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New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
A FIELD NOTEBOOK

When they lined up for the inspection
some had American sombreros or steel
helmets, and others wore French and
English headgear of various types There
were men with leather puttees, men with
spirals, men with canvas leggings and
men with no leggings.
One corporal sported pair of rubber
boots. They were just as variegated as
to breeches and blouses and even arms.
One mans total armament consisted of
a maachette donated by Moroccan.
The general alighted from his automo-
bile for the inspection, and after one
glance at the troops restrained, with OBJ
vious difficulty, some kind of strange
emotion. He gathered himself together.
however, and made his tour Of the ranks,
pausing just once before tall private
dressed in the contributions of four ar
mics, with French rifle, minus breech
bolt, held at port.
Cant shoot Germans with that" said
the major general.
"No, sir" agreed the private, "but you
can harpoon 'em"
After the inspection the major gen.
eral made a little speech. 1t was about
as follows:
Il want to compliment you men on
what you have done. From all | hear.
you have been doing wonderful work.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

said the captain. eff you go on up the
line bit you'll run square into the back
part of the front. You can't miss it,"
The man stumbled over a couple of
hundred shell holes and finally got lost in
communicating trench.
where's the army?" he asked a sem
try.
"Guess they're up at the front" said the
sentry "First turn to the right, then
left, then right again, about face and
straight ahead. Be careful and don't
right oblique at that last turn or you'll
wind up in Potsdam."
"This is my first trip to the front" said
the man.
"The front?' said the boy on the fire.
step. 'If you want to go up front you'll
have to get permission from the second
lieutenant out there in the peep post"
"Are you the lieutenant who shows
folks the 'front.'" asked the man.
"I'm lieutenant" answered the lieu
tenant, "but Pm not the right guide. I
guess the man you want is out with that
patrol up front there"
But by this time the man was all tired
out, so he curled up in the peep post and
went to sleep.
Next morning he snapped out of it and
went to look for the patrol. He had an
idea that it might be waiting for him.
He stumbled into trench. There were
lot of one-time Germans in it, but they
weren't any good to anybody any more.
"Hoozair?" beloved a Yank sentry.
pardon me-" said the man. 81 only
meant to go as far as the front. / see
I've got away past it.
"Past it?v echoed the sentry. "'Hell,
we romped ahead a couple of kilometres
last night The front is up yonder
piece"
SO the man bit the pin off hand gre
made and swallowed it.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
PRECIOUS SCARS

We were sitting in the inn courtyard of
the Pink Owl in Beanville.
"Some day." my friend observed, "the
scars on these walls will be of real COM
mercial value.''
"Why?"
Because tourists from America will
flock here; some Of them ex-A. E. F. men,
some of them the folks back home who
now SO eagerly are poring over the war
news. The Pink Owl has nineteen scars,
disfigurements now, but after the war
every one of them will do it's bit to at
tract the attention and the trade of the
romantic minded tourist"
Sounds highly probable, doesn't it?
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
THE, HUNT FOR THE FRONT
JOURNEY DIRECTED BY NOBODY IN PARTICULAR

Once upon time there was man.
He might have been a civilian or he
might have been soldier; don't know
and it doesn't matter. Anyway, he land
ed at base port in France; he might
have come in a transport or he might
have come in banana boat or a box car
or dory; / don't know and it doesn't
matter. And the name of the base port
might have been Stockholm or Vladivos-
tok or South Bend.
All of that is beside the point and
might as we'll not have been written, but
tons if this story began as it should,
which is as follows:
Once upon time there was a man who
landed at a base port in France.
"Where's the 'front.'" he asked.
THE 'front.'" echoed the Engineer SER
geant-you can't get off at base port
without humping into an Engineer SER
geant, can you?-"the front? Say, you
don't suppose we keep it in box here in
town, do you? Go on along up the line
and ask"
So the man went on along up the line.
"Where's the front?" he asked.
"The 'front.'" repeated the sergeant in
the Q. NJ. Che wasn't Q. NJ. sergeant,
note; just a sergeant in the Q. M. c.
"the front? We're just out of fronts.
Guess you'll have to get along with the
one you got. Hold on-maybe they could
give you one in Paris"
SO the man went on to Paris.
He stayed two nights and day, and
there was an air raid each night, or at
least an attempt to hold one, and there
were stray shots from la crosse Bertha
during the day.
$50 this is the 'front.'" he remarked,
inquiringly.
"Who said it was?" countered the M
T. "You get your travel orders o. KID
and stamped and I'll start you toward
the front
So the man got his travel orders o. KID
lie took IA train as far as trains could
go and then he walked. He walked many
dusty klos.
At last he came TO a division headquar-
ters.
Where is the 'front.'" he asked.
a busy colonel. who was running his
fingers over map as though he were
tuning it, jerked his head up toward the
northeast.
The man walked many more dusty kilos
and came to regimenta headquarters.
On Che way somebody shelled him and
spoiled couple Of asparagus beds and
ripped seven leaves from an apple tree.
"Ahl" said the man to himself, "the
front at last"
How do you like IL here at the 'front.'"
he asked
Like it2' repeated the doughboy. II
don't know amt been there since Tues
day. You might so on up the line and
ask the I'd Battalion They're in the line
finding out whether they like it or not"
II WAS dark when he rcnched I'd Bat
talon headquarters
DO you find this very fronty 'front.'"
he asked
"lf you're one of those eophers who
ARE looking for the war" said the major.
You'll have to go on up the line. Our
laison with the Boche Is very poor lust
nov. SO can't order special shelling
toi your benefit. Glad to have seen you"
What part of the front is thS?" the
man asked at company headquarters.
This is the front part of the bnek,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

work beyond mere verbal praise. But 1
want to say that there hasn't been
stranger looking battalion of soldiers
since Villas Bandits"
Since then the Engineers, Ry..
have been known as Villas Bandits.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
OLD AND NEW STYLES

In camp back home: Sir, I have the
first sergeant's permission to speak to
the captain.
In billets over here: Sir, the Top told
me could speak to you about this here.
In the trenches: Say, captain
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
THE TANK

AlNN
Oh, she's nothin' sweet to look at an no
symphony to hear;
She amt no pone of/beauty, that's
cinch--
She howls like Holy Jumpin' when fell
ler shifts gear,
But she's sure lovey-dovey in pinch.
Just head her straight for Berlin and no
matter what the road,
Or whether it's just trenches, trees and
mud,
And I'll guarantee she'll get there with
her precious human load
And her treads drippin' red with
German blood.
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's pippin, she's daisy, she's
dream!
Where the star shells are a-lightin' up the
thickest of the fghtin'.
She'll be sailin' like a demon
through the CLEAN.
If the way is rough and stony and the
vantage point is far,
Just slip her into high and hang on
tight,
Shove your foot down on the throttle
and to hell with all the jar
She'll take you clean from here to out
Of sight.
Course you've got to clean and scrub her
same as any piece of tin
That's worth the smoke to blow her up
the flue;
But just whisper to her gently, pat her
back and yell "Giddapv'
And there amt thing she wouldn't do
for you.
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's Lulu, she's cuckoo! She's
the goods
When the Boches see you comm they
will set the air to hummin
Awavn' of their legs to reach
the woods
When the last great rush is over and the
last grim trench is past,
She will roll in high right through old
Berlin town,
nerds raisin' hob,
Intent on runnin' Kaiser William down.
Then she'll find him and We'll bind him
to her grindin, tearin' treads,
And we'll start her rollin' on the road
to hell
Shove her into high and leave her, tie
her bloomin' throttle down;
Well say she's lived her life and lived
it WE'LL
Oh, you tank! tank! tank!
She's a devil! She's a dandy!
She's sublime!
When her grimy hide goes hurlin'
through the dirty streets of Berlin
Watch the goose step change to
Yankee double time!
Sgt. RICHARD C. COLBURN,
Tank Corps.
TOUJOURS LIE MEME
| No matter how wise or how foolish
The company's cook may be,
! When down at the table we're seated.
Two things we all plainly can see;
When we look at the chow,
There's the bosom of SOW,
And eans-beans-beans.
If quartered in city or country,
The cook never misses his aim;
1t messing In swamp Or on mountain,
Two thinrs will roma ou;to +bo GO ~, i. :.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
CROSSES


Each life must have its crosses,
And soldier gets his share,
From trip across the ocean
To the envied Croix de Guerre.
There are crosses by the Censor,
Far too many, so it seems;
There are crosses in the letters
From the grille of his dreams.
There's cross that's worn by heroes
Who have faced a storm of lead;
There's cross when he is wounded,
There's cross when he is dead.
There's an iron cross awarded
For murder and for rape;
It's the emblem of the devil,
It's the cross of sin and hate.
There's the little cross of Mercy
That very few may own;
For a soldier it is second
To the cross of God alone.
It's a cross that's worn by women
When we see it we believe
We can recognize an angel
By the Red Cross on her sleeve,
Pvt. Harry H., st. Louis, U. S. M. C.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
SONG OF THE CENSOR MAN

Oh, | am the man with mightier pen
Than the chisel the lawgiver knew;
The snip of my shears is more dreaded
of men
Than the sword that Napoleon drew.
foil the young man with a nose for the
news,
And l stif1e the first feeble note
Of the soldier who ventures to air anv
views
That he never was paid to promote.
Oh, it's snip, snip, snip is the rhythmic
swing
Of my shears in the morning light,
And clip, clip, clip is the raucous ring
Of their voice in the starry night.
l may strike from the calendar all of its
dates,
And l rob every town of its name,
And rarely letter but sadly relates
The tale of my terrible fame.
Oh, l know all the secrets that ever were
told,
Till every unfortunate prays
That the book of omnipotent knowledge
| hold
May be sealed to the end of my days.
On each written syllable proudly state,
pronounce benediction or ban;
For I'm the personification of Fate
The redoubtable Censor Man.
JOHN FLETCHER HALL,
Sgt, Acting Chaplain, Inf.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
The Am1y's Poets
We get bosom Of SOW,
And beans-beans--beans


We get bosom Of SOW,
And beans-beans--beans.
When tasks for the day are all ended
And weary are body and brain.
Small matter it makes if we're eating
Indoors or outside in the rain,
The cook makes his bow
With the bosom of SOW,
And beans-beans-beans.
Of all that I've learned in the armv.
This fact am sure know we'll
And others are certain to tell you
The soldiers worst picture of hell
Is thrice daily chow
With the bosom of SOW,
And beans-beans--beans.
Corp. VANCE C. CRISS, Engrs.
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK

Omaha, Jan. 21.--Hogs- Receipts. o.
$40: market, 1oc lower Heavy, s15.75
Ml6.10. mixed. $15.S0M16, light. $3.50
Gh1G.10: pigs, $10Hpl5.s0: bulk of sales,
$1a.s0m16.
cattle--Receipts, 10000: steady to
10c higher. Native steers. $9M13; cows
and heifers. s7M10,25; western steers,
ss.50m11.50: Texas steers, S7.50@10;
cows and heifers, $7M9: Gamers, sea
=; stockers and feeders, $6.50M11;
calves, $9.75613.25; bulls, stays, ETC.,
s6.50l10.25.
Sheep-Receipts. 1900; steady.
Yearlings, $l2m15; wethers. s1lM1 49,:
ewes. Si075m12.25; lambs. $16117.10.
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NEW YORK STOCK
| SALES APATnET|C
First Heatless Day in City
Reduces Buying Activity
on Exchange.
SPECIALTIES STRONG
Conflicting Peace Adyices
Have Little Affect on
Days Business.

New York, Jan. 2l.--The most obvi-
Gus effect Of the first heatiess day in
Wall street was marked reduction Of
business on the stock exchange, oDer-
atoms being conducted in a frigid tenn
peraturc. Contraction was progressive.
trading becoming almost motioniess in
the later hours OF the session.
This apathetic condition was coun-
terbalanced by the markets firm to
strong undertone. Traders were at
first disposed to extend short commit
ments, but reversed their position when
selling pressure proved intellectual
Banking Interest Hopeful.
BANKING interests adopted u more
hopeful view of the Washington stu
alton and Secretary McAdoo's state
ment that he did not believe in govern
ment ownership Of railroads evoked
considerable comment although rails
were especially lethargic. with few ex-
ceptions.
The weekly review OF the war de-
pa rtment and further conflicting adj
vices regarding negotiations between
the Russian delegates and the central
powers were again without effect. Tires
and rubles remaining unchanged
Coppers Strong.
Spccinltics Of the war and semi-war
groups. notably coppers, oils. feathers.
sugars. tobaccos and fertilizers Mt
gross gains Of TO 3 points, contributed
largely TO tho light turnover. Utilities.
notably Peoples Gas and Western
Union also advanced 2 to points. but
shippings were backward. Sales
lamounted to 100000 shares.
Rails and industries evinced a bet
| ter tone In the narrow bond market.
Liberty 3M's were quoted ut ss.4S to
9S.40. first 4's at $3.50 TO the new min
mum of 1864 and second As at 1924
to 96.l2. Bond sales. par value, 3d.
| 100000.
| United States bonds. old issues
We're unchanged on call.
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PORTL'ND LIVESTOCK

Portland. Ore, Jan. 21.--Cattlo--Re-
ceipts, 256: steady. Prime steers. S11
IL. good to medium steers, S9,35ef
1850; common to good steers, $7.75af
a,25: choice cows and heifers. $I.Taea
$50; common 10 good cows and ncif-
ers, $6.50M 7.15; Gamers. $500; bulls,
$5M7.a0. calves, SI.homl1, stockcrs and
feeders, $6ua.
iogs--Reeeipts. 4iI; 25c to sac low
err. Prime light. Si5.75@16; primo
heavy, Sla.f59 1910; pigs, SlS,15I
1850. bulk of sales, S15.T5Gl6.
Sheep-Receipts. rs; steady. Western
lambs, Sii5oa1b; valley lambs, $.A4'
li,5o; yearlings. si2.50GlS: wethers
si2Ml2.h0. ewes. s9.50I 1850.
Market on shorn sheep. at5c to 5,
under quotation.
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Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Oct In the habit Of drinking .
glass Of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, so let's make
eat well, digest well, work well. sleep
well. and look well. What q glorious
condition to attain, and. yet, how
very easy it is il one will only adopt
the morning inside BATH
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dun and heavy when they arise. split
ting headache. stuffy from cold, foul
tongue. nasty breath acid stomach,
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluces of the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
| nant matter.
Everyone. whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning. before
! breakfast. drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of lime
| stone phosphate in it to wash from
the stomach, liver and bowels the pre-
yious days indigestible waste, sour
lille and poisonous toxins.
| The action of hot water and lime
stone phosphate on an empty stom-
ach is wonderfully invigorating. Il
cleans out all the sour lamentations
gases, waste and acidity and gives one
a splendid appetite for breakfast
The millions OF people who arr
bothered with constipation, biliou.
spells, stomach trouble others whe
have sallow skins, blood disorders ant
sickly compilations are urged to re
n quarter-ronnd of limestone phos
phate from the drug store. This vii
cost very little, but is sufficient I,
make anyone a pronounced crank OIL
the subject of inside bathing hefor
thy,olsfoSt
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MONEY AND METALS

New York, Jan. 2l.--Mercantile
paper, 5h45a. per cent. Bar silver.
Sss. Mexican dollars, Tx. Govern
ment bonds, steady; railroad bonds,
firm.
Time loans. firm: GO days, 80 days
and Sax months. 5&I6.
Cal money. firm: high. 6; low. g..
ruling rate. i; closing bid. SIS, offered
at & last loan. 1.
Holiday on the metal exchange
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Chicago, Jan. 2l.--Hogs-Receipts,
$4,000. steady at Saturdays average.
Bulk Of sales. $1G.40M 1880; light, 1850
n 1876 mixed, sl6.15M16.sb; heavy.
a l6.l5I 1880: rough. $1G.15M16.30:
pigs, $l2.75M15.3O.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000: weak. Ma
tive steers. $s.a0Il3.75; stocllers and
feeders. $7G110.S0; cows and heifers, So
T1l.s0; calves. $9@I6.50.
Sheep--Receipts, 10000; weak. Weth-
ers. $a.7bM 1896; lambs. s14.50m17.s5.
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MONTANA EMPLOYERS
END ANNUAL SESSION
Report Shows 400 Disputes
Settled Last Year.

Miles City,. Mon, Jan. 21.-With 30
delegates from IL cities OF Montana
present, the state executive board of
the Employers association OF Montana
got down to business today and cleaned
up its work in the afternoon session.
The annual report OF State Secretary
John IT. Mcintosh showed that about
400 controversies between employer
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ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK

st. Paul, Jan. 21.-Hogs-Receipts
10000: steady. Range, $15.75m16.10:
bulk of sales. slJ90Gfl6.
Cattle-Receipts. $500. killers steady.
Steers. $6.5OM13; cows and heifers. 81
az: veal calves steady, $sm14: stock
ers and feeders steady. $6m10.
Sheep-Receipts GOO: steady. Lambs,
HE. 'hS
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MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN

Minneapolis, Jan. 21.-F1our--Un-
changed. In carload lots, standard
flour quoted at 1915 a barrel In 9s-
pound cotton sacks. shipments, G9,G6i
barrels.
Barley--$l .36m1.59.
Rye--$t.92
Bran-$32.50.
Wheat--Receipts, 2S5 cars. compared
with 3l1 q year ago.
corn---No. 8 yellow. S1.5a61.5S.
Oats-No. 3 white, 7SiadIT9ls.
F'lax--$3.51l y @S.54ts.
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and worker were settled last year IN
Montana through the conference and
arbitration methods established by the
Employer association.
Montana's methods Of maintaining
industrial peace through conciliatory
rlans 1t attracting nAfion-wide atten-
ton, 1t was shown.
Shirley Ford, Of Great Falls, was
elected president. succeeding J. r.
Yates, OF Billings. n. s. Benson Of
Helena, was reelected treasurer and
John II. Mcintosh OF Butte, executive
secretary. The meeting unanimously
adopted a resolution commencing the
constructive work OF Secretary McIn-
toHh. who was given a surprise in the
form Of salary advance.
.
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SLIGHT DECLINE
| IN CORN PRICES
With Primary Receipts Much
Larger Than at Any Time
Quotations Sag.
SALES NOT AGGRESSIVE
Oats Drop but React After
Seaboard Buyers Show
InclinatiOns.
SALES NOT AGGRESSIVE

Chicago, Jan. 21.--With primary re-
ceipts the largest yet this season. the
| corn market today showed noticeable
downward slant. Prices closed steady.
al the same as Saturdays finish to 81
cent lower, with January, 1.27ss and
May, 1.25h M1.25A. The outcome for
cats ranged from Il cent decline to a
Ike advance and for provisions from
: down to a rise of 10 cents.
Although the increase in the arrivals
of corn was principally at other centers
than Chicago. the progress implied in
diminishing traffic congestion gave an
Immediate advantage to the bears.
Peace developments also counted in
favor of lower prices, but selling was
rot at any time of an aggressive char
acter, being checked by prospects Of \
renewal Of lower temperature. Be-
sides the movement Of the crop was
stiil considerably less than last year
at the corresponding time, and there
were reports current that despite i'm
proving conditions on the railroads
great quantities of soft corn appeared
likely not to reach terminals in time
TO be saved
Oats Sag With Corn.
Oats sagged with corn, but reacted
on account of assertions that seaboard
exporters were in the market again for
supplies.
More plentiful receipts OF hogs than
were expected made provisions average
lower. Cash demand was slow and ex-
ports much reduced.
Days range:
No trading In wheat
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Chronic Constipation.

1t is by no means an easy matter to
cure this disease but il can be done In
most instances by taking Chamber
lain's Tablets and complying with the
plain printed directions that accom-
pany each package.
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NOTICE.

\ meeting win be held at the cham-
Der of commerce building on Wednes-
day evening mt O'Clock, instead OF
Tuesday. for those who wish to join
the Missoula Junior Band.
CHAS. l4AWRENSON.
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ATTENTION MASoNS.

There will be n special meeting OF
Missoula lodge No. Is. this evening at
s:s0 O'clock Work in Master Mason
degree. Visiting Masons especially in
Nited.
ADV DIR. F. W. SPoTTSNOoD.
w. NJ.
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Union hall, every Wednesday and
Friday night. Missoula Club orches-
ira. Dance. 10 cents.-Adv.
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BASEBALL TAX ARRANGED.

Washington, Jan. a1.An arrange
ment for the paymen, of the war tax
on baseball admissions was made today
at a. conference OF major league repre-
sentatives with Daniel c. Roper, COM
missioner of internal revenue Mr..
Roper expressed qualification at the
pfoffered cooperation and patriotic
spirit of the baseball men.
Ladies OF @. A. r. will give a benefit
card party in Masonic temple Tues
day evening at 5 o'clock. Lunch and
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VIOLIN INSTRUCTIONS.
SOCIAL DANCE.

6ss So. Sixth w, or will Gala
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ADVERTISE IN THE M1ssouIIAN
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-04-25
NOTICE CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the City of
River Falls will receive bids until
8 o'clock p. m. of May 9th 1918 for
the construction of cement walks,
crossings, culverts and any other
cement work which may be requir-
ed by the City for the ensuing year.
Bids to be in writing and sealed
and so marked on the envelope to
denote what they are.
Bid on sidewalks and crossings to
be for square yard and for other
cement work to be for cubic foot or
yard.
Bids to be on specifications now
on file in the Clerks office.
F. v. Williams, City Clerk.