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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-03
HOW WHEAT FLOUR MAY BE
SOLD,

Retailers to sell not more than one
esgf1th of a barrel of -four to any
town customer at any one time, and
not more than one-quarter of a barrel
to any country customer at any one
time. and in no case sell wheat prod
ucts without the sale of an equal
weight of one or more Of the follow
ing cereals:
Hominy, corn grits, cornmeal, com
-four, edible corn starch, barley Hour,
rolled oats, oatmeal, rice, rice tosr,
buckwheat -four, potato -four, sweet
rotate -four, soy bean -four, MILO
kaffir, feterita -four and meal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-03
April Term Circuit Court
LAW DOCKET

LAW DOCKET
! All the Commonwealth causes
were continued, and it not being
regular Grand Jury term, the tern
was q short one.
! Chas. Arbogast vs. W. P. Will
continued,
l. j. Moverer VS. D. '. Eliza
Dismissed settled.
J. ". Simmons, constable vs.
Mcdowell Supply Co. On inter
pleader of A r. H;ner. Consta-
bic directed to sell unsold goods
and apply the proceeds to the pay
ment of executions in the order in
which they came into his hands.
B. A. Zimmerman vs.. Wesley
Armstrong Dismissed settled.
J. P. Pullin VS. Gilbert and How
ard Siron. Continued.
Vaughan Roberts Drug Co. vs.,
Sanford Carson, on inter pleader OF
| C. r. Shumate, Dismissed settled.
W. w. Koiner VS. Simmons Bros.
on inter-pleader of Ashby Burns.
Dismissed settled.
J. H. Mackey VS. W, P. B. Lock-
ridge Continued.
Daniel Colaw VS.. Sallie Colaw.
Continued.
D. G. Ruckman VS. ]. S. Gibson.
Dismissed settled.
R. W. Lightner's inclusive sur
vey. l L. Beverage, County Sur
veyor, directed to 20 upon the
land on the 21st day of May, and
make the survey. Clerk ordered
to notify all adjacent land holders.
F. G. Lockridge & Bro, J. A.
Whitelaw, I. w, Nicholas, G. ?.
Houlihan & Co., c. S. Hicklin,
Hoover. Beverage & Co., c. 1.
Shumate and R. N. Trimble, were
granted license for the sale of soft
drinks.
Commonwealth VS. Wilbur Botkin.
Continued.
James F. McNulty qualified as
guardian of his son, John Snyder.
Commonwealth VS. James Eagle.
Continued.
Virginia Book Co. vs. Highland
Mercantile Co. Jury returned a
verdict of S11.55 for the plaintiff,
and on motion of the plaintiff it is
set aside by the court as contrary
to the law and evidence.
IL On the petition of Minnie Colaw,
Sallie S Colaw is directed to pro-
duce the will of Martin A. Colaw,
that the same be recorded.
CHANCERY
]. Lunsford & Sons VS. Emma K.
Winner. Decree for sale of house
and lot of defendant in Monterey,
if debt of S475 90 is not paid with
in 40 days.
il, Bird vs. Mary @. Bird.
Divorce from the bonds of matrl-
mony for plaintiff and defendant
granted.
G. A. Robertson VS. W. T. Gwin,
etc. Referred to a commissioner
to take and report accounts.
Eliza J. Blagg vs. Wesley Arm
strong. Final decree.
Chas. l.. Wagner etc. VS.. MIS-. a.
Fl. Day etc. Decree for sale OF
land.
Japtha Berry VS. Eliza Hull etc.
Final decree.
L. M. McClung VS. c, G. Folks.
Cause to be argued before Judge
Holt in Staunton on May End.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-03
Business Locals

WANTED-Irish potatoes. VIII
pay the highest market price Tor nice
Irish potatoes delivered to me al
Staunton. Can use 400 or 500 bushels.
Communicate with S. p. Man, Staun-
ton. Virginia. Also wanted maple
sugar.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-03

OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
Don't matter if broken. We pay up
to Is dollars per set. Also cash for
Old Gold, Silver and broken Jewelry,.
Check sent by return mail. Goods
held 10 days for senders approval OF
our offer. Mazer's Tooth Specially,
Dept. A, 2C07 S. 5th ST., Philadelphia,
pa
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-03
Win With Potatoes

The enemy is officiating us IN
potatoes out-potatting us. Here
are tn e fgures--per capita weekly
consumption:
Uni ted States % ats
Austria Hungary 8 OTIS
Germany 10 ats
We can beat them at their own
food--which really isn't thel's; It's
a nati We American crop. we must
eat more potatoes, says the Depart
mens of Agriculture, and that right
SOON, or much of our record crop
of last year will be wasted. Pota-
toes are plentiful and getting cheap
err. Eat them instead of bread.
Figrt the enemy with potatoes.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
W E D D . N G s
Farah- Huffman

A very quiet, yet pretty home
wedding took place at Mrs. Marquet-
ia Huffman's on Monday evening,
$3.50 o'clock) August twenty-sixth,
when her daughter, Margaret Elma
became the bride of Doctor M. f.
Farah of Irontown, Minnesota.
Rev. Doty performed the sacred
ring ceremony and congratulations
were showered upon them, after which
dainty refreshments were served of
ice cream and cake
The bride is one of our most beauti-
full and accomplished young ladies
having graduated from Oakes high
school in the class of 1917. She taught
successfully one year and is very cap
able of being a helpmate for the
doctor, whom she has chosen for her
life partner. Doctor Farah came here
last April and was associated with DR..
Maercklein in the Oakes Hospital for
several months. He is located at
1rontown, Minnesota, now where the
happy couple will make their home
for the present. The best wishes .pf
many warm friends is extended to
them for future happiness and pros
perity. Mr.: and Mrs. w. D. Huffman
Of Glendale attended the wedding.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
Shut Shop and Go Threshing---
Public Meeting TOMORROW Night

A public meeting will be held Fri
day evening at o'clock in the base
ment of the city hall for the purpose
of stimulating interest in the thresh-
ing of the 1918 Liberty Crop.
1t is desired that every business
man and woman in the city be pre-.
sent.
Arrangements will be made at that
time to close every business house in
the city from Monday until Saturday
in order that all available help may
be utilized on the threshing rigs.
Arrangements will be made for the
stores and other places of business
to be opened in the evenings after
o'clock, if this is desired.
All farmers in this community, as
we'll as the people in town, are urged
to make all purchases on Saturday for
the week following and in the emer.
gency it is right that preference
should be shown the merchants and
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
INTEREST TO THE FARM
BY A. c. KuENNlNe, County Agent
Help in Threshino

Help in ThreshinQ
The business men of Oakes and
Glendale have responded willingly to
the call for help in threshing. They
signed pledge cards to help, and are
making good their pledges. Some are
doing steady work. Others are letting
their clerks and delivery men off all
the time possible. Still others, includ-
ing bankers. attorneys and business
men have closed up shop for II while
in order to help out. And yet laany
machines are short handed
There is a shortage of men in the
United States, and Dickey county
is no exception. Therefore every man,
woman and child needs to help Where
boys and girls can do lighter work
they should help so that men physi-
cally able may help with the thresh-
ing. There is a government order
that all able bodied. men shall he enI
sIaged IN some useful md essential
work.
1t is up to everyone to make him
self or herself generally useful in
getting the threshing done, no matter
who he is Or what his business may
be. There is something you can do,
if it is but to go after your groceries
so the delivery man can help with
the threshing. 1t is your problem as
we'll as mine. Let us see you make
good your patriotic utterance. Action
speaks louder than words. %,
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
United States Judge Decides
Suit Arising From Sinking
the Lusitania.
CALLS DEED ILLEGAL
Court Rules cunard Line Cannot Re
Held Liable for Loss Of Life
and Property in Torpe-
doing Of Vessel.

New York, Aug. 27.-According to
decision handed down in the ad-
mfralty branch of the United States
district court by Judge Julius NJ.
Mayer, the Cunard Steamship COM
pany cannot be held liable for loss of
life and property in the torpedoing of
the Lusitania by German submarine.
"The cause of the sinking of the
Lusitania was the illegal act of the
imperial German government, acting
through its instrument, the submarine
commander" declared Judge Mayer,
who held that "the fault, therefore,
must be laid upon those who are re-
sponsible for the sinking of the vessel
in the legal as we'll as uoral sense" !"
America TO Demand Payment.
In discussing suits against the Cum
ard line, aggregating nearly $4,0O0,O00,
brought by heirs of persons who per-
ished with the Lusitania on May Z,
1915, Judge Mayer asserted that "it
is not to be doubted that the United
States of America and her Allies will
we'll remember the rights of those af-
fected by the sinking of the Lusitania
and when the time shall come will see
to it that reparation shall be made for
one of the most indefensible acts of
modern times"
Judge Mayer went exhaustingly into
claims that the Cunard line was negli-
gent, and dismissed them with the con-
rlusion that the captain and members
Of the crew took every precaution JUS
tilted by the then known facts, both
before and after the vessel was tor
pedoed.
Lusitania Never Armed.
"It is, of course, easy now," he de-
clared, Gin the light of many later
events added to preceding acts, to look
back and say that the Cunard line and
its captains should have known that
the German government would author
lze or permit so shocking breach of
international law and so foul an of.
tense, not only against an enemy, but
as we'll against peaceful citizens of q
then friendly nation. But the unex-
pected character of the act was best
evidenced by the horror which it ex-
cited in the minds and hearts of the
american people,"
Judge Mayer declared that proof
brought out in his investigation which
covered year is conclusive that the
Lusitania was not and never had been
armed and that on the voyage on
which she was sunk she did not carry
explosives.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
Immense American Aircraft Pro-
gram to Help Win War
Is Made Public.
5000 PILOTS TRAINED
About Seven thousand Experienced
Aerial Navlaators Will Be Re-
quired-Only Thirteen Squad.
rons Arc In France.

Washington. Aug. 27.-The aircraft
program for the great American army
that is counted upon to win the war
next year calls for $50 complete squad
rons of planes This will require
about 1000 pilots. The man part of
the program already Is ahead of
schedule, about 1000 pilots having
been trained.
This information, given by Major
General kenly, chief Of the division
of military aeronautics, and many
other facts hitherto held secret, were
disclosed when the Senate Military
committee made public testimony
taken behind closed doors during three
months of investigation by the Avia-
ton subcommittee headed by Senator
Thomas of Colorado.
General kenly told the committee
there are l3 American ajrplane squad
rons, making total of 273 machines,
now in France. whereas there should
be 175 squadrons.
William G. Potter. assistant director
of airplane production, said General
Pershing had called for 25,OOO planes
by July ]. 1919, and had been told it
was hoped to deliver $4,000 to 10000.
This would meet replacement demands
Of squadrons in the field.
C. G. Nash, former president of the
Nash Motor Company, and now assist
ont to Mr.. Ryan, in engineering and
production, gave it as his opinion
that nothing but DE Haviland ma
chimes could be delivered before next
January, and il 10000 airplanes were
delivered by next July it would be
almost miracle"
Orders for Planes Don't Stay Put.
General kenly said other officers
In fact, all OF the witnesses-apparent-
ly gave their statements with what
Senator Reed characterized at one
stage as brutal frankness."
All were examined secretly and ap-
parently without considering the pos.
sibility of the publicity now given.
Personal criticisms were voiced with
freedom.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
new zEALANDER To
LECTURE IN oAKES

Captain T. e. Y. Seddon, second
son of the Right Honorable r. ]. Sed.
don, late Premier of New Zealand, was
born at Kumara, Westland, New Zea
land, in 1884, and educated at Well.
ington College and Visteria Univers.
ity College, New Zealand, where he
graduated LIB. He entered the New
Zealand House of Parliament at the
age of % years, and represents the
constituency of Westland, which his
father held for many years before
him. He is member of the New
Zealand bar
In 1915, together with another
member of Parliament, Captain Sed.
don enlisted in the ranks of the New
Zealand Expeditionary Force, and
was in Egypt when the New Zealand
division was formed in 1916. He saw
service at Armentieres, the Somme
Pleogstoert. and at the Ypres salient
Became A. d. c. to Major General
Sir Andrew Russell, X C B, X C NJ
G, but during the recent German of
fensive rejoined his battalion and had
charge of company for a short time
in the front trenches near Beaumont
Hamel.
Captain Seddon will speak in Oakes
Tuesday evening, Sept 3rd, at NJ. e
church. He comes under direction of
National Security League, and is only
making important cities throughout
North Dakota. He come here from
Wahpeton and goes to Jamestown
Judge Young, State Chairman of the
American Red Cross, is booking him
Be sure and come out and hear him
No admission charged.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
SUMMONS 186,772 DRAFTEEs
Provost Marshal General Issues Four
Separate Calls.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Four separate
selective draft calls, constituting the
first OF the September calls and re-
quiring 1SG,773 men to entrain for
training camps between Aug 30 and
Sept. 6, were issued by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder. Every state
ard the District of Columbia is called
on to furnish men for training to aug
ment the forces abroad. For general
military service l23,000 white men
and 21,27O negroes are called; for
limited service 40,3O3 white man are
called.
The calls to Northwest states, with
the camps to which the men are to be-
sent, follow:
General military service-white:
Entrainment, Sep. 3, 1918, to Sept,
6, 1918.
Minnesota, $500, Grant; Montana.
1000. Lewis; North Dakota. 1000,
Grant; South Dakota, 500, Grant,
Wisconsin, 1000, Grant.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29

business men who enter into this pa.
triOtic movement to assist the farmers
in caring for this bountiful crop.
The labor situation mas. become
serious and 1t is imperative that every
effort be made to help get the thresh-
ing completed.
The U. S. Employment Service office
has agreed to find places on thresh.
ing machines for every able bodied
man in the city and it is contemplated
that this help will be employed until
the close Of the threshing season.
Be sure to attend his meeting and
be prepared to go out Sunday evening
in readiness to start work early Mon
day morning.
c. E. Knox,
Pres. Commercial Club,
B. w. Slocum,
Mayor, City of Oakes, N. d.
w. r. Whitver,
Acting Examiner in charge U. S.
Employment Service, Cakes, N. d.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
From wiIhert Whitfield

My dear Folks at Home: Guess in
order to make this letter at all inter-
esting, will have to answer all your
letters at once, but assure you it
will be impossible for you to appre-
ciate it nearly as much as I>enjoyed I
yours.
Mail came day before yesterday,
all of it from two weeks to month
old. Everybody says, "Why don't you
write any more" They don't, and it.
is hard for them to realize just how
hard it is to get mail to and from the
states. Some of my mail is two and
three weeks old before I can put it
on north bound steamer that is re-
liable. We are held strictly account
able for all mail, so can't take a.
chance on anything but mail steam
ers. With these delayed mails comes
an accumulated supply of official and
business letters that takes weeks
to answer and straighten out. Conse.
quently I have been very busy in
order to have everything ready in
case an early steamer should arrive
1t is hard to write very interest
ing letter as censorship regulations
are very strict. While ! censor all the
mail myself. hold myself down to
the same regulations I demand of the
men. But we are in Mexico, among
the ruts, rocks, cactus, burning sand
turkey buzzards, lizards, etc. There
are a few deer in this part of the
country. went out four or five
times, walked about ten miles each
time over rocks and ruts. ruined a
couple pair of perfectly good shoes,
got back each time tired and mean.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
EASTERN GALIcIA SUFFERS
Floods Cause Serious Loss Of Life and
Great Damaue,

Zurich, Aug. 27.-Great damage has
been caused by the continuous rains
and floods in the country around Cra-
COW, Galicia, and the vast areas of
Eastern Galicia, according to Polish
papers received here.
The sudden rising of numerous riv-
ers and other streams swept away
bridges and buildings and many per-
sons were drowned. The grain crops
have been ruined and the potatoes are
rotting in the ground. Owing to fa-
mine conditions, typhus, smallpox and
dysentery are spreading rapidly.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
Nev Rates in Effect Oct. lst

Beginning 9S the
ticrate esouto of the
the privilege
be ALL
Subscriptions all in
in short time
shu
during
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
Flour Mill Ready to Grind

The Oakes flour mill, now to be
known as the Baldwin Flour Mills, will
be open on Sept. 1st. The manager
August l.. Riesberg, arrived last week
from Fergus Falls, and has been busy
getting the repairs made and his crew
organized for a continual run after
the start is made
c. l.. Carlson, lately of Crosby, N
d., has been engaged as head mile,
and VIM. Whitney. lately of Grace
Vile, Minn., has the job of second
miller; Alfred Larson of Cakes has
the place of engineer and Chas. Kun
kle. H. j. Boethling and Chas. Murray
are helpers.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
THREE U. S. FLIERs KILLED
lose Lives When seaplanes Crash OF
Fire Island.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Loss Of a ma
val seaplane with her crew of three,
including Ensign Donald G. Pero, in
collision with another seaplane off
Fire Island was announced by the navy
department. Pero's machine is be-
lieved to have sunk Immediately after
falling into the water. Mine sweepers
searched the vicinity, but could dis
cover no trace of the crew or the plane.
Ensign H. Stevens, plotting the
other plane, landed safely on the water
with his mechanic and assistant.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29

Letters From, "Our Boys''
From Edward Hassinowaite


Dear Tod: received your letter of
June 18th some time ago. I really
meant to answer sooner and am
ashamed of myself for not having
done SO. However, there is some
little excuse for not having done so,
as we have not been in any one place
in the last two weeks long enough to
look around and get our bearings
hardly. We were in one town for
about five months, but since leaving
there We sure have been on the go.
l received your letter at the second
stop after leaving there and we have
moved four times since then in the
last two weeks. We have only been
here couple of days, but from what
hear today I guess we will not be
here very many days longer. We left
the town where we made the long
stay soon after we received our trans.
portation ambulances, trucks, etc.,
which is what We had been waiting
for. Since then we have been shifted
from place to place to help out other
units who had not yet received their
cars yet. until. they arrived. Our
ambulances have been working along
the front and our headquarters are
never very many miles back am not
on an ambulance, so have not actual
ly gotten up to the trenches yet How
ever, we are close enough so that Ger
man planes fly around overhead, and
w hn io ch1 ;~&1
1t was quite interesting at first to
watch the anti-aircraft guns shooting
| at hostile planes, when we could see
the shells breaking and the machine
quite plainly, but we hardly look up
any more. This is supposed to be a
quiet sector, but can be quite noisy
at times. One gun that sounds not
far away has been goin steady all
day, and makes some little disturb
ance all by its lonesome.
A couple of nights ago we heard
some German planes flying overhead
on their way to bomb a town a few
miles away. A few minutes later we
heard the explosions of the bombs.
Was glad to see the Nonpartisans
got sat on pretty hard in Minnesota
and only wish they had got the same
in North Dakota. You see know a
little of what's going on yet, although
some Of the news gets old before it
gets here. l get a, Duluth paper and
The Times when they manage to get
through. Got couple of Times to-
day. received that Rex. Beach story
your mother sent me and appreciated
it very much. Would be glad to have
all the w. N. U. and A. P. A. stories
you haven't any other use for. That
is pretty handy form for sending
through the mail. Regular books we
can't take care of very we'll, but
stories in newspaper form are the
clear rig. They are usually read until
worn out.
You know Stanley Fleming and
| Doug. Misfeldt went to an o. T. C.
some months ago to try for commits
sions. Neither one made the grade
but Hawk" is back with us again by
some miracle of good. luck, as fellow
seldom gets back to his outfit, once
separated.
Hope we do not stay here long, as
it isn't much of place, although bet
ter than some we struck-a "Y'' here
at least. Hit one real good town
regular city-but it was too good to
last, so we were only there about a
week.
| NV yerv best regards to The Times
family and greetings to all the Oakes
folks.
| Az ever vours-Ed
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
THE ENLISTED AND
DRAFTED BOYS BANQUETED

The boys from Oakes and vicinity
Camp Lewis on the 9th were the
guests of the Commercial Club at a
splendid banquet served by Mr.. and
Mrs. Rathman at Home Hotel Mon
day evening. Many of the boys were
accompanied by their wives and
sweethearts. Plates were also reserv.
ed for the parents of many of the
boys.
Forty-three sat down to the tables
and while the banquet was in progress
Mr.. MAYORS five piece orchestra
rendered splendid and appropriate
music. Much credit is due Mr.. Nay
lor and the members of the orchestra
for giving their services gratis for
this occasion
In the absence of the president of
the Commercial Club, J. w. Bush
acted as spokesman and introduced
A. p. Guy, who gave an interesting
talk to the boys.
Mrs. J. w. Bush gave splendid
address to the boys. which showed
much feeling and sympathy.
John r. Oxtoby responded in behalf
of the boys. thanking the Commercial
Club for the interest shown. After
singing "America." tickets for the
Grand Theatre were given to the boys
and their ladies.
Several town people availed them
selves of the opportunity of dining
with the boys and bidding them good
bye and good luck.
The boys present were: J r Ok.
toby, o l. Savold. w N Hoar, Albert
Saulter, Reece Bartlett. Edward D
Buck. Wilfred Waite VIM. Norton,
A B Guyott, Frank Kessler, VIM Cor
nell. Frank Tarka. Vernon Taylor,
Henry Lund. VIM. Mcintyre, Axel OF.
son.
They were taken by cars to Ellen
dale next day, where they entrained
with the others for Camp Lewis, Wn.
F. d. Mccartney is looking after
the land interests of the Marshall
|
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-08-29
Mcintyre IIIia

The marriage of William Mcintyre
and Miss Martha Illig took place at
Ellendale Monday. Both are well
known young people of Oakes and The
Times wishes them success.
The groom signed up with the boys
who left for Camp Lewis next day
and is off for the front. Billy decided
that he was going to help bring peace
to this old world before he settles
down to housekeeping. Mrs. Mcintyre
accompanied her husband as far as
Aberdeen.