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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1919)
MICKIE SAYS f HELP I Qtf 'folS VAER.E SACK OPPEN NB BGPOUQ 1 THE NGX.T SUy NWO WANft TO TRAOG POTATOeO,E& AWTHiN' EL5fe on VMS aoo3cnPToN to ootN' io OIT OEANGD VMtH THE. tuutinoe Yoa, MicKio Is just recovering from tho flu. Hence the grouch. OOOO OOOOOOOOOO OOOOMHj LOCALS f soooooooooMoooooooo" J. N. Carrol! and children are again located at Sparta. Brick codfiah iB wholesome; buy It at Saunders Bro's. -ad Pago Jeffords has been muster ed oiit of service and is visiting with relatives in California. William Uabcock, an bid timer in these parts, became mentally deranged last week and was taken to Baker. "Six Shooter Bill" Wright had one of. his legs brbken last week when trying to milk n cow at the 12. N. Shoemaker ranch. , New Ginghams'ln stripes; sol ids and plaids; alsoG.W. zephyrs voily, poplins and cambrics. ad E. & W. Chandler. Mr. Beck, an old prospector who has been in tho Lookout sec lion for tho past several years but who was spending tho winter at Now Bridge, was taken to Baker Sunday. The house on the Carson Gover ranch near tho lower Eagle Greek bridge, occupied by Mr. ijnrrls and family, was destroyed by fi"e Thursday afternoon. Pvt. Theodore E. Ilolcomb, 71st P. A. Medical Dept., Camp Knox, Slithton, Ky., writes that on Now Year's morning he was ono of 80 nien sent to Detroit to drive back a lot of 3 1-2 ton Federal trucks. He oxpocts to be mustered out by the middle of February. J oo iWilliamson of LaGrande was a rocont visitor in Kichland. He had boon serving as flight in structor in tho balloon division and had just been mustered out of service. Mr. Williamson in formed us that during his time In service ho hud travelled a total of 25,000 miles but had not been outside tho boundaries of tho U. S. A. , Friends of tho News who have Occasion to publish . legal adver tisements In settlement of estates or other probata matters or in cases in tho district court will do this paper u favor by directing their attorney or tho county of ficial having such matters in (diargo to havo such publication rriiido in Tho Eaglo Valley News. r A YOUNG WIFE PASSES Bcumor May, wife of Francis .1, Gibbon, died at her home near Richland at 5:45 p. m., Saturday, January 18, of pneumonia follow? ing Spanish influenza, arid was j buried in the Eaglo Valley ceme tery on Tuesday. Aged 25 years, JJ month and 17 days. Beamor May Hearn was born near Chadron, Nebr., on Oct. 1, 1893. When about ton years of ago she came with her mother to Mountain Home, Idaho, where they resided for a time; later going to Corral, Idaho, where her mother located on a homestead, In October, 1913, they removed to Halfway where she attended P. V. H. S. and also joined the Christian church of that place, returning to Corral the following June. She also took two more years in high school work at Sol dier, Idaho, where thru the labors of Elder B. M. Gandy she united with tho Seventh Day Adventist church of which she had since been a faithful member and worker. In November, '97, with hn' mother and sifater she re turned to Halfway, residing there until June 23, 1918, when she was united in murriago with Francis J. Gibbon und since re sided in Eagle Valley Sho was a faithful wifo and dutiful daughter, und being of u lovable und exemplary disposition she soon won and held the lovo and respect of all who knew her, and her death will leav e u vacancy which will be keenly felt by her many friends as well as in her homo. Besides thdhusband, there arc loft to mourn her demise, the mother, Mrs. Maria Hearn of Halfway; two brothers, James A. Hoarn of Corral, Ida., and Marvin Hearn of Halfway; two sisters, Mrs. George Briton of Fairfield, Ida., and Miss Eva Hearn of Half way; a number of more distant relatives and a host of friends. A few bargain shoes left at Saundeis Bro's. ad A fine baby girl arrived at tho homo df Mr. dnd Mrs. George Graven on Friday, Jan. 17th. Two good work mares, coming four-year-olds, for salo or will trade for cattle or sheep. adO-lO Dan Stanciu. STRAYED Red yearling heif er no ear mark or brand. Suit able reward for information lead ing to its return. Sam Brown, Richland, Ore. adllpd Notice. Willio Wright has been moved to the home of Lawrence and Bertha Evans where lie will receive-tho bent of caro by them, and I also wish to thank Mrs. Owens for her kindness to him, also Messrs. Owens, Wm. Wilson Jode Taylor and Lawrence Evans for moving him. Mrs. Minnie Wright. STRAYED-One long two-yotir pld part Jersey steer, black, white face, swallow fork in each ear, branded flF on left hip, tho E and F combined, .E is backward. Notify mo at Half-way Oregon. Will pay for trouble; ad9-p W. Weatherspoon ... Canvas: gloves for. boys and men at Saunders Bro's. ad Und Many Close Calls. Prlvolo First Class Kenneth A. IMcCormlck, Motor Truck Co. No. M10, Motor Supply Train 411, ! American E. P., Frame, writes us as follows i "We had some-awful stiff fight ing for awhile. We faced big guns and little guns, with shells coming ut us bv the million, and I am going to say that when the shells arc exploding all around you and men uro falling near you every once in a while, it makes one think of all the mean things ho has ever done, but most of all about tho dear one's back home for you don't know, what minute you might get yours. But at that pretty near all the boya wore u smile all the time. When the boche would put over a heavy barrage, and believo me they sure did yutovr some heavy ones, the boys would grit their teeth and say they'd make the Germans sorry of their bargain. My company was sure lucky uily three wounded, and they were gassed. Believe me a gas mask was our best friend at the front, und when tho gas was so thick it lookod like a fog a person was proud of his mask. I understand the government will give us our gas masks und helmets to keep as souvenirs. I am sure glad I can keep mine for I can only imagine how man timca they saved my life. I hate to think, though, that I did not get to ride into Berlin on my big five-ton Mack. Have been in France only five months but have seen some of the mo3t terrible sights ahd hiy some awful close calls, but an just a3 strong and healthy as 1 ever wos. Give my regards tt ull and say I hopo to ' be home before Eistcr." !! . 4 -h't- 4- 4 A GERMAN HOPE .DISPROVED AND . A GERMAN FEAR CONFIRMED A statement nindo by a promt- ncnt Dcrnmn ofllclnl soon after tills country wiu declared In n state of war with Ourmnny shown thnt. oven lit tho enemy country clear thlnklnR students lld not undervuluo the strength of tho Atuerlcun republic. Only In his confidence that wo could not land In kurono sufllclent troops to nffect tho final decision was this German mistaken. "I do not fear tho American soldiers," ho told a high olllclnl of our government, "becauso they cunnot arrlvo In time. What I fear Is the Intelligence and do- votlon of bno hundred million S orlKlnnl minds and people trnln- ed to n faith In Individual Inltla- tlvo. Tho day that thoso poo- pie, now so materialistic In out- ward appenrnuee, are stirred spiritually, that day Is tho day of Oeimany's doom," : : IIHttHHtHttHHtWtmmttWMWWW I i Who scares I in the struggle Will share nthe triumph 75 vnmmmmammmmmmi. Get the 6onuinol-fj'r and Avoid -SSETfiCwSJy Wffiinri Every Coka HtmMMMtWiMttMMlMWMMMiHM. ril5 uoL don't SOME aUSINESS- MEN TAKE A TUMBLE TO THEMSELV.es? ?a 8xfcMMH9 McDowell Bros. & St. John APIARY- Bee Keepers Supplies of all kinds t Hives, Supers, Cards, Foundation, etc. All orders fdled promptly and satisfaction guaranteed Write, phone or call for prices. C. C. St. John, Manager, - Richland, Oregon NATION DEPENDS UPON HOME Great Truth Revealed by the War Is Not Likely to Be Forgotten When It Ends; "If tho health of tho people had been looked after properly, Britain would havo a million more fiRhtlnf; men at tfio front. Yoti cannot have an A-l nation with n Q-3 populaUon," declared Premier Lloyd George In n recent speech at Manchester". Here In America tho saulo thought was forced upon us by the disclosures of physical unfitness In the selective draft, and the comment wns made that tho military loss thus represented wns Just as much a loss to tho nation Industrially and economically. Tho ltrltlsh statesman proposes to do more than talk about it. lie says tho abolition of the evil social condi tions of pre-war days will bo the greatest problem after the coming of peace, ijo uses n slmllo that will ap peal to Pittsburgh: "With our ma chinery we tako tho greatest care. Tho way wo look after it If tho steel Is de fective through badly-ventilated or Ill constructed furnaces or Insufficient fuel I Tho Huallty of tho steel In the national fabric depends upon tho home. If It Is unhealthy, 111-etp.ilpped, Ill-managed, tho quality becomes defective and It cannot bear the strain." To onoblo tho nation to bear tile gi gantic burden of debt tho war will im poso on it and tho still greater burden of recuperation and reconstruction, Lloyd teorgo .warns tho nntlonol re sourced must bo developed to tho full. Klrst among theso Is tho liumnu factor. Just ns today ovoryona of us was ex pected to do his or her part toward tho winning of tho war, when tho seuso of common peril brought to each and nil tho sense of Interdependence, Lloyd Georgo insists thnt In tho years to come wo must carry the snmo spirit Into the everyday Hfo of the nation. Wo must .concern ourselves With tho caro o( our fellow citizens, tho steel In,tljo national machlno upon which wo all depend. Wo cannot after tho war withdraw ourselves Into our pre-war selfish Isolation. Wo must .constantly keep before Us and act upon tho same enlightened spirit of comradeship wo N0,S1R! I DON'T BELIEVE ADVER TISING! aaMeft cxn'cl today from every feUon citizen. 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