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I signed, has been ordered back to San and never trust tne w ort o f extin j Francisco. Major Von der Hellen is a ; guishing the lights to children. • * • son o f ex-senator Von der Hellen o f i Don’t lig h t. the tree after it has ; Medford, He and Mrs. Von der Hellen j • were formerly in the Philippines where I stood in a warm room for three or four days. It becomes so dry it will j they were friends o f Mr. and Mrs. Wes- : burn almost as quickly as powder. ! cott then in the service o f the Philip- j • • * • pine government. Don’t trim the tree with cotton to THE AMERICANIZATION CORNER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NATURALIZATION LAWS AND CITIZENSHIP FULLZ ANSWERED IN THIS COLUMN. represent snow. Use an asbestos prep aration which looks like cotton. This Letters from Fred Kerr, written! applies particularly to those who illu November 11, said that he is just out | minate their trees with candles. o f a three day action, with no sleep j • * * for 72 hours. His regiment, the 65 Don’t light the trees with anything Artillery, C. A. C. is among those | but electric bulbs, if possible. Where named for an early return to the states, j it is impossible to use electricity never He has been in some o f the fiercest : leave the Righted tree alone and .never allow children in the room unless a<5- artillery fighting o f the war. companied by a grown-up person. • * No American Citizen need be told in these days that the Americanization of the whole allied-born mass o f residents among us is o f immediate and vital con cern. Hence the Observer, wishing to do its share toward accomplishing it, has made arrangements with the United State Bureau o f Naturalization by which its readers may have questions concerning their individual and citizenship rights answered free o f charge. The subjects covered are naturalization laws, filing declaration o f intention (first papers), petitions for naturalization (second pap ers). Knowledge o f government required o f applicants, places where free pub lic school classes in English and citizenship may be found, the free distribution o f “ The Students Textbooks” to foreigners, and questions of citizenship rights. The Observer wilf'be glad to secure answers to all inquires of every charac ter and invites its readers to ask any questions they wish. Questions should be addressed to the the “ Americanization Column” , Observer, Aurora, Oregon, Such questions will be answered directly by letters by the “ Bureau o f Natural ization” and also in these columns. The person making inquires must sign their name and address as evidence of good faith. * Oregon contributed some hundreds o f Don’t set the tree np near uphol her stalwart sons to Engineer Regi stered furniture. The danger of ments, motor transport companies, hos sparks setting it afire is great. A pital units and other unattached con- piece o f such furniture might smol tingments which were quickly sent to der for hours without being discov France and into activity. Of these ered—probably not until the family units little information is obtainable. has been in bed some time. Announcements affecting them have not been made and relatives may be obliged to await the receipt o f letters j to learn where they are and when they -*m itch! I*Ye got a dollar all my own To spend for Christmas—been & savin' are coming home. some The Bootblack’s Christmas O H looket here! M y, wasn’t Santa good! H e gave me all the presents that he could. That’s ’cause I always kept so neat and clean— O n Sundays dresst just like a fairy Queen. I minded darling Muzzer ev’ry day; W a s careful of m y dresses when at play, A n d held m y Gran’ma’s yam when she did knit, For that’s the way I did m y little b it A nd when m y Dad came home from work each night I tried to please him with m y tiny might; Alw ays brought his pipe and paper, too, So he could smoke and read it thru and thru. Dear Santa Claus, in Toyland, heard ’bout me, ’Cause m y Muzzer said he said, said he, “I’ll just give that sweet and ’bedient chile The very things she’s wanted all the while.” So see this pretty, sparkling Christmas Tree A nd the toys and things he gave to m e; W hen you’re good like m e and try to please Santa Claus will give you toys like these. OUR BOYS WITH THE COLORS WEATHERLY ICE CREAM NYAL AGENCY Since Fourth July, a little at a time, Doin’ odd jobs, swearin* off on gum The 162nd Regiment (formerly the Vn’ now what shall I spend It fer? My stars! Third Oregon) is reported to be still The show case is full an* heapin’ up ’¿Vith presents fer to give the folks you held in as replacement regiment. ' The | like. following is now said to be the general There’s Mamie, now—she’d like a chiny order in which demobilization will be cup; I know she would—poor little sickly thing, accomplished. First, development bat She cried one day because she had to talions; second,conscientious objectors; drink :i third. Spruce production Division; Out o’ that mug that’s cracked like any thing. fourth, central ^training schools; fifth. Yes, I’ll buy that for her. Now, le’me United States Guards; sixth, railway think— twenty cents, an* I ’U have eighty troops; seventh,depot brigades; eighth, That’s left. replacement camps; ninth, combat An* Billy’s crazy for a top to spin; 'H get him one—that’s ten cents more— troops. now what. 1 wonder, shall I buy fer Jim? t rrness he’d like a jacknife best o f all— Chester Giesy, Base Hospital 46, A 5*11 get one, an’ a good mouth organ ; too. E. F. writes under Nov. 24:— “ This is i • 's m y pard—he’s got a crippled FOR THAT COUGH AND COLD USE TROY COUGH TABLETS AURORA DRUG STORE Aurora, Oregon ‘ Dad’s Letter Day’ over here, so I w ill1 drunken dad that beats him black write a few lines.” And then he pro - 1 | .blue. ceeds to write a 125-line letter o f which ve. got forty left, and mother Now, the following are parts: wants . '»as—a thimble—her’n is “ We sailed from Hoboken July 10 on I I know she di old the steamer Manchuria, “ an American] An* full o’ hole« and bent all out slin pe. boat,” and landed at Brest on the 21 st. 7 ■?.i • -‘i I could get one o f solid gold! The boat carried 5000 soldiers which - '-vulchi’ t be half good enough. ; made it pretty crowded. We bad a , fine trip with three rather stormy d ays.: - ’ il if ’twas edged with diamond*; a’ After a week in a camp 5 miles from ! mother ever lived—I tell you what. Brest, we took freight cars (about a ! ' "•'<>’ ain’t many kids so lucky’s niff.' I*:- bound! third smaller than ours), and traveled *. I’ ve got twenty left—I’ll buy sotr.* two days and a night, 40 men in a car, yum a « ’ candy »* popcorn and some apple* to St. Agnons. This is the place where too. A1 Miller was near. Had l known ¿t. vo* I’ll be 0 > » k Claus and have some * fun then, I could have gone to see him, fo r i A fillin’ stockin’ s Cristmus eve—tell you we stayed there 5 days. Th’ ain’t no picnic in this livin’ world That’s half so jolly as the one there’ll At St. Agnon we got aboard another i* be train and traveled a day and a half §n’d When all the kids oome shiverin’ round got off at a piace named Longes.a good;-. the stove On Crismus mornln*. When they come sized city and waited there 4 hours. to see Half a day more brought us to our prs j Them stuffed out stockin’s h an gin’ on the wall. sent place which is Bazoilies Sur Muese, j Oh. how I’ll holler, "M erry Christmus»*' on the Muese River. The town isn’ t Then very big but we are only three miles How s’prised theyMl be! Yes, Merry Crismus all! from Neufchauteau, a fine place where' —Harriet Francane Crocker In Buffal* we often go. Not far from Neufchau News. teau, is Doremy, the birth place of “ Buy your flour, feed and poultry Jeanned’ Arc. I have been there a supplies of the Hubbard Creamery Co., number o f times. Then up a little closer to the front Hubbard, Oregon.“ are Toul and Nancy, both fine cities, Nancy is called “ Little Paris” , and is some place! I have not been in Paris yet, but am expecting a 7-day leave and News Letters, and Stories of Our Soldiers and Sailors in France, will try to go then. A little further on In the Training Camps, On the High Seas, and Everywhere is St. Mih'iel where one o f the last bat tles was fought, and then comes Ver Gallant American Fighters Are Found. dun. This city was so completely de stroyed that the French had to build an underground city where they have Paul Blaschke wiites his father,from j streets,stores Alvin H, Lorenz, Co.' E., 117lh U. S. and even hospitals. About Engineers, wrote from France, Novem France, that he landed in Scotland | 15 miles from Verdun is Metz. If you ber 12,to his brother. Louii and Luther September 13, making the trip across j get a map o f France you can see pretty near where we are located. When we Lorenz at Needy as follows: “ My Dear on an English ship, on which the food | get our 7-day leave we are • going to Brothers—I have received several let Nice, France, which is . a fine place ters from you since I wrote you last. was poor. English box cars took them j down south, I expect to go with the But you know we have been very busy froih Scotland to an American res.tj Miller twins and want to go to Paris and other fine cities, Hope to see Ai ever since we went on the “ lines” and camp (so-called) in England. The i or, our way. As this is the 24, this let haven’t had much time to write, and freight cars look to him like ■ a string j ter should reach you, dad, just before often when we did have spare time, of Iflmher-wagons. The “ eats” were! Christmas, so I wish you a Merry stationery, and envelopes were lacking. better after arrival in France, A fter j Christmas and a Happy New Year: I suppose great rejoicing is now on in some drill, he was called for service at Pay your Electric light bill at the the stales since ihearmistice is signed, the front but the same day a case of I can imagine about how it is and wish spinal meningetis’ appeared in camp, Aurora State Bank. I was there to get the news as you do. and he was quarantined, and later was ! Nearly all of us wear a happy smile and sick himself but is now oat o f the hos- I ^>■ #1 talk of what we are going to do when pital. V ~ I * » w.‘ get back to the old U, S. A. At < I present we are nortivof Veidun, some The latest report o f the war depart- j thing like 50 kilometers, quartered in a town called Bar-les-Buzancy, b\it dont ment indicates that the 126th Infantry, j Don’t allow children to touch the lighted tree. expect to remain here long. We came co which Carl (Butch) Haman and Willi • ♦ * off the lines near Sedan on the ninth Marsh belong, is a part of the army of Don’t remove presents from the tree occupation. In that case, Butch willj when our Division w as relieved. We while It is lighted. engineers were k^pt busy here during be right at home among former friends ] • * * but present enemies. thi: advance keeping the roads open. Don’t leave anything highly Inflam The Germans (Huns) blew out all mable near the tree. • * * bridges and railroads in • their retreat Fred Armstrong, whose name recent-1 and even placed mines in the roads so ly appeared in the casualty lists, as I Don’t set the tree up haphazardly. Be sure it is securely, fastened so it repairing was rather difficult. wounded arrived in New York, Decern-1 1’erhaps it will take sometime to get ber 12, according to letters received by j will not tip over easily. * * * thing» straightened out so we can come his parents Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Arm Don’t blow a candle out. The flame home, .but no doubt American soldiers strong. might be carried against a dry branch will be coming at a lively rate, once and set fire to the whole tree. everything is satisfactorily settled— *■ a * l ather evpect we shall be some o f the Charles Kerr, on the battle ship A r Don’t fasten any tinsel ornament first, considering, we are the “ Veter- kansas, writes his cousin Miss Louine near any lights on the tree. If one a is” and have done our just part or Kerr, November 26, that the Arkansas should ignite the blaze would spread the “ lines” . We may have our was among the ships drawn up to re all- over the tree. Thanksgiving and Xmas dinner here; ceive the surrender o f the Hun navy * * • but will surely be home for Easter. in the Firth o f Forth, Scotland. He j Don’t forget to fasten the candles There are numerous rumors as to wrote that the Arkansas had sunk one securely to the tree If candles.;are where we are going next. I haven’ t submarine during its war service: used. Also avoid placing them uty any idea so don’ t know which to believe. Twelve men had died from the influen der another branch. * * * Well boys I ’ ll write again soon as I za aboard nis ship. Always have a wet sponge conven find more news. Love and good wishes ient to the tree. A candle often burns all. I am always your brother.—Alvin, Mrs. N. C. Wescott has received let- up too quickly, and the sponge could j tiers from Mrs. George Von der Hellen, be used to extinguish it. • * * Kenneth B. Grimm has resigned from ■j at Corvallis, stating that her husband D o n ’ t l e a v e t h e t r e e u n t i l y o u are the military and has returned from : Major Von d4r Hellen, who was on his Camp Humphries, Virginia, I way t<? France when the armistice was s u r e t h e l i g h t ? a r e a l l e x t i n g u i s h e d . Pay you Electric light bill at the Aurora State Bank. The benefits of our food-savin campaign that was a vital factor ii the winning of the war were not all tf these we fed. We have at home a new appreciation of food that will prevent It ever being wasted again by those that have come to understand the re ligion of saving and the «place that food occupies In our new, world-wide human relations. J. H. Kraus o f Marks Prairie was a i business visitor here. Friday. j& On account o f issuing the Observer a day early this week, many articles and the membership of the Red Cross Auxi liaries have been omitted. They will all appear next week. 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