STTTDFOTIT) MAIL TOTBTTNT;. M"EDFOTTT. W?EC!0T, TUESDAY. OfTOTSER !?. 1D17
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Sitlinj; nt niv'lit in the ruins of a
shell-torn culliedrul soincwhura in
France, and with u bi' rock for n
desk, !ol)by Pelmize of Entile Point,
former Jledt'ord hij.'h scliool student
and athlete, now serving in the Amer
ican ambulance corps in France, amid
all the horrors of war lie is witness
ing, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred l'elonae, to send him some choc
olute candy. Hobby also writes that
lie is i beginning; to like horse meat.
Tlie letter, just received, altho
guarded in tone for fear of the cen
sor, hints at tho wonderful experi
ences yoiniir l'elou.e is passing thru
md the honors of war he is a daily
witness of. From beinnin to end!
the letter brims witii interest, and is
as follows:
"My Dear Dad:
"Your letter with inclosed cbeck
arrived, safely. You certainly took
chance)' in sending it by mail. You
Jufyht try sending another by Wells
fFargo and see if I don't get it
quicker. You can make it as big as
you want to, as it sure takes some
coin to buy things here in France.
"Tell mother to send me some
chocolate candy, and you can inclose
some smoking tobacco at the same
lime.
Seeing Horrible Sights.
"All of us boys in our umbulunce
corps have been repeatedly warned
that we are to write no information
whatsoever concerning what we arc
doing, the maneuvers we are witness
ing, etc. So please, if these letters
seem uninteresting, just wait till the
lime comes when 1 can tell you of the
horrible sights and the stirring events
that occur continuously.
"The I'nited States government is
Vtjjj- strict now regarding letters, and
you will have to wait until my re
turn, when the things I will tell you
will make you 'sit up and take no
tice.' "I am on night duty tonight, and
am writing this letter with a large
lock for a desk in the ruins of an
old cathedral that has recently seen
shell fire and was generally demol
ished by the retreating Germans.
"The pews have been used lor fire
wood or building parts of trenches;
the altar was destroyed by shell fire
and large gaps in the roof show the
stars in the sky. So you cun picture
me among these wierd surroundings
with the aid of candle writing to my
dear ones so far away. And, believe
me, the Kogue liiver valley would
certainly look yood to me at this
moment.
itoys Always in Danger.
"In the rear of the altar are sev
eral rooms with straw cots, evidently
used as dressing rooms for the
wounded. As you know, most all
our work is done at night. We have
to drive without lights for safety.
So"bat sleep we get is in our clothes
on tmr stretchers, but notwithstand
ing, I keep well. They feed us very
well, and I am growing to like horse
meat, which is slightly sweeter than
beef.
"We only receive mail every ten
days, and, believe ine, we certainly
enjoy getting letters from home.
Souvenirs worry me, as there are so
many things 1 can pick up for u
song that I would love dearly to
, bring home. Yesterday a poila gave
rAme a German helmet weighing about
Tt Jour pounds, which is practically bul
let proof.
"German prisoners nre constantly
Jinssing to the rear, where they are
used in restoring the beautiful coun
try devastated by their retreating
comrades of the German army.
Ine f my companions met with
an accident yesterday. I can't tell
you about it. lie is noW in the hos
pital and will receive the C'roi de
G'uene for his bravery. He lives in
St. Louis.
"My chum, I.ippincolt, who is with
me, is the son of the publisher of
l.ippincott's matiazine, and lives in
Philadelphia. He is n nice, clean fel
low, ami if I return to Stanford he
wants to go there also. There arc
about forty fellows in our division,
all of them eastern college men. 1
am the only one from the west.
Vcur Masks and Helmet.
"We have a ball learn and a
'liusty Ilinnc onnrtct.' and at niglil
time when off duly, while watching
Fl
? vthe night rockets and searchlights
A ying to locate airplanes, we sing
.., i.i
11 .VIlll'l ll'OIl S,lllg", I!M II
omid mighty good, no matter how
loorly sung.
"Our pos are often located quite
.distance from camp, anil we otten
ive to remain there for forty-eiirht
ilirs before being 'relieved.' We arc
BJ s prepared for gas uttui'ks and
ens masks and tin helmets arc
tty om fort able to have on our
S hen fchrapnel Is flung thru
lir overhead.
so sad to see the ruined vil-
nil about ns. Kvcn the roads
blown up by the Germans iu
j' 1
The young men who bnve gone to
France to fight for this war is just
as dependent upon cigarettes and to
bacco as he is upon food.
A private soldier the other day,
says a writer in the New York Sun,
in thanking a friend for sending him
cigarettes, wrote he would "a darn
sight rather have then than socks."
In many cases, he goes on to say,
there can be no doubt that it calms
the nerve, gives peace and content to
a mind shaken by emotion, and
strength to a worn body.
Solace to Soldiers.
Such is the experience indicated in
the lives of soldiers who are ill the
soul-racking environment of the
trench and the dugout. The loud up
roar of battle, the discharge of the
heavy i'.n-, t'.ic bursting of enormous
shells and the charge of yelling bat
talions arc enough to send the aver
age man to the insane ward.
On the firing line it has been found
that tobacco is almost a panacea, A
whiff of a pipe, a puff or so of a
cigarette, and what matter hunger
and mud anil slime? Ask a soldier
deep in the shell-torn ditch whether
he would rather have a square meal
or n pack of cigarettes, and lime
times out of ten he will decide in fa
vor of cigarettes.
"My men," wrote an officer the
other day, "will bear any dirt or dis
comfort so long as they are well sup
plied with smokes."
Makes Men Cheerful.
Another in acknowledging the re
ceipt of a consignment of tobacco
sent word: "Your smokes have arriv
ed. My men are once more cheer
ful." The packets of tobacco sent to
fighting men at the front stand for
far more than so many ounces of
dried leaves. They mean that some
where there is a man, woman or child
who is in sympathy with the boys
"out there."
Tobacco is like an ever-welcoming
host when comrades foregather for
a few hours of rest from their long
vigils in the trenches. It is when
pipes lire lighted or cigarettes nre
glowing like fireflies in the watches
of the night, in some deep down
shelter, that men return to their hu
ninnity. Willi the while clouds come the
merry jest and the rousing song.
Tobacco is a cheery camouflage
which conceals the woes of the sol
dier from himself and screens not the
vision of a brighter morrow .
New SubscrllierR to Fund,
The followiti" nre additional sub
scribers to the Mail Tribune Tobacco
fund. A J."-cent subscription sends
4") cents' worth of tohu to the
American soldiers at the front in
Fiance and a sell'-addressed post
card lor acknowledgment.
A. I.. Hill $2.00
L. K. Williams
Mrs. A. J. Klockcr
Miss Hittson
Arthur Drown
Ivy llocck
Nellie lioeck
Helen Yockey
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Margaret H. Sever
Mrs. Sarah Howell
K. fl. Trowbridge, Jr
I.loyd Culver, l'hocnix
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A. 11. Williams
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uicir rcircnr, and mis devastation
and other things makes one want to
go on the war path for Hosches.
(irons Ten Years Older.
inn ine roans anil iindges are
soon rebuilt and everything system
atically reconstructed by the advanc
ing French, and fields icvcled, plow
ed and planted, showing how confi
dent the French are that the Ger
mans will never return again this
way.
"Dad, the experience I am having
is greut, and 1 think I have grown
ten years older the past six month
Give my kindest regards to mv niiinv
friends in the valley nnd write often
to me.
"With worlds of love for you,
mother and grandma, affectionately,
"HOH.
"P. S. Don't let mother worry
about me. 1 will return safe und
sound."
The Wliolo NeighlHM-lKxxl Known,
Mrs. Anna Pelzer, 2o26 Jefferson
St., So. Omtihu, Neb., writes: "I can
recommend Foley's Honey and Tar as
a sure cure tor roughs and colds.. It
cured my daughter of a bad cold. My
neighbor, Mrs. Henson, cured herself
and her whole family with Foley's
Honey and Tar, and evcryono In our
neighborhood speaks highly of It."
This reliable family remedy nia.'Hrs
croup. It clears the air parages and
eases the gasping, Mrangllng fight
for breath. Sold everywhere.
DECLARES LEADER
LONDON, Oct. 2. Joseph Haver
lock Wilson, general secretary of the
National Seaman's union, In a speech
at MIddlesborough last night, de
clared all want peace, "but we are not
going to have a German peace.
It has been said that 'It Is Impossible
to nave a military victory. Won, lr
wo cannot win the war with such a
great weight as that of the United
States, we do not deservo to win."
Mr. Wilson added that If be could
have his way, "we will deliberately
punish the Gormans for the crimes
they have committed." He enjoined
all the seamen "to keep the flag at
the masthead, never to surrender
and to go straight on with the deter
mination that we are going to win
and bring about peace on satisfac
tory lines."
The speaker declared that so mo
pacifists "who love every country but
their own" would make believe that
Great Britain was as guilty in this
war as the Germans.
"I can only describe them," ho
said, "as very foolish men."
BRIGADIER GENERALS
ASSIGNED TO COMMANDS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 The fol
lowing were among assignments of
brigadier generals announced today
at the war department:
General Linden G. Berry, Sixlicth
field artillery brigade, Camp Doni
phan, Fort Sill, Okla.
General James A. Irons One Ilun
lred and Sixty-sixth depot brigade.
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash,
MERGER OF ALL
CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Delegatos to
a national conference of progressives,
social de'mocrats, prohibitionists and
Independents, arrived here today and
announced their desire to mobilize
all but tho dominant parties. This
Is the third in a series of meetings
planned to form such a co-operative
union, according to V. G. Hlnshnw,
chairman of the national prohibition
party, wiio will participate in tho de
liberations. Among those who are expected to
make addresses aro: Victor Mur
dock, Samuel Gompers, Mnthew Hale
of Boston, J. Stitt Wilson of Califor
nia, Henry C. Needhnm of Los An
geles; Eugene Foss, former governor
of Massachusetts; Clarence Dnrrow,
John Sparga of Vermont and J.
Phelps Stokes of New York.
Kipiul suffrage, national prohibi
tion and government ownership of
public utilities are the main subjects
under discussion.
AFTER HEXT FRIDAY
Friday, October 5, is the last day
taxes may be paid before becoming
delinquent. Taxes that arc not paid
by that date are subject to an inter
est charge of 1 per cent a month, and
after November 5 an additional
charge of Ci per cent ol' the amount
of the taxes will be added as n pen-
TO THOSE
THOUGHT
An arrangement has been
effected whereby the Max
well Motor Company has
leased for a period of live,
years the properties of the
Chalmers Motor Company.
The immediate effect of this
transaction is:
1. The Chalmers car Will he
continued under the Chal
mers name for a period of
five years.
2. Those distributors or deal
ers who have been suc
cessfully marketing the
Chalmers car will continue
to do so.
The appraisers of the prop
erty and their engineers
report the current Chalmers
model a good car and the
Chalmers plant a wonderful
factory.
The first move we have made
is to increase the efficiency
of the Chalmers organization.
The second, move was to
place behind the Chalmers
car the resources of the Max
well Motor Company.
E
ASKS REMOVAL OF
ALLEN EATON
EUGENE, Oct. 2 The Eugene
chamber of commerce at a meeting
last night attended by 200 business
men and citizens unanimously passed
fori second tdno resolutions de
manding the removal of Allen II.
Eaton as a member of tho faculty of
the university of Oregon and as rep
resentative from Lane county In the
Oregon stato legislature because of
his participation in tho People's
Council for Democracy and Peace.
Mr. Eaton had agreed to maUo a
statement of his conduct before the
body. Ten lnlnutcs before the meet
ing, scheduled for S o'clock, be tel
ephoned that ho would not como In
person, but that he would send a
statement. The members waited un
til 10:1.1 for the statement. It was
read and formally declared unsatis
factory. J. E. Sholton, who Introduced the
original resolution stated:
"The position taken by tho cham
ber of commerce Is that any man who
at this time holds tho right of free
speech for agitators and pro-Germans
supreme to the nation's eauso lias
no placo as a member of tho faculty
of the university of Orogon or In any
other Amorlcan body."
ally. Hemembcr that on the morning
of October (i your taxes, if not paid
before then, will be delinquent and
the county will ehnrge you interest
at the rate of 1 per cent a month. If
not paid by November fi, n penalty of
" per cent of the amount nf the taxes
will be added.
WHO HAVE
OF BUYING
This is a business transaction
between two automobile
companies of probably no
more than ordinary interest
to the public but important
to you if you have thought
of buying a Chalmers lor
these obvious reasons:
1. You obtain a good car.
2. You obtain a car produced
in a magnificently equip
ped plant.
3. You obtain a car pro
duced by an organization
materially strengthened by
the addition of able ex
ecutives. 4. You obtain a car produced
by an organization mate
rially strengthened by
additional financial re
sources. 5. You obtain a car from
a distributor or dealer
who will have the support
of this organization.
In this way all tbree of us
prosper in the transaction.
Prrsiilent and General Manager
Maxwell Motor Company, Inc.
10 SEEK AID OF
AX ATLANTIC POUT, Oct. 2.
Seeking the co-operation of Herbert
C. Hoover, food administrator, in
filling Oie allies' food requirements,
a number of representatives of the
food commission arrived here today.
The group, described as a speclul
mission, Is hoaded by O. H. Smith,
assistant general secretary , of muni
tions for Great Britain, and will work
In conjunction with Lord Northcliffe,
now directing the work of nil tho
British commissions In this country.
Mr. Smith explained that their
work Is to set up In co-operation
with Mr. Hoover an organization to
insure the amalgamation and equita
ble distribution of food supplies avail
able hero for the armies and civil
population of the allies.
"Just as the man powor and tho
capacity for making munitions for
each contending nation have been
organized," said Mr. Smith, "so must
food rcsourcos to the full If vic
tory Is to ho secured. And In this,
as In many othor wuys, wo know that
tho United Statos will glvo tholr ul
lies In Europe that which they so
greatly need."
The British will go to Washington
soon.
DIED
JONES Even L. Jones, familiarly
known as "Coolgardle Jones," died at
tho residence of II. L. Wilson on Cra
ter Lake highway at 4 o'clock Tues
day morning, Oct. 2, from cancor,
nftor a protracted Illness. He was a
nativo of Dodgcvlllo, Wisconsin, aged
54 years. He leaves one brother and
ono slstor. Funoral services will be
held at Weeks & McGowan'g chapel
at 10 o'clock Wpduesday, morning.
Interment In Jacksonville cemetery.
Mr. Jones came to Mcdford about
15 years ago, was a minor by occu
pation, and located and developed nu
merous mining claims In the Blue
Ledge district. He had many friends
and was universally popular. He
wns well-known In all the mining
districts of 1ho west, including Alas
ka, and came here from Spokane, nt
the time of the Blue Ledge develop
ment, v.. i .
MAMMA! DON'T YOU
SEEYOURICMtD IS
SICK, CONSTIPATED
fook at tongue! Move poisons from
Jivw ttiul ImiwHs nt
once.
Mother! -.Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See If tongue is
couted; thin, is a sure si Kit its little
stomach, liver and bowels need a
cleansing at. ouce.
When listless, palo, feverish, full
of cohl(i breath bud, throat sore,
doesn't eat, Bleep or act naturally, has
stomach-ache, diarrhoea, remember,
a gentle liver and bowot cleasing
should always bo the first treatment
given.
"Nothing equals "California Syrup
of Figs" for children's ills; glvo a
teaspoon fill, and in a few hours all
the foul waste, sour bile and ferment
ing food which Is closed in the bow
els passes out of the system, nnd
you havo a well and playful child
again. All children love this harm
less, delicious "fruit laxative," and
it never falls to effect a good "inside"
cleansing. Directions for babies, chil
dren of nil ages and grown-ups are
plainly on tho bottlo.
Keep It handy In your homo. A
MUlo given baby today saves a sick
child tomorrow, but get tho genuine.
Ask your druglst for u. 50-cent bottle
of "California Syrup of Figs," then
look nnd see that it Is made by the
"California Fig Syrup Co."
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