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March, 1918 active and the dairymen did not receive what they were justly entitled to.

It is exactly the same with the cut rate newspaperman But there would not be any more cut rates if the newspapermen adopted the same cooperative system as the dairymen of this country.

Letters have been coming to Oregon Exchanges from all parts of the state expressing appreciation of the work the editors are attempting to do and encouraging us to go on with our little magazine. They all tell us it is read with interest by newspapermen all over the state. We have not made it a policy to print these letters, but here is one from "Somewhere in France" which we print because it shows that even in France we are accomplishing our purpose of telling Oregon newspapermen of other Oregon newspapermen.

Dear Editor Oregon Exchanges:——Kuck (former city editor of the Dallas Observer) and I received my copy of Oregon Exchanges yesterday and, believe me, it was a very welcome messenger from home. It was full to the brim with the "stuff" we wanted to hear.

"He is!", "That so?",——these were the interrogatives Kuck and I threw at each other yesterday. Please don't miss us with any issue.

Speaking for myself, and I believe for most of the fraternity now with the colors, I'm going back to Oregon and the newspaper game. So I want to link up the time I'm away from Oregon with the time I was, and will be again, there. Exchanges helps in that. Through the courtesy of D. H. Smith, circulation manager of the Journal, L company receives ﬁve copies of the Journal daily and I receive two. L company certainly appreciates the letters from home. I enjoyed the letters of the boys far from home.

I read Hazen's article in Exchanges on John F. Carroll with a mist in my eyes. Mr. Carroll was my good friend. At a critical time in my life I took his advice—and it was a man 's sincere wisdom given to a boy in whom he was interested. Mr. Carroll was a real newspaperman; he was clean, courteous, sympathetic, and a hard worker. He was a man of ideals.

This life is a wonderland for us. We ask no more than to be here. We will look back on these days as the greatest in our life.

Best to Dean Allen, Harry Crain and to all who would be glad to receive my message.

LAWRENCE DINNEEN. (Former city editor of the La Grande Observer.)

A good opening for a telegraph editor has come to the notice of Oregon Exchanges. It is on one of the best state dailies, and offers a salary of $20, with more for an experienced man. A man not subject to draft is desired. A letter in care of Oregon Exchanges will reach the editor. 13