davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16

The sun was setting In a blaze OF
glory and the man and woman were
playing the chief parts In life's eternal
drama. The evening before the man
had claimed the woman as his own.
and the world was new and beautiful
to them. A whole day had passed
since they had seen one another. and
now that they had met again the wom-
an could have swooned for Joy.
ut has been the longest day OF the
year today" said the man softly. In IN
unemployed interval.
She thrilled at the words. He had
missed her, then. It had been Q long
day for her. too. ssis
dearest" she muFmured coyly.
longing to. hear from his dear Lips
why the day had dragged, why has
the day been longf
"Oh. you surely know. my own" ~
whispered. sIts the 21st Of Juner
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
o.,. "a E.tfen chlclkens.

tn market chickens which have nI'
hasn properly conditioned through
soms method Of fsttsning, 10 IN economic
~a.ts. Chickens win not reach snel.
marimum dsvelo pment Of desh visno1.
sneci.l feeding. The farmer VINO nsn'
his chickens without fattening teSI,
dsorives himself Of large part .. n,s
nossible profit, since the incresseS
rsiabt produced by IN efhclsns mesnou os
~ fsttsning is produced q . low oos..
r. tn. updsrfsttsnsd chicken ioses !, I
nucb greater percent OF iss we'9os ~
Srsss;ns - than the chicken which na'
Ths asins which can % msoe ~
o,.ss feeding depend upon the guam!
49,, - ~ sovls and tho skill OF the ieeoel,
Cocts =. nav be expected to make = ns'
So". sNs.s ~ from is TO 20 per cent, nen,
.S"nld ssiu from 20 to so per oens' ano
s.o,isrs s from IS 10 80 per cent IN ~ i,S~ u
s,sht 70 is days. From Sco to ~ .,oo,S av.;
~ mash fed to good enlo.. :. srcm
nroduce 100 ibs. OF pouissy ~
eight % ,s.i.r - on the fstssning Of
.h,cn.ss e nav b. he'd without cost; ;,.o. ..
scrsiestion 10 tAs AQrieolenrss Vo'''s'
Fyr,sssion ssrvIcs. Columbus' "
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16

Samo Nb9nt.
hard biscuits all the way over, 30 the
first place we sought when OF duty
was restaurant
i had chummed up with fellow
named Harry McGarrow and also with
the heavyweight. The latter was an
ad soldier and had served more than
.v.rn.y years in the army Nine year,
OF MS service had been done In India,
so he knew the ropes pretty well.
AS soon as we were OF duty we three
made for the nearest estaminet (oi
small cafe) in the Flemish town. We
were just putting away some bread
and eggs and coffee when the general
commanding the division walked 10
with two of his officers. OF course
We jumped to attention and were about
to withdraw. but he told us to finish
our meal.
We were the only British troops to
land at Ostend, and, being the first the
Belgians in that part had ever seen.
we attracted great deal Of attention
Our horses and equipment seemed to
amaze them. They would come up
and handle the saddlery and ask, "ofi.
cier" When we would tell them that
1t was Just a troopers equipment and
that all the others we're the same they
could not seem to get over 1t.
Although 1t was after 4 O'Clock In
the morning. everybody seemed to be
up and at work. The Belgian peasant
has no interest In the eight hour law.
He works from before daylight until
long after dark. The peasants seem to
be very poor. and franc means more
to them than several dollars would to
our farmers.
We left Ostend about o'clock in
hurry. No one seemed to know where
we were going, and all sorts OF Wild
rumors were flying. As matter OF
fact, we left at 8 and the Germans
were in there at 8 the same night, but
we didn't know this until long after
ward. The Belgians were most kind
to us. They would bring US bread,
eggs, wine, etc., and would not take
any pay for the things. They were
kindness itself and couldn't seem to
do enough for u.s.
We did most Of our travelling al
night, and 1t wasn't much fun. We
were not allowed to show light Of
any kind and were even forbidden to
smoke. As said before, we hadn't
any idea where we were going. but we
were all sure we were on our way to
meet the Germans, and there was
great deal Of speculation as to when
the meeting would come.
On the morning of the third day we
came to the town Of Roulers. A halt
was called, and we went about max.
Ing ourselves comfortable. The peo-
pie were extremely cordial. too, and
there was nothing that was too much
trouble for them to do for Us. ] got
into a house where the man spoke
English. He had been In the shipping
business In Antwerp and knew a great
many Of the firms my father had dealt
with. Ireally felt quite at home.
They asked me II thought they had
better move or whether the Germans
would ever get as far as Roulers. IN
never forget how I scorned the idea
and assured them that they were a.
safe there as they would bs In Eng.
land.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
SOUTH PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER e 1917.

are known az the death or Glory
Boys" as their regimental badge is the
skull and crossed bones and "Death OF
Glory" Ia their motto.
The Royal Engineers have more Vic.
toria crosses than any other regiment
In the British army, and 1t is no won.
der, for theirs Is q very dangerous
work and affords plenty Of opportu.
mites for men to distinguish them.
selves. The first Victoria cross award.
ed In the present war was won by q
driver Of an automobile, q member of
the Army Service corps.
Two days later word came around
that the regiment was going to the
front within the week. By that time
| was covered with saddle sores and
was In agony the whole time. Al
though 1t requires nine months train
ing to turn out full f1edged cavalry
man, l decided to try to go with the
regiment somehow, and / didn't care
how went Anything to get out of
that riding school So I went to q
captain and told him the whole story,
and I begged him to take me. He
was certainly mighty nice about It.
and In the end he attached me to bis
personal staff and took me that way.
Up to this time I hadn't thought
much about what was going to happen
when we reached the front, but what
we got just before we sailed certainly
made me do some tall thinking. We
were issued identity disks first. These
are hung around the neck, and on them
IRE stamped the soldiers name. regi.
mental number and his religion. Then
we were given our pay books and told
to make our wills In the back Of them.
The chaplain next addressed Us and
prayed over us.
When this was all over was so
scared l was beginning to think that
the riding school might have its ad-
vantages. And all the way over on
the transport was feeling mighty
blue, and I was certain that I was
never going to see England again. let
alone the old q. s. A.
Crossing the channel. we landed at
Ostend at o'clock In the morning on
the eighth day OF October, 1914 We
had had nothing but bullybeef and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
CHAPTER I.
Sent to the Front.

NAACTLY one week IrOm U ceftanI
r day when I landed in England
from the United States I was
notified that nv Job was gone. 20 the
company that represented was In
the hands Of receivers.
was disappointed, Of course, but
tried to look at the thing philosophical
ly and to make the best Of It bought
my ticket for home, but % the boat
ON which I intended sailing did not
leave for several days proceeded to
enjoy the remainder Of my stay tn
England.
Things were certainly moving at that
time Very soon was az enthusiastic
as any Of them, and In London I made
inquiries as to whether I could join
the army.
Twas told that would have no diff
fculty at all, but on second thought
decide to let well enough alone. The
day before I was to sail from Liver
pool hesitated again and talked It
over with an army officer. he was 20
nice about explaining everything to me
that ! decided that ! might do lots OF
worse things than to see little OF
the biggest scrap the world had ever
known.
That night thought about the mat
ter some more and came to the concfu-
sion that II they would take me into
q cavalry regiment I would have q
try at II. The next morning enlisted
and was made q trooper In the Fifth
Dragon guards. That same afternoon
I was on my way to Aldershot, but
had / known what I was going to 60
through l don't think would have
been so light hearted a was. In the
evening l was fitted out with my en-
tire kit and informed that from now on
] was q soldier.
was assigned to bed In the bar
racks, and from that time my trou-
bles commenced. ] was In with q
crowd of old soldiers, men who had
served from two to twenty years In
the army, and, while they were very
decent chaps, they seemed to resent
the fact that "civie" had been pushed
In on them was at once christened
"Yank," and believe they found .
few other things to call me too.
The next morning at 3 o'clock the
sergeant came around and dug mo out
He took me down to the stables and
put me In with q bunch Of rockies who
weren't any happier than ] was we
vere then instructed In the gentle art
Of grooming horse. couldn't seem
to do anything right, and they didn't
hesitate to tell mo 20 either.
Then We were marched down 10
breakfast of bread, bacon and tea, but
We had as much a. We wanted felt
q whole lot better after eating. Break.
fast over. We had room inspection, and
a soon as that waS over we who were
rockies were marched down to the nd
Ing school and handed over to the II.
rant who ruled there.
bad expected to find horses an sad
died. land It certainly was quite shock
to learn that we got our saddles only
when we had earned them In other
words. we had 10 pass the bareback
test before we even felt Z saddle
There were no long explanations - to
how q thing should be done. We were
told once and In as few words - pos
sible. Then. we had to do It
After we had mastered the art Of
wanting On a horses back we got the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16

We oil know that price does not de.
termtne the value Of COW a q producer
OF milk. In the purchase Of . COW for
dairy purposes the buyer attempts 10
pay price In keeping with the ability
9t the COW. Since no one oan estimate
nov much Int COW will produce BY
looking at her, the price paid 10 not
always in keeping with her production.
Ar. Herman Vetter, good dairy
farmer OF Wisconsin, purchased q COW
Tor 40 from one Of bis neighbors, and
she proved to be one Of the best COWS
ana va. the largest producing COW last
year In the cow testing associations Of
wisconsin. This cow was exhibited at
the Wisconsin State Fair and the man
who raised and cold her for $40 had the
pleasure Of viewing her a. the best COW
OF 40, 100 COWS tested last year. He sold
her before she made her record; in
other words, he keeps COWS but does
not know their value. 1t must have
been humiliating to this man TO be
shown what poor COW judgment he
possesses and how poorly he Ii doing
bis work.
The record Of this COW was 1885 lbs.
OF milk containing 691.7 lbs. of fat test
ing 4.2S percent fat. She returned for
feed consumed $26S.O6; the average
price received for tat was 3S cents. She
$3.50 lbs. of corn silage,
valued at $3.50 per ton, 800 lbs. peavine
silage costing $3.50 per ton, 1,780 lbs. of
clover hay valued at $12 per ton, 8
months pasture st $3.50 per month, and
2 ,42S lbs. Of mixed feed ut $2S per ton.
She returned above cost of feed 1852,
or s4.05 for each 81 worth Of feed con-
sumed.
A placard hung above her stall read:
1T is estimated that Lucy produced
enough milk to make 1897 lbs. of
cheese. This patriot has enlisted in
Uncle Sans Army OF the Commissary
and is helping to win the war"
It pays to know what each cow in the
herd is capable of doing. It makes
iairying more interesting and lightsns
ts burdens. Mr.. Vetter looks upon
bis work in different light than the
nan who sold him Lucy for $40. To
show how closely he watches his cows
We quote this statement: "Lucy is al
Ways busy. She 10 either eating or
,hewing her cud." He knows his cows
'or he has studied their needs and
Knows their records. By this he has
ound enjoyment and profit.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
.To be continued,


The police In Korea have been In
vestigating the circulation Of fab
ulous story credited BY superstdous
Koreans that nine-tailed fox appear
Ing In the form Of woman roams at
large In the evenings telling children
that she can foretell their future BY
licking their hands with her tongue.
The Koreans declare that the children
die suddenly. Many housewives lock
their gates before dark to prevent the
visit Of the supposed fox.
The fable has created CONSERVATION
In the country districts.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16

Daily bulletins on the potato markets
of the country are being issued at
Presque Isle, Maine, by the Bureau Of
Markets of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture. They give the
fluctuations In price, and many Of the
conditions which cause them, ~ the
values 90 up or down daily in the prin.
cipal markets Of the country like
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Chicago and st. Louis. The bulletins
are mailed FREE to all who apply for
them and are Q part Of the CREST work
the Bureau Of Markets carries on the
year around In the various producing
sections a. the harvesting works North
ward from Florida and Texas to the
Canadian line.
In addition to giving full information
on tho markets In the large cities, the
bulletins carry daily information on the
conditions in the other large producing
sections which ut present are New
Jersey, Minnesota, Colorado and Idaho.
Maine 10 famous for its Irish Cobblers,
New Jersey for its Giants, Minnesota for
its Early Ohios and others for Rural
New Yorkers, Burbanks, Round Whites
and other varieties. Some sections
market their crops IN bulk, others IN
various sized sacks. This daily bulletin
records the demand and prices paid for
all Of them.
The bulletin also carries full and the
the only complete information printed
In the country on daily shipments.
Through confidential relations With the
-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16

-. ,.tsas advice h not 70 cnst .os
49,. poets before setting teen
snos :. s,cnnd. The charcoal = salo
"a hold vatsr and tne.eoy y a ss..csi a
Of che post. How hlss az sSSsr" and
-hiie. go experts sa!os
80 thsy say, NDon't-"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-16
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"UEnD " rH1 PLow."

OGssRondenee on praes,cal agricultural tonic,
tsnSad Sdea. - Address AL communication In
AAMom, Apicultural Editor orfo,d psn
ocrAt. Paris. Ne. oAA01u ~"
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
PROGRESS AT
COAL MINES
Commission Reports Making Several
improvements at Eska Creek
Coal Mine

During the month Of August sew
eral improvements and betterments
were made at the Eska Greek coal
mine by the Alaskan Engineering
Commission. Among the buildings
erected were the following: a tempo
rary bunk house, 20 by 60 feet; a pow
der house IA by 10 feet; and primer
house, 10 by u feet. The loading
trestle was extended to accommodate
five railroad cars, and a coal pocket
for loading the engine was built
Construction was begun on an Office
building is by 3 feet, which at the
close Of the month was about so per
cent completed. Five acres of land
were cleared for building sites, and
work was begun on six cottages for
employees and the installation of wa
ter and sewer systems.
Entry was started on the Martin
coal bed on the east side Of the creek
and timbers were gotten out for the
fan foundation. There were 29O5.5l
long tons of coal shipped during Aug
ust, nearly all to Anchorage. The
force employed included Sc men on the
Commission roll and u on the con-
tractors payroIls.
At the Chickaloon coal mine ll5-
foot crosscut was driven 40 feet above
connected to the crosscuts by a raise.
Construction was started on a trestle
over the railroad from the haulage
crosscut Work was commenced on a
log barn and a blacksmith shop. At
the close of the month there were Is
men on the payroll. Two business
permits were granted during August:
one for a roadhouse and one FOR a
laundry
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
EVENTUALLY
TRACK WILL Be
STANDARDGUAGE
Commissioner Declares That Narrow
Guage Track Will be Laid First
But Will BE Only Temporary

The Alaskan Engineering commits
sion it has been said in Fairbanks,
does not plan ON having anything but
narrow gauge road north. of Ne
naua Concerning this, Commission
en- Thomas Riggs is credited by the
Fairbanks Citizen with making the
following statement:
Until the bridge across the Tan
ANA river at Neuana is completed, the
railroad between Fairbanks and Ne
mama may be narrow gauge. We are
building it that way in order that
equipment of light weight may cross
ice of the river during the winter and
ON the ferries i'm the summer.
eve are, however building the
grade on this end for standard guage
track. and are using standard guage
ties everywhere for construction work.
change the track from narrow to stan
dard guagc all we will have to do is
Therefore. when we get ready to
to move one rail, which work, think,
cam be accomplished in four days
time.
Asked regarding the statements i'm
reference to Nenana made by himself
Chairman William C. Edes and An
drew Christensen, chief of the land and
industrial. department of the commits
sion. a, the banquet rendered by the
Ncnana Commercial Club to Mr.
Edes several weeks ago, Mr. Riggs
said in part:
"The people of Fairbanks are too
quick to jump at conclusions. l have
heard remarks tending to prove the
jealousy of business people of Fair
banks i'm regard to Nenana. They are
not looking toward the general good
that the railroad will do Fairbanks and
other points i'm the Interior rather are
they kicking because Fairbanks is not
the payroll town.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
Always Distributing Point

you can say that I said that Ne
mana will always bea distributing
point; you cannot get away from it,.
tt IS the most desirabIy located of any
town in the interior for that purpose.
An of the lower river country will
be tributary to it and it win always be
a good small town.
"The government is not spending or
viii not spend any money in improve
ments at Nenana. The law provides
that so per cent of the amount re-
seived from the sale of lots be put in
improvements in the townsite. All
money over and above half of the
amount realized from lot sales that
goes in improvements, will by petit
tton by the townspeople of Nenana
and the government, be reimbursed by
assessments. Therefore, Su OF the
money placed i'm improvements at Ne
mana is being furnished by people who
have located there and who are con-
tfbuting to the welfare of the place.
eff there is a man in Fairbanks who
is fool enough to think that the rail
road between Fairbanks and Nenana
is going to be narrow guage when IL
nally constructed, let him go out to
Happy and see the crew of men build
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

No slackers will be found at AUX
Bay as first reported, as all the men
there have registered for the select
i've draft. They did not register at
AUX Bay but all their names appear
on the list ut Tee Harbor
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

The mess house at Thane recently
contributed $50 to the Juneau tobacco
fund. The money raised in this cam
paign goes to buy tobacco and the
markings for the boys in France.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
No. 1906
All Alaska News

w. w. Wetzler, chief mail clerk for
Southeastern Alaska for the past six
years, has been transferred to the Yu-
kon river, and his territory will ex-
tend from Eagle to ST. Michael
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

WANTED-Five cents a pound will
be paid for good, clean, cotton rags
by The Gateway. II
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

ASK your grocers FOR Seward
Bakery Bread
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

We carry Symphony Lawn Station
cry. Seward Drug Company.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING


FOUND-Bunyh OF keys. Loser cal.
ut The Gateway and pay for TINS
adv.
FOR RENT - Furnished house Two
rooms and bath. See Dougherty. IT,
. C. Kodak, Jr, Kodak S12"O-
Seward Drug Co.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

William Nicholvich, a Serbian min
er, was instantly killed by falling rock
in one of the Perseverance mine
stoops last week His intement was
made in the Evergreen Cemetery.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25
TIDES FOR SEPTEMBER
Tuesday, September %

Tuesday, September %
First high tide, 1852 a. M, III.
Second high tide, TAB p. m, 1913.
First low tide, lis a. my 2.3.
Second low tide, l:4O p. M, 81.
Wednesday September 26
First high tide, 0:OG, 1919.
Second high tide, 9:O5 p. M, 14.6.
First low tide, 2:4O a. M, II.
Second low tide, 3:Ol p. m, As.
Proof Of labor blanks for sale a
Gateway.
Meet me at The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

Ed Baggen, Of Petersburg, mfortu-
nately lost the greater part OF his left
hand recently through disease OF the
bone caused by fish poisoning.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

The KennecOtt mine is now employ
ing $50 men. The milling plant con-
sists Of rolls and crushers, with a
capacity Of 500 tons per day, and the
teaching capacity Of the plant is APP
proximately 900 tons per day.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

FOR RENT-Four-room house on 9Th
Avenue. See Cooper u
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

A. Bruning, former cashier for the
American Bank of Alaska at Fair
banks, has been named receiver for.
the bank, which was closed by Exam
iner w. G. Smith.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

A. McIver, licensed undertaken.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

Andy's Express, phone Madison 143.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-25

Meet me at The Branch.