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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-19


for an extended visit to the east
e. J. Milne, OF the Kearns Ranch on
the North Fork, arrived in Elko yes.
terday witha' fine shipment of beef
cattle
S. c. Shirley, road supervisor. and
Oliver Fee. game warden. motorcd to
Currie the early part of the week,
inspecting the roads and violators of
the game laws.
A baby girl was born here today to
the wife of William Moore. a promin.
ct rancher of Newark Valley. Both
hotter and child are doing nicely
Congratulations.
Joe Blackburn shipped thirteen car.
loads of beef cattle from Carlin to-
day, and FIVE from here. They were
billed to California, but we understand
that they will be taken Off at points
in the western part of the state.
3. Connolly shipped thirty.siX car.
loads of beef cattle from Carlin to.
day TO Los Angeles. They will be led
enroute at Bitteraria. California,
where Mr.. Connolly has purchased
beet pulp enough from a sugar factory.
George Stoker, who spent his boy
hood in Elko county. and who is now
prominent resident of Lovelock, is
in Elko today looking for a bunch Of
young steers. He became interested
in the oil prospects west and north OF
town and has taken up several To-
cations. May he make a million out
OF them.
Mamie Mack, Bessie Farley and Ed.
ma Charles, three young squaws well
known here, were taken in hand by
officer Capriola last night. They had
imbibed too freely of firewater and in
the language Of the poet were lit up
like cathedral. Judge Doughty fined
Edna Charles IS as it was her second
offense, and the other two were re.
leased with a warning. Edna confessed
a depleted exchequer so she took the
alternative of five days in the county
bastile.
The grand jury will reconvene next
Tuesday, when it is reported the inYes-
tigating committee will render a par.
tial report. According to report a
number OF Irregularities have been
discovered and it is likely that there
will be one OF more indictments. The
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-19

Joe Blackburn shipped thirteen car.
loads of beef cattle from Carlin to-
day. and FIVE from here. They were
billed to California, but we understand
that they will be taken Off at points
in the western part of the state.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-10-19

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

this counter attack conceded with flood
in the river which swept away the bridges.
The French had therefore to retreat across
the river.
This portion of the battlefield must be
very familiar to those who recall the
British campaign after the Battle of the
Marine. Here the Aisne flows through a
wide, level valley, above which, on the
north side, rises a ridge of hills. These
hills are cut by series Of ravines, and the
German position may be likened to saw
lying fiat, the teeth pointing toward
the French and the spaces between the
teeth representing various little brooks
which come down in deep cut valleys from
the ridge into the Aisne. The back edge
of the saw pretty fairly represents the
Chemin-des- Danes, a road running east
and west along the summit of the plateau
and fairly accurately marking the Ger
man front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

have the testimony of correspondents who
have seen and talked with the German
prisoners, all of which points toward
marked decentralization among them. We
have the testimony Of official reports that
the German units surrendered en- masse.
1t is possible to exaggerate the value Of
this evidence and these indications, but
certainly no one can compare the resis-
lance the Germans are now making with
the resistance they made in the Battle of
Artois, in 1915, for example. 1t is we'll to
recall also that now for the first time the
Germans are coming under sustained fire
of superior artillery in the hands OF
trained artillerymen. Last year the Brit
ish had more heavy guns than the Ger
mans, but the gunners were not yet able
to enforce their advantage. The portion
that they served to the French at Verdun
is now being served to the Germans north
of the Aisne and along the Scarpe. We
are to have test of German nerves COM
parable with the test we had of French
nerves during the great Verdun attack.
Laon the French Objective
AS it now stands, the German position
remains, so far as one can see, intact along
the French front. After brief delay we
may expect to see a new French attack,
presumably along the same front, although
it is entirely possible that the centre of
operations may be shifted eastward to the
old battlefield of Champagne Of 1915. But
il is enough to remember that break in
the German lines anywhere from before
Scissors to Verdun will compel general
retirement. We may take Laon as the OBJ
iective of the French armies operating
north of the Aisne. Here an advance of
less than seven miles would be decisive. In
the same way an advance from Souain
and Auberive northward for a few miles
would compel a retirement Of the Germans
from before Rheims, probably as far back
as the Aisne at Rethel. And this would
necessarily be only preliminary step to
a retirement TO the Meuse at Mezieres. But
to-day one can only say that the French
have made beginning and that the ca
pacity for continuing must be determined
bv the cost of the recent operations.
Turning now for the moment TO the
British operations, as write on Monday
April %, the British after a week Of pause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
A Twofold Problem

We have here, then, twofOld problem
a German salient based on Fort Condo,
coming straight across the river, and then
the German line going north from the
river, along the plateau. Eastward, about
Craonne, the French line was well up on
the plateau and touched the Chemin-des-
DANES near Craonne. The French attack
WAS therefore northward and eastward
eastward on the line from st. Quentin to
scissors, along the side Of the Fort Condo
salient, and northward across the river at
the German position on the heights.
The result Of the French attack here was
this: First, the whole German salient was
broken down and the German line retired
until it ran straight along the Chemin-des-
Danes, and, second, material gains across
the Chemin-des-Dam east and west OF
Craonne. When the French operation
ended the Germans were standing on the
crest of the ridge or were even in places
pushed downward into the valley Of the
Athletic on the north side Of the Craonne
Plateau. Here they had a strongly pre-
nared line, resting on Fort de Malmaison
on one side and Craonne on the other, and
from this position the French were not
able 10 drive them. Eastward from Ora
onne TO Rheims the French made other
gains on both banks of the river, partially
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

single blow, it failed. If it was designed
to capture completely the Craonne Plateau
and open the road to Laon, it failed. II 1t
was expected to disentangle Rheims II
failed. But if it was the first step in
long series of attacks, as seems to have
been the case-if it was intended as mere
preparation, necessary, but preliminary to
the main effort, it might be counted as
strategic success, as the capture OF guns
and soldiers demonstrated that it was
tactical success.
Pounding German Morale
On the larger side it must be remem-
bered that the chief object of French and
British strategy in the present year is not
10 pierce the German lines, but TO break
the German morale by long continued
pounding of heavy artillery and TO do this
with the smallest possible cost TO the Allies.
The measure of the French success in the
fighting in the second battle Of the Aisne
must be the relative cost in casualties in
the operation to the Germans and to the
French.
Recognizing that the larger purpose is
to destroy German resistance rather than
TO pierce German lines, it Is still necessary
10 realize that the effect of the two opera
tions-British and French-at the present
time, II they make any large advance, will
be to compel the Germans to retire TO the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

French frontier. This is the case because
the new German line in France is, roughly
speaking, a right angle, running south
ward from the North Sea to the heights
above the Aisne and then eastward to the
Argonne and the Meuse at Verdun. The
French and the British are attacking on
the sides of this right angle. If they break
down the sides the position Of the troops
in the apex will be untenable, and before
this happens the Germans will necessarily
draw their troops out of the country in the
apex exactly as they drew their troops out
of the great Noyon salient few weeks
ago. Then the French and British attack
was on one side of the previous right
angle. Now the attack is on both sides,
but the piercing of either side must mean
a general retirement, as it did when the
Germans retired out Of the country be-
tween Arras and Scissors.
German Resistance Weaker
The question that the progress of the
first two weeks Of the Allied offensive
raises is a question of morale primarily.
We have had upward Of thirty-fve thou
sand German prisoners and more than
three hundred and thirty guns-many Of
them heavy-captured in the first two
weeks Of fighting. The loss of guns is I'M
paralIeled on the German side during the
war, a is also the loss Of prisoners. We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
After the Marne

IN the western field, between Sois-
"as and Rheims, the French had be-
'''s them when they began practically
e problem which confronted the
onash when they reached the Aisne in
p'fSait Of the Germans after the Battle of
g Marine. At that time the British
used the river, pushed north of Scissors
- occupied a portion Of the Craonne
'A'ssu, still further TO the eastward. This
s''ahd about Scissors was subsequently
W oy the French in the winter Of 1916,
"a the Germans counter attacked after
'ssessful local French operation, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
French Attack Sue
cessful as Prepa-
ration-B Break
ing German
Morale
o., FRANK II. SIMONDS
L. of "The Great War;" They Shall
Not Pass"

~. week ago discussed the British
..,ct at Arras and mentioned briefly the
French attack along the Aisne' which was
=. beginning. At that time pointed out
-. 10Th the British and the French were
...L;ng at either end of the so-called
g;,serburg line, and that there was q
-. similarity between the two attacks,
a. British directed at the Vimy Ridge the
v.,ntb at the hills above the Aisne, which
-, roughly grouped under the head OF the
c-,onne Plateau. Since I wrote there has
s..o a marked lull in the British operation
mich is only just now beginning again.
,4ae the French attack, after week, has
\ turn fallen away.
We have then something that suggests a
.oDcerted plan. in accordance with which
her. are TO be alternate blows struck
srs BY the British and then by the French
4, fronts separated by less than hundred
ua.s The result Of such tactics would be
=, hermit first the British and then the
French 10 consolidate ground gained, re-
lspish their ammunition and prepare for
new attack. while the Germans would
instantly have TO face pressure at one
mint or the other, and would constantly
have 70 make demands upon their reserves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
TfBritish Take Douai
or French LaOn,
Germans Must
Retire to
Frontier
Copyright i9l7-The Tribune Association

are again striking between Lens and the
Scarpe River. They have before them a
supplementary German trench line rum
ming southeasterly from Lens, portion OF
which they crossed in their recent attack,
and they have in addition the so-called
switch line which runs eastward Of Lens
through the town Of Drocourt and rejoins
the old Hindenburg line southeast Of Ar.
ras at Queant This latter line must b
the objective of the new offensive-it has
been apparent that the Germans have for
more than a week been preparing to leavs
Lens. Roughly speaking, the new obJec-
tive of the British is the city Of Douai,
some eight miles east of their present
front. Toward this they are advancing
along both banks of the Scarpe River,
which runs between Arras and DouaL
They are advancing downhill over relative
~ level country, and they have before them
presumably no such obstacles as they sue
cessfully surmounted at Vimy Ridge.
Not until they approach the town OF
Douai closely, if they do, will they again
be hampered by any natural obstacle. At
this point they will encounter the marshes
which almost surround the town and ex-
tend we'll to the northward. There is q
general belief that before Douai there is
still another German line coming south
from Lille and meeting the Hindenburg
line in front Of Cambria. On the other
hand, there are many who believe that no
such line exists, and that when the British
succeed in gaining the Drocourt-Queant
line they will be clear from the German
system of defence.
German Retirement to Frontier
At the moment Douai has for the Brit
! ish precisely the same value as Laon for
the French. If the British take Douai,
then the Germans must retire to the from.
tier. If the French take Laon, similar
German retirement will be necessary.
The test of German resistance would
seem to be coming before the British and
not before the French. We shall know
probably before these lines reach the
reader whether the Germans have succeeded
in restoring the morale of their troops on
the Arras front, or whether they will yield
again as they did before Arras. A second
German defeat like that of Arras would
have a meaning that would be almost ufi-
mistakable. 1t might presage an end OF
trench warfare, and it might give promiss
of a speedy collapse of German resistance.
This is the maximum of possibility. II
is not a thing to be forecast or TO be ex.
pected. No one can more clearly recog.
nize than the German General Staff how
necessary it is Immediately to restore the
confidence Of their army and their nation
by checking the British before Douai. Tha
very best effort they are now capable Of
will be made, and this new battle of Douai
may turn out to be decisive in more than
one way. h
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29
Acros, the Aisne

Across the hlbne
AS the situation stood at the end Ct the
battle. the French had passed the Aisne at
all points west of Berry-au-Bac, climbed
the hills and were now in a position TO
make a new attack in the direction of
Laon. which lay six or seven miles to the
northward, behind the Athlete River and
covered by another spur of the Craonne
Plateau. between 600 and 700 feet high,
heavily wooded and a difficult military
obstacle. The extent of the French gain
NAV be summed up in the statement that
the first step in an advance to Laon had
been taken and that from the new position
the French would be able to operate more
effectively than ever before on this front.
Eastward of Rheims there was another
general advance northward and a success
full storming of line of heights about
Moronvilliers, dominating the whole region,
while the village of Auberive, the western
pivot of the French in their Battle OF
Champagne in 1915, was also captured
and the French line Strengthened thereby.
But once more it is necessary to note that
only a beginning was made, and at no
point was there anything like as successful
q penetration of German lines as the Brit
ish had achieved a week before from Vimy
Ridge to the Cojeul River.
Successful rs Preparation
1t is necessary to regard the French
operation as one Of preparation. Twenty
thousand prisoners and more than one
hundred captured cannon make victory
fully comparable with that achieved in the
Champagne nearly two years before. But
in the Champagne operation the French
did not succeed in piercing the German
line. At that time they exhausted their
ammunition and their later attacks were
bloody and relatively proftless. No such
exhaustion of ammunition car be expected
now. If the French operation was de-
signed TO pierce the German lines at a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

encircling Fort de Brimont, but were not
able to drive wedge between the German
lines on either side of the river. After
seven days of fighting the French had
gained ground all along their front, vary
ing from four miles northward of Condo
to a mile westward and eastward of
Craonne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-29

. permit nrSt Jne bTllIsh anu "4'~4 VIZ
French to consolidate ground gained, re-
,,pisb their ammunition and prepare for
new attack, while the Germans would
instantly have TO face pressure at one
,oint or the other, and would constantly
have TO make demands upon their reserves.
The New Method
EQUALLY interesting is the clear evidence
Il a.aaange in method on the part Of the
British and the French. Instead Of pro-
mged attempt to pierce the German lines
Il the first blow, there seems rather to be
pobcv of attacking, consolidating and re-
rscking. after a new artillery prepara-
ion. In this fashion the Allies may expect
avoid those great losses incident to
anunuation Of an offensive beyond the
Enits Of artillery preparation which were
-curred at Loos and in the Battle OF
Champagne.
In the present article I am going to de-
sribe briefly the French operation, leaving
,rsin until next week the new offensive,
his time British, which is just beginning.
Al the outset Of the French attack the
lew German line ran in practically
srsght line from the Somme at st. Quen-
tn to the Aisne. east of scissors and near
he old French fort Of Condo. Here, ever
tnce the Battle Of the Aisne, in September,
1914, the Germans have maintained
ridgehead south Of the river. Eastward
Il this bridgehead the German line re-
zussed the river and curved to the north of
along the hills over the river, including
Caonne. and then turned again sharply
% the southwark across the Aisne at
Srry-su-B ac, and rested on the forts in
iDnt Of Rheims. Eastward from Rheims
O ran straight along a series of hills
sninating the plain of Champagne, until
L touched the old battlefield of Cham
ngne Of 1915, at the village of Auberive.
he French operation was double: an at
ask eastward Of scissors as far as the
'stskirts Of Rheims, and an attack east of
Rheims as far as Auberive. The opera
Ion had a twofold purpose, a local objec-
aSe, which would be served if the French
sere able to advance east and west of
oeims, since this would compel the Ger
sans before Rheims TO retire, and larger
lsrpOse, which was to break the German
mes along the Craonne Plateau and COM
n the retirement of the whole German
ne to the frontier. Neither Of these OBJ
srtves was attained by the first attack,
Though valuable ground was gained and
Nany prisoners were taken.
After the Marine
N the western field, between Sois-
"as and Rheims, the French had be-
'''s them when they began practically
9 problem which confronted the
onaSh when they reached the Aisne in
N'fsait Of the Germans after the Battle OF
q Asrne. At that time the British
Nlled he river rnehnd North Of Coisenns
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
KALous

The Aid Society met with Mrs.
Rob Allen Friday afternoon, a very
enjoyable time was spent.
Earl Philips was drawn in the
last draft from our vicinity but
didn't pass the examination.
Mrs. Ella Larkin was very i'll the
fore part Of the week,
Mrs. James Pospicial has been
very i'll the past two weeks with
erysipelas.
The Aid Society meets with Mrs.
VIM. Waneka, Friday, Sept 81.
Mr.. and Mrs WIN Waneka Sun
dayed with Thos. Nelson,
Mrs. Arther kneebone is visit
ing at Boulder with her parents at
present. Arthur is threshing at
Layfayette.
Rex Hilderbrand's brother is
here visiting him at present,
Andy Smith and Mr.. Larsen are
having a sale Tuesday at the For
ber place.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20

that floor will decline after the
wheat now in the mills is sold.
Here in Raymer are two elevators,
one is farmer-owned and bought
wheat at 1854, the other is reput-
ed to be buying for a mill. The
first must sell its wheat at a loss,
the latter mills it and sells the
-four and is protected from loss.
A local inequality also appears.
The farmer who was fortunate and
threshed early sold at the high
price, but his sales made big loss
for the elevator, while another mem.
Der who did not thresh early, will
be required to sell bis wheat at less
than 81 aud from that take enough
to pay the loss caused by his neigh.
Dor receiving the high price. Per.
haps it is impossible to correct the
trouble.
However, we suggest this since
congress was slow to allow a chance
to regulate the price and part Of
the crop was sold, that the balance
Of the crop should have command
ed the same price. Then at the
commencement Of the next season
a new price could have been fixed.
Already, complaint is beingmade
that the price for next year is 90.
ing to disarrange crop plans. We
believe it. II is moi possible to fix
an equitable price year or two in
advance.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
BUCKINGHAM TO OBSERVE
HARVEST FESTIVAL

On Tuesday, Sept. 25th, Buck
ingham will observe a harvest fes-
tival.
Exhibits will be displayed show
ing the products raised. Prizes
will be given for different things.
The time has been short, but ex-
hibitors are urged to bring their
best along the line Of field and
garden products, also fancy work
and articles showing the handi.
work Of the feminine hand.
Races, sports, and speaking will
be part Of the things which will
help to make the day one of pleas
ure and profit.
The displays are open to all
comers, and every body far and
near are cordially invited to come.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
Where Was the Night schooli

I think I have match here In Mas
sachusetts for the Korean woman who
did not know her husbands name. I
knocked at door; lady came;
said, Il am making a business direc-
tory of the town, and need the name
Of this family. She gave the sur
name: l asked the given name. She
replied, ed" l said. 'That may mean
Edwin, Edward or Edmund. Which
should l write" She answered, II
don't know; l haven't been married a
great WHILE" At another time and
place ! asked the usual questions and
received answers as usual. But the
surname was anything but English, and
l said: "I'll have to let you spell 1t for
me-" She replied: II don't spell 1t !;
John does. s.'-ChrIstian Herald.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
WIae-avaks Reporters sA Delags st People out
d itsua M ID asar ly wages.
HOPE VIEW


Elsie Weiland left for Fort Nor
gan, Tuesday, to attend the high
school there.
MIR. and Mrs. |. F. Wiggins and
j. w. Rowin went to Weldona
Tuesday afternoon.
Frank Roach, Ray Shenton and
Earl Bennett motored to Wyoming
this week.
James Farnick was a Morgan
visitor this week.
Freda Weiland has been visiting
at the home of Mrs. Wood.
Miss Francis Wilkin motored to
Morgan Friday evening.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
No OlsputIna II.

"lntrospection." say Boston rn'A
lister, "is more profitable than retrJ
spection." or course II Is. Retrospee
ton merely reveals to the average man
what tesselated fool he has been: IN
trospection, II ne is honest with him
self, reveals to bin wha, a blossomtns
jaekass he issr- I.s-l..4 Post.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20
surooe.s Vas, Armed Force.

Il would take nine aud "A nall days
for the armies OF Europe 10. pass o
given point marching live abreast ID
inches apart, al an eight mile gait
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20

The stork still keeps on the job
with the right sex in the babies be
is depositing in this section. The
latest was 10 pound boy for Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz born last Saturday
morning. Mother and boy are ex-
ira fine and papa is quite we'll,
thank you.