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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23
OWNBEY BACK
WITH COMPANY
Captain Ownbey Threatened With
Pneumonia Now Back With Com
pany "A"-Spent Week in Hospital
Other Happenings With Local
Boys.
{ Sgt. Harry Hough)
Bows.


For a few days this week Company
"A" was almost an orphan. For
some time both 1t Brogdon and 1t.
Petross have been ON detached SER
vice, and Capt Ownbey has had to act
as both pappy and nanny. The
fore part of the week he became sick
and was taken to the hospital, fear
ing pneumonia, but the prompt treat
ment saved him further sickness, and
he is again back with the company.
The other Company a. men who are
in the hospital are getting along nice
~.
1t. Brogdon expects to be back with
the company soon. For the past week
he has been taking the truck trains,
formerly stationed here, to Ell Paso
where the trucks are put into storage,
and the companies mustered out OF
the service. As soon as this is finish
ed, he will probably be sent back to
duty with the company.
Some time ago, the whole brigade
was engaged in sham battles. simulat
ing objects and conditions, in order to
work out different problems in tactics.
This caused Paul Townes-Pvt. Paul
ToWaes, ne hasn't. as yet, got his COM
mission-to remark, well, they have
made me believe that the Mimbree
Rivers fall Of water land when was
on the firing line had to make be
lieve | mad been shot and when | fell
l tumbled INTO mesquite bush; but
when tbeE Try 70 make ne believe that
Nes Mexican mule Is a submarine.
draw the line. especially when they
want ne 10 capture the submarine. =
We are having regular Saturday IN
speetian, this morning and making#a
ehecNof company property.
We are having a taste today tSun=
davl Of what different varities of dis
agreeable weather New Mexico can
produce when It gets IFS back up. L
has been cold all day, with a fierce
sand storm thrown in for good mea
sure Every now and then we get a
dash of cold rain and snow. 1t has
been almost impossible for the cooks
to work, and what food we did get
fer dinner was so filled with sand that
we could taste almost as much sand
as grub And they say that from
now on until May such storms are
OF almost daily occurance.
The dentist that was attached to the
First Regiment is now with the End.
Regiment, and many of the boys have
taken advantage of the opportunity to
have their teeth examined and treated.
Il is to Uncle Sans interest that his
soldiers have good teeth, for it IS i'm
possible fer a man with poor teeth to
keep himself in the best physical CON
dition.
Since Pershings return from Mex
go. there have been a number Of Dor
der raids; men have been killed or
captured, property destroyed and
many of the residents here, who say
that until the border is really cleaned
up that the situation will always be
the same-that each time the soldiers
are withdrawn raid viii take place.
So far as we can see, these raids are
not going to interfere with the plans
for sending the guards home, for to-
days paper says that as soon as Gen.
Funston gives the word, the remaining
guards on, the border will be sent
back
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

Local interest n raising a mess fund
for Company A, is at very low ebb, in
fact no one seems interested enough
to take charge of movement to pro-
vide means Of raising money.
Efforts to raise the money by sub
scription have met with very little
success, and practically no results.
Efforts along other lines of endeavor
seem to accomplish very little, and the
situation now needs almost instant
attention-or quit
The order calling the boys to Fort
Logan H. Roots, March =, was issued
fore part of the week, and they are
making all arrangements to en- train
on that date. If they are compelled
to leave Deming, y NJ, without a
mess fund. and subsist on the allow
ance 70 the government on their home
ward journey, thoughts and antieipa-
ton of what they will get when they
reach home will have to make up
large part of the menu Local boys
who made the trip TO Deming state
that if they had been without mess
fund. on that trip, that the bread and
jelly offered would have been rather
light Diet
sprnedale ought to be ready and
wiling to raise fund Of $100 for the
boys Oh thirty minutes notice. but it
has been three weeks since the first
attempt made. ana s. Is the large
amoaneraised one local man sup-
gests that the boys might eat that $50
flag given them on the#eve Of their
departure last June
The boys are not suffering from
hunger; thu government makes al
loWanees for them IN such a way that
they have plenty Of good substantial
food. but The government provides
none of the delicacies, to which most
Of the boys We're accustomed. 1t
makes no allowances TO provide lemons
ice. or other requisites very often
needed and appreciated when one is
sick 1t is mainly for the boys who
are sick that the fund is needed most.
With mess fund, the sick members
Of the company can be provided for in
a much better maner
Talking 70 a gentleman the other
day he stated that he wanted the Uni
ted States to go to war with Ger
many. He is firm believer in "eye
for an eye. tooth for a tooth, and
flying at the throat of Germany The
gentleman was asked his age, and
stated 10 Asked what he was worth
financially he stated $4,000. He was
made this propositions He was en-
tirely too old to fight, he would not
be accepted for service in case of ac-
tual conflict with Germany or any
other power but he could give s15,-
000 Of his cash toward fund to help
provide for those that did go to the
front Did h. offer to reach down in
his pocket and put up $4,000, n lieu
of his services. and 70 offer this S15,-
600 as a fund to help provide for the
nineteen year old boy who did go?
Did ne offer to place this $1,000 in
ranks IN stead of his own self. and to
offset the nineteen year old boy.
whose mother and father wouldn't
have Gwen him for the $4,000, but
gladly gave him for the service of his
country?
No, he didn't offer to do either one,
bat after the war question" was put
up to him in that manner, he decided
that peace and $4,000" was what he
wanted.
Following are those who have sub
scribed to the mess fund:
Mrs Weir z----------=--s 1.00
G. ". KEENAN, -=----z=-== LOO
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

Here's good news-American Lea
cue will open. April II. close October
i National League VIII open April
/ :. close Oetoher4
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

The Zeppelin raid over Paris scared
one old women to death. Another
glorious victory of the war.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

A man will hold hand in a poker
game with much more gusto than he
will hold his wife's hand at home.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

4 state fire marshal would cut the
cost Of fire insurance by reducing the
awful fire waste in Arkansas and the
state government would make clear
profit of S59,500 a year on the office;
but the House of Representatives this
week voted the measure down by %
70 60; says the Southern Construc
ton News.
Governor Brough who has studied
the question thoroughly asked the
House in an urgent message, to pass
the bill. Hon. Louis Josephs stated
before the vote was taken, that he had
spent weeks of careful research in in
vestigating the laws Of other states
and the best points in all of them
applicable to Arkansas before drawing
the bill. He said the bill is modelled
closely after the law of Ohio, state
notable for its equitable rates and
comparative freedom from ineendiar-
ism He asserted that 80 states have
fire marshal laws and that no state
has ever repealed such law after
trying it.
4 Producer of Revenue.
Il vas explained that the revenue
from the office would be $4,000 a
year from special tax on fire insur-
ance companies, and the cost Of oper-
ating the office BY the state would be
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23

Every man should so live that he
need not worry even when he knows
that he talks in his sleep.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23
POOR INTEREST
IN MESS FUND

Local Folks Showing Very Little In
terest in Efforts TO Raise Mess Fund
for Members of Company "Trip
Home TO Muster Out Will Make
Mess Fund added Necessity.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23
FRANCHISE ASKS
FOR TOO MUCH

Franchise Presented TO City Council
by Morgan and Company for Light
and Water Plant Asks Too Much
Franchises viii be Returned With
Counter Proposition From City.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-02-23
DEFINITE REPORT
is INDEFINITE

Report That Martin Brothers Will Re-
build Electric Plant and Lines Here
Very Indefinite-Will Improve Ser
vice As Fast as Possible
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Thirteen Red Cross
Warehouses Now Behind
French Lines . Il

french Lines -.-EE S.# z-E -.
To serve the American troops and
the hundreds of war hospitals now be-
hind the French firing line, and to
reach the thousands of refugees, the
Red Cross commission to France has
established a system of Is large ware
houses thruout France.
Six of the warehouses have been To-
Gated in Paris, which serves as the
center of the system. The others are
located outside the capital, and from
these supplies are distributed by motor
trucks and wagons to hospitals and
other institutions.
Approximately $4,000 tons of ma
terials are now being distributed each
month from these warehouses. A
large proportion of these supplies is
received directly from the United
States. Owing to the great shortage
of ocean tonnage, large quantities of
supplies have been purchased in
France.
Plans are now under way to increase
the warehouse facilities of the COM
mission at French seaports. At pres
ent these are very limited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
TELLS PALS HE LEARNED
A LOT ON THE FARM
Capt. Hoyt is Welcomed as Returning
Prodigal by the Old-Timers
Along Water Front

Once more the call of the ships and
the heaving sea brings back one of the
master mariners who realized the
great waterfront ambition of being
able to retire to the sylvan tranquility
of farm, where the chicken cackle,
the ducks quack, the cows chew the
cud and the woodshed's open door dis
closes pile of uncut fuel.
The latest prodigal is Capt. Samuel
A. Hoyt.
: He leased his dairy ranch near Ken
newick after two years of rural life,
and hied him back to the Seattle wat
erfront. He arrived late yesterday
afternoon. Today he is making the
rounds of his old friends, sure of
glad welcome from Capt. Omar ].
Humphrey, Capt. B. B. Whitney, w.
T. listed, Capt. o. A. Johansen, Frank
A. Frederick and other prominent fig
ures in the shipping world.
A few minutes after he arrived back
on the waterfront Captain Hoyt ran
into Arthur Cunningham, owner of the
Pacific Machine Works and brother of
Edward Cunningham of the Pacific
Net & Irvine company.
"Bet you learned lot on the farm"
Esaid Arthur Cunningham.
"You bet your life l did," said Cap
tain Hoyt, with some heat.
"Well, what did you learn?"
81 learned that the man is a falsi-
fer who said that cows gave milk, "
said Captain Hoyt. "They don't give
milk. You have to fight to get it away
from them"
Captain Hoyt formerly was secre-
tary of the Seattle branch of the Mas
tiers, Mates & Pilots of the Pacific and
then resigned to become state inspec-
tor of hulls. On the abolition of that
Office he retired to ranch he had pur-
chased near Kennewick.
Before he left Seattle he engaged
in memorable power cruise race from
Seattle to Liberty Bay. Hoyt owned
the Revere and w. B. Allison owned
the Melanope. They decided on test
of speed. Hoyt signed up an all-star
crew. 1t included Captain Whitney,
Captain Humphrey and w. T. listed.
Allison also had lot of prominent
men aboard, including Frank A. Fred
erick. No one has ever been able to
decide whether it was a case of too
many admirals or case of defective
compasses, but in any event the two
vessels fouled sides in the channel
leading to Liberty Bay and were un-
able to separate. They arrived at the
goal with the two crews engaged in
an argument in which every other
word was technical term of five syl-
lables.-Seattle Times.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01

Every parcel must be so packed and
wrapped as to admit of easy inspec-
ton by the postmaster. No parcel
will be dispatched for Europe that
has not had the postmaster's certifi-
cate that it contains no prohibited ar
ticles.
All mail for men serving on board
vessels of the Atlantic fleet or in Eu-
ropean waters should be addressed to
the U. S. care Postmaster, New
York. All mail for men serving in
the Pacific and Asiatic fleets should
be addressed to the u. S. S. - via
San Francisco. ~ a. tE
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Herbert Hoover
Asks Greater
Pork Production

eff we discontinue exports we will
move the German line from France to
the Atlantic seaboard."
Herbert Hoover makes this state
ment in recent article showing the
immediate necessity of increasing the
production of pork and economizing
in the use of it.
"Pork products have an influence in
this present world situation wider than
one would ordinarily attribute to them.
The human body must have a certain
amount of daily intake of fat. Wheth-
er this fat is by means of dairy pro-
ducts, by vegetable oils, or by pork
products becomes a secondary consid-
Grafton in time of complete national
stress, because pork products to some
degree will substitute for other fats.
"The situation is one that can be
partly solved by our suburban popula-
ton. IF every suburbanite took to his
care pig and fed it on the house gar
bage, he would increase our fat sup
ply and do so without call upon our
general feeding stuffs. In Germany
100000 hogs are supported by these
means. We need 'keep-a-pig' move
ment in this country-an a properly
cared for pig is no more insanitary
than a dog. Such a movement would
necessarily require some change in vii
, lage and urban ordinances; but the ma
tional welfare would be ample warrant
for such course Of action"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
KIONA-BENTON STUDENTS
BUY A LIBERTY BOND
At Special Meeting Young People
Vote to Get Behind the Boys
at the Front

At called meeting of the Kiona-
Benton high school last Friday morn
ing the student body voted to buy a
$50 Liberty Bond.
This bond is to be paid for by cash
payments of the students. The re-
turns are to be used for the aid of
wounded or crippled soldiers of the
.Kiona- Benton community.
At the regular business meeting OF
the student body Friday afternoon
they voted to publish year book. A
committee was appointed to plan for
an entertainment to be given some
time in December.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Adequate Supply
of Coal for Winter
is Promised

Fear of a scarcity of coal becomes
more pronounced as winter approach
es. The language used by DR.. Gar
field, national fuel administrator, to
the striking miners and their employ
ers, admits of but one Interpretation
that an adequate coal supply will be
maintained. DR.. Garfield says:
american citizens engaged in the
mining of coal, whether operators OF
miners, are, for the most part, mindful
of the fact that our country is at wal
and that the burden rests upon them
to produce coal needed without inter
ruption. But there are evidently some
who fail to understand the gravity OF
the situation and who do not hesitate
to advocates strikes at the present
time as a means of forcing the gov.
eminent to at once decide whether tine
wage increase agreed to at the meet.
ings recently held in Washington
should justly be covered by an ad
vance in the prices fixed by the presi.
dent.
II am giving close attention to the
question and hope to reach decision
at an early date.
eff either the operators or the min
ers attempt to bring pressure upon
me to reach decision, shall post.
pone it and use whatever powers are
necessary to compel the production Of
coal to meet the country's needs"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Rules for Mailing
Christmas Packages
to Soldiers and Sailors

Mail to reach soldiers and sailors
in Europe must be posted not later
than November Is.
Every package must bear conspicu-
ously the words Christmas mall" the
complete address of the person for
whom it is intended and in the upper
left-hand corner, the name and ad-
dress of the sender.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Weekly War Information X *

Brief Stories Prepared Under the Direction of the Com
ttee Public Information and the State Council of De-
fense Published without Charge by this Paper I'm
part knowledge Essential to the Common Good
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Show Duties
of Photographers
Called from Newspapers


of Photographers
Called from Newspapers
The release of experts for work in
the American army is asked of news
papers and newspaper syndicates. The
men are wanted for Photographic work
in laboratories or in motor lorries be-
hind the lines of the air forces.
Candidates for this work are asked
to write the Signal Corps, Photograph
ic division, Washington, or to enlist at
their nearest recruiting Office as in the
signal corps. There will be brief
period of training for those accepted
who will become the laboratory force
the army must build up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01
Trend of Prices
Is Downward,

ITeNU Vi Il IICcS =
Is Downward, .s
Food Administrator Says -as
The downward turn in the high
prices of food commodities announced
by the food administration applies to
wholesalers and jobbers only.
While scarcely perceptible at this
time, it is freely predicted that by the
first of next January tie effects of the
downward trerd will be material. 1t
is up to the retailers to keep in line
with any drop in prices, the food ad-
ministration says. Il
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01

Wallace Kelso, secretary, Ned Philips,
treasurer, and Aetna Emmel, faculty
member.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-11-01

The student body officers for the
present year are: Alvin Moran, presi-
dent; Philip Kennedy, vice president;
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

So far as known the deaf-mute Is
the last person to have seen the muir
dered man alive, with the exception
OF the doctor, and his testimony is
expected to prove important.
Testimony to BE Admitted.
Richmond attorneys state that his
testimony may be admitted in the
same manner as thai of q witness
who does not speak English. 1t will
be transmitted to the court by an in
terpreter. There are a number Of
persons in Goochland county who un-
derstand Knox's signs and IL is said
they will be sworn in in the event OF
a trial as interpreters.
The first person to see the doctor
after the hour the crime Is thought
to have been committed was the negro
cook. The negro "Funder" Britt, who
saw the light in the murdered mans
home late at night, will also be used
as a States witness.
There is considerable speculation
over whether or not the text OF q
diary written in the murdered mans
own handwriting and found In his
cabin will be used as evidence. The
diary recites certain instances indicat-
ing that the doctor cherished i'll feel
ing toward his brother and at one
time declared that zone OF US will
have to leave Virginia"
Going 70 Join Church.
The character Of the Judge Is also
reflected in the diary. He wrote that
he was preparing to join the church
and further records the fact that his
last act was to send to the bank 81
to cover an overdraft OF $1.s4.
Everyone who Came in contact with
the slain lawyer liked him His
brother was the only person known
to harbor Ill feeling against him.
The farmers in the vicinity Of the
murdered mans home raised among
themselves money to defray the ex-t
pense of a respectable funeral. The
remains were placed in a box and
then inclosed in a casket and taken
to the Smyrna Baptist Church, where
the Judge" had just previously pro-
fessed religion. and was to be bap-
tised shortly and received as a men,
ber.
Several hundred farmers, their
wives and children were present
when the last rites were said over
all that remained that was mortal
OF the Judge" Simple wild flowers
plucked by the countryside by women
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

and children had been placed on the
bier, and many wept as the Rev. Jo-
seph' Taylor offered a prayer for the
repose OF the judges soul.
Forty Years In Practice.
Forty years. lacking one day. from
the day the judge walked from the
Iowa State A. and n. College with
his diploma, he was done away with
in his modest home in Goochland
county. 50.
Albert Chamberlain was high In the
councils OF his State. Iowa, some
years ago. In q race for district
judge. he lost by one vote. As a
courtesy he was by friends dubbed
Judge" hence the title. During the
session OF the Fifty-first Congress he
was commissioned by Governor Lar
rabee, of Iowa, to appear In WASH
ington, d. c., in the interest OF deep
water navigation He succeeded In
having Congress make an Appropria-
tion of more than $1,000 900 for the
Improvement OF the Galveston, Tex.
harbor.
In a History of Des Moinss and
Polk County," found In his home, he
was called the leading member OF
the Polk county bar" The sketch
concluded, Ultimately he expects TO
locate upon a farm and there pass his
declining years in the peaceful pur-
suits OF country life."
Why he descended from q man Of
prominence to a low estate just be-
fore his death no one seems able to
explain. His own son. A. Lee Cham
berlsin, who has gone to take charge
of the case, has failed TO offer a
satisfactory explanation '
Son Arrives.
The son, aged twenty-eight years,
and only child of the murdered law
yer, went to GoochIand as soon as he
learned of his fathers shocking
death He expects to cooperate with
county officials in an attempt to
solve the mystery.
The Nexhumation OF the remains OF
the murdered man is planned by the
son, who announces that he will carry
them back to Iowa for iRterment.
Judge" Chamberlain's wife left him
several years ago, and the old man
told several persons at Goochland
that he had given his entire fortune
to her, leaving himself penniless.
Young Chamberlain declares that
he will not rest until the person or
persons responsible for his fathers