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CHATTER XVI.
Battsry o 2ss.


The day after this I received the
glad tidings that I would occupy the
machine gpincrs' dusout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post. This dugout was roomy affair.
dry as tinder. and real cots 10 n.
These cots had been made by the
II. Els who had previously occupied
the dugout. I was the first 10 enter
and promptly made signboard with
my name and number on 1t md euS-
pended II from the foot of the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches Il Is always ..first
come. first served" and this IL lived
up 10 by all.
Two II. +. A. men fRoysi Field ar-
fillery) from the nearby observation
post were allowed the privilege Of
stopping In this duxout when on duty.
One OF these men. Bombardier VII
son by name. who belonged TO Bat
terry d 23s. seemed to take a liking
to me. and returned this feeling.
In two days time we were pretty
ehummy. md he told me how his bnt-
terry In the early days OF the war had
put over stunt on Old Pepper. and
had gotten away with II.
viii endeaver 20 give the story ss
far ms memory will permit In his own
words:
II came ont with the first expesiI-
tionary force. and. like all the rest.
thought we would have the enemy
licked In Jig time. and be able to eat
Christmas dinner st home. Wei, %
far. have eaten two Christmas din
ners In the trenches. and am liable to
eat two more. the way thfugx arc
pointing. Tint is. n Fritz don't drop
n 'whizz-bnng on me. and send me to
BlIEhty. Sometimes I wish I would
out herr. and twenty-five months OF rr
makes you fed up.
''It's fairly cushy now compared to
what II used to be. although I admit
this trench is a tribe rough. Now.
we send over ave shells TO their one
We nre getting our own hnck. but in
the early days Il was different. Then
you had TO take everything without
reply. In fnct. We would xet twenty
shells in return for every one we ecnt
over. Fritz seemed 20 enjoy II. but
we British didn't; we were the suf-
ferers. Just one casualty sfter nm
other. Sometimes whole plntoons
would disappear. especially when
Jack Johnson plunked into their
middle. It got No had Tint a fellow.
when writing homo. wouldn't ask for
any cigarettes TO be sent out, because
he was afraid he wouldn't be there tp
receive them.
after the drive to Paris wns turned
back. trench warfare started. Our
general grabbed n map. drew pencil
across 1t. and said. Dig here Then
lcontinued on next pase.)
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Ihsn ws plainly heard footste.ps ana
Dur hearts stood sun. ~ ~eisrr
A dnsl form Suddenly ioomed up IN
front OF me: It looked a. big a. 4hs
Woo1worth building. could hear
the blood rushing through my veius
and It sounded ~ loud az Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from tho
darkness There were seven OF them
In ALL I tried to wish them away. I
never wished harder In my life They
muttered q few words In 0ermaa and
melted Into the blackness. I didn't
stop wishing either.
All Of 4 sudden we heard stumble,
a muddy splash. and muttered '-Doa-
ner und Blltzen-" One OF the Boches
had tumbled into shell hole. Neither
Of us laughed. At that tfme--it dldu't
strike MS a. funny. :.
About twenty minutes after the Ger
mans had disappeared something from
the rear grabbed mo by the foot.
nearly fainted with fright. Then q
welcome whisper In a coclney accent.
Il s'y. myte. we've come to reilcyef
you" :
Wheeler and I crnwled hack to our
trench: we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After a swig OF rum we
were sooa fast asleep on the fire step
In our wet clothes.
The next morning was ms stir MS
poker and every joint nched like a
bad tooth. bat wns still alive. 70 It
did not matter.
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News Notes
TUESDAY
r. o. PROCTOR ILL :

r u fHOCiON it,
Mr.. F. u. Proctor of 25s Griffin Ave
Is quite seriously ill. His two daugh
tiers of Denver. have arrived to be
with him.
CALLED TO CANON CITY ON
ACCOUNT OF FATHERS ILLNESS.
Mrs Charles Buchner of Wheat
land, Wyoming. was called to Canon
City the last OF the week by the ser
ious illness of her father. Mr.. Fred
pneumonia. He is improving slowly.
MRS. GLEN GEORGE PASSES
AWAY AT ALBUQUERQUE.
Mrs. s. B. George received mes
sage mrom her son. Glen. of Albuquer-
que. New Mexico. today. that his wife
had died Saturday at noon. Tho re-
mains will be brot to Canon City for
burial, Wednesday noon. No arrange
ments have been made for the funer-
al yet.
Mrs. E. M. Kerr opened he'd dancing
academy in Annex hall with an East
or Monday dance. Over 100 couples
were present and enjoyed the occa-
sion. Carnations were given to each
of the dancers. The two-piece Or
chestra played music that was great
ly appreciated.
Mrs. Kerr intends to keep open the
Academy thruout the summer. Dances
will be held on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays and dancing lessons will be
given each evening from 1880 to $3.50.
Mrs. Kerr has always held orderly
and popular dances in Canon City and
has always attracted an excellent
class of people.
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WEDNESDAY

Rev and Mrs. Elmer ". Harner are
the happy parents of handsome 8.
pound son and heir. born to them last
Saturday morning. Mother and In.
FAINT are reported to be doing nicely.
The little fellow has been christen-
ed Elmer w. Harner. Jr.
GONE TO LONG BEACH. CALF.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkins and Mrs.
Annie Sheldon departed over the San
tn Te Tuesday evening for a several
| months sojourn in Long Beach. Cali.
| fornia.
MRS. RoHA RETURNS
TO PUEBLO.
Mrs. Charles Rhoa and little daugh-
ter Jean. who had been visiting rel
atiyes and friends here for q week or
ten days, left last Saturday for Colo
RADIO Springs en- route to their home
in Pueblo.
MRS. CHARLES SELLS
MUCH IMPROVED.
The condition of Mrs Charles Sells
| who has been quite i'll for the last
two weeks in consequence of an at
tack of quincy. is much improved and
she is able to be about again.
YEoMEN WILL HOLD
PATRIOTIC MEETING.
The Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men will hold patriotic meeting and
service flag dedication riday evening.
April 5th. A fine program has been
arranged consisting of patriotic
songs and recitations and an address
by Judge Ibbotson. The meeting will
be open to all Yeomen and their
friends.
Y. M. C. A. GIVES MEMBERSHIPS
TO BE SOLD AT RED
CROSS AUCTION.
Three memberships for full -privil-
eges in the Young Mems Christian As
socia ion will be sold at the auction
sale tomorrow and are as follows:
One $500 Sustaining Membership
One $1,000 Senior Membership and
One $500 Junior Membership.
These will be redeemed at their
face value by the purchaser for one
year. starting April 1, and will not
only be good in the local Association
but are transferable to any Y. NJ. c.
A in America.
ENTERTAINED AT APRIL
FOOL PARTY.
Mrs. w. 3. Holland and Mrs Harry
Combs delightfully."- entertained about
26 young ladies' at the formers home
on North Fourth street, Monday even
ing at an April Fools party. All came
dressed to suit the occasion; Miss
Blanch Stevenson receiving prize for
wearing most suited costume. The
evening WIS enjoyed in music and a
very entertaining minstrel show was
given by the Misses Marion Bowen
and Eta Walton and Mrs. Jessie EN-
merson Price and Mrs. Holland. At
late hour a delicious luncheon was
served after which all departed. de-
claring the hostess charming enter
tainers.
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NOTICE.

The Public Library will be closed
for re-decorating. beginning Monday.
April sth. Notice will be given when
it will be opened again.
It will be opened again. 72-td; 1w.
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MEETINGS AT CHRISTIAN
CHURCH CLOSED.

ShOhSTt SIOoCOs
The evangel:stic meetings. which
have been conducted at the Christian
church here for the last month by
Rev. Roud Shaw. of Frankfort. KY.
and Prof. A. L. Haley of this city,
closed last Sunday night These
meetings were of great interest thru
out and awakened a spiritual impulse
that will be helpful alike to the COM
munity and the church where they
were held.
Rev. Shaw. who is splendid speak
er and earnest Christian gentleman.
has rendered his services to the gov
ernment for war work and will short
ly devote himself to religious ondeav-
or in the military camps Of the coun-
try. He will remain here for a few
days rest before leaving for the east.
PROF. oAMsiLL HoNoRED
THIS MORNING.
In recognition of his splendid work
in preparing the local representatives
for the triangular debating contest,
in which they won o signal victory
over the East Denver and Centennial
teams last Saturday night, Prof. w.
G. Gambill. principal of the Canon
City High school. was this morning
presented with handsome gold
watch and chain by the high school
students and teachers. The presen-
tation took place at the regular chap
el exercises at the high school and
the address accompanying it was
erintendent of the city schools A
fitting response to the presentation
speech was made by Prof Gambili.
The gift was complete surprise to
preciated on that account The affair
at the chapel exercises this morning
was one of the most pleasing Incl
dents of such services held in the
long time.
COUNTY SCHOOL CENSUS
COMPLETED.
The annual county school census
was completed last Saturday and viii
be filed with the state department o.
education within the next few days
The reports from some of the district,
had not been received at the office
OF Miss Garwood. county superintend
cnt. up to noon today and it is impos
sible at this time to give the figures
obta,ned from vancass. Until these
figure can be obtained. no informa
tion Is available as to the amount o.
money this county will receive from
the state school fund. Miss Garwoot
states that district No. !. Canon Cit,
md its surroundings. will prpbabl,
show a gain OF about SO more schoo
children THE year than It had twelve
months ago.,
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CAUSE OF TIRED FEELING
Complaint. Common with Many Peo-
pie Every Morning. Due to Press.
ure Of Too Much Purin.

The familiar condition In which one
wakes up In the morning. ritter n good
nights rest. with dry mouth. spirits
depressed. feeling tired. nchlng all
over. was explained by Dr. Nathan
Roscwnier of Cleveland In the course
of discussion NJ u recent meeting
OF the American Medical association.
lie said such n person viii go ahead
md do hard days work and feel
better ns N. hours pass. until In the
evening all signs NJ trouble have gone.
Such person often had sever" pains
In the abdomen. the muscles ~ which
were extremely sensitive: hut the
more they were pressed the less scnsi-
tive they became.
This condition II not. ms often he
iievcd. du" IT, Intestinal toxncinln. or
poisoning ~ the blood by the products
~ impcrfectly dl.cstcd food. but to
the pressure u too much purin In the
system.
When the foods TINT are rich In
purlns mr." given up III" sufferers rap
Idly improve. They were never really
fniieu,d, their symptoms being merely
q stimulation ~ fatigue.
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u Can't BE Done,

Few know better than Vincent Ia.
Dor the utter absurdity Of trying to
please the women Of today. From evi.
dence presented In the Court Of Do
nestle Relations, writes u New York
correspondent, II appears that he has
Mt no time tried II. but the demands
made by his wife have convinced him
that there would be- no hope anyway.
The matter In consideration was q
means to keep Mr.. Tabor ut work. a
means to force him to provide s. a
week for his wife's support and q
means 10 terminate his desperate
struggle to drink a harried world dry.
"Aw, Judge. nothin' can be DONE" ad.
mitted the somewhat fearful defend
ant, "as long as yuh can't make money
enough to satisfy all the highfalutin'
ideas Of the women. Two months ago
We wuz all right again an everything
g0in' good, when Minnie made me
move TO house what had a bathtub
In 1t. We amt had a day Of happiness
SINCE"
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J. {. WHI7MER,
DENTIST.
PROUD BUILDING.
North Side Of Square.
Both Phones.


Whereas, Edward S. jackson and
Hannah i. jackson, his wife. by their
certain deed of trust. dated May I,
1919, recorded in book l22. page 1913,
IN the Office Of the recorder Of deeds
within and for Holt County, State of
Missouri, conveyed to A. =. liarncy,
trustee. IN trust To secure the payment
OF their promissory note therein de-
scribed and the interest thereon the
Following described real estate. living
and being in Holt County, State Of
Missouri. to-wi.'
The east half Of the northeast quar-
ter OF the northeast quarter of Sec
ton twelve l2), in township fifty
nine l59) OF range thirty-eight 1851.
contain ing twenty t20) acres. except
a right Of way across said land and
whereas. default has been made in the
payment of interest due on said note,
and by reason of said default, the To-
gal holder Of said note has declared the
entire debt due and payable. according
to the terms Of said deed Of trust.
Now, therefore. ut the request Of
the legal holder Of said note. the said
A. !. Harvey, trustee, having filed his
written refusal TO act, and having
been designated as his successor in
trust, in pursuance Of the provisions
OF said deed of trust, and the author
ny in me vested thereby. ! will, on
Monday, the 9th Day Of June, 1918,
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and b o'clock p. m. Of that day, at the
north door Of the court house, in the
city Of Oregon, Holt County. Missouri,
sell Mt public .vcnduc TO the highest
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To Induce SIeep,

When trying to induce sleep It Is
well. observes IN authority. to put
away oil serious thoughts and try to
get the mind into a pleasant, elevated
state. Some people make a habit Of
reading before retiring, but too often
one reads on until eyes and head ache.
As result the following morning the
eyes are bloodshot and bulging from
the overstrain and the individual has
lost the necessary amount of rest be-
cause Of this enforced strain. 1t 10
most important that the ventilation of
the sleeping apartment be attended to-;
that there IL clear. fresh air circulat.
ing. Windows should be raised from
the bottom and lowered from the top
also. so that the air may circulate free
". The question Of whether II 10
healthy to sleep with q pillow or with.
out one has been debated many times,
but Q happy medium 10 recommended
- the most .eeQfQrtARla one. ---.--- Z,
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ttft. Uf the uAgfllkV mpntl iy umnunf
purchased IA ia, four months mir In
March !.
.. Manufacturers using wheat prod.
ucts for hon'food purposes should
cease such Use entirely.
u. There IL no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, Hours. and meals, corn.
barley. buckwh.nt. potato Hour, ct
cctera.
Many thousand families Throughout,
the land nre now using no wheat prod.
ucts whatever, except n very small
amount for cooking purposes. and mr..
doing 30 IN perfect health and sa,isfac.
ton. There Is no reason why nil of
the American people who nrs able To
cook In their own households cnnno,
subsIst perfectly well with IN, use of
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An Excellent Opportunitv

] would like to talk with two or
three young women Of character and
ability who have the ambition but not
the financial means TO take further ed
ucational work or enter some profess
sion. can assist any young lady
possessed Of the above credentials and
desires to an opportunity Of studying
nursing where all expenses are paid
while learning and give them the as
surance OF plenty Of work at from s25
to S35 per week after graduation.
DIR. l.. McFALL,
osteopathic Physician, Oregon, Mo.
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--ladies-For a nice. neat. stylish
pump, buy the browns 80" the
shoes Of quality. c. W. KING.
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America Consumed 100000 Bushels Monthly.
From Now Until Harvest Must Use
Only 2l,000,000.
RATION PER PERSON IS 1, POUNDS
OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY
Military Necessity Cal for Greater Sacrifice Here-Aisd War
Bread Must Be Maintaned-Ou Soldiers and
Sailors to Have Full Allowance.

we to furnish the Allies with the necessary proper
ton OF wheat to maintain their bread from until the
next harvest and this is military necessity
our monthly consumption to 21O00000 bushels month";
against normal consumption of about AZ bushels
or 30 cent of normal consumption This the
ton set forth by the T. s. Food Administration at Washing
ton. Reservng margin for distribution and
special cases. leaves for general consumption approximately
l1 pounds of wheat products weekly person.
Administrations contnues Many of our consumers
dependent bakers bread Such durable
and therefore, requires larger proportion of products
than cereal breads baked in the household army and
navy require full allowance. The wetodo in population
can make greater sacrifices in the consumption wheat
products than can the In addition population in
the agricultural districts where the other are album
dant skilled the preparation breads from these
other cereals than the crowded city and industrial
With improved transportation conditions we now have avail
able surplus OF potatoes We also have spring months
surplus of milk and have ample and oats for human
consumption The drain barley substitutes has
already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains
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American Meat Restrictions Re.
Taxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Nest supply Here Considerably Ia.
isrosd - Food Administration.
However. Warns Against
Waste.

" soHie uekTee ny sHOTlhke III hTriNuis
from the Argentine. 1t is, therefore,
necessary for the u. y. Food Admins.
tration to urge y silll further reduction
IN the consumption Of bread and bread.
stuifs generally II we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin.
istruiion has issued u statement ex.
planning the situation IN detail. partic
ularly the reasons which lead II, for
the purpose OF c.ntcring effort for the
time being upon the cereal situation
TO relax temporarily the restrictions OF
meat consumption.
Experience shows. this statement
says, that the consumption OF bread
stuffs Ia Intimately associated with the
consumption OF m.ai. For various
reasons our supplies nf meat for the
nett two or three months are consid
erably enlarged. aud We can supply the
allies with all OF the meat products
which transportation facilities render
possible and NJ the same tim. some.
what increns. our own consumption.
Ia these circumstances the Food Ad
ministration considers II wise To- relax
the voluntary restrictions nm m,n, ron.
sumption In som. .,,.n, with n Wow
10 further decreasing br,nd ,ousunp.
ton.
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time, for neither production. nor al.
lied demands ,r,. ,n,.,,,, ,,r,.,s nos
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not one that warrants any relaxation
In the efforts 10 eliminate wasi. or TO
relax economy ~ food, IN. Admins.
tration desires 10 s.cur. better adjust.
msnt In food balances
M lang No IN. ,r...,, .oo,,,on.
coo,lpu, IN. o,Iv sn.,cI.I r.s,.i,,,.n.
~. ,,L or, IN. ,,.n.,.. .,', $500.
Tuesday.
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SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY OUT
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM.
POST CARDS IN STORES.
Explain New Wheat Ruling to
Thousands Of Customers-ln. !
sures Greater Food Savino.


Iaion 10 the housewife. This ruling by
,ne y. ;. FOOD Administration requires
each purchaser or wheat -four to buy
one pound or cereal substitute. one
kind or assorted, for every pound Of
""ea' ""ur' ~ was necessary TO re-
srie' 'he use OF wheat hOur In order
'na' ',e a''ics ana our lighting forces
uproad might be assured OF an ade-
pu",e supply "t wheat to meet their
,'a' neeus' inns supply must come
nun our SWINGS because We have al-
reauy sent our normal surplus.
"hent snNihg pledge cards were for.
waru'h ny the t"od Administration to
w re'a'' '""h merchants, and these
nre "'ihg signed nhd posted IN stores
s'nI's' We pledge ourselves loyalty TO
curry OUT the f""h Administration pro.
gram, w accordance with this order
W. WIZ t"' s"'' any wheat Hour except
"h"r" W" purchaser buys nm equal
WISH W "n' VT more "t the following.
pr'"''' W." OF which III the home
wiz save "h'ht'
''n'"'"'' corn n"ur' cdihie corn
Narch' n"h'hS' corn Rri's. barley Hour,
p"'"'o "'"r' SWEEP potato hour soy
n'"h n"ur' i"'"rl'a nour ana meals.
r'''' r,'" H"ur' "hth'cai. rolled oats nnd
ou'h""'a' n"nr'
som" confusion has resulted on III.
part OF the consumer In constituting
this oo1o ruling to mean that an
cdsal amount In value ~ substitutes
must he purchased with wheat Hour.
THIS II mistaken Idea. The ruling
states that the consumer In purchasing
hour shall "buy nc the snni" time an
equni weight ~ Other cereals,
one exception TO this ruling Il con.
corning graham Hour nnd whole wheat
hour, which may be- sold ~ the ratio
OF three pounds to I'VE pounds OF
wheat Hour. This provision i made
because approximately ~ per cent.
more OF the wheat berry II used IN tho
nnhuinc'ure OF 'hese hours than stand
hro "he"' "our'
Another exception Ii that concern.
Ing mixed Hours containing less than
10 per cent. or wheat Hour. which may
o' s"'" "''""ut substitutes h''"iiers,
however are t"rbidd'h to sell mixed
hours containing more thhh =" per
cent OF "h'n' h"ur 10 any '"rso'i uh'
less the amount 81 wheat Hour Ahbsti'
tutcs sold Is sufhcient To max" the to-
'hi amount "t su"s'itu'es, 'hcluuihs
'h"s" mixed IN hours. eanni 7" the To.
tai amount IN wheat Hour In the mixed
n"ur' t"r instance, " any mixed hour
" purchased containing 0o per cent.
wheat hour ana W per cent. substi.
tutes II In necessary that m additional
20 per cent. 81 substitutes be pur,
chased This brings u TO the basis OF
one pound OF substitutes Tor ench
pound OF wheat hour'
A special exemption may he granted
upon application IN the case OF special.
iy prepared INFANTS ana ih'a'lds 1000
containing Hour where the necessity u