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New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
FRENCH FIRE TWICE
 10 GERMANS ONCE
Retreating Teutons Kept Under
 Continuous DeIuge of Shells

On the Picardy front in France.
 July 31.-Two French shells to one
 shell by the Germans measure the gun
 fire on this part of the front, as ob-
 served by the Associated Press corre- spondent during a three day stay be-
 hind the lines. The cannonade con-
 tinues throughout the night, rising to
 intensity during the long midsummer
 days, when the sunlight enables ac-
 curate direction of fire by the aerial observers.
 French artillery commanders feel that they dominate the Germans guns here, and they owe it largely to the airmen. The German gunners must fire by maps, because the French still hold command of the air. Hostile aeroplanes began appearing in con- siderable numbers Friday and Satur- day. Machine gun fire heard from re- mote heights told of aerial encoun- ters.
 Fighting in this part of the battle front is in the open and the combat ants are not now facing each other from behind solidly constructed field works. The Germans, with the break Ing or IHGlE ltIIlb lIAC, IluSl I6lN OH hastily dug ditches and shallow pits. Their abandoned works arc now being organized by the French.
 The purpose of the incessant shell fire is to break up the new German positions so as to keep the Teutons constantly unprotected and cause as many casualties among them as pos sible. Some eighty per cent. of the casualties in this war are from shell and direct gun fire. Five hundred shells may only tear up a trench work. where only one shell will kill or wound twenty or thirty men.
 French guns are necessarily she'll Ing a five mile zone back of the Ger man front lines, so as to harass the German communications and destroy roads and bridges. Bits of the front are often selected for destruction, us- ually salient interfering with the symmetry of the line.
 A characteristic incident was that if Fstrees where the Germans on July 24 held ten houses. French attacks on the right and left had bent back he German support. The French shelled the group of houses for six hours, and it seemed impossible that ,nv one could have lived under the ire When the French infantry nov ed forward, however, they found fif- cen wounded survivors out of the L5o men who had held the position.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
KiltS not Breeks.
New York Evening Sum-


 One of the many false steps made by British authority in the course of the beWildering rush of war has been speedily corrected; so quickly indeed, that it may be said the mistake was never made. The lunatic order to substitute breeks for kits in the field uniform of the Scottish Canadian regiments has been countermanded before any great harm was done, and the rising resentm ent in the Domin ion has subsided into a little grumb- ling at the stupidity of the Sassen- achs In the war office who were cap able of entertaining such an idea. General San Hughes, minister of militia, has just announced the re- scinding of the silly order of two weeks ago, saying that the kilt Is re- garded at the front as preferable to trousers because it Keeps dry longer" and one kilt will outwear four pairs of trousers
 This remarkable statement gives some hint of the esoteric virtues of the kilt little realized by the kiltless. The idea is easy to grasp. when you think of it; keeps dry longer because it doesn't get into puddles in the trenches while the wearer is standing there, and it wears much longer be- cause there isn't much of it to wear out. All the wear and wetting it gets is received when the wearer sits down, and 1t is plenty long enough to sit down on-almost as good as the tails of frock coat Besides all this, it Is the natural garment of the Scot, who would suffer keenly if he had to l muffle up his knees and shins in the l regulation swaddling clothes. Breeks | for Scots? Never was anything so foolish; the dunderheaded laundering | of the war office was never more 1 clearly shown.
 Tn some of the earlier engagements 1 of the war, as was reported at the | time, the German prisoners referred with terrified amazement to the kilt | cd regiments which had come storm | ing at them as "the ladies from he'll l It would have been a great pity to | change the appearance of these furl- ous fighters.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
A Case for Discipline.
(NeW York Tim eS.)

tNeW Y Ork IlmeS.)
 MT. John M. Parker of New Or leans, the surviving name on the na- tional progressive ticket, is expressinfi sentiments in the highest degree pain ful to instructed and docile progress sives and that merit sharp rebuke from the Commander of the Faithful at Oyster Bay. Of many presidential errors as they must seem to a con- verted progressive, uttered by Mr. Parker in a speech at the Crystal Springs Chautauqua on Political Re form," it is more than enough to mark for reproduction these:
 A party is an instrument for the purpose of carrying into effect a gov ernmental principle. Parties are man-made. Governmental principles are eternal The party is means, but governmental principles are the ends. When the party abandons the principles for which 1t was created, citizenship owes no further allegiance to the party but owes allegiance to the principle only.
 A party is a means of gratifying personal malice by "beating Taft or trying to "beat Wilson" The eternal principles of prOgress1vlsm, terminat- ed, for all good progress1Ves, with the nomination of MT. Hughes. When the progressive party, by order of it's creator, abandoned the principles for which it was created and fiopped to MT, Hughes and "the crooks of 1912, every good progressive owed no further allegiance to those principles, but owed allegiance to MT. Roosevelt and the republican party.
 One more unseemly remark by this Pelican sinner against the light:
 No European monarch rules more despotically than many of our po- 1itical bosses, and millions of think ing Americans do not propose to be blindly dictated to by these same bosses.
 Flat mutiny and treason MT Roosevelt has hunted with MT. Par ker in happier days among the Louis jana canebrakes. Now it is his mel ancholy duty to hunt his fellow huntsman. Political bosses. MT. Par ker's temerity is astounding.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
Der Tag.


 When the ReichStag meets we arc 1 told, the Chancellor will be asked why inspiring speeches by the emperor at the front are withheld from general publication" They are inspiring, no doubt, but they no longer inspire the troops to fight for the same pur- poses as formerly. That was an in- 1 spring speech which the emperor delivered in August, 1914, while his armies were sweeping on Paris and its fall was to be a matter of weeks at the most; when the plans of his generals for repetition of 1870 were being swiftly and terribly carried out He was inspiring them then to-. attack as now he is inspiring them to de- fense; he was inspiring them then to conquest, as now he is inspiring them to resistance. We shall not relent," he said, and we shall get to the enemy's hide. We shall not lose our faith and trust in our good old God up there. We are determined to win, and we must win" When he spoke these words Paris seemed in his grasp, and all that remained was to turn from the prOstrate body of van quished France to choke slow moving Russia before she could get on her feet, and force England, with her "contemptible little army" to ask for peace. His exhortation today inspires a different kind of effort:
 English diplomacy brought about the war, and now an English offensive is Intended to carry the operations to German soil, into our towns and vil- lages, to the peril and undoing of our helpless women and children. Your duty is to break the English offensive; to prove once more that Germany is invincible and reduce to despair the relentless enemies of our country, so that they will sue for peace on terms honorable and profitable to Germany"
 Inspiring words. But they no longer inspire his hearers to get to the enemy's hide" They inspire his hearers to keep the enemy from get ting to his hide. The object now is to prove that Germany cannot be crushed, so that the enemy, ''reduced to despair" will give it up. We shall not relent," he said in 1914 "The relentless enemies of our coun- try" he says in 1916. The power of relenting or not relenting has changed hands. The shoe is on the other foot. Conquer was the watch word of 1914, resist is the watchword of 1916. Has the light penetrated the general German mind? Some of it has penetrated the kaiser's. He seeks desperately to revive the old hate of England, he signs again the Hassge- sang:
 'The English built up during the years before the war the combination of countries which at a given signal fell upon us, attacked us, the most peaceful and peace-desiring people in the world"
 We have one foe and one alone" Der Tag is at hand, is actually here. But how different is it's coming from the anticipation when, "in the cap tain's mess, in the banquet hall, sat feasting the officers, one and all." It was to be the day when we shall not 1 relent, and we shall get to the en- emy's hide" It is the day, but not | that day; it is the day when your duty is to break the English offen- | sive."
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is reported in today's news dispatches as having experienced a violent chill while inspecting his troops. After what the Russians have done to his men he can hardly be blamed.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

Armenia has now been practically redeemed from Turkish rule. A change in the map of Turkey Asia has been effected which Is sure to out last the war. For, whatever other recessions of conquered territory may take place, it is inconceivablc that Armenia will ever be resubjected to the Turkish yoke. The blood of too many victims of Turkish bru- tality and fanaticism would cry out against such a betrayal of humanity New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
TAXING MONDAY FUN-DAY.

TAKING MONDAY FUN-DAY. This business of getting started to sfk on Monday morning is one of salient problems of modern life. Yer the preceding day of rest which &ally turns out otherwise it is diff ; It to get back in the harness. $ecially in these times when the #t is not over kindly to a people who
 Est make their living by the sweat #heir brows Is 1t a severe task to Ne up on the morning after Sun 8. Philosophers and others who 6e given thought to the subject 8e concluded that man was never Sbnt to work at this time of the sr, nor to start again on his long skly stretch after idling away his 8e on Sunday. Were it not for fool Adam and his erring ways in the Eden of Eden nothing of the sort 81d have to be considered.
 Aoday there is brought to the at- Zion of a waiting multitude the
 gestion of making Mondays grind sn easy. A kindly old grandfather, Sue gentleman, a lover of his fel- a man, has spent the greater DOT of his life in seeking to make S day less difficult for those who St perforce perform some task on 8day. And here is his advice on R matter, simple and to the point: away from yourself on Sunday: amune with nature; go out in the sntry and forget there was ever al thing as a city. Ostensibly, physician who advances this R-all is one who has diagnosed case of the city dweller and E little or no attention to the com Int of the country gentleman. Der that or he believes the man lives in the country finds no diff sty in getting up early on Monday ming and starting to work on the sn. So he does not recommend the rustic dwe1Iers of our land Irate to the great expanses of halt and dwelling houses and for the cares that infest the rural Emunities. These folk are better |where they are.
 b the city man who would start work bright and snappy on Mon our philosopher recommends an |re Sunday spent in the country. 5 Gods land. It is the great open lple of the universe. There, on I-y leaf, on every blade of grass, be found a sermon as masterful convincing as any ever delivered
 n a pulpit in the city. There will Hound the true friends; the real |nds; the gentfe-folk; the open |rted There Is bohemia in all it's Itine glory. Nor are there trad in the country on Sunday, men to sell something to their brothers profit. And after such a. day 1nt in the proper place where the St1e breezes from Heaven wait s sy the depression caused by an inn aonment in the city the next lining should find your city man sx on the job with a smile and Rting for all his fellow workers. re is truth in the assertion re Is nothing like little journey K to the open country where no is cramped for air, where there bonn enough for al1,-for men, for
 hen, for children, for trees, for Eers, for birds, and fruit and fowl,
 members of all the kingdoms.
 the country may be found those l 5s-roads of life where the wander |
 down the primrose path that | Is to perdition meet with the
 ngers who have trod the straight |
 narrow, and both then turn into
 wonderful lane that leads to | ce and oontentment, l
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
The fact that James Whitcomb Ri-

The fact that James Whitcomb Ri- ley left an estate estimated at $200,- 900, practically all of it the proceeds of his poetry, tells a story of appre- citation of his verse even more eulo- gistic than the friendly words to be found in nearly all American news. papers. No recent poet in America was more popular than Riley, and the appreciation took a substantial monetary form.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

A dispatch from New York reports that Wall Street is betting three to five that the Deutschland will make a safe return voyage to Germany, These odds would hardly encourage ono to take a pleasure trip on the craft.- Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

Of all the countries in the world, Italy alone shows a prospective in crease in her wheat crop. The Ital- ians have been doing good fighting, too; but their women and their youngsters know how to work in the fields.- Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
Sale of Women's Sample. Union Suits at 39c each.

On sale Wednesday Morning at S:SO a. m.-To these we will add all broken lines of Union Suits from our own stock All sizes in this sale, displayed in show window until time for sale Wednesday Morning. (None sold to peddIers.)
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

Synthetic rubber can be found in Germany at a cost of $1.25 a pound. With synthetic beef, synthetic cop per, synthetic zinc and all the other synthetic articles the war has taught Germany to make, the only thing now needed is synthetic soldiers.-Syra- cuse Post-Standard
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
FACTS AND RANCHES.

United States District Attorney Mar shall ought not to have put himself in the attitude of seeming contempt of congress. He should cultivate the general attitude toward the national IaWmaklng body, that of amused tol- erance.-Roc chester Post Express.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

The Kaiser is quoted as saying that 'the world war is separating the wheat from the chaff." For the final winnowing operation, though, it may be necessary to wait for revolution.- Syracuse Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

Taking one blacklist with another, Uncle Sam could make quite a stir by blacklisting MT. J. Bull.-Binghant Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
Out They Must Go Wednesday Morning

All real bargain prices to move them quick, so be here on time and get your share.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
BIG K E M N ANT GLE A K ANCE
 SALE
 Wednesday Morning At 8:3O A. M.-

After a rapid selling during our July Clearance Sale we find quantities of Remnants of all kinds of Wash goods, Silks, Dress Goods, TOwelngs, Damasks, Cottons, Ribbons, Laces, Embroideries, Etc.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-31

req at the Post Ofice ar New Britain
 70 second Class Mail Matter.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
GILLIAN PIONEER
PAST away HERE

Nathaniel Scott passed away at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Kellogg
in this city last Thursday morning.
Mr.. Scott had made valiant fight the
past year and a half against cancer
of the throat, which finally caused
his death. The funeral was held on
Friday at Lone Rock, where he had
made his home for long number Of
years. The deceased leaves a wife
and step children to mourn his loss.
Nat Scott was pioneer of this
section of Eastern Oregon and was
numbered among the early pioneers
in Gillian county, locating there In
1888. He went into the stock busi-
ness and done well. He was truly
"a leading citizen and a man of influ-
|ence. Mr.. Scott was native of Ire
land but became naturalized citizen
of this country years ago.
A large number of friends are left
by the deceased who mourn his early
death, he was but So years of age and
up until two years ago was the pic
ture of robust health. A good man
and useful citizen has been called
to his reward.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
NEWS OF INTEREST
FROM lone COUNTRY

II A representative Of the Ellison &
White Chautauqua Association visit
ed lone the first of the week and en-
|deavored to interest our business
men in backing up Chautauqua for
this place the coming season. The
proposition met with little encourage
nent here, our citizens taking the
view that the benefits to be derived
we're not in proportion to the burden
assumed in the guarantee asked. As
q matter of fact, while the Chautau-
squa may be admitted to be fine
Eiins. and offcrss an opportunity to
hear some fine talent in the literary
and musical lines, it should not be
necessary for the different communi-
ties where they present their pro-
grams to guarantee them anything.
Their organization should. be self
supporting by this time and should
be handled from that standpoint.
The writer has had sufficient exper-
ience in coming through" on these
guarantees, along with numerous 9th
er people who imagined they were do
ing big thing for the home town in
getting such character of entertain
ment as presented by the lyceum and
Chautauqua courses, and speaking for
himself, he has had enough. And we
fancy the others have also.
Mrs. Audrey Woolery Dye, OF
Grandview, WASH, is visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. A. e. John
son and her other relatives at lone.
o. E. Lindstrom was the purchas-
er of new REQ five-passenger auto
this week. He bought it from e. R.
Lundell, local agent. Mr.. Lundell
left for The Dalles Tuesday to bring
up another car.
w. H. Cronk, having graduated
from the Henry" class, this week
joined the higher ups" and now is
the pround owner of a new Chalmers
1t is certainly a handsome car.
DR.. Butler is a new arrival in lone
and has established dental parlors In
the Independent building. His fam
lily will arrive shortly from the Will
lamette Valley.
The Fagans will begin series O
meetings at the Christian church II
lone on Tuesday, November 2S. MIR
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-11-23
SCHOOL NOTES.
(By S. E. Notson, Co. Supt.)

(By S. E. Notson, Co. Supt.)
Special blanks will be sent to
school clerks for report Of children
who are crippled, blind, deaf or dumb.
The State Superintendent desires this
information for the use of the legis-
lature and also for report to the
United States Bureau Of Education.
If more blanks are needed, write to
the county superintendent.
In District No. 81, Miss Dora jack
son is the teacher. The enrolment is
eight. This schol has three framed
pictures, several pieces of play furni-
ture, a closed water jar, and good
flag. The pupils are enthusiastic.
Miss Daisy Barlow teaches in Dis
trict No. SO. This school is small,
the enrolment being six. A vessel
filled with water is kept on the stove.
A number of improvements in the
equipment are contemplated.
Mrs. Harriet M. Brown Is at the
helm in District No. 81. The enroll
ment is 28. This school has good
flag, closed water jar, stove sur
rounded by good jacket, window
boards, and "humiditier" of excell-
ent type-a tall can filed with water.
This school is making an effort to
reach the standard this year.
In District No. 29, Mrs. Bertha
Stoneman is the teacher. The enroll
ment is seven. A new building Is
contemplated. This is needed and the
community is united in the deter
mination to erect a modern building
as soon as possible.
In District No. 81, Miss Edith Par
ker is the teacher. This school is
small, the enrolment being only six
This school has some new black
boards, stove surrounded by splen-
did Jacket, window-boards, a ther-
mometer, a closed water jar, splen-
did bookcase and new encyclopedia
The primary pupils have sand table
for use in their work.
In District No. IA, Miss Adelaide
O'Hanlon is the teacher. The enroll
ment is ten. The windows have been
changed so as to admit the light from
the left side and the rear Of the room
which gives correct lighting. A clos
ed tank is provided for the water sup
ply. The teacher and pupils are an.
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xious to bring the school up to the
rank of standard school this year.
Miss Vernus Young is the teacher
in District No. 26. The enrolment is
16 The flag is displayed from an ex-
cellent fag-pole. There is good
jacket for the stove. Water is kept
on the stove and window-boards and a
thermometer are provided. The wat
er supply is kept in a closed tank.
This school has two framed pictures
A good sectional bookcase is provid-
ed for the books. A new encyclope-
dia has been added recently.
In Joint-District No. 50-55, Miss
Heloise Phillips is the teacher. The
enrolment is II. A new Hart heat
ing and ventilating plant has been
installed. This school has four stan
dard pictures. A good selection OF
books, and good equipment of maps
globe and other apparatus.
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JAMES NJ. SHAW.

James M. Shaw, native of Scot
land, died at the farm home of Hynd
Bros. in Sand Hollow on Tuesday,
Nov. 81, 1916. Mr.. Shaw has been
suffering for the past TWO years from
kidney trouble and last spring un-
derwent an operation at the local hos
pital. The operation was a success
at the time and probably prolonged
his life by months. However the end
came quietly on Tuesday as stated
above.
At the time of his death, Mr.. Shaw
was 70 years of age. The funeral
services were held in this city on
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. R. H
Lewelling conducting a short service
at the grave in Masonic cemetery.
James M. Shaw had lived in Nor.
row county long number of years
and through his square dealing ant
pleasing personality made many
friends, all of whom will be sorry tC
learn Of his passing away. He hat
no relatives in this parx of the coun
try.
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a possibility of the near future. The
proposal of the forest service to
raise grazing fees will also be TAX
en- up and discussed. .,,.
(; The entertaining features of the
two days convention have been plac-
ed in the hands of the local CONNER
cial club. 49,.
The secretary of the Oregon Wool
growers Association has been notified
by the Sauthern Pacific Company that
the usual certificate plan fares will be
authorized from all stations in Ore
gen including Klamath Falls and Mid
land, located on lines of the Southern
Pacific Company. The sales dates
will go into effect December 18th to
18th, inclusive and receipts to be
lonored at one-third fare returning
provided required number in attend
ance, December s to 19, inclusive.
/ Probably more stress will be laid
Upon the question of increasing graz
ing fees than any other one problem
that will come before the convention.
4 I. The Department of Agriculture al
ready has this matter under advise
rnent. The idea is to advance the
fees for grazing in the National For.
! ests, one-third each year, beginning
February first of next year.