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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-10-04
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Mrs. r. Il. Ringo and small daugh
ter. Mildred, are guests Of Mrs. r.. II
Wilcox.
a meeting Of tho Pendleton Del
phian Club Win be held tomorrow aft
ernoon at $50 O'Clock In the clu,
room OF the library. 1t Is a callet
meeting for the consideratioh of ur
gent business and every member /,
asked TO be present
Mr.. and Mrs. Newt Newtson. Sr
We're hosts to number OF friends at
a farewell surprise party given AT
their home on Franklin street last eN
ening IN honor OF their son, Elmer,
who left on the morning train fot
American lake, A delightful time
was enjoyed by those present. music
being furnished by the Misses sophie
and Helen Anderson. A dainty sup
Per rounded cut the evening. Those
present were MIR. nnd Mrs TerieSon
Mr.. and Mrs. Gabe Jensen. Mr. and
Mrs Barrett. Mr.. and Mrs, Newt
Newtson. Jr Mrs Charles William
son. Misses Ida, Helen and Sophie
Anderson, Seena Olson. Gunda Newt
son. Hilda Wolson, Gudren wolson
Nesta Barrett Nellie McDonald. lens
Terjeson Tom Terieson. Lynn Bar
rett, Ollie Newtson lens Newtson
Gunnen Newtson, While Newtson and
Ralph and Ia Verne Ter5eson.
Mrs. w. P. Dutton Of Portland. for
merly prominent Heppner matron.
arrived today TO be the guest of her
niece. Mrs. James F. welch and
Mrs Kenneth Warner
A shining success from every stand
point was the recrnt Red Cross Mar
ket conducted by nine young Pendle-
ton women. the final returns frcm
which have jrst been compiled. TIL
sum Of S312. was realized, all Of
which has been turned over to the
Red Cross. The idea Of the ciever
and original affair was brought back
from the East by Miss Mildred Berke-
ley and Miss Beth Smith, who saw a
similar sale during visit in Balti,
more.
Anxious to add their quota to war
service they enlisted the aid of
Those who had part in the affair
number Of friends and the thoroughly
successful market was the result
We're Miss Mildred Berkeley. Miss
6eAn oiflltn. MISS NARY JOINS, Miss {
Olive Gwinn Miss Helen Johns Miss
Leura Jerard, Miss Claire Raley. Mrs |
Guy L Boyden tMiss Zeila Thomp- |
SOM and Mrs. Claud Hampton
On Friday evening at 1890 Miss Hell |
en- Crissman. the field secretary o. /
The World Wide Guild. Will speak at |
the Baptist church. The young peo- /
Ele are especially urged to he in at (
tendance and hear her on the work /
Of young people in the field of mis-
sions.
A large company of friends Of Miss I
Malen Burnett were guests yesterday 4
afternoon. AZ her home, 220 Marcus I
street at a tea, honoring Miss Hanna
The living room had effective decor j
atoms Of zinnias. roses and aspara gus /
Ferns A large bouquet of flame col 4
ored gladiolus and ocean spray form
ed beautiful centerpiece for the ia
Bile. Mrs, Augusta Rees served ano
Mrs. W. P. Winans poured coffee the 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-10-04

Eat slowly, masticate your food
thoroughly, abstain from meat for
few days and in most cases the sour
stomach will disappear. II it does
not take one of Chamberlain's Tab
let's Immediately after supper. Red
meats are most likely to cause sour
stomach and you may find it best to
cut them out.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-10-04
Chamberlain-s Cough Remedy tn
Most Reliable.

After many years experience in
the use of it and other cough medi-
cines there are many who prefer
Chamberlain to any other. Mrs.
A. @. KRISTEN. Greenville Ills. writes
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my mothers home and
mine for years and we always found
it a quick cure for colds and bron-
chiaI troubles. We find it to be the
most reliable cough medicine we have
used. ADV.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-10-04

first hour and Mrs. Emmett Evan
and Mrs. Sarah Bowles the second
Miss Julia Ayres and Miss Lulu Pau
presided in the dining room and wer.
assisted Nv Miss Camille Moore. Mis-.
Alice Rhodes, Miss Ethel Jamison and
Miss Thelma Lasater. Mrs. II. II
Turner, Mrs. Charles Retzer. Mrs
Howard Keylor. Miss Afyra Ballou
and Miss Laura Bowles assisted the
hostess in the living room. Little
Gladys Hill and Lelah sage met the
guests at the door.--Walla walla
Walia Unian. 50
St. Mary's choir had its weekI,.
/ practice "Wednesday evening at 1880.
Miss Alma Scheer is oreanist and Mr..
Eugene Molltor the director. The
members then were invited to n social
Ice cream in the rectory parlors. Faith,
/ er Brown. the pastor. Father Stern
and Mr.. Molitor said few words OF
tencourag cement. It was decided to
have two weekly practices Wednes-
day and Friday evenings, at 7:SO.
United States History After the
Civil War Period is the subject
which Current Literature Club mem
1 bers will study this winter and at this
meeting held yesterday afternoon il
the club room of the library the sub.
Ject was eXemplified in two interest
ms papers one by Mrs. G. NJ. Rice
Factors of Reconstruction" and an
other by Mrs. James Johns, Sr., Con
ditions in the United States After the
War. Both Politically and Economic
ally" Mrs. Roy Raley was hostess
for the meeting and after the brief
but enjoyable program the time was
devoted to Red Cross sewing. Bright
autumn flowers made the room very
attractive and at the sewing hour the
pretty tea table was presided over by
Mrs. J. Il. Raley and Mrs. Fl. d. Jones.
A charming home wedding. quiet
but exceedingly pretty united in mar
riage last evening Miss Stella Lee
Marple and Edward w. Brown. the
Rev. W. H. Bleakney of Walla Walla
performing the ceremony at 1880
o clock at the home of the brides
father, James r, Marple, 1918 West
Railroad. Only members OF the fam
lily and q number of friends Witness
ed the service. The young couple
were unattended An artistic ar
rangement of roses and ferns formed I
the decorations and made a lovely foil /
for the bridal party. Following the |
ceremony a buffet supper was served. /
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are we'll /
known in Pendleton and have a host /
of friends who regret that Mr.. Browns +
ccupation win take tham to Tacoma /
- I've he having position with the
Dupcnt Powder So. in that citv. This
Is the third wedding in the Marple
family this year. Among the guests
was Mrs. Lulu weitenhieler of MIMI
esota. who came west to attend the
marriage.
a pretty farewell attention to Mrs.
who leaves shortly to
make her home in Iowa, was the tea
Yesterday afternoon 7or (which the /
ladies' of the Baptist church were hos i
Lesses at the attractive home of Mrs. /
win Wyrick. Assisting Mrs Wy /
lick as hostess were Mrs. Nary Har-
'ey and Mrs. J. KIenn Miller. The
afternoon was delightfully."- spent with
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
SOME CORNF|ELDS
ARE DISAPPOINTING
A Critical Examination Reveals
Many Stalks Without Ears and
No Indication of Any.

A Freeman-Tr'bune man inspect
ed corn field Just west Of the city
Saturday afternoon and was much
surprised and disappointed at what
he found. In the particular field
examined the stalks are thick and
heavy and loom to height Of ten
and twelve feet. 1t looks fine from
the road and is fine for rough feed
ing purposes. But many of the
stalks are without ears and not a
few of the ears ON other stalks are
so small and imperfect that they
can never mature. Some of the
stalks, perhaps third of them, con-
tain good sized ears which will ma
ture with good weather in Septem-
ber. Under the best of weather con-
ditions, however, this particular
field, or the parts examined, cannot
yield more, than half a crop. Some
other fields show more promise and
it may be that many fields will yield
bumper harvests. A Fort Dodge
man who has travelled all over the
state and who is much interested
in the corn crop and has made spec
.ial inspection of fields in many dis
ferent localities, is authority for the
statement that the corn crop in
Iowa, even under the best weather
conditions, will be disappointing. He
says he has found many fields in
the condition of the one referred to
above and that there are enough
such fields to cut materially into the
averages expected this year by those
who have given the growing crop
only superficial inspection.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
Fits to Order.

A new kind Of CRATER has put in
his appearance in northwestern
Iowa. He strikes a town and locates
the best attended church service. As
the pastor is pronouncing the bene-
diction he falls in a fit. On the in
side of his coat is pinned his name
and the home of his relatives, with
the injunction that if he should
die in one of his fits the people
should have his body sent home.
This enlists the sympathy OF the
people.
He finally recovers and nearly al
ways pulls the leg of the congrega-
tion for enough money to get back
home. 1t takes about $40. He
nearly always gets that much every
Sunday. Then he pulls out for an
other town to have another big fit
the next Sunday.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
ARE OFF TO LONG
ISLAND, new YORK
Lieut.. G. 0. Blake One of Fifty
two Officers who Leave for
Eastern Camp.

Mrs. G. O. Blake and Mr.. and Mrs
J. M. Blake returned from Des
Moines Sunday evening, where they
went in response to word from
Lieut.. Blake that he would leave
that city Sunday afternoon on de.
tached service to join the Forty-sec-
ond division of the U. S. army at
Mineola, Long Island.
Lieut.. Blake was one of fifty-two
officers, including one captain and
the remainder first and second lieu
tenants, on duty with the Eighty
eighth divisional army at Camp
Dodge, to be sent to the eastern
concentration camp from where
they probably will go directly to
training camps in France. Neither
Mr.. Blake or members of his family
know aught of his destination or
with what unit he will be attached,
other than the meager newspaper
reports.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
THE SECOND IOWA
IN CAMP At DEM|NG
Well Equipped Mess Houses-sec-
ond Nearer to Deming Than
Any Other Regiment.

Col. N. P. Hyatt and staff, to.
gether with two sections of the Sec.
ond Iowa infantry, arrived at Camr
Cody, Deming, N. NJ, Thursday
Troops included Companies c of this
city, l of Ames, D of Mason City
G and r of Fort Dodge, in addition
to the regimental equipment, head
quarters. band and supply compa-
MES. The third section, under
Lieut.. Col. Bailey, was expected to
arrive today.
The Second Iowa is camped on
Cody avenue and will be nearest
Deming of all the organizations.
Company A of Mason City will be a
mile from the business district. This
company, which has been there
more than a week, moved Friday
into its new quarters. The men de-
trained n short distance from their
camps section.
They 1Ound mess houses well
equipped with kitchens, tables and
even refrigerators large enough to
hold 600 pounds of ice and quarter
of beef. The companies of the first
sections had their tents up by even
ing. The men arrived in excellent
health. They were somewhat de-
pressed over the drafting of many
of the veterans to the Third, and
saddened by the parting from their
comrades in Des Moines.
There were no accidents on the
way. At Tucumcari, N. NJ, Wednes-
day the Webster City men spent an
hour as guests at a thrilling wild
west roundup.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
Two Automobiles Crash Together on
Public Highway Near Blairs.
burg-Nobody seri-
ously Hurt.

An auto smashup occurred neal
harrisburg Sunday afternoon, re-
sulting in completely demolished
Maxwell car. That the occupants
of both machines escaped with only
a few slight injuries seems almost
miraculous, and the narrow escape is
laid to the fact that the wheels OF
both machines became locked to-
gether from the force of the COLI
sion. A Jeffery car, occupied by
four Des Moines people and driven
by Des Moines banker, was going
north at about twenty-five miles an
hour. The autoists were en- route to
Belmond. The Maxwell car, occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hunt
and two children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Segar and little granddaughter
and daughter, Mrs. Robt. Maxon.
driven by the owner, Mr.. Hunt, was
going west out of the private road
at the Peter Segar farm a mile north
of Blairsburg, which place is occu-
pied by the Hunt family. A corn
field hid the roads from the view of
both drivers and the big Jeffery
crashed into the broadside of the
Maxwell, throwing the two men,
who occupied the front seat, and the
children, into ditch at the side OF
the road and completely demolish-
ing the machine. No one was seri-
ously injured, hut the occupants OF
both cars were badly shaken up and
suffered from bruises and scratches.
The tenders and headlights on the
Jeffery were badly bent, the wheels
wrenched out Of line and the frame
sprung.
Assistance was gotten from a
Di1isse eassses- --aRd ~thea Jeffery
car towed into town. from where the
! women took the train back to Des
Moines. The men in the car said
they would remain in Blairsburg
while the machine was undergoing
repairs, when they would drive it
home.
Mr.. Hunts Maxwell was prac-
tically new, having purchased it
last year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04

ant the place, are the losers Of theil
newly threshed crop of oats, worth
about 5000, also harness and farm
implements of various kinds. Fortu.
nately no stock was in the barn al
the time.
Nearby neighbors quickly re.
sponded to calls for assistance, and
bucket brigade was organized
which succeeded in saving sheds
and farm buildings, but the big
barn was totally destroyed. Insur-
ance covering part of the loss of the
building is carried by Mr.. Mulhol-
land.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Callies, 1905 Division street,
was also struck by lightning, which
tore off shingles, split couple of
joist and partly demolished the
chimney. The damage to the prop
erty is fully covered by insurance.
Electric light fuses were burned
out in many homes, especially those
in the south and west part of town.
Iowa Telephone Co. lines were also
damaged to considerable extent, dis
organizing the phone service in the
city as well as on the country lines.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
CARS COLLIDE,
NOBODY INJURED
Automobiles Driven by Benton Gus.
tuson and A. S. Heller
in Collision.

No one was injured in the auto
mobile collision which occurred late
Friday afternoon at the corner of
Bank and Seneca streets, when big
Hudson touring car, driven by Ben
ton Gustuson, oldest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. G. Gustuson, and the auto
mobile owned and driven by A. s..
Heller, S33 Water street, collided.
Mr.. Heller was driving east on Bank
street and the Gustuson lad was go
ing south on Seneca, ready to turn
onto Bank, when the two cars came
together. The windshield and
headlights of the Gustuson car were
broken and other damage done the
front of the machine, while the run
ming board and tenders on one side
were taken off the Heller automo-
bile.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
Farmers Did Well.

Hamilton county farmers made a
good showing at the state fair in Des
Moines this season, as usual. w.
j. Irving, south of town, won three
premiums on corn and one on oats.
f. A. Huddlestun won some premi-
ums with his fine exhibit of thor
oughbred horses from his Edgewood
farm. ]. H. Lachmiller, southwest
of town, got several premiums on
his fine Chester White hogs, and
Chas. W. Mitchell, who also raises
Chester Whites on his place in the
southwestern limits of the city, was
among the winners ON Chester
Whites. The prize of $25, won by
Harlow Lachmiller, the ten-year-old
son Of j. H. Lachmiller, for the best
pig six months old, has already been
mentioned in these columns. This
pig was sold for $500 at the fair,
and soon after the sale the pur-
chaser was offered $3.50 for it. Mr..
Lachmiller sold twenty-one head of
his Chester Whites at the fair.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
A FIERCE ELECTRIC
Al STORM OCCURS
Big Barn on Mulholland Farm Was
Struck by Lightning and
Burned to Ground.

Residents were awakened shortly
before midnight Friday night by
several of the hardest claps of thun-
der, with accompanying flashes OF
vivid lightning, heard this year. The
electric storm passed over, how
ever, with but little rain falling.
Lightning struck the big barn on
the Irving Mulholland farm, ten
miles southwest of town, during the
storm and it burned to the ground.
George Ewing and family, who ten
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
SON OF Bro. CLINT
MYERS TO front
Letter Received From Radcliffe
Young Man While on His
Way to the Front.

A letter recently received from
.Atlee Myers, son Of Editor Clint
Myers of the Radcliffe Signal, who
is with the American expedition
ary forces in France, gives a very
interesting account of the dangers
and hardships the troops expert
ence in crossing the Atlantic and,
also, of the precautions Uncle Sam
takes to insure as far as possible
the safety of his fighting men on
that dangerous voyage. The letter
was written on board ship. Atlee
writes that the squadron that he be-
longed to made the. voyage on the
U. S. ship St. Paul. They left the
harbor at New York the evening of
July 18th. The care taken to pre-
vent news of the sailing of troops
from reaching enemy hands is
shown by the fact that Atlee writes
that in a previous letter he had
written telling Of their contemplat-
ed departure, the letter given to
United States detectives for censor
ing and mailing, he was not permit
ted to state the name of the ship.
Leaving New York Harbor the
night of the 18th, his ship steamed
just outside the submarine nets
that protect the harbor where it
anchored for the night. Anchor
was weighed early the morning OF
the 10Th. His squadron was the
only troops on board and but few
first and second class passengers
and only very few women and
children were on board. The troops
Travelled third class. Atlee writes:
"My stateroom is nice and clean,
but about every third meal the food
is so bum we cannot eat it. We
complained to the Captain, and to-
day at dinner he came down and
asked me how the food was. I told
him it was rotten. l gave him my
plate and told him to smell 1t and
see for himself. He wrinkled UP
his nose and looked like he thought
the same about it that did.
On the evening of the oath we
entered the danger zone. II you get
this you will know l am safe for
awhile. From now on the United
States sailors sleep near their guns
with their clothes on. We have been
given cork life belts and assigned
to life boats. Even though every one
on board realizes they are facing
death with every turn of the pro-
pellor, all are calm and do not give
danger an instant's thought. For
my part 1 never thought that l
could face such imminent danger so
calmly but it is not so hard as one
would think"
On the 26th Atlee's ship was met
by three huge American torpedo boat
destroyers and he writes that 1t
sure looked good to see them. The
destroyers conveyed the ship to port.
The ship spent the night of the 26th
at the pert of Milford Haven, Wales,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04

A service ribbon, denoting partic-
ipation of Iowa and other United
States troops in Europe, is to be pre-
sented to all American soldiers by
the war department to men who
serve abroad. 1t is likely that some
of the soldiers who enlisted in Web
ster City and are members of some
of the military organizations going
from this place, will receive some of
these tokens of appreciation. The
war department now recognizes only
ten distinctive honors that can be
bestowed on soldiers. The eleventh
will be symbolic of participation OF
American troops with the British
and French in the war against Ger
many.
All the Iowa National Guard mem.
bership who saw service in the
Spanish-American war are entitled
to wearing upon the left breast of
their service uniform the little strips
of colored ribbons that signify act
ual service. The strips of ribbon,
each of a prescribed length of one
and three-eighths inches, symbolic
the various engagements or wars in
which the wearer participated.
The ten recognized by the depart
ment include two medals of honor,
one certificate of merit and seven
indicating other historic campaigns.
Because medals may be lost from
the uniform when in the field, rib
bons were hit upon by the depart
ment to properly evidence the SER
vices of the officers and enlisted men.
The meaning of the ribbons, as en-
planned by the war department, fol-
lows:
Congressional medal of honor, the
most coveted of all-White stars on
a field of light blue silk. This med
nj is awarded only by a special act
OF congress in recognition of some
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
farmers PICNIC
AT FREEDOM CENTER
Farmers and Their Families Will
Hold an All-Day Gathering
Next Saturday.

A farmers picnic will be held on
the James Johnson place, near the
Freedom Center school house, next
Saturday, Sept. s. These annual af-
fairs are always much enjoyed and
we'll worth while. There will be a
shooting match, QUOT pitching and
other games and sports. 1t is hoped
to secure speaker from this city
who will give short talk at about
1880 before the noon hour. Bas-
ket picnic dinner at noon. A base
ball game, for which the lineup has
not yet been arranged-probably,
however, the single men will play
the married men-will be staged in
the afternoon. 1t will be an all-day
affair and everybody is invited to
bring well filled baskets and enjoy
the day and occasion.
1t was suggested by Hugh Nairn,
one of the prominent and we'll
known farmers in that vicinity, and
who gave us this item, that this pic
mic might be good place for some-
body to run general stand in the
interest of the Red Cross. There
will be big crowd and the farmers
will welcome and be glad to patron
iZe such stand, where ice cream,
lemonade, ETC., can be secured. If
the weather is favorable such an un-
dertaking would no doubt add quite
q sum to the Red Cross fund.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-04
BIG JEFfERY GOING AT HIGH
SPEED DENOuSHES MAXWELL

particularly gallant deed in action.
Certificate of merit badge-Two
red, white and blue bands, separated
by thin band of white, the blue
being outermost in each instance.
This honor is conferred by the pres
ident.
Philippine congressional medal
Blue band in center, fianked by
stripes of white, red, white and blue,
the blue on the outermost edges of
the ribbon. This insignia is worn by
those men who stayed in the service
after the conclusion of the Spanish
American war to put down the Phil
ippine msurrection.
Civil war-Campaign ribbon of
equal sized bands of blue and gray.
Indian wars-Bright red, with
narrow edges Of deeper red.
Spanish campaign-Alterna
stripes Of yellow and blue. This is
the most familiar of service badges.
Philippine campaign-Blue band
in center, flanked by narrower bands
Of red, with blue edges.
Cuban occupation (time Of Span
ish war and several years thereaf-
teri r)-Blue in center, aanked by mar
row yellow stripes, then broader red
stripes, and finally blue borders.
Cuban pacification Indicating
service in Cuba during the period
19O6-19O9, when the United States
settled governmental affairs in the
new republic)-Broad olive drab
center, fanked by three narrow
stripes of red, white and blue, the
red on the outermost edge.
China campaign Indicating SER
vice in the march to Peking)-
Broad band of yellow with narrow
borders of blue.
Sterling belts for gentlemen at