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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-07

on the u. 8. battieship Rhode Island at
Boston.-Eggs sold at AZ cents per dozen
In the wholesale market here Saturday,
c. ]. Hendee of Rutland. former citi-
zen, called on friends here Saturday.-C.
II. Caisse. who has been Ill. was able to be
out Saturday.-Mrs. Mark Peck Of New
Haven was the weekend guest Of Mrs.
Alice Moore.
Adelbert Ball and family recently
returned from Texas and Mr.. Ball will
assist his father. Homer N. Ball, In carry
Ing on his farm this Sheridan s.
Bull. who has been carrying on the John
Douglass farm In Ferrisburg. for several
years. has moved to the farm that he re-
Gently purchased In Cornwall.-The Rev.
@. C. Cornell has given up his duties as
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church
In Panton and gone to prepare for his
work In the Y. NJ. C. A.-Mrs. Henry
Danyow went Monday to Charlotte to
visit her daughter. Mrs. Peter Aunchman.
The condition of Foster. son of Mrs.
w. l.. Ball. who Ii seriously III. remains
about the same.-Sheridan H. Bull. has
moved to the w. d. Woodman farm which
he will carry on this year.-Russell f..
Smith has gone to Alameda, Cal. to visit
DR.. and Mrs. w. d. Smith.--Miss Helen
Clark of Middlebury College spent the
week end with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Clark.-Lee Vanderhoof Of Corn
wall-on-the- Hudson Ii visiting friendshere.
Donald Barton Of this years graduating
class of the Vergennes high school. Ia no
far ahead In his studies that he has
been granted a months leave Of absence
to 20 10 Cavendish to help on a farm
there In sugar making and left Monday
to begin his work.-Mrs. Louis Champine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-07

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The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

The way to win the war is for every
one OF US to work a little harder at
our present jobs.
Moreover, this applies to all Of US.
whether rich or poor, or men or wom-
en-. Every idle hour helps the kaiser.
Wherever we are or whatever we
are doing, let US do our work little
better than ever before. Even if we
are not on war work or helping the
government directly, we can help re-
lease others for such work by speed
ing up on our own job.
Here is good slogan by which to
test 100 per cent Americanism: LIB
erty Bonds speak louder than words. +"
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
GREAT DRIVE CONTINUES
British and French Troops
Give the Huns No Rest hat
Keep Them on the Run.

The war situation on the front in
France hourly grows more brilliant for
the complete success of the allied arm
les. The critics, who in the dark days
of last spring and early summer con-
tinually criticized General Foch, are
now willing to take off their hats to
him as one of the greatest military
leaders of all time. Some of our peo-
pie thought he didn't fight enough
then, but all the Huns know he fights
too much now-at least for them. He
absolutely gives them no rest at all,
but keeps hammering them night and
day over a battle length now reach
ing nearly two hundred miles, and
never permits them to straighten out
their lines so as to present a united
front. While the Huns are not yet
back all along the line to the Hinden-
burg line from which they started last
spring, yet in many vital points that
supposedly impregnable line of defense
has been taken and the allied armies
are several miles beyond it. On Sun
day evening, evidently thinking "the
better the day, the better the deed
the British took Lens the key position
controlling the great French coal
fields, which have been in the pos
session Of the Huns since 1914. This
is one of the hardest blows yet de
livered during the war and means the
cutting off from the enemy of these
much needed supplies. The great iror
and steel district is now threatened
also and the taking of it would NEAR
the beginning of the last lap of tho
war. There is great reason now tC
hope that the Huns will be entirely
driven out of France by the time snow
flies and n great part of Belgium
freed as well. The immense numbers
of guns, machine guns, and annmuni
ton and other supplies captured arr
unheard of in previous warfare ant
are bound to increase materially tho
embarrassment of the Kaiser's wal
lords The dawn of a brighter day is
breaking over blood-soaked world.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
SOME MOISTURE
The Wettest Rain of The Year Visits
Lamar and Vicinity.

That may sound fishy, but il is true
twice as much rainfall or more and
not nearly so much moisture. For the
past three days this section has been
visited by continual drizzle and
while the total rainfall is only about
two inches, yet everywhere there is
perfect sea of mud, and every ounce
of water is soaking into the soil-most
Of it into the roads. it looks like. A
long string of autos laden with tour
lists are tied up here because of the
hopelessness of travel. 1t is claimed
that the rain extends along the Santa
Fe from Denver clear to Chicago.
That il will do unreasonable good to
all crops is a matter of congratulation,
but that it is great discomfort to the
travelling public both foot and auto is
equally certain. Such spells of wealth
err are frequent further east, but in
the Great American Desert only hap
pen once or twice in a generation.
The entire section of country tri-
butary to Lamar reports heavy rain
fall during the week and it means a
splendid opportunity for the dry land
farmers. The guarantee made by the
government to maintain the wheat
price another season and the offer to
loan money for reasonable planting
expenses to farmers having had two
successive failures, ought to serve as
big encouragement to plant a large
acreage for next season.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
Bank Statement.

The government has made a new
call for statement of the condition of
the national banks of the country, and
once more the solid financial situation
of Prowers county is shown by the re-
ports. We publish in another column
the statement of the First National
Bank of Lamar and it demonstrates
that not only have people recovered
from the heavy drains of the past
few months of bond buying and war
donations, but the assets and deposits
are on the increase over any previous
figures.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
President Proclaims September 18th
as Day for the Men From Is TO
IS to Register for Military
Duty.

The bill drafting all men between
ter for service either to fight or be
employed in some occupation deemed
essential by the government passed
both houses of congress last week and
was signed by the President. The
latter then issued a proclamation max
ing Thursday, September ~, the date
for registration. Accordingly the local
draft board has appointed registrars
for each voting precinct in the county
and on Thursday of next week all men
coming under the terms of the new
draft bill will be required to appear
for registration purposes. 1t is esti-
mated that this draft will call about
forty per cent more taking the country
as a whole than did the former one,
and if this percentage holds good
in Prowers county it will mean the adj
dition Of about two thousand names
to the county's list subject to military
duty. A list of the registrars and the
places for the various precincts will
be found in the regular official notice
published in this issue.
The work of making out the ques-
tionairres has been simplified to a con-
siderable degree for the new registra-
ton and it is hoped to have them
classified and ready to take their regu-
lar turns in the October drafts. This
,,,;ll croata sneh n large Class | list
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
NEW MILITARY REGISTRATION
Information For Persons to he Regis
tered.

The President of the United States
in compliance with the Act of Con-
gress approved May 18th. 1917, and
amended by the Act of Congress ap-
proved August 31st, 1918. has. by pro
clamation. designated September 18th.
1918, as the day upon which registra-
tion shall take place under the Selec-
tive Service Law.
All male persons who shall have at
tanned their eighteenth birthday and
shall not have attained their forty
sixth birthday on or before September
18th, 1918. must register; except
(a) Those persons who have regis
tered under the Act approved May 49,
1917. or under the terms of the public
resolution of Congress approved May
2Oth. 1918, whether called for service
or not, and who have registered on
June 5th, 1918, and August oath, 1918;
Cb) Officers and enlisted men Of
the regular army; officers appointed
and men of the forces drafted under
provisions of the Act approved May
is. 1917; officers and enlisted men of
the National Guard; officers of the Of
ficers Reserve Corps; navy and marine
corps; and naval reserve force.
Failure by any person required to
be registered to perform any duty pre-
scribed by the President is misde-
meanor punishable by imprisonment
for one wear and may result in the loss
of valuable rights and privileges and
the immediate induction into military
service.
Time of Registration.
Between seven o'clock n. m. and nine
o'clock p. M on the day set for regis
tration.
Place of Registration.
The place of registration is the Gus
tomary voting place in the voting pre-
cinct in which you have your domi-
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
RED CROSS SHIPMENTS
Prowers County's Chapter Reports
Splendid Work on the Part Of the
Ladies From all Sections of
The County.

The record of the shipments of
supplies made by the Prowers County
Chapter of the Red Cross during the
months of July and August shows
that despite the growing difficulties in
securing the required amount of yarn
and other needed supplies the ladies
of the county are continuing the splen-
did work they did in the early days
of the organization and meeting all
requests of the general organization
for most all kinds of garments and
dressings. The quantities of knit
goods are increasing rapidly. The re-
port made by the local supply manag-
err, Miss Bessie Lawless, is as follows:
Shipped during July and August
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

Where did you get your informa-
ton? Who told you?" These are the
questions that are being propounded
to millions of American people through
the -Four Minute Men" organization
of the council of defense.
This speaking and publicity CAM
paign is a blow aimed at the German
lies and propaganda prevalent through
out the country.
Would you give 500 to help the
Kaiser win the war;" one speaker
asks at the beginning of his talk. ITO
put it another way, would you give
500 of SERVICE and WORK to help
the HUN? OF course you will say
no, but that is just what you are do
ing every time you pass on a Ger
man lie, or permit one to go unques-
toned"
The next time you hear that the Red
Cross is selling its knitted garments
or that the war department is doctor.
ing" the casualty list or that the sol
diers are under-fed and under-clothed
or any one of the hundreds of other
lies that are being circulated. be ready
with the question, ''Who told you p
Trace it down! If you hear that Johr
Smith told it, find out who told Johr
Smith. Pretty soon you will run uI
against a blank wall and that mean
"Hun propaganda"
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

cile, or such other place as may be
designated by public notice by the
Local Board having jurisdiction of the
area in which you live.
Absentees.
Any absentee or sick person is au-
thorized to mail his card to the local
board having jurisdiction of the area
in which he permanently resides. Such
registration should be made at the of
flee of the local board prior to said
date of registration so that the regis
tration card may be sent to your per-
manent home on or before the day set
for registration. Your card when
made out will be turned over to you
and by you it must be mailed in time
to reach the local board having juris-
diction of the area in which you per-
manently reside as designated above.
Any person, who on account of sick
ness, is unable to present himself for
registration on the day set, will cause
some competent person to apply TO a
local board for a copy of the card and
for authority to fill it out. The card
will then be mailed by the sick per-
son, or delivered by his agent, to the
local board having jurisdiction of the
area in which he permanently resides.
The sick person will enclose self
addressed envelope for registration
certificate.
All persons required to register
should familarize themselves with
questions appearing on their registra-
tion card and which are clearly defin-
ed on posters "How to Answer Ques-
tions on Registration Card and In
struction for Registrars"
The local board of Prowers county
has selected the following chief regis
trars and designated the following
places for registration within said
area.
The precinct number, the chief reg
istrar, his post office address and the
place of registration.
/. X. l.. Christy, Lamar, Colo.
City Hall. Lamar, Colo.
2. Jas. G. Fuller. Holly, Colo, J.
W. wilkins Office, Holly.
3. ]. Russell Mayfield. Granada,
Colo, Town Hall, Granada.
4. Chas. Hoag. Lamar, Colo, Court
House. Lamar.
8. J. II. Larrick, Bristol, Colo.
School House, Dist. No. ..
6. Lee l.. Leatherman, Lamar,
Colo, School House, Dist. No. "a.
Z. Carl Davis, Wiley. Colo, Butler
Building. Wiley, Colo.
8. Herman c. Davis, Lamar. Colo,
Payne Building. Lamar, Colo.
9. Henry Decker, Bristol, Colo.'
Decker Building, Bristol.
10. Carl w. Downing, Northway,
Colo. Star School House, Dist No. g.
II. J. C. Irving. Hartman. Colo,
Pattison's Garage. Hartman.
~. Br. A. w. Leonard. Webb,
Colo, School House, Dist. No. 4.
10. f. II. Allen. Holly. Colo. +. ii.
Aliens Office. Holly.
Il. Cora r. Strain, Lamar. Colo,
Residence l.. A. Cook. No. 9Th St, La
mar, Colo.
Is. Ed Applegate, Lamar, Colo,
Residence Mrs. NJ. Carr. sos f. Oak,
Lamar.
i6. II. Z. Blevins, So. Rte, Lamar,
Colo, Pleasant Heights School, Dist.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

Is your work classed as "non-es-
sential" under the work-or-fight regu-
lations? If you are under the draft
and there is any possibility of such
being the case. it might be well to in
vestigate.
Included in the non-essential list
just published are such occupations as
auto accessories, drivers Of pleasure
cars, bath and barber shop attendants,
cleaners and dyers, confectioners,
dancing academies, mercantile stores,
florists, livery stables, soft drink es-
Establishments, and others too numerous
to mention.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

cie, or such other place as may be
designated by public notice by the
Local Board having jurisdiction of the
area in which you live.
AbSentees
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

miles in extent, lying deserted and
silent, grass growing in the streets
like places of the dead-everything
that years, perhaps hundreds of years
of patient industry had built up and
passed on as heritage from father
to son-all vanished.
ave in America have known moth
ing like this. We can know nothing
like il. Thanks to our allies, these
experiences will be kept from us. That
factory of yours in New England, that
mine of your neighbor's in Michigan,
that farm l own in Iowa-they are
being protected today by the untold
sacrifices of the soldiers, the business
men, the women of England and
France.
"Why then should we complain ?
Why should we protest that our busi-
ness is ruined? Why should we be-
wall lessened profits, cavil at high
prices, inconvenience, hard conditions.
and why should we rage at the disast-
err that overtakes our business?
"Our business? Our Profits? Our
lives? Good God, will we ever open
our eyes to see the truth? Can we
ever repay the debt we owe? The
time has come for us, the commercial
men of this country, to relieve our
French and British allies overseas Of
their appalling burden. Their soldiers
are now our soldiers as truly as IL
they wore our uniform; and our boys
are theirs."-E. T. Meredith in The
Nations Business for August.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04
-0C.,
co u P o N

Date
X. J. McGrath, Co. Treas,
Expense Fund, 4th Liberty Loan,
care Gov. Land Office,
Lamar, Colorado.
I enclose herewith 81 to help win
he war.
Use it for advertising, kilograms,
sign painting, telephone calls, and all
other necessary incidental expenses
connected with tie 4th Liberty Loan
drive in Prowers county.
Name 80. .-....-....-.-
Address ..----------------------------------
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

'In England and France have seen
things which l wish could be burned
into the conscience of every business
man in the United States. l have
seen factories in ruins, office buildings
blown into bits, commercial districts,
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

American railroads have transported
100000 soldiers during the past IA
months, counting one and half mil
lion drafted men on the way to their
cantonments.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

Have you sent in your dollar tor
Liberty Loan campaign expenses? If
not, please do it today.
This "S1 per person" idea was an
experiment with the county committee.
1t rests with you to make it sue
cess or a failure. If it fails, then a
petition must be passed to make up
the deficiency.
As matters now stand, fully Sl5o
more is needed to make up the fund
required. If you have not already
done so, fill out the coupon printed
below and MAIL IT IN TODAY.
The Lamar register., 1918-09-04

If you are between the ages Of 18
end 81 or 81 and 45, you are to regist-
er next week under the selective ser
vice. For details, ask any postmaster
or read the announcement elsewhere
in this paper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-15
NEWS review OF
THE GREAT WAR
General Foch Is Squeezing the
Crown Princes Army Out of
Soissons-ReimS Salient.
HUNS IN PERILOUS POSITION

American Troops Are Highly Praised
for Their Fine Work-Brltlsh In
Flanders Take Metenen-SiIIy
Exploit OF U-8oat off
Cape Cod.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-15
NEUTRAL SAILORS EAT SEAWEED

was stopped by shell fire, the crew or
dered into two boats and the ship was
sunk with bombs.
Captain Egge OF the Augvald left
the ship with II men in his boat ana
1t became separated from the other
hfeboat containing Id Of the crew. For
TWO days the latter boat drifted about
and was then upset In u storm. Three
OF the men were swept away and the
Others managed to right the boat ana
bale It out. They lost ali their food
and fresh water and even their oara
were gone.
Drifting helplessly. the men began
to suffer FOL. want Of food ana water.
Seaweed was eagerly snatched up ana
chewed and every device they could
think OF was resorted to to catch rain
water. There was a succession OF rdIn-
storms and the men were almost con-
tinually drenched. Day after day went
by and finally the rescue shIp game
over the horizon and the exhanstod
and starving men were soon safely on
the deck OF the liner.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-15
''OUR BOYS" SMILE AS /
THEY GONTO BATTLE

Over 5000 American trucks, all
heavily laden, have passed our front
door in this last big drive. Every man
In charge came In for rest and refresh
ment and little chat with one Of his
native tongue, then with the smile of
the soldiers and wave of the hand in
farewell, "Good-by until we meet
again."
After every battle and at intervals
we see "our boys" coming back.
Blood soaked, weary, but oh how
brave, "our boys,"' with bayonet and
shell wounds Will tell you quickly and
firmly, II am all o. K" II can wait"
Look after Jim there" or Look after
this lad; he's gassed" The pity and
the brutality of that horrible gas!
Get Best of Care.
Every American father and mother
can rest in full assurance that if their
boy comes in anywhere along the line
the most thoughtful, considerate and
efficient care Is given to him immedl-
ately.
"Our boys" of course, come first,
but in behalf of humanity, and the
love of Christ, we never say or do
anything to wounded enemy, and we
see them by the hundreds, that any
one could criticize. The American
Red Cross is here for service, and It
renders the best, day and night, to
everyone that comes.
!, While it's work, hard work, and
work all the time, I'VE get lot of 1t,
and the sun shines just as brightly
over here on the firing line as at home.
Every day is a new one and its ups
and downs fill up tile time.
A splendid general came in the 9TH
er day and he wasJa sight. His clothes
were white with dust and his face
black for want Of a shave. The can
teen was packed-it was one Of our
busy days. The general wanted to
shave and wash up before eating, and
the only spot vacant and available was
the small private dressing room used
exclusively by we American women.
We excluded all the women, put the
general In our private dressing room,
with hct and cold water, and on the
outside Of the door we wrote q note
and pinned 1t up. reading:
'BEWARE-Glrls stay out. The gen,
eral Is shaving"
When our guest finished and came
out he saw tie sign, and doubtless
read it with amusement. because he
wrote Just below it. as follows:
"Girls, your guest has finished. Many
thanks to Gods greatest gift to man
an American woman" .
And then he signed his name, and
that Is one of our choice souvenirs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-15
BLUE GOWNS ARE BUSY
Restoring Manned Soldiers to
Trades, Their Job.
Reconstruction Aids" Coax Wasted
Muscles Back to Their Nor
NAL State.

Washington.-Teache nurses and
healers too, are the "Blue Gowus' Of
the army medical corps, at work now
in the hospitals of the United States
and lover there"
Reconstruction aids is their official
name, but the CHEEKY hue of their dis,
tlnctive uniform already has won a
handler name for the special corps of
seventy women whose membership
treats and teaches among the manned
soldiers brought back from the battle
front. Theirs is the work of eoaxing
back the wasted muscles and disused
limbs of wounded men, and later by
patient tutoring instilling deftness in
new arts and vocations which the hos
pital schools are planning for the re-
turned soldier.
Most of the "Blue Gowns" were re-
cruited from the instruction STATS of
manual training schools and civilian
hospitals.
Beside a table young fellow In
uniform was carving conventional
flower border on q wooden picture
Frame" says an official description OF
their work. "The design was his own
and the work was his first piece. He
was inclined to be clumsy because he
was using his left hand. A Blue
Gown was ready to guide and advise
him. AS he becomes adept in left-hand-
ed carving he Is preparing for the time
when he again will begin to draft. this
time with his left hand. This mental
concentration upon new task is be-
lieved by doctors and psychologists to
be valuable antidote for discourage
ment.
"At the same Open-air workshop one
man was knitting q scarf. One group
of men, temporarily crippled, were
carving designs upon wooden blocks;
and several were learning to weave up
on hand looms"
In the treatment rooms inside the
BLUE Gowns" were guiding electrical
appliances and administering the COM
plicated series of treatments that per-
feet the restoration work started by
the surgeon at the front.