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The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-03

DRY LAND LOANS made on the
best terms obtainable. Quick ser
vice, lowest rates and no red tape.
See me if in need of loan. F. H.
Allen, Holly, Colo.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-03

LOANS. I can loan you $500 on
improved half-secti0n; will laso
take care of your irrigated loans.
G. A PINKHAM. II
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-03
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will be charged for at the rate of
five cents per line or fraction there
of.
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GUARANTY ABSTRACT Cola
mar, Colo. Abstracts to any real
estate in Prowers county. r. G.
G0Odale, Manager. tt
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-03

Subscribe for the ohisftain-Now
The Holly chieftain., 1917-08-03
Inside OF Four Weeks
II Will Be Impossible

want and give you the benefit OF this years crops
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28

seldom il ever go on such adventures.
What a. lot they do miss!
Mothers and Children Are Nearly Always
Close.
The relation OF mothers and children
Is more or less the same in most fam
lilies Except the weather. oncS) ana
just naturally has TO be pretty close
With fathers and children on the other
hand. the. relationship varies with tenn
rcranrat OF the father and the custom
OF thu. family. from Il casual speaking
to Il close and tender SYM
rathv. And the latter. alas. is much tho
rar,r i;u, when il does exist X Is one
OF thu mos, beautiful relations in life.
The Beautiful Friendship Of Father and
Son.
have heard il claimed that the love
between father and daughter is the most
touching and ScifleSs affection in the
world. Iut like as much TO sec 4
father and Il grown son who have passed
that >almust inevitable period where
youth and ago. stofmily clash. and have
come into the quiet. happy harbor Of
deep and enduring friendship.
Such friendships have their begin
rirrs in such childish adventures as I
witnessed the other day. Blind indeed is
tho father who is too busy. too careless
or too selfish TO cultivate the friendship
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Quick Transportation
For Red Cross Supplies
,,,h n tina 1ntelIirencnP

s,,rci,l Dispatch tn the Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. 27.-To
handle the vast quantities Of medical
and relief supplies now being shipped
almost daily to the Red Cross commits
sion for Europe, to aid the stricken
peoples of France, Belgium, Serbia,
Russia and other belligerent countries,
the establishment of Red Cross
Transportation service is announced to.
day BY the Red Cross war council.
This new branch Of Red Cross &C
tivities has been made possible
through the cooperation of the French
British and Italian governments, the
United States shipping board, and the
leading steamship and railroad COM
panies. President Wilson has taken a
personal interest III the establishment
of this service. His aid and that OF
Chairman Edward n. Hurley, Of the
shipping board, formerly a member OF
the Red Cross war council, have been
invaluable to its success.
Practically all the cargo space need
ed for the shipment Of Red Cross sup
plies abroad has now been placed at
the QISDOSdl Vi llS w al SOuNSil'
Much Of it has been given free by tht
steamship companies and the allie
governments. This will only be use
for supplies most urgently. neede
abroad.
AS manager Of ocean shipping for
the period of the war, the war council
has appointed A. C.. Fetterolf, freight
traffic manager of the international,
Mercantile Marine Company. who is
TO serve without salary. Mr.. Fetterolf
is TO be assisted by A. F. Mack. pres
ident of the Cosmopolitan Shipping
company, as volunteer, and by Wal
ter Moore, of the firm Of Lanham &
Moore. Mr.. Moore will be in charge
OF the booking Of all Red Cross ship
ments.
The railroads war board, controlling
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
SIDE TALKS
BY EU%A CAMERON.
Fathers and Children

The other day on the trolley saw
little group that st my heart Strings
singing.
1t was just a father and his two BOYS
but thcy we're evidently going Off FOR
some kind of a nicE!c together and th"y
were having such a. happy time. The
Youngsters wrc Scrcwing around 10
look out of the window and laughing and
chattering. And It was "Oh fnther this
and OOH Father that" and il was very
plain tina; the biggest boy Of all wasn't
t:axir. the least jolly time.
Tho Gold Mines In Els pockets.
l cuul.i just visualize them reaching
their destination and seeing father dig
his hand into those trOuser pockets that
seem to youth a gold mine without bot
tom, and digging out nickcls and dimes
galore for popcorn and flying horses and
chewing gum and Ferris wheels.
. Such Il happy day. such a great adj
venture as they were going to have,
Ant, SO many fathers there are who
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
MAKING COPIES OF
MEDICAL REPORTS
City Draft Board Preparing Records to
GO with First Increment

Judge Ben 8. Honecker and Captain
Henry F'ruhmc. chairman and clerk OF
the CONSUMPTION hoard for Ohio county.
with several assistants. are now en-
gagged In the task IF copying the reports
OF the medical examinations Of the ~
men examined by their board for the
Selective army.
AS each man is called for mobilization
the copy Of his medical examination
certificate will be selected from among
tho certificates and be given to the man
selected to have charge OF the incrc
ment in which he will be sent 10 Tie
cantunmcut. The blank has space for
the record Of the man second eXumina-
ton. which will take place. at the train
ing camp.
Neither the city nor county local
boards have received any instructions
as to the mobilization Of the first five
per cent OF tho quotas Of their respect
I've districts to be sent into training
camp at Petersburg. Va. on September
The city board has not fixed uorn
a time for the next series OF cxamina-
lions to complete the city's quota OF
$50 men. other than the examinations
will be held sometime between Septem-
bcr4 and September -.
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the rail shipments o. all the railroads
in the country. has also notified the
war council that Red Cross shipments
going to the seaboard or elsewhere
will be exempt from embargoes which
will give them the right of way over
all freight except that Of the govern
ment.
The Allied governments especially
have responded generously to the
needs Of the Red Cross.
Through cooperation with the Unit:
ed States shipping board, the Red
Cross is to be provided with cargo
space on every steamer chartered by
the board. Army transports also viii
carry Red Cross supplies. =,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28

have hecn drafted into the military ser
vice, at the Green hotel at Triadciphla,
This evening. Chicken and wafftes VIII
he the feature of the menu and appoint
mcnts of patriotic detail will be car
ried out.
Tho members of the Monday Bridge
Club we're the guests Of Mrs. Eugene
flildrcth at the Country Club yesterday
afternoon. After session OF CARDS. tea
SarNn6
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
THE SUGAR MARX1F.

NEW YORK. Aug. 27.-RaF sugar.
nominal; centrifugal. $40: rnolasses,
$3.50: refined. steady: cut loaf. $3.50;
crushed. 1865: mould. $3.50; cubes
s915@9.75: powdered. sS.6o9s.2o; fins
eranulated. $500 900: diamond. $40;
confectioners. ss.so@s.so: No. l. 1925
@S.55. An output refiner reduced prices
to the basis Of 1885 for fine. sranu-
lated.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
SLIGHTLY BETTER
Little Improvement In Condition {
John Auber Reported Last Might
nt tho Hnsnttal

Attendants at the Ohio Valley Gen
eral hospital last night ''reportcd n
slight Improvement in the condition OF
John Auber. Elm Grove man. who was
either pushed or fell from Wheeling
traction car on the Island Saturday
night. It Is not yet possible. however
TO determine If Mr.. Aubcr can recover
from the effects Of 4 severe blow To his
head. He alighted with his head on Il
CT rcnt chr rail
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28

ganization. and will also he in honor ~
the members Of the club whu will soon
be called into the service. An "rchcs-
ira has been arranged to furnish dance
music and an apprUprisl" luncheon VII!
be served by the Indies Social Ciuh
during the inI,rinissinn Every de-
tail will Inc taken care Of by r"nlpc-
tent committee. and n general good time
will be the order of the evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
CASE OF PARALYSIS.

other case of infaptilc paralysis was re-
ported to-day near the city. which makes
Il total OF five cases in and around Par
kershurg City and county authorities
arc keeping close watch IN the Situa-
ton. 30 connection has so far been
traced between any Of the cases
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Reservations For the Fair.

Next week will find thousands Of Wis
itors in Wheeling drawn here by the
ANNUAL state fair and exposition. II is
confidently expected that this years At
tendance will break all previous records.
For several days past, reservations
have been pouring in tn all local rotelS
and ronming houses. Preparations have
been made Ira all obstetrics to care for
many additional guests. and ii goes
without saying that capacity houses will
be accommodated.
In hundreds nf Wheeling homes
friends and relatives from other cities
will be entertained during the week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Dance At Martins Ferry,

Martins Ferry young people will en-
terrain with 4 dance Friday evening in
the ElkS hall IN North Fourth street.
The Ideal SaXaphnne orchestra will
furnish music for n program Of is
dances TIL committee in charge is
composed nf MeSsrs. Sedgwick. Byron
Plank and Byron Roberts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28

Miss Carrie Frazier of Zane street
was tho hostess at delightful informal
affair given at her home in honor "
Mrs. Homer McGrrGor Of Philadclphi
yesterday Afternoon Twenty friends of
the hostess were invited ID bring their
necdlcwork. The ladies enjoyed pleas
ant afternoon. nj tho close Of which n
dainty appointed luncheon was served
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
For Lieuteuant Nav.

Complimentary TO Lieutenant Howard
Nay, who leaves early next month for
the concentration camp Mt Chllicothe
O.. Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Mckee entertain
ed with dinner party last night. NJ
their home on South Front street The
affair MAS characterized by pretty ap-
pointmcnts. with places arranged for
the following;
Misses
Sarah Nay Virginia Nay
Elizabeth Mckee Martha Nay
McsSrS.-
Lieut.. Howard Nay Edgar Mckee
McSSrs. and McSdames--
Il. 3. Nay Q. j. Mckee
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
For Lieut., Scabrirht.

Eta Chapter Of the Alpha ri fratern-
ity Of Martins Ferry will entertain with
Il wcinnr roa:S and narshmallow toast
nj Camp Rest this evening. honorng
Lieutenant Albert Scahrisht, one OF their
members. and several other members of
the fraternity who leave next week for
training camps.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Entertains Second Twip.

The members Of the Second wig were
entertained at the summer some of Mrs
Jesse Bloch yesterday afternoon. The
customary program was followed dur
ing the afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Kahn Club to Entertain

\ particularly delightful affair will
take place next Thursday evening when
the members of the Kahn Club will en-
tcrtain their lady friends at St Mary's
hall. The affair will be in celebration
of the seventh anniversary Of the or
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Tadinl, Aid hSee1lnr.

The members Of The Ladies' Aid So
ciety Of the Buckley NJ. L. church Will
BE- entertained at the home OF Mrs. T. r.
Daniels Of Woudlawn. next ThurSda y
afternoon. Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Frank
LaRuc will act as hostcSscS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Lawn Tete Tonight.

Districe No. | of the NJ. f. church.
Ladies' Md society will give lawn
f"tc on Fcrfcrs lawn Tuesday evening
August 2Sth.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
woruan's Alliance Mats.

This afternoon. from 2:30 until 5. at
her home on High street. Pleasant VAL
ley. Miss Frances Bell will entertain
the members Of the Woman's Alliance
Of the First Unitarian church. The
guests will spend the hours Mt needle
work. Pleasure will he found in a must
cal program which will include several
piano numbers by Mrs. Herman Arbenz
who will also accompany Miss Eleanor
Walker of Cincinnati who will sing.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

of his children before wall OF formality
and restraint and self-consciousness has
grown up between them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
Motoring Partv SUNDAY.

a delightful motoring part was on.
joycd Sunday by n crowd Of young
folks. The affair was given as COM
pliment to Misses lnrz Jenkins and
Edith Summers. OF Ashland Ky. the
guests of Miss Aetna Baker. The day
was spent in the country and was fea-
turrd by picnic luncheon.
The party was composed Of:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28

An unusual dinner pnrty Will he ten
dercd the young men OF Triadelphia who
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Invitations were issued yesterday for
the wedding Of Miss Marian Nichols and
Mr.. Henry F. Tcichmann. The ceremony
will be pretty event OF Saturday eve
ming September Is, Mt the home or IN"
brides parents. Beech Glen.
The carls read Rs follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Newton Nichols
request the honor OF
as company at
the marriage Of their daughter
Miriam
to
Mr.. Henry Frederick Teichmann
on Saturday evening. September
fifteenth
at half after eight o'clock
Rsech Glen
Elm Grove
Elm Grove
At home
East Lincoln Highway
Coatesville. Pennsylvania.
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The railroads war board, controlling
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

send certain amounts each month to the credit of this attempt to create nest Would you think there were mail boxes
 on battleshps? There are, and exactly
 streets of any city. collections being made according to Schedule. no less than those attended to by the clocklike precision of
 their rounds in mail wagons. When the
 men get word that mail is leaving the ships at such and such a time, word is
 sistant mail clerk immediately begins
 making collections. his bag on his back,
 just as if he were on duty on cement
 sidewalks instead of a. rolling deck.
 These letters are taken down below.
 where the office is located, are cancelled
 there and sent upstairs again to be taken
 from the ship. This is the first collection.
 But there is another, for about every
 ing letters since word of the outgoing ein mail
 was issued. and the final collection is al-
 ways swollen. This one is made just
 esye te ships ars .se tRs e4eEs written during the last fifteen minutes of grace" laughingiy said young e E. I.of-- cruiting division of the Navy Department.
 Mail" continued this young officer who has helped the mail clerks on his training ship, the Arkansas. many time, when the fleet is away from any principal port comes by the dispatch boat. whose duty it Is to collect mail from all ships. Mail clerks from the various ships bring their letters, pack ages. etc, over the rail to this boat, which doesn't tarry long-again- like thk postman on -lend-but is soon on it's Way to the next ship. The U. S. $. Yankton. when ] was in the fleet. was called the mail boat, and when the fleet is going away from a special port the mail must necessarily be re- eeiyed at irregular intervals. It really 1 is very interesting to see the excite m ent the arrival of mail boat creates l There isn't man who isn't hanging | over the rail or holding on to a fellow 1 who got there first.
 "The insignia of the Yankton Is i yellow flag with a round ball in the l center. When she comes steaming up |
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
American Woman C

their feet again. And when they stand l it will be upon good American legs /, * It was Ignazio's prayer that made
 Mrs. Green a specialist in artificial
 limbs Indeed, what she does not know on the subject is scarcely worth knowing.
 Mrs. Green is of the California Crockers, a: daughter of Clarke Crock- CT. a cousin of Mrs. Charles B. Alexan- der and Mrs. J. Sloat Fassett of New York. In Rome, where she has been prominent member of the American
 colony Tor the past four years, she IS considered a most capable and efhca- cious organizer and executor Of Teller work.
 When the-war broke out she helped the BelEians; then, when Italy entered tn conflict and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, wife of the United States am- bassador at Rome, opened her splendlo ouvroir for the Italian, wounded, Mrs. Green became it's director. Her man. agement of this quiet. unostentatious but far-reaching work, supervising the volunteer American helpers, dispensing sewing to the soldiers wives, oversee ing shipmnts. has been notable rec ord of efficiency.
 But one day Mrs. Green visited the Hospital Regina Margherita, where the boys who have lost limbs the bat tlef1elds treated before being moved to the Villa Mirafiori to become trained in some useful occupation. She saw three handsome young fellows, one with both feet amputated, the other two with their right legs gone. From one of them she heard of 1gnazios prayer to the Madonna. It told simply in answer 10 aer questions as % their hopes for the future.
 Mrs. Green looked at the fine young fellow, hopeless derelict, whose faith was urging his prayers to the me..oncS- Then and there she decided rhac the Madonna would answer his prayer.
 But the wistHul look of Giovanni and icrensn. his companions, haunted her. The next day, at the American em- oassy ouvroir, she told of the boys whose simple faith was bringing an answer to hia prayer. ::
 'The trouble is. though said Mrs. Green, ''I have only enough money for one of xny three soldiers and there are thos+ other two longing for American legs and have not the heart to dis appoin: them. wonder if should pray to the Madonna"
 That night envelope was slipped under the door of Mrs. Greens room in her hotel. On it was written From l the Madonna" Inside was a ffty-lire | note. There was no card, butt Mrs. Green knew that an American girl studying abroad had offlciated in the | name of the Madonna. The next morn 1 ing came another letter with the same |
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

credit has been established in Europe
 and this government will have the privilege of drawing upon it as the sit ua tion necessitateS. This arrange ment. it is said, will prevent all anX- iety concerning the capturing or sink ing of ships carrying money to cash
 pay warrants.
 Upon the appointment of MT. Bum as
 head of the postal service agency the
 Post Office Department issued an order
 which provided for lower rates of post
 age thar usual between this country
 and the sister republic. Post cards, let
 ters and printed matter to and from the
 army forces were putt on the same basis
 as such mail sent within our own bor- ders for delivery. All postmasters have vision a letter from Manila to France will be carried for cents. just as 1T 1t were being sent from New York to Phila- delphia-
 AS further privilege, soldiers let ters"-so indorsed by field officer or chaplain-may be transmitted to their stamp A c. o. D. delivery of this sort is more welcome than such packages often are. So if Frank smith Of Corn town D or voy Sfurtnvant 5n 1tate van hasnt Kehs penny to his soldierly name. that's small matter if he wants to write to mother or t1e girl he left behind him.
 Branch post offices here and there, as the war ministry of France advises, will be directed according to the needs of the FOODS in the field. The sale of stamps he arrival and departure of mail and he issuance of money orders have all been worked into the general plan, to he satisfa ction of both French and American officials. and s it appears now here will be post offices on wheels. i These are called by the Army and the Postmaster General, mobile post of- ices" Various kinds and conditions of may be drawn into the serv- ce These vehicles will both collect and deliver mail intended for or concerned with khaki-c1ad lads whose home ad- i lresses are appended with "U. S. A
 During the Spansh-American war it is | aid that considerab1 difficulty was had | 1t some of the military camps in secur- 1 ng quick regular means of transport 1 ng mail, private conveyances finally hay i ng to be resorted to by the Post Office i Apartment and contracts made with | he owners of these for stated periods.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

and sends on deck all those eagerly awaited letters the mail clerks sweep ing day has arrived, and TO mistake. It is sorted out first, of course. l used to help of the men, who was friend of mine, in this end of the laboB. rather liked it. Special. deliveries were always given out right away, as in the geherai order of things on land where post offices have the kindlier faculty of standing still wRile the clerks work.
 
 My friend and his assistant used to Work at night, often until 10 o'clock, after heavy mail had come in when we were away from principal port. The hardships q mail clerk works under on board a battleship, ara not imaglnary. The confusion Of the close quarters he is of necessity stationed In. the constant passing to and fro of the men, the irregular hours and the roll of the .boat-aIl these combine to make the job no sinecure.
 The mail is sorted by divisions the petty. officer in charge of each division nouncement has been made. that mail is ready for delivery. Each petty of ncer ia. fin turn. responsible for the delivery of mail to his men. Of course. there are often boys he can't find. and this mail is returned by him to the office, so as not to, go astTaY ray, while the men are, in all probability, oe- cupied with duties which demand their presence elsewhere. For registered mail list. is posted, and men having this kind of mail addressed to them are required to report at the post office. The mail clerks, elike Caesar, know every one of the 1900 men on board ship. and So the addressee of this class of maU needs Identification, as one would naturally suppose. It is to remember that the clerks, the chief clerk at least, must know .faPa the division he is in. but his full name as well. Yes, mail clerks are regular enlisted men of the Navy. ..-
 What would weeks mail amount to? Well, proba bly, thirty sacks, on the average, for each ship, under normal In port mail is received and distributed about six times a day. When ships are in the navy yard the mail service is regular"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

 be more lads standing at the wicket windows with hearts anxious for news from home.
 On board ship there are two men noni mated by the commanding officer and ap- pointed by the Post Office Department as NAVY mail clerks. These men are re- quired to furnish bond to the department and II: addition to their regular pay in the Navy the chief clerk receives 80 a month, while his assistant gets s15. In addition to the regular mail they also handle a money order business. 4 mall clerk or duty for time, and in Washing ton recently, told one of the young men in the recruiting division of the Navy who mad been Interested in the post office af- fairs of the department that since the neet had been away from shore duty at a certain point on one pay day which fol- lowed the declaration of war with Ger many $12.o0o in money orders was sent out from one of the active ships to rela- tiyes or as bank deposits. A number of the b1ueJackets have savings accounts, re- gardless of the prevailing idea that sail ors are "spenders." and they religiously