n i GOOD ROADS, GOOD HOMES, BEST CHEESE CLOVERDALE COURIER CLOVERDALE, TILLAM O O K COUNTY VO L. 13. FOURTEEN .MONTHS T THE FRONT - A T (ft <5ooi> (protnber for A widow in speaking of her late husband said: \ provider.” In the mind of this bereaved woman, this was a high tribute to her husband’s character. The people in Poperiughe, while they had seen British troops before, had ne\er had them in the town for any length o f lime, and they seemed to lie very glad to see us. U’e had several >Scctch regiments in our corps, and when they came out o f the trenches the first time they created a great sensa tion in the town. Their kilts were a never failing source of astonishment to the Belgians. The woman in the house where I was billeted thought that it was cruel to make them wear the “ lit tle dresses'' in the cekl weather. She wanted to know what they wore un derneath them, and when 1 to'.d her that they wore nothing she wouldn't believe me. I explained to her that it was against orders for them to wear trousers under the kilt, but still she re fused to believe. At this time bomb throwing was be coming more and more popular, and besides using the band bombs w e wore using larger ones, which were thrown by a catapault arrangement. They could be thrown a long distunce and in many cases proved to be very e f fective. Bomb and grenade schools for every division were opened, and the men were trained to throw bombs scientifically. In some places wo started using the slingshot arrangement with which the French throw bombs, but it didn't turn out as well for us as it did for them. I saw one case in which the using of one of these things was very disas trous. One o f our fellows put a bomb in the sling and started swinging it. As he tried to let it go the whole thing hit the man standing next to him full in (he Jaw. Of course it exploded and killed several men who were standing near, including the fellow who had tried to throw it During an attack in the Menin trench es I saw a:i incident that 1 will never provide all necessities and many of the luxuries but constantly accumulate money and property that will safeguard his family against want when he is unable to work or after bis death. Tillamook, CAHCELY' a week goes by that the newspapers don’t print a story of some foolish housewife who thoughtlessly tlcsf started a fire in the stove where she had stored away the savings of a lifetime. Money placed in a stove or in a teapot or under a carpet docs not draw interest. It is not safe from thieves. It is not safe from Money deposited in a bank draws interest. The steel vaults in our bank are impervious to fire and thieves. Bank your money with us. Cloverdale, Oregon. Best Banking Facil Established - in H02 - Oregon I forgot. Our fellows bad taken two lines c f trenchc-s in a very few min The Irishman Veiled, “ Split that be tween ye. ye e.vine.” utes. in some places there were Ger mans occupying a i>art o f a trench wouldn't get back tins morning. Oh. while w e hold tlie other part. well, e'est la guerre, do with me what A big Irishman came dashing np with you will.” a load of bombs, and as he came for However, he was a German; a great ward I saw these Germans raise their many of our enemy could speak the rifles to fire at him. The Irishman was king's language. too quick for them, though, fo r he W e knew that sooner or later these chucked a bomb into the trench they aeroplanes were going to take a good were in, and I heard his yell, “ Split stiff crack at us, nud we were expect that between ye, ye swine.” iug it every day. The first nir raid on It w iped out the whole crowd of them, Foperlnghe came about a month after of course, and the best part o f it was we had taken the town over. I had a that the Irishman didn't alter his stride new car, and I bad been out with It for the least bit. The expression has be a trial run. When I got back to Foper- come quite popular among “ bombers.” inghe I ran into the Grand place and W e hadn't been in Poperinghe many stopped In front of the general billet, d^ys before the German aeroplanes be where the corps and guards were liv gan coming over us. They didn’t do ing.* I had the engine still running and any damage at first, and I wondered was just sitting in the driving seat why they didn’t drop any bombs. E v listening to it. ery morning about 5 o’clock tw o or It was a cloudy day, and I remember three taubes would appear and fly hearing an aeroplane, but I thought it back and forth for a few minutes, and was one of our own, for one o f our then they would go away, and we flying grounds was close by. Suddenly wouldn't see any more of them until 4 tauhe shot down through the clouds. the next morning at the same hour. *nd a second or so later there wns a A t last we got used to them, and they deafening explosion, followed by two didn’t bother us at all. Once in awhile others In quick succession. The first our guns would bring one of them to bcvmb lauded about thirty yards away earth, and then there would be one #r<uu where I was, and the pieces flew grand rush to the place where the- ma ill around me. chine had fallen. I saw one fellow fall Altogether there were forty-six cas one morning, and as l had by m otor ualties from that raid; eleven were bike 1 bopped on and dashed down the killed. There wns only one British sol road to try and find him. He had cotne dier and one French gendarme killed to earth safely, but his engine had been among the military: the remainder put out of commission by a piece of were all civilians. A military funeral shrapnel. lie had set tire to the ma vies given them all. and it was one of chine and was calmly sitting on the the most solemn and Impressive cere ground some distance from where it monies I ever witnessed. British sol- was burning. uiers carried our poor chap and French Some flying corps fellows w ere 'there soldiers carried the Frenchman. The just a few seconds ahead o f me, amd civilians were carried by their own they made l:im prisoner. A s he g ot to townsmen. his feet he remarked in perfect Eng Each coffin was wrapped in the na lish, “ I had a presentiment th it I tional flag, and escorts and firing parties of each of the three nations were In attendance. The Belgian Old Guard, the old veterans, turned out with tlielr band and in dress uniform. During * the service in the church, and In fact until the whole funeral was over, three aeroplanes, one Belgian, otic French o-nd one English, circled back and fortli <ooer the city. The streets were lined with soldiers, all with reversed arms, and the band played the dead march ail the way to the cemetery. This was only the first of many raids on us in this town, and many a poor civilian \vhO had harmed no one met his death in this way. I f it Is still standing there Is very metr the front- a t Vlaniertingho not far from Foperlnghe. a chateau where one o f our divisions had their heuilquarters. the corn« headquarter* being at l'oper Inghe. It was a beautiful place built on the old style, with enormous grounds and a moat all around It While sitting on a table In n room in this chateau I first heard one of our really big guns Bred. I knew that these guns had been placed In the grounds of Ibe chateau somewhere, but at the time I never thought for a moment what won likely to happen when they went Into action. I wna talking to one of the fellow s about an all raid that we had just pulled off Puddenl.* and wl.'hont the sllchtest fire. warning cl 'P' i * this terrific explosion that lifted rat' off tbe table and dumped me halfway t c r o « room The whole place w k e d , and every window •n the bouse was bre Yen e rush' out to see what had happened and found that one o f these J'! t been fired. I mention tiwl» ¿uerch t > show what damage tbe con»70**1011 alone w ill do. D aring the time tbe divii tonal hea-. - quarters,was in this chateau a|rlct- NESTUCCA VALLEY SANK By this plan he is able to TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK The Batik Is Safer Than the Stove S It is often true that the best husband is the one who saves a part of bis income for the future. Copyright, Uttle, Brown & Co. J. ROBINSON l)ome “ He was always a good 4 Per Cent Paid on Savings and Ti:uo Deposits. ities in Town. By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON W ILLIA M NO. 18 OREGON, NOVEMBER 29,1917 A n American B o y ‘a Baptism o f Fire The most graphic Recount of th# great war that has yet been written comes from the pen of a twenty-two- year-old Boston boy, who has just re turned from France, where as dragoon guardsman, dispatch rider and motor car driver he served fourteen months under the British flag. Out of thirty- one motorcycle dispatch riders he was one of four survlvora The Nestucca Valley First, Last and all the Time. 8875 r. O. B. T a c t o r y w h y ? Because it lias a Six-Cylinder, overhead yalye motor— mosr miles on gallon ga.“. Warner Two Unit Starting and Lighting System Retny Special Ignition Stromberg Carbureter Stewart Vacurn Feed Full Floating Hear Axle Extra Strong Steering Gear Toue Contelever Springs One Man Top Extra Strong Frame Willard Storage Battery, and Firestone Demountable Rims that will give you more miles than any other—no squeaking. Change tire in five minutes. Get full information and see the car at W. K U P P E N B E N D E R Tillam ook Oregon Vlamertinglie Is so close to the firing line that It Is only a matter of a couple of minutes before nn aeroplane ran be right over the place. O f course our I corps liendquarterH at Foperlnghe was | bigger, but was not so near the front. A fter those big guns o f ours weut into action there It was only a matter ut a few days before shells began to drop In on (be pla'-e. I happened to be oij the other side o f Vlamertinghe when the bombardment commenced, and I had to run through it on my way back. As usual, one of the first places to go was the church, and ns I passed by I caught a glimpse o f the edifice burning and the priests working feverishly try ing to save some o f the contents. As usual, too, tlie people were In a panic, and the road was crowded with them. One night I was called and warned for special duty the next day. F hadn’t the slightest Idea In the world what It would be. but 1 11 confess that I was W * Ruihed Out and Found T b it One surprised when I found out. I was ef tbe Guns Had Just Been Fired. wanted by a colonel who had been sent est rules were-en forced regarding keep out from England to And the grave of Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His ing under cover and showing no signs resting place was th? ght to he In the of activity around the place. To look Menin churchyard, end 1 w-ns to guide at it from the outside one would never the colonel up there and was placed at dream that on the inside several gen h!s disposal until tbe grave w-as found. erals and their staffs were working Now, the Menin churchyard was a tremendous fighting machine. No never a pleasing proposition, and from autos, motorbikes, bicycles or horses were allowed within the gates, and what I could see It was going to be far from pleasant this time. “ Hellflre ■when a man went in he had to keep comer" was Just opposite the church under the trees all the way. At night, and a v c y unhealthy e|»ot. Prince while the place was brilliantly lighted Maurice had !>een killed near Ypres on the Ins de, not even a glimmer while fighting for the English and hur showed from the road. I guess It was riedly buried In the churchyard, which about the most quietly conducted head quarters on the whole fronL Continued on U*t page.