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I1RM) IlUI.TiKTItf, )1HM, ORKflON, THURHDAV, KOVKM11KH 14, 1IMH
FINAL VOTES
ARE RECEIVED
DEMOCRATS LEAD FOR
HIGH OFFICES.
Both Pierco mul West Hold Lend in
tho County Rcpiibllcnns Onlu
All Other County Ofllccs
Kxccpt Commissioner.
(From Friday's Dally.)
West for Btnto senator, long tortn.
end Walter 1'lorco for governor on
tho Democratic ticket carried De
schutes county In tho final returns
from all precincts, which continued
to pour In Wednesday afternoon and
yesterday. Both of tho Republican
candidates, McXary for senator and
Wlthycombo for governor, main
tained a good lead aver their oppo
nents In the city precincts and tho
first rural districts reporting, and it
was then thought that tho county
would beyond doubt go Republican.
It -was not until tho finals yesterday
morning when it was discovered
West had a lead of 142 votes over
McXary in tho county, 865 votes be
ing cast for the former and 723 tor
tho latter.
Walter Pierce, tho Democratic
candidate for governor, led James
Withycombo with 13C votes, receiv
ing S33 ballots against 697.
Tho final returns mado little dif
ference In tho standing of other can
didates. Slnnott maintained his lead
over Graham, tho Democratic candi
date for representative in congress,
the samo being true of Hoff, Repub
lican nominee for stato treasurer,
and Charles A. Johns for Justice of
tho supremo court.
Tho voto for Justice of the supreme
court to fill tho vacancy caused by
tho death of Justico Mooro cannot
be determined at this time and will
not bo decided until the official an
nouncement Is made by the canvass
ing board. Many of the nreclnct of
ficers placed the vote in tho ballot
boxes, whllo other precincts failed to
mako direct notation of tho voto cast.
In tho county offices the final re
turns mado little difference, other
than cutting down the lead main
tained by some of tho candidates.
II. II. Do Armond, for prosecuting
attorney, has a final lead over his
opponent, Ross Farnham, of 42
votes, De Armond receiving a total
of 781 votes In tho county against
739 for his opponent.
In the race for county sheriff S. E.
Roberts' lead was cut from 146
votes to 78, Roberts' total for the
county being 812 against 734.
Burdick and Dencer led heavily
over the Klamath county candidate
for stato representative, tho final
roto being: Burdick, 904; Dencer,
762; Merriman. 469. .Returns from
other counties In the district have
not yet been received, the final out
come not being known at this time.
Stookey increased his lead for
county commissioner, short term,
with last reports with 549 votes,
Overturf second with 496 votes and
Varco third with 481.
In tho measures voted for, tho
normal school proposition in the
county was defeated by one vote,
490 being In favor of the measuro
and 491 against. The result on other
measures was as follows:
Dopendent children's home, 491
for, 427 against: delinquent tax no
tice bill, 691 for, 298 against; fix
ing compensation for publication of
legal notices, 533 for, 281 against;
lncreaso in stato tax levy, 418 for,
482 aeainst.
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AlberfilDepe.
tlio nrllllery TT lilwoluiily luxury. I niH "'J T ww" n TJmy. Tw.m
ltniiilmnlmi.iitH ..ro ,llr.Ti..,l ..! ,,,,VI "r" J ' U " Without
certain parts of tho enemy position
utmost n Accurately us you would uso
n scnrclillght. Tho Held telephones nro
CA.ouiNiNfcK AND CHIEF PETT&OFFrCPU.'--MAvV
.A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN LEGION OF FRANCE C'
v. irum win iukkci, rKfclNUH BATTLESHIP CASSAPnD"
WINNER OF THE CROIX DE GUERRE .C
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CHAPTER V.
With tho "75's."
My pnl Brown, of whom I spoko be
fore, had been put In the infantry
when he enlisted In tho Legion, be
cause ho had served In the United
Stntes infantry, no soon beenmo n
Bergeant, which had been his rating
in the American servlco. I never saw
hlra In the trenches, because our out
fits were nowhere near ench other, hut
whenever wo were In billets at tho
same time, wo were together as much
ns possible.
Brown was n funny cant and I never
saw anyone else much like him. A
big, tall, red-headed, dopey-looking fel
low, never saying much nnd slow In
everything he did or said you would
never think he amounted to much or
was worth his salt. Tho boys used to
call him "Ginger" Brown, both on ac
count of his red hair nnd his slow
movements. But ho would pull a sur
prise on you every once In n while,
like this one that he fooled me with.
One morning about dawn wo started
out for a walk through what used to
be Dlxmudc piles of stone nnd brick
nnd mortar. There were no civvies to
be seen; only mules and horses bring
ing up casks of water, bags of beans.
chloride of lime, barbed wire, ammu
nition, etc It was a good thing wo
were not superstitious. At that, tho
shadows along the walls made mo feel
shaky sometimes.
Finally Brown said: "Como on
down; let's see tho TOV" At this
time I had not seen a "75," except on
a train going to tho front, so I took
him up right away, but was surprised
that he should know where they were.
After going half way around Dlx
xnudo Brown said, "Here we are," and
started right Into what was left of a
BEND MARINE
IS INSTRUCTOR
ARTHUR HARRIS OF THIS CITY
HAS UKCKIVKD PROMOTION TO
CIIIKF RIPLK RA.NGK INSTRUC
TOR AT MARK ISLAND.
(From Baturday'o Dally.)
Interesting Information regarding
Bond people now located at Oakland,
California, Is contained in a letter
received from Dorothy Johnston, a
former Bend resident.
Miss Hazel Johnson has Just re
covered from a sovero attack of
Spanish Influenza.
Arthur Harris, a Bend boy who
enlisted In tho marines hero, has
been promoted to chlof rifle rnngo
instructor at Mare Island nuvy yard.
His mother, Mrs. P. A. Harris, who
Jias been spending tho past several
months in Oakland In order to bo
near hor Bon, will return to this city
In tho near future
(fnvr
"SirenceF" TFTibouT TTfo UrsT com
mand n gun crew gets when It Is going
Into action, but I forgot nit nliout It,
nnd shouted out and nsked Brown how
ho got to bo a gunner. But ho only
grinned nnd looked dopey, ns usunl.
Then I enmo to nnd expected to get n
call down from the ollleer, hut lie only
grinned and no did tho crew. It
seems they had it nil framed to spring
on mo, nnd they expected I would bo
surprised.
So wo put cotton in our enrs nnd
the captain cnlled tho observation
tower a short distance away and they
gave him the range. Then tho captain
"called 4128 meters" to Brown. They
plnced tho noso of n shell In a fuse
adjuster and turned tho handle until
it reached scale 4125. Tills net tho
fuse to explode nt the rongo given.
Then they slammed tho shell Into tho
breech, locked it stmt nnd Brown cent
his best to Fritz.
The barrel slipped back, threw out
ttie shell cose nt our feet and returned
over a cushion of grease. Then we
received the results by telephone from
tho observation tower. After he had
fired twelve shots the captain said to
Brown, "You should never waste your
self in Infantry, son." And old dopey
Brown Just stood there nnd grinned.
Thnt was Brown every time. He
knew about more things thno you could
think of. He had reud nliout gunnery
nnd fooled nround ut Dlxmude until
they let him piny with the "7.Vs," nnd
finally here he wns, giving his kindest
to old Fritz with the rest of them.
I never saw n battery better con
cealed than this one. Up on the ground
looking up I hulled liliu,
"That WfH Hiiro hoiiio shelling,
wasn't ID" I said. "There's u I nil
very light and nro mirtublo to the lust "own " "" n wounueu mi; muter
degree. They vim bo rigged tip or , K,vo lm" " """,1'
knocked down In u very short lime. "What shelling do you menu," ruiyn
Tho wtro Is wound on drum or reels tho legs, without moving, "Thoro'n
nnd you would bo surprised to hco how
quickly our corps established com
munication from n newly won trench
to hemtuunrters, for Instance. They
wero imklng for our casualties before
wo had finished having them, almost.
Artillery lire won directed by men
whose duty It wns to dope out tho
range from the Information sent them
by the observers In tho nlr. Two men
wero stationed at tho switchboard,
ono man to receive the message and
the other to operate tho board. Ah
soon as the range was plotted out it
wns telephoned to tho gunners nnd
they did tho rest.
Tho naval guns nt Dlxmudo wero
mounted on tint cars and these wero
drawn bnck and forth on tho track by
little Belgian engines.
After I had been nt my gun for sev
eral days I was ordered back to my
regtment, which was iigatn In the
front-line trenches. My course was
past both the BrltlNh nnd French Hues
but quite a distance behind the front
lines.
Everywhere then were ambulances
nnd wagons going backward mid for
ward, I met ono French itmhulauco
that wits a long wugoti full of poltus
from n Held hospltnl near the llrlug
lino mid was driven by u mini whose
left arm wns bandaged to the shoul
der. Two poltus who sat In the rear
- - Ik ,
NICKERSON
been none In this sector for some
time, I think,"
The Tommy wns right nt my heel
by this time, nnd. he let out u string
of language. I was surprised, too, and
ntlll scrambling nround In the mud.
Thou tho Tommy let a "(luwd VIp
us I" unit I looked up and saw that thu
legs belonged to n Limey ollleer, a
major, I think, And here wo hud been
cunning the eyes off of him I
But ho sized It up rightly ami gnvo
us a hand, and only laughed whun wo
tried to explain. I got rattled mid
told litm that nil I ssw was his legs
mid that they did not look llkn an olll
cers legs, which might hnvo iiiudo It
worse, only ho wns good-natured about
it. Then he said that he had been
asleep In a bnttallon heudqtiarturs dug
out, about a hundred yards nwny, and
only waked up when part of the roof
caved in on him. Yet ho did not know
ho had been shelled I
I went on down tho road n stretch,
but soou found It was easier walking
beside It, because the Huns had shelled
It neatly right up and down the middle.
Also, tliero wero so many wrecked
horses nnd wagons to climb over on
tho rood besides dead men.
After I had passed the urea of the
bombardment nnd got back on thu
rood I sat down to rest mid smoke, A
couple of shells had burst so near tho
L. L.
ANSWERS CALL
Di i:h at icmkikhjncv hospital
IiAHT NKJIIT AI-TICH AN IM.
NIWM OF ONI-2 WICI3IC WAS OLD
HCHIDKNT IIKRi:.
on guard hod each been wounded In crater thnt they hud thrown thu dirt
tho leg mid one had had a big strip of . "Mit Into the dugout, and I wosn llttlo
his scalp torn off. There was not a '"' rrom tne shock. Wlillo I wiin sit-
(From Friday's Dally.)
Lolaiid 0, Nlokersoii of thin city,
25 years of ago, dlud at the oinur
geiioy hospital last night at X o'clock
from pueiimiiiila following ad attack
of influenza,
Mr. Nlckorson beciiino III on Thurs
day of last week nnd was token In
tho hospltnl when It opiHiod. Ho
wiih III Just n wouk to tho day.
Tho deceased had butiu a resident
of Bund about seven yours, coming
hum rrom Michigan in 1911 with his
mother and other iiinmliiirH of tho
family. Ho Is well known hero, hav
ing been employed ut various places,
three yearn ago accepting the Moni
tion of miiuoger of thu ranch of II. J.
Ovorturf near hure, whuro lie Iiiih
since remained.
Ho wau married In September.
1917, to Miss (lertrudo Reynolds of
this city, and besides his wife leaven
a baby four mouths old, two sisters,
Mrs. M. F, Latin and Mrs. Webb,
both now residing In Michigan, anil
Ills mother, also u resident of De
troit, Tho loiter throe nro well
known In Bond, having ut ono tltno
resided horn.
No urriiiiKomontrt nro to be mado
for tho funeral services until word
has been received from Ills mother
mid sisters
sound man In tho hunch. You can
Imagine what their cargo was like, If
tho convoy was as used up as these
chops. But all who could wero sing
ing mid talking and full of pep. That
Is the French for you: they used no
more men than they could possibly
spare to take care of the wounded, but
they wero nil cheerful about it
always.
Just after I passed this ambulance
the German began shelling n section
of the road too near me to be comfort
nhle, so I beat it to a shell crater
about twenty yards off the rood, to thu
rear. A shrapnel shell exploded pretty
near me Just ns I Jumped Into tills
hole I did not look around to sro how
close It was and I remember now
how the old minstrel Joke I hod heard
on board ship cumo to my mind at the
time something about a fellow feel
ing so smnll he climbed Into n hole
.... ,it. . ,k .....! . . . I mg so smnu no ciuniicii into n nolo
you couidn t seo the muzzle twenty ,. . ,, , . , ,
yards nway-and that wns nil there ?n,p.u"iI .. " 7T' ' WM
was to see at any distance. There J ",K,U ,0 ",0 T , """m""', '.7
-na .i...i .i' .. 'M ns close against the wall of tho
was a ruined garden Just outside the
crater as I could nnd then I noticed
frrZrlfnVMn. i ' """ , , "" o.cbody had uin.lo n dugout in
wero there picking apples there would i .. .... . .
bo n hiKM nmi nn .rt,ininn ..,! vnr i tno other wall of tho crater and I
. .. ,,...,.., 1 .
would go somo of tho trees, or maybe
n mnn or two, but never a shell struck
started for It.
The shells wero exploding so fast
Wo Started Right Into What Was Left
of a Big House.
big house. I kept wondering bow ho
would know so much about It, but fol
lowed him. Insldo the house wns a
passageway under tho ruins. It was
about seven feet wldo nnd fifty feet
long, I should Judge.
At tho other end was tho great old
"75," poking Its noso out of n holo Jn
tho wall. The gun captain nnd the
crew wero sitting around waiting the
word for action, and they seemed to
know Brown well. I wns surprised at
that, but still moro so when ho told
mo I could examine the gun If I
wanted to, Just ns if lie owned it.
So I sat In tho sent and trained tho
cross wires on an object, opened und
closed tho breech and examined tho
recoil.
Then Brown said: "Well, Chink,
you'll seo somo real gunnery now," and
they passed tho word and took sta
tions. My eyes bulged out when I
enw Brown tako his station with, tht-mt
nearer the guns than thnt. Tho imilus by th,,t ,,II,L' t,,nt 'ou c,mUi mt uluu
used to tbnnk Frit fnr i.oii.in,. h,.m or -,flc! explosion separately, and Just
pick tho npples, because the explosions . n l Jumpotl Into the dugout u regular
would bring them down In greut style.
, Shells from our heavy nrtlllery pnssed
just over the garden, too, making nn
nwful racket. But they were not in it
with tho "75's."
They gnvo mo a llttlo practice with'
n "75" under tho direction of expert
French gunners beforo I went to my
14-Inch naval gun, nnd, believe me, It
wus n flno llttlo piece. Just picture
to yourself ti little biutity 'Hut cua
send n 38-pound uhcil every tv o sec-'
onds for five miles nnd more, If you
wnnt it to, nnd land on Fritz' vest
button every time. Thero Is nothing
I like better than n gun, anyway, nnd
I hnvo never since been entirely satis
fied with anything less than a "75."
As you probably know, the opposing
nrtlllery in this war is so widely sepa
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless theso huppen to bo
buildings, nnd even then it is rare. So,
since an nrtlllery ollleer never sees tho
enemy nrtlllery or Infantry, he must
depend on others to give hlra the range
and direction.
For this purposo there nro balloons
and airplanes attached to each artil
lery unit. Tho airplanes ure equipped
with wireless, but nlso signal by
smnko nnd direction of flight, whllo
tho balloons use telephones. Tho ob
servers hnvo mops and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps nro
marked off In zones to correspond with
thp maps used by the artillery ofllccrs.
Tho observations nro signaled to n
receiving station on the ground nnd
uru men leiepnoneu 10 me imitcrics. j
w our troops wero cjuippea Willi
tclcphono signal corps detachments
nnd this was a very linportunt arm
of tho service. Tho enemy position Is
A Regular Hall of Shrapnel Fell.
hall of shrapnel fell on tho spot I had
Just passed. It was pretty dork in
the dugout and the first move I mado
I bumped Into somebody elso und ho
let out a yell thnt you could huvo
heard a mile. It was u Tommy who
had been wounded In tho hnnd nnd
between curses ho told mo I had sat
right on his wound when I moved. I
nsked him why ho did not yell sooner,
but ho only swore more. Ho surely
wns n great cusser,
Tho bombardment slackened up u
bit about this time, nnd I thought I
shelled beforo nn attack, either en wou,d ,mvo n ,oolt ur""(J l 1
barrage or otherwise, and coimnunlcu
tlon between. tliiLU-ssexuT, attack, nnd
BRICK vs. OTHERiBUILDINGS
BRICK BUILDINOS IN BEND
VALUE ABOUT
$500,000
FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS
NONE
OTHER BUILDINGS
VALUE ABOUT
$2,000,000
FIRE LOSS IN FIVE YEARS OVER
$100,000
lcTi11 BEND BRICK & LUMBER CO.
get out of tho crater entirely, but
moved around out of tint dugout until
I could seo tho rood I hud been on.
Tho llrst thing I saw was u broken
down wagon that hud Just been hit
1q fact, It was toppling over when my
eyo caught It. Tho driver Jumped
from his sent nnd whllo ho wiih In tho
nlr his head was torn completely from
his shoulders by uiiotfior shell I do
not know wliat kind. This was enough
for me, so buck to tho dugout.
How tho Hermans did it I do not
know, but they had found out about
that road and opened flro ut exactly
tho moment when tho road was cov
ered with wagons und men. Vet there
hud not been u balloon or ulrplunu In
tho sky for somo tltno.
After n whllo tho bombardment
moved away to tho cost, from which
direction I hod come, und I knew our
batteries wero getting It. Thu Tommy
und I cumo out of tho dugout. As I
started climbing up tho muddy sides
I saw thero was a man standing ut
tho o(i"o of.it. and. I could tell hz Lis
ting there n hijuui! of Tommies cumo
up wltli nbout twice their number of
Oermiiu prisoners. The Tommies had
been making Fritz do the goose step
and they started them ut It again when
they saw mo sitting there. It sure
Is good for it laugh any time, this
goose step. I guess they call It that
after the fellow who Invented It.
One thing I hnd noticed about Fritz
wns tho way hU coat flared out at the
bottom, no I took this chance to find
out nbout It, while they bulled for u
rest Just ii llttlo further down tho
rood. I found thnt they curried their
emergency kits In their coots. Tnesu
kits contained canned meat, tobacco,
needles, thread and plaster all this
In addition to their regular puck.
Then I drilled down the rood some
more, but had to stop pretty soon to
let ii column of French Infantry swing
on to tho rood from a field. They
were nn their wny to the trenches ns
re-enforcements. After every two
companies there would bo n wagon.
Pretty soon I snw tho uniform of tho
Legion. Then n compnny of my regi
ment enme up und I wheeled In with
them. Wo wero In tho rear of tho col
umn that had passed. Our boys were
going up for their regular stunt In thi
front lines, while (ho others hod Just
srnved ut that part of thu front.
Then for the first time my feet Iip
gun hurting me. Our boats wero miido
of rough cowhide mid lilted very well,
but It wus u dny's lubor to curry them
on your feet. 1 begun lugging behind.
I would lag twenty or thirty yards
behind nod then try to catch up. But
the Ihoutiunilrt of men ahead of mo
In. ,t ,i. tin. ....... .! ........ ( .. .
i o.-jfw uf ,iu niKHiij u.iu i.ini rrjr imr
.iiiijivu, iiiiiuk" invf nun oven on uiu
inarch since .'I u. in. It was then nbout
11 n. in. Thoxo who did limp wore
carried In tho wugniiH. But I had seen
very few men besides tho drivers rid
lug in tho wngnm, und I wanted to
bo us tough "iiiTriio Ticll gu)Vo i Hep i
on. But, believe me, I wus suro glad
when wo halted for u rest ulong tho
road.
That Is, tho re-enforcements did I
Our company of tho Legion hnd not
como from so fur, und when tho front
of tho column hud drawn out of tho
wny ulong thu road wo kept on filing,
ns tlio saying Is. I did not euro about
being tough then, and I wus ready for
tho wagon.
Only now thoro wero no wagons I
They belonged with tho other troops.
So 1 had to ease along as best I could
for what seemed like hours to my
feet until wo turned oft onto another
roud nnd hulted for u rest. I found
out Inter Unit our ofllccrs hnd gono
astray and wero lost nt this time,
though, of course, they did not tell
us no.
Wo arrived at our section of tho
trench about three o'clock thnt after
noon nnd I rejoined my company, I
wiih nil tired out ufter this trek nnd
found myself longing for tho Cnssurd
nnd tho rolling wave, where no Mara
thons and flve-mllo hikes wero neces
sary. But this wiih not In utoro for
mo yet.
EXPENSES ARE
ON INCREASE
ADIUTIO.V OP i? I (I.OOI) IM TO III:
U.MHIM) FOR VWUtYIN; OS'
SCHOOLS Ol' ( ITY, ACCOItniNlJ
TO Pl'BLINIIKII RKI'ORT.
(From Friday's Dally.)
Increases In the cost of running
the schools of DUtrlct I, amounting
to nbout iln.uuO, nro estimated In
the budget for tho year's expense de
cided upon ut u recent meeting of tin
directors of the district. Thu total
to be raised by taxation, according
to tho budget, Is 170. 051. NO, nn
ugoliiNl fM.ZIO.OI raised Inst year.
Inasmuch ns this total Is moro
than 0 per cent. In excess of tho
amount raised lust year, It Is neces
sary for thu voters of thu district
to pass upon the budget mid vote tlio
tax, and an election will bo hld on
November 30 for tho purpose. Tho
budget Items tiro shown In tho no
tice appearing In this Issuo of Tho
Bulletin,
CASUALTY LIST
HAS BEND NAME
W. W. (JRII'FITII I.ISTRI) AMOXd
tiiohi: who n.wi: mi:i of
woi'ndh i.i:ir ih:ni karlv
LAHT HPKI.NN.
(To Bo Contlnuod,)
BEND PEOPLIU
ARE MARRIED
(From Thursday's Dally.)
Tlio marriage ceremony of Mrs.
Borthn Rocho to Mr, Ouorgo Jones,
both of this city, wiih performed ut
tho Hotel "Wright early this wook.
, (From Monday's Dully.)
Information given out by tho local
draft board and Charles L. Orlffltli
this morning reveals the fact that
another Bend man has answered tho
call for his country In Franco, thu
iiiimo of William W Griffith appear
ing in thu casualty lists of Saturday
under thu heading "Died of Wounds
Received III Action "
1'rlvato Orlffltli hnd lived in Bend
nt tho homo of Charles L. Orlffltli,
a nephew, for more than a year pre
vious to his cull to tho colors, which
cumo April 20, Ho loft hero ut thnt
time with 12 other Deschutes county s
mun, uud nlthough It was known ho
wus In Franco It was not determined
until thu word of his death was re
ceived thnt hu hud been on thu fight
ing front.
In thu casualty lists Ills nddresH
wiih given us Rosolodgo, Oregon, thu
hnmu of his mother, Mrs. Hmma K.
Bllgor.
Prlvato (irirflth was 27 years of
age, nnd besldus bin mother leaves
three brothers. Ho was well known
both In Bond and Deschutes, having
been employed by Roscoo Howard at
tho latter pluco for u number of
mouths.
HAPPY FARMER
TRACTOR HERE
(From Tuesday's Dally.)
Tho "Happy Farmer" tractor, it
coal oil burning machine, will bu
demonstrated ut tho Knott ranch,
ueiir this city, on Wednesday, Thlu
uiinuuncumuut wiih mudo by Mr,
Oooilulo, factory representative, who
hi In thu city for tho purpose of de
livering tho first miichluo to ho sold
In tills county, Thu domniiHtrntloii
Is to bo held In connection with Hint
of tho Fordsnn tractor.
(Mr, Ooodulo HtutoH that moro than
100 of Ills muchluoH huvo huon sold
Thoy will mako their homo In this
city, Mr. Jones bolng employed ns j,, Orogon, Washington nnd Idaho
chef ut tho Wright. uud till nro giving igood HiitlHfuctlon.
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