OUR BOYS WITH THE COLORS
News Letters, and Stories of Our Soldiers and Sailors in France,
In the Training Camps, On the High Seas, and Everywhere
Gallant American Fighters Are Found.
George and Andrew Miller, writing \ Sgt, Ira W. White wrote nis parent!
“ Dads Christmas
L etter’’, from j November 12, “ The war is oyer,so the
„ Bozollle-sur-muese, France, November
, I I sav. , Of course
, , every one feels goo?
¡over here, and I can easily believe tha
24, declare they are glad that Uncle j you bad a great time at home (over: tht
Sam Bet aside a day for the A. E, F. to S good news.) The French certainly fee
write a letter to “ our dear old dad.” I good, and have a lot more to be-thank-
“ As the lid is off the censorship” , th e y ! ^ ^or ^ an we>'
say, “ we are going to write you quite I
a letter. You can easily locate our
Henry Colvin, on the U. S. S, Villa-
town. It is four miles south of j lobas, writes from China a very mter-
Neufchateau. On the map it may ap- e8Ung letter to Glenora White. He
says, in part, writing November10: “ I
pear as “ Hoz” , but its full name is
received your letter and package todej
Bozoilles-sur-meuse.
, and was very glad to get both, Wt
We are in grand health and like th e . dont ijke tbe river because its all jus
county fine, tho it does not compare j alike> We don.t a.avei mUcbi We
with the dear old U. S. A. We have ¡ st;eara along a couple of days, them we
had some wonderful trips the past few ; anchor for a month or SOi But we
weeks. We have visited Nancy, Tóül, j gaüpj-g are over here for a purpose al
Void, Commercy, Sampigny,St. Mihiel,, r¡ght. Some of our boats have dore
Verdun, Domremy. The latter city is j battle With the ehink. (Probably re-
the birth place of Jeanne d’Arc,
fers to scraps with river pirates). 1
We went up to Toul on auto trucks, j wouid like to shoot 80tne of the bip
Toul is 38 kilometers (30 miles) from jgyng> They say it is “ some sensation” .
“ Boz” . It is a very ancient town, anetj.j, bet tbe Huns don>t Hke ths musi
strongly fortified. I t shows much evi- ¡ of our bjg gUns. But I guess this wa<
dance of bombs and air raids. Many j wdj be over before you get this letter,
buildings are completely destroyed,
it lg not aiready. Maybe Ira am
The beautiful Cathedral was a ta rg e t. Victor will get a chance to see Berlir,
f j r the treacherous Huns.
I The marines sure know how to fight.
Nancy is a beautiful city which has i They belong to the, navy ( t h i n k the
suffered terribly from tne very begin- navy is doing its part aJ1 right,”
ning of the conflict. In Deace times \
it has 150,000 people—but much lessj
now. It has street cars and fine hotels. ]' Writing ^Jov. 11, from France, Sgt
It is 45 miles from Bozoilles. We were j Victor White, says i t . was . then cold
there the day after the armistice was; rain and foggy. “ The fog is so heav
signed. The people were happy for the you can see no more than 50 yards
first time in 4 years. Thousands of peo-j Today is the day our FRIENDS the
pie were in the streets,yelling, dancing, Huns are to jump on ®ne side of tht
singing. They were happy because fence or the other. I have a good hunc:
they knew the conflict was over, the as to which way they will jump, so]
Hell in which they had lived for four! don’t suppose there is much chance o
long weary weary years had ended,and going up there (at the front) though 1
Heaven was once more smiling upon; wish there were.”
them. Only these wonderful people ^ He-Writes that he has not receiver
could have endured such an awful four ¡ the Observer for some time, adding
.years. Poor France has bled, but she; “ I surely miss it, too.”
hh3 bled for the freedom of the world, j November 20, he writes, “ Cold biting
Verdun is 75 miles from here. This1 winds and a heavy fog. I am afraid
once large and beautiful has been com- l Camp Mills will not have anything or
pletely wiped out. It is hard to realize ’ this part of the world for a place tc
that any civilized nation could be guilty ¡ spend the winter. We heaf all kinds
of such a crime. The wonderful Cathed- of rumors as to what we are going tc
ral and College Marguerite and their do. Some say we will, be in the states
high towers were used as targets by by February and others say we will be
the Huns. We have some , pictures *of here till next September. It would not
this city in ruins, and of “ No Man’s ! surprise me if the latter were correct,
Lands, ” dug-outs, trenches,barbedwir® j Last Sunday the French celebrated the
entanglements and the undergroundjreganing of Alsace-Lorraine. It was
city of Verdun. Will bring them home ¡ some celebration here. "Two o}d drums
next spring! This underground City is! and two or three battered old horns fot
14 miles long and was built many years | a band. Some músic! One of the
ago, People lived there and had all j Woodhurn fellows here told me about
their big places within the inclosure. [ the death of Nihler” .
Outside the gates of this world-famous
.
city is a huge cemetery in which are'
Mr. Halvorson, a former automobile
buried only the aviators of France and
dealer of Salem, who for a year has
A merica. How many bodies rest there
has been in charge of 1500 motor
is not known, as some were buried un­
trucks for the Y. M. C. A. in France,
der heavy 3hell fire and no record was
has just returned to Salem, He says
kept.
“ On the way ta Paris my last trip ii
We are pretty busy with hospital
I saw the 65th coast artillery, made uf
work helping Uncle Sam take care of|
almost of Oregon men. Those I hap
his patients. Since peace seems as-1
pened to dine with were from Eugene
sured, we are longing for our home and
and Corvallis and other towns along
the good old U. S. A. We hope there the valley. They were between St
will be no luke-warm Americans there
Dizier and Chaumont and were march
when we return. Having done only our
ing to the coast. At the time they e*
duty as American citizens toward our
pected to dine with N
the president or;
good government, we feel and know Christmas, day and sail yesterday, i They
that as far as money is concerned we will probably land in New York about
could have done better in the ship
January 6.”
yards a t Portland.
But what does
money amount to, alter all, compared
to what Americans (and the Allies) have
Mr, and Mrs, Marsh have received
been doing here? It was up to us all to short letter, the first in two months
play oiir .parts in the game- against, the from their son Will Marsh who had
Hun, We have played the game and been in a hospitd two weeks but was
have beaten the Hun at every turn, Wc hoping to gee out in another two weeks
Wuuld-fiot exchange our experiences he» e One of his fellow soldiers wrote recent
the past year for all the money in the Iy that young Marsh had been wounded
world, Kaiserism, dear dad, is dead in October,,hepce it is probable that
forever, for it was a tu rs e to human­ the same wound was the cause of hi
ity. Now ihe war is over, those who hospital “ vacation” .
are left expect to come back 'to the
best country and government on earth
Albert Ehlen came m yesterday from
just as soon as conditions permit. Not Sun Francisco on a 10-day furlough.
all of us can come at once but we hope He is stationed at Mare Island. .
to be among those who come soon.
Uncle Sam has large holdings here— !
great warehouses, hundreds of miles of Fred J, White, who has been visiting
railroads, railway yards, wharves, fac- j his parents on an eight-day pass, left
tories, and everything on an immense j Tuesday night for Camp Lewis. I t it;
scale, so it may be a long time—years— I probable that he may be among those
before ail may return,but keep up your discharged this month or next.
good spirits, dear parents, and every j
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Island Electrical school on a short fur-
sons,—George and Andy.
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Arthur Anderson, of the 45 U. S.
Artillery band, writes from Guitrse,*
France near Bordeau that food is very
dear there—especially fruits^etc. Ban­
anas sell 2 for one franc (20c), eight
small pigs for a franc, and everything
else in proportion. In the- restaurants
there is no sugar. But the American
soldiers are fed well. On Thanksgiving
they had a “ big feed” . He speaks al­
so of the wooden shoes that make the
footsteps of people sound like a herd of
horses on a hard pavement.
Edgar White writes that the “ flu”
has been troublesome again at Kelly
Field and in San Antonio—but is now
under control again in both places,
HOW U P L A N D GOT ITS NAME
“Seen and Heard”
Danish Chronicler of tho Twelfth Cen­ The city of Canby has appealed the
case in which Peter H or nig was award­
tury First Used Term “Lapp!*/*
ed $4780 damages for personal injuries
From Which It la Derived.
received at the city pumping station.
The origin of the term "Lapp” Is ob­ * A rural carrier’s examination will be
scure, according to “Through Lapland
with Skis and Reindeer,” by Frank held January 25, 1919, at Oregon City
Hedges Butler. The Swedish histori­ to fill a vacancy at- this place. Exam­
an, Johannes Magnus, writing In the ination for Marion county. positions
sixteenth century, called the land Lap- have heretofore usually taken place at
pla, following Saxo Grammaticus, the Salem. For further information apply
twelfth century Danish chronicler. to the postmaster at Aurora.
Other writers called it by the Latin-1
Ized name Lapponia.
In the seven-!
teenth century the region was known
In England as Lapland, in Sweden as
Lapmarkia, mark being Swedish for
land; in Denmark and Norway as Lap-J
lend! a or Findmarkia.
-Several ingenious etymologies have- Pay your Electric light bill at the
been suggested, both in ancient an d ; Aurora State Bank.
modern times. Some derive the name
from the Swedish Lapp, rags,“ from
their (ihe Laplanders) coming into Mr., and Mrs. H-.J. Miller were guests
Swedeland every year with rags lapt of Mrs. Miller’s parents at Portland
about them” others from the Swedish Christmas day.
laepa, to run or leap, from their skill
In sliding swiftly over the frozen show
by means of skis.
Business Cards, Statements, Bill-
Sheffer, the Swedish professor heads, Receipts, Notes—everything
whose “Lapponia” (1678) was trans­
lated Into English and published ; In printable, we print.
Oxford in 1674, wrote of the “art they
have by which with crooked pieces of
W. L. White was a business visitor
wood under their feet like a bow they
hunt wild beasts and glide along the in Oregon City Monday.
ground, hot taking up one4 foot'after
another as in common running but ‘cat*
rying themselves steady upon the froz­ Mrs. Henry Boege was among the
en snoW, they move forward, stooping ladies shopping here this week.
a little.” Old historians often called
Lapland “SCridflnnia,” derived from
“skrlda,” which in Danish and Swed­
Rev. L. S. Mochel will preach at the
ish means to slide.
Preshyterian church Sunday at 10 a.m.
¡Timm Sutura
THE AMERICANIZATION CORNER
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NATURALIZATION LAWS
AND CITIZENSHIP FULLZ ANSWERED
IN THIS COLUMN.
No American Citizen need be told in these days that the Americanization of
the whole allied-born mass of residents among us is of immediate and vital con­
cern. Hence the Observer, wishing to do its share toward accomplishing it, has
made arrangements with the United State Bureau of Naturalization by which
its readers may have questions concerning their indiviaual and citizenship rights
answered-free of charge. The subjects covered are naturalization laws, filing
declaration of intention (first papers), petitions for naturalization (second pap­
ers). Knowledge of government required of applicants, places where free pub­
lic school classes in English and citizenship may be found, the free distribution
of “ The Students Textbooks” to foreigners, and questions of citizenship rights.
The Observer will 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 of Natural­
ization” and also in these columns. The person making inquires must sign
their name and address as evidence of good faith.
Hubbard, Oregon, Dec. 26,' 1918— zenshio papers to any enemy alien. No
(To the editor)—I see by the news­ judge will grant citizenship to any per­
papers that all restrictions on ¿German son who used the fact that he is
and Austrian enemy aliens bafe been an alien enemy to escape military ser­
removed by the attorney general of the vice. And all alien enemies applying
United States. Does that mean that ¡for citizenship will be questioned sharp­
enemy-aliens may now be naturalized? ly about their attitude and sympathies
— a J B. C.
during the war. I t Wilt be the part of
Enemy aliens may apply for first wisdom for all alien enemies to post­
papers, or if first papers have 1 already pose alt attempts to secure citizenship
been taken out, they may apply for for a time, until the hard feelings en-
final papers. But the courts will be j gendered by the war have worn off a
very careful about granting fihal citi- bit.
J. J. Sperb was here a few days last
A family re-union took place Christ­
week from Oregon City getting in the mas at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Fred
Yergen about 25“ or 30 people being
last of his crops'herev
present to enjoy the'occasiom
Mrs. Joaquin Miller of Banks spent
Wm. Giesy has been home for a few
Geo. Armstrong is ill with the influ­ Christmas here at, the home; of her
days having injured his hand so that
friend
Miss
Louine
Kerr.
enza
at
the
home
of
his
father,
U.
S.
Methods of Extracting Ore Will Keep
he was unable to do his work as a con­
Pace With Demand That Is Bound Armstrong.
ductor on a Portland street railway car.
to Be Enormous.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Will came up
Mrs. Jos. Graham and daughter Mrs. from Portland to spend Christmas at
That Iron is the very basis of our
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Zimmerman and
industrial civilization will be admitted! Chati, Reger were among the Butteville the home of Mrs. Henrietta Will.
Ralph
Zimmerman of Portland were
people
here
this
week.
by the thoughtful, and many of our
here to spend Christmas with their par­
greatest supplies of iron ore are be­
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sadler and little ents Mr. and Mrs. Chris Zimmerman.
ing rapidly depleted because .of. the
Mrs. James Ogle of Portland was daughter Peggy were the guests of
increased per capita consumption of
iron the world over, an increase which her® this week visiting at the home of Portland friends Christmas day.
The Hubbard District and the White
is destined to be greater in the future Mr/ and Mrs. Ed. Ogle.
District Red'Cross Christmas Roll Call
when the races in Asia and Africa in­
crease their consumption of iron.
Dr. and u'rs. B. F. Giesy and family was answered by 196 persons in those
Mr.and Mrs. J.M, Will gave a Qhrist- were dinner guests Christmas at the districts. Mrs. S. W. Weaver was the
These conditions of Increasing com
sunlption and decreasing reserves have - ma,3 dinner which was a re-union for home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Berg.
district captain.
often In the past, particularly about., ma»y of the Will family.
the beginning of this century, been
used to create a scar®- job the ground
Mr. and Mrs H. L. Bents returned
R. W. Zimmerman,one of the deputy
that our supplies of usable , ore were
Forest and Lotus Giesy were visitors roadrnastera of Clackamas county, was from a two week’s trip to California,
being so rapidly depleted that their làsf iWeèk at the home of their aurit
a business visitor in Oregon City Thurs­ where Mr. Bents went on business.
exhaustion would occur within two or
Mrs'. Moshberger at Wood burn.
They enjoyed the trip greatly and re­
day.
t^.ree generations.
-
turned by steamer.
This Is a preposterous point of view,
asserts Chemical Engineering, because
as we lower the percentage of iron in ”“ eof Brockart, one of the successful
W, E. Frazier and family who form­
the. rock which we call “ore” the quan­ fiarrriers' of the Needy section, was erly lived here are now loeatdd at Es­ . The cold snap of last week caused
tity of such ore increases at a rate out. transacting business here Tuesday. .
tacado, where he is in the stock busi­ the bursting of one of the unprotected
of all proportion to the decrease’ in !
war pipes in the building next to the
ness. -
iron content, and as we use leaner and
Aurora Drug Store’ flooding the build­
leaner ores technical Improvements • yiss Rachel Deetz and Mr. and Mrs.
ing before the water could be turned
will be made which will minimize-any Phil Wiegand.were here Tuesday from
. ' '
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Mr. aniLMrs. Joe Marsh and Child­ off. *
tendency to increased cost- of produc- ! Paradise shopping at the*Aurora stores.
ren were here last week to1 spend
tion. .The same thing has happened
In gold, silver, copper and other ores, {
Christmas at the home of Mr.and Mrs.
J. E. Loveall was brought home
and today copper ores are being work- .
-.Mrs. Julius Zimmerman and sons, of J. R. Marsh.
Thursday evening from the Good
ed with only 1 1-15 per cent of copper j
Albany, made a brief visit here Sunday
Samaritan hospital. He is much better,
in them.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris
but the influenza affected one eye and
Thos, Paige, Grant Plants, Frank Al- one ear, so that he has not fully re­
-Zimmerman.
.Dog of Noble Traits/
bee, C. C. Oldfield and Geo. Oldfield covered.
My dog is a model of morality. He
were among the Meridian people here
neither dissembles, lies, steals nor tips ' Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Pierce of Port- on business the past week.
pies. There is no scintilla of hypoc­ land-were holiday guests at the home
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. S. Bents of
risy in his nature. He is my congenial Mrs. Pierce’s parents Mr. and Mrs.
comrade and confidant, my rollicking
Among those in Aurora Monday were Aurora were registered at the Hotel
romping companion, my never-failing Chas, Becke.
Fred
Bents of Fargo, John Weninger Portland, Oregon, Christmas Day, hav­
chum. He has never betrayed a single
of Macksburg, W. A. Rogers of Union ing arrived from San Francisco Tues-
trust reposed in him, nor has he ever,
J. E. Loveall, who has been in the Hill, a n d 'J . J. Würfel the Barlow dap night on the steamer Jrank D.
for an instant, faltered or wavered In
his loyalty to me. His sincere friend­ Good Samaritan Hospital.for treatment merchant;
Stout.
ship is as reliable and unremitting as of the,after effects of influenza nas
the attraction of gravitation, his loy­ returned home much improved.
alty is as constant as the pois,e of .the
magnetic needle to the pole.
He cannot be coaxed, bribed or .oth­
Born, December 2S, at Oregon City,
WEATHERLY ICE CREAM
NYAL AGENCY
erwise influenced to betray me or to
turn against m e.' 'He is tbe ever-will­ to the wjfe of Private Crowley, -a
ing, alert and obedient servant of my daughter, Mrs, Crowley is the daugh
every beck and nod, He would af any ter.Uf Mr. and Mrs. L. L,Irwin of Bar
FOR THAT COUGH AND COLD
time lay down his life in an -effort to low.
shield mine without asking a like, sac­
USE
rifice on my part. Such are soifle of'
the sterling traits of character evinced
Mr. and Mrs.Chasr Kraxberger were
in the' everyday, life of my devoted,
here
Tuesday from their- home at
trusty friend .and comrade.-“ !“ W.*
Macksburg, Mr. Kraxberger was here
Hodge, M. D., in Dumb Animals.- ..
on bank business, as one of the direct­
ors of the Aurora State Bank.
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Leadvijle’s Interesting Spots.
The table where-Josh Billings wrote
his stories of mining camp life, the
A card party at the home of Mr.and
hotel where Texas Jack died, and the
gambling house where a. millionaire Mrs, Chas. Beck Saturday night was
miner lost his fortune on the roulette j attended by a number of Aurora peo­
Aurora, Oregon
wheel, are some of the places the pi­ ple. Mrs. L. G. Giesy won the lady’s
oneers of Leadville, Colo.,/delight to prize, and Mr, E. T. Pierce the gentle­
point out to visitors.
men’s.
One of these landmarks is the Va­
riety theater, where Charles Vivian,
founder of the Elks, entertained -the
C. B. Brewer has sold his residence
THIS ADD WILL
gold miners of early days.
Vivian and four acres of land to Mrs. - M. V.
went to Leadville for the benefit of
SAVE YOU MONEY ON
his health and was always surrounded Davis formerly of Alsea. Mrs. Davis
THE MOST STAPLE ARTI­
by a congenial crowd of the camp’s will take possession Monday. Mr. and
DR. de LESPINASSE
elite. When he died there, he wds Mrs. Brewer have not decided where
CLE YOU BUY.
buried In the shadow of Mt. Mammoth, they will make their home.
D E N T IST
among the pines, and the funeral was
lst- I will give you 4 0 lbs. of good patent flour in exchange for
'Trullinger Bldg
P h o n e U nited 6319 said to be the largest in the history of
Leadville.
His body was later re­
one bushel of good milling wheat,
Edward Muecke returnéd Monday
H ubbard , O regon -
moved to the East.
from a six wéek’s business trip to New
2nd — If you have no wheat to exchange I will sell the same high
York and Washington. He returned
grade Patent flour for $ 5 .0 0 per hundred pounds in your sacks.
R. B. F. GIESY
by. the way Of San Francisco. *He
Then Perhaps She Felt- Better.
Everyone knowns the high quality of Monarch flour. Why
A stupid young man, supposed to be found the weather cold and snowy
icracbbrained, who was slighted by the crossing the great Plateau.
pay large profits and freight charge for flour that is no better.
girls, very modestly asked a young
Come to Monitor and let me prove to you that this Mill is
lady if she would let him spend the
evening with her.
run in the interest of the consuinmer.
The Aurora State Bank directors met
“No,” she angrily replied, “that’s Tuesday to close up the year’s business.
what I won’t.”1
J. H, Miley, T; A.
“Why,” replied he, “you needn’t be The directors are*
Miley,
R.
H.
Crisell,
Guy N. Hickok,
so fussy; I didn’t mean this evening,
r-i,
A. W . GILLES, P roprietor
Both Phones
»
a
but some stormy one when I can’t go Chas. Kraxberger, Dr. !£. F. Giesy,
andG.
B,
Diraick,
Qffiee at Residence
Auiora; Ur. anywhere else.”
NO DANGER OF IRON FAMINE
TROY COUGH TABLETS
AURORA DRUG STORE
FLOUR
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Physician
and Surgeon
MONITOR MILLS
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