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The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19
GOULD HOLLIS WRITES
FROM MEXICAN BORDER

Douglas. Ariz.. Jan. IL. 1917.
Dear Old Zal:
How are you and this said city of
OURS making it. l sure that You
had me coming home "prontO:
nothing doing in that line.
guess. The President seems to
want to. but don't dare This
watchful waiting" policy b all
right for the people at home but
its awful on us poor buffers down
here doing the stunt.
This life wouldn't be half bad II
we only knew what we were going
to do. The climate is fine. nice and
warm etc. But the idea of the con-
flnement living on hopes of either
going home or across the border to
clean up on some of those Mexicans.
I've been across the border
couple of times, in citizens clothes
however. for II they caught one of
us militia men are doing that stunt.
to the guard house for us. We got
back with our scalps, however, and
had the opportunity of seeing the
Mexican soldiers kill q cow They
brought her out. knocked her in
the head with an axe, skinned her
rolled her over on the ground and
carried the refuse away in the hide.
They chopped this COW up into
chunks like we would do wood, scat
tering them over the ground. They
cut slabs Of meat from these
chunks and strung them on bal
ing wire, in the end handing them
out to the soldiers and wives, By
the time these soldiers got the
meat it looked very much like the
mud cakes we used to make while
we were children. It was the most
sickening sight you ever saw. /
didn't eat any meat for days to
come.
Am sending you piece of poetry
which will give you a little insight
into our. 37E
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19
For Sale

One good steel range; good bed,
springs and mattrass. Address j..
C.. care Of Chieftain.' ata i2i
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19
MADE OUT OF TRIALS AND
TRIBULAIIONS ON THE
BORDER

I'm sitting here thinking OF the
things I left behind.
And l had to put on paper what
was running thru my mind.
We've dug line of trenches and
cleared five miles of ground
II there's ameaner place this side
of He'll
! know it's still unbound.
But there's still one consolation,
gather closely while / tell
When we die we're hound for Heav.
en-,
+ For we've done our hitch in He'll
We've built hundred kitchens for
our cooks to stem our beans,
We've stood hundred guard
mounts and cleaned the camp
81 canteens,
We've washed million dishes and
peeled million spuds;
We've rolled million blanket rolls
and washed million duds,
The number of parades we've
made would most be hard to
tell,
But they'll not parade in Heaven
as We, know they do in Hell.
We've killed hundred rattle
snakes that tried to steal our
eats.
And shook hundred centipedes
from out our army socks.
We've marched million miles and
made thousand camps.
We've pulled q hundred cactus
thorns from out our army
pants.
And when our mission here is done
our friends on earth will tell.
When we died we went to Heaven
cause we'd done our hitch in
He'll. -
And when LIES Anal taps are
heard and we've laid away LIES
cares,
And we take the final march up
the shining golden stairs,
And the angels bid us welcome and
the harps begin to play,
And make us feel the many years
were Just as one day.
1t is then we'll hear St. Peter tell
us gladly with a yell. Is
Take front seat, boys, in Heaven
for you've done your hitch in
Hell!
All the hoys here are getting fat
on the army grub. Very few sick.
nesses, and a general run of good
cheer. But Oh! just wait until the
order comes to tell us we may 20
home-nothing can hold us.
Best regards to you and yours
and the community at large.
Sincerely.
GOULD HOTI1S
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19

Watch these columns 4 or the
Chieftain TradeBuildine cam
paign. Nothing like, it, ever 1T.
tempted In, this section.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19

n you want GOOD broom corn
and maze seed, see J. E. Saunders.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19

Good line OF harness and first
class repairing, at Saunders nipple,
ment store. w.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-01-19

Ladies' silver vanity pun box.
Reward II returned to Miss Marie
Bryce rsr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
Two Sessions a Day.

Springfield. ILL.,, April % Beginning
tomorrow the lower house OF the gen
efal assembly VIII hold Two sessions
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

After several days Of very violent ar
tillery action, the French launched an Of
sensive on front twenty five miles from
BLOSSOMS 10 Craonne and eastward, ana
the first days blow Melted miles OF Ger
nan works and lo.0Cc met, In the above
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
The Public Makes the Market.

The pnilic makes the stock market
The impression that n few operator.
can advance or lower prices as the.
please Is n sadly mistaken one If this
could he done hy n dozen men. or by Il
hundred. or thousand. there would
be no need Of Il stock market. for these
gentlemen could combine and enrich
themselves beyond the dreams Of ava
rice.
No: the stock market Is made by the
public. When the public is scared and
refuses to buy the market langnislics,
business halts. and uncertainty pre-
vais When the public is badly scared
1t becomes panic stricken and unloads
by wholesale. and all must take their
losses. big and little operators alike.
do not mean to say that large op.
erntors are not able to influence the
market to Il certain degree and under
favorable conditions. but they cannot
do this to the extent that most persons
imagine. They make their money by
operating skillfuIly on the side that
they think Will win. whether the bull
or the bear side Jasper iii I.eslics
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
Sure! High Heels
Cause Corns But
Who Cares Now

Because style DEGREES that women
crowd and buckle up their tender toes
In high heel footwear they suffer from
corns, then they cut and trim at these
painful pests which merely makes the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
nay cause lockjaw end women are
warned to stop 1t.
A few drops of q drug called freez-
one applied directly upon sore corn
gives quick relief and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts out without
pain. Ask the drug store man for a
quarter Of an ounce OF freezone, which
costs very little but is sufficient to re-
move every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet.
This drug is an ether compound and
dries in moment and simply shrivels
up the corn without infaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
skin. Clip thla out and pin on your
wife's dresser.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

Switzerland was the first European
country to adopt universal military
service. The original founders of the
Swiss confederation enacted that who
ever shirked military training. which
began nj the aye of fifteen years, was
declared devoid of honor and per-
iured." and his house was vowed to
destruction. Should Il man summoned
to take pGlt in Il military expedition
prove unable to respond owing to Ill
ness or some other valid reason he had
10 furnish a capable substitute Mt his
OWE expense. From earliest days, too,
the military authorities made special
provision for tending the wounded. In
this respect they seem tn have been In
advance of their times.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
BIissful lgnoranes.

Two hunters fouud themselves; some
distance from town when darkness
set in and prevailed opsn 4 pnei'
settler 10 put them up Tor the msht
He had finished his supper butt there
WAS am ample supply OF stew In pot.
which they found delicious. .,,
The next moraing the host SAID he
was sorry that Inc had nothing - o'se'
them for breakfast but muskrat.
'sMuskrat. echoed the hunters. we
couldn't think of eating 1t. Wen 20
without breakfast.
well its what yuu had for supper
returned the settler, amt from INV
dent you put IN 1t you seemeu to' HE
i, pretty well'-Chicaso Post op
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

daily instead Of one. This Is done in
an effort TO clear up the calendar
which has become seriously congested..
So many days have been devoted to
the bills on one subject that other
measures have had To wait The holly
contested measures are mostly out Of
the way now, however, and it is the
intention to rush the other bills to a
vote. The senate has succeeded in
keeping its calendar in good condition
and its sessions will be short.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
AIMS HOUSE To Be
PLACEDOND|SPLAY
Ia SALE COUNTY INSTITUTION
IS AMONG THE FINEST OF ITS
KIND IN STATE, SAYS SPRING.
FIELD DISPATCH.

Springfield. ILL.,, April 23-lllinois
aims houses will ne paced on display
at the national conference Of Charities
ana corrections in Pittsburg June to
IL. That is, thirty Of them will. A.
/, Bowen. executive secretary OF the
charities commission and chairman OF
the committee Of public charities OF
the national conference OF Charities
and corrections, has picked out the
hast county homes in the state for
the display, and although the state
has sonic very poor aims houses it has
some that it is proud Of
''The purpose of the exhibit will be
to bring to public notice the best eX-
anpIes of management and plans Tor
aims houses in the United States anu
Canada" Mr.. Bowen said today, the
competitive contest will be shown by
photographs, drawings, reports, sta'ls'
ties and general descriptive material
The thirty almshouses OF Illinois Sc
teetpd for the contest include all OF
the institutions erected within the last
ron wears and dozen or more old IN
stitutions which have been kept IN
good condition One of the oldest
bindings in the state will be shown
~ an example OF the good results
which can be secured through inteii-
gent care. The institutions chosen are
those which combine the three most
important features of almshouses man
ogalnent- humane and intelligent care
of inmates, good physical equipment
and efficiency Of management. They
represent every section OF the state
The population varies from ten TO
three thousand five hundred.
Special attention will be given 70
the infirmary which is considered
among the highest type OF almshouse
III the United States. II cares Tor
tnherculous patients. gives the best
possible attention to the old and in
firm and In every way IL equipped 70
look after its inmates properly. II Is
the intention to show the good results
obtained in this institution by pictures.
statistics, and reports.
Among other almshouses selected
for the national exhibit are those OF
Boone, Bureau. Carroll, Champaign,
Coles, DeKalb, Dewitt, DuPage, Ford,
Greene, Jackson, Kane, Knox. COOK,
Lee. Livingston, Macoupin. Madison,
Mason, Menard, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria,
piatt, Rock Island, Tasewell, vermil-
lion, Warren and White counties.
Two Sessions Day.
Springfield. ILL.,, April % Beginning
tomorrow the lower house OF the gen
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
Pleasant Smile.

1t Is a grand gift to be able to smile
as the pleasant man or woman smiles.
1t Is not the stcreotyped duty smile"
Of society: it is not the patronizifig
smile OF careless tolerance nor the
painful smile of bored politeness.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

and stayed four weeks but when ! came
home would faint just the came and
had the same pains.
A friend who is o nurse asked mo to
try Lydia r.. pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. began takingGt thatvery day
for | was suffering a great deal. lthas
already done me more good than the
hospital. To anyone who Is suffering
as i was my advice is to stop in the first
drugstore and get o bottle of Lydia E
Pinkkam'o Vegetable Compound before
you 90 home. - Mrs. w. G. BROWN,
2s44 W. 18th St, Cleveland, Ohio.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
-FOUR WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin
ally Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio. =" For years suf-
fered so sometimes it seemed as though

J. could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was gil in my lower
organs. At times /
could hardly walk,
for if ! stepped on a
little stone / would
almost faint. One
day ! did faint and
m y husband W as
sent for and the doc
tor came. Twas ta-I
ken to the hospital
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23

"And after they had married III haste
I suppose they repented ut leisure.
mo: they were perfectly CONSISTENT
They repented in haste also itch
mond Times Dispatch.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
Genius.

Genius.
A. diamond cuts diamond and one
hone smooths second. NIL parts OF
intellect are whetstones to each other,
md genius. which Is but the result OF
heir mutual sharpening. is character
too--Alfred Tennyson,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-23
! ! 1855 J ! ; ! + > , ! ; s s
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Indigestion.

] Indigestion.
+ For chronic indigestion caused !
y by too great acidity of the stom- \
+ ach Juices, bicarhnna,e ot Soda Is !
b the usual treatment. but Dr. :
: Louis 4. NJ. de Saious of fhlla' )
+ delphla quotes approviugly in the
y New York MedlcaI Journal lir' !
y Hayem's most recent procedure.
i This is to administer Artificial
+ carlsbad wate-. The effects of
! which. he says. seem to he more
J. pronounced as we'll us more last
y ing.
i DIR. uayem's artificial Carlsbad
+ water IS made thus: Sulphate Of
y soda. "A parts; bicarbonate OF
= soda. 81 parts: chloride OF soda.
y Is parts; sulphate Of POTASH
i PARTS OF these salts ane tea
y sImonfui is given III n half PINT
i of water nj between 10 anu III
= degrees + one hour before break
i fast.
4 Il II y 4
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
The Russians May Form an Alliance vth Germany What?
albuquerque May Offer $10O00O0 for the Pennington Road and
Gallup May Meet it Gallup Secures the Road Then to Snowflake
The Negative Won

The debate Wednesday night
at Academy under direction of
the M. |. A. resulted in a decis-
ion for the negative. The ques-
ton: Shall the citizens of Sno-
wfiake purchase the right of way
for the railroad thru the town?n
For the affirmative, John C.
Smith and Miss Thalia Kartchner;
negative, John Miller and Miss
Uldene Ramsay. The judges
were, H. R. Atkin, T. C. Hoyt
and Miss Dicie Brimhall. The
decision was close, one Of the
judges dissenting from the maj
ority. The affair created some
interest, and some said that such
a subject should not have been
debated at this time, on account
of the unsettled status of the
question among our people.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
Give the Home Merchant Z
Square Deal.

During these days of so much
advocating loyalty lets resolve to
make loyalty home affair with
ourselves. Before we rush off
money to mail order concerns
lets be sure that our home mer-
chants don't sell just what we
want. Remember that our home
merchants help to support our
public schools, as we'll as all other
home institutions. Give our
home merchants a square deal.
1t you can't get what you want
from our merchants then our
merchants nor no one else can
object to you sending away for
what you want. Mail order con-
Germs in far away cities do not
help build Snowflake. Suppose
you send a request to S. r. & Co.
M. W. & Co.. B. H. & Co., w.
l.. & Co., and others fora dona-
tion for the benefit of helping
make our new district school
building that much better and
bigger? Suppose you try this
scheme? You have Gall together)
sent thousands of dollars to them.
They make big profits. They
become bigger every year. Don t
you feel that they owe you some
thing? When you want SIS
donation for this or that, what
do you do to get it? Why, GER
tainly, you go to the home mer-
chant and ask for it, and what
is the outcome? Why, certainly,
you get it. Next time you pick
up the big fat catalog and begin
to hunt for the thing you want,
think of what we have here said.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
If Russia Joins Germany,
Then What?

The daily papers now tell us
that the United States may have
to break relations with Russia
and hint that Russia is likely to
join the huns. Two months ago
such news would have been con-
sidered as sensational as a world
wide earthquake. This news
comes now while Gen. Haig is
driving the huns from France,
and while Italy is fighting night
and day to prevent the huns from
destroying Venice. 1t is also
limited that within three more
months the United States will be
forced to take the lead of all the
allied armies against the huns.
All of which causes us to remark
that we are just now beginning
to fight the beginning of the war
With Russia's great wheat fields
thrown into the graneries of the
huns-with Russia's unlimited
resources handed over to the
huns-the war can be waged
for?
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
Got St. Johns Goat.

Academy students went to st.
Johns last Saturday and locked
horns with the St. Johns team in
basket ball, tennis, volley ball,
etc. Most of the prizes were
brought home by the Snowflake
team. In the language of the
Snowflake team: eve got st,
Johns goat"
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

Monday Henry Webb received
a bunch of moving picture films
by mistake. After he examined
them he saw that they were in
teresting. some reels from anoth-
er circuit, so he told a few that
he was going to run them thru.
The word was passed around and
by the time Henry could get up
steam the house was full and all
enjoyed the free show. Henry
says don't tell me people of
Snowflake don't like picture
shows
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

When H. F. Bushman was con-
Quoting his store at ST. Joseph he
enjoyed quite trade from the
Navajo Indians. So when he
moved down to Snowflake his
Indian friends followed him.
Just the other day one of his
good customers from the Nava-
JOS came 80 miles to do some trad
ing with the Bushman store.
This is in evidence of fair and
square dealing, as it is konwn
that Indian patronage can't be
held only by honest dealing.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
SCHOOL HISTORY OF SNOWFLAKE
By ThaIia Kartchner

AS the daughter of Snowflake pioneer parents
have become interested in looking up early Snow
flake history Many interesting stories of the first
settlement OF Snowflake have been told to me by
my parents, my aunts and unces and some others
of the first settlers.
Especially has the school history interested
me, as my mother taught the first school in Snow
flake.
My Grandfather Hunts family arrived here in
December of the year 1878 They had been living
in Savoia, or what is now Ramah, New Mexico
and my mother had taught little summer school
there, with brush shed for school-house
Bro VIM. j. Flake asked my mother who was
then Miss Amelia Hunt, to teach school at the
beginning Of 1879, but there was no school-house
in Snowflake at that time one of the little abode
stables built by Mr. Stinson was cleared out and
used for the school and all public meetings. This
first little school continued for only three or four
months.
By Christmas of 1879 the new log school house
was finished and dedicated. 1t was situated where
Mr.. ]. O. Freeman's home now stands, whereas,
the little stable school-house was w. J. Flakes
lot, the present site of the ''White House.
A Mr.. Leslie, non-Mormon, was hired for the
teacher and taught the first few months of the year
1880, my mother assisting him.
During the winter of 1880-81, my aunt, Mrs.
Ida H. Udall then Miss Hunt taught the first
months of the school, and Jesse N. Smith, Jr,
taught the latter part of the term.
1t was during that winter that my mother
taught the first school in Taylor, in log room be-
longing to Bishop Standfrd located on the lot
north of the present Taylor church-house
Mr. James Stinson, from whom Snowflake had
been purchased, was the county judge at that time
and he held teachers examination at my grand
fathers house; my aunts, Mrs. Udal, and Mrs.
May H. Larson, and my mother passed that ex-
animation and held county certificates and receiv-
ed county pay when they taught.
During the fall of 1881, Aunt Ida and mother
taught the Snowflake school, and in the spring of
1892 they taught the school at Taylor, three or
four months being as long as county funds allow
ed the schools to continue
The principal of the school during the winter
of 1928 was Jesse N Smith, Jr his wife being the
assistant teacher the forepart, and my mother the
latter part of the term
Miss Della Fish, now Mrs. Jos. w. Smith, ac-
cording to her own statement to me, returned in
the spring Of 1883 from Utah, where she had both
attended and taught school, and in the late sum-
mer or early fall Of 1883 she taught her first school
in Snowflake, which was the beginning of long
and successful career as teacher in Snowflake
school.
have gathered the foregoing facts from many
of the people who were both teachers and pupils
in these schools, as they remember them and they
are as nearly authentic as verbal and limited writ
ten Snowflake history can make them.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
Horse Kick Broke Leg.

Selso Carrillo had a leg broken
Monday while trying TO coax a
baIky horse to pull, the horse
kicking Carrillo. He was due to
appear before this term of dis
trict court on a charge of killing
and was picked up in an auto and
carried on to Holbrook.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
Cross Country Race.

The cross country hike race
Wednesday by Academy students
was won by Jess Decker, first;
Selso Allen, second, and Perry
Hancock, third. The Freshey
class won the turkey because Of
best showing of more points.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

L. C. Updike, the man who
put Apache county on the map
at the State Fair, has located in
Snowflake. Snowflake is just big
enough to take care of all live
wire boosters.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

F. E. Ross, state bank exami-
ner, was here this week checking
up the Bank of Northern Arizona,
in an official capacity.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

You will want to see Helen
Holmes this Saturday night. We
are promised the end of the
story. Who do you say won Hell
ems hand in marriage?
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Frost, Sunday, Nov. Is. a ten
pound soldier boy.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

M r'''On Flake is on the jury at
! .Uooh and maybe there dur
!, ! oil next week. John Miller
NSVIng the Flake store NOV
:, s'Ong in a business way, ac-
'nodating the trade.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

A. r'!oe by time we get our
\. ,'ao a TO Snowflake we will
n, ~as d. promised department.
4. lnen, not till then, will
NJ. appropriate to agitate and
" %a'e DO ALL your shop
~sat home"
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

Don't let the grass grow under
the heels of the Navajo county
fair for 1913.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

.r,5 paa Mrs. j. w. Sayan have
A. ' /, from Saginaw, Mich, to
M InlS nl place their future
4. ineSe people are converts
.s,S, mormon faith by the
p., '"g OF Marion Flake while
~, IN Michigan some years
~ a missionary.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30
b Brown Explains Why He Couldn't Fill appointment

| had engaged a place at the
office from (Mr. Caldwell in per-
SOM before today, and engaged
a seat from John Flake himself
some days ago.
Il was told that Marion Flake
was in Holbrook and would bring
me out in a very short time. |
waited till 1:30 p. m. Knew |
was not then able to reach Snow
flake in time to do anything, took
a freight and returned to Wins
low, after losing an entire day
from my business and accomplish
ing nothing.
This is in way of explanation
of why | was not in Snowflake as
| had promised. | very much
regret my inability to be there.
however, | feel that it was thru
no fault of mine that | did not fill
the appointment. | wish that
you would give this information
that the people may
know that it was no fault of mine
that | was not there.
Respectfully,
Oscar S. Brown. !"
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

E. F. Chaffee was in Holbrook
Monday transacting business.
The Snowflake herald., 1917-11-30

C. L. Stockin, of Phoenix. was
here Wednesday on business.