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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-20

II was distributed an the prisons and
overAmerican lines. The sheet was
written by Germans who had lived
many years In America and who could
use American slang. When the first
issue came out, the editor came to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-20
COURAGE OF AMERICANS CAPTURED BY ENEMY HAD PART IN
SHOWING GERMANS THAT THEY COULD NOT WIN THE WAR

Remarkable
ener o Our
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
ROAD SHOW HERE
MONDAY and TUESDAY
Majestic Road Show Is Booked BY
Manager of Washington For
Two Days Show.

Majestic road show is like a Sun
day newspaper, the editor of the Sun
day paper is positive that there will
be a page in his paper that will please
everyone as it is his aim to have var
led news pictorial pages and advertis-
ing so as to please every reader.
1t is the aim of the Majestic Road
Show to please every class of its pa
irons. Some people like music, har-
mony and dancing, others pass this
up and admire the comedy, while 9TH
ers devote their attention to novelty
or sensation acts thus there are those
who care for nothing but drama but
as the whole people generally admire
artistic dancing and good singing,
thus like the Sunday editor the man
ager of this attraction, has arranged
a lengthy program so that it is bound
to please one and all.
Majestic Road Show will be at
Washington Theater two nights start
ing Monday, January 27 at the popu-
lar road show prices. Seat sale>will
be at usual place on Saturday.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
kept HER awake
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

Marksville, La.--Mrs. Alice Johnson,
Of this place, writes: "For ore year
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
all the time. The misery was something
awful.
icould not DO anything, not even sleep
at night. 1t kept me awake most of the
night .a took different medicines, bu
nothing did me any good or relieved me
unit! took Ca1dui. ;.
Twas not able 10 do any of my work
for one year and got worse all the time,
was confined 10 my bed off ana on. got
so bad with my back that when stopped
down was not able 10 straighten up
again | decided | would try Cardiff
j.. BY time had taken the entire bottle
| was feeling pretty good and could
straighten up and my pains were nearly
all gone.
shall always praise Cardui. | cor
tinucd taking il until was strong ard
we'll" lfyou suffer from pains due TO
female complaints. Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousands Of women
vino once suffered in this way now praise
Cardui for their present coed health.
Give II trial. Nc-l32
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
THOS. |. EVAN & co.
REAL ESTATE
AND,
LOAN AGENT
Farmers & Traders Bank Building
Maysville, Ky.

Red Cross cars went by, seemed to
have an added sublimity, an added
pathos. They called to the minds eye
pictures Of other graves, from the
North Sea to the Adriatic, in deserts
and mountains and far corners of the
earth. In the cities there was music
and celebration and festivity, but the
roads up in the north, of Italy were
cold and lonely and dreary. Only
military outfits and refugees and re-
turning prisoners were passing-and
constant lines of trucks carrying food
and clothing. There was suffering and
hunger-but relief was being given,
Still there we're hardships-but the
guns were silent. The war was over
and right had won And the Red Cross
men saluted as they passed the lone
ly graves on the remote roads up in
Northern Italy-the graves that with
the others from the North Sea to the
Adriatic gave the victory.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
New Toll Rates
Effective
January 2lst, 1919

Order No. 2495 of the Telephone
and Telegrpha Administration issued
by the Post Master General at WASH
ington December 18th, a new toll rate
is ordered effective January 21, 1919.
According to our Interpretation of
this order the toll rate will be CLASH
fed as follows:
The day rate applies between the
hour of 4:30 a. m. and $3.50 D. m.
Evening rate between $3.50 D. m. and
IL midnight for station-to-station
messages only, and shall be approx
mately so per cent. less than the day
rate, but no night rates less than 25
cents.
The night rate bewteen IL midnight
and 4:3O a. m. shall be approximately
rs per cent. less than the day rate,
but no night rate less TINA rs cents.
Person-to-person messages shall be
approximately rs per cent. higher
than Standardization calls.
Calls which hequire service of a
messenger shall take the appointment
rate, plus cost of messenger fee.
A report charge of approximately
rs per cent. of the station-to-station
rate will be made on all person-to-
person calls, when person desired is
not In or will not talk or IL calling
party is out when connection is COM
pleted within one hour after filing
time.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
GRAVES OF HEROES
ALONG SIDE OF THE
ROADS IN ITALY
y
Roads in Northern Italy Pass Thru
a Veritable Grave Yard Where
Soldiers Lie Buried.

The war was over for them, even
before Austria capitulated and Ger
many sued for peace-these men
whose graves line the roads in North
ern Italy. They fought the good
fight, fought it through days of ad-
versity, when, in common with their
allies in arms in France, fortune
seemed to- frown upon them-fought, it
to the moment when shell or bull
let sounded, for. each, wars last call
And their graves line the roads in
Italy, from the Piave to the Taglia-
mento, and beyond.
During the early days of November
American Red Cross trucks and cam
ions and ambulances rushed over all
these roads, carrying loads of food for
the almost famished civil population.
The Austrian army was routedl The
Austrian army was surrendering!
Austria was suing for peace-peace
at the allies terms! And everywhere
along the roads the Red Cross cars
passed the graves-the men to whom
peace had come a. long time before
the clusters Of graves with simple lit
tie wooden crosses, nesting together
in the edges of untitled fields beside
the roads-the graves that had been
filed to make this day of victory.
And during the succeeding days and
weeks the Red Cross cars continued
to churn through the dust or the mud
or the snow over all these roads of
Northern Italy. The Austrians had
left no food. In simple truth they
had none to leave. The country Vas
practically destitute. Save for the
supplies brought by the Red Cross the
people had almost nothing to eat. And,
on the heels of Austria's surrender
came the German plea for an armis-
tice; the cessation of hostilities on
the western front in France. And the
rows of graves in untitled fields beside
thefoads in Northern Italy, where the
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
FIVE YEARS HUNT FOR CONVICT
ENDS AT PRISON

San Francisco, Cal.-After a coun-
try wide search extending over five
years for Jack Davenport who es-
capped from Folsom prison In 1912,
Captain Of Detectives Duncan Mathe-
son learned that the convict was serv-
ing a>sentence in the Missouri peni-
tentiary under the name of Harry
Wilson Davenport, still has four years
of ten year tehn to serve at Fol-
som. where he was sent after having
been convicted of grand larceny, and
at the expiration Of his term in the
Missouri penitentiary' he wnl be
brought back here.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
WHEN AND WHERE WILL 1T End

The influenza situation in Flemine
is more alarming than ever before. II
is useless to try to camoufage con
dtions. There are hundreds of case
right here in West Fleming and some
of them are proving fatal. There are
one or more cases in about half the
families in Ewing and the-same is
true in the Snow Hill, Blue Lick and
Burika sections. Cowan, which was
hit hardest in November and DepemN
ber seems to be PARTIALLY escaping
now.
The people are helpless; medical
science seems to be powerless; all we
can do is pray and be as careful as
possible.-Ewing Inquirer
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
Gath DIVISION IS
DUE IN the Us. A,
ON February 1st
1900 Men From seth Field Artillery
VIII Arrive at Newport News on
Battleship-iInysyille Men
In Contingent.

Washington, January 24-The bat
tleship is due at Newport News Feb
ruary with about 1000 men, and the
transport Mallory is expected to reach
New York January 81 with 1900 men
of the 927th Field Artillery and a
number of casauls and wounded.
The 927th Field Artillery is the
heavy artillery regiment of the saith
Division. 1t is commanded by Colon
ell Frederick Johnston. Originally the
seth was composed of troops from
Springfield and Sangamon, Nacoupin,
Christian, Shelby, Montgomery, Fay
cite, Effingham and Moultrie counties,
Illinois. This only half filed the re-
giment, however, and after the Field
Artillery Brigade left Camn Zachary
Taylor in April last year to complete
its training at the Fieh Artillery Fir
ing Center, West Point, the organiza-
ton was brought to war strength by
the addition of Kentucky, Indiana and
Ohio drafts.
The seth was the first to break
camp at West Point, and left for Camp
Mills, Long Island, early in September
sailing shortly thereafter
The 327th is a motorized regiment
its 6-inch howitzers being moved b.
caterpillar tractors. Its training was
done At West Point with Birth A. inch
howitzers and the regiment was tc
have been supplied with American g.
inch gunh overseas, the S27th, how
ever, never got into action. Apparent
ly 1t returns intact with 1900 men
none having been drafted as replace
ment troops, as was the case with the
infantry organizations of the S4th Di-
sion.
Several Maysville and Mason coun-
ty men located at Camp Taylor were
assigned with the S4th when they
sailed for France.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25

Try a Ledger Want Ad. 1t Pays.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
CONTRACTS FOR
many SCHOOL
HOUSES HELD up
Director Of Public Works Division Of
the Education Service Of U. 5.
Labor Department Makes
Statement.

(Statement by F. T. Miller, Director,
Division of Public Works and Con-
stryction Develcpment.)
Contracts for 800 public school
houses, totaling some eighty million
dollars, have been held lin as result
of the war, according to but partial
tabuIation of building conditions
throughout the United States, which
has been made by the Statistical Sec
tion Of the Division Of Public Works
and Construction Development, U. S.
Department of Labor, 1t is estimated
that the completed tabulation will
show that these school projects, now
being held in allegiance, aggregate
more than one hundred million dol
lars.
In round numbers, this is about one
dollar per capita throughout the Unit
ed States. As school buildings are
customaryily financed on twenty-year
serial bonds, this means an install
ment payment of about five cents per
capita per year by the people of this
country, If they would have their
school program put through at the
present time.
Assuming that decrease of twenty
per cent. in construction costs might
develop during the next four or five
years (and this is regarded by many
as a maximum decrease), the immed-
late completion of the Nations school
program would involve an excess of
only one cent per capita per year over
the per capita cost, even if construc-
ton we're delayed for several years.
The educators of the country ask.
shall the country have its schools
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
COLORED NEWS

Rev. Timberlake preached to large
and appreciative audience last even
ing, "The Boy Who Took Journey
He Did Not Like" or the "Prodigal
Son" was beautifully illustrated and
the large audience never took their
eyes from the canvass while he was
preaching.
There we're six additions to the
church I'D to this time nine have en-
tered the fold. There will be one hour
services this evening for seekers, let
the, Christions come out and teach the
unsaYed the way to Christ.
Sunday will be-@Red Letter Day
in Bethel Baptist Church. Sunday II
a. m. Rev. Undertakes subject will
be "The Smitten Rock of Ages. At
3 D. m. will be the patriotic subject,
Fighting For an Honorable Peace
at o'clock, "The Open Door of OPP
portunity." Come hear these inspir-
ing sermons. Renew your covenant
with God. To those who are out of
the ark of safety come, join us and
enjoy Gods blessings.
The chorus will render special Sc
lections at each of these services. The
duet rendered by Messrs. Perkins and
Anderson last evening was greatly en-
joyed.
We appreciated very much the pres
ence of the Rev, J. ]. Dlckey and his
encouraging words helped to fasten
the beautiful sermon we had listened
to. He and many of our good white
friends are cordially invited to any OF
all of these services.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25

now at five cents per capita per year,
or delay having them for four or five
years in order to buy them at four
cents per capita per year?
To interest the Nation in forward
ing this particular work is one of the
undertakings of this new division of
the Department of Labor. In this
purpose it has the support not only of
educators, but of sociologists. They
believe that the. nationwide lask of
public school accommodations, which
is known to all, is one of the earliest
problems that must be solved with
others that belong to the reconstruc-
tion period.
The public ledger., 1919-01-25
New Home in
Mays|ick For Sale

Mrs. S. B. Fitzpatrick has instruct
ed us to advertise and sell her home
in the town of Mayslick, near the
Mayslick High School. This is a six
room house, veranda, porch in the
rear. Half acre of land goes with the
place. Coal house, hen house on the
lot There has been dozens of you
looking for place like this, so here
is your chance.
This place is priced at Just about
what the lumber in the building would
cost you-S3000
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30
Another Gift For
Sergeant York.

The Allen Manufacturing Com
pany, of Nashville, is making a spec
ial Princess" range for the use of
Sergeant Alvin York, of Fentress
county, Tennessee, who is now enjoy
ing the honor of being the greatest
individual hero of the greatest world
war which began in the summer of
1911 and the fighting ended by ar
m'strce. Nov. II, 1913. This special
range viii he made to burn either
ccal or wood md will be shipped to
tla heroic Tcunessean whenever he
orders it, So far rs the company and
las workmcn can make it, each and
every part Of the range will be per
fret and the company win ask its
AGENTS over the state to each con
tribute some article Of household fur
tgre IN appreciation of the wonder
ful nequaled feat Of Sergeant York
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30
MERIT0NE ONLY
THING TO HELP
Nervous Trouble of Seven Years
Gone and She Now Sleeps .......
Soundly.

For seven years suffered and
couldn't find thing that would
help me but one bottle of this new
medicine, Meritone, has made me feel
like a new person" said Mrs Mary
Arledge, Of 90S Union Avenue, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Nervousness was my chief trou-
be-" Mrs. Arledge continued. u
dreaded to 90 to bed at night be-
cause | couldn't sleep. | just tossed
and rolled about the bed all night
and, Of conrsc, when the morning
came, | felt so badly could hardly
get up.
"Meritone was recommended SC
highly that finally | started taking
it.
lone bottle of Mcritone has done
me more good than any other meri,
cine | ever tried, and has made me
feel like a new person. The ner-
vousness has left me entirely and
can go to bed at night now and SLEEP
soundly until morning. The tired
WORKOUT feeling | used to have is all
gone and | feel good all the time.
Meritono is sold exclusively in Lex,
ngton at Stewart Drug co.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30
HaWker and Grieve
Not Lost in Sea

, Last Mondays papers brought the
news that Harry G. Hawker and
Lieutenant Commander Mckenzie
Grieve, who. started from NewFound-
land, SUMO conEay 18th. in an T.
Sv,npt 30 8 ross theAtlHltic ocean
and who Tad been given up for lost,
had been rescued, landed in Scotland
and both men in perfect health. The
flying machine had to descend to the
water because Of trouble caused by
stoppage of circulation in the water
pipes between the radiator and the
water pump. Hawker and Grieve
were in the water but an hour before
being picked up by the little Danish
steamer, Mary. When Mrs. Hawker,
at her home in London, was notified
of the rescue of her husband, said;
81 had a presentment all along that !
should see my husband again"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30
Board Doubles
Tax Returns.

Nashville, Tenn. May 2l.-The
state board of equalization issued a
formal statement this afternoon de
claring that the assessment of realty
FOR 1919, as completed for the pre-
icding year, VIII nor nc Changed ex-
cept where Improvements have been
made, On cases of appeal the board
instructs county clerks to proceed to
fix the tax rate for all county pur-
poses
The board is Of the opinion that
when the new assessment is complet-
Ell it will show more than double the
amount Of taxable property in the
state as compared with the 1919 as
seasment. The statement says: "The
Investigations already made lead to
the belief that enough real estate and
personal property which has been es-
Gaping taxation will be added to the
tax roll to cover many times the cost
of making the assessments for 1920
and much of tins property will be un-
covered and assessed for the year
1919 and some Of it back assessed
where it has altogether escaped taxa
ton.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30
CRUCIFER.

|. II. Hearn and family, of Broad
way, were here last Sunday visiting
| friends.
| Arthur Houston, of Sand Ridge
who has been seeing service oversee.
was in this vicinity Sunday.
l., T. Milan. of White Fern, was
here Sunday on visit to his mother.
Rev. w. A. Lampkin filled his APP
pointment at Nebo, last Sunday, to a
large crowd,
Mrs. Bette Whittle has been very
sick. Her many friends hope for her
a speedy recovery.
T. n. Armstrong and wife visited
Clifford Hale last Sunday.
James NJ. Milan, who has been in
the army, arrived home Thursday
having obtained his honorable dis
charge. Jim has a host of friends
here who are glad to welcome him
home.
John Thomas, of Luray, was here
Sunday.
John Pollock and family visited
Jeff Sykes Sunday,
Dr. Chaffee, of Beech Bluff, was
here Sunday to see the sick.
Howard Maness, Of Jacks Greek
visited Sam Hemby, Sunday.
Mrs. Lena Gunter and daughter.
of Beech Bluff, attended church at
Nebo, Sunday
Robert Cogel and wife are smiling
over the arrival of a new girl at their
home.
Wash Cogel and wife. of Spring
Hin. spent last week end here visit
ing relatives,
Tie infant of Frank Stsnflll is
slowly recovering from an attack Of
pneumonia.
Miss Minnie Morgan visited Miss
Mitchell Green last Sunday.
Hicks Gardner and family visited
his brother in the vicinity Of Poplar
Springs last Saturday night.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30

Of said bonds as provided herein, the
County Judge shall sell said bonds
for the purpose of raising the funds
set forth in this Act, and which bonds
shall not be sold at less than their
par value, and which funds so deriv-
ed from the sale of said bonds the
County Judge or Chairman of the
County Court, shall turn over to the
Trustee of the county to be kept as a
separate fund to be expended as
hereinafter provided,
Section 5. Be it further enacted,
That the funds derived from the sale
of the bonds herein provided for,
shall be expended for the purposes
set forth in this Act under the sole
direction of the Highway Commits
sion when such exists or under the
supervision Of such person or body
having like duties, and shall not be
paid out by the Trustee of the county
only upon the warrant of said High
way Commission.
Section 6. Be it further enacted,
That the Quarterly County Court of
the counties TO which this Act applies
shall annually levy a sufficient tax
upon the taxable property of the
county for the purpose of raising
funds with which to pay the interest
on said bonds as it accrues and to
create a sinking fund with which to
retire and discharge the principal
sum of bonds when they mature; and
the Trustee shall collect such taxes
as other taxes are collected and pay
it out only for the purposes set forth
in this act.
Section T. Be it further enacted
That this Act take effect, from and
after its passage the public welfare
requiring it.
Passed March 28th. 1919.
SETH NJ. WALKER,
Speaker of House Of Representatives
ANDREW. L. TODD.
Speaker of Senate.
Approved April 3, 1919,
A. H. ROBERTS, Governor.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30

Rumor said that Memphis was
threatened with a race riot last Sat
urday night but nothing of the kind
materialzed, The negroes ought to
have better sense than to go into
anything of the kind, in any COM
munity, for there can be but one re-
sult-death to the negro.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30

The Senate was to take up discus
s. 1n Of the woman's suffrage bin last
Monday We have understood Sena-
tuf Shields 10 he against it, all hon
or 90 him. leEiSlsting women into
polite, is Utterly repugnant to d
r.rst majority Of the hest people Of
the south. There are plenty Of other
folds fuller Of honor to women
plenty Of wrongs" more IN need of
r,m 3y
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-05-30

MAR SImoutowu. taudcrdale Co..
,, #1y last week the little son Of
Ar'reN Ander an pulled a pot Of
boiling water from the stove and
s.a'ied himself 10 death.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-12-06
A QUEERED OIL FIELD.

1.-The awakening of the interest
i'll the little Bayou Oil Field on
the east side of the Teche, was
brought to public notice on last
Sunday afternoon, when it was
announced that one of the wells
had struck oil. The new well, it
is said, is neither gusher nor y
flowing well, but gives evidence Of
being a good producer for a long
time. 1t was brought in as
pumper and is claimed to be yield
ing a very good grade of oil.
There are a few more good sites
available to bonafde prospec tors
in likely localities yet to be had" p"
The above item appeared about
one year ago in a New Iberia
paper Now, without desire t.,
butt in" may we quietly ia
quire: "What has happened?'
Did some evil genius hit the oil
field as Billy Patterson was struck,
and get away with it9 We pause
for a rep.y.-Abbeville Merid-
iOnal.
Evidently Brother Edwards does
not know that one of the wells
in our oil field is still a producer
of. some twenty barre's per day.
which is profitable to the owners
Of the well. Steps are soon to be
taken for further development
Of the oil field near this City,
Judging from the activity of some
prospectors who came to New
iberia recently, and ere long we
should have some gushers that will
make the world set up and take
notice. Brother Edwards, We pre-
sumo you also know we are busy
now constructing new salt mine
in this Parish that will of itself
equal al the industries in your
town. On the other hand We
have gone a little further and
found vein of coal that will soon
furnish fuel for all Of the fac
tories in Louisiana. Just remain
silent while longer brother anil
we will soon be in position to take
care of all the Abbevillians who
are looking for real live City in
which to cast their lot. When
they come. pack up the Merid-
ional's paraphernalia and move
in and we will find you a good To-
cation.