East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-03
RIETH BOY WRITES
OF LIFE IN FRANCE
CARL JOHNSOJ EOW IN ENGI-
NEERING BRANCH or UNITED
STATES ARMY.
Fred Iarts Runs Pick Through Foot:
other News and Social Notes of
InfnpaSf

the engineering branch. of the u. s.
army;
Somewhere in Fance.
Nov. 18th, 1911
Mr.. r. Saunders.
Dear Sir and Friend Your wtS-
come and interesting letter and Rieth
news from the East Oregonian col
omns received yesterday and was
read with pleasure. Your letter was
Interesting because II referred to all
tn boys whom / became acquainted
with during my short stay whise
working for the O.-W. and the Rieth
news column was also interesting as
II referred to nearly the entire pop
ulation of Iticth. / was surprised to
hear that J. Curtin was back in Rieth
again, but beyond all doubt It is a
good place to work. with as lively a
city as Pendleton but a few miles
away This entire country is inter-
esting especially the railroads The
cars (caIled wagons) are very small
about 10 ton capacity, and the en-
gines are i'm omparison with the cars
Automatic couplers are unknown
Two links and turn buckle In between
are coupling devices. A number OF
cars are equipped with air brakes
and instead Of having two pair OF
trucks they have two pair of wheels
one pair under each end. Coaches
are similar, only some have two
wheeled trucks under them. The
weather is very wet. raining almost
continuously day and night. But
weather conditions do not worry
soldier. All of the oregon and most
OF the Washington boys in our COM
rany received n package from a Mrs.
Holt c. Wilson of Portland containing
IS different articles. And the best Of
II is that every article was useful to
IA soldier far from home. When the
packages were opened II resembled
an orphans home on Christmas morn.
ing. Each man being as happy as a
six year old boy receiving his first
rocking horse. / might also add that
more women like Mrs. Wilson would
add joy and happiness to many an
American soldier here somewhere in
France) and would help to encouraG"
them that are fighting for loved ones.
home and country.
Well, Frank, you wish to know II
you can help in any way. l can sug-
gest one way and that Is to send some
Tuxedo smoking tobacco or cigar
ettes as the cry of all American sol
diers at present is for American to-
.hacco. Tell Jack l will write him to-
morrow and give all the boys my best
regards and give me the Rieth news
as in your first letter.
Our new address Is Private Carl
johnson. co. T., 18th Engrs. CRy)..
Il. = Army, p. O. No. 705. Via
New York, A. f. F. France,
II 4 rt.fI
you n souvenir Of France in the near
future.
Several Rieth people spent Thanks
giving day in Pendleton attending the
football game and dance.
Runs Pick In Foot.
Fred Harts. who is employed by
the Pacific Fruit Co. had the misfor-
tune of having an ice pick run through
his foot. The Injuries were so serl-
Gus that a doctor was called.
H. A. Byrd, solicitor at Rieth for
the Peoples Warehouse, and who is
well known here, has returned from
Portland where he took an examina- /.
tion to enter the navy.
NJ. J: Mcmillan of Moscow. Ida,
has commenced work in the car de-
partment.
Mrs. McShain and daughters have .
returned from a visit to Portland.
Ivan Crow has been on the sick list :
for the past several days.
Harry Grafos, Gusts Angels. and .
Harry Lambros have returned from a
visit to Portland, Seattle and Taco
ma.
Robert l.. Crow of Pendleton has
commenced work as engineer In the
power house.
Logan Marlin Is back from n visit
in the east. His wife who was visit
Ing In La Grande, accompanied him
home from there.
Little Girl Is Improved.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Alvin Quinter has returned from the
hospital at Pendleton where she was
taken during an illness which threat
ened pneumonia.
NJ. e Woods came up from Port
land last week to visit his family for
a few days. Mr.. Woods has been in
the hospital in Portland for several
months for treatment on his eye
which was injured last spring.
Henry Loos Of Boston, Mass. has
work at Rieth.
$. Mushiaki, who recently returned
from Japan, has commenced work in
flieth in the mechanical department.
Mr. and Mrs. John McNurlin were
visitors Of MIR. McNur-
in's relatives in Umatilla.
c. D. McNurlin OF Umatilla. visited
With his brother-in-law, Mr. +. An
hony and family. last week.
Freeiand Calvard left Friday morn ,
ng for a hunting trip near Umatilla.
Mrs. simpson and family have mov-t
I'd to Marguerite Grove.
Gus Kerasius is constructing a new !
bungalow on his north hill property ,
Mrs j. r. Simpson has commenced .
work at the restaurant.
Mick Andres was a visitor in la i,
irande last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Buntin and family left
or Portland last week for a short ,
,isit
Car Clerk J. w. Doane returned
rom portland where he underwent
. slight operation upon his nose.
@. r. Rees of Wallula is here con- "a
tructing a store room for heaters for q