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EAGLE VALLEY NEW
VOLUME l, NO 37
RICHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR
MUTUAL CREAMERY CO.
JIUYHItS OF"
Cream, Milk and Eggs
R. M. Kjrk, Resident Manager
RICHLAND ... OREGON
,W. H. STRAYER
Attorney at Law
Fourth Floor Sommers Building
Baker, Oregon
Irvine Lodge No. 86
Knights of Pythia&
Meet ovcry Wednesday nllit nt thulr
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HrotlitTH iimilo woh'oinu.
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W. I. HAI.KV, K.of n.&a.
W. E. BAIRD
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
LICENSED EMBALMER
CaikeU ami Shroud of All "ilic
Alj In (Stock
HIOHLANI), r- OREGON
Phono: Two rhorta, Onu lon
W. R. USHER
Notary Public
Conveyancer
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FREDERICK R, WILSON
Physician and Surgeon
Richland, :-: Oregon
Night 'phono, one long ring on
all lines.
Day 'phono call central office.
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fcakcr's Popular Hotel
NEW MODERN CLEAN
Un'ler Direct Supervision
of 'The Ownor
POPULAR PRICES
Special Itatoa to l'cnnahont Guusta
NILSON TRACTORS.
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prlco.
Light weight Strong pull Bupcrlor
qualltyi
Automatic Traction by "pull" Inatond
of doud weight. . . . ...
Stands up to hard sorvlc with mini
mum oxlioiuo, . ,
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Junior. 18-sri It. P.
Sea our local agent, or tend for catalog.
NII.S'OK TRACTOH SALISS COMPANY,
Boat Morrlton unci JCait Third Bti,
Portland, pregon. ,
Mrs. Ruth Stafghtof Dnkerro.
contly received tho letter below
from her son Sergeant M. Eylar'
Stalght, who is in tho 18th Co.,
6th Rent., U. S. Marino Corps,
and who has been in Franco for
soveral montliB. Lieut. Fraser,
who censored tho letter, inclosed
tho following message: "I led
your son 'over the top' twice and
found him an American worthy
of our highest traditions. I have
recommended him for his hero
ism." The letter reads;
June 17th.
Dear Mother: I took my shoes
and legging off iast night for the
first time sinco May 20th, and I
alsp ato my flrat warm meal dur
ing tho same time. I came
through without a scratch and
would not take a million dollars
for my experience; on the other
hand, I would not go through it
again for anything. The papers
probably tell all about it, but I
don'c suppose tho Marines will be
mentioned; the Army generally
gets the credit. But we'll get
what's coming to us some day.
I have a dandy collection of Ger
man souvenirs, tut suppose I will
have to throw them aWay, as I
can't carry them with me very
far. I took them from German
soldiers myself and sure would
like to keep .theni; ' '
On all their belts the Germans
wear big brass buckles with
crowns engraved on them and the
words 'Gott Mit Una' qr 'pod Is
With Us.' They are well equip
ped but will fight only while they
have the best of it; when wo get
up close to them, they quit and
shout 'Comrad,' but they don't
figure that wo have advanced
through their machine gun fire to
get to them.
One machine gunner, xa young
follow, showed us a bottle o
opium and told us that they made
him ubo it to give him nerve to
stick with his gun. We have
found lots of it in their dugouts
ba-'k of the firing ljne.
Some of our prisoners wo put
to work carrying ammunition and
picking up our wounded. They
were sure glad to do it and seem
ed tickled to death to be captured.
I am now quartered in a French
village, billeted in a dandy French
house, have a fine bed, and wo do
some cooking over a fire place.
We are having a good rest and
Cleaning up.
Some of us have been recom
mended for a 'Croix do guerre.
I merely mention this becnusoyou
and father both spoke in' your
letters of me doing my duty, and
I want you to know that I have
donemybest."
Notice, Owing to tho high
price of buttoffat and feed, on
August ist I Will raise tho price
on milk to 10c a quart and 30c a
gallon. Carl d. Mason. ---ad
"Kfanks Lather Kreem''-re-places
soap and brush fof shav-ing-r50c
at Rhiht&nd Drug Store,
ON THE ITER
Leo Chamberlan, another of
our boys- in tho Marir.e Corps,
in a letter written "At Sea" and
dated Juno 8, among other things
says:
"I have becri in service a year
now and that was about as lopg
as I expected tho war to last when
1 enlisted, but it lootys pow like
we were just getting a good start
in the game. Six, months of my
first year has been aboard ship
and you can take it, from me I
would rather be a landlubber any
old time than a sailor, for we see
too much water to suit mo. We
have traveled something over
12,000 miles sinco leaving San
Diego. Of course we have seen
several foreign ports, but they
all Iook alike to mo now and there
is but one more port that I want
to see and that is in the U. S. A.
After we left San Diego we
went to Central America where
we made a couple pf stops, one
of them was for 10 days, during
which time we were not allowed
to go ashore and saw nobody ex
cept a few natives who came out
in their little sail boats to sell us
oranges and bananas, Then we
went to Panama where the peopfe
arc mostly niggersand live just
about like a bunch tof pigs, so it
didn't take me long to see all of
Panama I wanted to. .We stayed
there but a couple of days and on
February 6th went through the
canal and stopped at Colon on the
Atlantic side where we coaled
ship and on the eighth of Febru
ary put out to sea again, The
second day out we hit some rough
water which made a third of the
crew seasick 4and about all us
landlubbers did for the next three
days was to hang our heads over
the life line amd feed the fishes.
On the 18th of February we
crossed the equator and it was so
hot there that I thought I was
getting pretty close to the bad
place, but since then we have
seen some cold weather. I can't
tell you the other places we have
been now, for we are not allowed
to mention any place we have
been later than three months ago.
It is getting about time forsup
per, so I will have to quit and set
the tables and feed these hungry
Marines, for I am a mess cook
now. My partner and I have 26
men to wait tables for and wash
dishes after, 'and that is all wo
do except our regular gun tirill.
We are making 18 knot3 an
hour now and the old ship shakes
like a freight train."
To Be Called in August.
One hundred and eleven young
men of Baker county who regis
tered last month for tho draft,
will bo called for service next
month. Those from Eaglo Valley
are Alfred Bluhm, Paul Wagner,
Harry Mason, Russe'l Mitchell,
Donald Sullivan, Julius Frahm
and Mark Blue.
Mrs.. Price's Canning Com
pound for Bale at Richland Drug
3tordiad
Somewhere in England.
June 18, 1918.
Dear Folks: Am making if all
right; it isn't a pleasure trip and
could be worse'. It rai'ps nearly
every day here so they don't have
to irrigate this land at all. The
crops'don't look like the crops at
home; the soil isn't so gpod either.
They have some nice horses here
in England. The people's ways
are very different from .ours.
We are tvith a lot pf English
soldiers jn this camp, learning to
repair air-Ships of the English
type and to keep them in flying
condition for the training flyers
on the field. Will be here some
time I think.
I wish you would go after
Thorp about tho .paper and tell
him to send it if hp is going to,
for I have received only a few
copies.
Pvt. George L. Trickel,
349 Aero Squadron,
A. E. F. via New York,
England.
. Note The News has been sent
every week; the trouble must be
in the mail service. Thorp.
Sparta Land To Be Irrigated
A mass meeting of the ' resi
dents of the Sparta district was
held at the Sparta school housja
on Tuesday evening, to perfect
plans for an irrigation project.
Mr. Powers, of the State Water
Board, and Cpunty Agenp Tweed
went over the ground Tuesday
and attended the meeting.
It is propose ! to enlarge the
Sparta Ditch so as to carry the
spring freshet water of Main
Eagle, which will be sufficient to
irrigate several hundred acres of
land until the middle of June at
least, thus insuring a grain crop.
Fully 90 per cent of the land
owners and homesteaders who
will be able to secure the water
have signed up and' the scheme
is bound to go through.
25,000 Women Wanted
Because the nation's reserve
has been depleted by the calling
of thousands of graduate nurses
for service in military and naval
hospitals, it is absolutely necess
ary to call 25,000 student nurses
for training in American hos
pitals. The call is for women between
the ages of 19 and 35, of good
education and sound health. The
enrollment will begin July 29th.
Registrants will be called to en
ter schools for two to three years
training. Student gets her board
and lodging, tuition fee and a
small enumeration to cover the
co3t of books and uniforms; after
graduation she has an earning
capacity ot irom ijsiuu to $uu per
month and board.
We are in receipt of some large
ripe tomatoes from the M. D.
Simonis ranch at New Bridge.
We believe these to be the first
ripe tomatoes of the season in
Eagle' Valley ',. ,.
MICKIE SAYS-
ip peoPLe'o JfcST stop
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THftr THEiT) AtSK THE
grocer, pep, a pjiee
t SACK OF PLOUP.
What You Want
For Sale or Trade, For Rent;
Wanted to Buy, Etc.
PASTURE Blue grass and al
falfa, running water, Will take
a limited number of stock at $2.50
per head per month. Call bh or
phone J. R. Lee, Richland. ad ,
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Everything; in the line of .shelf,
ana uilaer'TiardwareJthatMy6ir T
may need you will find; in" our " '
stock, also a fpll line of roofing.-
ad E. & W. Chandlers f
Buy Mrs. Price's Canning Com
pound at Richland Drug Store. -ad
Buy your pitchforks, machine
oil and other supplies at Raley's.
Fancy silk waists for ladies,
also neat gingham dresses .'for .
kiddies from 2 to 8 years old, just -received
at Saunders Bro's. rad
For Sale 1 sow with six pigs;
two weaned pigs, wt. about 40
pounds each; also two good Dur- .
ham milch cows just fresh. .
John W. Patterson.
WEANED PIGS FOR SALE,
good stock and thrifty. Inquire
of Mrs. M. J. Simonis 35t3 '
For Rent or Sale Furnished
hotel now open and doing good
business, Call on or write Mrs,
Elsie Barber, Richland. ad
,
Span Sorrel Mares, 4 and 5yrS
old, weight better than 1300 lbs,
well broke, each has colt by side,
will be priced right for imme
diate sale. - Call on W. W. Mc
Craw at Chas. HarvilPs.
LOST-25-35 Winchester rifle
near Sparta reservoir. Suitable
reward paid if rifle is delivered
at News office. . J
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An I. O. O. F. pin was found
at New Bridge after the W. S. S.
meetitiR, Sunday, June 23, 'and
was left at this office, - '
If its shingles, sash, doors, or
blinds, you need see Eidson.
For Rent Building suitable or,
bukery, confectionery or restaur
ant. Call on or address" Frank
Clarke, Richlandi ad
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