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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1919)
W. J. Tg Different Store Spring". Millinery Opening". Friday and Saturday March 21st and 22nd We will have on display for your inspection and approval all of the Latest Creations m from the Best Designers of America The Public Cordially Invited COMMENDS AID , REKiERED AIM iPost Exchsnges Oversees Are Taken Over by the Mili tary Authorities Asserting that tho valuable aid ren dered by the war service of tlie Y. M. C. A. had beeu a large factor in the final great acvowplisbraents of the American aimj, G.-neral Pershing, In a communication to K. C. Carter, in charge of association operatioas with the American Expeditionary Force i, pays a splendid tribute to the work which this agency accomplished under extreme difficulties and handicaps. "The Y. II. c. A. served the army b t ter than could have been expected," says General Pershing. T At its own request the American Y. V. C. A. has been relieved from tna'n talolng post exchanges with the Ex 'peditionary forces overseas, tho need for such servie-. having been relieved with the signing of the armistice. Cor respondence exchanged botween Gen ml Pershing and E. C. Carter, iu charge of the Y. M. C. A. with the irmy, resulted in this decision. Car eer wrote to General Pershing January 29pi as follows: Dear General Pershing: ' A year and a half ago you re quested the Y. M. c. A. to under take operations for post exchanges for tho' American Expeditionary Forces in order that "offlcors and enlisted men may not bo taken away for that r arposo from their paramount military functions of training and flu!. ting." As soon as houilitles ceased we raised with ou the ouostlon whether time had not como for tho Y. M. C. A. to be i-ellovod of the operation of j osi exchanges in tIow of tho fan that there was no longer the same pressing demand on man power of tho army for training and fighting. When wo first raised the ouostion with you it did not appear to you that It was feasible In the best Interests of maximum service to tho army that , fi change be made. Now the situ ation Is mntei fully altered, I Recent geuerul orders from main AeadquarterH and reuueMs from iptnmandlng officers have laid on tn Y. M. OA. Increased rosponsl- jfiooiefin and Ket a freo pack age of garden Heed, Chandler bllitle-s in promo'.IiiK educational, atliktic and euti r:nnnieui nctlvl ties in the Amtr.juii Kx peditionary Force. This is placing a rapidly Increasing burden upon our per sonnel. The army is also now pre paring for the delivery of all sup plies for post exchanges which heretofore have been Imported,, manufactured and delivered by the Y, M. C. A. In view of the changed situation I wish to know whether you do not think it would be possible for tho army nt a very early date to as sume full responsibility for the maintenance of post exchanges throughout the American Expedi tionary Force? Very cordially yours, (Signed) IS. C. CARTER. General Pershing Immediately acted upon the suggestion made by Cartoi and relieved the Y. M. C. A. of Its tnsli of maintaining the post exchanges. Hi said: My Dear Mr. Carter: t have received your letter of January 23th asking whether, In view of present changed situation, It would bo possible for tho army to assume full responsibility for maintenance of post -exchanges throughout American Expedition ary Force. As you correctly state, tho Y. M. C A. undertook the management of post exchanges at my request at a time when it wes of groalest im portance that no available soldier should be taken away from vital military functions of training and fighting. As reasons which Im pelled mo at that time to request you to undertake this work no longer exist, I am glad to approve your suggestion In reaching this conclusion. Consideration has been given to new buidous In connec tion with entertainment, athletic activities and education that you Have assdmrd. f iiilVo accord ingly given d! . . tlons that army units thomsel-.to take over and oporato their oi-.n post exchanges. In making thi.; change permit mo to thank you for the very valuablo sorvlcos and a".!stanco which the Y. M. 6. A. ha : rendered to tho American Expeditionary Force In handling these rxchangee. Handi capped by show.: of tonnage and land tiansporlatlon the Y, M. 0, A. ims, by extra exertion, sorved the urmy better than could have boon expected, and you may be assured that Its aid lias boon n largo fac tor Jn the Una! great accomplish luoiiU of tlio American army, Very cordially yours, (eiiiuod) joiin j, pjsnaiuNa, LL MIL EB IN REAL GRAOSTARK American General Is Only Con stitutod Authority in Luxemburg. LIKE BIT Or FAIRY TALE Yankee DlvUion Living Amid Kaleido scope of International Spies, Revolutionist!:, Conspirators and Beautiful Princesses. By CAPT. ROBERT J. CASEY, In th; Chicago Journal. CJo.swliliit.-. I uvmbtirK. -flenernl IUM Is ptvslib ut of tirnustnrk now. His tllvlttfiut 1 which we hare llnttl , ly become atcu lnvl 1 living timid n I kaleidoscope of International hides, I mysterious men with blnek beurds, ! revnlutlonlots conspirators, counter conspirators mid beautiful princesses. ' All titty long the white highway nro tilled with du-liliig courier. All night long vigilance committees lie awake trying to tlgure out what new plan of government to -dart off the next dn with. It Is cei t:iliily a strange Kltttatlou for a poor, gullclcM lot of infantry and artillery. It Isn't olHrlulty sot down In the rec ords Hint the general Is the last word hereabouts, but no one even the most ardent revolutionary leader falls to admit that his Is the only constituted authority. So long as' he continues to sit In state nt die klrehe the plotters don't get mil' li of u chance to raise a disturbance. The Storm Breaks. The storm bloke In the teapot tin day Battery P. 124th Held artillery, arrived herenfter the long march from tte Mouse. Wo wore Jnt turning across the River AUetJe "hen a purple limousine nil trimmed ulih gold and displaying n brace of .Silver braided admirals hi tho front teat came down the Luxem bourg City highway and frightened the guidon's mule Into hysterics. The bat tery wu colled to attention anil sa lutes were exchanged before It wits realized that the beautiful Marie Ade laide, grand duchess of Luxemburg and royal princess by her own right, hint Just panned. Not knowing anything about local politics wo couldn't guess that something had gone wrong. That night, however, a bulletin was tacked to the door of the schonlhouso annex now doing service as a battery kitchen slating In French and Ger man that Mario Adelaide had abdicated In favor of her sister, Charlotte, and that If the populace would try to keep calm, the government would try to con tlnue doing business nt the old stand. The story of the revolt, when trans lated out of two or three mixed lan guages, Is a Grimm's Fairy Tale sort of thing. The beautiful Adelaide, It wins, had been something of a popu lar Idol In Luxemburg prior to the war. There is a legend connected with her attitude toward the advancing Prus sians that onco was current and cred ited iu all parts of the duchy. Accord- !lng to this story, the grand duchess was shocked when the Germans re fused to respect the neutrality of her country. Luxemburg's nrmy on paper consisted of 250 men and actually mus tered some 70 fittirdy troopers. The minister of war naturally fig ured that he didn't have much of a chance in opposing Germany, so the princess undertook moral suasion. She drove out to tho border and lay down across the road and Uttered the sen tence famous for a tlmo throughout the duchy: "You dare not pass," Duchess Was Misinformed. Hut. alas for tlie proper cllmnx of the story, tho benutlfnl Adelaide hud been misinformed. They did daro to pass. A couide of brawny hussars, picked the princess up, deposited lior along side the loud ami 'executed a netit for ward inarch. That night the Invading generals dlnvll at the princess' palaco I n Col ma r-Vorg. There Is no way of dcformltilng wlmt was the political persuasion of the politilaco during the four years that followbd. Luxombufg suems to have Ijecn favored ut tlio Imnils of tli that Is, so far a Hun bunds over favored anybody hut the Htm, Tlioro was little of tho conscription of food KftiffH and fanning jnalerlals as prac ticed In Ilefglliurnnd Frulef. Llixcin- imrg. wan wmLWl JfA SPMlhLlX which tin) rich folic of dm kaiser's em plro might purchase tho delicacies that wnr regulation had deprived them of at home. However gently the wily Him tuny hayo treated Luxemburg on hi first trip Into France, pro nernmnlun Is nn unpopular vice In this county Just now. Nobody loves ti loser, Uewe the mnu l iluehww, who hud become ennnged to a German noble during the war, ud denly found herself nn object of mm plelon. After a parley with some ctun inlttco another throne was vacant, We don't know how long the Princes Chariot to remained In lariROKxIoit. but sho stepped down, too, and the nffuli of state passed Into the hands of the revolutionists. Thl country Is a plwo of, a fnlrjr tale. It Is called, truthfully enwah. "I.ltfltf Swltserland." and U pentvful. well kept, clean and simple. Fat fowl and fat hublo play nbftit the cobbled thxr yards. , It's uhnont Impossible to Imagine inch u country after linvlng neon con detuned to the battered villages of the front for six months as we were. ARMY SURGEONS EBBIU) YANKS v km mmn VVcat's Crippled Heroes Being Fitted to Make Their Own Way. Reconstruction no, that's too pro a!c. Regoiii i atlon U the only word (lint can desnlbe the remarkable work of lebiiildfiiK the wounded In the mill tnry hoepltnlH. One feels, after a tour of one or thes' hospitals, that ho Imi been permitted n visit to a divine workshop wImto men are fashioned In parts, put toRcMicr. and taught to fuuc tIou Ood made Adam of duet, but these modern scientific surgeons umke their men of wood and lion, gold ami silver, bone and clny. Thut Is the physical. Of the mental and spiritual thai which Is Intangible well, only this these surgeons blow Into their mon of wood nnd Iron, gold and silver, bono mid clny. a spirit. And having blown Into their product this spirit, (hey feed the spirit. Then months later from this hoHpital walks a man who was a lnaidilnlsi before his legs were blown off at Chateau Thierry. Now he Is n draughtsman on his way to n Job, con fldent, hnpTiy, Independent. He Is walk lug on tigs of Iron and wood. You would have to see him lake them off beforo joii would believe It. He walks so well. YeUhls legs are no newer than his spirit or his ability as a draughts man. Nor Is his spirit or ability less linn than those new logs of wood and Iron. The Cost. There are 1200 wnr wounded nnd sick In I.etterm.m General Hospital Iu the Presidio nt Snn FrnnMsro Most of these men from the Argonno, Ilelleau Wood, Kt Mlhlol, Chntenu Thierry, are being remade bodily and spiritually Of the two phases of their regeneration, the spiritual Is pcrhnps the more dlf (limit For when n man Is mangled of his legs, or hls'itrms, or his eyes, he If apt to lose more than those physical as sets He loses Ills economic value nnd with It his confidence and his sclf-ro spect. For proof of that we have the legless, the armless, the blind begging on our street cortiors. Thoy have lost their spirit. Of course, this dlvlno workshop of tho military surgeons Is an expensive regenerator. It takes thousands of dollars encli month to carry nn tho work In Lcttermnn Hospital alone, nnd Letterman Is only nan of many such hospltnls, all df thorn run Hy the gov eminent. Ho next April whon the Victory Lib orty Lonn comos nknocklng at your door, romembor Hint a big patt of the money you lend Is lo be used to koep running the machinery of these divine workshops whoro mon who were man gled for lovo of Amorlc.i nro being ro inudo. Notice to Creditors. All persons knowing tliein- splvos iiulobleiJ to the! ulidur- HiKned must make iinmodiatoHot- il i iUt... 1... M Liuiiiuiitvuiiiiur uy (vjiii ur num. !...'. . t.lf.l ...I.. uuniuy liiniBuii. uuv Jiolp out a. Kood cauBo renew your subscription, Want Column Atlvurtisi'ineiilH iuhIoi' IliiH liemi lire printed for five cent 8 per 1'r.a each insertion, WANTBD-A reliable pt.rly to tiiuu tlio Ax-Miey i'or HU" CJrnilc Automobile Tire and Tube, on tt liberal percentnire bmti. A uood opportunity fur a live mtyi. Al drosa Tri StHle Tire Co.. 72 tUh St.. Portland, Oretron. CORN-5000 lbs. ludiHi corn for sale. Inquire of ICd AtiKuatu. HAOON-- Homo cured, 260 h. bit 38c to-lOc. IatUhua Cliundk-r. i'EUCMEItON STALLION for salebiHck, ftve-yewr-old, will bj Ijricetl chenp. Confa and md him tit, I. It. Lee ranch in Dry Gulch. II. A. Jacobs, owner. dlfl-7p WILL THA 1)15 a jfood M-inch John Deere walking plow for a puihII fpu'den plow 12 inch o, Hinnller. .1. K. Lee. LOST Urcastpin, lint miKKet. Return to News ollltc or to Mis. M. II. Mulvahill. Now Bridge. -ad Dairy Cattle Having fiolil my ranch I Oder a number of thor oughbred HolHtein cows and one bull for ."ale. Also one Do Laval cream separator No. lfi. J. C. Rowen, Now HrldgO. - ad Lost A motley faced red year ling stoer branded spring cn'ipers tin left hi'. 1 or reward see ( ) or address. Mrs. Winnie My rue, Richland. Ore. --adlt-lH Order that lire from Halfway Garage at once and save five per cent war tax. Milage .guaran teed, adv For Sale Cheap 0-yr-old geld ing, also 2-yr-old horse colt, both f'trcherons.' J. W. Patterson. -ad Lost - Ret ween Rieh'nnd arid Halfway, an overcoat. Finder please notify this office. Suitable Reward. Agency for International Tail oring Co., puita to order. Saun ders Rro's. ad i'OUND-liraided Hair Hat Rand. Owner may have same by calling at Newa office and paying for this notice. Alfalfa SeedTorSale. I have about 150 lbs, for sale at a bar gain. It is not clean seed but the price will bo right. Also fwo sewing machines. G. W. Martin, Richland, Ore.- ad Taken Up Stray horse, black, no brand, white spot in forebear ; il-yr-old, wt about 1U00; also steel gray marc, branded J on left shoulder; 2-yr-ol wt about (500. Taken up February Kith. Owner1 or owners may have same by pay ing for feed bill and advertise ment. John C. Wellingham, Sparta, Ore. at!2t Stray horse has boon in my field more than eight woeks. Ray with black mane and tail, white spot in forehead, vveiKht about 200; arclind three yearn old. branded J on the left shoulder. Owner may have same by paying eetl lull and lor advertising. W. Martin, Ndw Ri'idtfad M A M M OTI f J. A 0 Is , "Rroad- way," will aland the season of S)li) at our ranch 12 miles west of Richland, Fee reasonable. I. H. it II. A. Jacobs. - ndlsJp W. A. Sisson and stepson, Rob ert Hibler, of Five Mile, havo pur chased a team; one animal frqm George Pritcliard and tlio other from TIioh, Jeffords.