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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-06

meant that we were to crawl foyword
siowly-and believe me. very SLOWLY
ior nve yards, and then halt to await
iurther instructions. Three taps meant.
"hen you arrived within striking dis
lance of the German trench, rush II
sno inhict as many casualties as nos
siDie' secure couple of prisoners. and
'hen back to your own lines with the
speed clutch open. Four taps meant
nave gotten you into a position from
"hich 1t is Impossible for me to extr,-
cate you, so you are on your own"
After getting Tommy into mess m
tne western front he is generally told
that he is ION his own" This means
save your skin in any way possible"
Tommy loves to be ION his own" behind
the lines, but not during a trench raid
The star shells from the Chairman
lines were falling in front of us. there
lore we were safe. After about twen-
" minutes we entered the star sbeu
zone. A star shell from the German
INES fell about five yards in the raar
ana to the right of me; we Rugged tho
ground ana held our breath until il
burned out. The smoke from the star
smell travelled along the ground and
croSSed over the middle of our line.
some Tommy sneezed. The smoke had |
gotten up his nose. We crouched on
me ground, cursing the offender under
'ur breath and waited the volley that
ensues when the Germans
AVE heard noise in No Mans Land
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front Of you. With prayer and wish
ing Fritz "the best o. luck" Won intro
duce him to your "persuader" OF
knuckle knife.
A little later we arrived at the com.
munication trench named Whisky
street, which led to the fire trench at
the point we were TO go over the TOP
and out in front.
In our rear were four stretcher bear
ers and corporal Of the r. A. NJ. c..
carrying pouch containing medicines
and frst-aId appliances. Kind of a
grim reminder to us that our expedi-
ton was not going to be exactly pic
mic. The order Of things was reversed.
In civilian life the doctors generally
come first, with the undertakers tag
ging in the rear and then the insur-
ance man. but in our case, the under
takers were leading, with the doctors
trailing behind, minus the Insurance
adjuster.
The presence of the r. A. NJ. C. men
did not seem to disturb the raiders. be-
cause many a joke made in an under
tone, was passed along the winding
column, as to who would be first TO
take ride on one of the stretchers.
This was generally followed by wish
that, If you were to be the one, the
wound would be a "cushy Blighty
one"
The stretcher bearers, no doubt. /
hoping that, If they did have to carry |
anyone to the rear. he would be small /
and light. Perhaps they looked at me !
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Nothing happened. We received two
taps and crawled forward slowly Tor
nVe yards; no doubt the officer DC
iieved what Old Pepper had said, "rer
sonally believe that that part OF tns
German trench is unoccupied." ny pc
Ing careful and remaining motionisss
when the star shells fell behind Us, VIC
reached the German barbed wire VIVID
out mishap. Then the fun began >
was scared stiff as 1t is ticklish wofA
cutting your way through wire Wnen
about thirty feet in front Of you tneie
Is line Of Boches looking out into Nv
Mans Land with their rifles lgips
across the parapet, straining every
sense to see or hear what is going Oh
In No Mans Land; because at ngns
Fritz never knows when bomb WIN
his name and number on 1t VIII coiDe
hurtling through the air aimed ID wv
direction of Berlin. The man on wv
right, one man in the center ana NY
self on the extreme left were equlpp'.
with wire cutters. These are inshia'so
with soft rubber not because the u.l
man wires are charged with electiciH,
but to prevent the cutters ruDp,Hs
against the barbed wire stakes WIZ"
are of iron, and making q NUS
which may warn the inmates OF ~
'rench that someone is getting lre'~
n their front yard. There is only ~
way to cut barbed wire without no'ss
md through costly experience Ion"'
Continued IN naoe ~
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OVID TIL TOD
~
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT q 3
ARIT1UR GUY FfIpEY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING NJ FRANCE

I In the dugouts the noise of the gun;
h lmost hurt. You had the same sensa
/ Ion as when riding on the subway vol
Il inter the tube under the river going
loo BrOOklyn-a sort of pressure on the
\ ear drums, and the ground constantly
trembling.
The roads behind the trenches were
cry dangerous because BOche shrap-
ell was constantly bursting over them,
lllye avoided these dangerous spots by
4 rossing through open fields.
IA The destruction in the German lines
n as awful and l really felt sorry for
lem because realized how they must
Re clicking it.
RI From our frOnt-line trench, every
ow and again, we could hear sharp
\ thistle blasts in the German trenches.
hese blasts were the signals for
retcher bearers, and meant the
Founding or killing of some German in
he service of his fatherIand.
e Atwell and | had a tough time of it,
! tatrOlling the different trenches at
light, but after awhile got used to it.
My old outfit the machine gun COM
,any, was stationed in huge elephant
] ugouts about four hundred yards be-
Z ind the front-line trench-they were
Va reserve. Occasionally 1 would stop
. their dugOut and have a confab with
,iy former mates Although we tried
, be jolly. still, there was a lurking
ceiling of impending disaster Each |
ban was wondering, if, after the |
logan, "Over the top with the best of |
pick" had been sounded, would he still |
e alive or would he be lying "some-
here in France" In an old dilapidated
ouse, the walls of which were Scared
18th machine-gun bullets, No. sec
8on Of the machine gun company had
s quarters The company's cooks pre-
jared the meals in this billet On the
fth evening of the bombardment q
'erman eight-inch shell registered a
ilrect hit on the billet and wiped out
IN men who were asleep in the sup
iosedly bomb-proof cellar. They were
.nried the next day and / attended the
lneral.
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EXCLUSIVE AGENTS
FERDINAND, IDAHO

when wishing, because l could feel al
uncomfortable, boring sensation be
tween my shoulder blades. They got
their wish all right
Going up this trench, about every
sixty yards or so we would pass a lone
ly sentry. who in a whisper would
wish us "the best o. luck. mates" We
would blind at him under our breaths ;
that Jonah phrase to us sounded very
Omlnous.
Witnour any casualties the minstrel
troop arrived at Suicide ditch. the
front-line trench. Previously, wiring
party of the Royal Engineers had cut
a lane through our barbed wire to en-
able us to get out into No Mans Land.
Crawling through this lane. our
party Of twenty took up an extended
order formation about one yard apart
We had tap code arranged for our
movements while in No Mans Land.
because for various reasons II is NOT
safe to carry on heated conversation
few yards In front of Fritz lines.
The officer was on the right of the
line. while | was on the extreme left
Two taps from the right would be
passed down the line until received
hem, then would send back one tan.
The officer, in receiving this one tan.
would know that his order had gone
Town the whole line, had been under
food, and that the party was ready
o obey the two-tap signal. Two taps
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CHAPTER XVI.
All Quiet (Y) on the Western Front

- All quiet ~ on the western Front
/; AT brigade headquarters happened
4 o overhear conversation between our
T. IL. o. G. general officer commanding
cnd the divisional commander. From
his conversation l learned that we
ere to lombard the German lines for
ght days, and on the first of July the
Dig push" was to commence
In few days orders were issued to
lat effect, and it was common prop
,-ty all along the line.
On the afternoon of the eighth day Of
ur "strafeing" Atwell and / were sit
ing in the frOnt-line trench smoking
pgs and making out our reports of the
c'evious nights tour of the trenches,
hich we had to turn in to headquar-
RS the following day, when an order
as passed down the trench that Old
tepper requested twenty volunteers to
} over on trench raid that night to
1 v and get few German prisoners for
/ formation purposes. | Immediately
d ,olunteered for this job and shook
lands with Atwell. and went to the
l'ar to give my name to the officers In
barge of the raiding party.
D l was accepted. worse luck.
AT 8 40 that night we reported to the 1
\ 'igade headquarters dugOut to receive /
distractions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined /
ilo in semicircle around him, and he
idreSSed us as follows:
"All want you boys to do is to go
FER to the German lines tonight. sur
Use them. secure couple of prison
IS. and return Immediately. Our ar
! llefy has bombarded that section of
ne line for two days and personally 1
Alieve that that part of the German
ench is unoccupied. so just get cou-
e of prisoners and return as quickly
possible"
The sergeant on my right, In an I'M
artone. whispered to me:
Say. Yank, how are we going to get
couple of prisoners If the old fool
inks personally that that part of the
ench is unoccupied, sounds kind OF ,
shy, doesn't IT mater" :
L had a funny sinking sensation In q
y stomach, and my tin hat felt as If /
weighed about ton and my enthusi- v
im was melting away. Old Pepper 7
ust have heard the sergeant speak o
aeause he turned in his direction and 81
laundering voice asked: VI
What did you say?" n
The sergeant with scarlet look on @,
face and his knees trembling. a
nartly saluted and answered: 81
Nothing sir" o,
Old Pepper said:
We'll, don't say it so loudly the next Ii
me-" -
Then Old Pepper continued: n
I'm this section of the German re
enches there are two or three ma d,
line guns which our artillery. in tbe
st two or three days, has been nm W
Die to tape. These guns command the h,
'ctor where two of our communIca. nj
on trenches join the front line. and 80
> the brigade is to go over the ton TO- a
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Marines

NA0A 1AkC0
Pit. Ellis Lincoln, U. S. Mar. Detach..
Managua, Nicaragua.
Pt. Lowell Kimble
u. S. Marine Detachment
Managua, Nicaragua.
Laurence Oliver, Goth Co., 7th Reg,
Santiago de Cuba, Care p. NJ, N. Y.
Howard Odell, Seth Co. 7th Reg. M. c.,
Naval Sta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
VIM. Perry Soth
Special Duty Detach. Charleston, Wn
Howard Paul
Spec. Duty Detach. Charleston, Wn.
Willie R. Danford, Marine Barracks
Bremerton, Wash.
VIM. Sly, Marine Guards, Keyport, Wn
H. L. Craver, U.S.M.C., Am. Legation,
Managua, Mica, Gale p. MN. Y.
Theo Rich, S. D. Co., Main Gate,
Mare Island, California.
Edwin Brace, U. S. M. c.,
Cavite, p. I.
Earl Larkin, Co. A, Sec. 2,
Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal.
Robert Dane, Co. C.
Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal.
Ellis M. Miles, Co. 119
Quantico, Va.
Martin S. House, U. s. M. C.
7th Reg, 81 Co, Camaguey, Cuba.
G. A. Purdy, 10 Co., 9th Reg, M. C..
Care p. M, New York
w. c. Rosswog, Sec. 4, Co. "A,
Marine Barracks, Mare Island, Cal.
Medical Corps
irwin Peckenpaugh,
Fort Worden, Wash.
Corwin Terril, Med. Dept. 42nd Inf.
Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Walter Cantril, Med. Corps,
Camp Lewis
Wilmot Gravenslund,
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Aviation
Sgt. John Lauterbach, Avia. Camp 1,
San Antoine, Texas
Flying Cadet F. L. Kelso, Sod. 80,
Aviation Camp, Berkeley, Cal.
Cpl. H. A. Stiegler, 43 Aero Sqdn.
Ellington Field, Houston, Texas
Chas. Leitch, Reg. Kelly Field Mol
San Antonio, Texas
Canadian
Sapper s. II. Whitehorn, No. 2940
9th Canadian Engineers, Beatty ST.,
Vancouver, B. C.
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That the foregoing amounts repre-
sent the amounts of all taxes paid for
the years subsequent to the date OF
said certificate of delinquency, and
each and all of which said amounts
bears interest at the rate Of fifteen per
cent per annum from the date of
their respective payment.
And you are further notified that
the said R. r. Rogers will apply to
the above entitled court for judy
ment foreclosing the lien against the
property mentioned herein, and you
are hereby summoned and directed to
appear within sixty days after the
date of the first publication Of this
summons, to-wit, within sixty days
after the 21st day of February, 1918,
exclusive of the day of said first pub
LEGATION, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled court, or
pay the amount due; and in case OF
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Begin to Save Now.

How many people say to themselves,
"Next year will find me with a nice lit
tie savings account" and then realize
later on that 1t was like SO many other
good resolutions-never carried out.
The time to begin is now. Nothing Is
ever gained by indecision. Begin by
doing without some one thing which,
possibly, may not come under the head
Of extravaganza and still is not ne
cessity. 1t is not so much the amount
you save at first that counts, but 1t
paves the way for the systematic saw
ing, which in the end makes the sue
cessful men and women of tomorrow.
IS. w. Strauss,
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SUMMONS AND NOTICE IN FORE
CLOSURE OF TAX LIEN

In the Superior Court of the State
of Washington, in and for Benton
County.
R. r. Rogers, Plaintiff
VS..
E. E. Knowles, also all other persons
or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in the COM
plant herein, Defendants.
The State of Washington to the
said E. E. Knowles, also all other per-
sons or parties unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, lien or interest in
the real estate described in the COM
plant herein:
You and each of you are hereby no.
titled that the said r. r. Rogers is
the owner ard holder of certificate OF
delinquency No. 624 issued to one j.
r. McKeand on July "a, 1909, by the
county Of Benton, state Of Washington
for the amount of $1.90, and for value
assigned in writing by the said j. r.
Mexican to this plaintiff r. r. Rogers
on May 2, 1911, together with all the
rights Hereunder; that the year for
the delinquent taxes for which said
certificate Of delinquency was issued
was the year 1907; the property COW
cred thereby, Of which the said z. e.
Knowles is the owner or reputed own
er and to whom said taxes were assess
ed, is described as follows, to-wit:
The northwest quarter (NWA)
Of the northeast quarter (NEA)
of section twenty-nine (29), town.
ship ten (10), north range twen-
ty-eight (28), E. w. NJ, Benton
County, Washington.
That the said r. r. Rogers has paid
the taxes assessed against said pro-
perty for the following years, to-wit:
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MAKING MEATLEss
DAYS PERMANENT


In the meatless menu there is fer
tile field for developing new and nour-
ishing dishes, according to e. n. Niles,
writing in the Hotel Gazette, who be-
lieves that the present shortage of
meat and fats will not end with the
coming of peace. but may grow more
acute and continue for five or six
years, thus making it worth while to
develop menus of grain, vegetables
and fish on more or less permanent
basis. Meat can be replaced by cereals
and other protein foods, or may be
served in very small portions as fla
voring for other food. In making up
meatless menus this author finds our
American Creole and southern cuisine
q broad field for investigation.
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MADE.IN. GERMANY lies
CIRCULATED In CANADA

Canada Is also having trouble with
Made-in-Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation &C
cording to an official statement re-
ceived from the Canadian food con-
troller by the United States food adj
ministration.
The stories bOthering Canada are
Of the same general character as those
the United States food administra-
tor recently denounced in this c0un-
try, such as the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives stocks OF home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller esti-
mates that when the people listen to
and pass on such stories, each one
has the power of destruction that lies
in a battalion Of soldiers.
"Stories without even q vestige Of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast" said the Canadian statement
aNor have they come to life casually.
They have started simultaneously In
different parts of the country and In
each instance have been calculated to
arouse public indignation.
"They are insidious, subtle, persist
emit. Bit by bit they dissipate public
trust, the great essential In the work
of food control.
cit lies with every individual to for
bear from criticism; to refrain from
passing on the vagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effectively
to cooperate in work which is going
to mean more than the majority OF
people yet realize"
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That the foregoing amounts repre-
sent the amounts Of all taxes paid for
the years subsequent to the date Of
said certificate of delinquency, and
each and all Of which said amounts
bears interest at the rate of fifteen
per cent per annum from the date OF
their respective payments.
And you are further notified that the
said r. r. Rogers will apply to the
above entitled court for a judgment
foreclosing the lien against the pro-
perty mentioned herein and you are
hereby summoned and directed to ap-
pear within sixty days after the date
of the first publication Of this sum-
mons, to-wit, within sixty days after
the oath day Of January, 1918, exclu-
sive of the day Of said first publica-
ton, and defend the above entitled ac-
ton in the above entitled court, or pay
the amount due; and in case Of your
failure so to do, judgment will be rem
dered against you according to the
demand Of the complaint herein, which
has been filed with the clerk Of said
court, and foreclosing the lien Of such
taxes, penalties and costs against the
land and premises above named.
r. r. ROGERS,
Plaintiff and holder Of said certificates
M. L. Driscoll,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Pasco, Washington. 1-24:2-28
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BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Helps PAY FOR BREAD

There has been much misunder-
standing about the bread program In
England. 1t is true that the English
man buys loaf Of bread for less than
an American can, but 1t is poorer
bread, and the British government Is
paying $2OO,OOO,OOO year toward the
cost Of 1t.
All the grain grown in Great Brit
ain is taken over by the government
at an arbitrary price and the imported
wheat purchased on the markets at
the prevailing market price. This is
turned over to the mills by the govern
ment at a price that allows the adul-
terated war bread loaf of four pounds
to sell at 10 cents, the two pound loaf
at 9 cents and the one pound loaf at
cents.
In France, under conditions some
what similar, but with a larger ex-
traction. the four pound loaf sells for
16 cents.
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THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS:

There is no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ac-
compIish this by the voluntary
action Of our whole people, each
element in proportion to its means.
II is a matter of equality OF bur-
den; a matter Of minute saving
and substitution at every point In
the 20,000, 900 kitchens, on the TO-
100000 dinner tables, and In the
1000, 900 manufacturing, whole
sale and retail establishments Of
the country.
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CORN WILL WIN
DEMOCRACY'SWAR
Americas Greatest Cereal Crop
Is Now Moving to
Market.
MAINsTAY IN NATIONS CRISIS.
Surplus Wheat Of the United States
Has Been Sent to Famine Threat
ened Europe.

Americas great corn crop. exceed.
ing 100000. 900 bushels, will save the
worlds food situation, officials Of the
United States food administration be-
lieve.
Corn Is the nations best food cereal,
housewives are beginning to realize.
1t contains all the elements needed to
keep the body in state Of health and
when used according to the scores OF
tried recipes, especially when COM
bined with an added portion Of oil or
fat, will sustain life indefinitely. In
dian warriors in colonial days lived on
parched corn alone for many days at Q
time, and at Valley Forge parched
corn was at times the sole ration Of
the Continental soldiers.
Owing to transportation difficulties
caused by the war the corn crop moved
more slowly to market this year than
ever before Now, however, the cereal
is reaching the millers and consumers.
In the meantime the nations surplus
wheat has been sent to Europe.
Today there are approximately 30
bushels of corn for every American.
This quantity is greater by five BUSH
els than In former years.
Corn has become the nations m3.n-
stay in the crisis Of war.
Just as this cereal saved the first
American colonists from famine on
many occasions, just as 1t served as q
staple food during the War Of the Rev
olutiOn and during the Civil War, King
Corn has again come to the front in
the nations battle with autocracy.
Corn meal is finding greatly increas-
ed use in the making of ordinary white
bread. Hundreds of housewives and
many of the larger bakers are mixing
20 per cent. corn meal with wheat
-four to make leavened bread. This
kind Of mixture is worked and baked
In the same recipes and with the same
methods that apply to straight wheat
bread.
Corn bread-using corn meal entire
ly-is gaining a greater popularity
than ever before. Housewives are
coming to realize that every pound of
wheat saved in America means pound
Of wheat released for shipment to the
nations with which America Is associ-
ated In the war.
There are a score Of corn products
that today possess unusual Importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening corn cakes and buckwheat cakes
and for use in the kitchen instead OF
granulated sugar is one Of the leading
products made from corn.
Corn Oil, excellent for frying and for
every other purpose filled by salad oils,
Is appearing on the market In large
quantities. 1t comes from the germ Of
the corn.
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
UPON THE ISSUANCE OF
BONDS OF COLUMBIA IRRIGA-
TON DISTRICT.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
on the 9th day Of March, of the year
1918, special election will be held
in Columbia Irrigation District in
Benton County, Washington, for the
purpose of determining whether or
not said Columbia Irrigation District
shall issue its negotiable bonds in the
sum of 100000 for the purpose
Of providing funds with which to pur-
chase the canal, rights Of way, diver
sion works, water appropriations and
other property Of the Northen Pacific
Irrigation company and for the pur-
pose of providing funds with which
to repair and improve the same and to
reconstruct certain portions thereof.
THE POLLING PLACES at the
said election will be as follows:
In Precinct No. 1, at the residence
Of Charles E. Griffith.
In Precinct No. 2, at the City Hall
in the City of Kennewick. ~
In Precinct No. 8, at the Grange
hall In Finley.
In Precinct No. 4, in the school
building at Hover. ....
THE POLLS will open at said cleo
ton at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and
i'll close at 4 o'clock in the after
noon. aa
THE BALLOTS at said election
shall contain the words:
"Bonds-Yes," and "Bonds-No," or
words equivalent thereto.
H. S. HUGHES, Chairman
Of the Board Of Directors
L. e. JOHNSON,
A. S. GOSS, Directors.
M. N. MOULTON, Secretary.
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