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The man was telling us that some
time before they had seen the Turks
bringing. up ammunition from some
storehouses, but they did not come
anywhere near. He said their sergeant
wanted our messenger to tell them
that, too. He would say few words
very fast, then he would SILVER again,
and his jaws would clip together and
he would try to raise his hand, but
could not.
Then our sergeant asked the name
Of the other sergeant, and when the
man told him he said the man was
senior to himself and therefore In
command and would have to be obeyed.
He seemed to cheer up lot after
he said this and did not SILVER any
more, so 1 thought I would volunteer
then, so said to him, "Well, mon
vieux, do you think we are seeing real
Smelling now?" And then 1 was going
to say l would go, but he looked at
me in funny way for second and
then said, swell, my son, suppose you
go and find out"
thought he was kidding me at first,
but then saw he meant it. I thought
two things about it-one was that any
thing was better than staying there,
and the other was that the old dugout
was a pretty fair place after all. But
did not say anything to the SER
geant or the other men-just went
out of the dugout. The sergeant and
another. man went with me and boost
ed me over the back wall Of the hole.
lay fiat on the ground for a minute to
get my bearings, and then started off.
set my course for where thought
the communication trenches were, to
the right and / just stood up and ran,
for 1 figured that as the shells were
falling so thick and it was open
ground I would not have any better
chance If l craw1ed.
1 tripped several times and went
down, and each time thought 1 was
hit, because when I got it in the thigh
at Dixmude it felt a good deal as
though 1 had tripped over a rope.
And one time when I fell a shell ex-
ploded near me and I began to SILVER
again, and 1 could not go on for
long time. All this time 1 did not
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uedtn Fdtcn, WIN the SnellS tuning
up for the dirge. 1t was impossible to
listen to the shells. If you kept your
mind on the noise for any length OF
time it would split your eardrums,
am sure. So all we could do was to
lay low In the shell hole and wait for
something to happen.
| Then they began using shrapnel on
us, and one of our machine gunners,
who got up from his knees to change
position, had his head taken clean off
his shoulders, and the rest of him
| landed near my feet and squirmed a
little, like chicken that had just been
| killed. 1t was awful to see the body
without any head move around that
way, and we could hardly make our
selves touch 1T for some time. Then
we rolled it to the other side of the
hole.
Then, to one side of us, there was
more violent explosion than any yet.
The earth spouted up and fell on US.
and big clouds of black smoke, sliding
along the ground, covered our shell
hole and hung there for some time.
One of our sergeants, from the regular
French infantry, said it was a shell
from a Turkish 155-mm. howitzer.
That was only the first one. The
worst thing about them was the smoke
people who think Pittsburgh is
smoky ought to see about fifty of those
big howitzer shells bursting, one after
another.
We could not tell what the rest of
our line was doing or how we were
standing the awful fire, but we felt
sure they were not having any worse
time than we were. In a few minutes
we heard the good old "75s" start
pounding, and it was like hearing an
old friends voice over the telephone,
and everybody in our shell hole
cheered, though no one could hear US
and we could barely hear each other.
Still we knew that if the sos" got
going in their usual style they would
do for an enemy battery or two, and
that looked good to US. The "75s"
made the noise worse, but it was al |
ready about as bad as it could be, |
and a thousand guns more or less |
would not have made it any harder |
to stand.
One of our men shouted in the SER
geants ear that the men in line ahead
of US and to the right were trying to
give us message of some kind. The
sergeant stuck his head above the
parapet and had a look. But l stayed
where 1 was-the sergeant could see
for himself and me, too, as far as 1
vas concerned.
He shouted at US that the men In
he other trench were trying to signal
something, but he could not make 1t
,ut because the clouds of smoke would
oil between them and break up the
words. So he laid down again in the
,ottom of the hole. But after a while
lie looked over the parapet and saw
man just leaving their trench, evil
Iently with a message for us, and he
lad not gone five steps before he was
'lown to pieces, and the lad who fol- |
owed him got his, too, so they stopped
rying then.
And all the time the "75s" were
ending theirs to the Turks not far
yer our heads to 900 yards behind /,
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CHAPTER xiv.
The croix de Cuerre.


When we had been on the shore
6Or about three weeks we found our
SELVES one morning somewhere near
Sedd- el-Bahr under the heaviest fire
4 ever experienced. Our guns and the
Turks were at it full blast, and the
noise was worse than deafening.
A section OF my company was lying
out In a shell hole near the commu-
nicAtion trench with nothing to do
but wait for a shell to find them. We
were stiff and thirsty and uncomfort-
able, and had not slept for two nights.
In that time we had been under con-
slant fire and had stood of several
raidfng parties and small attacks from
enemy trenches.
We had no sooner got used to the
shell hole and were making ourselves
as comfortable as possible in 1t when
along came a shell of what must have
been the Jack johnson size, and we
were swamped. We had to dig three
OF the men out, and though one of
them was badly wounded we could not
send him back to the hospital. In
<act. the Smelling was SO heavy that
hone Of us ever expected to come out
- It alive.
So, It was like keeping your own
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KEEP CREAM CANS COVERED
Direct Rays Of Sun Counterfeit What
ever Care Has Previously Been
Made to Keep Cool.

(By r. MCANN, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.)
A great part Of the value Of keeping
cream cool on the farm and at the
station or creamery is lost in the
cream being exposed to the direct rays
Of the sun while being hauled from
the farm to the point Of sale. Far
too few people stop to realize the Inn
porfRnce of covering their cream cans
wheR bringing them In to town. Elk
pensiye jacketed cans are not a neces-
sity to\keep the cream cool; In sum-
ner weather. just an ordinary piece OF
clean wet burlap or blanket thrown
over theI cans will keep the tempera-
ture Of the cream as much as 20 de-
grees below what 1t would rise to II
left uncovered While being transported
3ver the average hauling distance.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There II
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness II
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. and
when It is entirely closed, Deafness Is the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases Of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
=. ]. Cheney 4 Co. Toledo. Ohio.
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cONTAINER OF PROPER KIND
Likely to Be Damaged in Transit
in the Mails.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
One important requirement for par
eel post shipping and marketing is q
proper and satisfactory container.
Sometimes the consumer can secure
containers more readily and economi-
cally than the producer. Those with
handles are much less likely to be dam
aged in transit in the mails than those
which are not thus supplied and which
are likely to be tossed or thrown or
handled by the string or Irvine used In
tying them. A bamboo basket serves
the purpose very well and may be used
a long time. Ordinary splint baskets
made Of strips of veneer may also be
used, and if they can be secured at
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think / would get through. but finally
when I reached what had been the
communication trench 1 felt 1 had
done the worst part Of it, and I began
to wish very hard that I would get
through was not at all crazy about
going west.
The mouth of the communication
trench had been battered in and the
trenches it Joined with were all filled
up. There were rifles sticking out
Of them in several places, and
thought probably the men had been
buried alive in them. But it was too
late then, If they had been caught, so
I climbed over the blocked entrance to
the communication trench and started
back along it. 1t led up. through sort
of gully, and l thought it was q bad
place to dig q communication trench
in, because 1t gave the Turks some
thing like the side of hill to shoot at.
Every once in while would have
to climb in and out of a shell hole,
and parts of them were blocked where
q shell had caved in the walls. In one
place l saw corpses all torn to pieces,
so l knew the Turks had found the
range and had got to this trench In
great shape. At another place / found
lots Of blood and equipment but no
bodies. and 1 figured that reinforce
ments had been caught at this spot
and that they had retired, taking their
casualties with them.
The Turks still had the range, and
they were sending shell into the
trench every once in while, and
was knocked down again, though the
shell was SO far away that it knocked
me down with force of habit more
than anything else. / felt dizzy and
shivered lot, and kept trying to think
of Murray or anything else but myself.
So finally l got to the top of the
little hill over which the gully ran,
and on the other side 1 felt almost
safe. just down from the crest of the
hill was one of our artillery positions, |
with the good old ''75s' giving it to the
Turks as fast as they could. told |
the artillery officers what had hap
pened, had a drink Of water and |
thought would take nap. But when
they telephoned the message back to
division headquarters the man at the
receiver said something to the officer
and he told me to stay there and be
ready. thought sure he would send
me back to where came from and
knew I never could make it again
3ut did not say anything.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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container for Shipping Cheese by Par
eel Post.

container for Shipping Cheese by Par
Gel Post.
price sufficiently cheap a new one for
each shipment is more economical than
having them returned, unless they are
sent back in lots of ten or more I'M
der one cover. This, of course, neces-
states using them without a wooden
handle, in which case q heavy Irvine
should be used for a handle. This
twine can be united and the baskets
used, or placed in one another, for re-
turn shipment. If basket with
wooden handle is used, care should be
taken to see it is securely nailed, not
only at the rim of the basket but
farther down toward the bottom, so as
to prevent undue leverage which may
break loose the mailing.
Corrugated pasteboard cartons fire.
quently may be found useful and desir-
able for this service. They are made in
q great variety of sizes, dimensions,
and patterns, and when empty are
shipped knocked down fiat.
Few persons know how to prepare
and pack fruit and produce for market.
Proper packing for parcel post market
ing is of primary Importance and needs
to be emphasized so that both the con-
tents and the containsr may carry
arrive in good condition,
and present satisfactory appearance.
The pack should be regular, of as near
ly uniform produce as possible, and Of
full measure according to the guam
tity ordered. A little practice will en-
able almost anyone to pack basket
Or container of any kind in satisfac-
tory manner.
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Watson Il. Cole m n,
n Patent Lawyer, Washington,
- d. G. Advice and books free.
Rates reasonable. Highest references. estseUices
The laxative Golfer.

Parkc-I see you -have been playing
golf with Perkins wife. Is she good
player? N
IAne-Fair. She goes round in about
hundred strokes and a couple OF
thousand words-London Tit-Bits.
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His View.

wives are sold in the Fill islands
for So each"
"Cgh!"
Shame, isn't it?"
EYES," growled the grouchy bache
Tor; more profiteering.
Courter-Journal.
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Unusual candor.

The following marriage notice.
clipped from an English newspaper, IL
delightfully."- frank in its climax:
Married-On the 18th inst. at Stoke
upon-Trent, Mr.. Joseph Farmer to
Eliz. Walklate, both of Cobridge, In
the Pottery after tedious courtship
Of about twelve years.
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A New Way to Shave

Tender skins twice day without irri-
tation by using Cuticura Soap the
"Cuticura Way" No Shiny mug, germs,
waste Of time or money. For free sam
pies address, "Cuticura, Dept. K, Bos-
ton" At druggists and by mail. Soap
rs, Ointment Is and 5O--Adv.
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us, and the howitzers were dropping
their 240-pound bits Of iron in every
vacant space and some that were not
vacant. 1t was just one big roar and
screech and growl all at once, like
turning the whole dog pound loose
on a piece Of meat.
The conclusions felt like one long
string of boxes on the ear, and our
throats were 50 dry that 1t hurt to
swallow. which always makes your
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Murderous.

Bell-How did she cut him dead7
Siell-Looked daggers at him.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
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Electric locomotives are being In
creasingly adopted in South Africa foi
underground haulagA
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Massachusetts has 100000 voters I'M
able to read or write English.
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Millions Of particular women now ~
and recommend Red Cross BAH Blue. An
grocers. Adv.
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ments, they did not care which-only
to be ordered to do something. There
was not a commissioned officer left
with either of the detachments, you
see, and you might say we were up
in the air-only we were really as far
in the ground as we could get
The man thought there were other
of our lines not far behind us, but we
knew better; SO then he said he did
not see how any one could get back
from there to our nearest lines. I
did not see either. Then we all fig
ured we were forgotten and would not
come out Of there alive, and you can
believe me or not, but did not much
care. Anything would be better than
just staying there in that awful noise
with nothing to do, and no water.
Our sergeant said he would not ask
any man to attempt to carry the mes
sage, because he said it was not only
certain death, but absolutely useless.
And he began to show that he was
near shell shock himself.
Then began to SILVER again, and l
thought to myself that anything would
be better. than sitting in this hole wait
ing to go "cafard," SO decided to vol
unteer. I did not think there was any
chance to get through, but it seemed
as II just had to do something, no
matter what. / had never felt that
way before, and had never been
anxious to Ego west" with shell for
company, but have felt that way
'tnca then several times, ! can tell
ron.
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HEALTH NOTICE.

The Influenza situation in the City
of Warren has shown decided i'm
proyement during the past week; so
much, in fact, that the Local Board of
Health is justified in lifting the ban on
Thursday, November 2Sth. $3.50
However, the danger is not entirely
past and the Board urges upon all scitit
zens to continue the usual precautlOn
and avoid unnecessary exposure. For
the present, the Board will not allow
public dances or private dances in
public places, nor allow large public ga
therings such as mass meetings, union
church meetings, etc.
The Public Schools will open on Fri
day ofzthis week. In order to remove
the danger of contagi to a minimum,
Miss Inga Imsdahl, graduate nurse,
has been engaged to serve in s:the
schools. Pupils = showing s suspicious
sympt toms will not be admitted, allZab-
sentees will be investigated and every
effort made to safeguard the health of
the children in our schools. Children
from homes where Influenza has exist
ed will not be admitted until after
three weeks from the appearance of the
last case, or until all clinical symptoms
have disappeared. -
:. The Local Board of Health wishes to
thank the citizens of Warren for their
hearty support in its efforts to control
the epidemic Of Influenza in this City.
Z; J. r. Board Of Health.
Dr. III. M. Blegen
5|E Ed. Quistgard
s: r. G. Mathwig
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OSLO BOY DIES IN FRANCE.

"A telegram was received at this place
Wednesday morning announcing the
death Of Private Severt A. Klegstad,
October 26th, in France, from wounds
received in action on the firing line.
The message is from the War Depart
mental Washington.
Severt was wounded in battle about
four weeks ago, and information was
conveyed to the parents at that time
that their sson was on the road to re
covery and also letter from the son
was received last week saying he would
soon be able to leave the hospital and
probably return home thus with hope
buoyed up that they would soon see
their son, they were looking forward to
the day of his return. Evidently there
was relapse in his case as his death
came unexpected.
As to the nature Of his wounds moth
, ing definite has been learned, but an
inkling that he had lost an arm in
battle.
This intelligence lis a severe blow to
the. bereaved parents as Severt us their
only son and while he has made the
supreme sacrifice in the cause Of de
moeracy and the freedom Of the world
there is a pang Of sorrow, a vancancy
that no human effort can replace.
8 Honor to the memory OF Private
Severt "A. Klegstad for his heroic sacri-
fice.-The Oslo Tribune.
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Charley C. Peterson Passed Away.

Charley G. Peterson died at Deer
River, Mimi, Nov. II, 1918, aged a.
years, 3 months and4 days
Charley Peterson was born In Totten.
vile, Staten Island, >NewsYork, Aug 10
|1S76. In the spring ofS18S3 he came
to this community togeth4fsssWith his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ghristian Peter.
son, who settled on rlAaA Of War:
rem. Two months before HE death he
left for Deer River, where he worked
for the Minnesota Veneer CO.. =. z
!. On "Wednesday, Nov. Is, word was re
ceived by his folks stating. that he was
seriously ill.,. having contracted the
Spanish Influenza. Thursday morning
word was received that he had passed
away during the night. Therefore no
one Of his relatives was able to be pres
ent at the. time of his death.
The remains were brought to- this
city where private funeral services
were held from the undertaking parlors
conducted by Rev. Tollevs, *of Our
Saviour's church. The remains were
laid to rest at the Greenwood cemetery.
He leaves to mourn his early death, his
aged mother and two sisters, namely,
Mrs. H.. NJ Madison, Of Tottenville,
Staten Island, New York, and Mrs.
Christian Andreason, of town OF Hedge
land, besides three nieces and six
nephews. rs. T
His father passed away in the spring
of 1904. 1 IS sssz~ So.
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The resignation Of McAdoo as secre-
tary Of the treasury and director gen
eral Of railways, express, telegraph and
telephone lines has caused sensation
in the@ country. We always thought
McAdoo was given too much to do, but
we never thought he would throw up
all his jobs at. once. He mentions as a
reason for his resignation the INSULT
cheney Of the salary. AS the salary of
a cabinet minister is $4,000 a. year,
it will strike many Of us who will have
to work for much less, that they have
departed greatly from the SIMPLICITY Of
the fathers in the present day Wash
ington. By this we do not say that
McAdoo has not justly earned more pay
than he has been getting. He has per
formed the almost superhuman tasks
thrown upon him by his disting uished
father in-law, President Wilson, very
efficiently, we believe, and is entitled to
the thanks Of the nation.
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RED CROSS NOTES

The Red Cross meeting billed for
Monday evening was called off on ac-
count Of the Flu Ban not having been
lifted as had been supposed.
Mrs; Blacks class in sewing will
meet this week Friday. Other classes
will resume work next week.
Mr. IL. L. Wood has accepted the
craftsmanship of the christmas Roll
CALI for this year.
There will be no yarn given out this
week
Mrs. Ayers will be at the Red Cross
rooms Friday and Saturday afternoons
Of this week to receive Christmass at:
tons to- be sent to soldiers abroad.
These are the last days they can be re
Ecetyed. Identification cards will be
furnished for those to sign who may
not yet have received their labels.
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North Star C Ollege

School will open on Friday morning
of this week at the regular hour, 20.
We will be pleased to see all of our stu
dents at this time Glass work will
begin Immediately and it is our sincere
wish and earnest prayer that we may
continue unhampered the remainder OF
the fall term. s. 4,
The Mission Board Of the Red River
Valley Conference was in session in
this city last Tuesday. They held their
meeting at the College.
Miss Olga HermansOn returned last
Saturday morning to resume her work
after having visited with the home
folks at Nicollet, Mimi, since the Flu
closing order went into effect.
The Board Of Health gave us per
mission to begin our work in the music
department last Friday morning
Since that time our students have been
busy making up their lost lessons. We
are willing to make up every lesson
that has been lost on account OF the
closing. We therefore urge our pupils
to do their part In this makeup work.
Thanksgiving services will be held IN
the College auditorium on Thursday
evening Of this week as the church Is
not fully ready for meetings. The
Sunday school will meet at the same
place next Sunday morning at ~
O'Clock. ~ s5.ss
We have had the pleasure Of rece1v:
ing letters from three OF our boys the
past few weeks. Victor Erickson
writes from France Arthur Wilson
from Camp Cody, New Mexico, and
Leonard .Morud from the University Of
Minnesota.
Do not forget to come to school on
Friday morning. All work will be
made-up as time goes on. rs
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From France Also
CLAIMS.
r NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE

Red Lake Falls, Mimi, Nov. 3.-In-
fuenza claimed a newly married couple
among it's victims when Mr.. and Mrs
Jospeh Remmear died within a day Of
each other at the home Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Loeffer Of Geryais.
Mrs Remmear was formerly Miss
Frances L0effer, and she had been
married to her husband only since
October %. She died Thursday after
noon and her husband died Friday
morning. The priest who married
them, Rev Joseph "a. Perrin Laurent,
pastor Of st. Anthony's Catholic church
at Terrebone, died Of the epidemic
November 2, ten days after the cere-
mony. .z
The double funeral was held Friday,
and husband and wife were buried in
the same grave in the cemetery of st.
Anthony's church at Terrebonne.