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The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
A PRIVILEGE

We said good bye to a young man
tie Other day who was on his way to
military service, BY his side stood
woman; she was a girl but last sum
mer, bride of less than q year, but
a woman now. She said few words
only about the going, words of which
we hardly caught the import at the
time. but one sentence keeps ring
ing In our ears. She spoke so calm
ly of the step being taken. Of how
glad they we're to do their parry and
said we count It a privilege.
"A privilege" s~ face hardship;
disease; danger; perhaps death!
"A privilege" o have a part in
making the wori safe for demoe-
racy!
"A privilege" beat the great
Hun beast to the elrth, that he may
no longer terrorize hae world!
"A privilege" to an for your coun-
try.
When that spirit peryades the wom-
anhood Of America, the doom Of the
Hun is sealed. We do not know how
long 1t will take. but victory Ia GER
tain.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
DAIRyMEh ARE URGED
TO KEEP THEIR HERDS

THE child life OF the world may
some day depend entirely upon the
dairy herd Of America. and the duty
Of every dairyman Is to stand by, with
that courage that comes from the
knowledge that he is part Of the
worlds reserve army that may at any
moment be called into battle for our
existence and the existence Of the
next generation"
With these stirring words, Herbert
Hoover stood before representative
dairymen of America and urged thenl
not to let the high cost Of meat, the
price of feed and the increased cost
of labor influence them to sell for beef
the dairy COWS that are so vital to the
welfare OF the nation.
The U. 8. Food Administration feels
the necessity Of encouraging the use
Of dairy products 30 that dairymen
will in no instances be tempted to re
linquish their herds.
Milk is one of the cheapest and
most nourishing foods that can be Oh
tained," announced Robert J. Grant
executive manager OF the Colorado ad
ministration." 1t is easily prepared
into the most palatable dishes. and
loyal Coloradoans should increase
their consumption as greatly as posi-
Bile and save meat and wheat for ship
ment overseas
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
LIGHTNING DOES
DEADLY WORK

Last Thursday afternoon, sin
gle storm cloud with a solitary flash
brought death and desolaion to the
d. II. Burton home southeast Of Ray
mer, when Ivan Burton, seventeen
years old was instantly killed togeth-
er with the horse on which he was
riding.
Mr.. Burton and his son had been
fixing some fence on the place and
had stopped to catch a Shetland pony
that was running with other horses
near by.
Ivan was riding horse and Mr..
Burton was on foot, about thirty
feet from one another. A single
storm cloud was lowering near giving
promise of needed rain, but no indi-
cation of being surcharged with the
deadly current, when suddenly the
binding flash came, and boy and
horse fell. Mr. Burton was looking at
them at the time the bolt fell, he being
almost stunned by the shock, but
quickly he ran to the PROSTATE form
to render assistance, but the bolt
had surely done its work. Horse and
ridder each gasped as Mr.. Burton
reached the boy and that was all.
All-except the dazed father must
break the news to the home, tell the
mother and the brothers of the ter
rible thing that had reached out Of
the cloud and smitten the young man.
The coroner was notified, word sent
to relatives and the last things done
that have to be done in such cases.
The funeral was from the house
Sunday morning and the body taken
to Fort Morgan and laid to rest in
the cemetery at that place.
The Enterprise man had occasion
to call at the Burton home just a
week before. and there saw a gather
ing OF young people, dozen or more
of cousins, and their appearance and
jolly romping filed one with admira-
tion. Who dreamed that afternoon,
that death for one and sorrow for
all would come in the short week
ahead.
The funeral was largely attended
fifty automobiles being present.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
ENTERPRISE MAN
IS INTERVIEWED

The Enterprise man was in Greeley
Monday and got into print. The
reporter was very kind to us and re-
presented the views expressed in a
conversation of about three minutes
very accurately.
The interview says:
Il am not to be an active candi-
date for any political Office this fall.
II | am a candidate at all 1t will be
for reelection as representative.
Will not campaign for the nomination
and would not accept 1t II offered un-
less | was sure Of the support of all
sections of eastern Weld, said C. r.
Graves state representative and edit
or of the New Raymr Enterprise
while at the local court house today.
Graves has been mentioned as a
likely candidate for county treasurer
or some other Office at Greeley, but
he stated today that, he had no am
bitions which would take him per-
manently away from the New Ray
mer district. II do not believe
should be a candidate for representa-
tive again. My personal business re-
quires much of my time. | could not
afford to go into political fight un-
der present conditions, said Graves.
Graves also mentioned the some
what delicate subject Of county di-
vision in his Enthusiastically frank
manner. Eastern Weld was never so
we'll able to finance a county govern
ment as 1t is at present" said Graves.
However | do not believe that any
thing should be done to cause divis-
ion among the people during the war.
A hot contest between Grover and
New Raymer would be inevitable in
case a new county is organized at
present.. he continued. After the
war Graves believes Greeley should
keep hands off and leave the decision
with the voters of eastern Weld.
Graves is as enthusiastic as ever
over the growth of the New Raymer
district. The business Of the New
Raymer Enterprise has quadrupled
in less than four years. Farmers who
had no credit two or three years ago
are now recognized at the banks as
excellent risks. The Raymer banking
business was divided this spring
when new bank was started. Yet
the old bank is still bigger than the
Grover bank and the new institution
is as big as the bank at Keota accord
ing to the representative. At fun
eral held south of New Raymer Sun
day there were so automobiles in the
line. Nearly 40 buildings are under
construction or have been completes
in New Raymer this summer.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
Save CANNED GOODS
FOR use IN WINTER
SAYS FOOD OFFICIAL

IT \ not patriotic 4 this tine b
- sanAe1 goods. which make Up the
cations losd reserve, whsa thsrs u.
~ over the state, peat, immediate
supply ol fresh green vegetables.
ouaA b he latest staAA taken n
~ o. Z. veod Administratioa against
~ tAesghtlsss opening q eaAasd
oDo1U uAea fresh Vegetables ase q
u nagGBA n sseh abundance. With
~ sa1o1v aad STABILITY e Ameriea'a
leel snODly more q lee dependent
uoee ~ reserve supply Of canned
Ose6s, every tn that 3 opened unnsc.
seserily during the green produce see
~ b leessaing the amount Of food
Win whtch The United States b plan
nlns y iced her soldiers daring the
ssnlag winter.
TIE f0ed suppay u not the only rsa-
son sivsa By the Toed Administration
for restraining fron using canned food
q tAis time Of the year. Perhaps the
more ssrieus anglo Il the fact that the
tn shortage ID becoming rapidly acute.
aal unless the supply b shortly en-
haacsl. there win not be sufficient tin
containers 70 preserve the enormous
crops expected this season. Because Of
thu. n u necessary that every house.
wife, hotel manager and consumer
realise the need Of practicing the ut.
mast sconemy whore The uss d timed
fooAa n o0n0nrnnd
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
HOOVER FlAYS PROFiTEER.
ING.
BY Herbert Hoover.

No person In the United States
has q right to make one cent
more profit out Of any employ
ment than he would have made
under pre-war conditions.
| do not care whether this re-
fers to the farmer, to the laborer,
to the manufacturer, to the mid.
dleman or to the retailer. Every
cent taken beyond this standard
ID money extracted from the
blood and sacrifice Of the Amer.
lean people.
Extortionate profits are not
necessary to secure the maxi
mum effort on the part of the
American people in this war. II
We are going to adopt that the
DRY, We have admitted every
thing that has been charged
against " Of being the most ma
terialistic. the most avaricious,
and the most venal Of people In
this world.
II we are going to admit that
the government, In order 70 Sc
cure the supreme effort of its
oitisens In production, must
bribe them with money to this
exertion, we have admitted a
weakness Of American character,
OF American civilization and OF
American ideals that puts us on
a plane below German Kultur.
Do net mistake that | am say
ing that prices and wages should
return to the pre- war normal. be-
cause the incidence OF war be-
fore We Joined 1t had lifted our
costs Of operation, and there
must be compensation in every
direction.
Nevertheless. / hold that any
man who has made more than
bis necessary living out OF the
cost this nation Is giving In the
blood Of the boys we are sending
to France, should not stand out
as a bensfactor to his commun.
ity.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
THR!55 .T.!!s9 Ay9 sayings s!y4 IS,

The next task for the people Of this
country to tackle Is the Thrift Stamp
and War Savings Certificate pledg-
es.
The country has not kept up to its
requirements on this form Of con-
tribution to Uncle Sans war chest.
1t seems 80 insignificant to buy a
Thrift stamp for rs cents and place
1t on q card, that 1t did not appeal
to people who were being asked for
billions.
The average man when asked to
subscribe for the smallest bond stop
ed to consider the matter. To most
1t meant something Of sacrifice,
or at least some adjustment of his
financies to provide for the payment: /:
but Thrift Stamp! why that was
not the daily cigar bill for many
men-it was too small to bother about.
But stop to think that one Thrift
Stamp for every one Of the 100. .000,-
900 people would make s25.000, 900.
The government has asked us to
do Just that thing twice every week.
Some will not be able to reach that
amount. SO some should do more. to
bring up the average.
A clerk told us that there were
children in Raymer who would ay-
erage almost rs cents per day for
candy. II that child would buy
Thrift Stamps instead, 1t would have
SIS saved at the end OF year and
have better health as a result
The first object of the Thrift Stamp
is to raise money for the government.
but 1t has another object that is al
most, II not quite as important; and
that is to cut out useless expenditure,
and save. The candy bill is almost a
crime under the present shortage
Of sugar.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
BURTON

Ivan Burton, seventeen year old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Burton,
was born near Waverly, Nebraska,
where he has lived the most Of his
life. Last spring he came with his
parents to Raymer where he has since
lived on a farm southeast OF Ray
mer, until the day last Thursday OF
the electrical storm when he met his
death.
Just entering into manhood, be
was q fine manly young man, who
made friends wherever he was known.
His sad death came as a shock not
only to his family but to the whole
neighborhood.
In the morning Of life. SO strong
and willing, 1t is hard to understand
why he should be taken from the
world when the need Tor youth and
strength and willing workers is 30
great. To the father and mother,
the two brothers. and three sisters
an entire community. extends Its
heartfelt sympathy in the great ber-
eavement.
Th funeral was conducted from the
house Sunday morning, Rev. Griffin
conducting the services and the body
was laid to rest In the cemetery at
Fort Morgan.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
SUGAR BOWL
IS BANISHED

The old time-honorsd sugar bowl
has disappeared from Colorado
tables. Facing an intensive canning
and storage season which will prob
ably be uneQualed In the history Of
the country. together with Z rs-
duced beet acreage, the U. s. Food
Administration for Colorado waved
it, food control wand and sugar
bowllsss meals were established.
According to J. N. Bundick, chair
man OF the sugar division Of the
food administration, action of this
nature was necessary to insure q
sufficient supply Of sugar to meet
the increased demand Of the can
ming season.
In the Colorado sugar store
houses there is vast amount of
sugar. but that amount must be
available for shipping when demands
come and when 1t Is possible to OBJ
tain cars. Beet sugar production Of
the United States during the coming
year will be approximately 500, ,000,-
900 pounds less than last; Cuban
sugar supply, owing to numerous
causes among which are transporta-
tion. political unrest and general war
conditions 10 rapidly decreasing. And
sugar conservation now Is vital"
stated Bundick.
The new sugar regulations allow
consumers to have two teaspoonsful
or two Jumps Of sugar to one cup OF
tea. coffee or Ice tea, and two tea
spoonsful Of sugar to each additional
service Of fruits. cereals or so forth.
No sugar 10 allowed for pie puddings
Or any food 70 which sugar has a.
ready besn added.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
RAYMER MAY QUIT

Raymr people are not anxious to
be classsd - cutters. but since they
have learned that Stoneham hss de-
cided to celebrate the Fourth thia
year, and as this IL the first time that
stoneham has invited u there for
celebration since 1910. the most Of
the business men here thought that
II would bs no more than right "a
stop proceedings here and all 60 to
Stoneham tor big tins.
While the action has not bssa con
firmed by the meeting thsf decided
to celebrate. still 70 many Of tn
business men have Expressed thsm-
slves in favor Of the above action
we feel confident this will be done.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
Weld LED STATE
N LOAN CAMPAIGN

Did you know. says the Eaton Her
aid, that Weld county led every other
county In the state outside OF Dem
ever In the number Of subsciptions.
the total amount Of subscriptions,
the percentage Of over-suhscrip-
tions to the third liberty loan?
Totals furnished BY Harold
Kountze state chairman for the third
liberty loan drive shows how Weld
outstripped her more populous and
slightly richer rivals, El Paso and
Pueblo counties. 81 Paso county
was given quota Of 31,30S,00 her
subscription totalled $l.7ss.500. and
she had a total Of 1872 individual
subscribers. Pueblo county's quota
was s1,s32,000. her subscriptions
were $1.803,400, and the number
of subscribers were 1852. Weld
couunty's quota was $sl1.600, her
subscriptions $2,124.600 and her
number Of subscribers 1928. Yields
percentage Of over-subscription, ap-
proximately 120 per cent, Is nearly
triple that Of Denver's. Denser's
quota was S.682. 100. her number Of
subscribers s3,o7s aand her total
sll.l73,S00.
An alphabetical list Of the num-
ber OF subscribers and the total sub
scriptions for the banking districts
OF Weld county. a. furnished by C.
N Jackson. follows:
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
SERVICE

Harold Scott left Sunday tor Boul-
der, taking Mrs. Scott with him. They
will put In few days In the Park
and then Harold will go to Fort Col
lins for some mechanical instruction
relative to military service. He is
one Of three from this district to be
selected for this service. Just what
1t means and where 1t leads to, time
alone will tell.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13

Just before he met his death in
an airplane flight, an American boy
wrote this letter to his mother, and
1t deserves place in the classics
Like a Liberty Bond, 1t Ia on in.
vestment, but not a loss, when man
dies for his country" And the bea Il.
ty of II is. there are nearly a million
OF our boys over there, who are an.
mated by that selfsame sentiment. -
Iliff Independent.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
s325,OO ADDED TO
RED CROSS SATURDAY

The Red Cross Sale Supper and
Program Saturday yielded nice sum
to the local organization.
The sale took place in the after
noon. Col. Northup being at his best
In extracting the coin from the un-
suspecting public, or would 1t be
better to say the public fully aware
Of the facts and perfectly willing to
be separated from their coin.
No sales were made for amounts
much II any in excess OF the value
Of the articles. but several Of the
smaller things were donated back
again to be sold.
The sale amounted to about
$4,000.
In the evening the program as ad-
vertised was In the last issue OF The
Enterprise was carried out with a
very few exceptions.
While We we're disappointed by
Mr.. Northup's not being present for
his part of the program, Mr.. Allen
supplied by telling about things
learned at Red Cross meetings In
Greeley last week.
The program was enthusiastically
received by the audience. especially
the music numbers by the choir.
Tn sale Of boxes brought In q good
ly sum, the selling being done by
Col. Harry Curl, who made the box
es add another nice sum to the total
Of the Red Cross funds for the day.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
HALL|NG SELLS

VIM. Halling has sold his farm to
w. W. DeHoney, the consideration
being $4,000 per acre.
This seems like big price only
when compared to sales in former
times in this section. When you take
into account the prices land brings
mother sections Of the country and
then compare the selling price Of the
crops raised, land here is still too
cheap.
$4,000 per acre will be paid for
land around Raymer before another
year ends. And it's dry too.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
SOLDIER LETTER
FROM FRANCE

by W. A. Sweigard from his cousin,
Carol E. Montgomery, who Is with the
American forces in France.
France. May IS, 1918.
Dear Cousin:
suppose that you are surprised to
hear from me In France, but | am
here with the U. S. Army. l had
fine trip on the boat coming over,
and like France fine The country
Is very beautiful, but the cities are
so old that they are not much like
our cities. We get good meals at the
mess. The French are very kind to
us, but they are SO poor and tired Of
war they are pitiful sight. The
moral of the women is very low, but
| suppose that most of 1t Is on ac-
count of the war. All the able bodied
men arein the army. There are only
government automobiles RUNNING,
and never any private cars. There
seems to be plenty OF food, and the
French will be able to hold on for
some time, but think that 1t will
beover this year. or hope so. There
is Y. M. c. A. at every camp, and
they have amusements for the soldiers,
and are doing great work in this
war. Thy hold Sunday services, and
they are always crowded. There
seems to be very fine bunch OF
soldiers here. as you know that the
selective draft pickd them as they
came, and they have some fellows
with them.
like it here much better than
thought | would. The French have
a lot of cheap wine, but don't want
any of that. am going to come back
straight, and II l cannot do that
don't want to come back. l suppose
that you hear more about the war
than We do, but we are resting easy,
and think that 1t will soon be over,
and all of us are planning on eating
our Christmas dinner at home, and
the old Statue OF Liberty will look
better%tos us when we go home than
when We left. The Y. M. C. A. has
some OF the best lecturers and actors
In the country come to the Huts, and
we all enjoy them. All the people are
very friendly here as they are not
here to make money am an Army
Fild Clerk, and do clerical work, at
the offices. We are about the same as
offers. suppose that you are busy
about this time with the spring rush,
and will be for some time yet. l sup
pose that We will have todepnd on the
central states for food, but we are
getting plenty OF it, and hope to as
long as the war lasts. | ran across
a couple of fellows from Fremont,
and | was glad to see them.
! do not have much to write about,
but when ! get back | will be glad
to talk to you for hours about the
country.
Well, | would like to hear from you
when you have time to write, as
you know that letter Is a nice thing
to get, when you are this far from
home. Tell the people to help the
Red Cross and Y. NJ. c. A. and do
all they can and We will do the rest,
and what know about the army,
when we get started. we will not be
very long cleaning up the Germans;
but we are not coming back until we
do good job Of it.
| Your cousin,
G.. Il Montgomery
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13

Every community In Weld county
was entitled to and received liberty
loan honor flag. Among the COM
munities not mentioned in the total
but which did their share through
banks In other towns and cities. are
Gill, Sligo. Carr. Hereford, Galeton.
Kuner Masters, Graham, Kalous, and
Avalo.
Not to boast, but to encourage we
gather from. the above list the towns
alono tho Rurlin9fnn aa follaWa.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
RESTAURANT CLOSED
FOR FOOD VIOLATION

Fer violation Of the substitute rule
And the rule against the placing of
sugar bowls upon the tables, Rein
hard Mueller. owner of the Vienna
Bakery and Restaurant, was ordered
TO dose his shop for one week by
the D. .. Food Administration.
Mueller was granted hearing be-
fose the food administration execu-
Tive. Robert J. Grant. His only de-
1onse wa1 that he did not under
stand the regulations.
The penalty impose1 upon Musl-
lsr was the first Of its kind since the
ssganizatfcn Of the food administra-
tAeA and followed recent order
nom Washington against the inflic-
Wsa Of money fines upon violatess.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13

The republicans have named John
F. Vivian as chairman OF their state
committee. John is the smartest pol
itician in that party and II any man
in the state can pilot them to victory,
he Is the fellow. A great deal will
depend on the ticket the democrat t.
nine ind the man they select {,
handle their campaign.--Tlif ln.le.
pendent
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13
Radlum and Plant Growth.

Radlum and Plant Growth.
A series Of interesting experiments
u being carried on In the laboratory
Of Professor Noorden. Vienna Plants
have been subjected to radioactive
influence. and II has been ascertained
that such plants grow to nearly twice
the size OF those not subjected to the
influence OF radium.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13

We want to suggest that booze i'm
porters for the Fourth need to bs
cautions. It may be that you think
beer Q necessity In hot weather, but
there ID no law that recognise such
need, and the general opinion b that
since barley -four can b used - .
fair substitute for wheat hour. that
barley bread ID more Of Z necessity
than barley drink.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-06-13

FREE An-Raymsr Rubber works
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-26
What About
That
Vacant Lot?
Will You Leave It Idle?

Your Country Needs 1t and Calls for
YOU to plant it and make it produce
FOOD Will you do it? Every foot of
soil fit for that use should be made to pro-
duce food. If you have yard, large or
small, back or 'front.' or if there is
vacant lot near you, it should be con-
scripted in this fight for food. The more
food you grow for yourself during the
summer and for canning for winter, the
more grain and meat foods you are re-
leasing for those doing your fighting for
you.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-20
j. S, SOLDIERS
MARCHING ON

WITH THE AMERICANS AD-
vAScING TOWARD THE RHINE.
Nov. .o.--ro3o a. mi-Tho second
phase Of the American advance be
gan today. when the march was TAX
en- up ACROSS the frontiers Of German
terrain and the duchy OF Luxembourg.
The columns moved In the direc.
ton OF Thionviiic u)iedenhofen) and
the city Of Luxemburg. rhionvii'e
IL Is miles directly north Of Metz and
nine miles from tho FrHncoGsrman
frontiers. Luxembourg II Is miles
north Of Thionvilie and /: miles from
the French frontierJ
The Americans were close on the
heels OF the Germans Mt some points.
tho iatters rear guards being sighted.
The Americans are rapidly consoli'
dating the rcoccupied regions. Loco
motives drawing long trains are fol-
lowing up the infantry and are with
In a few miles OF the front lines.
Enormous quantities OF materials
ar. being taken over.
Powerful defense systems. with
new wire entangiements. are encoun-
tered every few miles. showing that
the enemy planned to make q desper-
ate resistance.
In every town are posted procla'
nations notifying the soldiers that
the new government IL in authority.