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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-28

With the British Army in France,
May 28.-The British and French
troops this morning launched coun-
ter attack in Flanders, east of Dicke-
busch lake. The attack began well
and its success would make the enc
my's assault of yesterday complete
and costly failure. Yesterday between
Locre and Voormezeele the Germans
are believed to have employed four
divisions on one part of the front
measuring six thousand yards. The
enemy was punished so severely that
the French on the right flank didn't
get to close quarters with them.
Paris, May 28.-The Germans last
night crossed the Aisne between Au
BAG and Vailly, it is announced off
cially. The battle continues fiercely
between the Vesle and Aisne rivers.
Paris, May 2S.-German aviators
last night attempted to reach Paris.
They dropped bombs in the suburbs,
but were prevented from flying over
the city.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-28

American Headquarters, French
Front, Monday.-In a simultaneous
attack by three German raiding par
ties against the Americans in Picardy
today, the enemy penetrated the Am
erican first line to depth of two hun
bred yards. A brilliant counter at
tack threw the Germans out, the Am
orleans pursuing them to the enemy
first line.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-28

attack of great strength along the
entire Aisne front.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-28

All the local, county, and state
news-that is news-while it is
news. Boosting Tarpon Springs.
Wide-awake, Truthful, Unafraid
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-05-28
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The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
| Pride

We had a good rainin this part
of the county last Friday night.
Mrs. Robert Haller's sister
and family visited her one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Winegarn-
er are the parents of a new boy,
who came the 18th.
Mr.. ard Mrs. George Hubbard
went to Elkhart last Monday, re.
turning Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Twyford. who has
been staying at her brothers
near Stoningtop, returned home
last week.
w. F. Mitchell provedup Tues
day the 25th.
George Hubbard and wife, Dee
caldwell and Noel Mitchell at.
tended the farewell party at Mr..
Hubbard's near Richards given
| in honor of Albert Hubbard who
left for training camp last week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
Lake View ,.----

Not much nows this week
people SO busy they won't talk.
The celebration at the Jones
park was a bowling success in
every way, and the barbecue
part of it was second To none.
The Elder ball players have
their new suits. and a person
can't tell which from t'other.
They made the Horseshoe boys
dance to the tune of 20 to Z at
the Jones park the 4th.
Wheat harvest is almost over.
The measles in this vicinity arc
almost over, but the mumps have
made their appearance. It it
isn't one thing it's two.
The w. S m'a:in- at No. d
school house last Friday was a
success, as the people went over
the top by almost doubli. < the
quota allotted to this district.
something over l. 800 subscrib
led,
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
St0nington 81: :::a;::a

j. X. McKinnS raised his wind
null last Tuesday.
7. j. Burton and Mrs. Love
moved into their new home Mon.
day.
Elley and Nevill's, our truck
men, are kept very busy haul
ing freight TO and from the rail-
road,
Col Thompson and Oscar Eng
land made big stock deal Ia It
week.
The big ball game between
Elkhart andCampo to be play ed
here on the Fourth was rained
out, but was resumed at Elkhart.
We hear Stonington will have
some good dwelling houses erect
ed.
Stoningtnn sells more farm i'm.
plements than any town in Baca
County.
Crops in this vicinity are look
ng fine and promise tu be bes.
flor years.
Mrs. L. V. Camfell is reported
as improving.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
NERSONS
JStOries md Incidents
Or Old Boston
| And the Old Days
Plymouth

Bro. Konkel of the Western
World waited within our doorl
Wednesday. Mr.. Konkel is can
vassing this country for the Jar.
vis-Conkling Mortgage Trust Co.
He is worker and means bust.
ness-Ply mouth Progress, June
26, 1888.
Bro. Show of Plymouth was
with us Saturday. He tells rs he
will hereafter be for Boston as he
should be-first, last and all the
time. That's ri ght, Bro. Show
now stick to it. Western World,
Aug. 80, 1888.
In our confusion the last few
weeks we forgot to mention the
spring chicken that has recently
been Matched at Plymouth, and
vChristened the Plymouth Rock.
1t scratches around over five
columns of paper, and fishes up
some food bait. Walter Holcomb
is the fancier. 1t is our hope
that his little chicken may devel-
op into a monstrous game roos-
ter.-Western World, Apr. 16.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
Somewhere in France.
May 25, 1918.

V1J 6cS ADAo'
Dear Folks:-
1t has been sometime since
wrote, but only few days since
my last letter left here. Our
mail service is bad, as it has just
been started and is not working
good yet. In fact we have re-
ceived no mail since leaving the
American port for France.
There is rumor that load OF
mail for the 18th Inf. was de-
stroyed in a bombing raid few
miles away,the mail being in
the r. r. station and the station
being completely destroyed. My
last letter was only a week on
the road, although it was written
nearly two weeks ago. The
French postal system does not
handle any English or American
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
.Joycoy

Harvesting is in full blast.
Crops are looking well and
weeds better.
F. Nickels and family spent
Sunday with Lee Harris.
Will Sharp and j. B. Gibson
went Sunday evening with the
later's brother to help him build
a house on his claim ID miles
northwest of Springfield.
The crossing south of town
has been fixed, thanks to the do,
matters who did the work.
With another good rain or two,
Baca comfy will furnish Uncle
Sam with he: share OF pinto
'beans.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
Sunday School Interests

At the Sunday school Sunday
w. M. Stewaft was elected sup.
erintendent, Judge Herbert Asst
superintendent, Miss Clara Alex
ander secretary, Miss Helen Nc
Adam organist. Mrs. Dean choir
leader. Reys. Dean and Ferguson
teachers Of Bible class, Earl Den.
ney OF young folks class. Mrs.
Lamport of chrildren's class.
Mrs. J. Fl. d. Terral of cradle
class. The Sunday school is
small in numbers, but much in
terest is being taken and .
special effort is to be made to Sc
cure an increased attendance.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
holland Announces

Denver, July 6, 1918
Mr.. S. M. Konkel,
Editor Herald,
Springfield, Colo.
Dear Mr.. Konkel;'-
In announcing my candidacy
for reelectionas secretary Of state
on the democratic ticket l desire
to say, first, that | have given
my best efforts in everv way to
the performance of my full patri-
otto duty to our nation, and shall
continue SO to do; second, that l
haye made every endeavor tocon-
duct the affairs of state with a
strict regard to honesty, efficien-
cy, and will continue so to do.
If my efforts have been sue
cessful, [ respectfully request
your support in the coming cam
paign, subject to my nomination
by the democratic assembly July
%.
Thanking you for the support
you have so generously given me
in the past,
Sincerely yours,
James r. holland
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
THE FOURTH AT SI0NINe1oN

Stonington may not be the big
gest town on earth, but Stoning.
ton on the fourth laid it over
anything in the independence
day celebrating line the county
has as yet had-graa. mar or no
grammar.
1t isn't any use to guess at
numbers of people, and in this
case particularly the only way to
be on the safe side would be to
say anywhere from 500 to 5000.
Old veteran Bellew was the
orator Of the day, and the way
he took the hide and hair off old
Bill Kaiser and his co-bunch of
outlaws and murderers was good
to hear and was appreciated.
Mr. Bellew is a pleasing talker,
and al ways has something good
in the way of humor to mix in
with the. hard headed facts he
likes to deal in and very pointed
ly presents.
At noon time l35 cars were
counted, and at 2 p. m. $50 cars
were codnted. while probably
enough were missed to make it
! 275 cars.
You old timers that didn't
want any nesters to get in Oh
your range-what do you think
of that?
In the afternoon rain inter-
feared with the big sport pro-
gram. The ball game between
Elkhart and Campo was thus
broken up just as Campo was
getting the best of it. The rae
ing and all other games were
spoiled.
Messrs. Thompson, Brown and
Ellis were the marshals of the
day, and kept things moving till
the rain beat them out of their
job.
Well done Stonington we'll meet
you at tie fair this fall.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
Sand Well

Everybodyis usykilling weeds
and the crops are looking good.
Mrs. Grover Kester spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs.
George Mahan.
Mr.. A. Fields has announced
there will be Dig dinner at
his place the Fourth of July. Ev.
erybody is invited to come with
well-filled baskets and enjoy d
picnic dinner.
Grover Kestcr took his cattle
down to Tom Chicks pasture
Thursday.
Will Fields has their new house
completed and have moved in.
A large crowd gathered at the
school house yesterday the 2Sth
to buy stamps. They raised more
than the quota by several hun
dred dollars.
Mr.. o. M. Mahan has been
over to Elder helping his daught-
ter farm this week.
Clair Etter and wife came from
Wichita to see his father, Dan
Etter.
A good crowd gathered at
Fields and had an enjoya bic
time eating Fourth Of July ice
cream.
Mrs. Sawyers las been sick
the last week, but is some better
lis writing.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12
The Call for July

Six volunteers will leave on the
18th for special service. L. O.
Light and Bud Ray go to Bould-
er. J. F. Black. Roy Hodges,
Chas. Finlay and Lloyd Cole go to
Colorado Springs.
Later in the month 20 will go
to Fort Logan, Colo. and % to
Camp Travis, Tex. but names
not yet known. nor the exact
time of departure.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

before congress, doesn't Martir
remember that the senti
ment of the whole country was
against il. republicans and dem
ocrats alike, and nothing but the
powerful pressure of the presi'
dent got it through at all?
And wonder again if Martin
wasn't one of those opposed tG
the draft bill.
Mr.. Keating made the cam:
paign he believed in and along
the lines his constituents believ-
ed in-and for him to have voted
differently in congress would
have given him the brand of q
ward pollution.
All these things, Mr.. Martin.
don't mean that you and Heating
and the American people as q
whole are or were disloyal to
their government, and are OF
were proGerman.
Take the case of Henry Ford,
pacifiist of pacitists = would
Martin now stigmatize him as
disloyal and pro-German?
Facts are that the American
people practically as a whole had
to be educated un to the causes
Iof the war in Europe, and that
yo'' can search American news
papers in vain for editorials writ.
ten to enlighten the public of the
fact that Germany had deliberate.
Is and diabolicallyplanned the wal
and madly plunged the world inte
it.
1t is easy to get up now ant
boller Il told you so, "pro-Ger-
man." etc., etc., but the facts
are that we were practically all a
thai time in the valley and shad-
ow of ignorance, So far as con
cerned the cause of the war anC
the consequent course to pursu,
to meet the issues growing out o,
it-you with all the rest.
To close, our idea is that Mr.
Martin mistakes the temper ant
go5d idds sa,ent ef tsre eepl -
this distric. if he thinks they are
/ going to be switched off by charg
es OF disloyalty and pro Ge rman'
ism, while conceding that to be the
only pin he has to hang his cam.
paign cloak upon.
Notwith standing that at the
outbreak of the war, and fully
half the time from then to the
present, there We're as many peo.
pie in America who sympathiZed
with Germany as with the allies
because of their ignorance of
European politics, the American
people now know the facts, and
are today more united for the
war than they have been for any
war the United States has ever
been into.
Under all these circumstances
to charge true blue Americans
with disloyalty and pro-German-
ism, is like pointing your finger
scornfully at your neighhor and
saying
The records show you were
Ionce a monkey, and you are con.
sequently still a monkey"
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

We understand that Alvie EN-
rick is IN France, so Joycoy is
represented across the pig pond.
No slackers around Joycoy.
Everyone purchased stamps or
agreed to do so some time during
the year.
Weeds are about as hard to
conquer as the Huns.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

We are compelled 70 leave all
comments on the announcements
of candidates elsewhere in the
Herald till next week. Read
those of Roy Winters, Chas.
Howell, lucius McAdam, and B,
j. Clifton. Next week will take
shot at each of them, and hope
to get others in our range.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

A democratic mass convention
is to be held at the court house
Tuesday at 2 p. IN. to elect dele
gates to Denver. Later: A del
egate convention is called for
Wednesday to elect county Off
GERS.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

Among the good things grow
ing out of the war is the intro
duction of maize for bread pur-
poses. In our opinion maize
bread has come to stay, and
will in future largely displace
corn for bread purposes. Some
of the hotels are at present serv-
ing nothing but maize bread at
all meals.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

In wars ordinarily the victors
can afford to be and are gener-
GUS to the vanquished, but we
believe that at the wind'up of
Germany the military junkers
who brought on this war, on con-
viction in court-martial, should
be hung to the last man as com
mon murderers.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

1889. Ia,
, The little villadEsof Plymouth
was something 4 p five or six
miles southeast the present
Stonington. Al n remem ber it
the houses wei Nall on Main
street, and may ve been a doz.
en- of them.
Plymouth was be Of the last
of the old townaS9tarted in the
east end-March 1857.
We are not cert = how they got
their town site. i probably a
proved-up pre-eI ZION.
By the clipping 4 will be seen
that it had two al spapers, but
whether one die4and then the
other started. o<fNhether they
were both therSAat the same
time. we are nosSeertain of at
the present timestut think the
former. ~
Had the counttjEat that time
have had the knowledge of dry
farming and disadvantage of
dry plants-as " the present
time, and no othsf place to go as
at present, instexH of holes and
stones where thqsown was. there
would now be altown there the
equal of the present Springfield,
and probably greater, while
Springfield would probably now
be q town of 1000 people.
Good by, Plymouth. In your
disintegration you had the com.
pany of a whole. lot of other
towns of the east end.
Carrizo and Garlic Springs
The Carrizo Springs Optic has
turned up it's little toes.-West'
ern World, Aug. 8, 1888.
The Carrie Current made a.
rapgements to go to TO Carrie
Springs, contrary to the wishes
of the Carrizoitss, who took the
privilege to pile the press outti
up in the street Snd to make .
bonfire of it. o3e tf the publish
ers went on to 3e Springs, anc
the other camstf 4ostop. West
Nm worl6. FEB }eJdps
Carrizo was started a shor,
time before Springfield, and the
Current was probably started
about the time of the Herald Or
sooner. The town was located
on4-38.49, about four miles south
east of the present Oklarado.,
Besides the country going to
sticks about the time the Cur
rent was wanting to move to the
Springs. Carrizo had the misfor-
tune of having a dry hole in the
ground. Like all other wells of
that time it was a dug we'll, and
probably they had got down in
the neighborhood of 15O feet.
The town was about the size of
the present Stonington; and if
the people had known then what
they know now about farming,
and the town had drilled for wa
ter instead OF digging for it-but
these ifs" were all in the way,
and the town, the country and
the people all went down togeth-
er.
After it looked as if water was
unobtainable, some Carrizoites
and some others started a town
on Carrizo creek, and the "Op-
tic" about the same time opened
its eyes; but finding that a news
paper couldn't live on water
alone, it soon closed it's little
eyes and was laid away to etern-
al rest, the towr of course suffer
ing the fate of all the other towns
of the east end excepting two,
and the east end faring as all the
rest of the dry-land west coun-
try.
Next week again.
Somewhere in FRANCE.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

mail, SO before we can send OF
receive mail an entire route mus
be worked out from the different
cities on the coast to the farther
est billet inland. This takes
some time, so our mail is some
delayed.
My billet has been changed
and now l have one of the best tt
be had-only three of US in 6
room and beds to sleep on.
| can't talk enough to be un
derstood by the people here, but
am managing to get by pretty
we'll. l have no money to spend
don't have very mucl, to say tt
anyone.
| am on duty as provost ser
geant, which is almost the same
as Regimental Police in the Bri.
tish army. A policeman is not
thought very much of in this
country, so | don't have much
occasion to talk to people. They
won't talk to ne.
The weather here is very
chanpeaSle, For several days we
roasted and yesterday was very
cold and rainy. 1t is still cold but
promises 70 clear off before night.
| hope so, as l would much rath.
er have it hot than cold.
This town is just small vii.
lage, far from arailroad but there
are several factories here. One
makes pruning shares and side
cutter line plates. They are
made almost entirely by hand,
with only few presses. | hav..'
MT seen the pliers very close
yet, but the pruning shears. are
good. | want 10 take pair bach
with me when l leave
The town has many old build
ings. Everything is brick. ol
mud plastered on wooden lat
tace. The brick houses have
either slate or tile roofs, the mut
houses slate or thatch roofs.
l have seen some of the pret
tiest roads around here. Tn
trees line each side and grow ov
err in a canopy. Often a horse
back rider can touch the leavel
over head; the road winds AROUND
and can be seen for only a shor
distance at a time. The roads
are nearly all improved. wei
drained and made Of l3hec
rock.
The regiment is billetted in foul
small towns close around, the
fatherest being about three kilo'
meters from here.
We are not so far from the
front but what we can often hear
big noises at night, especially
when some town not far away in
the recipient Of a very unsoclal
call Of airplanes bent on mis-
chief.
We are not near enough to see
the full effect of war, but the
small things we can see tell a lot.
Every woman and girl in town is
doing her bit, while only boys
and old men are seen on the
streets. The rest have all beer
called away.
The land lady of my billet has
a son somewhere in the trenches
She doesn't know where, but the
last she knew he was still alive.
Well, | have said about al
there is to say so will close.
Col. Sgt, Theo. Seymour, Is DIV
Co. 1877, U. S. Inf. Amer. Exp
Forces.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

The judicial district convention
has been called by the chairman,
Judge Rodgers, to meet at Dem
ver at the same time as the state
convention, the same delegates
answering Cor both conventions.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

Three correspondent letters
and some other matter were left
out last week after being put in
type-not for want of space, but
because overlooked, and omis-
SION not noticed tiil.to hats. Fhis
that the correspondents may un-
derstand,
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

mo compromise with autocra-
cy" was the key note in the pres
ident's 4th of July speech; and
that means that the war will go
on until German militarism is
swept from the face of the earth.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

In a circuit of the southwest
part of the county last week we
saw thousands of acres of beans
that with just incidental rains
willmake from 500 to1, 900 pounds
to the acre.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

It is thought by the war de-
partment that the reclassifcation
will add 100000 men to class 1,
and that the new registrants
will add twice that number; but
the entire list is expected to be
exhausted by the 1st of October.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

Kaiser Bill is asked to take
notice that ''his" partner has
given to England this year an
unusual good crop, and that
America is in line for the best
crop in many years. May be old
Bill would better start manda-
mus proceedings.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

The rain Sunday and Sunday
night got about half the county,
angling across from the south
west to the northeast, and aver
aging probably one and half
innhoa
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

BEAT the machine and save
the party" cries Will Ferril OF
the Rocky Mountain Herald to
the republicans of the state. It's
all right to beat the machine, but
the good Lord gave the party up
long ago.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

The Baca County Broom and
Brush association wants six men
or women with auto conveyance
o. atonce. Call at Herald Office, or
write.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

One Of the things that goes
further in sealing the doom of
Germany than anything else is
the fact that in transporting a
million men to Europe, not one
transport has been lost by sub
marining. 100000 American
soldiers will be in Euaope before
the end of the 1919 campaign-
and then good by old Bill Kaiser,
your day has come.
The Springfield herald., 1918-07-12

The Lucky Tull and so called
animal show was pulled off Sat
urday night, and the Bybee show
has been here during the week.
These shows pail a lot of good
money out of the county, and we
believe it would be just as we'll
for our town to cut them out, or
make them pay stipulated sum
in cash and half the gate money.
This money to our home enter
tainments would be better, and
all of it would go to some good
cause.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-03
co. A MACHINE GUN
SCHOOL ORD. T. C. NEWS

One Hundred new students from down
inu the Valley haze just entered the
school. This ought dispel any rumors
about transfer, e q ny other camp in
the near future. 10
-Four Casualties resulted from SSundays
combat at the Machine Gun School, 1t.
Stackhouse, the Company Commander,
has provided his fighting ordnance with
boxing gloves. He is willing to do any
thing to help halle scrapDers out of them,
Corporal Maher. the boxing instructor.
received his chevrons just short time
ago. He is getting accustomed to this
sound of his title by calling Corporal
Maher" in the rain-barrel and listening
to the echo.
Speaking of pay days, the Machine Gun
School students have not received any
commissions. They are still working on
straight salary.
The fourth General order of the Mach
Inc Gun School is; ITO repeat all rumors
about moving to some post more distant
from Camp Hancock or near my home"
officer; Can you give your general or
ders?
Private; No, he outranks me too much.
Two weeks ago 100 students were
transferred to the Aviation Camp at
Fairfield, Ohio, 70 attend the "Armorers
School They Ike the work and are
getting Interested in the Bomb dropping
devices Bombs are more interesting
when you look down at them. than when
you look up a them