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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12
OREGON BOY NOW IN FRANCE
HEARS FIRST HAND STORY OF
AWFUL GERMAN ATROCITIES

In a letter to a local friend Bruce
McDaniels OF Salem. who was in PEN
dleton some years ago with the Chau-
tauqua. but who is now corporal
with f Co. 18th Eng. Ry., in service
in FRANCE. writes Interestingly as fol-
lows
with the Italians on the run and
the Russians in an undecided state
it looks as though the war will, be-
yOnd a doubt. not be over by next
spring. The Germans are not hard
pressed and devoid of food as some
people who believe the pro-German
tales are prone to allege. America is
going into the fray at most critical
time. France has given her million
men-the flower Of her country-and
her commercial resources are being
strained to the limit, while England
has two or three million men not at
the front, yet all the combined forces
will need the boys from home be-
hind them.
THE war is now essentially econo-
mic. Swedens perfidity has shown
where much of our leakage has been.
Russia's Incidence, / believe, reveals
where Americas gold has gone. With
the Russians out of the fracas we will
need more troops on that border that.
with the new forces being sent to
Italy, divides the allies forces.
America must awaken to the fact
that her two million men will never
unless every person at home
begins the fight against Prussianism
now. Tomorrow will be too late.
America is a hetbed Of pro-Ger-
manism To win the victory that
must be ours. entire America must
that dearly. Sympathy
for the boys that are here will not
help. The boys need more than that.
They are depending on everyone at
home to meet the economic problems
while they hold back the material
forces on the fighting line.
"Our men are noted for their Prov
ess but they are now going up
gainst' the strongest forces the world
has ever heralded. 1t is the duty of
every woman and man at home to
see that Germanism is not tolerated
in any respect and that economic loss
is lowered to a minimum.
Before sailing for France ! was, in
a way, rather apathetic, though in
tensely patriotic. Last Sunday | was
the guest of the American consul and
while there a French lady from nor
Lhern France recounted some Of the
atrocities that has taken place there.
She told how the Prussians had
entered a small town in the dead of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

Gossip and monographs repeat ev-
erythng they hear.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12
RUB RHEUMATIC,
ACHING JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN
INSTANT RELIEF WITH SMALL
TRIAL BOTTLE OF OLD,
PENETRATING "ST.
JACOBS OIL

rheumatism is pain" only.
Not one case in fifty requires in
tcrnal treatment. Stop drugging
Rub soothing. penetrating st. Jac-
obs Oil" right into your sore. stiff,
aching joints and relief comes instant
ly. st. Jacobs or is a harmless
rheumatism liniment which never
Cisappoints and can not burn the
skin.
Timber up. Quit complaining.
Get small trial bottle of old honest
st. Jacobs or at any drug store,
and in just a moment you'll be free
from rheumatic pain. soreness and
stiffneses Don't suffer. Relief awaits
you. st. Jacobs Oil' is just as good
for sciatica, neuralgia. lum bago. back
ache, sprains.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

night. Everyone. men. young and
old. women and children were turned
into the street and lined up. Those
resisting were killed there. The chill
dren We're murdered without COM
junction. In one case a hand gren-
ade was put into the hands Of a child,
lighted. Not knowing the nature Of
the instrument, the child retained it
until the fuse burned, and as a result
was blown into horrible mass. along
with dozen others. The young
: women were taken by the Prussian Of
ficers and have not been heard of
since. The older women were order
ed to work for the Germans. They
refused. For three days and nights
they were forced to stand up against
wall. Those falling were bayOnet-
ted. Realizing that the women would
not relent the Prussians told them
that, if they would sew for them at
five francs (abOut a doIlar) a day they
would be spared. The women refused.
At daybreak they were slaughtered
This is just one incident. She told Of
hundreds of them that have occurred
in France and Belgium. 1t makes one
realize the type of animal that we
have to fight. Already twelve of our
men are in the hands Of the Germans
as prisoners. They will suffer untold
hardships and we must prevent it if
possible.
I'm the other lands conditions are
no better. OF three hundred mission
aries, and others, granted safe pass
ports through the Palestine region, all
were killed outright by the ones who
granted the passes. Children are dy-
ing there by the hundreds from star
vatiOn. We have in camp, now,
Belgian laddie, not over nine years of
age, whose folks were killed. He was
bayonetted through the back and left
for dead. He is crippled for life.
Every French home has felt the
horror of losing a father son or bro
ther. America must face these things
and strike her blow now. When the
first casualty lists begin to come from
France you will realize what war
means. Canada and Australia both
know. So do France and Britain. I'm
hoping that we will not have to make
the sacrifices that they both have.
But, enough of that war is war,
and l want to forget it."
ITO be perfectly frank. I'll be will
ling to do most anything to get that
fudge for we go nearly crazy for
sweets. Our sugar supply is like the
theory of limits-always coming some
where and never getting anywhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-How tn
American housewife. like the soldie
at the front, may help win the wal
on her own firing line in the kitch
en- by saving coal is explained in q
mum ber of general precepts that have
/ just been issued by the bureau OF
mines, department of the interior
and which ought to be tackled up in
every home at least for the period OF
the war.
The bureau of mines gives the
following military orders to the
housewives:
Careless use of coal in kitchen
stoves and household furnaces is very
wasteful Only a small part of the
heat in the fuel may thus be usefully
employed. Be sure the heat is do
ing what you want it to do rather
than needlessly heating the chimney.
Buy coal mined as near home as
possible. even if it requires a little
more trouble. and learn to use it,
This will tighten the load on trans
portation systems.
Buy full wagon-load if you can.
This reduces labor and cost of de-
livery.
Be sure the smoke passages in the
stove are clean. Keep them clean.
If the scraper made for the purpose
is lost, get another.
Reduce the hours of running the
stove as much as possible. Fireless
cookers may help reduce the time of
keeping a fire.
Running the range to heat tank
water only is not economical. Be
sparing of hot water in such cases.
Break the Jumps of coal to sizes no
larger than eggs.
When the stove must run some
hours a full fire box carefully con-
trolled by dampers is more ecOnom-
ical than fires SO small that the CRATE
is only partly covered.
With a big fire little air is needed
over thecoal as well as through it.
If soft coal is used allow just enough
air to come through the damper
over the fire to make the flames so
short they will not reach the sec
ond row of stove-lids.
Close the top draft damper when
the flames get shorter than the first
row Of stove lids.
When it is necessary to carry a
fire over night. fill the fire-boX with
coal cover over lightly with ashes
and close all dampers. To start the
IRE. open the udllptl 'tlNN lllt
crate and the one in the stove pipe
Break up the coke in the fire box
With a poker. rattling the ash into
the ash box.
Save what coal and coke YOU can
from the ashes and use when you
have a good fire.
When the fire is well started, close
the damper in the smoke pipe as
much asyou can to maintain the fire
You need. open this damper to pre-
vent smoking while putting in fresh
coal. Damper control is the secret
OF economical heating.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

keep the water boiling all the time
while boiling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

ITO be perfectly frank. I'll be will
ling to do most anything to get that
fudge for we go nearly crazy for
sweets. Our sugar supply is like the
theory of limits-always coming some
where and never getting anywhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

suet / pint breadcrumbs. I cup brown
sugar, the juice and grated rind Of
lemon. . eggs. Mix the suet and
breadcrumbs well together; add sugar
also the juice and rind of the lemon.
and lastly the well-beaten eggs. Mix
all together thoroughly and turn into
a creased pudding mould. steam for
hours. have the boiling water in which
you are steaming the pudding just
touch the center of the mould and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12
LOGGERS AND MILLMEN
WANTED FOR ENGINEERS

PORTLAND, Dec. S.-Experienced
the goth Engineers (forest) which is
now recruiting men for service over
seas, according to District Forester
Geo. H. Cecil, who is cooperating with
the war department in national de-
fense work. The first forest regiment
the 10th Engineers (foresD, made up
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12
Is NAMED HORSESHOER
FOR THE MARINE CORPS

WASHINGTON. Dec 12.-Horace
Lovett, u. 5. Marine Corps. on duty
Somewhere over there" has just
been appointed a horseshoer for ma
rines, with the rank of corporal. o.
In the same company Sergeant
John Ochsner is stable sergeant and
Corporal Stanley a. Smith is saddler.
No. you have guessed wrong. The
captains name is not Jinks but
Drum of the horse and other ma
rines
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12
Daily Chats With
the Housewife

slices of otato, sprinkle with salt
and pepper, cover with rolls of meat
and add a little onion. Repeat until
the dish is full; add boiling water to
3-4 fill the dish and cover with pie
crust. Bake in moderately hot oven
about > hours.
Military Pudding
One-half pound of finely chopped
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

one and one half pounds bcefSteak,
medium sized potatoes, small on
ions tchoppedp. l tablespoonful flour,
1 teaspoouful salt IL teaspoontul
pepper Pie crust. Pare the potatoes
and cut them into thin slices. mix the
flour. salt and pepper together ON a
plate dip the slices of meat In the
mixture and roll them tightly. Line
the rottum of puddiu- dish with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-12

Don't think because you have TAX
en- many remedies in vain that your
case is incurable. Hoods Sarsaparil
la has cured many seemingly hope
less case of scrofula, cattarh. rheu-
matism, kidney complaint, dyspepsia
and general debility. Take Hood S.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02

James Sebastian is elected
County Judge and puts into
effect the system of road
building he advocates in his
handbill statement, your tax
es will be far in excess of any.
thing you have known in gen.
erations.
Mr.. Sebastian says that a mar
should not promise too much, and
in the same breath would have
you believe that if he is elected
he will improve the condition OF
every man, woman and child in
Morgan county. Is that consist
ent? The worthy gentleman is
evidently trying to catch votes.
1t is not necessary forn-e to say
anything about the report that
Mr.. Sebastian says has got out
that he has bdnched with some
body. Everyone knows that he is
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Summer Care Of the Baby.

Overlooking is, perhaps, the
most frequent cause of diarrhea
i'm babies, especially in the arti-
fcially fed. Mothers wish their
babies to gain in weight and
want them to grow rapidly, and
in their enthusiasm often over
tax the baby's digestive power.
a food that is too rich, or one of
proper strength but given in
amounts too large or given toe
frequently, may produce diar.
rhea, 1t is not safe to feed
the baby whenever he cries, fol
he may cry because he has al
ready had too much food. MOI
is it safe to give the baby all the
food he will take, for most in
fants will take more than is gooC
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Pieratt Reaffirms Platform.

To The Voters of the 81 Legisla-
tive District.
| have a few more things to
say to you before you go to the
poles next Saturday to cast your
vote for some candidate for Rep
resentative. | and my friends
have been accused of a great
many things by one of my op-
ponents, Mr.. George G. Taulbee.
| am going to leave it to your
cool, unpredjudiced judgments to
say whether his accusations be
false or true. Whether am the
candidate of any person or per-
sons, or whether | am now, or
have been at any time, unuer any
sinister influence in my cam
paign. Ihave tried to make a
clean fight upon a high plane and
no unbiased person can truthfully
say aught to the contrary.
have made no compromise with
any interest or influence. have
made no promises of patronage
or favoritism. lam not opposing
any man or set of men who are
seeking patronage at the hand:
of the administration, but | an
opposed to turning the Kentucky
, Legislature into a job-brokel'
Office. The people of Morgan
, and Wolf counties are capable o
voting withouta a bunch of job
holders from Frankfort, thei
pockets lined with Doodle, bein,
turned loose upon them to teac
them how. | stand today up
on the same identical platfor
} upon which | stood when | an
1 nounced my candidacy and that
t too we'll known to need repetitio
7 at this time. | am not antagor
r ing the administration at Frank
fort. If there is both good and ba
in our present administration
y endorse the good and condem
t the bad without fear or compunt
e ton. | have not received a can
4 paign fund from the capital {
a our State nor from any corpori
ton, organization or individu
= whose purpose it is to inhuent
u legislation. My campaign MAJ
e ager, if | have one, is not a co
poration lawyer-has never bee
Is identified with the old Sewe
land claims, the Continental Co
Company, similar concern, n,
Il any wildcat land titles, the o
,e ject of which was to rob the pc
q pie of this or any other countie
of their lawful heritage.
10 Respectfully ask the voters
this district to think over the
I things once more before castir
their votes on August 4.
LUTHUR PIERATT.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
WHOLE NUMBER 372.
Stop! Look! Listen!

My opponent, D. H. Dawson,
has been circulating the report
that | was always a Republican
before | came to Morgan county.
This is a falsehood and without
any grounds for a foundation, as
| have been a Democrat all of my
life, and have never departed
from the faith.
refer you to the Sandy Hook
Bank, of Sandy Hook, Leonidas
Redwine, of West Liberty, and
every Democrat of Elliott county,
as to my political record.
The report is lie, pure and
simple, and started to injure me
in my race.
My opponent used to WELD the
branding hammer, but the people
have the hammer now and will
use it August 4.
w. G. BLACK.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Yours truly,
GEORGE LONG.

There is nopatriotic or economic
need during the war, ior locking
the doors of our educational re-
ligious, reereational and CONNER
cial institutions after years of
constructive effort. We can. best
serve our country by maintaining
our educational equilibrium.
There is nothing ahead Of the
Chautauqua in affording relieI
that is worth while.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02

for them, and then will follow
indigestion, diarrhea and perhaps
death. If it becomes necessary
to wean the baby and give artifi-
ciaI food and this should be done
on the advice Of a competent ply
sician- the kind Of artificial food,
its composition, preparation and
care should be directed by some
one who knows, which should
have their food at regular inter
walls and in definite amounts, de-
termined by the age of the baby,
its capacity for digesting its food
properly, and other considerations
of greater or less Importance.
Fresh air and sunlight are
among the greatest conservators
of human life. This applies es-
pecially IN infancy. The baby
that sleeps in an lily ventilated
room where sunlight never enters
will not thrive and is more easily
made ill from slight causes. 1t
is to the baby's advantage to take
him outdoors as much as possible.
In extremely hot weather let
him have his airing early in the
mornings and late in the after
noon, thus avoiding the depress-
ing effects of the heat Of mid
day. His daily maps are best
taken in a cool, quiet place out of
doors, if possible, at such times.
DR.. OLIN WEST.
in Southern Agriculturist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
A Last Appeal to my Friends.

Ny friends the priRasy is Just
ahead. This is the last word |
can say to you through the
Codrier. | have made a consist
ent fight in this race; | have made
an honest fight, out | have not,
at all times, been accorded the
treatment at the hands ofmy OPP
ponents that | deserved. They
have lately been norating it
throughout the country that |
would quit the track just a day
or two before the primary.
There is not a word of truth in
any such statement. There was
no excuse nor foundation for
sch report. 1t was done for the
sole purpose of injuring my pros
poets in this race but it failed. |
have the race won by a goodly
majority if my friends will go to
/ the polls and vote, am not ap-
pealing to those who oppose me
but to those who favor me in the
race. The stay-at-home vote has
weakened or defeated many a
candidate when if those who
were really his friends had gone
to the polls and cast their votes
for him he would have been
elected. | feel'confdent that
will be nominated and elected
Jailer of Morgan county, but
over-confdence is a dangerou:
thing. wantlmy majority to bC
as large as possible.
| leave the case with you.
Yours very sincerely,
JoE ROE WELLS.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02

Casper, ,Wyo. July %, 1917.
Mr.. H. G. Cottle,
West Liberty, KY,
Mr.. Cottle:
Enclosed find post-ofiice mon
ey order for so cents for which
you will please send me your
paper six months and be sure
and send me the copies that have
the names of the men that were
drafted for army service.
Mrs. X. NJ. Couch,
Casper, Wyo, South Walnut St
House No S44.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Plant Locust Trees.
J. r. DAY.

The hlaeksloeustis probably the
best plant to use for the recla-
nation Of the lands eroded, and
the best thing to plant on many
steep slopes which are bound to
wash away if continued in cult
vation, but other plants are avail
able. On thousands of acres Ber-
muda grass will be the best thing
to plant. Thousands of smaller
gullies can certainly be stopped,
tens of thousands of acres too
steep or too susceptible to wash
ing for profitable cultivation can
certainly be saved, by the plant
ing of Bermuda. The Kudzu
vine also promises to be valuable
for this purpose, and the plant
ingSf honeysucles on many steep
banks is well worth while.
The farmers who have these
eroded lands should wake up to
the folly of permitting such de-
strucLion to continue and to the
profits to be had from stopping it.
They should set themselves to
stop every gully they have, and,
equally important, to prevent the
starting of any new ones. This
means for the farmers of this
part of West Tennessee that they
must discontinue their present
unwise and utterly indefensible
policy of running the rows o.
their cultivated crops up anC
down hill. Just such fooisl
methods as these are responsible,
for many of the waste acres nov
in their fields, and as long a
they continue to plow up an,
down the slopes instead of aroun,
them they will continue to star
new gullies faster than they ca
stop old ones. Southern Agr
culturist.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Conservative and Efficient.
An Officer Who Works for the Interest and
Progress Of the People.

a practical, professional politician
of the smoother sort, and that if
ne has not already he will bunch
with any and everybody in any
and every precinct where ne
thinks it will bring him a few
votes more.
The question is, how. do you
like Mr.. Sebastian for Il builder?
Either as to roads or other things
am not surprised that Mr..
Sebastian says that he will not
be a candidate for a county office
anymore if you will elect him
this time. | myself think that
he would be too wise to run again
after he got through with his
road building. The funny thing
to me is that he has the nerve tc
run this time. think he is q
poor builder. He helped build
the court house at over $780, 900.
How do you like it?
The above is by way of defense
to what Mr.. Sebastian has to say.
| desire to ask you to vote for me
because | will make you a plain,
efficient County Judge, as pro.
gressive as your revenues will
bear, and having the real inter.
est of the whole people at heart
every day.
J. R. DAY.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02

To the Voters of Morgan county:
desire to express my thanks
to Mr.. Sebastian for his unquali-
fled endorsement in our race for
County Judge. He says that |
am a gentleman and qualified to
fill that important office. | take
it that that establishes the fact OF
my qualifications, he being on the
other side and the chief witness
against me, nothing but the truth
would force this admission from
him.
However, he does not seem to
be so well informed about some
other things he discusses in his
handbill just issued.
| am surprised that a man of
Mr.. Sebastian's intelligence
should believe that l have prom
ised to build a bridge across
every little stream in every Sec
ton of the county, for that is
perfectly silly. If elected Coun-
ty Judge | will help to build
bridges in places where they are
needed.
/ am in favor of building bet
ter roads by a system that will
not be too hard on the laboring
man and will not burden the tax
ers Of the county.
| desire here and now to
solemnly warn the taxpayers
of Morgan county that if MIR.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Recruits Return.
w. C. BLACK.

On last Sunday morning the
following recruits for the Ken
lucky National Guard left West
Liberty for Lexington to be ex-
amined.
orville Adkins /Fogg Caskey,
Russell Smith, John Daniel, Har-
rison Nickel, Willie Lewis, John
Tom Keeton, Greenbury Keeton,
Ben Cox, Joseph Day and George
Oakley. On Tuesday all except
Orville Adkins, Fogg Caskey and
Willie Lewis returned, having
failed to meet rhe requirements
prescribed by the U. S. Army.
The boys who were examined
are to be commended. They
proved that they are not slackers,
that they were willing to fight
for their country if permitted.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02

Here's a comforting announce
ment; while the nightmare o.
high prices has invaded wardrobe
and pantry, the Chautauuua tick
ct has escaped. You may see
the whole three days bill for $3.50
Single admissions for the three
days amount to $500
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Buys Business Lot.

Jas. P. Oney has bought the T.
B. Sturdivent business lot on
-the-West side Of Main street and
will shortly begin the erection of
a modern business building.
Stone for the foundation is al
ready being put on the ground.
Mr.. Oney has had considerable
experience in the mercantile bu-
siness, and we predict for him
more than an average measure of
success and welcome him among
the business men of our city.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1917-08-02
Another Kitchen Invention.

81 am afraid this high cost of
living is going to introduce an
other innovation in the average
kitchen. :"
What is that
"The foodlesS cooker. Balti.
more American.