AMERICA’S WOMEN JOINED
IN ANTHEM OF SERVICE
IS REAL SERVICE
WHEAT SHOWED
SPIRIT OF U. S.
By FRANK MORRISON.
Millions of Red Cross Workers Do Multitude A.cr«t«ry
Sacri flee to Ensure Allied Loaf
Amarle«« F«d«ratle<»
Greatest Single Food
Latrar.
of Little Things at Home Which Enable
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Tbe «rock of the Red Crora la BOt
Achievement
Our Boys to Do Great Things in France.
•'oufined io our boy» <>n t<atDcfieltl or
I'nder the banner of the llot t'roea Varievl »<>lll»*l» nt all their eager ’«Err
The thing» they made, which car-
American women are working In
of fave from the wumea
bon»»-«, ctiurcheo. Hut»«, acfaiol«, afa»t«A ríe-1 «
theaters, factor4««, hoapltal« and In <»f ibi» country, quit» apart frolli tfa-ir
tbouannda of Red t'roaa work-room« great money value, went from their
Tltc hum of arwlng machine«, the work rooms on great adventures. They
w-hlss of muslin torn to accurate atrip«, have gone Into fnait line trruchea. to
the rat-tat-tat of volunteer typewrit emergency h<«pítala In foreign villages
era. tbe purr of boiling kettle« In ran I and into the tno«r modern <q»rratlug
Ttx-y bave wrapped loot and
tev-na. the rumbling of automoblira of room*
tbe Motor Corps, the «oft dick of knit frlghti-m-d children In warmth and
ting needle« In lonely cabins and farm alteltcrvd aged refugee» from Die culti
houM-a, all tdecvd Into a great anthem They have gone over»««» Into Strang«
and rad place«. Into Murala and Mer
«»f aervlcc.
About S,<MX>,0u0 women working lila and P«! »tin-- ami Italy end
through
<*ro«a tfaaptera and France Tivny have gotw Into <»ur own
branches are making with their hand» huge ranlonuieota for our own young
relief
supplies- surgical
dressing«,, soldier».
The I« port men t of Nursing <»f the
knitted articiaa, hospital and refuge«^
garmetils—or working ar volunteer», An»» ri' alt Iteti <’i>>»» I» the great re
»iil'h-ct to any rati day or night, at 800 cruiting agency
H) thr
railroad station« throughout the coun Array «nd Navy
try and at the porta of embarkation, or | first of October
aervlng In volunt«M-r Motor Corp« 1H.0U) graduat(
tary tuvrvlcc at faune and abroad
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Truly her» la an army with banner»
banners of a red eroaa on a white field has pros hied over Ti» nurse« for the
For the t«-rtod up to the first of July. I Federal Public II-altb Xervhv and the
1IHS, American Reel Croas Chapters Il.*l CrviK. Town «nd Cot utry Nutalng
through their work-riMims. bad'produr ! Mervlee, which cooperate« with tlw
ed IKi.7BI.tO7 »urylral dre.Klng». Itt. lor-nl fa-alth tMianla in the eummiiniDes
I.TI,.'4II knitted ar'li les, m>7M.I**U boa which It rarves.
pltal garment» an I other bo«pital «<t|»
The «tatemen! of the llumr Mv-rvlra
piles and refugee garment», making a of tbe American R»-d Cr»—« to all of
total of
arth le« nt an esti our figliDng m» t» that It Is pr»-purvti to
mated aggregate value of al least *11. help In any et>»»-rgi-n<-> Dutt may art««
UUO.OOU
In their faune« help In legal way A
I asi »prtng during the lied Crim» me«ll< «I way*, busltn-n» way«, friend
war fund drive, when thousands of wo «hip way.» would not be pr»«lble with
non worker« In dlle« In every «late out tbe vision and the active coopera
formed their great symbolic prtwea Don nt thousand» of American women
slonn, those who looked on saw them In every dlvbdon of the Red Crora
a« the rvprvwntalives of all our Amer front Const tn cuaat and from Canada
lean women working In I his w ar. and to Mexico, they have s.-«n Dita «enrice
lo-urd In "The Battle Hymn of the Re a» Ito» elrtm-ntal right due from the
public," to which they uiarchad. lb»- Altieri' un pa-uple to Dn lr dvfrndt-ra
YANKEE TRANSPORT REACHES OVERSEA DOCK
American troop« hava crowded hindrv-d« of «hip» th!» ■P tag and mm-
met. pouring through BrlD»h and French porta on their way to chatoaa
Thierry and lha Alsne-Marne front
So conDnoously do th« column» of
Americans march through British channel ports to etubark tor Franc« liuti
the English residents call II "the end)«-«» line".
Fourth Liberty Ixxn Bond« will provl-.l« more and b|..;--r ahipa far
more, but not baiter, soldiers to help the Hun in bls retreat to Berlin.
TOBACCO FOR THE BOYS
In hospital nor atntdst tbe rulli» of Bel
giuro and othee |»>rthm« of deva»tatrd
Rompe i»n« of It» great actlvitlea la
SUFFICIENT
any neve«rary ald to th' depradrtrta <»f
mniitw-r» of America'« rollifary force»
Alt th« NaiiMa Will B« Abla la Rs
<»n thè
•etiti an
rvtuoved
the limi
twttlefield the IU-0 Croa» pre-
heroic figure.
In America,
SUPPLY
ef
White
■raed.
AMkRlCAN RED CROSE TRVCK »RINGING CASES OF TOBACCO
Atwsn w
ooR aOLO|CWt AT THE FRONT.________________
BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT.
Wb»' fai<-r Christina» gift rotild the
Ajneri'«n people give to • »trieben
world than the announcement on
Christ ma» Eve thet the entire nation
ha» >n»«i-nd the He«1 Crora Chri»tms«
URL
It would slgalfy I» the
starving, sick and homeless that our
humanity tforu not d<-i>end ut">n the
excitement nt war, but that nelghb»rll
neon la Just as Mfwig In ua In time.
nt peace. A unanlnaiua nwpuRBB Will
hearten the whole wacK
Cross steps silently to the
siile of thè fathrr and RMrtber «fa»«e
fa»y la “over ther»" and who ne**! coun
sei and «Id.
Overshadowing all other accomplish
merits of the American people under
the leadership of Food Administration
is the history of wheat «aporta In the
past sixteen month«
our wheat ri
No iMrvIr* I« t«x> »tnall for th* R*4
port program proved conclusively to
CifaMm
If
(»“to th* ivVEfh«
the world that America was In thia
nwnt or firom ih*lr *t»f» *r*
or
»ar from start to tlui«h and willing to
In format ton on th*
war rUb
Inturinm I«
Ih* IMI <*m** la
make any racrlficr that will hasten
both r«j«n**ilor «od fH*Mt
It «nt*r* Into
victory or maintain th« health and
th* h«*m* in th* tru* »pirli of eh«rtty
strength of people overseas, upon
**crr<*y
whom rested the heaviest weight of
But Aral and fvr«mu*t our *ok1t*r* in
fMM »nd bnapuiU mu*t b* given th* mnK
our war
*tt«nt|v* or* p***»it4*
Xothing w* r«n
Now that pressure on avrn tonnegv
do will *uu«l th*ir «« sax * in thia mo***
Is eased by the stopping of large move
m*n< for world d«rtH’«r»«*y and th* H«d
meat» of troop» to Europe, w« may re
Cm** pro*»*’* nr opportunity for u» t*
play our part tn th<* ■r«*l dram* by
lav our egoria to rave wheat Th« ac
<v»r»trtbulIng to th* *it*ht ».»< our «hilMy
cumulateti surplus In Australia. Argen
Ttw» H*d Orna* appo*la to or^aHtMdl
tine and other hitherto Inaccessible
«xkui bar**** of II» on* quality—
wnirp
market» will l»eroiM available, end
Behind Red <> vmm mrvh* I* an *r-
prwtml ly n<> mor« than our itormal sur
nobiln« charity that I* not dafaoad by
plus will hava to leave this country
«Md mark*, a democracy that p**r*»»nttl**
We In America ami the nation« which
Jafforaon • great principi* of «quality and
a r«4i«ksn (bat la beyond **c<arlanlam
have won the world for freedom will
be enabled to eat their normal wlira'
loaf al the common fahle of the pro
pie« of democracy
W» entered th« post crup year wltl>
a wheat supply which gave ua only
SO.Onot««| bushels available for ai
port
When the crop year ended, we
had sent l4l.IMQ.ut«) bu hela nf wheat
to Europe The Ameritan |>eople had
Men disabled In the «a-rvlce who are
saved oui of their normal consumption
returning from the fmtrl and who And I21.<« ii .<» mi huahela
It hard at first to see their way to
A «urvey of evport figure» «how»
ward earning a llvadlhood arc a spec
that the conaervatloa <>f flour brought
<1al proltlvtrt for tbe Itawl Crora
t'n
afautl l>y the wheatleaw meals, wheat
•ler Ibr Smith Sears law a fund I« ftp
‘«a» luya, »ubatltuilna In our kitchens
and lutherie«. enabled ua to send to
proprialrd to reeducate every dl»
abled man who will lake the opportu our armies and the allies WOtiufi
nlly to make a living
It I» felt that barreta of white flour wheat figured
■a flour
Had we exported only onr
such men are likely to be weakened
vl«;hle »urplua, we would hav* been
In Ihrlr resolution to heap their »rlf able to »hip teas than 4.r»u>uuU barrels.
respect and find rv*al work by the ml«
Before the 1st of ftecemlter our »ur
taken charity of fa-ro wurshljRaera. who
plutt had gone overseas. «nd an addi
will forget them once the first flush of
Donal M.fiOü.OiM) bushel» bad I wen tak
war enthusiasm I« over. Iler» lira- »ui-
en from thr itOffc reserved for home
pavrt of the disabled man'« family niuat
con« .i -pi on and aditeti to the surplus
be enlisted, for In the last ahatyda it
already nlp|>ed to the allies It »*em
la th« man's family who will l»e the tie
ed hardly (>o«alble that we could bring
termlnlng Influa-nce In hl« rehablllta
our total exports a >ve Iti-Hiriuuo
Don The relative« mu»l be braced tn
bushels hy July I
But In January the
meet the «If uni Ion tn make of them
late l>>rd llhot.dda. then British Food
«elves for the man a bulwark against
<‘on i rol 1er. cabled that unltss we
discouragement and w t-aknesa
coulti «end an additional 7fi.<»X>.000
bushel« lie could not lake re«|M>nal-
SMILES AND TEARS <Ä T MIXED
blllty for assuring hla people that they
would be ftxl
The Amrrkiui people
Two lltll« atorlea rame io the Iteti mq-oni',-»! by sending «.>.<«■),(»to Intsh
truss headquarter» from over the »en» els of wheat, saved from tlodr home
consumption, between the fl rat of tbe
a abort lltw ago. One was a «tory of
year and the aillent of the new crop.
bravery that brought Dir tears, and
By October 10. Utili, we had already
one a tale of tears that brought smile«.
•hipped tló.i*iii lüft bushel« «Ince July
The first story wa» of a »«»Idler who I. Absolutely the only limitation upou
asked for a light. He was In I h -<I, and our wheat export» since the latest har
a cigarette VM between bla lipa, plac vest has been the scarcity of mean
ed there by tbe nurse after «lie had tonnage. If eii><>H« continue al the
finmbed spreading hl« blanket up present rate, by July 1 of nrxt year
■m<M>tbly. At hla question, »he turned we will have ernt more than 'JS7.ÎWXV
and gave him a box of matrhea and («<> bushel« tn Eurvipe.
Thu« are we making good America's
hurried on, then mneutberwd that.the
pledge that the bread rations of Allied
arms beneath the blanket« were with
Europe aliali be maintained.
out hands.
N'urm-« have to be without tears, but
there were tear» In her eyes a» she A Memorable Achievement
turned to »trike the match and light
of the Titanic Struggle
th« cigarette for him
'•(Juh that,” he »aid. “they were g»a«1
America raved amt sent tn Kurnfte
mil«, and tbvy l»el|»-d get three or four
In a year nt crop faillir« Hl.fNItl.OUi
ilermans before I lost them, but the)
bushels of wheat, which raved Europe
ain't worth crying about, »*» there 1“
And the (earn story that brought
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«mlleal Well, that was the story of a
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Idg. husky, colorv-d man. who Mt read
Ing. and the Ited t'rmui worker at the ♦ A GERMAN HOPE DISPROVED ♦
ANO
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canteen «aw that he had tear» running ♦
ilowa hla cheeks She wa« curious to ♦ A GERMAN FEAR CONFIRMED ♦
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know what he might t»e reading and ♦
A statement made hy a promi ♦
wa« »«tonlidied when »hr looked over ♦
nent German olhclal aoon after ♦
hla shoulder to saw that It area the ♦
thia
country was declared In a ♦
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canteen cook book
♦ state of war with Germany ♦
lie smiled through hl«
•aw that alm wss watching, and «aid. ♦ shows that even In ths enemy +
♦ country clear thinking students ♦
■beeplsbly, You sure must excuse me
♦ did not undervalue the strength ♦
ma'ani. but thia here t-ook thtne mak
ti e blamed h»m< «nk
I'm »harned to ♦ of the American republic. Only ♦
make a Imby oiitvri msliw f, but this ♦ In bls con fidcnee that we rnuld ♦
♦ not land In Europa aufllclent ♦
makes me think o' homo."
♦ troops to affect the final decision ♦
♦ was this German mistaken.
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"I <hi not fear the American ♦
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■MMHllillHiimmimi i1 viiuniwmMMMMWWV
♦ •oldlcrs,'' lie told a high official ♦
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♦ of our government, ■■because ♦
♦ they cannot arrive In time. What ♦
I fear 1« the Intelligence and de ♦
vol Ion of one hundred million ♦
♦ original mlnda and people train ♦
♦ ed to a faith In Individual laltla ♦
+ live Tbe day that theae peo ♦
♦ ple, now eo materialistic In out ♦
♦ ward appearance, are »tlrred ♦
♦ spiritually, that day la the day ♦
♦ of Germany's doom "
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MAKE SOLDIER FEEL HE
IS AS GOOD AS EVER
Who shares
m th» struggle
Will share
m th» triumph
PbisiciaB así Sorten
(alls Alternimi
i’«y or Nfghi
L. /\. WEDDLE
HARKI-H
Niieccaaor to Morrà» Bro«
fr-un destruction and death.
Save food
am
an
A. G. PRIIX
NOW
turn ta Thalr Normal Sup
ply
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Agent Albany Steam laundry
Agent AIlutti) Cleaning Works
SCIO. OREGON
AEHANY
W« buy ami sell new and second hand
Furnitur«
THIS 1« THE WAY
1«) *AVE
There is probably some article or ar
ticles in pooteaatun of every family that
1» of no use to the owner which may l-e
turned into cash. It
•<» much money
found. You can put it into boaiia or
IISIDM atwl fa Ip wilt the war
W r. WAN I all kind» of junk, all
kinds of metals, rubfa-r and the many
other things going to waste.
Grain and Potato Sacks for »ale
THE PACIFIC JUNK COMPANY
Helt phone 401-K
Home phone 22f7
E. Kogoway, Prop.
Second a Baker
CROSS WOMEN
CITED FOR BRAVERY
American women at I'.pernay. south
of Ithelma. have baren riled In an order
of th day for remaining at thelf poet •
In an American lla»l fr .« canteen ut»
der
bombardment
for
six
day-
Throughout thia battle they continued
to fecal and rare for wounded.
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In Du- great ♦
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♦ American Ited Croa» mviins tbe ♦
♦ mothrring of thiHW llltle > hlldren ♦
♦ made desolate hy Die Invasion uf ♦
♦ tt» Ihm. Mr» Uir« Amlrraon In ♦
♦ h-r rrcvlit hook on coridlDotts ♦
♦ ov er ther« aays: “lt I» ihr pnor, *
♦ b- mele««, mothcHca» kMdloe iltal ♦
♦ »■mebuw make all the other bor ♦
♦ ri ra ot war fade away luto dia ♦
♦ luBcw The«« frighlmwMl, crylng, ♦
♦ flying. Innocv-tit chlldren. who do ♦
♦ not know what lt la all afa»ut-- *
♦ Ih.qt wring your hrart dry."
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By «aring and «haring America kein
the world together during the war erl-
•I«
lly anting and «haring America
will help to bring the healing of na
tion A
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By Jeanne Judaoo.
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Thia la the aong of little thing«. ♦
A Clean, white bed In a quirt ♦
place.
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A rig«rette and the saving grace ♦
Of smiles that Illumine the ♦
nurse's face—
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SONO OF LITTLE THINOS.
These are the Joys the Red < 'roaa
brings.
Thia la the aong of little things
An old man brought to hl« borne
agalo.
And children who play, forget
ting pain,
A hut that abriter» from mod
and rain—
Thia la the rest the lied ('roan
bring«
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