiRlheiied wllh HaiidbiiRH. Nails had tieeu driven Into these timber. On ench null Iiuiir it miscellaneous assort ment of equipment. The llRhtliiR nr ruiiRemeiit.s wero xuperh one ciiudlu III it rellector uinde from an ammuni tion tin. My teeth wero chutterlnR front tho cold, and the drip front the nlrshnft did tvt help mutters much. Whtlo I wiin xltllitR heiiionnliiR my futo und ulshliiR for tho fireside nt home, tho fellow next to me, who was wrltltiR it letter, looked up mid Inno cently asked, "Hay, Yank, how do you ipell 'coulliiRnitlou'r' I looked at him In contempt nnd nn lucrcd that I did not know. From the darkness lit one of the cor ners came it thin, pIpltiR voice hIiikIiii; one of tho popular trench dltttea en titled: 'Tuck up your Trouble In your OU Kit IIuk, una Hinllo, Hinllo. Hmllo." livery now und thou tho blitgcr would Htop to couch, coiirIi, cor-h, but It wuh it Rood llltutratlon of To iimy's cheerftilnesH under xuch condlt' ins. A iiiuehliH'-Riiu olllcer entered tho dtiRout mid Ritvo mo u hurd look. 1 xueiiked pust him, xlldltiR mid xllppliiR, nud reached my section of the front lino trench, whero I wuh Rreeted by I ho HorRennt, who asked me, "Where lit - 'avo you been?" I iiiuilu no answer, but xnt on tlio muddy Uro xlep, xhlvtnliiR wllh the cold and with tho rain hentliiB In uiy face. About half an hour later I teamed up with another fellow and went on Runrd with my head kIIcKIuk over tho top. ,At ten o'clock I was relluved and resumed my xlttliiB posi tion on the lire step. Tho rain sud denly stopped and we all breathed a hIrIi of relief. Wo prayed for tliu morn Iiir and lhu rum Issue, (To Ho""Coiitlnuod.) Ilund, OruBon, Mnrch 12, 1018. Tlio County Court of DenchutcH County, OroKou, mot In tho county juiIko'h officio thin ditto, pursiiunt to adjotirnmout, JuiIro llarnon and CommlHHlonur C. II. Miller of Hod mond beltiR present, Tho moetliiR was called to order by tho county JuiIro. Torrchonim Miittml Telephone; Anhii. This matter comliif; up for con Hldorntlon nt thin time, potltlonlnR for rlRht of way prlvllloROH alottR cortaln hlRliwnyn In Ooaoltutoa coun ty, OrnRon. Hamo Ir continual un til tlm routo In described moro dof Inltoly, ho order rolatlvo thoroto, may ho made. Vocation lllk. 102, Hlllinnn. A petition wuh presented At thui tltno by It. O. UIoroI nnd wlfo, ask Inir for tho vacation of Mock 1C2, Hlllmnn. Hamo won continued ftwnlt InK n reply from tho jnortitaaoo, who claims nn Interest In no Id property. Tlm I)ttlle- ollfomlii IllRliway. At tills tltpn won presentod a pe tition rolatlvo to tho repair of cor taln portion of tho Htato hlRhwtty. Itepnlr of enmo wan ordered, as Boon as practicable. HtwioRrnplu-r for IVmmI Admlnls Irnlir. A petition wna prennntel by II. C. Hnrtntnft, county food administrator, (isklnc for tho norvlces of a ntonon raphor for throo daya a week. Ito o,uct wns Rranted until further no tlcu Is Riven by tho county court. Alcohol IWind. Tlio bond for J2G0 for the nalo of ethyl alcohol by Heed & Horton was proxonted nnd approved hy tho court. ClnuVHiiK IllRliwny TlirouKh IUxU mond. A petition wan proitontoI by tho City of Itedrnond asklnR for tho ro tmlr of cortaln ntroctn In Itedrnond. Thin matter was continued until a Intor date. lUvulJuMlntt TaxrM, Meli-tino Park Addition, lU-ilmond. Thla maumr bwliwc presented at this time, after duo consideration, tho sheriff waa ordered to collect taxes for tho years 1913 and 1914 based on a valuation of II. COO, and alno to collect penalties and interest nllowed by law on such valuation. No further business comlnR up for consideration nt this time, on motion duly ntado and seconded, court nd Journod to moot March 13, 1918. proof, to establish claim to tho Innd abovo described, hoforo 11. C. Kill, U, H. Cprnmlsslonor, at Iicnd, OrcRon, on tho 28th day of Mnrch, 1918, Claimant names un witnesses: Hot bort K. Mooro, Frank Purclvall, and John II, Israel, all of Mllllcnn, Ora rmii, nnd Krncst It. Kdntundii, of llund, OreRon. II. FltANK WOODCOCIC, 51, op lleglstor. Notlro of I'libllcntlon Dapnrtmont of tho Intorlor, U. B. Lund Office nt The Dalles, Oregon. March 1, 1918, Notice Is hereby "given that WIN Ilnrn Hpuncor, of Mllllcan, OreRon, who, on December 27, 1912, mado II, K. 011108, and February 2.10H, mado additional entry No, 012489, for BEM NKi( K'A BK,, Bee. 12, NK'i. HBH NW', Bee. 13, Town ship 20, B IlariRO 14, K Willamette Morldlnn, has filled notice of Inten tion to make Final Three Year Proof to establish claim to tho land abovo described, before II. C, Kills, U. B. Commissioner, at Dond, Oregon, on tho 2Cth day or April, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Adron D. Norton, Fred O. KlRer, Iyouls 11, Gloss all of Mllilc.n, Oro Ron and Uurton K, Davis of Hond, OroRon, 1-C-p LEGAL NOTICES NOTICH Hilt I'UIIMCATIO.V. Department of tho Interior, V. 8. Land Offlco nt Tho Dalles, Oregon, February 18, 1918. Notice Is hereby Riven that Chnrlcs F. Ilrennan, of Mllllcan, OroRon, who, on September 11, 1914, made Hoine stead Kntry No. 0132849, for lots 3, 4, BH NW,S. N 8W. Sec. 1, 8KV; NEW, NEW HEW, S(W. 2, Tp. 20 8. It. 1G, E.W M , has filed notlco of Intention to mnko final throo year 014743. NOTICE FOK I'UHUCATION. Department of tho Interior, United State Land Offlco at Tho Dalles, Orogon, March 11, 1918. Notlco Is horeby given that Alva Klrkpatrlck, of Dend, Or agon, who, on April 26, 191G, mado Homestead Entry No. 014743, for Etf, Boctlon 21, township 19 south, ranRo 14 cast, Willamette meridian, has filed notlco of Intention to mako final throo-year proof, to establish claim to tho land abovo described, boforo H. C. Ellis, United States commissioner, at Dond, Orogon, on tho 7th day of May, 1918. Claimant names an wltncssea: David C. Itogors, of Mllllcan, Oro gon; Howard F. Dyer, of Mllllcan, Oregon; William A. Golden, of Mll llcan, Oregon; Jackson C. CUngan, of Mllllcan, OreRon. 3-7p II. FIIANK WOODCOCK, Register. HcrLU No. 010018 Confcwt No. 1HUSI NOTICE OF CONTfT. Department of tho Intorlor, United States Land Offlco, Tho Dalles, Ore gon, March 23, 1918. To Ilohcrt Du Hols, of Whitaker, Oregon, contestce: You are hereby notified that Clyde M. Shaffer, who gives Mllllcan, Ore gon, as his postofflco addrcs.8, did on .March 21, 1918, fllo In this offlco his duly corroborated application to contest and secure the cancellation of your homestead entry, serial No. 010048, mado March 11, 1912. for NEW. NM SEW. sec. 33; NWW SWW and SWW NWW. sec. 34. township 1C south, range 19 cast, Willamette meridian, and as grounds for his contest ho alleges that said llobort Du Hols has novcr established his residence or resided upon said claim; that ho has wholly abandoned nald claim for moro than six months last past; that ho has nover made any Improvements upon said land, nor cultivated the same nor any part thereof; thnt said entryman's aliened absence from and failure to cultlvato snld land wan not due to his employ- WRfGLEYS Six reasons a good friend: Take Children Out, of Danger It you Binv a child on a railroad trnok you would ondonvor to romovo tho llttlo ono front ilmiRor. Wltott n child la "mtufflliiR" or coughing, Isn't It your duty to got him out of duugor of Hovoro couBoquoncos? Fol oy'a Honoy nnd Tar rIvos rollof from coughs, colds, oroup and wltoopltiK caugii, GontaliiB no oplatos, Sold ovorywhoro, Adv. HjtfflflsSSSSBBSSSBII wnr m 1 Steadies nerves m 2 Aiiavs thirst m 3 Aids appetite m 4 Helps digestion m 5 Keeps teeth clean m 6 It's economical H JrtetP the soldiers nj f and sailors supplied I BL m Three IfBiKffl Wk Fiavors 3H A? liiiS vn3KHv sjjfcaftfi'' Qix-nn w ns Chew it after every meal I The Flavor Lasts! mont In military sorvlco rondored In connection -with operations In Mexico, nectlon with operations In Mexlca, or along tho hordora thereof, or In mobilization camps clsowhoro In tho military or naval organizations of tho United Htatcs, or tho National Guard of any of tho several states; that snld ontrymnn's nllegod nb sonco from nud falluro to cultlvato said land was not duo to his employ ment In tho army, navy or Marino Corps, or other organization de scribed In tho Act of July 28, 1917, or elsewhere. You uro, therefore further noti fied that tho said allcRatlons will bo taken un confessed, and your said entry -will bo cancelled without fur ther rlRht to bo heard, either before thin offlco or on appeal, If you fall to fllo In this offlco within twenty doy aftor tho FOURTH publication of this notlco, as shown below, your nnswor, under oath, specifically re sponding to tlicso allegations of con test, togothor with duo itroof that you served a copy of your answor on tho snld contestant cither In porson or by registered mall. You should stnto In your answer tho nnmo of tho postofflco to which you dcslro futuro notices to bo uont to you, L. A. I100TII, Ilccolvor. Date of first publication, March 28, 1918. Dato of last publication, April 18, 1918. 4-5-6-7 . Shoes for Real Service OUIt BPECIAITY IB TO MAKE SHOES THAT HTAND THE TEST NAP-A-TAN SHOE Is especially mado for this kind of country. None are bet ter made. J. E. TILT SHOE A handsome serviceable dress shoo for men. 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