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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Bear Ridge Assists Carrier

Alec Galloway and 0. Alber cir
culated a petition on Bear ridge
last week for the purpose of secur-
ing funds for the purchase of hay
and grain to be donated to rural
mail carrier on route No. 2.
On account of the high price of
feed and increased living expenses,
the patrons of the route deemed it
necessary to assist the carrier in
financial way in order to make it
possible for him to continue the
mail route. There is a half way
station where the carrier feeds his
team and this has also been stocked
with a liberal supply of hay and
grain. Following is list of those
who donated and the amount each
gave:
S1.0O
A. Galloway, VIM. Elliott, W. l..
McGraw, Ira Altig, Mrs. GLADDEN..
W. M. Blenden. w. W. Reid, M. L.
McGraw, Tom Van Moulkin, Leon
ard Fairfield, S. Nelson, K. L. Karl
son, R. r. Skinner, Jas. S. Nelson,
R. W. Bigham, Sam Nelson, O. S.
Nelson, Seiner Nelson. G. S. Nelson,
S. Monk, Sneve Bros, J. W. Huff
man, W. E. Hecht, Leon Ingle, A.
Hooker, Ed Lein, Halvor Lein, D.
j. Ingle, Geo. K. Sind, A. Moore,
Alfred Nelson, }. J. Sind, O. H.
Forest. |. M. Kleth, "A. N. Rogn-
stad, w. Whybark, o. V. Morey,
Fred Black, W. M. Gentry, o. AL
ber, C. A. Elliott, w. C. May, w.
H. Fairfield, c. H. Bodenhouse,
Luther May, Barney Riley, Mrs.
Dan Watts, Dave Gentry, o. Nc
Keehen, W. M. May, R. May, Ira
Gentry, E. Aas, j. Alber, X. D.
Ingle, Ole Lein, M. Knudson so,
H. Clemenhagen so, w. J. Rou-
berg, so, C. Newman, .65, Lloyd
Gambler, so.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01

The County Council of Defense is
working on a census of the county,
the purpose of which is to list every
man, and woman, giving their prop
erty value, their financial standing,
their investment in Liberty bonds,
the amount they have subscribed to
the Red Cross or other war agen-
cies, the kind of people they are,
and all other facts that will show
how they stand and what they are
or have been doing. And, take it
from the Republican, the Stacker is
now due for a bawling out and
then some. The time has come to
put every man and woman in the
United States on record, and to see
that the Stacker takes his share of
the burden. People who enjoy the
protection Of this splendid govern
ment, and who are financially able,
are to be made to step out and do
their just part. The Stacker ques-
tion was handled at Colfax without
gloves. Let no man, whether farm
er or townsman. think he will get
by this time. The Government is
gathering the information and TAX
ing the measure of every man and
every woman in the land. Where
does your own record entitle you to
stand? Are YOU satisfied that it is
all that it ought to be? If not get
busy NOW!-Clearwater Republi-
can.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Cameron Red Cross Sale

March 2, tomorrow, Cameron
will have big Red Cross auction
sale. A large list of donations have
already been received and every
body is urged to bring any articles
on the day of the sale that will help
to increase the total sum of money
to be raised. The sale will start at
1000 o'clock and continue until
everything is sold. A lunch will be
served at noon. Everybody invited
to attend.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Clipped From Exchanges

John Dunlap reported to the Tri-
bune one day this week that he had
just lost three good work horses
from some disease that could not be
controlled. The first symptoms are
extreme hunger, followed by fever
and kidney troubles, it being i'm
possible to relieve the animal from
his distress with the use of metal
lie catherter. Mr.. Dunlap said an
examination of a horse after death
showed the urine in the bladder had
become of gelatine thickness. He
said some forty or fifty horses had
died in this vicinity of late, and if
the epidemic is not checked at once,
farmers will suffer for want of a
sufficient number of work horses to
handle their crops. The situation
has been reported to Governor Alex
ander, who will no doubt take i'm
mediate steps to stamp out the
disease. e.-Orofno Tribune.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
From Corporal H. c. Wilken

Somewhere in France. We had
a very nice trip over the ocean. the
weather being fine nearly every
day.
We are drilling every day but we
haven't been close enough to the
front to have or see any fighting
yet. This is the 4th camp we have
been in over here.
Well, must close, as | can't write
and tell very much. Best regards
to all.-Corporal H. C. Wilkins, M.
G. Co. l63rd Inf, A. E. F.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Elevator For Moscow

Repre- sentatives of the Union
Warehouse Co. of Moscow were in
Kendrick Monday to get some of
the latest ideas in grain elevator
construction. The company has
definitely decided to construct an
elevator to be completed before the
grain season begins. The plans
now call for an elevator of $4,000
bushels capacity.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Letter From Delbert Riggle

HOnOlulu, Lee. 10. well, l am SO
far on my journey. We sailed from
Frisco the 5th and were about 8
hours out when we caught a wire
less to take some doctors back we
had on board so it was 1000 o'clock
the next day before we got a good
start.
We ran into rough weather the
second day out and there was
crowd of sick boys for a while.
The deck is 20 feet above water
and every once in while the top of
a wave would wash over it.
thought it was pretty rough but
the old sailors said it was only run
ming little.
We passed Leper Island just be-
fore pulling in here. This is sup
posed to be city of $4,000 but it
certainly doesn't look it. It looks
like a bunch of stores and houses
set down in a grove. l had from
p. m. last night until Z a. m. this
morning to look it over.
l am acting corporal while doing
guard, and sergeant the rest of the
time. l am the drill sergeant of
our company. Have to give so of
them drill every morning and it's
pretty hard to do when the ship is
rolling as you fall all over the deck.
Guam. Dec. 2s. We are getting
pretty close to the end of our jour-
ney at last. About 1900 miles
more think it is. 1t is 2192 miles
from Frisco to Honolulu and 1922
miles from Honolulu to Guam. so
you see what's left doesn't amount
to much.
Spent some Christmas-86 de-
grees in the shade and no shade.
These islands are certainly pretty.
Everything is green and even the
solid rocks have something growing
on them.
l am salt water sergeant in our
company. went on guard as SER
geant of the guard Wednesday.
Only two men above me on board
the ship then-the commanding Of
ficer and the officer of the day.
We are 30g hours ahead of you
in time here. | went to bed on
Wednesday night and got up Friday
morning. That was when we cross
ed the lS0th meridian. Every day
when we are sailing is "a hours and
20 minutes long.
Manila, Jan. 16. We arrived here
the 5th and had 80 days on the
water.
This is sure some place. 1t has
over 100000 population and is
about as big as town of $4,000 in
the states. 1t is an old Spanish
town and all of it built out of rock
Some of the houses have walls three
and four feet thick. The streets
are so crooked it is almost impos
sible for one to find his way. You
have heard how they dress in South
America and that's the way they
dress here-when they bother about
dressing.
The weather has been good hert
so far about IS or 90 degrees ir
the shade. | suppose you are shov
cling snow there.-Delbert Riggle
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Still on the Map

If collections are slow and your
sales sheets don't grow,
Don't think the towns gone on the
bum;
Bill McAdoo's wagon still stops
without flaggin',
Which ought to encourage US some.
-Alpheus Knutt.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01

A total eclipse of the sun will
take place June s.. In this part of
the world it will be SO percent
eclipse. No part of the United
States will have a total eclipse but
Florida will have 80 percent of a
total.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01

All uncertainty as to the inten-
tions Of the farmers of this section
relative to the construction of a
grain elevator at Deary appear to
have vanished. Announcement is
made that they have definitely de-
cided to build, and actual construc.
tion will commence at as early a
date as conditions will permit.
While it will not be possible to
give details concerning the build
ing until the same have been work
ed out by the committees, it may
be stated that the proposed elevator
will be of sufficient capacity to an
swer all needs for many years to
come. 1t will be equipped with
modern appliances, including clean
ing machinery. This will eliminate
dockage for tare upon which trans
portation to the terminals must be
paid. This is dead loss to the
grower.-Latah County Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Realized $54 From Dance

The Red Cross dance was a sue
cess from every standpoint. A pro-
gram was given before the dance
and was rendered in the following
order.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01

A lunch was served at 1920 after
which the dance continued until
late hour. The feature of the eve
ming was the music furnished for
the quadrilles, by Joe Ivy on his
violin. 1t couldn't have been done
better in Missouri.
The receipts from the dance net
ted about S54 which was turned
over to the local Red Cross
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-01
Local Red Cross Report
Receipts

Receipts
Jan. q Balance in hands of Treas
urer $2l.40
January Dues 1900
Red Cross pin .15
Donations 86.97
Dances, Banquets and entertain
ments I46.45
Total $27O.97
Disbursements
Jan. 26 Helen Helpman, stationery
and stamps $l.S5
Jan. % S. P. Callison, freight on
boxes $40
Jan. % Kendrick Store, material
$500
Jan. % Red Cross Pharmacy, War
rant Book AS
Feb. A Alexander Store Juliaetta,
buttons and postage .95
Feb. 8 C.. F. Byrne, material 200
Total S1OS.35
Feb. % Balance in hands of Treas
urer Sl62.62
Marie l.. Walker, Treasurer.
Helen Helpman, Secretary.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

and tot Philippe Pierre up on thl
othert with his body from the waist
up hanging over my back. 20 that
! could hold his wounded leg on. and
started back. There was only one or
two Of our men left between the
trenches. Our machine guns were at
II hard and the Turks were firing and
Bombing at fun speed.
l had not gone more than two or
three PAGES when l came across
another Of our men, wounded 10 sew
eral places and groaning away at a.
great rate. Philippe Pierre was not
saying word. but the other chap
did enough for the two Of them. One
wounded man was all could manage,
with my rife and pack. over the rough
ground and the barbed wire I had 10
60 through. So l told this fellow,
whose name cannot remember--1
never did know him very well--that I
would come back for him. and went
on. / almost fell several times, but
managed to get through safely and
g. 1.
rolled over our parapet with Philippe
Pierre. They started the lad back In
stretcher right away. When saw
him again he gave me little box as
q souvenir. but l have lost II.
The Turks had not got very far with
their counter-attack. because we were
able 10 get our barrage going in time
to check them. But they were still out
In front OF their trenches when ]
started back after the other garby.
was not exactly afraid as crawled
along searching for the other man,
hut was very thirsty and nervous
for fear our barrage would begin
again or the machine guns cut loose.
After what seemed long time came
upon a wounded man, but he was not
the one / was after. / thought about
IA bird In the hand" etc, and was Just
starting to pick this chap up when
a shell burst almost on us and
knocked me two or three feet away.
II Is wonder It did not kill both
OF us. but neither Of rs was hurt. ]
thought the fire would get heavier
then. 90 I dragged the other chap into
one Of two holes made by the shell.
Some pieces OF the shell had stuck
into the dirt in the hole and they were
sim hot Also. there was sort Of
gas there that hung around for sew
eral minutes, but II was not very bad.
The man began talking to me. and
he said It was an honor to lie on the
field OF battle with leg shot of and
dead men piled all about you, and
some not dead but groaning. he told
me would soon be able 70 hear the
groaninG. though / had not said /
minded II. or anything about It Then
he said again what an honor It was.
and asked II I had drink for him.
I had not had any water all day, and
! told him so, but he kept on asking
for It all the sage. Some Of the Turk
ish bombers must have sneaked up
pretty close to our lines. for when 1
looked out Of the hole toward our
lines. and a shell burst near them,
/ could see Turk coming toward us.
We played dead then, but l had my
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

And could see Murray as he looked
when they took him down from the
storehouse wall. Then l would stick
another one.
The others from the Cassard were
red-hot. TOO. and they went ut the
Turks In great style. There was
nothing 20 complain about In the way
they fought but wished that we had
had a few more boys from the Foreign
Legion with us. think we would have
gone clear on through to CONSTANT
nople.
But the Turks were not as bad as
Fritz. They were Just as good or bet
ter as lighters. and a whole lot whittier.
Often, when we were frying 10 the
trenches and not drop OF water was
to be had. something would land on
the ground near US and there would be
"A water bottle. full. Sometimes they
almost bombarded US with bottles.
Then, too, they would not fire ON the
Red Cross, as the Germans do; they
would hold their FIRE many times when
We were out picking up our wounded.
Several times they dragged our wound
ID as close as they could to tho barbed
wire that we might find them easier.
After Murray died I got to thinking
lot more than I used TO. and though
I did not have any bunch exactly. still
! felt as though ! might get II. too,
which was something had never
thought much about before. / used to
Clnk about my grandmother. too,
when had TINA and about Brown
I used b wonder what Brown was
doing ana wish We were together But
I could remember my grandmother
smiling. ana that helped some. guess
I was lonely. TO tell the truth. I did
not know the other garbies very well.
and the only one left that ! was
really yeFy fi4sndiy with rot hib soon
afterward. though not a. bad as Muir
ray. And then there was no one that
Twas really chummy with. That would
not have bothered me ut all before
Murray died.
The other lad spoke Of as having
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27


The worst OF all was that no kept
groaning for water. and It made me
thirstier than / had been. even. But
there was not a drop Of water any
where and knew there was no use
searching any bodies for TASKS. So
we just had to stick 1t out. Pretty
soon the wounded man quit groaning
and was quiet. and / knew he was
going to die too. It made me mad to
think that I had not been Of any use
In carrying these two men around,
but II / had gone on with either Of
them 1t would have been just the same
they would have died and probably
! would have got It, too. When fig
ured 1t out this way I quit worrying
about 1t, only I wished the fire would
let up.
So the other man died, and there
were two Of them in the hole. read
the numbers on their Identification
disks when shells burst near enough
so that could see them. and after q
while got back to our lines and rolled
in. could not remember the num-
bers or the names by that time. but a
working party got them, along with
others, so 1t was all right.
My clothes were mess, as have
said, and / was so tired I thought
could sleep for "a week, but could
not stand 1t In my clothes any longer.
1t was absolutely against regulations,
but I took of all my clothes-the
blood had soaked into the skln-and
wrapped myself in nothing but air
and went right to sleep. did not
sleep very well, but woke up every
once in while and thought was in
TIE hole again.
During the night they brought up
water, but / was asleep and did not
know it. They did not wake me-
but two men saved by share,
though usually In case like that It
was everybody for himself and let the
last man go dry. You could not blame
them, either. 80 thought It was
pretty decent Of these two 10 save mo
share for me. / believe they must
have had a hard time keeping the
others off OF It. to say nothing Of them
selves. for there really was not more
than enough for one good drink all
around. It tasted better than anything
have ever drunk. Go dry TOR q
hours In the hottest weather Jon can
find. do'a nights work ike that, and
come to In the morning with Q tin
cup full Of muddy water being handed
TO you. and you Win know what I
mean.
AT Gaba Tepe there were steep little
hills with quarries In between them,
and most Of the prisoners we took
were caught In the Quarries. We
found lots Of dead Turks under piles
Of roch, where our guns had battered
the walls Of the quarries down on
them.
We were fighting about this part Of
the country one time when we saw
three motor trucks disappear over the
side of hill going across country.
The detachment from the Cassard was
sent over on the run and we came
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27
CHAPTER XIII.
LImeys, An1acs and poIIus.

GfHUyur AUALp1 lTQ FOtl0Us
One night, while we were expecting
nm nttnck. the word was passed down
the line 10 have the wire cutters ready
and 70 use bayonets only for the first
part OF the attack. for We were 10 try
and take the drst enemy trench b,
surprise. The FIRST trench was only
about eighty yards away. Our big guns
opened up aud At zero we climbed out
and followed the curtain of fire too
closely, II seemed to me.
But the barrage stopped too soon,
as II docs sometimes, and there were
plenty Of Turks left. We were half
way across when they saw us. and
they began banging away at us very
hard. They pounded at us as we came
on until we were given the order TO
retire. almost as we were on them
what was left OF rs.
As we turned and started back the
Turks rushed out TO counter-attack us,
the FIRST Of them busy with bombs.
Then l tripped over something and
rolled around a while and then saw
Il was Philippe Pierre. His left leg
was dangling, cloth and flesh and all
shot away and the leg hanging to the
rest OF him BY a shred. Two or three
OF our men who were on their way
back to our trenches tripped over me
as tried to get up. and then a shell
exploded near by and / thought had
got II sure. but 1t was only the rocks
thrown up by the explosion.
Finally was able to stand up. So
! slung my rifle over one shoulder
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

! Picked Him Up and Started Back.
there in the hole and he died. Shortly
afterward the hre slackened a little
and got out and started toward our
lines. But I remembered about the
other wounded man / had passed
when was carrying Philippe Pierre.
so / began hunting for him, and after
a long time found him. He was still
alive. His chest was all smashed In
and he was badly cut up around the
neck and shoulders. / picked him up
and started back, but ran into some
barbed wire and had to go around.
! was pretty tired by this time and
awfully thirsty. and / thought II ! did
not rest little bit could never make
It. l was so tired and nervous that
1 did not care much whether / did
get back or not. and the wounded
garby was grooming all the time.
SO when / thought the shells were
coming pretty thick again I got into a
shell hole and 1t was the same one
l had left not long before. The dead
garby was there just as had left him.
The wounded one was bleeding all
over, and my clothes were Just soaked
with blood from the three men, but
most Of all from hin,. There was some
OF my own blood on me, too, for when
l was knocked down by the shell my
nose bled and kept bleeding for long
time, but, OF course. that was nothing
compared to the bleeding Of the
others.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

been chummy with was Philippe
Pierre. He was about eighteen and
came from Bordeaux. He was very
cheerful fellow and he and Murray
and ! used to be together lot. He
felt almost as bad about Murray az
! did. and you could see that 1t
changed him great deal. too. But he
was still cheerful most Of the time.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

baycncf ready for him In case he had
seen us and decided to cone up to the
hole. Evidently he had not. for when
he got near the hole he steered to the
side and went around.
The other garby was cheerful when
he was not asking for water. but you
could see lie was going fast. So we sat
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-09-27

CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-07-04

late asserted itself more and more
strongly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-07-04
Camp Fire Hints.

A camp fire for cooking will burn
with steady glow il small bag Of
charcoal Is added to the wood after
1t has a good start. One successful
camper builds his fire In a small trench
about Is inches long and few inches
wide and deep. Two fiat stones placed
across the top for the frying pan and
kettle give an even heat. Meat, pota-
toes, corn and apples can be roasted
by holding them over the FIRE on the
ends of green, pointed sticks An old
newspaper is useful In starting the
fire. and plenty of matches should be-
at hand.-World's Chronicle.