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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-12

The new 1--we siocS sanitary boarc
does not took Tor any assistance NON
he Indian department. in Tire matte
ii feeding Arizona cattle and sheep
Nc Is said. furthermore. that the need
fer relief Tor the cattle Is not as iw-
PeraJive as IL has been. and thai II 70
were. the Indisn reservations have.
fer the nest part. nothing 70 spare
in the matter o. grazing land
Following clamoyous appeals from
some Of the csttiemsn snd the last
cattle board. Cato Sells, conimissioner
OF Indian affairs no Washington. or.
dered some Of the officials 20 look
over the reservations IN Arizona 10 see
what could be done about the matter.
Although this was some three or four
months aSo. nothing further has been
heard either from the cottlemen or
the Indian officials,
Now IL develops that shorty after q
visit of on official 10 the PGpaSO ~
servation. cattle that had been permit
ted TO craze on the Indian lands were
ordered taken off. The present cat
he beard does not look for any assist
ance from the Irdian reservations. 10
is said thar with rain and snow ~ the
rrarinr country the cattle viii b. able
to get alons without much hardship.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-12
FLETCHER MADE CAPTAIN


NEW YORK. Jan. IL. - Arthur
Fletcher. veteran shOrtstop of the
New York National league club has
been appointed captain of the team for
the season Of 1918. il was announced
today. succeeding Charles Herzog.
who was traded recently to the Boston
Nationals.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-12

To the Arizona Eastern shoP en-
D'oveps in Globe belongs the distinc-
ton OF having flown the first service
1ss roisted in Arizona i'm honor OF
men wro nave some To var. accord
ms In a statement made yesterday
hv Dciacy Kerr chief az the rai-ro3o
ire department a Tag oeaTinS
twenty stars flies from the Arizona
Eastern shous here and has been in
evidence since short time after the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
Being Major Is A Snap.

A good story is told OF conversation
between two colored soldiers recently
overheard at Camp Lee, Virginia. One
OF the colored men was discontented,
and the other was endeavoring TO cheer
him up.
"Look here, Sam," said the cheerful
one, "what you-all mean by gettin' dis
satisfied. Why don't you get down TO
work and try to get officers commits
sion. understands that colored men
are goin' to get 'pointments as officers
for colored troops"
"Why don't you try yourself?" quer-
led the discontented one.
az is" declared the other. "lse 60
ing after a commission as majah, is"
"Majah nawthin'," snorted the dis
satisfied one. "You-all will never get
that high. What you want TO be a
majah for, anyhow"
"well, it's thissaway," said the cheer
ful one. 81 been watching these yere
white officers, and | comprehends that
the lieutenants they do everything, but
don't know nothin'; the captains, they
know everything, but don't do nothin';
while the majah, they don't know
nothin' and don't do nothin' ! thinks
| could be a majah."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
Shephedstown Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday April 49, 1918
WOMAN.

Form distant lands brought her gifts most
rare;
The gold of Ophir from across the sea,
And precious stones TO deck her hands and
hair.
And did my Lady love me then? All. no,
not she.
She-laughed!
I brought her Fame, high deeds of proves
done.
And tales OF daring; OF great things to be;
OF battles fought and waged, hard victories
won,
Think you she loved me then? No, no, not
She-laughed!
brought my heart and cast it at her feet;
barred my inmost soul, that she might see
NY love for her, how boundless and how deep;
Think you she loved me then? Ah, no, not
she.
She-laughcd!
Go then thy way" I cried, "and I'll go
mine!
No longer will heed your beck and call,
A puppet at your feet to fawn and whine!'
I turned and low, she came and brought
her all.
Master" she said. "now OF thyself thou
art,
Take me and be thou master OF my heart.
And as l held her close and deeply quatfed
The cup OF Love so full, laughed,
Ye gods-I laughed!
Patty GuioL
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
A Hero.

A few years ago fire broke out in
a charming little Swiss village. In a
few hours the quaint farm houses were
entirely destroyed.
One poor man was in greater trouble
than his neighbors even. His home
and cows were gone, and so, also, was
his son, bright boy of six or seven
years He wept and refused TO hear
any words OF comfort He spent the
night wandering sorrowfully about the
ruins of his home.
lust as daybreak came, however, ne
heard well-known sound; and looking
up he saw his favorite cow leading the
herd, and coming directly after them
was his bright eyed boy.
ooh, my son, my SON." he cried, care
you really alive ?"
"Why, yes, father. When ! saw the
FIRE, ran to get our cows away TO the
pasture lands"
"You are hero, my boy" the father
exclaimed.
But the boy said: "Oh, no! A hero
is one who does some wonderful deed. !
led the COWS away because they were in
danger, and | knew it was the right
thing to do"
"Ah." cried the father, " he who does
the right thing at the right time is a
hero"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
What Prohibition Did For Denver.

George p. Unseli, OF Westminster,
Colorado, formerly OF Shepherdstown.
sends US the following significant clip.
ping from the Denver Post OF recent
date:
Two years prohibition in Denver has
kept the city so decent that there Is
nothing for its grand jury 10 nvesti-
gate, nothing for Judge John !. Null
lins in the criminal court TO try, and
nothing for the criminal lawyers Of the
city 10 argue about.
This is literal statement OF facts.
Last week the county grand jury was
called to the West Side court, presum-
ably for business But the business
was not there.
"What shall we take up hrst ?" tho
foreman asked.
search me-" answered District At
,orney William Z. Foley.
They agreed there was nothing 10 In
vestigate, so the grand jury took a re-
cess, subject to the call OF the foreman.
That call has not yet materialized.
Yesterday Judge Mullins dismissed
the regular venire in the West Side
criminal court, with order to Clerk
George McLachlan not TO call the next
panel until April I. There are no GRIM
inal cases awaiting trial, except a few
continued ones. Heretofore, n new
venire panel has been summoned every
two weeks, It's term OF service con-
tinuing until the next venirc was sum.
moned. But with no cases TO try, Judge
Mullins will save the county the ex.
pense Of calling a venire when<here 10
nothing for IL to do.
Two years ago, before Colorado went
dry, two judges were kept busy most
OF the time in the West Side court
When a grand jury was sworn II In.
variably returned long list OF indiet-
ments.
The last three or more grand jurles
have returned no indictments.
For, with the passing Of Baeehus
from Denver, his twin sisters, Crime
and Vice, went with him, say the judges
Of Denver's courts.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
What II viii Cost.

A practical citizen, accustomed TO
look at matters from a financial stand
point, was heard TO say recently, "Just
think what il is going to cost us TO win
this war"
Probably most intelligent citizens
have already turned their thought in
that direction, and probably, too, the
cost in the end will be far greater than
has yet been forecast. Yet the money
cost is the one least TO be considered,
as our allies can testify, and as we are
certain to learn.
But the timid practical soul who
asked the above question should try TO
answer another. What will il cost us
not to win this war?
One writer has said: at would cost
us the loss OF 4 national independence,
would give us a German Governor Cen
eral at Washington and German army
of occupation, with all the insane bru-
taity that war has taught the Germans,
quartered upon us, and garrisons in
every city" And that is only the be-
ginning Of the cost.
II would cost us an indemnity under
which the American people would groan
for decades.
1t would cost us our position as the
leader OF civilization in America.
II would cost us the domination OF
Prussian influence in all our internal
affairs, and Prussian authority over all
our international relations.
II would cost us the last trace OF
freedom OF speech and Of thought; the
last vestige of civil government.
Ii would cost us the opportunity TO
work out our national program, and de-
velop our national life.
No wonder intelligent loyal Ameri-
cans do not shrink from paying the
price OF victory
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
War Gardens of Vital Importance.
"Food will win the war v

"Food will win the wal"
There can no longer be any doubt
that the most pressing need of our Al
lies in Europe is for food. The splen-
did fighting spirit of the troops in the
trenches will never be broken unless
starvation faces them and their families.
Lack of food will do that which neither
German gas nor shells nor frightful-
ness have accomplished.It would break
the morale and spirit of the fighting
man. Our Allies must be fed, and
America is the granary from which the
food must be supplied.
The American farmer is throwing all
his force and energy into the production
of food, but he alone cannot perform
the gigantic task set before the Amer
lean people. His normal supply OF
labor is reduced, in part through the
action of the draft, but more generally
through the competition Of other in
dustries where profits are great and
wages high. 1t is imperative that the
city man aid in this production of food.
How shall he do this? BY raising
garden of his own, sufficient il posSi-
BILE to supply his family with fresh
vegetables. Few there are, especial
ly in the smaller cities and towns of
this State, who have available for a
garden a back yard, nearby vacant lot
or a portion of an unused field at the
edge of town. When we remember
that parks, lawns and dooryards of
England are being converted into plow-
ed fields to produce food and that the
women of France with ropes over their
shoulders are pulling the plow (their
horses are all in service of the army
we should be ashamed to be idle or
allow our land to be idle. The bank
clerk, the teacher, the school boy, the
factory worker, the miner, the preach
er, must share with the farmer the duty
Of feeding the world. The man or boy
who grows a bushel Of potatoes or a
patch of cabbage is helping to win the
war just as surely as he who makes
shell or carries a gun. President Will
son in a letter to school boys says:
every boy or girl who really sees what
the home garden may mean will, am
sure, enter into the purpose with high
spirits, because | am sure they would
all like to feel that they are in fact
fighting in France by joining the home
garden army. They know that Amer
ica has undertaken to send meat and
flour and wheat and other foods for the
support of the soldiers who are doing
the fighting, for the men and women
who are making the munitions, and for
tthe boys and girls of western Europe,
and that We must also feed ourselves
while we are carrying on this war.
The movement to establish gardens,
therefore, and to have the children
work in them, is just as real and pa
triotic an effort as the building of
ships or the firing of cannon"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18

Passing through a military hospital,
a distinguished visitor noticed private
of one OF the Irish regiments who had
been terribly injured.
To the orderly the visitor said:
That's a sad case. What are you
going to do with him."
"He's going back, sir" replied the
orderly.
"Going back" said the visitor in
surprised tones.
"Yes," said the orderly. ale thinks
he knows who done i"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
The War Department asks publica

The War Department asks publica-
ton Of the following:
In future shipments Of any articles
to members of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces abroad will be limited
to those articles which have been re-
quested by the individual to whom same
is to be shipped, such request having
been approved by his regimental or
higher commander. Parcel post ship
ments will be accepted by the postoffice
authorities, and other shipments by
express or freight companies only upon
presentation of the above approved re-
quest in each individual case.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18

'I can't keep the visitors from COM
ing up" said the Office boy, dejectedly,
TO the president. "When | say you're
out they simply say they must see YOU
"Well," said the president, lust
tell them that's what they all say"
That afternoon there called at the
Office a young lady. The boy assured
her if was impossible to see the presi-
dent.
"But am his wife," said the lady.
"Oh, that's what they all say" said
the boy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18

A young man who, during his brief
career, had never been required to do
very much labor at home, enlisted for
the present war, and is now in a train
ing-camp Somewhere in America"
A few days ago his mother received
letter from him in which he said that
he had never worked so hard in his
life. that he had been doing kitchen
work, making beds, washing and drying
dishes, etc., and that when he returned
from the war he would make some fel-
low in West Virginia the very best wife
there ever was.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18

An English colonist in Ceylon one
day provided his black servant with a
stool and told him to go and milk the
COW. The darky soon returned, bruised
and muddy.
'what's the matter, Sam ?" asked the
astonished master.
"Him a very good stool, massa,"
came the reply, "but the COW won't sit
on it."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18

A report has been circulated in
many sections OF the country that fruits
are to be regarded as luxury and not
as a food, and the matter has been
taken up by the Rural New Yorker with
Food Administrator Hoover. The Food
Administrator was very emphatic in
his statement that fruits and fruit pro-
ducts are most essential part OF our
diet, and that the more fruits and veg
etables used the better il is for the
health OF the public. In addition, their
substitution for more concentrated ex-
portable foods makes possible the
sending Of larger quantities Of needed
foodstuhs to our Allies. Raise all the
fruit you can and can all you can.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
d NJ G. q A IF %

At this time of the year people feel
weak, tired, listless, their blood is thin,
they have lived indoors and perhaps
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over
come headaches and backaches, have
clear eyes, a smooth, ruddy skin, and
feel the exhilaration of real good health
tingling thru their body. Good, pure,
rich, red blood is the best insurance
against ills of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from impure and impov-
erished blood. 1t is to be noticed in the
pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard
appearance or the listless manner.
Drink hot water half hour before
meals, and for vegetable tonic there's
nothing better tn n DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the old-fashioned
herbal remedy, which has had such
fine reputation for fifty years. 1t con-
tains no alcohol or narcotics. 1t ls
made from Golden Seal root, Blood
root, Oregon grape root, Queens root,
Black Cherry bark, extracted with gily-
cerine and made into tablets and liquid.
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores.
In order to insure pure blood and to
build up the system try this tonic known
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry. Get it now
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
No Wonder He Committed Suicide.

A man committed suicide because OF
a melancholy conviction that he was his
own grandfather, and here is his letter
he left behind him-no wonder he kill
ed himself: 81 married a widow with
grown-up daughter. My father visited
our house very often, fell in love with
my step-daughter and married her, so
my father became my son-in-law, and
my step daughter my mother, because
she was my fathers wife; after my wife
had son-he was my fathers brother
in-law and my uncle, for he was the
brother OF my stepmothcr. My faith
er's wife, i. E., my step-daughter, also
had a son-he was, OF course, my broth
er, and in the meantime my grand
child, for he was the son Of my daugh-
ter. Ny wife was my grandmother, be-
cause she was my mothers mother |
was my wife's husband and grandchild
at the same time. And as the husband
OF ones grandmother is his grandfath-
er, was my own grandfather"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
Save Labor.


What does II cost TO raise an 8-barreI
per acre corn crop? That same acre
can be made TO produce a 10 or IL bar
rel crop, at less expense per barrel.
Ask any farmer who has lined his
land and uses fertilizer on his corn
crop
Washington, Alexander & Cooke Co.,
High Grade Fertilizer Works,
Charles Town, W. Va.
Springs on her way"
Said Mr.. Bof;
"But have a care,
Don't take 'em off,"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-08
CAMP CUSTER
WELL EQUIPPED
Sons 1000 North Dakota
Boys Soon to be Train
ing There.
Is About Seven Miles West
Of Battle Creek-.Y" is
on the Job.
(By Burr Osborn,

10 GuA(AOu VI
Trench and Camp. /,
Camp Custer, Mich, July S.-Be-
fore 70 very long some f3, 1000 North
Dakota boys will be on their, way "a
Camp Custer headed for the intro
duction, to u we'll known national
army. Probably most of these lads
know little about army camps in
general and still less about this par
ticular cantonment and so as one of
the original Inhabitants of the vii
lage ! nm extending these few words
Of information and greeting to the
selects from North Dakota who are
scheduled to come to Custer the lat
ter part of July.
Camp Custer is located lin the
southern part Of Michigan about
seven miles west Of the city OF Battle
Creek. Although the Michigan Cen
trail railroad runs through the north
ern part Of the cantonment there is
no station and trains on this road do
not stop in camp. The only railway
into camp is the electric line from
Battle Creek operated by the Michi-
gan Railway company. Jitney buses
run to the limits Of the camp and a
jitney line~is in. operation inside the
camp.
When the Dakota boys arrive after
their trip east they will be switched
into camp on a siding running up
from Battle Creek and will strike
extreme easterly end of the par
racks. Here they will leave their
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-08

makes only a fair return on this, and as has been stated, the
larger portion of the profits earned has been used to finance
huge stocks OF goods and to provide additions and improve
ments made necessary by the enormous demands of our
army and navy and the Allies.
1t you are a business man you will appreciate the signif-
canoe Of these facts. If you are unacquainted with business,
talk this matter over with some business acquaintance
with your banker, say-and ask him to compare profits of
the packing industry with those of any other large industry
at the present time.
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission in
support OF the statement that the large packers have a
monopoly. The Commissions own report shows the large
number and Importance of other packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready 10
prove to any fair minded person that they are in keen COM
petition with each other, and that they have no power to
manipulate prices.
If this were not true they would not dare to make this posi-
tive statement.
Furthermore, government figures show that the five large
packers mentioned in the report account for only about one
third of the meat business Of the country.
They wish It were possible to interest you in the details Of
their business. OF how, for instance, they can sell dressed
beef for less than the cost Of the live animal. owiap to
utilization of by-products, and of the wonderful story ofsthe
methods Of distribution throughout this broad land. as well
as in other countries.
The five packers mentioned. feel justified in cooperating
with each other to the extent Of together presenting this
public statement.
They have been able to. do a big job for your government
IN its time Of need; they have met all war time demands
promptly and completely and they are willing to trust their
case to the fairrnindedness Of the American people with the
1oCCS OS1O1S IQS1QS 8.& II -I.t @E84&@ .#
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-08
CATHOLICS DO WAR WORK.

Paris, July s.-Premier Georges
Clemenceau has a fine appreciation Of
the war work done by members of
Catholic church. In distributing
decorations won at the front, he
found before him the other day
infantry regiment, who was to re-
cefve the Cross Of the Legion of
Honor. In pinnfng the recognition Of
bravery on the priests breast, Mr..
sC1emenceau said: ~
Father. I have not tho honor Of
being a.Capuchin. but I am sure that
you will accept from my hand that
which I am bringing you, for it is a
and 1t is France which offers it
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-08

train and 20 Immediately to the 70.
ceiving station where they will have
q preliminary examination n VIII
be assigned to q barrack Temporal
lily. Within the next few days the
will receive a complete physica! en-
animation. innoculation against W
.phoid and vaccination for smallpox
For two weeks they will besin quhr-
antine although that term in TINS
camp does not imply the complete
isolation that 1t does in civilian IRE.
The buildings in Camp Custer are
numbered beginning at the easterlS
end of the camp and extending to the
westerly end. At present the can
Torment is occupied by the S5th DIV
ision of the national army. but 1t Is
expected that by the time the pa
kota men reach here that this divls.
ion win be on It's way 'over there.
Just now we have some 5000 men
housed, in tents as we'll as about 90
900 in barracks.
When the boys from North Dakota
arrive they will find the army Y. NJ.
G. A. On the job and anxious to
The Y has eight huts for enlisted
men in this camp. They are numbered
So. 1S1, 300, 445, sos, $50. 1859 and
base hospital station. 1t would be
a good stunt for members Of the In
crement coming here to jot those
numbers down and on arrival look
up the nearest 7 building at the first
opportunity.
The Y. M. c. A. offers many kinds
of service. A chap can get station
cry. stamps, magazines, books, ath-
letic equipment and newspapers
there. Each hut has a piano n
victrola. During the week there
are movies, educational lectures. re-
ligious services, musical entertain
ments and athletic programs in the
huts and on the outdoor platforms
These are all absolutely, free! one
OF the first uses which a new soldier
finds for the Y is when he gets ready
send home his civilian clothes.
Then he goes to the Y for paper,
string and parcel post stamp. On
recent occasions more than six tons
of civilian clothes, being sent home
by soldiers. have been shipped from
a single hut in one day.
A weekly newspaper called Trench
and Camp is printed by the Y. M;
C. A. and 5000 copies are distributed
free to the soldiers. This little paper
carries all the camp news OF interest
and the men are urged to send
home because it tells so much