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DECEMBER
14
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I IKK 1H IE S n i l T IIE W II«.
By MISS P E A R L DURST.
O ne queH tlon w a re all a sk in g
o u rs e lv e s ili Illese ilays of in te n s e
How can I h elp , w h at
living,
I do I» se rv e my c o u n tr y ? ”
The
>1 u e sl Inn ciiines to o rg a n iz a tio n s as
» e || a s to In d iv id u a ls. It is a q u e s
tion th a t niusl lie a n sw e re d p ro m p t
ly an d yet th o u g h tfu lly . T h e re m ust
lie n o m ista k e m ad e
T im e d o es not
p e rm it Hie u n d o in g o r re -d o in g of
anv tusk.
T h e p u b lic lib ra rie s h av e n o t been
b ehind nt th e ir e ffo rts to h e lp th e
men w ho a re at th e b a ttle fro n t.
W h e re v e r th e a rm ie s h av e g o n e, c o l
l e c t i o n s o i hooks h av e been s e n t. All
tr a in in g cam p s h av e th e ir lib ra rie s
an d lib ra ria n s In c h a rg e .
In E n g la n d th e call fo r h o oks was
th e first a p p e a l of th e w ar
T he
n ig h t a f te r w ar bail been d e c la re d ,
\li
H ask ell lay a w a k e w o n d erin g
how sh e co u ld help
R ecallin g how
m uch honks had m ean t to h e r d u r
ing an illn ess, sh e realized th a t th e
sick an d w ounded m en m ust h av e
hook
p ro v id ed fo r th em
Im m ed l-
a te h sh e In te re ste d h e r frie n d s In th e
m a tte r, am i a f te r receiv in g th e a p
proval of th e W ar M in ister, la ird
H ald an e, th e call fo r hooks w ent o u t.
T h e resp o n se was so g re a t th a t th e
w o rk e rs could not ta k e cu re o f till'
v au lo ad s of hooks th a t a rriv e d an d
Dr W rig h t of th e L o n d o n lib ra ry
w as a sk ed to ta k e c h a rg e o f th e
work
U n d er Ills d ire c tio n th e w ar
library was o rg an ized an d se le c te d li
b ra rie s w eie sen t to all th e M ilitary
a m i N aval h o sp ita ls
By th is tim e
th e A d m iralty had ask ed fo r hooks
for th e navy
T h e call w as e x ten d e d
Io M nerlcu and C a n a d a an d m any
p u b lish e rs sen t la rg e sh ip m e n ts of
hooks
L a te r, hu nks w ere se n t from
S outh \f r lc a , A u stra lia , and m any
of G reat B rita in 's Island po ssessio n s.
O ne E n g lish
p u b lis h e r g av e
600
copies of six of th e best E n g lish
n ovels, b e a u tifu lly b o u n d in d a rk
blue a n d red w a sh a b le b u c k ra m
The E n g lish and F o re ig n B ible So-
< Ictv gave go,ooo copies of k h a k i
co vered G ospels w ith tin Red C r o s s
d e c o ra tin g th e cover.
in th e fall of 1914 th e A d m iralty
a sk e d fo r books for th e sa ilo rs of
tin N o rth Sea lleet T bcsi w ere sup-
plied and all th e g u a rd s a ro u n d th e
.o a s t s of th e B ritish Isles also re-
. civ c d lib ra rie s .
\s
Hie h o sp ita ls in F ra n c e and
alo n g th e e a s te rn b a ttle lin e grew in
n u m b e r, th e d e m a n d fo r b o oks in-
............. I The I’o s tm a s e r G e n e ra l. Mr
au iu cl. w ho had v isited th e cam p s
an d tre n c h e s, d ecid ed th a t th e post- c a n to n m e n ts , m any of th e s o ld ie rs
office sh o u ld h elp in th e d is trib u tio n a re stu d y in g sp ecial s u b je c ts an d
of books. T h is h elp ed to re lie v e th e tex t book» a re in g re a t d e m a n d . Dr.
w ar lib ra ry a ss o c ia tio n an d it was C o lem an of Ree l C olleg e w ho is at
C am p L ew is w rite s e n th u s ia s tic a lly
a b le to re sp o n d to th e d e m a n d s
D u rin g th e p ast y e a r th e lib ra ry of h is c la sse s of h a rd w o rk in g s t u
M any sp ecial co lle c tio n s of
lias su p p lie d E ast A frica, B om bay, d e n ts.
M eso p o tam ia, E g y p t, S a lo n ik a an d b o oks h a v e been se n t to him from
M alta w ith th o u s a n d s o f b o oks and th e P o rtla n d lib ra ry .
T h e w o rk e rs receiv e m uch e n c o u r
m a g a z in e s ev ery m o n th . E v ery tw o
w eeks b o oks a re se n t to th e h o sp ita ls a g em e n t fro m th e le tte r s they r e
A le tte r
in E ra n c e an d to tip* C ro ss C h a n n e l ceiv e fro m th e w ar a re a .
H o sp ital S ervice.
Now th e W ar li from F ra n c e b ro u g h t th is m e ssag e:
b ra ry
s u p p lie s
18 Io
h o s p ita ls in "Y our p a n e l o f b o oks cam e ju s t as
G reat
B rita in , 262 in F ra n c e , 58 we hail been reliev ed a f t e r a g a s a t
n a v a l h o sp ita ls an d 70 h o sp ita l ta c k . an d H iere is n o th in g lik e a
sh ip s
T h e tr a n s p o rt h o sp ita l sh ip s book to ta k e o n e ’s m in d off w h at he
lias seen an d g o n e th ro u g h "
"W e
a re re p le n ish e d ev ery voyage
F o r th e m en w ho a re to o w eak to have no b o o k s," cam e from a g ro u p
bold books, p ic tu re b o oks h av e been in E g y p t, " b u t we fo u n d a sc ra p of
p ro v id ed . T ills w as d o n e at Hie s u g n e w sp a p e r an d read th a t you send
g estio n of Mr K ip lin g T h e b o oks a re books to th e sick a n d w ounded.
sp ecially m ade a n d c o n ta in e n te r ta i n Id ease sen d us so m e .” "W e a re to
ing p ic tu re s In te rsp e rse d w ith jo k e s, h av e a re c re a tio n h u t" w ro te an o f
a n e c d o te s an d
very
s h o rt s to rie s ficer fro m th e L and of S o m ew h ere,
T h ese b o o k s can be placed d ire c tly " a n d we a re m a k in g b o o k cases from
boxes to hold y o u r g if ts ."
b efo re th e In v alid so th a t be need not bacon
tu rn his h ead to
read
th e e n tire M in in S a lo n ik a w ro te fo r (Jreek
page.
T lie n u rs e cun a r r a n g e th e h is to rie s w hen in d ig g in g tre n c h e s
book am i th e n leav e th e p a tie n t to th ey e x cav ated tr e a s u re s of a n ti q u i
F ro m S y ria an d P a le s tin e cam e
a m u se h im se lf u n til sh e r e tu r n s to ty
re q u e s ts fo r books on th e C ru sa d e s
tu r n th e page fo r him .
"M y m en a re
F o r c o n v a le sc e n t m en, th e W ar a n d th e H oly L and
lib ra ry
lias a G am es D e p a rtm e n t h u n g ry fo r in f o rm a tio n ” w ro te th e
w ith d o m in o es, c h ess, p uzzles an d | arm y c h a p la in . "L ife in th e d e s e rt,
o r ru tin r. in th e w ild e rn e ss , is c o n
th e lik e
T h e A m erican L ib ra r y a ss o c ia tio n d u civ e to m e n ta l re c e p tiv ity an d
b eg an to p lan lib ra rie s fo r th e A m th o u g h t of h ig h e r th in g s .”
A m ost p a th e tic n o te w as in p e n
e ric a n so ld ie rs a lm o st as soon as w ar
w as d e c la re d .
A c a m p a ig n
was cil an d w as fa s te n e d w ith red s e a l
la u n c h e d to ra ise o n e m illio n d o lla rs ing wax to an in sid e p ag e of a c h ild ’s
fo r th is p u rp o se
As i l l ev ery o th e r book an d re a d : " I am a little boy of
ca m p a ig n fo r w ar fu n d s , th e A m e r lo y e a rs, a n d I hope w ho e v e r g e ts
Mv f a th e r is
ican
p eo p le o v e r-su b sc rib e d .
O ne th is book will lik e it
Since th e 2 5 th an d 2 6 th of
m illio n a n d a q u a r t e r d o llu rs w ere m issin g
The
B a ttle
of
g iven a n d th e lib ra rie s w ere re a d y S e p te m b e r. 1 15
I w o n d er If it w ill fall in to th e
very soon a f te r th e c a m p a ig n en d ed . L oos
T h o u s a n d s of b o oks an d m a g a z in e s h a n d s of an y o n e w ho w as in th a t
w ere g iv en a n d se n t to c e n tr a l b a ttle an d co u ld give us an y in f o rm
T lie n a m e
p o in ts fo r d is trib u tio n . M any o f th e a tio n c o n c e rn in g h im ."
c a n to n m e n ts h av e lib ra ry b u ild in g s. of th e b o y ’s f a th e r, th e n u m b e r of
In so m e th e lib ra rie s a re p lace d in his b a tta lio n an d re g im e n t w as g iv
In v e s tig a tio n w as m a d e b ut w ith
tlie Y. M C A b u ild in g s.
L ib ra en
ria n s e v e ry w h e re h av e g iv en v o lu n no re s u lts .
Ami so th e lib ra rie s e v e ry w h e re
te e r serv ice.
T hey p ro v id e fo r th e
T h e L ib ra ry a ss o c ia tio n o f P o r t a re h e lp in g
lan d h as p re p a re d a n d d is trib u te d m en in u n ifo rm m e a n s o f re c re a tio n ,
o v e r 2 5 ,0 0 0 v o lu m es, all o f w hich in fo rm a tio n an d in s p ira tio n ju s t as
w e n 1 d o n a te d fo r s o ld ie r s ’ lib ra rie s . th e y do fo r th e c itizen w ho c a n n o t
And to th o se of us
T h ese h av e g o n e to all th e cam p s go to th e fro n t
an d p o sts In O reg o n , to tlie b a rr a c k s wlio m ust find o u r m e a n s of se rv ice
in V an co u v er, to G am p L ew is a n d to at hom e, m ira rle s e v e ry w h e re a re
v a rio u s o th e r p laces w h ere O reg o n s e n d in g th is m essag e : Let us not
ask fo r new Action
T h e re a re p le n
s o ld ie rs a re sta tio n e d
P eople a re
T h e lists of b o o k s th a t m a k e up ty of good old s to rie s
th e s e lib ra rie s is a v aried o n e Good g iv in g up th e i r so n s a n d a re doing
w ith o u t m e a t, w h e a t, an d s u g a r
d e te c tiv e s to rie s a re h a ile d w ith joy
B ooks of a d v e n tu r e , tra v e l an d p o e C a n 't we do w ith o u t lig h t re a d in g ''
try a re e a g e rly re a d
T h e re Is a d e L et us put o u r m oney Into s e rv ic e
m an d fo r h a n d b o o k s on tr a d e h an d ! a b le tiooks a n d let th e lib ra ry h elp
cru ft s u b je c ts
Iti
th e V m erican win th e w ar
I
t 1
P o rtla n d , O reg o n , D ecem b er
. sh am O u tlo o k . G re sh a m , Ore.
E a s t e i n M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty c e rta in ly m ad e a w o n d e rfu l
u in , onni ,n o n w ith tlie Irn iy Y M C A ca m p a ig n Y our
O rici w as a sk e d to c o n tr ib u te tio tii) to th is fu n d , but as a
itt. r ot fa it it has su b s c rib e d m o re th a n tw ice th a t a m o u n t
i el tliat a g re a t d eal o f cre d it Is d u e to J u d g e S ta p le to n an d
1 w ish to m e n tio n especially
ur»> If fo r tills sp le n d id re su lt
, gem re u s pub licity you gave th e m o v em en t In y o u r v alu ed
per
Tin c a m p a ig n as a w hole th r o u g h o u t th e s ta te w as a g re a t
,
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We w ere a sk isi to se c u re 41 t>t>,litio fro m o u ts id e th e
P o rtla n d
T h e s u b s c rip tio n s alread y to ta l o v er iix o .iiiiii
d ib is Is still b ein g a d d ed lo by la te re tu r n s fro m so m e of th e
I’lie c o n tr ib u tio n s fro m th e
m d is ta n t c o rn e rs of th e s ta te
s ta te w ill ru n o v er th e 4 .««)«>,"•» 1» m a rk , w h ereas o u r q u o ta
................
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it a 'e In v o lu n te e rin g . In c o n trib u tio n » to th e Red I’ro ss. tile
L iberty B onds an d g ifts to Hie t r i m V M C
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day off ju s t co sts th e na-
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tie c h a rg e d off
4 11 o (i (i. (i o 0 may
frt im tlie e a rn in g s of th e day b efo re
as expense»
B ut n o th in g Is said
a b o u t th e cost of c a rb o n a te of »oda.
physic a n d O th er su ch th in g » th e
day a f te r
Christmas !
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b ra n d .
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b u t th e
and
a ro u n d Je ru s a le m .
B ritis h »helled th e m o u t.
Temporary Pleasure or Lasting Benefit
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ficient liv in g by g iv in g th e m an
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in n u m e ra b le
uses
th a t will
sav e tim e an d e n e rg y an d p ro
m o te th r if t and Im p ro v e th e ir
m odi of living.
It
is
eciH iotiiical,
light
w eig h t, p o w e rfu l, room y and
easy to h a n d le .
It is so d e sig n e d , c o n s tru c t
ed an d p e rfe c te d as to run
b e tte r, ru n lo n g e r a n d run
cheaper
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.o o n iin g
A nd g o in g sw e e tly , o b e d i
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req u ire m e n ts.
The
2 -h o rse p o w e r
O v e r
la n d m o to r is a m ise r w ith
fu el an d a s p e n d th r if t w ith
pow er.
is ru g g e d , d e p e n d a b le ,
It
q u iet an d a lw ay s a d e q u a te .
No o ilie r e a r n e a r its p rice
gives Kuril tn itiliH i. hom ily an d
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Gresham
E D . O S B U R N . L o c a l Agent
; Emery's Truck Service
B ET W E E N
PO RTLA N D
Ilovv to P re v e n t C ro u p .
In a ch ild th a t is s u b je c t to a t
ta c k s of cro u p , tlie first in d ic a tio n of
th e
d ise a se
is h o a rs e n e ss. G ive
C h a m b e rla in ’s C ough
Rem edy as
soon as th e ch ild b ecom es h o a rs e
am i th e a tta c k m ay be w ard ed off
a n d all d a n g e r an d an x iety avoided
Adv.
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Phone Bromi way
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I i r e s h a i n , < ire
I l l ' I l V I s l li V I'OIUM M i l II E.
I IN I I
1 (1 OI N I
In th e C irc u it C o u rt of ii.< «¡’a te of
O r e g o n fo r M u ltn o m a h Cor.u
in th e m a tte r of th e 1.s t a te of P h ilip
P. L eclie, D eceased.
N otice Is h e re in given tlia t th e u n
d e rs ig n e d . as A d m in is tra trix o f th e
••state of P h ilip P. L echa, d o eased,
h as filed h e r final a c c o u n t in th e C ir
c u it C o u rt of th e S ta te of O reg o n fo r
M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty . an d th a t S a tu r
day. th e 8 th day 01 D ecem ber. 1 • 17
at th e h o u r of 9 :1 5 o 'c lo c k in th e
fo ren o o n of sa id day a n d th e co u rt
room of said C o u rt h a s been a p p o in t-
' ed by said C o u rt as th e tim e an d
p lace fo r th e h e a rin g of o b jectio n »
th e r e to an d tn e » e ttle m e n t th e re o f
D ated a n d first p u b lish e d N ovem
b er 6 th . 1917
MARY A I .E i’HE
A d m in is tra trix
JO H N VAN / ANTE A tto rn ey
I
E ver > th in g fo r Its c o n tro l Is
wii hin easy r» acb of th e d riv e r.
O rde r ,v «mi Modi I '.io at i »lice
s h a llo w
"O ne loom ing shadow
of
th is w ar is its d rift to w a rd so
c ia lism , fo r w ith th e g ig a n tic
sacrifice of life th e w orld Is d e
m a n d in g a sacrifice of p ro p e r
ty, and we w ill su rely d rift to
th a t rocky coast u n le ss we can
p ro v e tlie eco nom ic so u n d n e ss
an d w illin g n ess to p u b lic s e r v
ice of o u r co m m e rc ia l In s titu
tio n s ."
"In R u ssia no p ra c tic a l or
effectiv e form of c o m m ercial
re g u la tio n o r d is trib u tio n was
u n d e rta k e n .
In co n se q u e n c e
of s p e c u la tio n ,
p ro fite e rin g ,
a n d tlie fa ilu re in co m m e rc e to
se rv e p u b lic in te re s t, th e c o n
d itio n of tile in d u s tria l l iasses
becam e so in to le r a b le as to
ste a m th e h o tb ed o f re v o lu
tio n ."
" T ilts s tr a in in th e re v o lu
tio n . I am co n v in ce d from m uch
e x p e rie n c e ill R ussia, w as th e
re a c tio n from f a ilu re of th e
g o v e rn m e n t an d th e c o m m e r
cial c la sse s to m eet th e ir p u b
lic duty "
H oover
NOTH E OI
'sniitn 1 Ians »III m a k e tills
W o re H e a d q u a rte r» .
It h as 1 io; -¡m il w het 1 base
and resilii nt c a n tile v e r re a r
s p rin g s
S o c ia lis m .
I11 th e C o u n ty C o u rt fo r C la c k a m a s
C o u n ty . S ta te of O regon
N otice is h ereby g iven tlia t th e
u n d e rs ig n e d
has
been
a p p o in te d
a d m in is tr a to r o f th e e s ta te of E ran k
E d e r S r , d eceased , by th e C ounty
C o u rt fo r C la c k a m a s C o u n ty . S ta te
of O regon, a n d lias q u alified
All
’ p e rso n s h iv in g c la im s a g a in s t said
e s ta te a re h ereb y n o tified to p re s e n t
sam e duly
verified as by law r e
q u ire d to tile u n d e rs ig n e d at G re s h
am , O regon, o r to tile office of C G
S c h n e id e r. G re sh a m . O reg o n , w ith in
six m o n th s tro th th e d a te h ereo f
I’ B E D E R . A d m in istra to r
C G S C H N E ID E R . A ttorney
D ated and first p u b lish e d Nov ■. '17
L ast p u b lic a tio n Dec 14. 191?
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A u to -lite s t a r ti n g a n d li g h t
in g . vacuum sy stem fuel feed.
:ilx 4 -in c h tire s , n o n -sk id re a r !
G resham
T h e re aso n why only m en a re
d r a f te d in to th e a rm y is th a t th e
w e a re rs of p eek -a-b o o s h ir ts a re not
to be exposed to t he d ra ft
f
I,
h as b ig -c a r a p p e a ra n c e
an d to u r in g c o m fo rt w ith o u t
e x tra v ag an ce.
Zimmermann
C. M
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Its b u sin ess Is to keep g o
ing.
Remember Phone 797
If You H ave
BEEF. HOGS, VEAL CALVES
or FRESH COWS for Sale
All kinds of hauling. Prices
Reasonable
Fresh Cows Exchanged for Fat
Beef Cows.
ED. BAUMANN
Fourth and Roberta, Gresham
We Lead the Procession
of b a k in g ex cellen ce. E v e ry
th in g on o u r c o u n te r s goes
to you Ju st as it s h o u ld —
p e rte c t
b a k in g — a 1 w a v s
fre sh .
p u re
in g r e d ie n ts ;
w ide v a rie tie s , r ig h t p rices,
c o u rte o u s a n d q u ick serv ice
n e a tn e s s th r o u g h o u t. P a
tro n iz e th e b a k e ry s a n ita ry
CITY BAKERY
G resham .
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