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ord can be kept Of all the articles as
signed to each man in the command.
The day after the Signal Corps Com
sers crandas M III S suppy tent ente looked @ ike
full-fedged storehouse. but now his
stock is rapidly becoming depleted With
the assignment Of equipment to the men.
Sergt. Crandalrs work lessons.
THE more they have to care for the
less for me to worry about" is the way
Sergt Crandall sums up the situation.
Corp. McCracken has been assigned as
saddler Of the Signal Corps Company. He
spends a part Of each day in the supply
tent, mending brides and halters and
other harness equipment. He has become
expert with the needle and also with riv-
cts.
Goes Lower and Gets Higher.
Private Borchardt, company clerk Of the
Signal Corps, who in civil life Is D. D.
s.. has unpacked his dental outfit and is
ready to pull teeth or fill them at a mo-
ment's notice.
While en- route to this place a casting
on Doc Borchardts dental engine was
broken. The other day he took the two
parts to Bisbee to have them brazed to-
gether. Way up at the head of the gulch
a dollar for doing the work. Doc thought
this too much and tried his luck at a
garage lower down in the town. This man
wanted s1.25. Doc then was sorry that
he had not left the casting at the first
place.
He was about to start back when he
learned that there was still another braz-
ing establishment in the town even far
the down the hill. Borchardt went there,
only to learn that this man wanted $1.5o
for the work
ITS a case Of the lower you 20 the
higher you get" said Bochardt when he
arrived back in camp again. He has de-
cided to buy a new casting rather than
have the old one repaired.
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under normal conditions he Is very
Industrious person. He also says that
at this elevation 1t takes two hours
longer to cook rice than what 1t does
mates are wondering what would hap
pen to him If he was ever camped on
the top of Mount Mckinley or Pixies
Peak.
Two mules have been added to the
Signal Corps picket line equipment
stable. sergt. Tiller has named one
Carranza and the other Villa. This Is
because one minute they are very
friendly and a moment later they are
fighting.
Since arriving here at Warren. Capt
Dollman of the Field Hospital has be-
come an expert dancer. Capt. Hudson.
his campmate, is responsible for this
statement. Capt Dollman. he declares.
cactus jump to his already long list of
dance accomplishments.
Men Given Ice Cream and Cake.
The Signal Corps Company has made
as the result of policing duty. which It's
members did the other morning follow
ling the night on which an entertain
ment was given in the plaza to all the
troops stationed here.
The entertainment consisted Of re-
freshments and a dance. which were
provided for the men by the citizens
of Warren in appreciation Of the excel
lent manner in which the soldiers
have behaved since coming here. A
committee of women composed Of Mrs.
Edith c. Byrnes, postmistress: Mrs.
Daniel Twomey and Mrs. B; F. San:
burn canvassed the town and obtained
enough homemade cake and ice cream
to give the regulars and the District OF
Columbia units a treat.
Several hundred residents Of Warren,
Bisbee and other points nearby attend
ed the entertainment and did their best
to provide q royal time for tho SOL
diers With such a great gathering of
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Observe Goth Wedding Anniversa: Y

Friends of W. c. Weedoh and his
wife. who are celebrating the si2tieth
anniversary of their marriage today.
will give the couple a reception at the
Grace Baptist Church, 9th street and
South Carolina avenue southeast. this
evening at o'clock. Mr.. Weldon Is n
brother of Detective Ned Weldon OF
the police force, and has been en-
ployed for many years at the National
Museum. He and his wife have been
members of Grace Baptist Church
since Its organization thirty years ago.
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people the plaza soon became we'll lit
tered up with the paper wrappings
from around the cakes. paper ice cream
plates and other like trash. One of the
members of the entertainment commit
tee remarked that the task of cleaning
up the plaza the following morning
would be a big one for the women. Top
Sergt. Johnson of the Signal Corps out
mediately struck upon a plan for get
ting the plaza cleaned up in short
time. but did not let the women know.
The following morning after reveille,
when the men Of the Signal Corps had
setting UP exercises. sergt. johnson
whispered something to Capt. Terry.
who nodded his head in approval. In
stead Of the exercises came an order
from sergt. Johnson which soon had
the man at the plaza, which is about
300 yards from the camp Starting at
one end the entire park was thor
oughly policed within few minutes.
and the Signal Corps men were back
in camp when breakfast call was
sounded. When some OF the women of
Warren came down to the plaza a
short time later to see about having
the plaza cleared Of all paper and
trash, they found the task already
done. Now everybody in the town is
strong" for the Signal Corps.
Brass Buttons Still Winners.
features of the entertainment pro-
vided for the soldiers on the plaza
was an announcement that only men in
uniform would be allowed to dance.
1t was one occasion when the soldiers
were supreme in Warren. and all civil
ians of the tougher" sex had to play
the role of wall flowers. The "gentler
sex" of the town were Just tickled to
death"
has his hands full these days. Saddles.
brides, saddle blankets and other
hore equipment are being distributed.
and this means lots Of work. Every
thing must be numbered, SO that rec
Evening star., 1916-07-24
Branch of the wanderlusters.

A Warren. Aris.. branch of the wan
derlusters Of Washington. D. c.. has
been established in the field hospital
camp. The incorporators of the organi-
zation are Privates spillman. Stats. Sill
verberg and simmel. The hrst hike
taken was to Naco, to get close look
at Mexico. and to visit the militia and
regular troops stationed there. The dis
tance was about fifteen miles.
The wanderlusters started from the
camp at $3.50 o'clock in the morning.
and climbed up the mountainside and
then down to the nat beyond. Then
came q straightaway hike across bar
rem waste TOR about hve miles. They
arrived at Naco at 1850 o'clock. Mem
bers Of q battalion Of Arizona troops
stationed at that place invited the Dis
trict men to have lunch with them.
The field hospital mon were greatly
impressed with the hospitality shown
them. Each Of them was given a quar-
ter Of pie as dessert
The start back to the District Of CO.
lumbia camp was made at 2 o'clock
and tho wanderlusters reached here al
o'clock. They returned by the road
route.
While at Naco the men saw the ruins
of adobe houses that were demolish ed
in the battle fought there some months
ago and saw evidences of damage done
on the United States side Of the line
Guards at the international boundary
cautioned the militianen not to cross
the line into Mexico.
Evening star., 1916-07-24
NOTES OF THECAm.

Lieut. MacIlennan says he cannot get
accustomed to using canned milk.
which 10 tho only thing which one sees
in this country. Even in the lunch
rooms at Bisbee all the milk is served
from tho can and not a pitcher. Lieut.
MacLennan went to town" the other
day and decided to stay over and have
lunch. a change from the camp bill of
fare being welcomed. He settled on
sliced peaches and cream for dessert,
He was greatly disappointed when a
newly opened can of evaporated cream
was set before him.
Here's a yarn they're telling in the
Signal Corps camp:
When . number Of horses belonging
to the 22d Infantry were loaned to the
Signal Corps camp the other day the
non-coms were the hrst to saddle them
ported to have saddled his mount in
record time. He climbed aboard and
started away from the picket line. His
horse went about three feet and then
stopped suddenly. Cady got of and got
under" to see what had happened.
His comrades In the signal outfit de-
clare that he found he had included the
picket line when he cinched his horse.
Camp Cook Catches "Cotitis."
Bill Bright. cook for the Signal Corps
camp. is suffering from . mslady which
his campmates call "eotitis." The name
Of the complaint has baen derived from
the word ~eot" A person suffering from
the malady wants 70 siesp an the time.
Bin says it's the high altitude; that
Evening star., 1916-07-24

The strike Of the miners of the Victor
Coal Company. at Holsopple. In the
Meyersdale field, has ended.
Evening star., 1916-07-24

d. detailed in charge Of munitions. hss
been nicknamed George Washington
Bings."
Company D has eighty-nine men ard
two officers,
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were received at the field hospital .
case of appendicitis developed. When
received the mans ailment had not yet
been diagnosed. and it was the militia
surgeons who ascertained that he was
suffering from appendicitis.
Maj. Bartlett. Medical Corps, Z. S. A.,
assigned to the 22d. Immediately was
notified. A consultation was held, and
it was decided that an immediate op-
Grafton was necessary. A fully equip
ped hospital attached to one of the big
mines being close at hand, it was de-
cided to perform the operation there.
Maj. Bartlett performed the opera
ton, being assisted by Capt: Dollman
and Capt. Began of the field hospital
staff. The field hospital has five cases
from the s2d There are .tr9ct no cases ,is,,ia In
units. health conditions among the
Washington men being No. 1.
Each morning a few men report at
sick call with smallpox VACCINATIONS
that are painful, stumped toes, dis
tered feet, stomachaches and other like
ailments, but nothing more serious is
on the record books. This is source
Of great satisfaction both 9th tosniia} to MAJ
and to Capt. Terry. commanding the
Signal Corps. This condition of af-
fairs has been the basis of compliments
paid the District units by Capt. A. p
Parce. Medical Corps, U. S. A, who Is
sanitary inspector and instructor at
the militia camps in this locality.
Many Awarded Letter "E."
Rapid progress is being made by the
non-coms. and privates Of the Signal
Corps In visual signaling with the
single nag. semaphore. heliograph and
acetylene lamp. the latter being for
night signaling. Lieut.. Fussell M Mac
Lennon has charge of instruction in
this work. He was assisted by Corp.
Church.
has been awarded to the following
men of the company for flag signaling.
utilizing the continental or interna-
tional code as it is now known In mill
tary circles:
First section-Sergt. Reed. chAef OF
section: Sergt. Cady, Corps. R. w. john
son and MacQueen, Privates Newma n
Fraser, Pryor, Warmker. w. r. Wooo'
H P. Wood and Scott.
second section-Sergt. hammond,
chief of section; Sergt. Cooley, corps.
Toler and Ramer, Privates Boone, Jei,
ferson. Boughton. Cox, Orndorn ana
Campbell. ~. =.
section; Sergt. Walther, Corps Silvers
and Church. Privates Tanning, Burch.
Giddings, Dyer, Berry, Borden, Wiiiis'
Hughes and Schmidt.
Fourth section-Sergt. Bauskett. cnlel
of section; Sergt. Eisenstein. Corps.
Rifenberg and Ormes and Prtvates Bra,
shears, Moore, Fersinger. Mochau ana
Heist.
Unassigned section - Acting First
Sergt. E. A. Johnson, Sergt. Hail ana
Private Corbin.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

Mrs. Harry Westover and daughter Alice,
of Portland, Ore, are visiting Mrs West
overs mother,. Mrs. Alice Hancock, Strait
street. Mrs. Westover will leave In short
time for Helper, Utah, where she will make
her future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Barker of vinland.
Kan, have arrived to spend the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Barkers parents, Mr..
and Mrs; W. G. Greer. of Michigan avenue.
Virginia, of Kansas City, viii spend the
Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H E. Goodell.
The Oakland schools will close Friday
evening for weeks vacation.
The Oakland boys basketball team and
game Thursday evening with the Auburn
boys and girls on the Auburn floor.
on Winfield avenue Mr.. White has been
III since last summer.
Mrs. C. Poort entertained the sunflower
Wight. Mr. Mrs. John stnsg stamg. MRS fs foTssf tsf
Lingo, Mrs Il. V. Lesson. Mrs: ". G, Greer,
Mrs. ]. q. Gleason. Mrs Frank Dawson,
Harold f (? Smith, s. Ia Mrs W II g Barker of Vin- ;
weeks Mrs c. NJ. Reaugh will entertain the
club at her home, Winfield avenue.
Mrs. Maud L. Lindsey, of Kirwin, will
arrive within a few days to spend the holi-
| days with her sister, Mrs. G II. Ensign
and DIR. Ensign, Forest avenue.
return the latter part of the week from
| Vinita, Okla, where she was called by the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Chrissie
Lionberger.
Miss Aiieen Peak and her father. D. H.
| Peak. Wabash avenue, have gone to Gales
burg, ILL.,, to visit Mr.. Peaks son, Eugene
! Peak and Mrs. Peak.
| Little Velma Slawson who has been i'll
of chicken pox at her home, Sumner street,
| is recovering.
Mrs c; g Jasper of Burlington. Kan. is
visiting her daughter Mrs. Clifford Carson
and Mr.. Carson. Arter avenue
| Mrs. S. w. McGarrah who has been suf
| fering from injuries received in a fall
which occurred last week, is recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Era Pierce and daugF-
| Juanita, who are en- route from Worth v
| ton, Mimi, to Hale Center, Tex, to III. ne
their home spent few days of this week
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Flanagan
Arter avenue.
The choir of the Oakland Presbyterian
church will meet at the church Friday eve
| ming for practice.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22
TRIM MED ON WALL ST
Small Traders Plunged to Ruin in
peace Panic of Stocks.

New York, Dec. 22.-Stories of ruin
for smaller traders who were caught
yesterday and tales of big killings
by professional plungers divided at
tention today.
Rumors that big bankers planned to
meet and form some plan for sup
porting the market today were de-
MED. Big bankers declared if yes
terday's market was a panic, it was
a safe and sane panic
Brokers' offices were ablaZe until
early morning today while clerks
caught up with the mass of work in
volved in the record transactions.
bernard NJ. Baruch and Burton
Castles, recognized leaders among the
professional bear crowd, which start
ed hammering prices down when the
German chancellor proposed peace,
cleared immense sums, according to
reports on the street today.
German bankers and brokers were
ranked among those who rode the
crash to millions. The stories of the
losers were not so easily revealed, but
many are known to have been ruined
outright and hundreds who have made
the city gay with their war bride
profits face a dismal Christmas.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

asking that his mother be taken from
the rooms. Take mother away from
that building he wrote. '.I'l1 pay all
the expenses. have been there twice
but have been denied admittance.
Harris is a son-in-law of Mrs. Kiehl.
Mrs Kiehl says he has always sent his
mother money and has helped her as
he could. Mrs. Harris, the mother, is
still at the hospital in an extremely
weakened condition because of the
slow starvation she endured, accord
ing to officials.
Suit for $2,5O0 damages was filed
in the district court Thursday after
noon by Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Petro, wife
of A. NJ. Petro, against the Union Pa
cific Railway company. She charges
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

the Rock Island depot. The motor
man had passengers for the Rock Is
land and attempted to stop opposite
the station but there was ice on the
track and the wheels slid The brakes
man on the box cars saw the motor
mans trouble and signaled the engi-
neer to stop. The string of cars was
still moving slowly when the street
car struck. The fender and head
light were cut off.
Charles E Hughes received thirty
seven of the fifty-three votes cast for
president by the Shawnee county
voters doing service on the border.
There were no prohibitionists nor So
eialists among the guardsmen from
Shawnee The soldier vote has been
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

canvassed and spread among the diff
ferent candidates. Arthur Capper re-
ceived all but three of the votes cast
for governor Hugh Larifner, candi-
date for sheriff, received forty three
votes and his opponent, w E. Schlichl
ter, received eight" Kenneth Raub.
for county clerk, received orty-five
and A. l. Rulings three
Thursday Mary Harris, an aged wo-
man, was removed by city officials
from a room upstairs at $50 Kansas
avenue and taken to st. Francis hos
pital because she was hungry. cold
and neglected. Today Mrs. J. w.
Kiehl of 311 Madison street received
a letter from Charles Harris of Sheri-
dan, Wyo., a son of the aged woman,
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

that on a summer trip to the Pacific
coast over the Union Pacific, she was
put to a great deal of inconvenience
and some actual nervous suffering be-
cause of fear. She charges that she
was put off the train at one point be-
of her ticket and that she narrowly
escape a similar fate several times.
The petition also relates trip over an
alleged shaky bridge at Belvue, Kan,
after the local agent had assured her
that her train would be routed over
avoid the bridge. She states that she
was confined to her bed for a month
after she reached California because
of the trouble she had experienced
getting there. The suit was filed for
her by J. j. Schenck
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22
SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

Harry D. Wolf announces today
that the banks of the city will be
closed MonCay. Christmas day.
The Rev Robert Gordon, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will leave
tonight to deliver a lecture at OF
tawa.
car skidded for half block about 8
o'clock today and colhded with the
first of a moving string of box cars at
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

Notes and personals from Oakland.
by Frances Jones. 211 Grattan street.
telephone between S and 10 a. m. $3.50:
other hours, 4751 K-2
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22
FIRE LOSS $4OO,OOO
Tea. Spices, Sugar and Nuts Lost in
St Louis Blaze.

St. Louis, Dec. ga loss of nearly
100000 resulted from fire that
started here late last night and was
not brought under control until this
morning Thousands of pounds of
tea, spices, sugar and nuts in seven
story building occupied by the Ath-
Ietic Tea company were destroyed and
the stocks in adjoining buildings were
da ma ged by smoke and water.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22

BelIe-~And did you slap the impudent
fellows face and not let him kiss you ?'
Lena-"No goosie. 1 let him kiss me
first.'-Judge-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-22
Gift Stationery

in great variety. Priced at 1Oc and up.
special for Saturday-The Volland Moth
er Goose, s2.Oo ed. at-...-.-..-.- $1.4S
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-27

Now is the time to pay that
subscription.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-27
Noted Indian Woman
Dies.
Mrs. Joe Law Founded School, Helped Get
Federal Aid For People.

Shawano, Wis.-Mrs. Joe Law,
one Of the highest type of Indian,
is dead on the Keshana reserva-
ton.
She was possessed Of an acute
mind which would have done credit
to the average club woman. Since
her girlhood she had w;sht d and
worked for the best things for ner
people in Wisconsin. She became
an invalid twelve years ago. Re-
fusing to let her condition domin-
ate her, she hat since made rugs
and tapestries for Chicago depart
ment stores. ...
Although many difficulties con-
fronted her, she founded the In
dian school at Kesnana and was
instrumental in securing the first
government appropriation. For
many years she was teacher in
the school -Odanah Star.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-27
GENERAL COUNCIL MAY 18th.
COUNCIL TO ELECT AN EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE FOR 18th OF JUNE
CELEBRATION.

Supt. Hinton has issued a call
for a General Council to be held
at the Assembly Hall of the White
Earth Boarding School, on Fri
day, May -, 1916.
The purpose of the council is to
elect an executive committee to
take charge of the celebration on
June 18th next.
The call for the council states
that no other business is authorized
or will be transacted other than
that above indicated.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-27
Probably True.

"Say," said the farmer, who vas I'M
loading potatoes at the grocery, 10
you believe that story about little
George Washington and the hatches
and the cherry tree?"
Don't ask me-" laughed the grocer
"Well. | think it is probably true.
i've got a boy ten years old at home,
md after he had leased me tor a year
or so I bought him boys AK.
"And dill be cut down your favorit>
cherry tiae'"
'He did a heap better than that,
He cut down most OF the apple or
chard orchard"
"And DID he tell a lie about 1t?"
"Nope. Owned up like a little
man."
"And, like Washington. you praised
him."
unlike Washington, I didn't do
any such blamed thing l gave him
. hiding on the spot. and have licked
him once a day since and am going
to keep it up until Re is twenty-five
years old"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-27
News of White Earth
and Vicinity.
~a00non1A~
~ know NOT what the truth may be,
tell II IS twas told to me.''

Pay your subscription now.
Don't fail to attend the Motion
Picture Show Saturday evening.
Attorney F. D. Beaulieu was
Detroit caller Monday.
The usual bunch of travelling
men made their appearance in the
village on Monday.
VIM. Leecy came down from
Sprofka's saw mill Sunday and is
spending afew days in town.
County Surveyor Smith, of De
troit is engaged with a force Of
men surveying a road from White
Earth to Ogema.
WANTED-Names and address
ses of people suffering from
ECZEMA and other skin diseases.
For valuable information address
+. NJ. SHEETS, Brainerd, MINI.
Taddy Donnell, who has been
spending several weeks in Detroit,
returned home the first of the
week.
The dance given at the White
Earth Hall Monday night was we'll
attended. The Mccarthy Orches-
ira of Detroit furnished the music.
FOR SALE-My place at Oge-
ma, consisting of. 4 lots and house,
water in the house. Good location
and cheap for cash. Anyone inter
ested address Ed. Kelley, Geneseo,
N. D., Route 1, Box 81.
Simon Michelet, formerly In
dian Agent here but now located
at Minneapolis, was here during
the week on business connected
with the Chippewa State Bank.
EGGS for Matching, from our
high class Single Comb White
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cents for fifteen, $500 per hundred.
Order now. We also sell the Ola
7ruSfy incubators and breeders
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