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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17

history for Franc, but could see
very little of them except the
rail- steeples on tile cathedral
every where. Censorship pre-
vents my saying much of these
places, in fact l know little to say
because l find l am woefully ig-
nOrant of French history.
We reached Paris a little af-
ter dark. No lights were al
lowed on the train and no lights
allowed to show in Paris except
few dim street lights, which
gave prac tically no light and
are covered by big shades so
they cannot be seen from above.
One has to stretch his magma
tion a lot to think. of this great
city, the center of the gaity and
light, being in almost total dark
ness, as far as the outside is
concerned. 1 have wondered how
they got US TO the hotel, but they
did, where a good supper and
bed, really the first good bed
since New York, waited for us.
1t would be the height of folly
for me with four days in Paris
to tell anything about the city.
We arrived late Wednesday night
and were told that "Big Bertha"
the long range gun had been
leaving Paris alone for several
days and that they had only had
three ar raids this year. You
may imagine how that eased my
mind, but the Germans had evil
IDENTIFY planned little reception
for US. 1 was standing just out
side Y. M. c. A. headquarters
about 3 o'clock when I heard an
explosion and felt a jar that gave
me very unpleasant feeling to
say the least. | heard afterwards
that it struck in about six or
eight blocks of me and two of
our men were close enough to
see the debris fly from the top
of the house where it fell, I
turned to a Frenchman. reading
a paper near by, evidently with a
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17

1 have visited several of the
old churches and cathedrals, in
the city today and attended SER
vices at the famous old Notre
Dame Cathedral, as you know,
one of the most noted in Europe.
For reasons which you will like
ly understand III view of the
recent German drive on West
ern front, the larger part of the
men in our party will be as
signed to the American forces
for the present, and my address
will be Il Rue O'Agnesseau,
Paris, instead of Al Rue de
Provence. Tel John this so he
will keep my paper coming. 1
ought to get one before long
and L certainly will be glad. 1
Just heard another of Fritz S"
long range shells light. They
came all yesterday afternoon
and last night, most of today
and that is the third l have heard
tonight. 1t is the first time
they have operated at night.
They have not seemed to be do
ing any damage to amount to
anything and if they think they
will brighten the French into
peace by dropping bombs on de-
fenseless women and children.
they have another think coming.
With best wishes for all,
E. r. GENTRY.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17
SOLD BY
JOHN ROBINS
BRODHEAD, KY.

when we were close enough to
hear, it was always lie Ameri-
cans" recognizing the uniforms
We wore and the important ma
ture of our passenger list, as i
we neared the port passing the !
wharfs and shops all the whistles
blew and the boots all slgnaled
as We passed. Crowds of Sam
mics, U. S. engineers were
erecting large docks and others
ran from barracks and out of
boats to yell at US and ask where
we were from. There was a
crowd on the wharf to meet US,
very different from our quiet
slipping away from New York.
Many French and American SOL
diers and officers stood at salute
while the passengers crowded
the deck and sang the Marseil
laise and Star Spangled Banner
as the ship was slowly drawn
into the dock. We had to spend
the night in this old French
port and were not at all sorry.
should like very much to de-
scribe it, but am afraid of the
censors knife. We started for
Paris the next day at noon
across miles and miles of the
most beautiful country 1 have
ever seen. There is nothing
wonderful about the topography
of the country. The rivers are
much like many of ours. The
the brooks have no more natur-
al beauty than ours. Where the
land is a little rugged, the forms-
ton is very much the same as
many of our own Kentucky hills,
but the thing that strikes you is
the identifying of the country
by every means which the arts
tic mind of the Frenchman car
devise. Great paved highways
lined on either side with lovely
shade trees, equal distance apart
and right now clothed in all the
richness of spring. You CAL
see them some times for miles
in almost straight lines ano
again the road will follow
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17

little ravine, along a wandering
brook and through shady hooks,
but always those never ending
lines of trees, all looking alike,
continue Spanning the streams
are always stone bridges built
like everything else in France
is built, for beauty as we'll as
strength. Artistically arranged
ratings alongside and lovely
arches underneath and possibly
all covered with clinging vines,
like pictures you have seen and
which you possibly thought
never really existed. Why our
splendid Renfro bridge would be
an "eye sore" to a Frenchman.
Very few farm houses. but the
magnificent chateaus, the center
of a farming region gives l sup
pose the basis of the system OF
the farmers living in little vii
lagos. which they have taken all
the care of in the world to have
correspond with the country
around them. Buildings are all
of stone and may be old and
moss covered, but it is the pride
of the Frenchman's life to care
and preserve it. No wonder
he loves it, it may have been
handed down to him through
father to son for a thousand
years, and then the wonderful
fields and gardens and vineyards
There may be greater, but L
never dreamed of a country in
so high state of cultivation. No
wonder the Frenchman loves
his country! For hundreds of
years he has been putting the
very best he had, his very life
right into it, and even now when
for nearly four years the coun-
try has been in an awful war,
and the work has been done by
women and children, assisted by
few old men, as we saw them
every where, 1t would make our
best Kentucky farmers ashamed.
We passed through large towns,
places which have made famous
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17

look on my face that at least
ask a question. He shrugged his
shoulders and said "Fritz" with
wave of his hand that meant the
long gun. They kept it up about
every twenty minutes until sun
down. Friday afternoon they
dropped a few more, but nobody
seemed to pay any attention to
them. so began to get a little
of the shake out of my own
knees. Fritz, however, thought
the Big Gun was not proper
reception. About ten O'Clock
Friday night, 1 was writing in
my room at the hotel, when L
heard a terrific explosion. fol-
lowed by another and another, 1
said to my room mate that it
must b, something wrong. About
that time the air raid signal was
given and the lights in the hotel
all went out. 1 threw open our
window shutters as We had a
room on the street and could
hear the roar of the French anti
aircraft guns from the Paris
ports and See the flash of burst
ing shrapnel shells high in the
air. Just then the guns from
the French aeroplanes begBn to
bark, I heard the whlrring of
motor, it must have been an avia
tor ascending and forgetting my
fear l could no longer resist the
temptation of seeing a real bat
| tie in the air. We climbed out
on the little veranda that sur
rounds all windows. We coulC
hear the firing and see the fiasf
from the guns far above and t
the East of US several blocks
There were many shots fired il
the raid which lasted altOgethe.
about thirty minutes and the hr
ing moved eastward as the Ger
man planes were driven off an
finally ceased. I wondered
any one can imagine my feeling
as gazed into the Heavens an
thought of those heroic FrencI
aviators, thousand of feet into the
darkness Of the night engaged Il
a deadly combat, with a powerful
enemy bent on the murder OF II
nocent women land children, an
realize that they lwere takin
their lives in their own hands fo
me, my people, my country an
every principle that We as a pee
pie hold near and dear. VIII
will not our people realize thi
from Congress on down an
stop clubbing over little thing
and turn every effort toward put
ting the FIVE or seven million me
mentioned by Mr.. Taft over here
| Oh if such a force were her
| now to throw into this terribl
| conflict which RACES so nes
| that 1 can hardly realize 1t. WI
Ilif our men were under arms
the same proportion that the me
| are of France we would nav
| not seven million men but nea
Inv twice that many. As soon
! the "All's Welp signal was give
= -
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-17
E. R. GENTRY'S
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
OF FRANCE.
Paris April II, 1918.

Paris April IL, 1918.
Dear Edgar
wart TO write this letter
from Paris, because | can write
more freely from here than after
1 get out on the field and will not
be censored so closely perhaps.
The next morning after writing
the post script to my last letter,
/ woke up with kind of feeling
that something was different. /
no longer felt the pull of the en-
gines and for the first time since
leaving New York, We had
stopped. 1 put on my coat, for |
had slept as the night before,
under the Captains orders with
the rest of my clothes on, and
went on deck. We were anchored
In the mouth of beautiful har
Dor, or broad river, rather, and
on either side was the land of our
dreams during the past ten days,
and 1 do not mind saying that
any land would have looked
good to me, much less the love
ly green trees and fields; the
beautiful castles and magnih
cent towers and lighthouses OF
ia Belle" France. We staid
here a good part of the day ar
ranging matters with passport
and custom officials, and having
our baggage checked to Paris,
It was a beautiful day and in
the afternoon we moved up the
river to our port OF entry
Everything in sight was Of
course of interest to US. Here
the granduer of a modern chat
eau and there tumbled dowr
ruin of the middle ages, occupied
by peasant families. Flowing
and planting and working il
crops all the way. The thing
that impressed me most was
that every body from the small
est to the oldest quit their wori
waved and shouted at us ant
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

States on Nov /. 1917. is estimated
in Secretary McAdoo's annual report
at s3.041 100000. The increase in the
past ten months has been $174.5OO,-
900. and in the past three years ST.
236,500.000. In five years the por.
tion Of the worlds gold monetary
stock held by the United States has
Increased from approximately one. fifth
to more than one-third.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
500 Reward, 500

The readers of this paper will b
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work, The proprietors have so much
faith in the curative powers of Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist 7bc.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
REDLANDS MESA

Maxine Wood spent Tuesday night
with Virginia Williams.
Harry Wood went to the Figure 4
ranch, Saturday after cattle.
Percy Houts, Sr. has gone to Salt
Lake City as delegate to the Native
Cattlemen's convention.
Ernest Pettis and Leonard Clark
from near Paonia attended the Rice
dance Friday evening.
A. C. Williams was out from Colo
rado Springs and spent couple of
days with his son. Kenneth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Houts, Jr., and
family have moved into the Farnum
house.
Walter White who spent two days at
Montrose last week, has returned
home
Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Frye and family
were guests Sunday of the Q. E. Ruble
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Mcknight and
family and Kenneth Williams were in
Hotchkiss. Wednesday on a business
trip
In spite of the snowy weather a nice
sized crowd enjoyed the dance at the
Rice home Friday evening A general
good time was had by everyone
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Eavenson, the
Misses Stanton, Mrs. Geo. Eavenson
and Hugh McCune spent Sunday at
the Norton home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Eavenson, Mrs.
George Eavenson, Hugh McCune and
Cecil Norton motored to Delta Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Eavenson and
Walter White were guests at the
Homer Gorsuch home on Dry Creek at
a dinner Saturday evening in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raft Nelson.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
NORTH DELTA GOSSIP

Miss Hazel Hovey is quarantined
with German measles.
Miss Leota Raichart is out of school
this week because of poor health.
Mrs. B. F. Hoch spent the afternoon
Tuesday with Mrs. Yeoman.
Mrs. Ed. Grove is on the sick list
this week.
Mrs. Miller. who has been visiting
her mother, Mrs. Charles Carter, re-
turned to Paonia Sunday.
W. A Davis, Earl wyall and Roy
Gregg made business trip to Mont
rose Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. " Plantz are en-
joying a visit from their daughter,
Mrs. Harold Pember of Cedaredge.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Jarrett and Mrs.
Josie worland spent the day Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Will Blaine.
Miss Eunice Baldwin entertained
some twenty of her friends Saturday
evening very delightfully."-.
Miss Opal Reed visited with her
sister, Mrs. John Addleman, Wednes-
day
Ernest Hovey and Ham Stewart
have returned to work at the Rollins
mine, which was shut down last week
on account of the bad roads.
Grandma Blivens has been having
a siege of the lagrippe the past few
weeks and is under the care of Mrs.
Phenice
Mr.. and Mrs. John Simpson have
rented the Genevieve Hartig ranch
and moved on to the property this
week.
Miss Rose Baker returned Monday
from her trip to Denver and after
spending the night with Mrs. Clancey
Phenice left for the Hecomi ranch the
following morning.
Word has been received from Gil.
bert Hutchinson who is stationed at
Camp Kearney that he is recovering
nicely from a recent attack of pneu-
monia and is out of the hospital.
The North Delta friends of Misses
Ethel and Nellie Lomax surprised
them Tuesday evening, and came in
uninvited to spend the evening, Mu
sic and general good time was the
order of the evening. Light refresh
ments were enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. l.. Lewis entertain
ed at dinner last Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. George Wonders and
daughters, Misses Mabel and Dorothy
and Mr., and Mrs. James Cook and
baby who are here from Fort Wayne
Indiana. guests of his sister, Mrs.
Wonders.
Fourteen boys and girls surprised
Bert Raichart Friday evening it being
his fourteenth birthday. The young
folks spent the evening with games
and music very pleasantly. The light
lunch at the close OF the evening was
also a pleasing feature to the girls
and boys.
Considerable difficulty is being ex.
perienced in keeping the trail open to
the Knoll school house for the teacher
and children. On a number of differ.
ent occasions II is said that Mrs.
Dickerson, the teacher has been near
ly swamped in the drifts and had to
have assistance In getting through.
It might be we'll to have this trail
opened in proper shape.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

(Walter Kalar.)
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Theater Party.

Theater Party.
A jolly time was had Monday even
ing by the eight young folks who
were entertained at the home of Mrs.
and a theater party at the Colonial
were the attractions of the evening.
several musical selections by w. R.
Lupe being especially enjoyed Those
present were: Misses Vera Gillett,
Louise Hammond. Ruth Budd and
Rachel Pears, Messrs Earl Wilson,
Clarence Drexel, w. r. Lupe and R.
E. Pears.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Hate the Kaiser.

My Tuesdays are meatless.
My Wednesdays are wheatless,
am growing more eatless each day
My house 1t is heatless,
My bed II is sheetless.
They're all sent to tho Y. NJ. C. A.
The barrooms are treatless,
My coffee is sweetless.
Each day grow poorer and wiser
My stockings are feetless.
Ny trousers are seatless
And ohl how do hate the Kaiser!
Grace Cook.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18

Attend Wool Growers Convention.
J. ]. Baker of Montrose who recent
ly sold out his ranch and sheep inter
ests there to Kelly Brothers was in
Delta this week on business, going on
to Salt Lake to attend the Wool
Growers convention. Mr.. Baker is
selling out temporarily, intending to
go back in the game later.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
One Morninq.

One morning in school Thomas was
all excited About ten o'clock. he
said. Or Brown brought us new
baby, Teacher
There was another small voice s"id
I'VE take off him to-"
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Solve This.

II it takes four months old wood.
pecker with rubber bill to peck n
hole in cypress log that would make
one hundred and fifty-six shingles, a
month. How long will it take a grass.
hopper with cork leg to kick the
seeds out of dill pickle?
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Y. NJ. c. A. Orchestra Growing.

The Y. NJ C. A. orchestra which
was organized about three weeks ago
has very encouraging prospects and a
work of practicing is going forward
nicely and the organization will make
its first public appearance Friday
(this EVENING" at the benefit perform
ance at the opera house.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
To Eastern Markets.

Will H. Mathers plans on leaving
the latter part of this week on his
semi-annual buying trip to eastern
markets. Mr.. Mathers will visit st.
Louis, st. Joseph and Chicago mar
kets in order to purchase the latest
that is offered for his customers.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Knew From Exrerience.

who can give definition of wa
ter?" asked the teacher
Little Willie raised his hand.
We'll. Willie" said the teacher.
Willie, Water is a white thing that
when you stick your hands in it, it
turns black"
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Attended Flag Raising.

John E. Ramer, former secretary of
state, but now one of the hustling
farmers of the Hotchkiss district, was
in Delta Tuesday attending the flag
raising ceremonies. John looks well
and says that farm life agrees with
him perfectly.
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
THE CUBS CORNER.

"
tWalter Kalar.)
Wanted-"A young man to sell eggs
from is to 20 years old.
Accident-A man turned jitney
over in his pocket the other day
She, You've been drinking again 3"
He mo. I've been eating frog legs,
and what you smell is the hops"
One day a man said, Jimmie, you
see the steam comes ont of the tea
kettle, but you do not know what it
comes out for"
Yes, do. dad. it comes out so ma
can open your letters so You won't
know it."
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
Ford Cara.

We are making 30 day deliveries.
Get your orders in. II will be here
when you need It, Our price. no ad-
vance. Touring $3.50 Detroit. r. G.
Egnew, Agt., Delta l-2
The Delta independent., 1918-01-18
OUR STOCK or GOLD.

The gold monetary stock (coin and
bullion used as money! in the United
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10

The Breckenridge News is entering its forty third year
this month
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10

bushels of wheat on so acres this
spring.
ID. II. Smith is laying concrete
walks around his home at Hensley.
This will be great improvement to
his home as well as a pleasure to his
family.
Thos. O'Donoghue and daughters,
Anastacia and Cecilia O'Donoghue.
returned from Louisville Monday.
r. NJ. Henning. Hardinsburg, says
he has 20 acres of fine tobacco, an
even good stand and growing nicely
His 3j acres of corn is good too.
Jack and Nelse Jolly, McQuady
wheat crop threshed out 800 bushels
Wheat was rolling into Glen Dean
last Saturday Fine crop and good
yield in that section This wheat
was being shipped to Green Bros.
Falls of Rough.
Irwin Mercer, a progressive young
farmer of near Rosetta. was in Har-
dinsburg Monday. Says his crop
of tobacco and corn is in fine condi-
ton, good stand, good color and
growing nicely. He has a fine bunch
OF Short Horn cattle. Mr.. Mercer
owns two farms, has an ideal wife
and the handsomest baby in the
county.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10

Read the inside pages of The Breckenridge News News
items appear page and you miss seeing them you
do each column.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10
JOKE ON SCHOOL VISITOR
Fortunately Hamilton Mabie Was Well
Able to Appreciate Unconscious
Humor Of the Children.

The late Hamilton w. Mabie, the
well-knOwn American essayist, was
one of those genial men who enjoyed
a joke on themselves. Illustrating this
phase of Mr.. Mabie's character, 1t is
told that when he was a student Mr..
Mabie made an address I'm which he
told this story:
He had visited a school in Philadel-
phia in which there was "a daily fire.
drill. The teacher regularly asked the
students, children, what would you
do If fire We're to break out In this
building?" The children all repeated
In chorus, 1--WE would rise In our
places, step into the aisle, and march
quietly out Of the building" On the
morning when Mr.. Mabie visited the
school, while he was sitting quietly on
the platform, the teacher stepped be-
fore the pupils and said, "Children,
what would you say II l were to tell
you that Mr.. Mabie is to speak to you
this mOrningT The children prompt,
ly replied In chorus. 1--WE would rise
In our places, step into the aisle, and
march quietly out of the building"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-07-10
Interesting Life Statistics.

On the authority of experts repre-.
senting fOrty-three leading life insur-
ance companies In the United States,
1t appears that a spinster lives longer
than married woman. Business WON.
en- live longer than business men. A
woman who takes an endowment pol.
Icy lives longer than woman who
takes an ordinary life policy. 1t is not
easy to explain why an unmarried
woman survives a matron. nor why u
business woman survives a bust.
ness man, but the longevity of the
endowment woman Is believed to be
due to the determination to live until
the policy natures. VIII power is
hardly less important in many cases
than physique, and must always be
reckoned with. Even In disease a man
or woman possesses a natural tend.
ency toward health. and cures which
often are attributed TO medicine are
really the assertion of the wilL-Cap
weekly.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS
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FROM CANAL ZONE
Continued from page ~

in fact the Panama Canal Zone is the
healthiest and cleanest parts of the
world.
The canal is fifty miles across and
ships go through in 5 hours. The
trains run over in two and one-half
hours.
| am anxious to have Albert with
me and wrote to Lula to let him
come. Have not had time to hear
from her yet. Take good care OF
my Riddles this summer and | will
do as much for you one of these days.
| hope Henry is well and that you
will make good crops and realize
big profits on same.
Give my regards to Mr.. Bell and
DR.. Baxter. Write me soon and often
Say howdy to Henry.
Very truly,
+. T. Eiseman.