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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-09-12

Ohicial statement OF the hnanc1at condition
of the Wa-Keeney State bank at Wa-keeney,
state of Kansas the close of business
the 3ist day of August. 1918
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
ENGINEER IS IN NENANA
 0N BUSINESS MATTERS
Resident Engineer H. G. Haslem Came Into Town Over the
 New D Line.

Rushing in over the new D line, Engineer Howard G. Haslem reached town last night on a brief business visit. He expects to go back to his camp at residency 3, now known as camp 3S5, probably on the train leaving Monday morning.
 Travelling along the new right of way was pretty tough except where the grade had been finished over small stretches of the right of way. The worst place, according to MT. Haslem, is a stretch of swamp about five miles south of the present end of steel. This part of the new line is the swampiest and most difficult for mushers.
 There is much work being accom- plished along the new line. and MT. Haslem thinks that. in about two months time almost the entire grad ing work will be completed, provided there is no shortage of labor. All of the contractors are busy and are trying to finish before cold weather
 Albert Lundborg, who has a con- tract on the extreme upper end of the D line and within the limits of residency 3, under the supervision of Resident Engineer H. G. Haslem, expects to finish in about two weeks time. His contract calls for the grading of about a mile of the right of way, consisting of a fill ranging from ? to feet in height. He is also grading for siding 200O feet long.
 | Five more large contracts of about a mile or more will be completed in about two months more, and work on all of the contracts on the new line is being rushed. ... ."-.-
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
OPERATIONS PERFORMED
 BY LIGHT OF CANDLES

LONDON-Surgical operations by candle light and with bombs drop ping about are not uncommon incl dents just back of the lines in France and women are doing their share of the work. Miss Marian A. Butler, photographer of the Scottish wo- mems hospitals, returned to London recently and related experiences at hospital at Villers-Cotterets during German air raid. Dr. Frances Ivens,, the chief medical officer, per formed several operations, including amputations, by the aid of the light of two candles, and while the in- struments were jumping about thru vibrations caused by explosions from bombs dropped from German air planes.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
shoulders eventually will rest the greater responsibilities of the war.
 GAS PROOF

Protection against any of the gases now in use by the Germans is given to American soldiers by the masks now being worn, declares an official statement authorized by the War Department Statements that the masks do not protect soldiers from the effects of mustard gas are not warranted.
 The masks now worn will protect soldiers as long as they are required to remain in areas drenched by gas. The clothing worn by the soldiers will resist the effects of the gas for a normal period.
 AS an added precaution the sol diers are now provided with neu- tralizing ointment to be rubbed on those parts of the body where must ard gas is likely to penetrate thru the clothes.
 This ointment is being prepared in quantities greater than the de- mand for it. The first months ship ment consisted of S00,O0O tubes It is a new preparation made after a formula prepared by chemists con- nected with the Chemical Welfare Section. Rubbed on the body be- fore a gas attack, it has the power ro neutralize the poisonous effects of mustard gas.
 For the protection of the special men whose duty is to clear trenches of all traces of the gases, special un. derwear is now being provided These suits are chemically treated and neutralize poisonous gases.
 Men are being thoroughly trained in gas defense, so that every soldier who enters the zone of fire thorough ly understands the measures of ga: defense. Every man is drilled ir the adjustment of his gas mask be fore his is subjected to a gas test either here or overseas.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
KAISER CALLING
 COMMANDERS OF
 CANNED CLASSES

AMSTERDAM.-The Cologne Ga zette, publishes brief biographical notices about a number of German Generals who have been named re- gently for the first time as haivng command of armies on the Western front
 General von Larisch, now fighting against the French, had been retired before the war, but is now again in active service.
 General Wichura fought in 1915 on the West front in minor com- mand, and was also mentioned once last April. in connection with . an attack on the Oise-Aisne canal.
 General von Winckler, 62 years old. was divisional commander of the Prussian Guard before the war.
 General Ilse before the war was in command of brigade of garrison artillery at Cologne. Later he was chief of staff of the Fourth army
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
INFORMATION REQUESTED
 REGARDING MISSING MEN

The following notification was re- ceived yesterday and the Nenana News will be glad to cooperate in the efforts made to locate the two missing men. Anyone having infor- nation regarding either of the men named in the notification are re- quested to communicate with the News or the governors office at Juneau, Alaska.
 Juneau, July 23, 1918
 The Governors office has been appealed to for assistance in the search of MT. Ben Stickney, of Win nemucca. Nevada, who is described as 40 years of age. feet in height, and as having brown hair, blue eyes and the middle toe of his right foot missing
 Mir. Stickney is thought to be in Alaska, and his mother, Mrs. H. C.. Eggleston, Box 444, Winnemucca Nevada, is very anxious to learn of his whereabouts.
 Anyone knowing anything about MT. Stickney is asked to kindly com- municate with this office or with Mrs. Eggleston. A similar appeal has been received from Mrs. Sarah E. Andrews, 2l9 E. 17th street, Flatbush, Brooklyn,
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10

PIANOS-For sale or rent. Inquire
 Simson's.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
IN GULF DISTRICTS
 ALARM NATIVES

NEW ORLEANS.-Natives, white and negro, of the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coast sections pro- fess to see in the presence this sum- mer of certain breeds of mosquitoes sure sign of stormy weather next fall. Whether the storms will be violent or mild the mosquito "in- formants' apparently do not indi- cate.
 Natives of the pine woods sections along Mississippi Sound who special ize in catching soft shelled crabs and fish; shripmers, hunters and oyster men of the lower Louisiana coast and dwellers in the prairie (the native name for salt marsh) all com plain this summer of the mosquitoes. then gloomily explain how the same breeds were present in the summer r of 1915, although in greater quan- tity. In September, 1915, occurred one of the most disasterous hurri- canes in Gulf coast history, so far as property was concerned
 Business men. however, pay no attention to these prdictions.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
TURNING OF THE TIDE

The splendid achievements of the Allied fighting forces north of the Marne and on the historic battle fields of Picardy have given the nations engaged in the struggle for world freedom cause for great re- joicing. With the Germans out generated and out-fought by forces inferior in number, it begins to look as if the tide of battle had turned, at last toward Berlin.
 But in our rejoicing we should not permit ourselves to be carried away by the thought that the end of the great struggle is near at hand or that the advance of the Allied forces across Northern France and through battle-scarred Belgium will be un-contested. The biggest battles are yet to come and there will be required of us at home, many sacrifices before the world will have been made safe for Democracy. The defeat of the Hun dates from the advent of America into the war, but it undoubtedly will require many guns and much powder to drive the fact home. and the sacrifice of many American lives.
 That We have a very large and serious task in hand is made ap- parent by the elaborate preparations which are being made, from day to day by our government. These pre- parations have not been slowed as the result of the defeat of the Ger mans north of the Marne, nor is there any let-up now, as the Ger mans are forced back from the Amiens front. And there will not be a let-up until final victory has been won. Our government has made that clear by formulating a plan for greatly increasing the strength of our army by calling to the colors every able bodied man under forty-five years of age. An army is to be sent to France of sufficient strength to overwhelm the enemy completely and finally, and then, and not until then, will our preparations cease.
 In the meantime, we can expect to hear of much sanguinary fight ing, with heavy losses on our side as well as among the Germans; and ~ in some of the battles to be fought, the enemy may gain temporary ad- vantages There is comfort and re- assurance, however in the know ledge that our boys have distin- guished themselves at the very out set of their participation in the struggle, and it is safe to say that there is not an American today who doubts their ability to carry the wal through to a successful finish, as steadily increasing part of a great Allied fighting force upon whose
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10

Howard G. Haslem, resident en- gineer in charge of residency three, came into town yesterday evening. He will probably leave for his sta tion on Monday.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
ENGLAND TAXES
 STEPS ID PLACE
 MEN AFTER WAR

LONDON-Although the end of the war may be far distant, plans for demobilizing the British army, when the proper time arrives, are we'll under way. The military au- thorities. acting in conjunction with the minsitry of labor, are prefecting the scheme by which the soldiers will be returned to civil life with the utmost celerity. ani at a camp not far from London there has all ready been a rehearsal of the meth ods to be adopted for dispersing the men.
 Big as was the job to get men into the army said an officer en- gagged in the work, ''it will be big ger job to get them out of it. But the country may be sure that every thing will be done to enable the soldiers to reach their homes and get employment with minimum of friction"
 The scheme is far-reaching. The authorities have had to consider not only the situation at home but also how the plan will fit in with the convenience of France, Italy and the overseas dominions, and with trans port facilities from Salonika, Meso- potamia, Palestine and from other parts of the world. How long it will take to demobilize the millions of troops is a question to which even those occupied in the task are not prepared to give a definite reply
 Eighteen dispersal depots are to be established in England Scotland and Wales. Every step has been worked out in detail. Before the men in France are ordered home, they will be assembled in the order of the districts from which they came, so that all may be sent in a body direct to the dispersal depot closest to the locality from which they joined the army. Each man will take with him his entire kit, in cluding his arms and personal equp- ment, steel helmet and box respir- ator. Previously he will have been deprived of his ammunition.
 On reaching the dispersal stations the men will hand over their equip ment. Everything must be given ID except the uniform which the soldier is wearing, and his great coat, al though the coat must be returned after the months furlough to which each man will be entitled. He will be permitted to retain his uniform. ] The soldier will pass through sev- eral huts before he is sent on fur lough In one he will be given a protection certificate containing all particulars regarding his regiment. length of service and destination
 In another he will be given an ad- vance on the pay still due him, an postoffice money orders in three
 equal installments for the remainder. l On application, the soldier will be presented with an "out-of-work'
 insurance policy, valid for a year.
 This will entitle him to receive a i fixed sum for definite period from a postoffice, if unemployed.
 Finally the men will be grouped in different huts, according to the locality to which they are to be sent
 Railroad tickets already will have
 been made out Then will come en. l trainment, and the start for home
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
Dr. R. R. MYERS DENTIST Has Opened Offices In the
 ARCTIC HOTEL

N. Y., who has been trying to locate MT. Edwin Jay Snider, who stated in letter to her written at San Francisco in 1914, that he was going to Alaska. He is described as 25 years of age, 5 it. inches in height and as having dark hair and eyes.
 Any information concerning Mir. Snider will be appreciated.
 The newest fighting corps-ThA Potatriot. Join the ranks and spud the kaiser
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10

Learn to control your appetite be. fore you try to control your neigh bor's.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
WANT ADS

These little classified advertise ments-For Sale, For Rent, Lost and Found-Have performed valuable service for others. Perhaps they will do as we'll for you. They are inexpensive. Three insertions for a dollar when the advertisement does not exceed three lines. For each additional line, add quarter. FOR RENT-Large well-built un-
 furnished cabin. across from the
 Rust House. For terms apply on
 premises.
 POSITIONS WANTED-There are
 three women cooks in Fairbanks
 looking for positions as camp
 cooks; also one man cook All
 highly recommended. Address Nenana News office. FOR SALE-Beaver Board, in plain i and oak finish. Doors and win dows, sash stock and mouldings. Inquire Simson's. PIANOS-For sale or rent. Inquire | Simson's.
 ! FOR SALE-Two tents, 1Sx3O and 20x40. Inquire Simsons.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-10
RATTLE FOR YARN FUND
 WILL BE HELD SOON

A beautiful set of silver has been donated to the cause by Mrs. Henry Baatz, and this is to be raffled off for the benefit of the Red Cross Yarn fund shortly.
 Tickets will be on sale on Monday at twenty-five cents per chance, and as soon as all the tickets have been sold, the raffle will take place The hope is expressed that support will be extended toward this very worthy cause.
 Bruce Hunting, of the engineering staff of residency 3, now known as camp 385, is in town on business.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
STATE HAIL BOARD GETTING
READY TO Do BUSINESS
Blanks Being Sent Out to County Al
SCISSORS in Preparation for the
Seasons Business.

Helena.-The time Is fast approach
ing for farmers to consider the taking
out of hail insurance for the coming
season. E. K. Bowman. chairman or
the state board of hail insurance, has
been busy for some time, furnishing
the county assessors with the neces-
sary blanks, etc.. in order that their
work might not be delayed during the
assessing period. All applications for
state hail insurance s. aid be made
direct to the county assessor.
When asked as to the last years bus
mess, Chairman e. K. Bowman said
although last year was an extreme
Iy poor farming year, there was In
certain sections of Montana consid-
cradle amount of hail during the sea-
son of 1917 A great amount of farm
land carried state hail insurance. All
policies against which there was a
claim filed in the proper manner were
promptly paid. In few isolated cases
where, due to misunderstanding on the
part of the insured, the claim was de-
layed adding loss of time in the final
adjustment of the matter, but at this
time there is not single outstanding
claim against the state hail insurance
department.
''The business last year was insured
upon the following basis: Total losses
were adjusted at S12 per acre for grain
and So per acre for hay. The pre-
MUM for this insurance amounted to
40 cents per acre.
"Even at this low rate of insurance
it was possible for the department II
lay aside a surplus of nearly 1000
| This amount will be held over to NEE
contingent expenses and to assist II
paying any losses over and above thos
covered by the premium for the yea
| 1918"
Mr.. Bowman's department will b,
| glad to answer any inquiries relativ.
j to hail insurance and to receive an,
/ suggestions that might be profferet
for the betterment Of the department.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
MONTANANS COMMISSIONED
AT CAMP LEWIS SCHOOL
Twenty-Seven Men Eligible Tor Ap
pointment as Second Lieutsn-
ants I'm National Army.

Helena.-The names of students af
the third officers training camp, who
have just been graduated, and VINO
are eligible for appointment as second
lieutenants in the national army, have
been made public. Among them were:
George H. Abbott, 363rd infantry,
MissOula.
Ell. B. Amin, 316th supply train, Co
lumbus.
John S. Arnold, 361st infantry,
Helena.
Arthur J. Butzerin, 364th infantry,
Miles City.
Lee C. Cathcart, depot brigade,
Warm Springs.
r. e. Dockerey, 384th field artillery.
Lewistown.
Arthur E. Emerson, 3e2nd infantry,
Great Falls.
Brooke Hartman, 346th machine gun
battalion, Lewistown.
Charles w. Koerner, 384th field ar
tillery, Havre.
William G.. Long, quartermaster
corps, Great Falls.
Gregor D. Macmillan, 364th infan-
try, Butte.
Frank w. Mccarthy, 34Sth field ar
tillery, Libby.
Robert M. McGlenn, 363rd infantry,
Collins.
Delos w. McNutt, Bend infantry,
Malta.
Plynn C. Mitchell, coast artillery,
/ Warland
Thomas e. Niblock, Bend infantry,
| Great Falls.
Thomas e. Norton, saith field ar
tillery, Big Timber.
Henry C. Perry, Bend infantry, Mel
stone.
Clement Peterson, 348th field ar
tillery, Belmont.
Edgar P. Reid, 361st infantry, Mis-
soula.
Leonard J. Rowley, 44th infantry,
Missoula.
Roy HI. Simmons, 34Sth field artil-
lery Havre.
Milton o. Smith, 34Sth field artillery,
Dover.
Walter C. Tiffany, Washington coast
artillery, Butte.
Louis Undem, Jr., 363rd infantry,
Bozeman.
Jesse D. Working, medical depart
ment, Helena.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

consequences of which made i
selves felt speedily. The Pre-
had announced that no one 4
make a profit out of this war.
promise congress failed to earn
Of the extra billions of dollar
war caused to pour into the p
of corporations manufacturing
munitions, ordnance, sugar
hundred other commodities, len
half would be taken. Over in
land the government conf
eighty per cent of all excess va
tits; in the United States whs t
serves and SURPRISES had been Z
up to the bursting point durig il
years of immense profits and n
light taxation, the average tazIi-
be below forty per cent. fe
While two million men wencil
to give health and life for thkh
cause, congress was afraid tou
even eighty per cent of the ern
profit out of the pocket of th4f
stayed at home.-Sunset. or
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
THE JUNIOR RED |

Continued from first pal,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
Lewistown Hioh School Burned.

LeWistown.-The county high schoo
building here has been totally destroy
ed by fire, evidence being plain thai
1t was the work of incendiaries. Three
fires were started within a few mo
ments of each other to attract atten
ton from the school building. the prin
cipal object of the incendiaries evident
~ being the destruction Of this struc
fure. The loss Of the main bui11ine
and addition represent loss Of about
100000. Governor Stewart has offer
ed reward Of 81 900 for the arrest
md conviction of tn !ncendiaxloa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

Chairman A. E. spriggs of the state
Industrial accident board has written
Senator Hoke Smith Of Georgia ask
ing that his bin for the establishment
Of orthopedie hospitals with auxiliary
workshops for the cure of crippled
soldiers and sailors, be broadened SC
as to admit as patients all persons
needing such treatment, however in
jured whether in war or industry or by
personal accident.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
Joins Red Cross Service.

Lewistown.-State Senator J. Il
Lane expects to be called soon fol
Red Cross service in France and vii
receive a commission for the work h
is to do. He rendered his services las
year and has just. received notice t
get his affairs in shape to leave. Sen
ator Lane is the manager of the Mon
tana Lumber company and one of tn.
most prominent business men in cen
trail Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

State Fuel Administrator w. J. Swim
dlehufst has announced that the ma
tion;il fuel administration has raised
the price Of coal II the mines in Mon
tana 20 cents. This is the figure pre-
1a.iing before March II, when 4 re-
duetien was made in the hope of iilduc-
ng the people TO store coal,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

Action on the applications of the va
rious counties for federal road aid is
being held up because of the scarcity
IF dlaftsinen and surveyors. The
state highway commission is expert
.encings considerable difficulty in pro-
curing the services of a sufficient num-
Der Of men TO carry on the work. Two
parties Of surveyors are now in the
field and others viii be sent out as
fast as they can be assembled.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10
HOG ISLAND PAYTRIOTS
Continued from first page)

war industry wages went up, employ
ment and overtime became continu-
Gus, earnings increased remarkably.
But the output did not rise with
wages. On the contrary, it is unan-
imous testimony of practically every
employer, both in tre United States
and Europe, that the era of high
wages was accompanied by marked
slowing of the pace. When man
could get double time for overtime
and could wof::s all the overtime he
could stand, why should he hurry?
Wasn't he feathering IBIS own nest
and helping his friends by taking it
easy? Anyway, the boss was grow
ing rich-and he wouldn't dare fire
good man if he didn't work too
slowly.
Into this atmosphere of general
and unrestricted profiteering came
the Presidents bugle call.
In ringing tones he asked the nat
ion to take up arms,and the response
truly marvellous. It had taken Eng
land two years and the prospect OF
farmers MAILING fortunes in a few
months, and they determined to lay
their own calloused hands on every
penny of war profits they could
reach. In every industry affected by
the war the worker tilted back his
hat, looked the boss straight in the
eyes and asked for more. The boss
came through. He had to. Competi-
tnio among laborers for the job had
given place to competition among
employers for the man. In every
imminent defeat to introduce the
principle of compulsory military
service. Inthe United States, three
thousand miles from the battle fields
in country 80 unagressive, so pacific
that the German general staff con-
sidered any American military effort
to be wholly negligible, the draft law
vas framed in two months and met
with no opposition worth mentioning.
BY its ready acquiescence the coun-
try proved that it was willing to
fight and bleed for the ideals enun-
ciated by the President. The spirit
of unselfish sacriface swept through
The country. For the war men and
women gave willingly, glaaiy gave
on stupendous scale, gave money
time, labor, services without hope of
reward or recognition And those
whose business unavoidably went to
pieces under war conditions bore their
loss without murmer or complaint.
But human nature is not changed
in day or month, by the purifying
flame Of war. While million young
men We're getting ready to die if
need be, those who had profited i'm
mensely by the agony of Europe for
two and q half years protested again
st adequate taxation of war profits
to be derived from their own coun-
try's necessities. Congress listened
to their protests and allowed them to
retain far too large share of their.
excess war income.
1t was mistake the far-rea.h;ng
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-10

Montana has passed the half million
dollar mark for this month in the sale
pf thrift stamps, according to Assis-
tant Postmaster C. B. Anderson Of
Helena, to whom the reports for the
state are made by the county chair
men, The state is. however, far be-
hind its quota, which is 100000 for
the year.