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GOOD ROADS, GOOD HOMES, B E S T CH EESE T t e N estucca V alley F ir s t, L a st and a ll the Tim e. CLOVERDALE NO. 10 CLOVERDALE. TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OKEUON, OCTOBER 4,1917 VOL. 13. SLUG STOßE S Thrilling Tales of U Boat Hunting, Told by an American Boy Who Served For Months With the British Patrol and Who Did the Thrilling and Perilous Work That Is Now Being Done by Hundreds of Other American Boys. 1 » No. 3 say it would be mathematically impos sible to smash into the naval bases from the sea side. The British government prefers to keep h ii name secret for the present, so It would not be policy f"r me to divulge it. When be put the idea up to the commander of the base he said right away: . “I don’t want to lose more than six boats. If you can get six crews to volunteer for the service go ahead. I won't order anybody on a raid like that.” Six times six crews volunteered, but only six were allowed to go. We chug-chugged out of Dover just before sundown, every man with a lifebelt strapped under his shoulders, petrol tanks filled to the last drop, ammuni tion in every available space und every motor thoroughly inspected down to the last screw. We were thinking only of what a time we were going to give the Boches. The boys that wigwagged “Goodby” to us believed they had seen us for the last time, but wished they were with us Just the same. Straight for a cer tain selected spot on the Belgian coast we laid our course, and when night fell we couldn’t even see our own boats. There wasn't so much as a pin point of light showing on any of the craft. Every one wore dark uniforms, and every once in awhile when we'd crowd on a little more speed there would suddenly loom up light ahead the dark hull of t’.ie boat we were fol lowing and we'd almost be aboard her. The men at the wheels had to have their nerve with them. j pot so that the^rDe nml fall with the I tiilo and remain always a lerlalo dis tance below the surface of the water. I and if wo didn't hit on«' of these it would be merely a matter of ldck. There were thousands of mines all ' around us. and there was no earthly | way of telling where any of them ! were. As for the mines which are anchored always the same distance above the bivttom of the sea, we were counting on the extra high tide to take ns over these. At least Jones had figured tliaf it would. There is ro moon. 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Our engines, with the muf count. Tit«1 m rk iv v n s cv» of s t pc much ti s open to g i\e us all possible speed, are roaring almost as loudly as the It e v id e n t (luring tl'c first years of file war, mounting heavy guns forward cannon it seems. The Boches must he confused. They lu an armored turret. 'Hi? guns were haven't fired on ns jet. Searchlights made in America, and mrst of the are darting everywhere across the wa- | monitors were named after American By ter an«] In the sky. Their one object generals. I p to find and destroy us, but they can They were used on work that took A SEA SLUG, not figure out what to Icok for. They them ecnstantly info the mine fields, British Service Name For Crews of colirse think we have come in i ami for that reason they must have of Submarine Chasers. through the channel, and their power-' special protection afrnhuM mines and C op yright, 1917, by th e B ell S y n ful rays sweep the* entrance to the torpedoes. Just how this is accom d icate, Inc. harbor and the waters Just inside, plished I do not feel at liberty to tell, W while others play over the surface but because of It an amusing Incident from whence we fired our first shots. occurred. The first, motor launch was PROLOGUE. They don't expect craft of our site to running at rather low speed In toward The author of this series of four arti There Is N< d Moon.« We Dash Along attempt such a daring raid. the monitor, so ns to come alongside. cles is a young American, who has spent Full Speed Ahead. IIow much damage we have done All of a sudden we saw her sort of niitst of his time since the war started light draft cruft to escape localise of vre do not know, but we cease firing climb out cf the water, bow first, heel with, the British pUtrol fleet, taking an over and lie there as though she had the anchored mines tomiug to the sur important part in helping to organize run up on a bar. that branch of the service known as face. A couple of “mntlops" (sailors! on I The men in each crew have been the Sea Slugs. the dock of the monitor began swear j carefully selected. They are all In the He has accumulated, a remarkable ing at tho crew, and every mnn In the j best physical condition, good swim collection of anecdotes incident to this \f t w h s thrown off Ids feet by the mers, and the Brass Hats (oflioers) exciting branch of the service, and shock which stopped the boat. Tho many of these were personal adven have even made c«Tt:i!n that none of swearing was not confined to the mon tures in which he took part and which them has a bold. A sneeze or a cough itor's men. The M. L. had run high might betray us. Despite this, the make one of the stirring narratives to and dry on to the shelf which forms come out of the war. He recently re damp, chilly nigkt nir makes one of a part of the more or less Intricate turned to the United States to assist the men In our boat srbeeze suddenly. protection ngelnst torpedoes and mines tho American navy in organizing the It sounds to us like the crush of a tin t modern monitors carry. They had same branch of the service and should mine. I don’t see why it didn’t take j to i: e a crane to get her off. be of great value because of his experi the top of the Aliow's he. d off. Our Well, wo had roll call and found ence abroad. So fa r as known, he is the finely mace motors, of course, were only one man slightly hurt. A bit of only American to serve w ith the British molded un; .1 you could not distinguish shell had struck him In the shoulder. patrol prior to the advent of the United their purr ten feet away. A piece tin» size of a man's palm was X States destroyer flotilla in British wa “A thousand yards or so and we'll be Imbedded In the shft* of one of the ters. Of course some of his experiences, across tho fields,” says (lie Brass Hat i M. B.'s. We had got off mighty lucky. o f m ilitary value to the enemy, cannot In our boat, lie has ii figured down Over 4he Mine Fields. 1 might say here that later alt oth be related. At the request of the service The chap who had proposed the raid prelly fine. Now we are skimming er boats made Die experiment again, publication of his name is withheld. o v e r a bar, where n heavier boat could —we might as well call him Jones, and only one got back to England, so which is not his name—ha«l figured out not go. It Isn’t such a soft assignment. In T is lietter that I da not mention the the tide conditions to a nicety, and on Discover In c x y Destroyers. that single craft were ail the men name of the Sea Slug who con this particular night we were having We strain our «'.ves ahead to « ¡itch from the five launches who had sur ceived tho idon of a motor launch the fullest high water of the autumn. (ho white gleam of the wake of our vived flic hell they ran Into. An«l raid on the coast of Belgium— that part Just before we ran into the mine fields leading craft and stare behind to make there was plenty of room, for those of the coast held by Germany, bor we passed a British monitor, about out the white bow wave of the one w ho hnd been lost were many. which 1 will have more to say Inter, dered by a maze of mines, gilt by a following us. It is the only way we T'uder orders the survivors of that moving belt of gunboats ai:d patrol and then began the real work of the • an keep ourselves In line raid refrained from telling what ac expedition craft and freckled with a series of Presently I pick up cut of the black tually happened, but lu general It Is As every one knows, some m:uas are ness of the night a patch of something land butteries whi h make t*’e experts true that the Germans must have re- that is even blacker. A ripple runs ali/.ed what occurred on the first expe down iny spine. The g eat moment dition, and they were ready. The ele has arrived. This is not like chasing th e Gunner Fires Into tho Source of ment of surprise, which saved us all the Light. a submarine which Is trying to hide from going to kingdom come, was ab and which you can almost run circles and double back, waiting until we are sent. around. It is more like six mosquitoes out of the zone from which we start The officer in command of the one tackling a band of giants. If ever ed to fight. which was not destroyed cruised they can hit us a slap we will be I do not suppose any of the Huns around hi the glare of the searchlights crushed to jelly. ever thought of the little motor launch I point out the black patch to the es They seem Jumpy in their nerves, until he had gathered In every living Brass Hat. He strains through his judging by the way they handle the thing that still struggled In the water— night glasses, then hands them to mo. searchlights. Probably they think a man's Job in that searching glare of “Destroyer!” he says. some new engine of warfare is attack light and hail of shells. The term is well applied, anil I real ing them, like the tanks which so sur Thi Hero. ize for the first time what destructive prised them in the tronches one fine “The sky was red over bis head," power one of these sil k sea fighters day. said one of the men he picked tip, has. She is running without lights. T'mphf Suddenly I am blinded. I “because of the vast number of Illu We wonder in whispers whether the flunk for a hundredth of a sf und that minating bombs and rockets the Huns other craft have sighted her. There is I am shot, and my head Is splitting. It were using, besides the searchlights no way for us to signal them. The is a searchlight, the rays full and man standing at the w heel throws hi» ■ square In my eyes. The gunner Area and the shells that were bursting. There was light enough to take a mov over u little to starboard, following into the source of the light. It seems ing picture of the scene. the white wake of the boat ahead to t«e coming from a gunboat. If he “Any human being would have run, of us. hits her be will be lucky, for It Is im but that chap s a devil or a gcd. Re “They see her," says the Brass Hat possible for us to see anything. shouted orders to hi* men as though next. “They're < In Bug In.” We can hear the “woompb-woomph” he were at maneuvers and flphed us A glance astern shows us that our ' of shells dropping Into the water out of the water with a boat hook as followers have observed the change In : around ns We have made up our our course. I do cot know how far minds that It is all over, but two of coolly as if be were merely picking tip a buoy and couldn’t understand what we are fiom that d« -trover In the »he other boats, not being blinded by all the racket was about. dark she looms so big that. It seems we | the searchlights, turn their fire on our "After he got me on board I saw TART your hoy off right in the battle of life. Deposit must be going to graze her. tormentor. If the Germans hold on something to his credit in the bank. If he is working for There Is a lurid ptah of r<d in the 1 ii 3 we are gone, but they seem to be Mm fall with the Wood spnrting from his leg. He grabbed a bit of rope, durkne*!*« nliead- a deafening r ar-th e In n frenzy, and while they »weep a ralary, ask him to place something aside weekly. If he made a tourniquet himself, using the smell of Battle L^hi our nostrils. T lv is in business, show him the importance of keeping a round, trying to pick up the other craft, barrel of his revolver to twist It tight, leader’s three In« her bag barked. Ours we change our course, and they do not goodly balance in bang. There’s no telling when an opportunity and directed the work until be had all Barks at almost the same tine. Ours teem able to find us again. They fire of us on board. may present itself whereby d little ready cash may be the foun has bitten, for we can pee the flash of on every stick of driftage and spat ‘ How we ever penetrated that bar dation of a fortune. We do all kinds of banking. the explosion as the shell falls cn that darkens the surface of the 11- rier of fire and lead and steel I don’t board the destrojer. That Is better , luminated w ater know, hut we came throngh and limp lurk than we bad looked ft r. Out OreT the Danger» of the Mines ed into p rt under our > wn power ” The Searchlights Scour the 5ca A* I eay. I w-js not on th<s expedi When the rising sun began to atreak -'-T V flm-bcN ha e - i f ’vn other tion. and what few detail» other than j the sky we were safe. Way orf to port craft—destroyers, patrol boats and tbcee I heard I am not at liberty to I lay the monitor we bad passed the gunboats No hope of concealment Cloi erdalc, Oregoq. night before, sod the Brass Hat. In Continued on last page. ------•> now. We wait Just long enough be 'command of the expedition, signaled tween shots to make it hard for the A Motor Launch Raid ci\the Belgian Coast I Teach Your Boy the Value of a Batik Account . S N ESTUCC A V A L LE Y BANK j ig "jJffL'j* ^ ' v • '