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rJHE machine and repair shops of this Garage are now in charge of Messrs.
RIVERS & ACKLEY, men who thoroughly understand the business.
All accessories, tires and car sales business continued under old management.
ALBERT BOWKER, Proprietor
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WRECKED IKE GUY
Tom Oirlith vt lime. Now in Ger
many, Wiites of His KxprrK-ures.
Stenay, France.
Mrs. P. J. Linn,
Hear Mother:
1 have not heard from you for so
lone that 1 think you must not be
getting my letters. I have not heard
from you since I have been in this
regiment, so you surely must not
have my new address. We sow have
some blue envelopes and the censor
ship has been changed so that we
can tell more, so I am going to cover
a lot of territory by telling my ex
periences in France.
You know I came over with the
10th F. A. We landed in Bordeaux
May 5th and were in quarantine
there about twenty days, so that
ui av ..'i i:lunlaux was the
mud as we were hiking thru town,
but more of Bordeaux later.
From Bordeaux we went to
Rheims where we done two weeks
fireing on the range. The range
there is one of the oldest in the
wtild, but the old HUh broke the
Tar.fe lecord just the same. From
Rheims we hiked to a little town
cailed Guer, where we got our'
horses and in about a week started
for the front. We had a two-day
trio in side-door pullnians, r.nd ar
rived at Coulumiers, which is the
ra;! head for the Chateau-Thierry
sertor. From this point we hiked to
the front. That was on July 7th,
and on the 9th we started talking to
Fritz with our 75s, otherwise known
as thre-inch machine guns. You
see we got there just In time for the
third battle of the Marne in which
we started Fritz for the Fatherland,
and he has been going ever since.
The battle started on the night of
July 1-Jth and on the 20th I was
burned wih mustard gas, and was
sent to the hospital. However, I did
not get any gas in my lungs, but
only body burns which are not so
se; ious and with proper treatment
hardly leave a scar. When discharged
from the hospital and sent to the
F. A. R. R. I was transferred to the
344th F. A. Bund and have been with
them ever since. They were at
Bordeaux at the time, so I was right
back where I was when I arrived in
France.
Bordeaux is a very large city one
of the best in France, owing to the
fact that it is the wine making
center of the world. We were there a
long time and I had a good oppor
1 unity 10 see the place. It takes quite
a few visits to get over the town, be
cause there is everything that is
s. range and wonderful.
On October 8th we left Bordeaux
and went into billets in Andelot
which is In Haut-Marne and waited
for orders to go to the front. How
ever we were out of luck for the
order never came until it was too
late, the armistice beat us to it.
Most of the fellows are very dis
appointed that they did not get
into action, but I am proud that I
' did which I did with a capital D, for
as you know the third battle of the
Marne was one of the hardest and
most important battles of the war.
November 12th we left Andelot to
join our division which is going into
Germany and arrived here in Stenay
on the 22nd. On the way here we
came thru Verdun. We stopped j
nitric (June tt lllUtt W HUB UUl U1U UUL
Ko thru the town. However, we saw
enough to make our blood boil. I ;
had seen samples of Hun destruction
before, but never like this. Verdun1
is truly a city of dead for no ;
one is there except soldiers who oc
cupy the place, and since the Ger
mans have retreated so far there is
very few of them. It also represents
the dead hopes of a war mad fool,
who thought to conquer the world.
After wc left Verdun we came very
shortly to the German lines which
were the closest they ever came to
taking Verdun. Thjy were driven
from there hut a short time ago, and
by Americans too. There was some
of the hardest fighting the Americans
had, and they could still find dead
j Germans here who have never been
buried. This town of Stenay is about
! C5 miies from Verdun and was the
Crown Prince's headquarters while
at the battle of Verdun.
The German idea you know Is for
the big guns to stay about 25 inlbs
back, and send their men up to die.
There are a few French people in
this town who stayed all thru the In
vasion and were only liberated when
the armistice was signed.
i Has Fred come to France yet?
! If he has I wish you would let me
' know what outfit he is with, so I
can look him up when I go on fur
lough.
Well it is getting late i-.nd will
soon be time for lights out, so I will
close.
Your loving son,
T. VV. GRIFFITH
344th F. A. Band,
American E. F.
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OREGON FUEL NEWS
Portland, Jan. 22. All coal prices
and zone regulations on coal and coke
vill be suspended February 1, by the
'uel Administration, according to
dvices by Fuel Administrator Frsd
. Holmes, from Washington. An
xception is made in the case of
nsylvunia anthracite which will
emain subject to t:e present regula
;ions. The price regulations refer to any
prices, margins of wholesalers, com
missions of agents and retail margin
and prices, over which the Fuel Ad
ministration has had control for the
;ast year.
The zoning system has been In
effect since March, 1918 and has re
sulted In the avoidance of mucl
waste in transportation. Distribu
tion has been prohibited beyond the
limits of each zone, except through
special permit issued by the Fuel Administration.
Xow Ou The Honor Roll.
During the past week Morrow
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross was notified that they had
been honored by being placed on the
honor roll at headquarters for their
work in knitting, the making of sur
gical dressings and refugee garments.
They have gone '"over the top" in
each of these lines of work, and the
officers of the Chapter very naturally
feel quite proud of the record made.
It is quite urgent that th2 work of
making refugee garments go on at a
rapid rate and the help of the ladies
who have been sewing Is still re
quired, with as many more as can
possibly give time to this endeavor.
A shipment of material was received
this week from headquarters and
another Is on the way. The Chapter
desires to meet the request to have
the first Installment made up and
ready for shipment by the 15th of
February and the lasts installment
must be completed and ready to go
out by the first of March. The work
Is very urgent and the officers of
Morrow County Chapter trust that
they will receive the usual prompt
response from the workers.
Attention is again called to the
BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENZA
OUR JANUARY SALE IS OFF
MR. BUSINESS MAN:
How often have you hoard men
say, "I would sell my farm or stock,
as the case may he, tomorrow, if it
weren't for the INCOME TAX,"
and at the same time, they would
have no idea what their income tax
would be in case of sale !
Do you know that the amount of
your income tax depends largely on
the plan and terms under which you
sell your property!
Do you know that before we sell
for you we give you a complete
statement of what your taxable in
come would be in case you sold, and
that this service does not cost you a
penny unless we sell your property?
We have om; of the best INCOME
TAX accounting departments in
Oregon, and the main reason that we
have sold thousands ' of dollars
worthof property, both in public
auction and private sale, the past
couple of months, is because our
clients have been satisfied with our
services and have told others about
us.
If you don't want to sell anything
that is your business. If you want
to sell for the best price obtainable,
consult us that is our business.
Farmers Exchange of the Inland Empire
Rooms 5 and (i, Roberts Building.
F. A. McMENAMIN, Auctioneer. F. R. BROWN, Manager.
lgian King Salutes Colors Which Fed His People
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Belgium's gallant king has bended his elbow in saluting our Old Glory tne flag wTilch ted his peo
ple In the most trying times of the nation's history In this exclusive photograph Just received from
Brussels. Is showo King Albert and his staff sulutlng the Yank colors us the U 8. battalions march by
on tbe way lo the Rhine. Even yet America is sending food clothing and relief of all kind to Belgium
and King Altwt never fails to acknowledge this greji work at every opportunity.
fact that the Chapter has for sale
quite a large quantity of knitting
yarns, both for sweaters and sox.
This yarn can be had by calling at
the sewing rooms on Tuesday and
Friday afternoons. It is priced at
$2.80 per pound.
A large number of articles, donated
to the Chapter at various times, to be
sold for the benefit of the Red Cross,
will now have to be disposed of as
headquarters is calling for money.
It has been decided to price each of
these articles and they will be placed
on sale at the drug store of Patter
son & Son on next Saturday. If in
terested in getting any of these
articles, all of which are useful, and
were made for the benefit of the
cause, you can do so by calling at the
drug store on Saturday. First come,
first served.
Criminal Syndicalism.
Kubli's House Bill 1, aimed at
"criminal syndicalism," raises In prac
tical form one of the most momen
tous issues of the day. It is whether
those who agitate violence as remedy
for Industrial wrongs may be denied
the privilege of free speech, free press
and free essemblage for their advo
cacy of crime and sabotage. Infring
ment of these fundamental rights
given by our constitution should be
slow. Yet these rights have been
! abused by I. W. W.'s, bolshevists, la-
bor organizations and other bodies
who have held meetings and pub
lished pamphlets and periodicals to
promote violence and Industrial revo
lution. It may bo that the safety of
and demands careful thought by the
ablest thinkers of the state. There
is danger that if Oregon permits this
agitation of violence to go un re
strain or stato may be the victim ot
bloody upheaval which could entirely
be prevented by just and firm control.
The Kubli bill looks like a good one.
Oregon Voter.
the social and industrial order de
mands that such agitation be made
J a crime. The question 1b a big one,
Robert Notson, son of S. E. Notsoff
of this city, departed for Salem this
morning. He has been visiting at
the home of his parents for several
weeks, the school he was attending1
at Salem being closed because- of the
influenza. He leaves In time to
arrive by next Monday when the
school will reopen. Bob is an old
"Devil" of the O.-T. office and while
here called .'.round to refamlllarizg
himself with his former duties.