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4. 'V :gfif-.fr. lOll SPRINGFIELD A- Tnirt PuviMfv Jl.lttH.u rtnrlnill1.Jriton, Mieemul! Cl" mitttruniltr net nf Com rq o( M rn, M7II SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGONi THURSDAY, JAN. 9, 1919 VOL. XVII. NO. NEWS BERT WRITES 1 OVERSEAS Telling of the Camps and Life on Battlefields of France 23rd Engrs. Praised. Crouci, Franco, JJoc 6, .1918. Mr Ifc'or Mother: , I returned to camp yesterday and found a bunch of letters awaiting me, one from Mable, Evelyn and you. I rocolvod tho monoy-ordor from Ma nia and dad and really 1 didn't want you folk to do anything like that oa 1 really didn't need It. Nevertheless. ( 1 greatly arprpclato .your gift and' want to thank you very, vory much, and toll Mablo I will write her In a few dayB. I had. a let' or from Elmer ' yesterday. It was written boforo tho conBorahlp was relaxed bo I don't know where- ho la at, 1 was In camp for Thanksgiving dinner and cer tainly had a vory nice meal. I was stationed at "Olronvllle" about five miles out of Commcrcy laat wook. I was at Verdun Inst Sunday, Tho battlonolds there nro certainly a won dorful sight, l supposo you have won-, do rod whoro I havo been since I loft Laurel, Md. on Jan. 20. Wo wont 'to Hobokon, N. J. Sailed on 23d. Arrived ' ' In Brest, Franco, Fob, 5 to 8U Na xarro. Loft on 20th for Toul, Arrived 23d lo Roncq. campod about two months to Mandroa, where wo wero 'Just two days ntt -tho dutchmon ahollod ub out. Ono nholl went through tho kitchen. Ono nlfch't wo had our gus masks on forty-flvo minutes, tho longest I ovor had mine on. Wo built a camp about Jthrco miles back, named It Central Park, whoro wo remained until Sept 12th. Wo visited Nancy, TouL and Commorcy from thero. I was, on Mont Sec. tho siuno morning after it was taken from tho Huns. Rufua Hoover and Hoy McGco -worn up thero but I was sont back tho following day to Toul, so I missed thorn- From lljoio wo moved to Beau mont, then to Apprcmont, thon to Cumovlllo, to Varnovlllo, to airon vlllo, to Creuc, our present location. Thero waa nearly thrco thousand on the boat I came ovor on. It was for merly a German boat, "Frederick tho Gross." I was at Nonsnrd, about tliroo miles back of tho lines when tho or mlstlco was signed. I am enclosing n clipping from our weokly papor, con cerning our roturn to tho U. 8. A. I would Ilkp to send you fplks somo ' thing for Christmas but it la a harj job' to send anything and nt present wo nro somo dlstnnco from a placo to buy anything. I will try tb buysomo thlng for myseJf with ypur money order as son as I got into a town. That may sound funny, "a town," but wlicro wo uro is all In ruins, Hoping this rcachos you' all ns woll ns it leaves mo, In tho best of health, With love and best wIdIios to all, BERT. Co, "C" 23d Engra.,, Araorlcan E. V. A. P. O. 747. A happy and prosporouB Now Yoar to all. Clipping Sent With Above Letter, Hero is tho Highwayman's logical conclusion regarding tho part wo shall play in tho grand finale of this war: Tlio personnel of tho Twenty third Is admittedly higher than ' that of any othor organization ovor hero, That means that Wo would be thd moat valuable, Jot of nion to return to America to assist In tho vast work of roconBtrurflon. Wo nro roady to start NOW, fully equipped. As rt regiment wo aro a very, prosontablo lot for tho hungry oyea of tho homo folks to rest upon. Wo ore virtually rolloved of all duty horeabouts. Wo nro mobil izing, Thoreforo, tho probpoct is that , wo ftro slated to bo undor way with an early shipment bound for God's Country, Still this is a lowly oplulon. If tho dope la wrong, tho Twenty-third Engineers would not bo upholding tholr Bplondld roputntlon qhould thoy betray thd slightest sign that they wero not gamp to etand by and await tholr. ordors. Boys Aro Happy At about tho unholy hour of 1 a. m; Wednesday, tho ' pleasant dreams of a number of Springfield's cltlzonB, who' 'reside on Second street were Bhatter'eM'- by 'the soiiRd of a' number .of!.mBCullrie voice rendering the ifiweet strains, ei ''K-B-Katy," Keep tho Homo Fires Ilurnlng," and num erous ohor war tlmo tnolodlos. From ho eounds wo should Judge that tho arty wn, made up of about ton of ho yoiingor sot of this city. ' Tho beautiful tenor of ono late roturncd noldlor blended woll with tho bass notes of n member of tho S. A. T. C, who hits' nlBo boon dlschnrgod. Tho P'ocos pt mechanism ovor dovlsed by rest of tho company woro'hlgh school U'o "rain of man, boys, who should not Indulgo In bucU U is a thought transmitting and ro lato hours. cording- machine, commonly known aa Tho boys wero undoubtedly return- t tolepaphono. Wo Installed It for Ing from an ovonlng'a frolic In which' tho reason that tho oftllnary methods a few membora of the 'fair box took of obtaining nowa was too cumber part. Wo wlah to thank tho boya and orae. ThlB Ilttlo machine was adVer o also add that wo hope It will not to do It quicker, easier and bo tho last tlmo they will glvo us oro accurato than by any other such n raro treat. Sprlngflold has' nieana of oxtractlng Information from, soroly missed tho young men, who, folks who shut up like a clam shell usod to enlighten tho placo with Uiolr when wo try to find out things, songs and pranks. j Wo tried it out last. Monday for tho first time and it started with every 1 promise of making good on what the Fycltxcq iWowms 88,11 aoout ,ts Bootl p'nt. . t Thoro is n Ilttlo book of rules that JVif Pnr)COpf cornea with tho machine that tells Ul L'lOCtC'lt you how to work it, nnd alao explains 'undor what conditions it will not Mewspapers Pay Eloquent Tribute to Typical Great American PArtl8, Tuesday, Jan. 7, "The muuun uuu iJiuuiumiu uvuiu ui .. . ... .1 . i. 01 loosovoit win uo rou in i-ranco ns a, Whdn you hook It up to the tele gohuln'e national loss," dcclarod tho patn0 cj,annel of somebody who is on P?tlt Journal. Tho phraso scorns to speaking terms with a glorious here sum up tho sentiment of nil tho 1fM an(1 attempt tp pry into tho so morning, nowapapora on tho death of crcl8 0f tholr individual ego, the ma Colonol JtoosovolL jchlno makes a buzz that says "line's Tho Ooulols, tho royallzt organ, busy." ayB: J Tho machine will not record tho "This paladin of tho horolc ages thouchts of a. suoorfor Intellectual was at tho aamo tlmo tho most far I'ghlod of modern statesmen. Ho 'orracd tho American sword -which 'ins been victorious and ho showed his country tho way whon it wbb" still ;ro:lnc." i "Humanity-, Justice and law," snya ho FJgaTo,."Wero not for him moro w0 nro not disposed to argue tho mat respoctable cntltioB, but fomlliar (real- tor. There was no response from ,licB to bo accepted always and un- Krnnlc. DoPu0( olthor. go wo were hesitatingly,. "'obliged to .put hlra In the doubtful uuoies coioncrs f areweu words Stephen Lnuzanno, In tho Mntln, quotes Colonol Roosevelt's . farewell words to him, whon ho recently left Uio United Statos, as follows: "I havo no mossage to send to France. I havo given her tho best I had. If ovor thoro you Bpeak of mo, toll them simply that I havo but ono regret, that I was not able to give my- you aro thinking about. This works B0," J about on tho same principle of Tho TompB says: jYalo lock nnd koy and tho telepathic "Tho man who has disappeared bo circuit is completed when tho two promaturoly will be not only ono of moot. Simple, Isn't It? the greatest flguros of his tlmo, but sinco writing the nbovo we havo tlio Incarnation of one of tho greatest discovered another rule In the back stages In Amorica's management of 0f tho book which tolls us what mibllc affairs, both Intornal and ox- "class" wo nro In. While the informa torual. .... For tho historian he tlon Is not(Bxactly flattorlng, it is undoubtedly remains tho first Amorl- bettor than having any doubts about can statesman who directed his coun-. n, iry in iwo directions, apparently ll- vorgont, but really parallel-Interior Charley Swarts' flow of mental por roform and world, policy." ! ambulation until he cut his thumb Tho Journal Dos Do Bats concludes wlth a butchor knife, when the ro its sketch of Colonol Itoosovolt as fol- cordor bogan to slzzlo, nnd wo had to lows: ' t,,.. u ntr, no man raisea mo moraio or tno Amor can soul tp a, groator height by UK. , . i. .... . ... Insisting moro on tho necessity of sac rifice but a sacrifice Intended not to bo a vain sacrifice, for tho. groat ends which humanity holds before us Its Idoals. It Is. In this way that tho groat fighter, on entering into otornal 1 rnnOfln will hnvn rlnnnrvnrl InaHni. glory-and the supreme gratitude, not recfi,v"d tho ft,owlnE Interesting nc only for his own country, but of tho count of how Chrlotmns Is observed whole world," . ,,fn Hawaii from hor daughter, Imo- Defeat Bolshevik Army WASHINGTON, Jan, 8. Loyal Russian troops oporatlng under tho authority of tho Omsk government; havo defeated a largo Bolshevik 'army, capturing 31,000 prisoners and largo' quantities of war materials, accord' !R to a telegram from tho Omsk authorities 'to Hho Russian mlnlstor at Stockholm.' Tho mesBago as print- od In .tho Swedish press was received spent In mono delightful Islands of today at tho stato. department. , ours In tho Pacific, whoro snows nov Tho tolccrnm snld tho third Ilnl. nr blanket tlin earth In tmmnlriilntn al. IshoVlk army of 10 rogimonts had boon lonoo. nor wintry blasts provide whist Bhattorod and that tho loyal troops ling accompaniments to Jingling jhad advanced boyond Kama and Noot slolghbolls. nnd wore pursuing tho onomy townrd Glassov, Booty captured Incltttlod armored trains as well as largo quan tities qf war matorlals nnd rosorvo Buppllos. fWants Springfield Property .' . . ' Anyone wishing to exchange Springfield property tor a coast ranch of 80 acres, with 10 acreB proved and balance , In timber would, do well to' call at the Na,wa office, Tales of the Telepapbone , . ( Last wcok tho Nowb rocotvod In l neat box from tho Edison Labora tories ono of tho most murvolons work. It seems that tho thing is a Ilttlo more than human, or rather "material," bocauso It Is moro or less Buscoptlble to psychic phenomena. Whon it ia aimed at folks who permit tholr minds to dwell UDon ethorcal matters, it somotlmcs slips 'its trolley and scrambles tho chain of thoughts, and scram being, nor will It respond when hooked up to a "nut," as tho device, with nothing to work on records nothing. Wo tried it on ourselves first and tho agitator failed to agitate. Thoro was nothing In the book that told us what "class" wo word In. and n-lnmn To set connection with anyone all you havo to do Is to concentrate your thoughts of him (or her) on tho ro- 'celver and this sets tho range-finder (n motion, which creates a series, of telepathic waves that travel until thoy flnd the same brand of waves that emanate from tho cranium of tho ono Tho machine worked . title Wo got opposite results, however, wlth Doctor Emery, as tho "busy buzz" gavo us tho high sign. CHRISTMAS IN HONOLULU Mrs. R .H Miller, of this city; has gene, who restdos In Honolulu. . "Christmas In its true moaning is commomoratod by almost tho entiro world; and under tho starry baner,8"3 among neighbors and friends, I wo sot on land. We stayed at Brest of tlio United States of America It isttume parties, and giving of g'fts.lo days then moved to LaDaguenire, kept In tho maunor wo koop it bore, - from frigid Alaska to southorn soas, from Atlantic to Pacific nnd westward to tho gateway of tho Orient. It Is in terestlng to know how tho season is i Hawaii and Samoa Christmas Uav is observed luBt ns it Is In tho states, Insofar as the contrast In climate- and customs allows It. Only perhaps In remoto parts of the Phillip plnos aro thoro a fow spots whoso in- hnbltonts havo not been roacho'd and taught tho ChrlsMan way of keeping Christmas; only a very few places whoro a hoaeck Amoricaa girl im-.toacher throws haraf amlej,te lacy ferns In soaae Buollt.'ile, and a to tho lazy chatter of little rookN)r We tried It on the First National but ha was out to lunch, bo wo had to figure It up and sco if thoro was an, overdraft. , A random connection witn the D-K mill office resulted in blowing out two use plugs and fracturing, the pulmonary val.ro stem. We doa't. know: what was going on. over there but t&e agitation was' fierce. Jr ' trying out the ranga-flnder, it beeMBte' hooked up with ah old maid in yet Sprjsgfleld, and recorded a dislocation of the left ventricle northeast of ( the diaphragm. We. couldn't get anything satisfac tory eut of Brother Ingalls, at his olfice, but Jatcr on when he got into his icar, Uae recorder did some exe cution that amazed us. We can't un derstand how Ingalls' intellectual tralrt can run along so peaceful like when It is on the company's Job and thon perform tho stunts It does when It is aboard the auto. Apparently there is something wrong with In galls' car and It has gone to his bead. Wo have always looked upon Mr. Ingalls as a genial, wholdsouled Christian gentleman. Not until we witnessed the ebullient record of our (clopaphono when directed his way, as ho rode in bis car, did we ever have occasion to modify this Impres sion, Do-It said to bis credit, however, $iat he exercised an admirable self control by not voicing his emotions whenever the occasion arose. Uut his thoughts as recorded are numer ous and lurid. As ;ars go, wo don't suppose the Ingalls car behaves any wo.'so than any othbc gum.-shoed devil of tho same nativity. But ho "thinks" It does, because ho labored under the delusion that when he bought that brand new contrar-Uon that his tran - sit 'troubles wero at on end. Ho ox - pectod nothing better from the old wheozo he coaxed ' around the land-1 jcapo Jo'r,a long while, Ho jjadurod .its hajses " until dbwnr'ght rcbcll'On threatened to break up his happy homo, then ho skimped for quito u whllo and raised his own potatoes and turned his cuffs until he saved up enough to buy tho now boat. Nat- urally his disappointment has been keen over the behavior of the new Ideal, and oven a minor Infraction' or rules prescribing tue demeanor or a well-bred machine ruffles his sunny disposition, arouses his ire and upsets his mental poise. After gazing upon his calm exterior, it Is hard to as- rcciato him with" a .brainstorm ea- gendered by the mad caprices of aj 1918 Vixen. But the tell-tale record of a good man gone wrong Is written by tho mnrvelo.us little telepaphone. Tho Gorman war office told a few ales, Annanlas was a lltlo careless about the truth, and even the editor wltlTjof a respectable family Journal like mo wows 8omeumcs purveys iacts after putrefaction has sot in, but when tho stylus of an Irrepressible little device records a telopathlc mes - sago that reads !-??--!!, we are I. . ,, i bound to believe It, though shocked at the thought of the manipulator of the Ingalls car. teary remembrance of plum 'pudding, turkoy and cranberry sauce. "Tho natives of Hawaii have long since adopted, in a measure, the Now! England customs of colcbratlng Christmas. They go to their lovely picturesque churches lu the morning and tho afternoon la given over to mo inner nomg connnod mostly to simple presents for" the. children, n practlco which might woll be adopted by tho mother country. "In one city, HUo, ono may have the unique pleasure of having Hawaii and New England at tho same tlmo. For dlroctly above tho town stands tho regal mountain, Mauna Koo, 14,000 feet high, and which Is perpetually snow-covered. With a little porsua slon and much obvious clinking of sil ver, tho natives will go up nnd roturn w.ith a cart load of hone3t-to-goodilo8s snow, Thus ono may have a lively (and necessarily- speody) snowball fight, and retire to tho shade' of a Ehelterlng palm to cool off I No pret tier sight can be Imagined than Mau na Kea at dawn on. ChrlatmaB morn ing. One's first Impression is of a balmy June day, thea the startling contrast of the snow-covered Moun tain directly above, and the swiftly moving hand of dawn changing tho aupriBO tints from purp:c ipjilue, pink and finally to gold, as tlio sun ap pears In blinding brilliance, 'In Samoa, the day has moro of an European air, as havo most of the civilized customs adopted by these islandors. Every city of three or four thousands hag a queen, unmarrleJ,, who has a reUnue and holds court in a primitive fashion, but aono the less uninterestingly. She 1b the official hos tess to visitors, wlthla tho gates, and presides at oil civic fractions. At court pcoplo aro seated, according to ronk, and their cases are hoard with dignity and great ceremony. Chrlet mas is one of the red letter days, asd Is a gala affair, indeed, consisting of a continuous round of concerts, danc ing, "tum-Uimifiiflg" and feasting, Us ually the afternoon is devoted to the exchange of gifts, this occasion being under the personal supervision of the queen; who ses that everybody is sat isfied, and not Infrequently she con- . fiscatea a gift that Is not in keeping with the donor's means, or ber own idea of the fitness of things. The day Is one of many pleasures crowded together in riotous confusion, but it is very doubtful If tho natives ge tho real significance of the occasion which they are commemorating. This is a falling much in evidence in more civ ilized communities, however, so ono cannot be too bard on Samoa." LETTER FROM OVERSEAS The Following Letter from Roy Cairns to Hls.iParents Gives4 Inter . estlng Facte. Vltrey, Haute-Soane, France. Nor. 27, 1918. Dear Folks: Well, tomorrow is -Thanksgiving but I don't think It will scsm much 'Ike a real Thanksgiving day. We wIK probably have something extra to jcat but having to wade around In the , ,with ymr meE8 kits, it -won't 6eem mnci, ue sitting down to a - Wot ar0 bowstatf oned- at- .Vitrey.i wh'ich "is about 30 miles from tho of front, and I expect it is as close as we will get. I would kind of like to ;o up and look, over the batuenelds but there is nothing to go for now and j m getting anxious to get back to . God's Country, so they can't send me home too soon to suit me. We have been transferred to trench , artillery but are still casuals. We expect to bo transferred Into perma- nent organizations and sent home wjfh them and It Is thought that we may all be on our way home by Christmas but it is hard to tell, Ve have' pretty nice quarters here although It Is awfully muddy outsldu apd we have to wade around In' It j everywhere we go. 1 had first class passage on the train coming from Anglers as did all the other Sgts. nnd we had a real pleasant trip but , the rest of the men were pretty badly crowded In box: cars, in which they ship most of the Aniericau soldiers lr . France. i Now that they arc not so particular about censoring tho letters I can tell i ' . . . ... ybu a little more about our trip. We left Camp Merrltt, via Hoboken, on board the S. S. "President Grant'' JThore wero about 6000 soldiers on HHE quite a pleasant trip. The water was awfully smooth except one 'day we had a storm and it was quite rough. However, I didn't get seasick. We ! we"e 12 days making the trip. We landed at Brest, France, but over two detachments were detailed to unload tno boat 80 11 wns two dnys oeiore "3B uuui a woolc and now we nro here Well, it Is Just- about time for re treat so I will have to hurry up to the barracks as I am down to the Y. M. C. A. i Lovingly, r" . - ROY. i Replacement Itry., Trench Arty. Cen ter, American E. F., A, P. O. 903. Woman's Statement Will Help Spring ' field, "I hated cooking because (whatever I ate gave me sour stomach and a bloated feeling. I drank hot water and olive oil by the gallon. Nothing helped until I tried simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as "mixed la Ad-ler-l-ka." Because it flushed the EN TIRE bowel tract completely. Adler-l-1 lea relieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gasor coBBtlpatioa and prevents ap-. pendicitls. The INSTANT actlpa is surprising. M. M Pery, J SCHOOLS TO OPEN MONDAY, JAN.1S r Eyery Precaution to be Us'el To Protect the bhildren. Work to'Go Ahead. The regular meeting of the Sprint field School Board w'as held oa Mob da eveahag, Jan. , at which tirn it was decided to open school next Mosday, Jan. 13. The Influenza, epl deaafc, it is felt, has nearly sabsIdC according to the report of Mr. Gor$o. local quarantine officer. "Patrons of the school, howersr. are requested to continue td every precaution against a new- e break c-f the disease," said X. Baker; Superintendent of Schools. "Pupils who have had the infloei recently should mot be started school unless danger of relapse massed and all danger of spreasfesjCi the disease is over. This informatics should be ascertained from the at tending physician: Also, parents aw requested not to sead pupils ttaa hare heavy colds. The school . rngB aro being thoroughly disinfectant and every precaution will be use! at) school f.o prevent any pupils contrast ing the disease there. t Wo believe that most of the papSBt will be able to return to school aat Mcndiy. This, of course, Is' very VeK sirablc, !n view of the fact that aai much time, has been lost, in ruski Jiat teachers and pupils may preeaeC with the advanced work as rapidly ac possible. . ' Time-lost by tho enforced -acaaeai will be divided between the two mini esters and the school- year exteaaaal at least one week In the spring. TW Is being done in order that srsoaivs -nay not lose credit for. the yeatf fork." - - - WllLHExaminatlons- ' An examination in the Old and Oa:' New Testaments of the Xlble, Sar high school creditr-ds to be gives at the. high school building next Frjaj& Jan. 10, according to announcement of SupL N. A. Baker. This Is a slato wlde custom, and was orlginataH fr State Superintendent J. A. ChurcMK in order to stimulate a systematic: study of the Bible. The examination is open to asy student who has made a systematic study of the Bible at Sunday Scasttt or olsewhero. One-half credit wIH3 given , to 4any pupil who successlaijr passes the examination in the Hear Testament and one-half credit for la Old1 Testament, thus making 11 jas slble for a student to earn one croaat toward high Bchool graduation. The examination In the Now Teaa ment will begin at 9 o'clock a. m,a the one in the Old Testament at g. o'clock p. m. I A number of students aro expeetaf to take ttio examination. Eighth Grade Examlnatlea Uniform State Examinations far eighth crado pupils will be gives cae Thursday and Friday, January 16 aaC 17 n districts where the pupils kanm met the requirements according to tho schedule on .the back of la) envelope enclosing the questfaaac Teachers having pupils for this ex amination should send in the ayaS- cation blanks at once. Another elsaaa grade oxamlnation will be given Fafc- ruary 6 and 7, Questions will be aaat only forlmplls who have met require ments and Sot whom appllcatloa for questions Is made. COUNTY SCHOOL SDPTL Here From Idaho. Mrs. Dolla Clark arrived here treat Numpa, Idaho,, whoro sho has bcea visiting her brother, Frank, and lara tly for tho past throe months. Hre. Clark will vl3lt hor sou, Will Clwfc. and family and also hor Bletor, Mm. Llbby, Johnson, of Albany, for ty next, two months and then will ti- .turn to her home at Alexandria, lad- iana. Returns From Camp Jackson. Nicholas Lambcrty, eon of Mrs. A-Rqwo, returned from Camp Jn3s sbn, 'Carolina, Wednesday eveulas. JH' Lamberty has recolvod his ofOciat dchargo and will remain here tar x few -weeks and Will then either - in Portland 'or Seattle, Quick Curs for. Creua. . Watch ,for the first, symptaae. hoarsnces and give Chambrlla'1 Cough Remedy, at once. It ta prqan aRd effactuaL