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Arizona sentinel., 1918-02-14
SECRETARY BAKER MAKES HIS CRITICS HUNT THEIR HOLE-SHOWS THAT THE GRANDEST ARMY IN HUMAN HISTORY WAS RAISED IN RECORD TIME-ARMY IN EVERY WAY IS
 WORTHY TO CARRY "OLD GLORY"
 TO THE FIGHTING FRONT.

When William Von Hohenzollern reads the report just submitted by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, his royal majesty will be cured of the foolish notion that America is only bluffing in the present war.
 The fighting strength of the Ameri- can army is at this moment more than a million and a half of the finest men that ever shouldered gun or marched to the wild, grand music Of war, or that the sun ever shown on.
 Secretary Baker shows that they are not only willing to fight, but that they are equipped to fight, such as no army ever was before. They are phy- sically fit. They are intelligent. They are determined.
 They are better clothed and better shod and better fed than any other army that ever faced a foe since time began.
 Their health conditions are better and their morale is better, and last but not lease, they carry the best guns of all the armies mobilized in the world today
 They have better officers and they are fighting for better cause than any other army that ever fired shot or stormed an enemy stronghold.
 The kaiser is going to get licked and he might as well tell us what hospital we shall take him to when the scrap is finished, or what crema- tory.
 Secretary Baker, as a matter Of course, reports on army conditions on ly. Remember that there are no flies on our navy. It is, if anything, more efficient than our army. Every body knows that fact. The navy will help to put the finishing touches to the crowned and titled aristocracy and military caste of Germany and Turkey and old Austria, the oppres- sors and the despots and the tyrants of central Europe Laurels await it's action as they did in the revolutionary war under Capt Paul Jones; in the second war with England, under Ad- miral Perry; in the Civil war, under 'Farragut, and in the Spanish-American war under Dewey, Schley and Samp- son.
 ''The army and navy forever; three cheers for the Red, White and Blue"
 In summing up the war depart ment's work, Secretary Baker gave the following as its chief accomplish ments:
 1. A large army is in the field and in training; so large that further in crements to it can be adequately equipped and trained as rapidly as those already in training can be trans ported.
 2. The army has been enlisted and selected without serious dislocation of the industries of the country.
 B. The training of the army is pro- ceeding rapidly, and it's spirit is high. The subsistence of the army has been above criticism; it's initial clothing supply, temporarily inadequate, is now substantially complete and reserves will rapidly accumulate. Arms of the most modern and effective kind, in cluding artillery, machine guns, auto matic rifles and small arms-have
Arizona sentinel., 1918-02-14
PADDLING HIS OWN CANOE.
The worst has come to IasS.


 Mark Rose told us that if we did not fix up contract with him he would go alone and get that connection with Laguna dam and leave the strict the cold And have gone and turned the down cold Now Mark IS marooned with his contraot.
 Rose adherentS hI atened off large slice of the valley, the East Sde and absorb his Nrvana There scores the eastern edge of the valley who be- ieve they would be better off under Mark than buying water themselves.
 MT. Rose is in Washington pulling the same wires that he pulled before in the attempt have the inerno department accept his survey Let hope that his desires are fulfilled and that immense prosperous irrigated area springs up the East Side mesa but not to the der ment of the irrigation distrct-mperia Valley Press
 The following report of the Yuma Project for Novem- i2 rom t'e January Reclamation Record On the Yu-
 070 cran during November 5525 cubic yards
 were moved by the Bucyrus dragIine dredge
 tcr from station 191 231 About $500 cubic wards material were moved in excavatng for the Yuma Val y drainage pumping plant at the international boundary Wo thousand five hundred and sixy-two cubic wards of rock eVetmen from the Yuma quarry were placed on the Yuma Valley evee near headquarters and near the 24me post About 15O cubic yards of rock fro mIndan Hill quarry were placed the Reservation levee extension just below the Southern Pacific railroad bridge
 The Monaghan drag line moved 9966 cubic wards ot
Arizona sentinel., 1918-02-14

That some meeting at the Users office last Saturday held for the purpose of hearing the drainage prob lem discussed The result exactly what was reached when Director Davis was here-everybody said they ed the lagoons drained and that all the reclamation off cials aiming to do leaving the question of pee and comprehensive drainage system for solution future date.
Arizona sentinel., 1918-02-14

New Jersey father recently shot to death his way ward daughter of Y years and then killed himself His lying statement to his wife q think this will make things better for you Ma."
Arizona sentinel., 1918-02-14

Three distinct corps of Mexican engineers are now al the Sonora boundary, study the geological cond tenS study the meanders of the river below bor der and the other to study the water supply They al men of high engineering standing and will probably make final report that will be of great importance both Mex leo and the United States
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
NOTICE OF SALE

BY virtue of the power and authority
conferred in a certain Deed Of Trust
executed by Frances Thompson and j .
Is. Thompson on the 22nd day of April,
1913, securing the payment of certain
lndebtness therein setout, default having
been made in the payment of said indebt-
edntess, and being requested by the legal
holder thereof | will on Sat. June 22nd,
l9lS, at 300 O'clock NJ, in front of the
Post Office in the Town of Weldon,
North Carolina offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash to
satisfy said Indebtedness the following
d scribed rea est lte to-wit.
That certain tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in Littleton
Township, Halifax County, bounded on
the North and East by the lands of
Nicholson, on the South by the lands of
VIM. Young, and on the West by the
lands of Sarah Facken the same CON
tanning II l-2 acres and being a part of
the Kemp Powers land.
This the Goth day of May, 1918.
VIM l.. KNIGHT,
Trustee.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

of course, includes the mira e
that has already been delivered.
1t is possible that we will have
a cargo of nitrate of soda around
July, LIST. from which a small
shipment can be made you but
this will arrive very late and it
is possible that it cannot be used
at that time. This however is
very indefinite and we cannot
make any definite statement
regarding it. The referred to
above, however, is nitrate that
is now in Wilmington being dis
tributed and shipment will begin
Immediately.
(Signed) Chas. j. Brand,
Chief of Bureau.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
To the farmers Of Halifax County.

To the farmers of Halifax
County who applied for nitrate
of soda from the Government,
am giving a copy of a letter that
| received from Mr.. Chas. ].
Brand, Chief Bureau of markets.
Of Washington, D. C. who has
charge of the distribution of soda
which is as follows;
N. B. Stevens, County
Agent, Enfield, N. C.
| have your letter of June,
3rd. relative to nitrate of soda.
At the present time, the De-
partment has available for dis
tribution in North Carolina about
45% of the total quantity of nit
rate of soda applied for. This,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

North Carolina,
Halifax County,
In the Superior Court.
Mrs. Lennie Gay Williams, Plaintiff
vs..
G. ID. Williams, Defendant.
NOTICE
The Defendant, &. d. Williams will
take notice that summons in above en-
titled action was issued on the Bird day
of May, 1918 in an action entitled as
above which has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Halifax County
by the Plaintiff for an absolute divorce
against the Defendent, G. D. Willisms,
upon the statuatory grounds, and the
said G. d. Williams, Defendant, will
further take notice that he is required
to appear at the term of the Superior
Court for Halifax County, North Caro-
ina on the 3rd Monday before the first
Monday in September, 1918, the same
being on the 18th day of August, 1918,
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiff will APP
ply to the Court for the relief prayed
in said complaint.
This the 9th day of May, 1918.
S. NJ. GARY,
Clerk Of the Superior Court Of
Halifax County.
5-l0-4p
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
A STRANGE LETTER FROM HOME

Portland, Me-, May Is. A
letter unique, in military cor
respondence has been received
by Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Cur
It's of Yarmouthville from their
son. Supply Sergeant Chester B.
Curtis. Sergeant Curtis describes
his experiences and the life in
the army, and tells what the
"Yanks' will do to Kaiser Bill"
using verse throughout. Ser
geant Curtis is a graduate of
North Yarmouth Academy and
enlisted in the Maine National
Guard last July. His letter fol-
lows:
With the American Expedition
airy Forces,
Somewhere in France.
April 19, 1918.
Dear Ma: Just a line to let you
know that the boys are on the go
and the war is still in progress
over here. Well soon get that
sour quince-Kaiser Williams
young Crown Prince and we'll
hang him side of William by
the ear. All the boys are well
and fine and the grub is right in
line. We should worry what the
Huns may have to say. We will
soon be sailing back with a whiz,
a whang and a whack, to our
home-the good old U. S. A.
We lie in our hunks at night by
the glowing candies light and
hear the lannon's rumble long
and low. Are we in it? Well |
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
ORGANIZATION Of FOOD ADMINISTRATION
is STRENGTHENED IN NORTH CAROLINA
FOOD REGULATIONS HENcgFoRTA WILL BE MORE RooLY EN-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PUT INTO THE FlELD-soME PLAIN
TALK SUGAR DEALERS AND COMMERCIAL UsERs-NEw
GOING AFTER pRoFiTEERs-coNsUMERs
DEALERS ASKED TO COOPERATE.

RghPns strengthening and greatly expanding the FOOD
Page who has just returned from
Administrators with Herbert Hoover and his stan
Washington the impression and
settling
duration All agencies
Q anteipated
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

A part of the postal service IS
now literally as the greater por-
ton has been hgurativeIy since
the Burleson administration, up
in the air.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
ConaolatIon.

isn't II sad about poor jim Swuinf
When Flora Flyrte refused him he
was 40 downhearted that he went and
enlisted In the army" Hes In luck.
He'll be a free man again In a few
FEARS, whereas If he had married her
he'd have been tied up for ufs."-Nsw
York World.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

All cards of thanks, resolutions o. re-
spect, ETC., etc. will be charged IoF ~ !,
tbe rate Of one cent per word Oa'n
must accompany article in all cases eS
cent here customer has regular rs
count No insertions made for ~
than rs cents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

Germans Still Look M Amer-
can Aid in War As a Hage Joke
correct. The greatest in az
history and the laugh is on the
German beast.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

The watch on the Rhineis now
kent we'll regulated by the Allied
aviators.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

Friday, June 2Sth is the day
set to go over the top in the
WSS campaign. Halifax County 5
quota is $S2S,000 that Of this
community is 500, 500.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

He also serves who stays ana
saves and invests his savings,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

Why not give the June bride a
War Savings Stamp for a we'd
ding present?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

The Germans can now tel II
to the marines.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
To Employ inspectors.

one important calls the appointment
will their investigations
bakers and invoices
wholesale retail dealers botlng works drug stores
soda fountains -four mills cotton seed oil
inspection effective the elaborate
ports all licensed dealers manufacturers will
every greatly smplned The Of organization
executive
ary the Office stan will also be
Sugar Regulation Rigid
greater tightening
ONCE ia already receiving from reners and shippers OF sugar statements
showing shipment the
handles will be required abso
No from
records will be subject sIami
nation by Food Administration inspectors at any and all times
All commercial of who disregard the raonng plan
instituted May 18th wi" be disciplined Certificates being issued only fol-
sugar supplies up July n and many commercial users hav. Jailed
which their and apply
certificates have already reached exceeded THU lot
men Of sugar Not only will such users have their supplies uased after
June 10Th they Will
be DenA well The Food Administration demands of all commercial
explanation their not later than June 18th and
18th
will Food Administration that the delay
some tan explaining will be necessary to bring about this conviction
sell
ration w have their ., os.d Retailers wSo make sI such S'. sale. win
be blacklsed and be out OF business by that
Going Ate, ProHteers
rules and regulations of the Food Administration with
Where
Wholesale. and II hi, margin wa. reasonable the uru will cont,,u. to III.
miller
follow this the Of the lack of force make the
stimulate
apparently prices BY
wholesalers obbsrs invited bring such the Of the
authorities
One class of dealer. and es the Food Administration propose. to =.
hide
evdnty something
I'M to themfr from the FoodA Admin
1oo% Effectiveness
throughout
discussing situation I'm legitimate
will
the
authority special
vduas
violations punish This
doun benefit
o as consul
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

And don't forget Chautauqua
Week, July 3rd to 9th.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

This is sure a fine old land =
grass and trees on every hand
and the grass is green as grass
can ever be. All the flowers in
the dell, violets and yellow bell,
as you hike along, each one you'll
surely see. Tho the grass is
green beneath and the vines all
Irvine their wreath let me tell
you what above us may be seen.
High among the snowy clouds
with their purring smooth and
loud fys the ever dreaded human
bird-machine. Round and round
they circle high till it seems they
pierce the sky. then with curves
and loop-the- loops they drop, Will
the wonders Of this AGE written
on old history's page, never less
en- never weaken never SIoP
Al my aesA 50 roos' '''u o'uue
made of boards my own hands
hewed day by day sit and
labor as of old. II seems so much
IlAe nome 'I}l !, seems .HaI |
must roam llleh ! sur anu 'iliu
my dreams 2'N o. .IeN'r
mlhu' my i'oneN PiIi ! the
tnllgs arc u ! VIII g WIN
lou Wneh lle '..7'' 4 comes
around. mere i . ao' ''lae
~ tne state WIN We louftl
Tor oalt ana We f''lSe me
blooming rooi flgi't 81 tAe town.
wen US time % 50 70 oed
with the moonlight overhead
ana the IlgatS Wid soon be out !
greatly fear would write you
often, pet. out the maiI thai YOU
would get would te a.l punched
mp, as mani goeS slowly here.
Just remember am well and
we i give the Germans Il
then We'll march hack DER the
1854.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

All communications snoulu We
addressed to the Herald Publishing 20
Persons wishing return of mss must IN
all cases enclose stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

This war won't end right
until the toot' is taken out Of
Teuton, the germ outof Germany
ard the stolen land out Of
Deutschland Cleveland News.
Nor until all of the Rhine is
canned, the heI knocked out Of
Wilhelm and the hind hung on
the rear Of Hindenberg, where
it naturally belongs.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

The only dark spot on the de-
cision Of the Supreme Court
declaring the so-caIled Child
Labor Law unconstitutional is
the fact that it gives a new
lease Of life to the wen paid
apostles Of reform from New
England who have been infest-
ing the South for some years.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14

Entered as Second Glass Matter Apri'
3, 1914, at the Post Office at Roanoke :
Ranids North Carolina, under Act oil
March 8, 1879.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-06-14
Friday, June Ia, 1918

Buy WSS this week
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
Photograph of Penn.yvana Cos. ven One Mile Under Ground

trail stations. But such power sta,
tions, where coal is collected in vast
quantities and burned for the max
ing and distribution Of electricity.
obviously represent a step in the
direction Of the mine-mouth-the
original source Of energy.
The railroads, while transporting
and distributing coal for all sorts Of
purposes, themselves consume an
immense deal Of It A very large
part Of the fuel they carry is burned
in their own locomotives. Why
carry this coal?
Why not run the trains by cleo
tricity obtained direct from the coal
minesH Experts declare that there
is no serious difficulty involved.
They saw there is no reas-n why
the transcontinental railroads should
not be operated all the way from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast by
electricity supplied from suitably
located power stations.
Suppose the stations to be 300
miles apart. That would require a
transmission OF only $50 miles east
and west from each station. No
trouble at all.
Coal is produced in thirty States
OF the Union. There is no lack Of
mines utillzable for the purpose.
But, where transeontinental roads
are concerned, the burden Of trans
portation borne by the coal deposits
In the East and Middle West would
be taken up by waterpower in the
Rocky Mountain region and thence
westward.
in either case the same idea would
Copyright, 1918,
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

govern. Electricity produced at the
dam site, or at the mine-mouth-the
principle Of getting energy from the
original source is the sam. The
proposition Is to utilize the coal
mine substantially as the waterfall
has for quite a while been dealt with.
Now let US go back to the popula-
ton centres. Boston and other i'm
portant Industrial cities Of New Eng
land could be electrified from the an
thracite beds Of eastern Pennsyl-
vania., Even the .trolleys connecting
those towns might be operated by
"juice" fetched over wires from that
source.
Nearly all Of the western half of
Pennsylvania is underlaid by beds
OF "bItuminous," and the same coal
formation extends far into Chic and
southwark through West Virginia,
Kentucky. Virginia, Tennessee and
northern Alabama. From that source
with great power plants established
at mine-mouths in suitable places)
unlimited supplies OF electricity
could be obtained for all the cities
and towns OF the East, south Of Phil
adelphia, which would naturally draw
upon the nearby anthracite fields.
Further west, another coal field
underlio- nearly all Of Illinois, ex-
tending eastward and southwark
into Indiana and Kentucky. Yet an
other, OF vast area, stretches all the
way from northern Iowa through
Missouri, southeastern Kansas, east
ern Oklahoma and northern Texas.
over the entire eastern half of the
United States rich coal deposits are
so distributed that, from mine-mouth
station, they could furnish unlimited
" the Star Company. Great Britain +
The Washington times., 1918-06-23

cheap electricity for every popula
tion centre of any Importance.
Before very long this is bound to
become an accomplished fact, and
we shall look back with astonish-
ment at our foolishness in carrying
mountains OF coal over millions of
miles when we might have got the
energy out Of 1t just as we'll, and in
the most easily utilizable form, by
burning 1t at the point Of production.
The "juice" coming direct from the
coal mine to a city will be delivered
at sub-stations, each taking a certain
amount OF current OF the wire and
supplying a given area with Just
what It needs for lighting. running
machinery and other purposes.
It will be very cheap electricity
for one reason, because enormous
quantities Of refuse coal can be used
for its production. A large part Of
the output Of coal mine is waste,
mostly coal-dust, which is thrown
aside because there is no market
demand for IT, II is perfectly goodI
coal, with as high a fuel value as
that shipped in Jumps, but nobody
wants 1t.
Veritabie mountains Of this refuse
coal have been built up at the mine
mouths. In view OF the plan now
contemplated, they suddenly assume
the aspect Of great stores OF aocumu-
lated wealth. For twenty-five years
engineers have been considering the
possibility of using this waste for
transmission of cleo
trio power, and now at last the idea
is to be carried out.
Under the shadow Of one coal-dust'
uhfa Daaaruad
The Washington times., 1918-06-23
By Rene Bache.

r row about the idea of "electri
RI flying" New York. Chicago
and other American cities by
transmitting power over wires to
those centers of population direct
from the mouths of our coal mines
Why carry coal by rail? Why not
burn it az the mouth Of the mine,
and convert its energy into elec.
tricity, for shipment" by wire?
Why waste vast sums of money in
transporting hundreds Of millions of
tons of coal annually' as freight
when the energy it represents might
just as well be forwarded in the
shape of an invisible Juice" re-
curing no cars?
Cars are mighty precious these
days. Trackage sorely needed for
other purposes is blocked with coal
trains. Half the total tonnage car
Tied by cur railroads is coal. II even
part Of the coal transportation were
cut out, there would be just that
much more tonnage available for
other uses.
Is the idea practicable? Well,
Uncle Sam thinks so. In fact, he is
even now taking steps to carry it
out.
To start with. Fuel Administrator
Garfield has authorized the immedi-
ate making Of surveys, to determine
the practicability of establishing
Freat generating stations at suitable
points in cHal-producing districts,
and transmitting electric energy to
industrial centers.
II Cas is confidently expected, the
pan proves feasible, the big sea-
hoard cities will be electrified first.
New York-the greatest power-utili-
ZatiOn center in the worlds, Of
course, most important.
All Of eastern Pennsylvania might
easily be electrified from the anthra
cite mines Of that State; and wires
from the same source could eco
nOmically run all the factory ma
chinery in Greater New York. pro-
pei the surface, elevated, and sub
%ay trains, illuminate. the metropo-
lis, and lift the elevators in the sky
sCrapers.
The whole project is to be
financed by the Federal Govern
ment. 1t will, in a word, link up the
coal mines with the cities, furnish
ing the latter with energy utilizable
for every purpose-heating and
cooking quite possibly included.
Experimental? Well, hardly that.