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The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29
THE WRITING ON THE WALL

~ speech by Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann in
reichag Monday read in conjunction with the situa
and nternal conditions the Central
p means that lords feeling the ground
from under them they change their base It another
bolster the through political agencies to
pacfm allied nations and possible to seeds OF dis
senon among them implied confession that German
objective of defeating the French and
British forces could into the struggle
IN number sufficient count.
bringing shifted from England to Russia
and was mistake imagine Germany any time believed
that she could Europe by the swo all that Germany
fighting place the and she willing to
talk peace whenever the allies showed their handsl
had taken if Paris had been closely surrounded
broken through the Italian ne there would have
been such talk from responsible German quarter
On hand there real danger the allied from
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29
TINE TO ABOLISH AL THAT Is GERMAN

council of Aachen, ew oys ago. VIC
German kaiser is reported to have said: z
believe it is now time all that foreign we must
cease French''
Germany considerable population OF Englsh-speaklng
people some Germany others naturazed QUEENS
still openly hostile the German government ana war
aims retaining allegiance abroad
if there had grown up in Germany an Enghsh-angaage
catering to all of these elements preaching either divided
loyalty frank opposition to Germanism--
publishers of these newspapers should contend to the
performing service to the fatherland
people living within his empire who had no
for the German language
likely enthuse the proposition
do you think?
it Germany 'to abolish all that is foreign
surely time for to abolish all that is Ger
man. time the
which would be accorded Germany to Eng
lishlanguage newspapers.-The Editor & Publisher.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29
LOCAL NEWS
. 0o0000e0eo00o0 O 90

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W. w. Livingston, at one time the
manager of the local grist mill, but
recently fruit farmer in the Grand
junction district, has taken a position
with the Coffin Packing company and
will make Glenwood Springs his heal
quarters.
Fred Grundell of Gypsum was among
the visitors to Glenwood on Strawber-
ry Day. Mr.. Grundell and his brother
have but recently sold their fine ranch
on Gypsum creek and they are enjoy
ing the freedom from the responsible
ties which ranch life imposes.
= = y
A fire Thursday afternoon in the
storage yards of the Mountain States
Telephone company at Eleventh and
Pitkin damaged some poles, but other
wise served only to bring out the fire
department for the second time in one
aay-a very unusual occurrence; we are
happy to state. "'"
The flag quilt made by the Royal
Neighbors was ratified off At the Or
pheum tAsater Strawberry Day, net
ting $61.s5 which they turned. over to
tie local chapter Of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Ernest Toland of Divide creek
drew tie lucky number and carried the
beautiful quilt home, with her.
Alpha Harris Of Silt was taken into
custody by Sheriff Ftavert last Friday
evening, on a warrant sworn to by ,
Divide creek ranchman, charging q
statutory offense. The young man is
out on bond of $500 for his appear
ance at a hearing to be held in Jus
tice Ricss court July 8.
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The road through the Glenwood
canon is now open for autos and other
vehicles and several cars passed through
this week. Mr.. Gudgel says the road
was considerably damaged by the high
water, but the road crew will soon
have made sufficient repairs to make
travelling by this route real pleasure
y y y
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Farnum drove
from Denver to Glenwood, arriving
here Thursday night. They were &C,
companied home by Miss Mae McMil.
Ian who has been attending Barnes
Commercial school in Denver. Mae
will spend the summer visiting he,
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mcmillan, Of
this city.
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29

The w. S. 8. campaign which has
just closed has been very successful
affair so far as Garfield county is con-
cerned, although we are not able to
give even approximate results at this
time. The people are alive to the me-
cessity of helping the government oat
in this great war fight, and they are
patriotically doing their duty.
y y y
NJ. c. Fischer, sheepherder hereto
fore in the employe of Ed McLearn,
has been arrested by Sheriff Fravert
and is now in the county Jail, charged
with harboring and uttering pro-Ger-
man sentiments. Fischer is man of
queer actions and is said to be a re-
ligious enthusiast, but he denies the
charge of disloyalty.
y = y
A fire Thursday morning in the home
of Mrs. Jennie Campbell on Pitkia
avenue called out the fire department
which responded in short order with
their new auto truck. County Clerk
Hubbard beat them to it, however, alA
with others extinguished the flames
with garden hose after a canvass
ceiling had been destroyed.
y = >
Editor A. J. Dickson Of the Glenwoed
Post and Attorney Mayes Of Glenwosa
were in Red Cliff to meet the governor:
They paid the News Office visit, and
the writer had a very pleasant "shep"
visit, with Mr. Dickson especially. TAs
Post isthe only Republican paper in Gar
field county, and is one Of the bsst
local papers published on the western
slope.-Eagle County News.
y = - 80.
Little Roy Smith Of Colorado avenue
spent an exciting three minutes in tAs
big swimming pool on Tuesday aftsr-
noon. He lost the ladder upon which
he had been floating about and being
unable to swim and too frightened 10
call for help, was in bad way until
one, Of Uncle Sans boys in uniform,
called by one of the women spectators,
jumped in and put him back upon his
ladder again.
On July Is our local draft board
will send three men from this county
to Colorado College at Colorado Springs,
where they will be prepared by tAs
government for special army service.
On July 20 they will send seventeen
men to Camp Travis at San Antonio,
Texas, and this call, it is believed, will
exhaust the Glass / registrants Of this
county. Questionnaires were this weak
sent to those who recently Registered
by reason Of having attained their ~
jority since June, 1917. .
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29
NOT MANY LIKE HIM

0NE the remarkable examples of unsehnes produced
~ great of the Utah John NJ Browning,
will fire 10000 shots without break
the inventor of the world-famous Browning
today the greatest inventor OF auto
apfrng the world offered $5OOOOO roy
payments the Browning ordered
Browning informed his that he would take only
plus for expense and would Uncle Sam
the right produce his automatic rifles he cared to
produce
What between the action of tbs great patriot and in
the rofteers who might
be named Grand Junction Sentinel
this the matter of production the farmers have
of their ability needed the demand of the
foodstu and the climatic conditions have been
quite favorable for something better than production The
help problem serious only because taxes the farmer to the
find the abo but also them the in
which present conditions imperative We hear
beguge the farmer his predict
will wealthy this year Such people ought
that there's another side the story that all is
profit these high cost days With live Stock Seed labor and
machinery all costing before mind
of profit the farmer
people imagine However the main thing that increased prouc
ton assured
The Glenwood post., 1918-06-29

- GORGE HOSNIER position under appoint
VI which he directly to Senator Sharoth He has as
sumed for speak for the and to direct the OF
his relations with the public He also proprietor of the Public
Forum obscure journal published under the of j. f. Ma
one The Forum which founded with the evident of
urhering the sharot has been from the first the leading
of the Nonarn league Colorado 1t has been treess
and slightly support of this organization and the dam
has done has been limited only by the limitations of its small
circulation 1t has mspresented the truth instances Isl
shown elsewhere in these columns.
Beyond question shafroh this than he
has many years opposed in the primaries and
the election by of high standing and he has
his by offending farmers without whose support he will
be His troubles chargeae but HIM
peace for the by sderackng who
could them If he is nom
mated will be hoped he will learn lesson
from the experiences of the No public life can
afford forget that the legitimate demands OF his constituents must
be his first
But things may explain and
for which be The championship of the Nonrt
league by his official spokesman however, something which
forgiven elect and whether
will stand with the league and its questionable patriots throw
lin his lot with the people who are forgetting their little
and giving their all world The league thing with
which public life tfe He must stand with it or
firmly Its patriotism much obscured by doubt to
make it good ground for loyal people to occupy.
George Hosmer speaking for him he must disclaim
sponsy accepted the Hosmerian in the
remain silent less than attempt to play both
sides of the seea policy which adopt with success
He be both with and against the league and
unless in the he will be damned by both sides
deal the belief that Hosmer has hast
plunged his chief into hole from which he will have some trouble
in extricating himself-Greeley News Democratic)
UR old South Canon friend Daniel John Martin Wogaman
editor Of the Virgins Courier has joined heartily in the
and after much thought the
he recently took his to hospital and had the cauda
amputated-the Wogaman portion and that's
joke The judge of the district court the surgeon who WELD
judicial scapel had finished, Daniel Martin
the editor of the Cour No anaeshetc required and
patient fully recovered and he there will
Germany while he citizen of this
great of the Dan good scout
while will not greet him with "Kame,ad will extend
the hand of journalistic friendship and welcome Mr. Martin
hundred percenter, to the Colorado field.
Of Nebraska felt nsuted by being addressed by
the league And he Its putrescence should
be isolated nned Its have been made obvious long
the vuture seeking political to devour for the
aser good It is the assassin of reputation and like all assasns
does its work in the dark uniform in public another
in private The latter suit contains recepces for the
in their chambers paramenta- Mountain News
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17
Empey, in the next install.
ment, tells the gripping story Of
coward" whose streak of yell
low turned white.
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
intoxicating the Spirit.

1t was holiday week, but a mother
and child had managed somehow to
get a whole seat on the car. Sudden
ly the little girl slid OFF the seat, and
facing her mother, cried out, with
anguish in her childish voice: "Oh
mother, l forgot to git anything fer
teacher"
"Well, what Nv itr' the mother an
swered tartly. "She didn't git nuthin'
fer YOU" and she sat the child down
hard on the seat, partly to keep the
woman In the aisle from taking any
privileges, and partly. perhaps to inn
press on the child the Christmas spirit
AS she saw II.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17

About two In the morning | was
awakened by some one shaking me by
the shoulder. Opening my eyes saw
regimental sergeant major bending
over me lie had lighted lantern In
his right hand. | started to ask him
what was the matter, when he put his
finger TO his lips for silence and whis-
pered:
Get on your equipment, and, with
out any noise, come with me-"
This greatly mysufied me, but I
obeyed his order.
Outside of the billet, | asked him
what was up, but he shut me up with:
Don't ask questions, it's against or
ders. l don't know myself"
IL was raining like the mischief.
We splashed along muddy road for
about fifteen minutes, finally stopping
at the entrance of what must have
been an old barn. In the darkness, l
could hear pigs gruntIng, as il they
had just been disturbed. In front OF
the door stood an officer in mack
(mackintosh). The r. S. NJ. went up
to him. whispered something, and then
left. This officer called to me, asked
my name, number and regiment, at the
same time, In the light of q lantern he
was holding, making a notation in a
little book.
When he had finished writing, he
whispered:
go into that billet and walt orders,
and no talking. UnderstandT
] stumbled into the barn and sat on
the floor in the darkness. ! could see
no one, but could hear men breathing
and moving; they seemed nervous and
restless. / know ] was.
During my wait three other men
entered. Then the officer poked his
head in the door and ordered:
Fall in, outside the billet, in single
rank"
We fell In, standing at ease. Then
he commanded:
"Squad-'Shun Number"
There were twelve of us.
"Right-Turn Left-Wheel ! Quick
March !" And away we went. The
rain was trickllng down my back and
l was shiverlng from the cold.
With the officer leading, we must
have marched over an hour, blowing
through the mud and occasionally
stumbling into shell hole in the road
when suddenly the officer made a lef
wheel, and we found ourselves in sor
of enclosed courtyard.
The dawn was breaking and thu
rain had ceased.
In front of us were four stacks o.
rifles, three to stack.
The officer brought us to attention
and gave the order to unpile arms. W.
each took a rifle. Giving us Stand a
ease" In a nervous and shaky voice
he informed:
Men, you are here on very solemi
duty. You have been selected as
firing squad for the execution OF sol
der, who, having been found guilt
Of grievous crime against king an
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17

stumble, he would turn the air blue.
A certain section Of our trenches
was held by the Royal Irish rifles. For
several days very strong rumor went
the rounds that German spy was In
our midst. This spy was supposed to
be dressed In the uniform of British
stafr officer. Several stories had been
told about an officer wearing a red
band around his cap. who patrolled the
front-line and communication trenches
asking suspicious questions as to loca-
ton OF batteries, machine-gun emplace-
ments, and trench mortars. II Il shell
dropped in battery, on machine gun
or even near IA dugout, this spy was
blamed
The rumor gained such strength that
an order was issued for all troops to
Immediately place under arrest anyone
answering to the description OF the
| spy.
Atwell and / were on the qui vive.
We constantly patrolled the trenches
at night, and even in the day, but the
spy always eluded us.
One day while in a communication
trench. we were Mortified to see our
brigadier general, Old Pepper, being
brought down 1t by big private of the
Royal Irish rifles. The general was
walking in front, and the private with
fixed bayonet was following in the
rear.
We saluted as the general passed us.
The 1rishman had a broad grin on his
face and we could scarcely believe our
eyes-the general was under arrest.
After passing few feet beyond us, the
general turned, and said in wrathful
voice to Atwell:
Tell this d-n fool who am. He's
arrested me as a spy"
Atwell was speechless. The sentry
butted In with:
None o. that gassin' out o. you.
Back to headquarters you goes, Mr..
Fritz. Open that face O. yours again,
an I'll dent in your napper with the
butt O. me rifle"
The generals face was sight to be-
hold. He was fairly boiling over with
rage, but he shut up.
Atwell tried 20 get In front of the
sentry to explain to him that 1t really
was the general he had under arrest,
but the sentry threatened to run his
bayonet through him. and would have
done 1t, too. So Atwell stepped aside,
and remained silent. / was nearly
bursting with suppressed laughter. One
word, and / would have exploded. II
Is not exactly diplomatic to laugh AT
your general in such a predicament.
The sentry and his prisoner arrived
at brigade headquarters with dlsas-
trous results to the sentry.
The joke was that the general had
personally issued the order for the
spy's arrest. II was a habit of the gen
eral to walk through the trenches on
rounds of inspection, unattended by
any of his staff. The Irishman, being
new in the regiment, had never seer
the general before, so when he came
across him alone in a communication
trench, he promptly put him under ar
rest. Brigadier generals wear REQ
band around their caps.
Next day we passed the Irishmar
tied to the wheel of timber, the be
ginning of his sentence of twenty-one
days, field punishment No. l. Never
before have l seen such a woebegont
expression on mans face.
For several days, Atwell and | made
ourselves scarce around brigade head
quarters. We did not want to NEE
the general.
The spy was never caught.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17
CHAPTER XIV.
The Firing Squad.

A few days later had orders to re-
port back to divisional headquarters,
about thirty kilos behind the line. /
reported to the A. p. M. assistant pro-
vost marshaD. He told me to report
to billet No. rs for quarters and ra-
lions.
1t was about eight o'clock at night
and was tired and soon fell asleep in
the straw of the billet. 1t was a mis-
cradle night outside. cold, end a drizzly
rain was falling.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17

country, has been regularly and duly
tried and sentenced to be shot at 3 :28
a. m. this date. This sentence has been
approved by the reviewing authority
and ordered carried out 1t is our duty
to carry on with the sentence of the
court.
There are twelve rifles, one OF
which contains a blank cartridge, the
other eleven containing ball cartridges.
Every man is expected to do his duty
and fire to kill. Take your orders from
me. Squad-'Shun p
We came to attention. Then he left.
My heart was of lead and my knees
shook.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17
EMPEY is MEMBER OF FIRING SQUAD WHICH CARRIES
OUT DEATH SENTENCE.

Lusltania with the of
American living City,
a the British After
recruiting officer London he
first the of big
training
while the bullets whz overhead Empey
wounded
a
In No Exciting listening Elk
Back blets Empey
Empey successful but costly attack the
and his
determined gas attackla by the Germans
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17
still on the Job.

1.-The old-fashioned door-knocker
seems to have gone out of STYLE" re-
marked the Observer of Events and
Things, "but, don't make any mistake,
opportunity is still on the Job"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-17

Published every Tuesday at Bonners
Ferry, Idaho, In the interests OF the
Kootenai Valley Of Idaho. Entered as
second class matter, January /, 1906,
ut the postoffice at Boomers Ferry,
IDAHO, under the Act Of Congress OF
March 8. 1879.
Subscription rates, $500 per year II
paid In advance; $3.50 otherwise
Canada and foreign countries. $3.50
yearly in advance.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-16
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Hogs-ReceipIs
$4,000; market generally steady with
Saturdays average; packing grades
very slow; butchers, 1S.15@1S.50;
light, 1760@1S.45; packing, 1850
1900; rough, 16.25@16.75; pigs,
good 10 choice, 15.50@16.5O.
Catile-Receipts, 10000; opened
slow on all classes; first sales about
in line with Fridays decline; calves
slow to lower; beef cattle, good,
choice and prime, 14.25@19.25; COM
mon and medium, 9.25@14.25; butch
er stock, cows and heifers, 1000
1925; Gamers and cutters, 5000
700; stockers and feeders, choice and
fancy, 1O.25@13.25; inferior, common
and medium, 7OO@10.25; veal calves,
good and choice, 16.25@17.00; west
ern range beef steers, 13.25@17.25;
cows and heifers, S.00@12.50.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market
very slow to open; bidding unevenly
lower on all classes.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-16

right up on their toes most of the
lime. In the respect to keeping the
boys in fighting mood, l am aided
by my boos riveter, Joe Diamond,
who has been in the game for more
than twenty years, and has worked
in shipyards all over the country.
How about it, Joe?"
Wolf turned to a stockily-built man
in soiled overalls and jumpers who
stood nearby. Joe shifted bashfully
from one foot to another.
Il try to do my bit, boss" said he,
"but all of US would go 10 h--ll for
you, John. You know that"
Wolf grinned pridefully.
''You see the spirit of my huskies,
don't you?" he said. "Why, when
the drive was the hottest even our
superintendent, Walter Blandford,
got the fever. He chucked off his
coat, grabbed riveting hammer and
drove $50 rivets. My huskies have
the spunk and the ginger, and that
counts"
The record for the entire yards on
that day was 195,242 rivets in eight
hours, or thirty-eight rivets per hour
per production gang. VOLTS gangs
drove l9,O37 rivets, or an average
per hour per gang of So rivets.
Wolf is SO years old, seasoned
of the old school, and ia
miliar with every turn and wrinkle of
The shipbuildin game in the United
States. In addition to being a COM
petent shipbuilder, he is a natural
leader of men.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-16
COY. CALLS FOR
MUNITIONS LABOR
FROM CALIFORNIA

San Francisco, Oct. 15.-America' s
biggest shell-loading plant is gone.
There are other plants in operation,
still others under construction, but
work at, all of these is seriously re-
tarded by lack of labor.
Secretary Franklin X. Lane, chair
man of the Field Division of the
Council of National Defense, has
wired he State Council of Defense
as follows:
"A stock of high explosive shells,
imperatively needed in France, has
been destroyed, and the flow of these
supplies has been retarded, not only
for the present moment, but for
months to come, unless immediate re-
lief is provided.
This loss must be made up at once
by putting additional burdens on all
other munition plants. Within the
next 4S hours the number of men
10 be supplied from your state will
be wired by the U. S. Employment
Service to its state director.
"The call for men must be met.
The work is dangerous, but that will
not deter anyone. for it is unthink-
able that any man in this country
would hold back from doing work
which the women of England and
France long have carried on"
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-16
Portland Livestock.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 15.-Cat lie
receipts, 1919; market strong; prime
steers, 12OO@1300; good to choice,
11.OO@12O0; medium to good, $3.50
HOO; fair to medium, S.25@9.25;
common to fair, 5.75@S.25; choice
cows and heifers, s.O0@9.00; medium
to good, 5.75@7.25; fair TO medium,
4.75@5.75; Gamers, 3.0O@4.O0; bulls,
5.OO@7 100; calves, 3.00M12.O0; stock
ers and feeders. 6.00@8.00.
Hogs-Receipts, $3.50; market
sharply lower; prime mixed, 1900
1900; medium mixed, 17.5O@17.75;
rough heavies, 16.90@17.00; high,
15.OO@16.00; bulk of sales, 17.75@
1900.
Sheep-Receipts, 1886; market
steady; prime lambs, 2.00@3.5O: fair
to medium, 9OO@11.00; yearlings,
1O.OO@11.OO; wethers. 900@1O.OO;
ewes, 6.50@9.00.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-10-16
GERMAN GENEROSITY (?)
fRy Associated Press)

Madrid, Monday, Oct. 14.-The gov
ernment today announced that after
prolonged friendly negotiations be-
tween Berlin and Madrid, Germany
had given Spain six German ships
interned in Spanish ports, of total
tonnage of 21,000. II added that
Spain could claim tonnage later to
make good previous losses on other
torpedoings.'