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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
For Sale-AutomobiIe,-Wanted

For Sale-AutomobIes-Wanted
CASH PAID for Old Ferds-Ph. s77-
AUTOMOBILE loans as TruEt Bldg
PARM and starter repair
er We specialize IN srmature rewindiug.
AUTO LAUNDKY-Have your cars washed
while you wait. zoo y Kansas Phi 80.
FOR sALE-Ford touring car. practically
new Ph- 4ss or 23z
sPEEDsTERS, autoIhobiles stripped down
70 order By experts 200 \. Kansas. Phi 81.
FIVE PASSENGER OVERLAND. 1917
model. IN excellent condition Phone 7591W.
FOR sALE-Cne nve-passenger Buick IN
Eood CONDITION, at a bargain Phi 1850.
1917 FORD, new tires. seat covers and
PHONE 1905.
FOUR-CXLINDER, 5-pass- Buick with
extra truck body. Newly overhauled. $3.50
cash. Ph. 50ll. after p. m
BENT FRONT AXLEs straighfened on
car. Radiators and Tenders repaired
BroEn Welding Co. 500 Texas Pm 5o5I.
lsI5 BUICK, 4-cylinder. 5-passenger. good
tiresi a bargain. $3.50
PHONE 4095.
FORD oN NEItS; SEE US before taking
engine Down buchanan. 2i2 san Fran
cisco ST Phi. 55f7.
FORD SPEEDSTER-NeTv tires ia first
class condition Ward Leonard lighting
system Top and Windshield. s275. Phi
BODIES
Save 3 TO 50 percent on auto bodies o.
every description Body repairing. Phone
1872 SIS Magoffin.
BUICK ROADsTER-Nevly pointed and
oFernaulec- New battery and two extra
tires Are you looking Tor a bargain in
a good carr Walter Pofahl Mission Ca
rage
NANTED-IslS Buick Roadster. SIX or
Your cylinder. Describe fully. Direct
from owner. No agents For cash. Write
1epl aeIala-
7-PASsENGER CADILLAC. gray. new
tires all round. VIII trade for small car
PHONE 1905.
one IS series 6-cylinder. 7-passenger
studebal1er automobile. good condition, 6
tirez- can be seen az our store.
ELLIOTT-GARRETT & co.
800 ~. san Antonio.
CONSERVE gasoline. time and MONEY by
having the carbon removed from your mo-
tor we burn them cut with oxygen at % ii
raj cost while you wait. Copenhaver, e4o1
Myrtle. Phi. 51s2
PACKARD TRUCK ton. 1917 model.
used six months $1,000 paid W. viii
take $1,000 cash. Doing q business OF
$1,000 year which b. included Address
p La DUDE, studcbalzer Garage. AIaEda-
lena. y. II.
Buick Light 9. 1917 -.--.--.......-.ss50
Buick Light Roadster --....-....ss5O
Dodge, new, and all accessories .-.-Ss75
Dodge 5-passenger. 1917 ..-........s575
Ford Speedster ------..---.....-..-.S2
Ford. 5-pasEenger ....-.----.......--ss2
bort. 5-passeuEer -.....--.......g $500
saxon, 5-passenge-. Al condition s65o
Ford. 5-passenger. New paint new
tires and seat covers --..---..--seS5
High grade used cars
We have many more makes 10 choose
from.
FL PASO AUTO EXCHANGE
COS Mesa Phone 155.
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For Reut-ApartmenLs Furnished

THE DWYER-Phone ssso.
APARTMENT-l7i5 Montana. Pm 7745.
MODERN APT-ls10 Mundy. IN. ssl5R.
MODERN Apts.. close IN St7 y. Fl Paso.
FRONT APT.-Close in. 712 y. santa Fe.
ARAGON Apis. $40 z Rio Grande. p. 1850
LARGE. COOL ana comfortable four room
apartment on Fort Bliss car line. Fh- 6507.
FURNISHED APT. with Sleeping porch
and private bath Call sos n. Ochoa-
GEORGETTE APT@Tw0 rooms. kitchen
-. bath. I'll y. Stanton.
FRONT apartment. three rooms. kltchCuet
and bath lights linen. silver furnished.
Louise apartments Phi. 3602. 1125 Myrtle
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ID. Rent-Rooms Furnished

.
7 fIkNIsHED RO0MS-zl7 Arizona
PIT s646J-Fur. Res. rooms. close
COOL FKcNT ROOM. gIs \. Stanton
/ ROOMS. sleeping porch SIS y. kansas
BEDk0OM and housekeeping. 5i2 Myrtle.
Z HOTEL LAKE-DeIight,1. cool r0omS.
baths. 80 w. No. Phi 5s1s. Close 81
II THE $50 gets busy. call so. Herman
/ Transfer Co.
] NEWLY furnished rooms. large Sleeping
porch. lgo5 Montana Reference
NICELY FURNISHED room with private
bath; no sick. The Isles. So ". Missouri.
Z FURNISHED rooms for gentleman. day
. or week. 513 Mesa Phi Sos
PLEASANT front room. private family.
private entrance. Govt HiL Pm 36isR
TIE DE LUXE-Cooi furnished room.
private bath. Ph. 60e2. 1o1e y. Oregon
FURNlSb ED-rccm or apartment, cluse
in. pri- ate homo. Ft5 Mesa ave.
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOM with
sleeping porch. clCse IN Phi ssS6J. "a
NEWLY RENOVATED large corner ROOM
two single beds. walking distance. also
garage for one car PHI 45S7. lis n Davis.
THE WEsTMOCRE, $40 west Missouri
very desirable room with oath and sleep
ing porch
FURNISHED ROOM convenient TO bath
$40 per month. Close in- 1872 A. " Il
Paso street Ph. 1871.
hOMELlkE, cool bedroom adjoining bath.
Tour minutes walk 10 postoffces reason
able. ~ \. stanton.
WANTED-Lady employed FOR permanent
rooT1ler- Reasonable Phi SIS. SOS Mesa,
10 =
NICELY FURNISHED room for gentle
inen; private bath. private home. 1905 n.
Camphell. Pm 66s5W-
TWO NICELY furnished bed rooms in
private home. three blocks north OF Ma
sonic Temple. Phi S515-
LARGE GLASSED IN ROOM, hot and
cold water Suitable Ter one or two. Rea-
sonable, modern. Pm. 4903W. S5I W.
FOR RENT-Front bedroom adjoining
bath. separate entrance. three 5locks from
e -.., Square. Private family. Phone
2osS. 60e stewart
BENSON HOTEL-CooI outside airy
rooms No building adjoining. Private
or connecting bath with every roam.
highest class. lowest rate Also two-room
apartment very cheap, two blocks west Of
Paso Del Norte. corner West san Antonio
and Chihuahua-
Housekeeping ROOms-Furnishsd
ROOMS with $ P. 1905 y. Florence.
IIkG. ROOMs-l107 n. Florence.
HOUSEKEEPING rooms. 1923 Olive.
H0UsEkEEPING rooms. 1920 1fagoffin-
I.KG. ROOMS. 81. eping porch son Epson.
HkG. rooms sls Magoffin. Pm s054w.
ROOMS with or without gorage. sss Mesa.
MOUNTAINEERING rooms cheap. Phi ss0sJ.
TWO FRONT ROOMs-Il1W Boulevard.
H0uSEKEEPING rooms. so7 y. Campbell
NEWLY PAINTED close. 4oSi5 Wyo. ph-4571. /
HkG. rooms 12ce MaEofnn. Pm 42T5J. I
BED ROOMS 81 week; also Hllg-. Pm 2ii2. !
IHKEE LARGE ROOMS, two sleeping
porches bath. $50. for one couple. Phi 1872. /
FURNISHED housekeeping rooms and
sleeBing porches- 921 n FL Paso St
TWO HOUSEKEEPING rooms. first fiooR /
l12 +. Missouri Phi 2614.
THREE FURNISHED ROOMS for rent Z
close in Call 1924.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
Poultry and Pet Stock


WASTED-Rabhits for laboratory work
Phi 1891 day time Fl Paso Pasteur IN
stifute.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
~ 8 PONT
For SaIe-Counhr Propertr

FOR SALE by owner. e011 acres good
farming lard. under ditch n Rio Grande
valley. Santa Ee Ry. runs through It.
Oscar LifferinE. Bernardo n Al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
Detective Agsneiss
Furniture Packing

The Ben Williams Detective Arsney-
suite sIs Flrst Nat. Bank BldE. p. lias
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
Carpets Cleaned

CARPETS, vacuum dried or steamed
cleaned DuntIey Carpet Cleaning W0ris-
Phone 521S-
CARPET cleaning and rug Weaving. Clark
Mattress & Rug Co. e212 Myrtle Phone
az. 1925 and 1919
COMPRESSED ALB. steam or vacuum ear
pet Cleaning. sewing or laying. Du 5anE
e Wsiihrrn- phnnr 1853
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
AJTOMOBILE WANTED as part paw
TEXAS STREET snap.


Practically brand new home in fin,
location. rooms and basement, car
be bought for $3.50, II you viii pay
$3.50 cash: the balance can be paid
at $50 monthly and interest There.
no better opportunity for you to make
a profit
DOUGLAS c. CROMWELL AGENCY.
22f Mills Bldg
VACANT LOTS FOR SALE-Two lots,
White Oak street. near EstTeils.
walking distance s. W. shops, two
blocks TO TT Bliss car line Both
lots for price Of one. S375, part cash.
HOWELL REALTY co.
2o2 Herald Bldg Pm so.
NEAR > POINT
& room brick bungalow. full base
ment- heating plant. . lots. on paved
street, paving paid; price $500: $500
cash and SIS monthly on principal.
SCOTT SALES & REALTY co.
424 Mills Bldg. Phone 1856 or 1921
SACRIFICED.
Substantial, 3 rooms. glass porch.
basement. heat on paved street in
Five Points. wei worth $500: pay
only $3.50 cash and buy IL for $3.50 to
day
DOUGLAS c. CROMWELL AGENCY.
224 Mills Bldg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13

THREE NICELY furnished apart
mcuts. close in. Sunset Heights.
IN every respect modern and
comfortable two room. sleeping
porch. hath 30 trouble 20 an
swer questions.
DAVIS BROS.
los Texas IN. rs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
TRADE

TRADE
Ranch 100 acres. 10 trade for
city property.
Mexican tenement to trade FOR
lots
Residence property 10 trade for
business property.
Phone US FOR trades
We can make them
Phone 1855.
BBOADDUs & LIE BARON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
For SaIe-Farms and Ranches

For Sale-FarmS and Ranches
-~------~=~-T---~----=--~ ---~-~-------~-~-@-
FOR sALE-I0 and 20 acre tracts upper
valley land on irstallmeuts- Write VIA
care Herald. or phone 6921W.
For Sale or Exchauge-Real Estate
s----e--~-~---------~---~ ---------------~---~
SCHOOL LANDS-Veazey.. care Herald.
WILL TRADE-S500 equity In nice little
place at 1921 Montana on two lots for
month Including interest Pm. e7sgR
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13
WORKING MAN OR SMALL
INVESTOR ATTENTION

Bungalow, two lots. rooms. sleeping
porch. large front porch, few feet nf
car and paved street Highland Park
$4,000. ANY terms. would rent same
for $50 per month Phone S612.
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For Rent-HOusss Furnished

fof hent-nouseS FurnlShed
---~~~~~-~-~-~-~-~---~ ----~-~~~---~~--~-----~
/ BUNGALOW near Fort Bliss. Phone ie4s.
III. S646J-Roons. houses. Fur. Uufur-
FURNISHED 4-ruom home with garage.
1905 Ohio Apply 22o3 fremont
FOR RENT-C0mpletely furnished bunga-
low. near Fl Bliss Ph- sso5-
FOR RENT-Four room bungalow. FUR
nished. s-25 Idalia- So per month cali
3T15.
ALL OR PART OF four room brick. south
sleeping porch. good neighbOrhoOd- Pm
FOR RENT-Five room nicely furnished
cottage. 1898 Z. Boulevard Apply 1921
Wyoming- Phi Se4sJ.
FOUR ROOM bungalow apartment with
private entrances and bath near Fort
Bliss 3506 Grand ave. Phi sG56J.
COTTAGE-Tyvo rooms and sleeping perch
furnished or unfurnished- Phi 675IW or
1875 Ohio.
FOR RENT-4 room furnished house.
sleeping porch. garage, electric lights and
water. furnished $40 per month Fnur
west Of city. Pm COS or 405s.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13

Furniture. cut glass ard china furniturs
repairing and refinishing and upholstsring.
Phone l110.
@. D. HoUsER rPHOLsrERIEa co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13

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CIT RATE Hardware and Painfa
HENRY MOHR. 500 :. IL PASO ST.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-13

room brick bungalow on La Luz
street. blocks from Alta Vista
school: large sleeping porch It can
be bought for s2500-Se50 cash. bal
ance $50 per month and interest.
JAMES L. MARH & co.
500 San Antonio St Tel 1850.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

i9 fhcn, too, Tor Dat was before nv
infrshuctbon 10 kultur h German pris-
9n CAMPUS. and life thcre 10 mot exactly
fat1suine- exactly. Z do not know
why Il No hut II syou will notice the
navy hremen--the Lads win the red
stripes around their lea shsulders--
you Oil tflnd that aimast all of them
are mail men. But they, are a husky
lot
Noe. IN the navy. thcy always haze
. newcomer until he shows That he
can take caro- Of himsclf. and / got
mino very soon after went into Un-
ele SANS service. / was vAshing my
clothes in a bucket on the .forsnstle
deck, and every garby (saiior) who
came along would give noe ,or the
bucket kick. and spill one or the
both Of us. Each time would move
TO some other place, but always
seemed to be In somebody's way. Fl
nally saw a marine coming. was
nowhere near him. but he hauled out
Of his course to come up to me and
gave the bucket o boot that sent It
twenty feet away. at the same time
handing me q clout on the ear that
Just about knocked mo down. Now,
I did not exactly know what a marine
was, and this fellow had 80 many
stripes on his sleeves that thought
he must be some sort Of officer, SO l
Just stood by. There was gold stripe
commissioned oillcer) on the bridge
and I knew that II anything was
wrong nc would cut In, 80 kept look.
ing up at him, but he stayed where he
~as. looking on, and never saying a
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15
oHsprER a.



Afbar serving aour yeanusnd three
nssfhs In the u. 8. navy.l1 feceived
an honorable discharge. O. April IA.
1914 I Aeld the rank Of chief petty
offioer. hxt-class gunner. II 10 not
UNCOMMON for garhies to lie AHennd q
while between ennstments--fhey like
. vacation ~ much a. anyope pe--and 1t
was my intantion 40 loaf fer 4 few
months before Joining the navy again.
After the war stnrted, Of coarse, I
hnd heard more or lss about TIE Ger.
man atrocities In Belgium, and while
I was greatly Interested. I was doubt
full at FIRST as to the truth Of the no
ports, for ! knew how news cets
changed In passing frpm mouth TO
mouth. and / never was much Of q
hand to believe things until / saw
them, anyway. Another thing that
caused me to be interested In the war
was the fact that my mother was born
In Alsace. Her maiden name, DER
vieuy, Is well known In, Alsace. had
often visited my grandmother In st.
Nsealre, France, and knew the coun-
try. So with France at war. 1t was
not satrange that i should be even
more interested than many other
garbies.
ASH hove said. I did not take much
stock In ne first reports Of the Huns
exhibition Of kultur, because Fritz Is
known .as aejean sailor, and, i figured
tho no zeal sailor would ever got
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15
CHAPTER I.
In the AmerIenn NavN


My father was n seaman, 10, hat.
urally all my llfe hcarl great dcal
about ships and the sen. Even whom
] was n little boy IN wnlston. Pa,
thought about them q whole lot and
wanted 60 be 4 sallor-cspeclally n
sailor IN the U. =. navy,
: You mlght Gay | was brought up on
the water.
When was Twelve years old | went
% sea hs cabin boy ON tho whalcr
Therlfua out Of Boston. She waa hn
old squnrc'rlsgcd sailing ship, built
more Tor Work than for speed. We
were out four months on my FIRST
cruise, and got knocked around lot,
especially In n storm on the Ncwfouni.
land Banks, where We lost our lns.rn.
mcnts. aud had hard time navigat.
Ing the ship. Whaling crows work on
shares and during the two years ! wua
on the Thcrifus my shares nms,untci
Ca fourteen hundred dollars
Then shipped M ilrst.cllv A holrns,
man on the British tramp southern.
down, u twln.scrcw stcarnor oat of
Liverpool. Many people frc surpr.a~i
that fourtcenycar-old 'ooy should be-
helmsman ON nm oc1 ~. going craft,
but NIL over the wor Id you wul nee
young lads doing Uielr trics. ut tho
wheel. l was on The Southerndown
two years and In TINT dine visited
most Of the imDrftnnt ports OF Eu
rope There Ia nothing like trninr
steamer II you want 10 see tho world
The Sou'hcrpao'Sn In the vessel that
In the fall - ibi7. xlshtsi Germnr
wsbont rlgccd ap like smiling rhlp.
Although ! uked visiting the forelg,
ports. got tired OF shc Southerndowi
after while and a tho end cf a voy
age which k,ndcd mo In New York
decided To get inp the United Stntc
aavy. Aftcr laying around for a wecl
or two enlisted md was assigned I,
duty as n sccon&class fireman.
People have said they thought WA
pretty sinan IN r .nrcinaa the!
have the idea tlat fircmen nus be bill
men. Wen. I 1un feet IA iaches Il
height. and whrn I was sixteen wa
jusa nv tnii as | am now and welghe,
108 pounlS. . wns whole lot husls
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

fhick with meat and vegetables. At
ono q the oflieers barracks there was
. cook who had been chef In the farg-
est hotel 10 Paris before the war.
All the prisoners were well clothed.
Once week. socks, underwear, soap, |
towels and blankets were issued to
them. and every week the barracks
and equipment were fumlgated. They
were given the best Of medical atten-
tion.
Besides all this. they were allowed
to work Mt their trades, II they had
any. All the carpenters, cobblers,
tailors and painters were kept busy.
and some of them picked mp more
change there than they ever did In
Germany, they told me. The mus
clans formed bands and played air -
every night at restaurants and s
ters In the town. Those WI 'nea
trnde were allowed 10 hAu ~
roads. parks, docks an' o'k on 'h'
about tile town. NW reS'~ncel
NOT bnye ddve .sld yaill You coul'
nway from a The average prisone
! used chere With lisnch gun
denbr = think about them IN Bran
m, >os. when orr boys were rushin
4 sentries In Che hope Of being bay
e1cttcd out OF their misery.
While our cargo was being unloade
l spent most OF my time with m
grandmother. had heard stlll NOR
about the cruelty OF the Huns. an
made up my mind to get into the sel
} vice. Murray and Brown had alread
/ enlisted In the Foreign Legion, Brow
being assigned TO the infantry an
, Murray to the French man-of-war Cai
! sard. But when spoke OF my inter
:. tion, my grandmother cried so niue
, that promised her l would not emil,
: --that time, anyway-and made III
G return voyage In the yirGnisn. W
were no sooner loaded In Boston tina
r back TO st. Nazaire we went.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

Inere was poof BY which We
stopped one Or y to look At 4 rrest
dngon ny ip golden mail lieht,rs 80, on
2 lily pad, kssppose that he did not @
Ave the sessba through, but his racs
has not lOsxa scintills Of his radiance
and there is curious comfort IN
Mmkhg tAat even IN DAYS like these .
when mankind seems to have zone
mad, md when but 10 think IL 10 he
feh of'sorrow, |" I have only to 70 to To- the
same pool to see creature as beauti-
1ci, lighting on a MY pad as green.
Aoatins on water a. pure. Nor Is this
mere sentimentality. To become aware
'or the neetins permanency Of all these
iorfsnt short-lived things. their inces.
SAINT change with essential changeless.
ness their passing beauties but ner.
sistent, beauty, brings health to the
sperit Of man, After, his, wars ana
revolutions he always returns to The
brooks, and is surprised but happv to |
nnd them stin dnncing and singing
Robert N. Gay = the Atlantic Monthly. |
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

word And MI the time thc BIdrlno
kent slnnmlng me about aud. telling
mo 20 gct the hell out Of the,fc.
Finally said to mys' N. am eel |
thls guy II rs TIE brig for a month"
So ! planted him . 40 IN the Kidneys
""' ""ou1'' :" !" . mouth, ana he went 1
clean up nF" at the rail. But he !
eenls oneR &c mo Strong and we were
at II for como time.
J butWn.n II was over the gold stripe
eaip1 dawn from the bridgv and shook
bands with mel
Afdr This they aid not haze mo
mush- This was the beginning Of a
ccS,afn reputation that | had In the
'inyy for fst.w0rk, Later ON ! had a
reputation for swimming. too. That
nrst day they began calling me
"chmk." though don't know why.
ana II has bcun my nickname. In the
navy ever since.
II Is n curious thing, md never
could understand II, hot gvrbns and
marines never mix. The marines arc
good men and grcat lighters. aboard
; aud ushore. but we gsrblcs never hnve
n word for them. nor they for us. ON
shore leave abroad we pull up with
fbrelgn gnrblcs. even. bat hardly ever
, With n marine. or course they are
/. With IN strong In cas we have srup
. with liberty party on some foreign
D shlp--they cannot keep out of light
. any more thnn we can--bnt after II
] In over they afe on their way ut once
= aud we ca ours.
, There are lots Of things Ike that
J. In the navy that you cnnaot figure out
!, tho reason for. and I think n In be-
n cause sallors change their ways 80
little. ThT do grcnt many things
n IN the nayY because the nisvy always
n hus dSne them.
!. kept strictly on tf,e Job ns nre'
l mm. but I wanted to get inao the gun
y turrnts, II was slow work Tor a long
x time. had to sw~c ms srcond-class
o firemnn for four mouths frst.clnss
for eigtu months and In the engine
= rosm ~ watertendcr for q year.
y Then. after serving on aie U. s. s
z Dts MDInes ~ u gun.losder. I wa,
n transferred 10 itbe Iowa and finally
. worked up to q gun-pointer. After q
q time u got my C. r. o. rating--chlei
+ petty officer. arxs.clnss gnnner.
The various mavies diver In man,
I ways. but most Of the difference.
| would not be noticed by any one bu
"A sailpr. Every sailor has great dea
of respect for tho Sweues and Nor
| wegians and DANES; they are borr
| Sailors and arr very daring. but. o.
course. their Inavics are small. Tn,
Germans were always known rs ciear
sailors; that ~. as In our navy ant
the British, their vessels were ship
shaps all the time, and swere. run n
sweaf ins clock.
Il TfBrc Is no usc compasing the vari
.ous inavies ~ to which ,is best; some
.saSe isatter at zone thing and some al
another. The british nayy. OF course
IL the largest and nobody win den,
that at most yfs,ings they ARE topnotct
E--lsast Of all themselves: they admit
IT. Mit there ds one place where the
navy sif the United States has Il all
over ~vsry other navy sn the sever
seas, ssnd that lIs gunnerx. The Amer
Biran navy ahns the bcsf :snnners In
the w1rid. And do not Ilst anybody
hual vD different.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

the enlistment station was. l had to
argue with him some time before he
would even direct me to It. or course
! had no passport and this made him
suspicious Of me.
The officer In charge Of the station
was no warmer In his welcome than
the gendarme. and this surprised me,
because Murray and Brown had no
trouble at all In 5oining. The French.
Of coprse. often speak Of the Foreign
Legion as the convictSn because SO
many legionaries are wanted by the
police Of their respective Countries
but criminal record never had been
. bar TO service with the legion, and
did not 80 why It shDuld se now Il
they suspected me a haplng one.
hsd heard thxe weEe not a few Ger.
mans b the legion-later sn I became
acquainted with ssme-and believe
ma us Alsatian ever fought harder
aSAinst the Huns than these former
peutscAlanders dia II occurred to
M tn that II fAey thought / was
= German, because I hsA no passport,
! might hsSe to prove had been IN
trsuhas with the kaisrS crew before
they wsuld accept me-. 1 do net know
what the real trouble xas, but I solved
The prcelem By showing them my dis
charge psprs from the American
navy. Even Aen, they we're suspieious
because they thought I was tco young
to have been q G. r. q. When they
CHALLENGED me on this point, I said I
wousd prove Il to them BY taking an
examination.
They examined me very carefully,
In English, although I know enough
French 10 get by on q subject like
gunnery, But foreign officers are very
proud Of their knowledge of English
and most OF them can speak it--and I
think this one wanted to show of, rs
you might say Anyway, i passed my
examination without any trouble,
was accepted for service In the For
eign Legion and received my commls-
sion as gunner, dated Friday. January
/, 1916.
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CHAPTER III.
n the ForeIon IeoIon.

This time was determined TO en-
list. SO, when we landed at st. Ma
zaIre. drew my pay from the vlr-
gnian and. after spending week
with my grandmother. went ont and
asked the first gendarme met where
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15
GAssED AT THE rspNY

Several Y. N. c, A. war wsnS sss-
retaries are suffering IN Preach hos
pitfalls from gas poisoning aurfng. .ths
pr@au6 Offensive.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

FOR SALE-classy purebred Silver
Campine cockerels, . months old
$3.50 each. Address John Hunt
Ing, Merlin. Ore. 81
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

OR SALE-Second cutting alfalfa
hay In field at Rio Lado ranch.
Will be ready to haul Tuesday or
Wednesday. Two miles west Of
town. lower river road. Phone
Geo. Setback, se6-F-13. IL
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

FOR RENT-S-resm hour 49,.
furnished. mederR. L 49,. -.
for chickens. Sfeegir 49,. -.
side fer three beds. R.n. 40 "a
ln4uTe Ar' Das' g xser Fifth and
Evelyn. q,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

FOR RENT,-Furnished mode
room cottage. sas inquir ~.
Fuller Realty. 90.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-15

FOR SALE CHEAP-120 acres of
land on Grave creek. Would con-
slider an automobile or team OF
horses. Inquire Of s. l.. Brock,
Leland. Ore. 10