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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
LIVE STOCK PRICES
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-Hoss-
Receipts, 1900; lower.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-Hogs-
Receipts, 1900; lower.
Cattle--Receipts 1000; steady
Calves-Receipts 600; lower
Sheep-Receipts 100; steady.
Steers--Pr.me corn fed steers, l.3oo
and up. s16.5oQ1725; good to choice
steers. 1900 and up, $1625@ 1900;
up. 15.75@16.25; good to choice steers
to medium steers. 1,15O to 1000.
55O016o0: good to choice steers,
500 to 900 lbs, $1350@14.25; fair to
medium yearlings, $9.75@12.00.
Heifers and Cows-Goou t. choice
heifers, s11.50614.50; common to falr
heifers, s900@10.25; fair to medium
cows, $9.5041025; Gamers and CUT
S750G925.
Bulls and Calves---Good to prime ex.
Fort bulls, s12.O0d 1850; good to
choio, butcher bulls. $1,000 l2.OO;
common to fair bulls, $1,000 1918;
common to best veal calves. $950g
S14.0O; common to best heavy calves
ss.5Om11.50; stock calves 250 to 4oo
pounds. $500 10.5O;good to choice
lights, s16100 1915.
Stockers and Feeding Cattle-Gooo
to choice steers. 700 pounds ana up.
si1 0O@l2.5O; common to fair steers.
under 700 pounds, $4,000 HOO; good
TO choice steers, under 100 pounds
$40. 5O@12.oo; common to fair steers,
under 700 pounds, s9.oO@10.5o: med
ium to good heifers. $500 H. ~;
medium to good feeding COWS, $sooU
$50; springers, sS.oo@9.5O.
Hogs-Best heavies, $16.GoG 1919;
medium and mixed, s16.65Gl6.75;
good to choice lights, $l6.75 q l6:so;
common to medium lights. $4,000
,sT5. roughs and packers. $i45OQ
1925: light pigs. s15.oo@1625; light
pigs, s15.oo916.75; bulk Of best hogs
sl6.G5 916.75; best pigs, s1e.9oql7.2o'
Sheep and Lambs-Good to choice
warnings. sl5.O0@1S0o: common to
fair yearlings. s12.5o91s.75; good to
choice wool sheep, $14.oo@l6.Oo:
bucks. 100 pounds, s1ooo@11.oo; good
I, choice breeding ewes, Sl4ooW
1c 90: common to medium spring
lambs, s14@15.75; good to choice wool
lambs, $16OO@1S.oo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Pardieck Sets Record
for Insurance Sale

H. F. Pardieck, Richmond agent for
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance company, ranks first in Indiana
and eighth In the United States for
insurance written In the last thirty
days, according to an announcement of
his company.
His record of writing 100000 worth
of life insurance in thirty days in a
city the size Of Richmond has been
commented on in some of the leading
life insurance periodicals in the United
States.
Pardieck has been trying for twenty
eight years to attain this recognition,
but succeeded only recently. His COM
pany has $500 agents in America. He
made the record at a time when war
conditions generally were accepted as
deterrent to the writing of large In
surance policies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

Alphabetical Letters Do
Not Affect Liability OF
Class One Registrars

The alphabetical letters in Class l
have nothing to do with the order in
which registrants are called, 1t was
stated in a letter received by the
Richmond selective service board
Wednesday. The letter, which came
from the Office Of Major Robert G.
Baltzell. state CONSUMPTION agent.
contained the following information
relative to class 1:
"A number Of inquiries have reached
this office which indicate that many
registrants still believe that Class !
A must be exhausted before Glass 1-B
or any other subdivision OF Glass /
may be utilized. The subdivisions OF
Glass in no wise effect the order OF
liability of registrants. Such sub
guide in the classification of regis
trants and the order of military liza
bility in Glass / is determined solely
by the registrant's order number"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
PROUD OF
[continued From Page One.1

took part In the successful attack
against the German lines west Of Mont
didier today, also participated in the
repulse of the German raid against
the American lines Monday.
One participant in Mondays affair,
is said to have been found today in a
shell hole in No Mans Land with two
wounded Germans as his prisoners.
He was unable to get back to the
American lines Monday night, so he
stood guard over them until the attack
this morning liberated him and Sc
cured the prisoners to the Americans.
Lieut. Irving w. Wood, of Oakland,
Cal, said he did not see an American
fall during today's attack.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Eggemeyer's)
VEGETABLES
SELLING PRICES

VEGETABLES
Wax beans, Is cents per pound;
sc bunch; new cabbage,
sc h.; green beans, 15c Id; carrots, 3
to sc h.; spring carrots, SC bunch;
spring beets, 10c bunch; caulifower
15@25c head; cucumbers 5@10c; egg
plants 15c; kohlra5i Toe bunch; leaf
lettuce, 15c per pound; head lettuce,
trimmed, 30c pound; untrimmed,
zoe pound; leak, 10c bunch; mush-
roms, 75c per pound; onions, New
Burmudas, SC h.; young onions, sc
bunch; for 10c: oyster plant, 5 cents
bunch; parsley, &c bunch; mangoes, 2
for SC; radishes, sc bunch; spinach,
10c h.; home grown tomatoes, Csc
h.; turnips, new, SC ID; water cress,
sc per bunch; artichokes, zoe each:
celery. s, 10 and 15c bunch; potatoes,
old, $141.35 per bushel; rhubarb, 8
punches, 10c; green peas, 15c pound;
Telephone, 121ac pound; kahl, 10c h.;
new potatoes, 40Q50c PIX.
FRUITS
Calf cherries, 6Oc h.; watermelons
81 each: peaches, 15c h.; sour cher
ries. CSC ct; apples, to 10c pound ;
grape fruit, 10@15c; lemons. 40 cents
per doz.: bananas, 1Oc h.; lines, 30c
per doz.; oranges, 40c to Coo doz.;
pineapples, Csc each.
MISCELLANEOUS
Eggs, 33c per dozen; strawberries,
20 to 25c qt.; butter, creamery, SIC;
country 42c per pound.
RODUCE-(Buying)
Butter. use; eggs &c; potatoes Use;
chickens zoe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
June 3 is Last Day
YOUTH May Enlist

Monday, June 8, is the last day
Wayne county youths who have be-
come II years Old since June 5, 1917,
will be allowed to enlist in the service
Army Recruiter Wright has received
orders to accept no men after that
date who will register, June 5. The
office he said, would be open all day
Sunday to allow these men who wish
to enlist the chance to do so.
Eight Wayne county youths have
entered the service this week They
are Kleeber Hay, Leroy Arnold, Wal
ter Boyer and Alvin McLear, all of
Richmond, and four others who left
for Indianapolis Wednesday, The later
four include, Abner Flatter, Hollans-
burg, O.; Henry Horn, Glen Karn, O. !:
Daniel B. Gully of Richmond, and Will
son G. Bettely of New Paris, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Many Persons Pay Last
Respects to Rev. Mr.. Hill

Many friends and former parish
toner's of the late Rev. G. H. Hill,
gathered at the Grace NJ. E. church
Wednesday afternoon to pay last re-
spects to the former pastor of the
Grace church. Funeral services were
in charge of the Rev. Somerville
Light, district superintendent of the
Richmond district. and ministers from
Indiana churches. who had been
friends of DR.. Hill, assisted in the
services Burial was held at Earl
ham cemetery.
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FRENCH FALL
[continued From Page One.1

the war. the enemy has not succeeded
in widening the elbow about Mont
didier, nor in changing the allied line
in Champagne, east of Rheims
Direct highway and railroad com
munication between scissors and
Rheims has been broken by the Ger
mans, but neither of these shell-devas-
tated cities appears to be in immediate
danger.
Observers assert that forty-eight
hours more probably will witness the
hating of the forces of the German
crown prince. The French reserves
are moving forward swiftly and Gen.
eral Foch has the situation well in
hand.
American troops in their first as
sault against the Germans in Picardy
have scored brilliant success. Strik-
ing the enemy where he had been re-
pulsed, the previous day, General
Pershing's men advanced their lines to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
MRS. SUSAN JORDAN
DIES WEDNESDAY

WHITEWATER, Ind. May 29-Mrs
Susan c. Jordan, for 25 years a resi-.
dent of this place, died Wednesday
morning at her home at 1890 o'clock
She was 70 years old.
Mrs. Jordan was born in Pennsyl-
vania. Dec. 10, 1874. She was the
widow Of William G. Jordan, Civil war
veteran. She Is survived by two sons,
Charles w. Jordan and Edgar E. Jor
dan Of Richmond.
Funeral services will be conducted
Friday afternoon at Methodist church
at Whitewater. Rev. John Zerbe OF
Marion, Ind, will officiate. Burial will
be in Whitewater cemetery. Friends
may call any time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
LEAVES ON VACATION

Prosecuting Attorney Strayer with
his wife and two children, left We'd
nesday for northern Michigan where
they will spend two or three weeks at
Strayer's summer cabin near Lake
Michigan.
Joshua Allen will assume the duties
of the prosecuting attorney during his
absence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Alfred Yager is Boss
of u. S. Packing Train

Alfred wager. whose home is on
North G street, is boss Of packing
train in the United States army at
INDIGO, Tex, according to word which
friends received Wednesday. Curtis
Stephens, also Richmond boy, with
the cavalry, is at INDIGO, where he is
enjoying army life. Both send their
regards to their friends back home
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Much Activity Among
Republican Delegates

Edward Weidner, county treasurer
attended the organization meeting of
the delegates at the Republican state
convention in Indianapolis Tuesday
night Weidner returned to Richmond
Wednesday morning. He said that
there was as large a crowd and even
more activity among the Republicans
than is ordinarily the case during
presidential election year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
NEW YORK STOCK LIST

NEW YORK, May 29-The closing
quotations on the stock exchange
were:
American Can 43S
American Locomotive 62as.
American Beet Sugar, II bid.
American Smelter 751a.
Anaconda 62l4.
Atchison S47s.
Bethlehem Steel bid 1873.
Canadian Pacific 147A.
Chesapeake & Ohio 5Sss.
Great Northern Pfd. 80.
New York Central TN.
No. Pacific 86A.
&c. Pacific 84A.
Pennsylvania, 43R.
U. S. Steel Com 1037s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Automobile, Stolen Here,
Found at Winchester

An automobile owned by w. D.
Dreifus, salesman for the Utility Mo-
tor company, was stolen Tuesday eve
ming from in front of the Washington
theatre. The car was located by the
police at Winchester, Ind. Two boys
stole the car, the police say. They are
Richmond boys
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
WANT 20 MORE FOR
RANGERS COMPANY

About twenty more owners of cars
are needed in the Gasoline Ranger"
company to complete its enrolment.
Nearly eighty owners of cars have
periodically donated their cars and
their time to the company.
Lists will be placed at the garages
where any owners of cars who have
not already signed may do so at once.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
JUNE

(Prices paid by Sam Jaffe)
No. l rubber boots and shoes, &c per
ID; No. rubber boots an! shoes. 10
41sc per b.; automobile tires. &C per
h.; inner tubes, S616c per h.; bicycle
tires, &c per lb.: buggy tires, 3h @4c
per ID; baled paper. 40c per hundred
lbs; country mixed rags, $3.50 per
hundred lbs; mixed iron, $1.OO per
hundred lbs; heavy brass copper from
13@18c per lb.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

CINCINNATI, O., May 29.-Wheat
Local prices OF wheat are computed
IN the zone basis Of $224 Baltimore
for No. red, less 1c per busheh less
the EXPORT rate from point of shipment
nlus the local rate from points OF
shipment in Cincinnati
Corn-No. white $1.65@1.70; No.
2 white s1.55@1.G5; No. white. $1.35
m1.45: No. 8 yellow s1.50G1.60; No.
4 yellow $1.35@1.45.
Far Corn-White s19155; yellow.
S1@1.40; mixed $1G1.4O.
Oats-No. white 761s; No. 2 mixed
7O471.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

CHICAGO, May 29-Corn, No. 2 vel
low nominal; No. yellow 1850
1855; No. 4 yellow $1.47.'
Oats-No. 3 white 73A@75; Stand
ard 75A @76k.
Pork-Nominal
Pigs-$20 65@21.15. Lard $24'o'.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
School Children Make
1000 Baby Week Posters

School children of the city have
made about 1000 posters advertising
the registration and examination of
children in the Child Welfare cam
paign.
Each school child made one poster
to take home and a number OF extra
ones were made to put in store win
dows down town. The examination
begins Friday and the posters clever
ly advertise the campaign.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Memorial Day Services
at Milton Thursda,

MILTON, May 29.-There will be
memorial services in the school park
Thursday afternoon Rev. Erickson
will deliver the address. Mrs. w. L.
Parkins will call the roll of soldiers
and Mrs. J. l.. Manlove will read Lin
coins Gettysburg address. There will
be community singing, and everybo
is requested to bring their community
song books.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
WILL LEAVE THURSDAY.

Alfred G.. Sudhoff will leave Rich
mond for Columbus barracks, at Co
lumbus, O., Thursday to accept po-
sition in the ordnance department of
the army. Ie volunteered under re-
cent call with the Richmond selective
service board.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
ATTENDS YEARLY MEETING

]. Willis Beede, field secretary Of
the Friends Board of Foreign Missions
has gone to Glens Falls, N. Y, where
he will attend the New York Yearly
meeting Mr.. Beede will remain in
the east until the first Of July. trav-
cling through New York and the New
England states in the interest of the
mission board.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Corrected Daily by omer 6. WheIan)
Paying-Oats, zoe; ear corn, s1.35
@I5o; rye, $50; straw, $500 a ton.
Selling-Cotton seed meal, $500 a
ton, $500 a cwt; tankage, $4,000 a
ton. $475 cwt; oil meal, $63.5O a
ton, 1925 a cwt.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

EAST BUFFALO. N. Y. May 90
Cattle-Receipts $50; steady. Calves
Receipts 800; steady $7009l5oo.
Hogs-Receipts $500; slow: heavy.
$17.OOG17.25: mixed and Workers.
$17.25@17.40; light Workers. $17.4o@
$3.50; pigs. $17s0@17.75; roughs $l5
@1525: stays $11.O0112.00.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 500: &C
tive and strong; lambs $1191S,25;
others unchanged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
Robert N. Kepler
Sues for Divorce

Robert NJ. Kepler filed suit for di-
vorce against Blanche Kepler in cir
cult court Wednesday, alleging cruel
and inhuman treatment. They mar
ried in July, 1911, and separated in
November. 1917.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

ut was more exciting than a foot
ball game" he added I'VE have got
the Huns on the run. All we need is
more Americans and then we shall
lick them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

TOLEDO, O., May 29-Cloverseed:
Prime cash s1S.25: Oct. SLABS.
Alsike: Prime cash $500.
Timothy: Prime cash $50; sept
$3.50; Oct. S3971a; Dec. $4o71s
March $4.1212.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
MARKETS

Cattle Receipts 5000: steady;
steers $1,000 q 1850; stockers and
feeders, $9.25@13.65: cows and heif-
ers, $7.25Q14.90: calves. $500 Is %.
Sheep Receipts 5000, market
firm; sheep S10@15.25: lambs $lS.5Op
$17.75 springs $1425920,00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
PRODUCE MARKET

CHICAGO, May 29.-Butter market
unchanged.
Eggs-Receipts, 3,056 cases; mar
ket UNCHANGED.
Live Poultry-Higher; fowls. %.
Potatoes-Receipts 20 cars; mar
ket unchanged.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

CHICAGO, May 30. Hogs - Re
ceipts 10000; slow; bulk Of sales
s16'50@16.7O: lights, $3.50 q 1855 !;
mixed s16.S0a16sO; heavy $15.4o a
s1S,55: roughs $3.50 q 1873; pigs
s1425 @16.75.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
HUNS AT IT AGAIN

PARIS, May 19.-The long range
bombardment of Paris began again
earIy this morning
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
10,7O7 WOMEN
HAVE OFFERED
WAR SERVICE

The report of Mrs. Paul Ross,
chairman Of the registration OF Wom-
en- for war service, shows 10.7O7 WON
on signed for service in Wayne coun-
ty.
Following is the report:
Abingdon township-Mrs. Charles j.
Kaufman, chairman, registered 1870;
refused.
Boston township-Mrs. George Hart
chairman. registered 24S.
Center township-Mrs. Nels Carl
son. chairman, registered, 423.
Clay township-Mrs. Will Roller,
chairman, registered. 279; not over
s refused.
Dalton township-Mrs. Cora Thorn
burg. chairman, registered, 14S; not
registered.
Franklin township-Mrs Charles
Anderson, precinct /. registered 80:
Mrs. May Saxton, precinct 2. regis
tered, 81.
Green-Mrs. L. l. Cranor. register
ed, :66.
Harrison township-Mrs L. D.
Dougherty, registered, 1O4; 6 refused
to register
Jackson township-Mrs. Willard Pc
tro, chairman: Pennville. Mrs. B. R.
Smith. registered. 20; Cambridge City.
Mrs. Petro, registered, 655; Rural dis
tricts. registered, IT'S; Dublin, Mrs.
Oliver Stewart, registered, 226; Perish
ing. Mrs. Winters. registered, ia;
Mt Auburn, Mrs Clarence Ingerman,
registered, SO; registered in Rich
mond. 6; refused to register, 80.
Jefferson township-Mrs. William
Stair, registered, 800.
New Garden township-Mrs. o. N.
Huff. chairman, registered, 369; re.
fused 3.
Perry township-Mrs. c. A. Men
denhall, registered, 242.
Washington township-Mrs. Ger
trude Jones, 1853.
Webster township - Mrs Joseph
Thompson, registered, 81.
Total registered, 4,437
Wayne township-Chester. Mrs. M.
T. Pyle, registered. Sc; Spring Grove,
including hospital, registered, Sc;
Middleboro, Mrs. Barton, registered
II: East Haven and Commons Road
registered, 80: Rural Route A, regis
tered, Ga; r. r. B., registered, 60; R.
r. c. registered. 100; R. R. D.. regis.
tered, 80; New Paris R. r., registered,
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CINCINNATI. o., May 29.-Hogs--
REGENTS $500: lower; packers and
butchers, $3.50; common to choice
s1on145o; pigs and lights $12d 1850
cattle - Receipts 700: steady.
calves - Steady: $7@14.5O.
sheep Receipts 400 market
strong: s5.5O@13.50. Enthusiastically.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29
GRAIN QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO, May 20. - The range OF
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade
follows.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

PITTSBURGH, May 29.-Hogs-Re'
ceipts 5000: lower; heavies $4,000
$500; heavy and light workers. sI''-
4Om17.60; pigs S11.5Oq 1851
sheep and Lambs-Receipts LOU;
steady; top sheep $l4.2o; top lamos'
$1700. ,oo. ,.
$500.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-05-29

Total, ST.
Wayne Twp. Women Men
Richmond Registered Voters
First ward
Mrs. Geo Reid, CHI. 1923 683
Second Ward
Mrs. A. w. Roach 40 40
Third Ward
Mrs. J. H. johnson. .463 5O7
Fourth Ward
Mrs. Frank Druitt 1887 s5s
Fifth Ward
Mrs. O. F. Ward .853 1923
Sixth Ward
Mrs. Jos. w. Conner. .679 627
Seventh Ward
Seventh Ward-North of Main:
Mrs. G. N. Chrisman ..518 GAS
Seventh Ward-South of Main:
Including Earlham ..444
Eighth Ward
Mrs. Harry Williams ..424 800
Uncertain address given
only as Richmond 49,. s
IOldl 0obo 0U04
Persons registered from out side
Wayne county, SO
Total number of women registered,
10,707.
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No trading in wheat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-26
Buy Many Automobiles.

During the last two years the state
penitcntiary has spent more than SO,
600. for automobiles, trucks and their
upkcep, according to figures available
from the state records. This includes
the expenditures made in connection
with the flax plant at the prison. 1t
does not include, however, bills for
gasoline and oil
The state has purchased for the peni-
ttntiary and flax plant in the last two
years seven automobiles and trucks, at
a cost of $l3,2 ,24O, less $2,94O which was
allowed for machines traded in.
In addition to maintaining these ma
chimes, the state also foots the bills for
the upkecp and maintenance of the car
owned BY Warden Murphy and another
ear owned by Parole Officer Joe Keller.
With the cost of maintaining the
prison under the administration of Gov.
ernor Withycombe mounting higher and
higher. much criticism Is being heard
against the large sums being spent by
the prison management for automobiles
and their upkeep.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-26

the top everybody wanted to go ever
first, so it didn't take but moment
to be where the fireworks were the
prettiest. LIT was very pretty sight TO
see the shells bursting in the a., ~
peeially the shells that shoot fire, light
ing up like day. After we had gone a
mile or two we could see Huns running
in all directions. They sure can run.
| saw one run for about two miles and
he didn t stop to look back either.
l was very lucky; didn't get hurt. A
bit of high explosive shell tore my
blouse shirt and two undershirts l had
on, but it just took little skin of of
my shoulder; not enough to draw
blood, and got that after we had run
the squareheads for about IL miles,
| received letter from Gilbert, who
is at Camp Lewis, and says he likes it
fine, OF course soldering in the states
foot, In the country we are at present
person has to soldier in this country
Expect l hiked over half of France
this summer and saw two-thirds of the
West front, and didn t ride around in
a Hudson to see it either; done it all on
And get peace for all the allies
there are lot of grapes. They will be
ripe in about ten days. They are not
very good eating grapes-more of a
rough compound.
CHAS. DEMACON.
Hdqrs. Co., 23rd Inf, Amer E. r.