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TELEPHONE 41 1 1 Letters from and About Soldiers i Altl.ur I.vtt.-, ho f nitsttd rurly in A" nl, li'17, r.ai hi Uiist oi v litrr- .,11 r.i! ma: .!.? to his l.i: ri. li.v :. i; n h:. trie only Htl kivtr U who i. -tt-ri trv wr aUxrJ an v.?rtas ut I.a-tr, ani a vmi r;-..;.- .ir-! l o.i.r ! vaiil a dt th U.ii I , fi UtiM irg ti e t-x-l in:i I1 i f it liii !. t!f surtit.'c i f the :ta ak i'nvt r'ii Vk 1 1 ti "ii a: d tirtins truin a it'l l' "tl I -in at. Mr. I.oft's part'i Is, Mr. ami Mrs. A. t". Lofts, t a.t just rfitivtit thtir l ist tiiHci sor il Ktti-r from thtirsin. aru in it l.e it'. stts intt itstiily a run.o-.T of the hitl. water n.ark tvt'tsU if hi4 qiht in patrol ai. i iii.' Vi v sf ivi -t. Thf letter was written at I'!y iimutl;, Knjf., on Thai ksivn day. ii:: May l'.il.-, ' he sas, "we saiie.l from NejN Lot dun, -7 sub vl.u? ers. five Inn ovtrt.nieiit tu;s ami n-riie ooiivei ted ai'hts. Our 'mother shi,',' the I". S. S. Hatitiil.iil, esrortt-.i us. Four days later, after a i;oii Voy.ie, we urn horeil in the harlnir of llatt il lon, tn the liirrnu.l.i Islands. I ,is was our fir.-t foieiti pirt, ar.d we i a.l a yreat tit:te. I had heard a i-at deal all, ut the great resorts lti H.r muda hi t !:aii i eer expected to s. e th.m. 'Ine negroes do all the work arid the w h'tes I oss the Joh. Finland has a treat naval hase there. "We were all naily starved upon our a: rival, for our cook had heen sea sick ami the crew had lived on salt horse, hardtack and v atcr, with a nece of a tueal snrtittm.es. After a .mod rest we were supplied with rnnte fi.o'l, water, engine iiaits hpu a seau'io ir cook and put to sen. (.yniri. We adeil east. Twelve days later we Sjhttd the Azoie Islands, just off the nist of Spain and the property of 01 tin;al. "The only real town is Porta Itel ( ou'ila. on the lslaml ot han M'nuel. For l'J days we on hoard had i ut washed or shaved, for a suh chaser arrtes very little water, and salt water is worse than useless for toilet purposes. w e were a sorry, ureu .tew, I can ti II you. "It is the tiitn helief of many offic ers and men of the chasers that soine where on this stane of our trip we passed the licit of Cierman subs, which later raided otf the coast of the Fmted states. "In the Azores they use Tot'tuuese inniiev, in units of the rtis, of which i. It'll make a dollar. Can ou imagine the quarrels we had with the natives :ver change'.' They cheated ustiht and left. The only Hunt; wo could buy uas fruit, orat'Kfs and pineapplis. We 'Acre all sick ttorn entint; so many of it, ..in. "After a rest, washup and repairs, we started in four days acniti east and then northeast, and M days Liter vve arrived in I'. rest, France. The sea nail heen very roue.h. Subchaser 11". tnul a man washed overboard and ne'.ei t'nuiid him. We took fuel from a tank ship accompany inn us. Frost is or.e ot the largest I . S. naval hates anJ Ui"e we fi.und nutny U. S. ships and iestmyers. V e had a n'i"'d welcome . nil that niht 1 wrote to you and sent :he litters on the transport Lincoln. Sim was torpedoed ami sin k ju.-t ell the French coast nnd bye letters, .so 1 wrote aaOi and the h Iter.! wen pi. ce 1 a liiiird the LI. S. S. California, another transport, and she was b rpe- toed. 1 thouirht 1 would never p.vt a letter thrmiuh. I couliln t tell you n out it, so alter I that sent two let (is to you. 1 lie day we sailed finli: ' t am e in Fi nland th : C . S. S. Cov i.'yluii was sunk wild more lelteis, and v.efn'l we tmid ! The whoh' chaser lie. t patmll-'t the v hole Frei ell nast !t!;t a'.vaj and bombed to Li at the .It-.ice. We arrived in KiikIhiuI June HO. me birthday. "From then on it was work, calm or .t'tiny, cn:;v,yinLr ami pat roll injr froir, here to France and back aain. Then we took a trip into the Irish Channel, after C at to hreft and then into the i'inuii. n t ham. el. I atcr we went down the I't In. ml; ttro'ikrh the rrm , here aril there (re str- tied, ti.e t-l.autf ur with the t a-1 tieit.-e Joti i:: e -ted his carburetor Mi felt of lar it. side.-. Supply trair s. ' ta. n i. orawr. by six i r e.ht; naiie.-, moved up. ttetr n-far e dr.vt rs urj'.i k.' the ll lili.- to t e.r besf. It: on i r that uv'.-'.-L'V mtsht not hur-y. We mt t.tije Fieith trjeks tfinnt.ir-h.-- ai. t t h. ! 1 ur breath. Its.; Krt..c!.ti e" waved their arms aid 1 shoutni. but o..j 1 1 t tive an i,ch. Our' diivir ju-t iiiut.tett. F'et he dion't t ''' a'i iii.-h, ither. We passed each othe r, . tiv' ' hm.HS ti... ; "Ths lrlsiape, as we moved u; , , tn, k on ti.e apearat.ce of I.ewiy clean u j;roUT d. The hitf holes, eve-y-1 wh re. were made by our cwi (jurs. Ti.e roads, tecatie heavier each mile, we v etit. We saw the erit ters vam- ; i try it. l: to till the holes. W e struck i a int..: li. !e that stuck every ear, and a! staitly caterpillar had to come to the res. 'tie. j "Finally we reached our new dun I outs. We piled our things down at d j pn ni; tly went to s,., p only to be Mi'M'ii on: in a tew nouis r anoint r cenqaiiv tr.it v. in just returninn from 4! ihns :n the trencUs, fir a rest. Nothing daunted, n y comrade at il I found two tables, put i.ur t'etis on them and oliitiled up and went to sleep. Ne.vt n.orniin we found a btt'e tin hut, t quipped with wiie (chickerl beds. They had recently heloned to Flit:'., late "of ttiis locality. Frit. It-it a i ice (air i f leather bunts, as he Wi t t out. W e ,q ptopriated all. The mud is tierce, but lotiicjit is better w ith a bin moon. ' ' In a letter to his parents, .ludne and Mrs. I.. N. Hlowers, I'huI M. Hlowers. Co. 1:, iiltith Animutiitn n Train, S'lst iiivisioti, savs his un.t has heen sent to St Na.aire, where they aie e.inae.l in automobile repair work. Mr. Hlow ers, a warmer of tho train, declares that with the end of the war has conn to him a loncMnn for some of his moth er's home conkmn. One of the places of interest in which his unit was reiently billeted was Hitlitm, once a famouns university town of F.unipe. In the 11th eetitiny, ai'Ciiidinn to Mr. Blowers' letter, tht university there had .IIUO students, wiin livid in quarters i ailed "la llou cherie," which ttill vx'st. Judoe Fl.iwers has just had a letter fiuin Capt. K. C. (iillis, captain of his i son's company, to whom lie h.nl writ ten for a formal permit to b used in sendinn the soldier a pair of glasses. "Your sun,." wrote Captain (iillis, : "anl all of the men are well. And I ! hope soon to return them to you, all the better men for their experience as ' soldiers. " lleni'V liiai't'. son of Mr. ami Mrs. F, II. BlanK. has endeared himself to tiis biinktnate and cnmi ade, Vernon Burlinname, Forest drove man. Both are with the lioth Fnttineers, the (las ami Maim unit. Mr. Butlinname was shot through the ten and sent to the I rear to a hospital. His kit of personal bclonninns was left In hind. However, ivhen he was well hjm iti ami returned to his company Mr. I! lay if i'resentcd him with the treasures. At nieat in convenience he had earned the kit of his comrade for several weeks. Vo'it n Burlinname wrote his mother about Mr. lilann's thnunhtftilness, and the hitter told the story to Mrs. C. II. Ca.-tnt r w hen she was visiting Forest !"cve recently. Two other ilood River men, Joe M. Johnson iitil Horace Skinner, ate with the I'tith Knnineers. Christmas Is Near Now that the war is over we all feel happy and free once more to give to each other some remembrance to help commem orate this the most memorable year ever known. For weeks we have been selecting choice articles in many lines for gifts, getting the best out of each. Many of these we can now show you. Remember the Slogan ; "Buy a Present a Day From Now Until Christmas!" See our new factory line of Leather Goods and Novelties, Parisian Ivory, Safety Razors. Manicures, Toilets. Stationery, Xmtis liooklets, etc. New Style Edison Phonograph "The Phonograph with a Soul" NOW BEING SHOWN Always at Your Service RELIABLE DRUGGIST 9 CS3 GSO O write:: Stewart Kimball, member of a machine nun company of the illst Livi sinn, to his parents from liuhokeii, N. ! J. Mr. Kimball, who with his brother, , Fordham K. K. Kimball, owns an orch ard place in the Oiltll district, sus tained shrapnel wounds early in Sep tember. Fordham Kimball lias been atettdinn an otliiers' trainmn school for artillerymen in France. ('apt. L. A. Henderson sends Christ mas nt'ttmns to all his Hood Liver f r.emis. He say s : ' To my friends, ( hiistmas treet inn ' We have licked the boche. The next bin Job is to send the boys home. W e an-cominn before Linn. Is there stdl a place for us in your hearts'.'" loir annver : ' riiete is, and a bin (jne. So say we, all i,f us." Utter to his parents, Mr. am; '.,a-t, huntinn, nu.nd.nn, li-titunn until we were en.l. Those months were Iv.'eti the Fnn bsh novern il us the credit tor one ir own bi.se nave us credit We know we have stink The Pest of Th e Seasonable Fruits and Nuts ALL SORTS OF HOLIDAY GOODIES And always vve have the Highest Class Staples of the Grocery Trade. YOL'RS I OR HM'I'V HOLIPAIS THE ARNOLD GROCERY CO. iii'h n a i all neatly real war. incut nn n uh, ami i for mine. s e et a I. 'On day in October we were out, ahead of a bin convoy of merchant ships leavinn I'lvmoiith. Just as we, . en out of : iurht of land an F.i tflish ot ship ciune rtishinn back at d sinaled. 'Have sighted sub (lead ahead. Away Ae went, ei nines red hut and nuns isw inn. I was on the depth chatne chutes with Smith. The ss;h was wait inn for a crack at our convoy and ti.i:i t think we had I potted her. They ant' watch airships or planes very W'll. With the airship overhead the; three chasers went rinht at her. Wasn't I excttd'.' The airship dropped her I, irht bomii to murk the spot where the sub had none down, and ;tt sivumi; later we trussed the t'pot and th" cap tain veiled, "Let 'it fn" Those bombs1 weinh :'i'io pounds each, hut Smith and I just naturally picked it up and threw it down the i hute. Set at :-i fe. t we nave her two feet extra fur jrontl mens- ; 'iie. The airship nave her one also. Honest, 1 can't describe t he noise and iar when they went off. It sounded and felt like the world had come to an end. A moment later oil and all kinds ; of wreckane came up, and we knew , we had a sub. At an easy estimate I we sent H0 Germans and three officers ; to hell that time. An hour later the merchant ships came over the spot and i repotted nreat quantities of oil and all kinds of stulf on top of the water, i This is only an incident. Those bombs ; cost volt folks about SM70 each, hut we should worry. I know 1 always used to roll 'em off with a blessing. We have used lots of bombs and lots of food. Now if we can net back safe everylhinn will he lint'- There is a bin report that these boats are to be sold to the British and French. Our cap tain told us about it. All of us fel lows hope so. A lthoutrh everyone is j name to do his bit, none of us wants to ' j make a winter trip a toss the Atlan I i ti. in ti chaser. "vVe had a n1""! dinner today and a lot of boxing and wrestling matches this afternoon. 1 got on the good side of t tie cook and he slipped me a whole f in rnj kin pie. 1 am going to eat it shortly. "Let. me know if you receive this letter. 1 call it my history." In an interesting letter to his moth er, Mrs. II. M. Scearce. Robert .1. Seearce, formerly member of a coast artillery company mobilized from Portland, but now with the ti.'th Artil h ry. te.'ently designated as one of the American overseas units to be sent home, describes how the organization to which he was attached kept moving up in following tlie dermaii retreat, i rrenrh muds tor the most (tart are tine," he writes, "exiept fur those we have just been traveling over, and t' ey were very recently in no man's land. Traffic is very heavy on these roads. Long columns of troops were moving : up and r-thts werp enmirg back. We passed column after column of French ; artillery, guns, men and teams covered! with mud. Great truck trains Muggled In .Mrs. . K. Gitson, Kay Gibson s!ys he l;.is completed a courte at a radio . Inn I at. Fortress Monroe. Ya.. and that l e expects to be mustered out ot the n rv ice in time for Christmas dm tier at home. Since he was sent to Fort Stevens with 12th Co., in July 1017, Mr. Gibson h.is traveled through 11 itates and has visited the principal cities of the ('oiled Slates, lie writes, however: 'T have seen nothit g that apppeals to ii it.- like the vast orchards that cover the hills and vales of Hood River ami 1 will be glad to get hack to the land wh' i,e the waves of the broad Colum bia lap the feet of the tir clad hills e! Oregon. " The youngest of three brothers atnl the last to enter the service, Wilfred Kinjr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas King, who recently moved to Portland from the Hast Side, ibed Oecember (i, in France, of pneumonia, according to oliicial news. The yming man, aged '1 years, left here with a draft contin gent in early September. He was transferred from Camp Lewis to Camp Fremont, Calif., and sailed soon there after. The brothers, Auhrev and John King, are both overseas, the former in France with a regiment of field artil lery, and the latter with the marine . orps. 'I wo half brothers, Wallace Graham ami Janus R. Graham, are in service. Mr. aid Mrs. II. C xpecting their son, N who has jtist returned from overseas dutv, hi niae. The Odell couple have other sons in service: Horace, Giikerson are .th in Gilket sen, to Camp Leu is me fur Christ- t hree in the spruce production division, Oavid, a radio operator at Ford I lodge, la., and Ray, w ho is in the HHvy. Lieut. Glen Shoemaker, ore of the haiter members of RJth Co., w ho re ceived his commission last summer af ter instruction at an oiliceis' school at Fortress Monroe, Ya., has arrivul home, having just been mustered out. Lieut. Shoemaker was w ith a unit of Coast Attiilery at Fort W'onlen when demobilized. Sgt. Fred Smith, s, n of L. F. Smith, returned Thursday from Camp Za, li my Taylor, whete he has bet n in 'raining in a rephnement icgimetit of tie HI aitillcrv. He says t'i'it hil,i;!:-e(ls of men are being daily demobilized at tr.e btg cantonment. J S;t. Waldo Cuutield, who, according to last week's casualty list, was killed in France wan a first cousin of Mrs. Louis A. Henderson formerly of this city. News was received last week that Cpl. Ctaig Wilkiison, son ot Mrs. Al ma Wilkinson, had been slightly wounded. OREGON LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers LUMBER & LUMBER PRODUCTS Wholesale and Retail Worth A 1 1 1' When you fee when dark pull- eyes, w hen you w akt backache or pains in sales and when muscles and bones ache von sutler rheumatic twinges, In a letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ('. P. Nickelsen, Lowell Nickel sen, w rites that the submarine chaser, the crew- of which he was a member, has ceased patrol ami that he is in Philadelphia. Young Nickelsen's chaser has been on duty watching for subs off the At lantic coast and in starch of a possible base for the L-boats. He particpateii in a number of thrilling rescues when the. submarines were at tive off the American coast. By this time, his father, L. A. Kerr, thinkc, Arthur L. Kerr, member of the li 't h Lnginee!'S,.has driven his motor tru 'k, with winch, according to his letter, he is taking supplies to the army of German occupation, onto tier man soil. Mr. Kerr has just. received a letter from his son, written several days after the armistice. The soldier declares that he will be glad when the task is well finished and he can return for a family reunion at home. Solon Hohson, has just returned here after being mustered out of the service , at Spokane, where he was attending a i motor school. Young Hobson has a brother, Harry Dobson, at. Camp Meade, Md., member of the b.'lrd Regi ment of Infantry. His father, Joseph 1 Il ibson, a veteran of the British navy, j ; when refused enlistment because of his i age. enteied the shipyard work in 1 Portland. ' Bert Head is now delivering the mail to all blanch post offices at Camp Lew is. In a letter to his mother, Mrs. Amanda Head, the young man wrote last week that, the mnnds are made in a truck. He visits Tacoma once each day, transporting thousands of letters to and fn m the soldiers of tne big cantonment. Cpl. Algie W'einheimer, whn has hi en mustered out of the United States Army Training Division at Ben son Polytechnic in Portland, has re turned here. Cpl. W'einheimer, soil of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. W'einheimer. had beep designated to attend an officers' training camp. "Am again on American soil," ntitiii of Wiinii'ii I too tired to work, i appear under your up weary, with loins, , wtien when liitnlKigo puts you down, then you know the kidneys are weakened or dis ordered. Mrs. T. J. Bucknell, Route 1, Hardy, Neb., writes-: "I am recov ering from an attack of lumbago by the aid ef Foley Kidney Pills. They suitly have helped me." Sold Lvery w here. Mid-folumitia Lvagiie Elects Ofli-ers of the Mid-Columbia Inter scholastic Athletic As:-ociatioii, just revived as a result of peace, havu been elected as follows: President, Prioci pal Bailey. Hood River: secrctiny, Henry Card, of White Salmon; treas urer, Willis Pendtrgast, Ilood River high school. The league is coliip ised of the Hood River, Odell, The Dalles, Stevenson, White Salmon and (itddendale h.h schools. A schedule of 15 basket hall games have been arranged. The first will he played at Stevenson January II, be tween the teams of Stevenson and this city. Cyclops May lie at Kiel 1 W. J. Fib, has hopes that his brother, ('has. Filz, a sailor aboard the cull er Cyclops, which disappeared tnysteri t imly last April, may still live. Mr. Filz has just heard from his parents in Wisconsin, and they enclosed clippings fmm eastern newspapers, which re ported that navy men had written home that the Cyclops had been found in the Kiel canal. Siro2ff Men The Nation needs strong men and the right time to begin to build up strong man- j hood is during the growing j period of childhood. 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