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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1918)
BUNKER HILL PROVED SPIRIT OF COLONISTS In Its Consequence That Conflict flanks at the Moit Momentous of All the Struggle of Revolutionary Days Revealed to the British the True Oplrlt of Their Foes. A LITTLH before muiNot M3 yonr ngn, n few hun dred American Irnopn Mucked lliclr guun, throw orr their imck, nelzed t li o I r trenching tools mid net to work wllh grout spirit At midnight Hoi- ton wnn burled In sleep. Tlio ncntry's cry of "All' well I" could ho heard din tluctly from lift nhoren, At dnwn, 143 yonrn ago, tho Ameri cans nt work were- seen by tho miliars on hoiird tho llrlllHh nhlpn of wnr nnd tho nlnriii wiin given. The cnptnln of tho Lively, tho nenruitt nlilp, without watting for orderH, put n nprlnt; upon her ntlilo nnd, bringing tier gnus to hour, opened n lire uitou thu hill. One innii, among u iiutulier who hud Incnu tlounly ventured oulnlde, wnn killed. A Milmltern reported liU denlh to Colonel I'rencott nnd nuked what wnn to ho done, "llury him," wnn tho reply. It wnn tho flrnt fatnllly In thu tmttle of Hunker Hill, ouo of tho most mo mentous conlllctn In our Itiivolutlonnry history. It wnn the tlrnt reguhir hnttle between the Ilrltlnh nnd thu Ainerlcnnn nnd mom uventful In Itn consequences. The Ilrltlnh luul rldlcided nnd denplned their enemy, representing them nn dim tnrdly nnd luellleleut: yet hero the bent Ilrltlnh troopn, led on by experienced ollleom, were repentedly repulned by nu Inferior force of thnt enemy mere yeonmnry from works thrown up 1" n nliiKle night, nnd nufVred n ton nirely pnralleled In lint tie with tho mont vet ernn noldlern. According to their own returns their killed nnd wounded, out of n detnehmeut of 2,000 men, nmount ed to 1,054, nnd n Inrgu proportion of them oftlcem. The Ions of tho Ainerl cnnn wnn -111 out of 1.MX) men on- KtiRcd. .So tho number of cnnunltlon In thin hnttle wun mnro tlinu ItO per cent Bunker Hill Monu ment General Joseph Warren. of the number In nctlon. thun placing It among tho bloodiest buttles thnt hnd heretofore been known to history. At Waterloo tho Ilrltlnh Ions wns lens thnn !M per cent. No wonder thnt June 17 In n second Fourth of July. What the Victory Meant. A gnllnnt loyalist of Mnnnncliusettn, who fought no well for King Georgo thnt he rone to bu u full gcnernl In the Ilrltlnh army, regnrded Hunker 1 1 1 1 1 nn n triinwictlou which controlled every thing thnt followed. "You could not," ho would nny to his friends on tho oth er nlile, "Imvo nucceeded without It." "Tho rebcln," Ongo wroto n week nf tor tho bnttle, "nro nhown not to bo' tho disorderly rubble, too ninny hnvo sup posed. In nil tholr wars ngnlnst thu Krcnch thoy havo showed no such con duct nnd persovernnco ns they do now. Move Forced on British. After tho engugeiiiont it t Lexington on April 10 tho Ilrltlnh forco under flonernl Gngo wns Increased to 10,000 mpn by the nrrivnl of Gpnornls IIowo, Clinton, nnd Rurgoyno with their com mands from England. Thoso occuplod tho town of Iloston on n peninsula ex tending Into tho hnrbor. Tho nnvnl forces consisted of tho Falcon, Lively, Somerset, Symmetry, Glasgow, nnd four floating batteries. Across tho Chnrles river, nt Cambridge, nnd on tho surrounding hills, woro encamped between 10,000 nnd 20,000 undlsej .pllnod Americans. Tho HrltUh, thus cut off from communlcnllon with tho mnln bind, woro seriously hnmporod for pro visions, nnd General Qngo contem plated ii movement to occupy tho nor ernl heights near Chnrlentown, nt Dor chester, nnd adjacent points. Tho nrrivnl of such n formldnbio forco of tho enemy caused tho grnvost concern to Ibo colonists. It wns ru mored thnt tho Ilrltlnh would sully forth from Ronton nnd burn tho neighboring towns. It wnn to prevent thin thnt tlin Ainerlcnnn determined to fortify Hun ker IHII: for, If the Hrltlsh should get out of the city nnd Intrench upon Dor Chester Heights to tho south of Ilos ton, tho Continental position would be mndo untenable. Prescott's Qallant Act Not nn uunecenmiry sound wns made during the long hours of tho night of Juno 10, 1775, nnd when dnwn cnino In- trenchments nix feet high along the nldo of tbe hill ivero disclosed, In the face of the fire from tho enemy shlpn nnd by tho battery nu Copp's Hill the Ainerlcnnn kept stendlly nt work com pleting their liitrenchments nnd, when there wun a slight show of faltering aft er ii snot Doner directed thnn the others hnd done some execution In tho trenches, Tree ncott himself mounted the works and march ed to and fro with drawn sword rexnrdless of the fact that ho was a murk for tho Brit Ish. Ho thus pre served tho cour ngu of his men, who hnd novor be foro been under tiro. It wns about three o'clock la tho afternoon when tho Hrltlsh troops supported by n terrlflc bora bnrdmcnt from tho ships In the hnrbor. advanced 111 solid column against tho fortifications. Confidently they approached tho works of the AmerlcaiiH, construing tho sllenco on tho hilltop an timidity. Thoy changed their nttltude on this point when thoy arrived wllhtii n few hundred feet of tho redoubt. Tho Americans had been silent, but they had been ordered to refrnln from tiring until tho commnnd wns irlven. Thus It wns tho British, advancing over tho open stretch of ground, panting from tho heat nnd the welcht of their knnpsacks, heard the word 'Tirol" at tho moment of their supremo conlldcnco, nnd recoiled before a volley thnt mowed down mnny oi their number. British Line Decimated A deadly flro wna poured Into tbe Hrltlsh columns, tho marksmen of the Americans picking off the officer. Along tho wholo lino of fortifications, from tho roll fenco to tho redoubt, tho Hrltlsh troops wcro soon In retreat. Tho British columns advanced a sec ond tlmo nnd once more wero met with deuilly lire. Now, however, they were nrennred for It: although staggered by the shock, they noon milled nnd con tinued their advance. Tho Americans fired with such rapidity thnt It seemed ns If u continuous strenin of Are poured out from t h o redoubt. Bravely tho Ilrlt lnh struggled to cross tho open plnco In front of their enemy's po sition, but wero forced to give up tho attempt, and lied precipitately to tho boats. Although h o field wns strewn with their dead, tho Hrltlsh ngaln attempted to tnko tho American po sition. Prescott hnd sent for re-enforcements early In tho day, and John Stark, with his New Hiimpshlro company, hnd courageously crossed Chnrlestown Neck under a se vero flro from the enemy. Hut tho hne- ard nf tho nttempt deterred other com' mnndcrs from bringing troops to the support of the bravo I'rescott. With ammunition almost exhausted and troops tired out from tho strain to which thoy hnd been subjected, Pros cott realized tho futility of holding bis position In tho fnco of repeated at tacks by tho reformed nnd ro-enforced British lines. Nevertheless ho deter mined again to measure his strength with tho adversary; nnd, with n com mnnd to his men to mnko ovory shot toll, ho awaited tho ndvanca of tho Hrltlsh. Again tho latter wcro per mitted to ndvanco within twenty yards of tho American works boforo thoy woro flrod upon. Tho British lino was broken, but still it advanced. With their powder now qutto oxhnusfod, tho Americans mot their opponents with clubbed muskets nnd bayouots. Tho odds wero too great and Pros cott ordered his men to retreat. It was In dong this thnt tho Amorlcnni suffered tholr heavlost loss nulong othors who foil was Wurron, ono of tho most cherished of tlio popular load era. I General Warren'e Monument ! STATE NEWS t IN BRIEF. Dr. K. B. Straw, former mayor of Mnrnli field, now nctvfng nn a captain In tho medical corps, u, a. army, has married n young woman nt Oregon, III., whom ho mot at Lnmp Grant, Itockford, III. A ontnnnlfrn In bolntr mndn nrnnnt' tho business men of Corvallls to ob tnfn lutlii fur tho fanners. Ilnvlnir tlmo will Ik on In full forco noxt wcok, nnd Immediately following comes tho harvest. Evidence In a milt for $10,000 filed against tho O.-W. It. & N. will be taken nt La Grande. Airs, uracc r. Fuller Is tho complainant, suing for damages nn a consequence of tho fatal Injury to Francis fuller near North Fork, Or., last year. intn T.fiW Commissioner Hon has inriswl wnrk on his olL'hth biennial report to tho legislature. The report will not be as extensive as it nas ween In tho past, owing1 to tho fact that tho Inst uicnton cut off SI COO from his ap propriation for that work. llav Mnnl n Inmrcr nmnlnvwl nt tho MplVtnalil A. Vauirhn enmn nt Tar Heel, eight miles west of North Bend, wnn tnntnnMv UIIIMI Cfir.Y f riua V ai U.T- nnnn. A loir that was bclnir dra treed tiv n ilnnkov nncrina camo in contact with another log", and unexpectedly bounding, structc nr. nooi. Confronted with a serious shortage of drivers duo to many of its employes entering military service, tho Gorst & King Automobile company, operat ing a Jitney Borneo between worm Bend and Marshfield, is contemplating employing young women drivers to rc- placo tho men. State penitentiary ofllclaishave been Informed that Tcrrel Pope, a trusty who escaped from tho Oregon prison last January, is under arrest at Dcs Moines. Ia.. nnd that he will bo prose cutcd there on Beveral burglary charges. Ho is also said to have com mitted robbery 1" Nebraska. nnrcmr Tjirsnn. n vounir man who fnllivi in rrx-liitcr on Juno 5 of last year for mltllary service, was arrestee, bv Sheriff Burns, oi uintaop county, Prldnv mnmlni'. This cano has been rejMrted to tho Federal district attor- noy and tho ucicnuant win oo neia awaiting instructions from mat omcc Cottage Grovo district taxpayers Btronirlv favor tho retention of the manual training; and domestic science and art departments in the schools, Tho vote at tho annual school mooting wns 178 for their retention nnd 62 for tholr elimination. H. J. Shinn was ro-clectcd director and Worth Harvey was re-elected clerk. Greeks, of whom thcro are many on Coos Bay, employed at the mills, in lumber camps and clsowhero, complain about dealers who arc selling flngs and say there is not n Greek flag to bo pur chased in the county. Tho Greeks sav that being one of tho allied na tions, it would bo only proper for tradesmen to place Hags of Orceco on sale. fVuinlv Food Administrator Wells report that moro than 30' tons of Washington county wneai uour navo been turned back by dealers and pri vntA nwnnrft nt tho administration's request. Mnny instancos are reported wnero-inmiiics wiui less man a suck of flour in tho houso havo turned it in. Louis Williams, Thomas Randall and U. S. Filllo, ihterested in the fishing industry near Seattle, wcro in Eugene tllis woekon their way to Florenco for tho nurnoso of making an investiga tion of tho fishing industry near tlio mouth of tho Siuslaw river. Thoy contemplate engaging in sea fishing off tho Oregon const- Physical connection botween tho Oregon Electric and the Southern Pa clfic at somowhero near Jefferson street in Portland is ordered by Re gional Director A ish ton in a letter to tho Public Service commission, aim ilar physical connection also is ordered at Albany. Indians from Warm Springs and Celilo tako tho myriads of brown green and black aphida found sucking tho lifo from plants In gardens adjoin ing tho strawberry fields of Hood Rivor as n forewarning of tho np proach of a sovoro winter. Tho warn ings of tho red men nro having a bet tor offect toward securing an advance ordering of winter fuel than tho offl cinl auvico of tho fuol administration A second order granting a franchise has been granted to the Siuslaw Boom compay covering a part of tho Siuslaw river and streams and tributaries in Lano county. Under tho now ordor Knowlos, Hnusell nnd Sweot creeks which wcro covered by tho first order nro eliminated. Tho order is also amended to provide that the streams covered by tlio franchlso aro navigablo to logs nnd provides that private oper ators along tho streams shall not In terfero with tho rights of tho com pnny. Tlio first ordor provided that tho company should not interfero with tho rights of private owners. Yakima Reservation Committee to De velop 20,000 Acres Arid Land. Yakima, Wash. Tho reservation committee, which pledged the govern ment 20,000 acres under cultivation In 1019 nnd a bushel of wheat for every dollar expended in tho way of reclama tion development, mot here recently to consider plans for fulfilling its pledge. Congress recently appropriated $G00, 000 for immediate use, and the com mittee expects to co-operate with the Federal authorities in planning the development. whilo tlio ultimate decisions must rest with tho department, tho commit-1 tee hopes to have the lands to be im proved designated as soon as possiblo that they may bo cleared of sagebrush this fall and as much done as possible to put them in shape for a maximum crop next year. It is expected ZO.O0O to 25,000 acres of now arid lands will bo brought un dcr production. As the average crop under irrigation is over 35 bushels to the acre, the committee feels that it can easily make good its pledge to the government of producing a bushel of wheat for every dollar of the appropri ation. Water Crisis In Okanogan, Washington, D. C. Because of an unprecedented shorage of water in the Okanogan reclamation project in north ern Washington, the department of the Interior has asked congress for an ap propriation of $125,000 to pump water from a distance. Unless water is ob tained soon, crops and orchards will be ruined and the work of many years' development will be severely retarded, tho department's report said. MAKE GOOD WHEAT PLEDGE I OFFICER IS CAUGHT IN NET UnDTHUOT UADtfFT DFDADT uuniiinLdi maniu.1 iui uni Lieutenant Staley, Arrested, Charged With Graft, Confesses. Washington, D. C Tho trnll of the government's pursuit of illegal profi teers on war contracts Wednesday led to the arrest in New York of Lieuten ant James C. Staley, a rescrvo army officer, on a charge of accepting money from the Trueflt Raincoat company, of New York, for tho contract which he promised to procure. After being arrested, Lieutenant Staley made a complete confession of his r.art in the transaction, department of Justice officials said, and gave much valuable information, which may lead to the detection of other cases of fraud. He will be tried by court martial. Tho arrest was made by agents of the department of Justice, who had followed tho officer during his inspec tion of the plant of the raincoat com pany, whose proprietors acted in co operation with the government to de tect the fraud. The secret agents arrested Staley immediately after he was said to have received a sum of money from Joshua Rosenthal and Louis Wener, proprie tors of the plant It was charged mat he had told them he would expect more money as soon as they got the contracts which they sought for CO, 000 raincoats cost ing nearly $250,000. This was the first arrest of an army officer since the department of Justice started its investigation into the sys tem by which contingent fee agents have made millions by obtaining con tracts for manufacturers who were charged a commission. Other arrests may follow soon, as it is known that a number of contractors in New York and elsewhere are assisting tho gov ernment in running down agents by whom they have been approached. U. S.T0 HAVE ARMY Wheat Bulk basis, Portland for No. 1 grado; Hard wheat Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen Galgulus, Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft white Pnlouse Bluestem, Fortyfoid, White Valley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03 White Club Little Club, Jenkins' Club, White Hybrids, Sonora, $2.01. Red Walla Red Russian, Red Hy brids, Jones Fife, Coppei, $1.98. No, 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c less, Other grains handled by samples. Flour Patents, $10; valley, $9.60; whole wheat, $9.60; graham. $9.20 barley flour, $11 per barrel; rye flour $11(71511. 40 per barrel; corn Hour, $11.60(3.14.60. Millfeed Net millfeed prices, car lots: Bran. $30 per ton; shorts, $32 milddings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley $7475; rolled oats, $69. Hay Buying prices, f. o. b. Port land: Eastern Oregon timothy, -$32 33 per ton; valley timothy, 2728 alfalfa, 5246X24.50; valley grain hay, $24(71.26; clover, $21; straw, $9fll0, Butter Cubes, extra, 41 Jc; prime firsts. 401c; prints, extras, 44c; car tons, lc extra, butter fat, No. 1, 43c nor pound. Eggs Oregon ranch, current re ceipU, 38J(",39c; candled, -lu-iic selects. 42c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 2325c; broilers, 2830c; roosters, $16(0)17c; ducks, gceso and turkeys, nominal. Veal Fancy, 16c per pound. Pork Fancy, 23c per pound. Fruits Strawberries, $2.50(33.50 per crate; cherries, 512c per pound cantaluopes, $1.50 per crate; goose berries. 5fi6c per pound; apricots $2.35(g2.50; watermelons, 44Jc per pound. Vegetables Tomatoes, $2.252.50 per crate; cabbage, 28(33 Jc pound lottuce, $2.503 per crate; cucumbers, $1.252 per dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3 per crate; peppers, 2535c per nound: rhubarb, 4c per pound; aspara gus, $2.50 per crate; spinach, 66c per pound; peas, 10l2ic per pound beans. 15c per pound. Sack Vegetables Carrots, $2 per sack; turnips, $1.85; parsnips, $1.25 beets. $2.25. Potatoes Oregon Burbahks, $1 1.50 per hundred. Onions Yellow, $1.75 per crate crystal, $22.25; red, $1.75 per sack Cattle Juno 20, 1918. Primo steers $12.0013.00 Good to choice steers. . . . 11.0012.00 Medium to good steers.. 9.0010.00 Fair to medium steers . . 8.50 9.50 Common to fair steers . . 8.00 9.00 Choice cows nnd heifers. 9.0010.00 Com. to good cows andhf 7.60 8.00 Connors , 3.00 4.50 Bulls..... 6.00 8.00 Calves 8.0011.00 Stockers and feeders. M. 7.00 9.00 Hogs Primo mixed $16.6016.75 Medium mixed 16.4516.60 Rough heavies 16.6015.75 Pigs 16.5015.75 Bulk.,- 16.60 Sheep Primo spring lambs $14.0014.50 Honvy lambs 13.5014.60 Yearlings 8.00 8.00 Wothors 7.50 8.00 Ewos 5.00 7.50 OF 4,000,000 SOON Expansion Planned to Meet New Needs and Draft Decisions Are Upset Age Extension Necessary. Washington, D. C. The present schedule of the War department is said to contemplate the arming of 4,- 000,000 men by next January 1. That would mean the calling of 1,000,000 men betwen July and January, and the absorbing not only of the men remain ing in class 1 from the first registra tion, but of those placed in that class under the recent registration, as well as some 200,000 expected to be put in that class as the result of the reclassi fication recently ordered. Should congress decide that it is necessary at this time to extend the draft age limits below 21 or above 30, or both, no opposition will be offered by tho War department In authorizing this statement Sec retary Baker said the department could see no immediate need for such action, although the date already is in sight when it will become necessary to re plenish the class 1 reservoir. A bill by Senator France, of Mary land,, to extend the draft to men from 18 to 45 is now before the senate mili tary committee, and at a hearing on it last Saturday, Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder gave it as his opinion that extension of the draft ages would be necessary. All previous estimates of the depart ment relating to man power have been based solely upon the men in class 1. General Crowder stated specifically in his report on the first draft that it would be the policy of his department to refrain from touching the other classes. The preseht emergency, however, with its resultant demands for tbe speedy organization of forces far in excess of the number contemplated, havo upset theso decisions. Officials hero have always declared that tho difference between members of class 1 and class 2, from the view point of eligibility for service, was too minute to be seriously considered. Honolulu Troops Shiver. Camp Lewis, Tacoma First infan try troops who recently arrived at Murray, near here, from Honolulu, ore getting their first real night's rest in six years. Though the temperature in the day is approximately the same as in Hawaii, the men soon found that they were not equipped for Washington nights, nnd tho Red Cross was called on for a supply of quilts and sweaters. About 1280 quilts were supplied tho soldiers from the tropics. Hindenburg in Hospital. Geneva Tho Tribune says it learns from a reliable source that Field Mar shal von Hindenburg ia suffering from an acute nervous disease; thnt his mental capacity is much affected, and that he is confined in a private sani tarium. Tho paper adds that Hinden burg took no responsible part in tho recent offensive on tho western front, the work being dono chiefly by General Ludendopff.