The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-05-09
rHE DEAD RESTORED

me many praiseworthy ac-
lno'S = which the Red Cross is en-
Snu" !, Z that Of obtaining information
+ s.spls y inquiring for relatives in
'.,yice, and on tho other hand
.,'ss 's.,in Information for soldiers Id 1a.sS Of
ssa~s ''.,sss they have been out OF touch
ls.''~ !, months. The ferreting out OF
~ !, y, STARVATION requires infinite re-
md voluminous correspond
~ W. the workers are fully COM
for their labors by fire.
d, carrying relief and Joy to
-. ~ ones, and on the other hand
n ~ ,,ch Inquiries must lead up to
4 q s',,sI,tions in the end, when hope
y anxious relatives have their
q - ~ the worst confirmed. The
=, cr,as information section could
a N many human interest stories
n. I,Ies Of its correspondence
q y made public.
~,.ash the means of Red Cross
.rI,i@s case in which a mother
g rourned the loss of a son. and
:. 4, been happily relieved of that
-. Of sorrow, recently came to
~ 4 northern Okanogan county, at
& sne time showing up the ineffi-
~ us,ern prevailing in the depart
~ foreign bureau of information.
11rossh the secretary of the home
49, section of the Chelan-Oka- i,
- chapter, W. R. c. Wenatchee.
II l,Irnan Of the Oroville home SER
x nction received the following
I'm u Inquiry:
:: Howard Jordan, No. 3,490,967,
IN ! s3rd Infantry (Ward F.)
mr. date Of March goth we were
~ to locate Mrs. Viola Wills Cor
lalI living at Wauconda. Unfor-
n,laly the address was indefinate
Y u have just discovered that she
IN within your jurisdiction. There
im VII you call on Mrs. Wills (or
VaA), living at Wauconda. if she
n h found and give her a message
~ ~ aon. This man has not heard |
~ his mother for seven years and .
ahsueh be has written her he has
nNR hard from her and he is won
In whether or not she is still liv-
4 BVidently he Is very much wor-
~ ibout hIs mother. and anything |
b II % to relieve his mind will be |
nn11afed favor.
n. 0Foville representative of the
Nrtmeat It once wrote to the ad-
- dea in care Of the postmaster
4 Naueuads, and in a few days re-
ka u following reply:
7eoizp1 jour kind letter of in
III Voua M Howard D. Jordan's
o hfull He was reported to me
MI a July 10, 1918, In France.
- send By return mail and oblige, !
MRS. J. c. WILLS.
Unfortunately the letter sent to the
Nlns representative of the home
nFnsnt hid no other address than
y unpublished. but supposed it to
n francisco. Later it was learn
ha young Jordan was at Camp
&eAcrpe, Georgia, and that informa-
= VI Immediately forwarded to
n wills.
ltinct within the power of a yiel-
q q he pen to depict the Joy that
y Information must have conveyed
! sricken mother. for it was the
aasFs q TIE land who did the suf-
ns during The terrible war. not
y NON IL anxiety that constantly
81" = NE heart strings knowing
y s0as % b IN danger, or fearing
= iag vsre, but from the shock of
Sv that finally came to so
:! WI he brief telegram announc-
3 's,'A b action. Time possibly had
.s ssaa aasuaged the pain that the
D.. sas suffered after receipt of the
ua Der son had been killed.
Z ~ Indy scftens sorrow if it
h. N = Wholly eradicate the heart
- y = 'he had given him up for
~ hevs that her son was alive
~ ai' country must have been to
: though her son had been
'pE eack to her from the dead.
m o tbs kind must naturally
Z. gu : .Aefs 70 large a number have !.
~, y supreme sacrifice, yet it
4" ZEN that II proper care had
~ - 49, Il records had been cor
", w nN errors Of this nature
~, \. I've been discovered and cor
t 0efsny eliminating much un-
y .'' - ansuish among those who
'''' 'ass At the front.