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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

Wreckage of the great British
tanks was there; wreckage OF cannon.
Of horses, of humanity. Strewn
about were helmets and bayonets and
gas bags, barbed wire and shells. wag-
ons on end.
We passed along the ridges of shell
holes, or balanced ourselves on
boards that passed over miniature
lakes, more shell holes filled with wa
ter-shell holes every inch OF the
way.
Still among all this the British
had big howitzer placed; had NUM-
tions. had men, had the fighting spir-
1t and the bulldog grit.
l stood beside this immense piece
of war machinery as stalwart men
lifted a great hulk of steel into it,
steel she'll filled with explosives. We
stood with our hands over our ears
as the wire attached to the trigger
was pulled. We felt as well as heard
the explosion. and then heard the $50
pounds of steel go screeching over
into the German lines, there to break.
itself into bits as II struck in Its eff
fort to drive the Germans back into
their own country.
Then felt how tremendously this
is war of machinery; how very i'm
portant 1t is that our men at home
see to II that our men at the front
are provided with cannon and howitz-
ers and shellss how the lives of our
own can be saved If given enough ma
chinery and metal to blast the Ger
mans out of the territory they have
taken in violation of a sacred COM
pact-blast the war spirit out OF
them and blast respect for interna-
tional decency into them. Their doc
trine is force, and nothing but force
on our part will do It.
II is an enormous task. for there
are still about six million Of them
along the front or being trained to be
sent to the front; boys of 16. men
bald and gray-they have them ALL
in their compact lighting machine.
Every man, severy boy, has been
trained for years in the art of level
ing gun, the science Of killing.
They live to bring death to nations |
that resist their militarism.
Machinery of war, more machinery
of war; munitions, more munitions
our men must have them, must have
them now, to save their lives, to pro-
tect our native land.
The men and women in our muni-
ton plants are soldiers as we'll as are
the men at the front, doing a work, al
most important work. without the
risk to life and limb that endangers
the boys over there. Their lives de-
pend on our efforts at home, making
the duty of the home forces the more
sacred. a duty that should not be
shirked minute. day or night.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

There were piles Of helmets. Ger.
man and British, bayonets, gas masks
guns, cannon parts, shoes from the
feet of the living and of the dead
clothing, materials taken from the
muck and mire of Just such battle
fields as had seen further to the
east-materials to be made over for
use on other battlefelds.
The stock from one mud covered
gun was taken of. cleaned. repaired,
and attached to the barrel that had
been taken on another Undiscovered
gun.
One good gun was made from two
useless ones; one instrument saved
for the use OF soldier fighting the
good fight of democracy.
Shoes were washed in great
troughs by the French girls, sorted
in piles Of rights and let's, matched,
repaired-3O 600 pairs Of them q
week-and' sent back to be worn by
men to trod the soil devastated by 9
ruthless foe.
New wheels were made for can
non; new canvas was put on stretch
ers on which to bear the injured; bits
for brides were retinned, bayonets
tested and sharpened. old pieces OF
steel melted in a huge pot and run
into ingots every scrap OF brass or
copper saved--how precious are ma
terials in wartime!
How wished men in American
mills and factories could see that
sight. could really feel the dire need
OF the things they are making, could
get the full satisfaction that must
come in really knowing that theirs
is not primarily labor of gain. but
a labor for country and for comrades,
labor to protect and to save those
who are risking all to protect that
which is most dear to us.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
HARRIS REFUSES;
RAPs LEAGUERe)

Boise, Sept 17.-Frank Harris-O>
Weiser. a pioneer attorney Of Wash
ington county and chairman of the
county council of defense, was nomi-
mated, without opposition, on the
democratic ticket for the position of
prosecuting attorney of his county,
but has declined to accept the nomi-
nation for the reason that he is a
democrat and If he remains on the
ticket would, to that extent, lend him
self to a quasi-indorsement of the
Non-partisan league. In his letter of
declination he says in part:
Herewith am handing you q du-
plicate of my resignation and declina-
ton as a candidate for the Office of
prosecuting attorney for your county.
cannot permit the use Of my name
| in this connection under the existing
circumstances, for the reason that
am a democrat.
81 cannot stand on such ticket,
neither will l support any of its can
didates who have not been regular
democrats in the past.
II rejoice in the fact that the re-
publicans have nominated patriots for
the short-term senatorship and COVER
nor. These men will receive my
hearty support in the coming cleo
tion.'
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
(By/Ellen strong)


The high school students are start
ing in their work this year with a
greater zeal than before, in answer
to President Wilson's call to every
patriotic boy and girl to get an edu-
cation. They feel it is a duty urging
them forward to the betterment OF
manhood and womanhood; to make a
more firm and staunch foundation for
this wonderful America, the greatest
and noblest of all nations, since the
dawn of history. The people are
now awakening to the fact that it
requires educated men and women to
manage the affairs Of this, our coun-
try.
The students are waiting anxiously
to get started in the aid OF the Red
Cross. the most charitable and need
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
SPEED UP AMERICA.
(By e G. Pipp.)

stood in . hospital in France.
In one ward there was row OF
cots and on each cot a man, each
with leg gone or badly injured.
In another ward there was another
row OF cots and ON each cot a man
each with an arm gone or badly in
1ured. How cruel a war that makes
II necessary to classify men accord
ing to the nature OF their physical
injuryl
When / saw the signs of suffering
ON each face, when observed the
spirit that bore up under agony with
out complaint, how hated the war
that would subject those wonderful
men to all that--and for no sin OF
those rulers who coveted their hertz
age and who, for greed, were and are
willing to send millions OF men TO
their death and millions more to a
life OF suffering!
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

ed organization ever formed. They
want to plunge body and soul into
the work to help "our boys" who are
bleeding. dying and suffering to
make this world safe for democracy
and to wipe out the most crual nation
since the days of modern civilization
1.-THE savage, barbarous Hun. We
have given the best of our manhood
to perform this duty. the most COM
plicated task ever asked of nation so
young. We are willing to do II, al
though we give with heavy hearts,
but I'm the end we will be rewarded
and 1t shall be the greatest prize OF
all the world-Democracy
0u% boys are offering their lives
for this cause, and who can make a
greater sacrifice? Fellow cicitzens,
then we are ready to back them up,
are we not? We are going to work
for them to our last breath; every
inch of our support is theirs to help
them on their way to Berlin and vic
tory. Now let us follow Longfel-
lows advice:
Then let us be up and doing
With heart for any fate,
6till achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
Ror > WeAk atomach.

The great relief afforded by Cham
beriain's Tablets in a multitude Of
cases has fully proven the great val
ne OF this preparation for q weak
stomach and impaired digestion. In
many cases this relief has become
permanent and the sufferers have
been completely restored to health.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
| stood in a building in France.

It was a queer mixture of humanity
that war had brought together there
Chinese, coolies. German prisoners
OF war. French maids, and a few old
men OF Britain, too old to serve war
in other capacities.
It was a British salvage plant.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
Good for Biiiousness.

1.-TWO years ago l suffered from fire.
quent attacks OF stomach trouble
and biliousness Seeing Chamber
lain's Tablets advertised / conclud-
ed to try them. improved rapidly"
Miss Emma Verbryke, Lima, Ohio.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

Let us exchange fine player piano
for your old style silent piano. You
can then have good music in your
home any time. A good exchange Of
er.-Nielsen'e.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

The enrolment in high school has
continued to the present time, and
bids fair to outnumber the enroll
ment last year to an appreciate num-
ber
Each department is in full swing,
commercial. and agricultural classes
are especially overcrowded. The sew
enth and eighth grades are full to
capacity.
We are planning to hold chapel one
hour each Wednesday, at which time
various citizens and patrons of the
school will be asked to speak or 9TH
erwise entertain for our benefit. The
doors are always open for the public
to join with US on these occasions.
Our first Red Cross classes were
held Tuesday night. The work that
was to be done, such as making boxes
was assigned to the proper department
and other classes having no special
work drilled on national songs, Red
Cross stories, war words, maps, etc.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
I ntood aKnin hi Flanders.

I stood again in Flanders.
All about was the wreckage OF
battle. but the British we're still
aghting. stiii holding the she'll
blown ground.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

No man lie truly honest who denies
that ne ever made fool OF himmelf.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20

Success 10 the one crime that some
folks refuse to forgive in their
friends.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
/ was in Picardy.

was in Picardy.
It was on Sunday morning.
The country folk were vending
their way to church--then home
again.
went from one little village to
another, a few miles apart.
There were old men there. chill
dren there, women there-but grown
boys. or young men. or midlIe-aged
men-none.
The women were in mourning-it
was a procession OF crepe.
went again in the afternoon.
1 saw the women again.
They were beside graves in the lit
tie cemeteries, made larger by the
war.
How much of this does America
want?
There Is only one way to get less.
To drag out the war means 20
wear out the young manhood, the
splendid young manhood that Ii over
seas or to follow.
The one way TO get less is for al
the people at home to Join In the war
as the men at the front are at war:
to give them so much help and a
pile their munitions 30 high that the
one nation which wants war and
brought the world into war shall be
crushed to submission by the very
preponderance of power OF a re-
sourceful nation fighting at its best.
stood in a trench In Belgium.
then in another and in another.
Without finching the fighters face
the enemy.
Death hovers near. but they take
no time of.
Day and night. with watchful eye
and steady hand and brave heart.
they watch and work and fight that
iiberty's light may be kept burning;
that the emblem OF their nation ahail
not be hauled down In dishonor.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09
Personal Items

having exercised his right of fran chise.
 Mrs. J. J. Shawver and daughter Dorothy were pleasant callers at the office of the Miner yesterday from Peach Springs. Mrs. Shawver is the wife of the Santa Fe Agent J. J. Shawver at the above place.
 M. l. Powers came down this week from Flagstaff and is here attending to banking matters for his institu- ton.
 Chet Warren, the popular assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank is con- fined to his home with an attack of "flu'.
 J. P. Olney is visitor to Kingman from Phoenix.
 George w. Hennessey arrived here from Holbrook Thursday. Francis Jones is one of the Hack berryites who visited here yesterday.
 John Talaha of Flagstaff arrived here last evening from that place.
 T. E. Pollock came down from Flag staff yesterday and is here attending to bank affairs for his institution, the Arizona Central Bank of this place.
 James Brett came in from Oatman Friday and is visiting here.
 A. T. Threlkeld of Needles was a visitor to Kingman yesterday.
 M. Crittenden was a Friday visitor to Kingman from the Arizona Butte Camp.
 Ralph Jones and E. M. Bates visited Kingman Friday from Needles.
 MT. and Mrs. Guy L. Atlee are both confined to their beds at their resi- dence in this city with an attack of ''flu",
 George Wolheter is suffering a severe attack of influenza at the Me Graw Rooms. .
 Judge Shea is confined to his home with a bad cold.
 MT. and Mrs. G. H. Sleator left Thursday morning last for Los An geles, where Mir. Sleator expects to take position in one of the shipyards. The Sleators have been living in. Chlo- ride the past year or two.
 Mrs. Fairchild and son, of Chloride, passed through kinglnan Wednesday for the coast, where MT. .Fairchild is employed in shipyard.
 Freddie Hilty is now regaining the use of a right arm after having it kicked by an auto a week or so back.
 Frank E. Carrow passed through Kingman the first of this week re- turning from visit to Southern Cal ifornia, where himself and wife have been spending a short vacation as we'll as having endured the rigors of a visit from the "flu" which has been going the rounds there as elsewhere in the U. S. Mrs. Carrow returned to their home at Phoenix by train and
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09

Frank returned overland in his big car. Frank is to report on call to the service on the 11th of this month. He will make the fourth brother of the Carrow family to join the colors.
 Fred Cohenour has been a visitor to town for the greater part of this week taking in the results of election.
 Geo. B. Ayers departed Thursday last to make road camp in "The Cedafs" on the Sandy road, where he will make necessary repairs on the section of road between Frost's Ranch and Round Valley Ranch.
 Ira Richardson and family and mother and father, MT. and Mrs. J. D. Richardson, were visitors here this week from Union Pass. ... Williama Sitton and wife drove in from Round Valley Tuesday, and cast their ballots in the General Election.
 A. B. Fancher and wife and son George were among the many election day visitors here Tuesday, coming up from the Wind Mill Ranch and Cane Springs that day. They returned home
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09
the same evening.

the same evening.
 Sheriff Cohenour was one of the hustlers the early days of this week, visiting several of the nearby camps Monday and Tuesday.
 Senator Mahoney was here Monday from Oatman to see to matters of his candidacy.
 J. P. K. Fancher is visiting town from his ranch in the Wallapais.
 James Curtain was here Tuesday rustling votes among his friendse
 A. Noli has been placed by the Health Board as a guard on the Mex ican section house to assist the en- forcement of the orders of the Doctor in his care of the numerous Mexican sufferers from influenza. 'Pers
 J. H. Pierce spent a day here this week from Los Angeles attending to wants of customers.
 J. c. Rankin registered at the Beale this week from Chicago. .a..,
 Julius Loupe of Yucca spent Sunday as Kingman visitor.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09
LIEUT.. SESSIONS, .".,
 WOUNDED IN ACTION

Judge Paul c. Thorne hase received a card from Lieut.. Harry c. Sessions, who is in the. base hospital in Paris, telling of his being severely wounded
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09
Will You Hold Your Head Up Proudly s,. When They Come Home?
By BRUCE BARTON

lifted the receiver of the telephone, and almost dropped it again in surprise. For the voice was that of my good old friend, and 1 supposed him far away in France.
 ''What, back SO soon?" l exclaimed. De tailed for special dutyi"
 "Yes, back" he answered; and it struck me that his voice was slow and older, as though the weeks of his absence had been years. Back another reason!"
 And then knew that he must be wounded.
 Wounded-while here at home, still pur- sued my ordinary course. Wounded-to pro- tect my home, Wounded-to keep my children safe. ',' W ,,', l'' ''...' '. ..
 It came over me of sudden, as it never had before, that am debtor to him to an amount , that nevef: can repay.
 They will all be coming back before long. Some wounded; some grown strangely old. But most of them we'll and normal enough, thank God. '' z" -& . And we will stand along the sidewalks to see them pass. How shall we feel that day, l wondery,% ng$iai sT
 Will their eyes say to us, "We were hungry for bis of sweet, and you did not think to send ''We were cold and you let the hut fires die: we were lonesome, and the movies stopped be- cause there were no funds to carry on.
 Will that be their message of their eyes to usl Or shall we stand confidently in their presence, greeting them as men who have nothing to repent.
 as men who in their absence gave freely of wealth and time, that there might be warmth and cheer and comfort over there! They are coming back some day-perhaps before we think.
 And what will be the message of their eyes to you' 20. ''s.' h#i''
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09

in one of the battles on the French front. Lieut.. Sessions enlisted as a private and went with one of the first bunch of enlisted men from Oatman in 1917, and was promoted to lieu tenancy soon after reaching camp. He is getting along nicely and expects to make a complete recovery.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-11-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our thanks tc cur many friends for their kindness during our late bereavement. . Mrs. Eva Cofer
 Mir. and Mrs. A. F. Cofer
 MT. and Mrs Clyde Cofer ,.. Mrs. Eva and Ethel Brite.
 Mrs. Nellie Cummins
 MT. and Mrs. A. F. Harris
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
OLSON HANSON

Miss Inga Hanson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. P. H. Hanson of Albion, and
John Olson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jens
Olson of the same neighborhood, were
united in marriage at the Norwegian
Lutheran parsonage, Wednesday, June
9Th, by Rev. E. A. Grefthen. After
the ceremony the wedding party re-
paired to the farm home of the bride 8
parents where a large reception was
held and an elaborate dinner was serv-
ed to about $50 relatives and friends.
The young people have an extended &C
quaintance in the community, all of
whom have only best wishes and con-
gratulations. They will make their
home on nearby farm. Mr.. and Mrs.
O. G. Hanson, Chris Hanson and other
relatives from this city attended the
festivities.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
Married.
GREEN HANSON.

At the home of the BRIDES mother,
Mrs. Gilbert Hanson, on Wednesday
afternoon, June 18th. at three o'clock,
the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Emma, to Mr.. Charles S. Green took
place, Rev. F. w. Schoenfelt officiat-
ing The bride and groom left on
the afternoon train on a brief wedding
trip after which they will be at home
at $40 Harrison avenue, Beloit, where
the groom has a responsible position
with the Fairbanks Morse Co. in that
city. Although the wedding was a
very quiet affair, only a few near rela-
tives being present, the young people
have large circle of friends to freely
tender their congratulations and best
wishes for happy married life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
TRAINING Little Children.

Children are so open-hearted and
ready and respond SO sweetly and
quickly to faith and trust that we often
miss great happiness by not sharing
our hopes and joys more freely with
them.
If we keep the bond very close, our
home will become the great meeting
place Of all children, and this love and
companionship between parents and
children will be- like powerful mag
net whose attraction the children can
not resist. !,
So, from these beginnings the home
tie will be so strengthened that we
need never fear that the allurements
Of the world can draw our children
from us, but can rest assured that they
will always return to the "center of
deep repose."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
twenty-five Y ears Ago.

The transplanting of the tobacco crop
is under way.
C. A. Hoen has taken clerkship in
the post office.
A. A. Robinson, long connected with
the Santa Fe railway, has been elected
president of the Mexican Central Ry.
VIM. Phillips was held up in the cen
ter of GAINESVILLE in broad daylight
Monday and robbed by thug who es-
capped.
The toll bridge at MELVILLE, one Of
the relics or pioneer times, is to be a
thing of the past July l. The town OF
Fulton and private subscriptions of
$500 pays the bridge company.
J. Boyd Jones, once county superin-
tendent of schools, was one Of the vic
tins of the Ford theater disaster in
Washington, D. c., where he held a
clerkship in the departments.
Thos. Whittet, Margaret Morrissey,
Jennie and Jessie Kelly, Leora Nab
bett, Chas. Mcintosh, Margaret Stat
ford and Grace Coon were members OF
the class of '93 who graduated from
the high school on June 16.
Friday, June 16, 1893.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14
EASY TO WRITE WITH TOES
ment" Can Be Acquired in a Com
parativeiy Short Time

When next you go to the zoo, watch
the monkeys use their hands, suggests
the Popular Science Monthly. Notice
how they seize things with their fists.
They do not use their finger-ends as
we do. While the higher monkeys,
such as gorillas and chimpanzees, may
be taught to use their fingers, they
never learn to use them as easily as
do human beings.
The monkey is primarily a tree
dweller. It lives in forests and swings
from tree to tree, using it's hands as
hooks with which it graspS the
branches. The thumb is not brought
into play Some South American mon
keys have lost the thumb through dis
use; all that is left of it is indicated
by a little lump under the skin.
In the higher monkeys the wrist is
built like yours. 1t has the same num-
Der of bones. But the monkey has
never used his wrist, and so it has lost
the fexibility. The monkey can use
his fist to better advantage than his
hands.
Man, on the other hand has used his
feet so long simply for the purpose OF
walking, that he would experience con-
siderable difficulty in using them as
he uses his hands. Yet, it is amazing
how quickly a man can learn to use
his toes as he does his fingers. If you
don't believe this, just try to write
with your toes. At first the letters
will be very large and awkward. But
with very little practice you will
find that you can write with your foot
more easily than with your left hand,
If you are naturally right-handed. 1t
to while away an hour. We know you
will try the experiment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-06-14

f. e. Matthes of the United States
geological survey described some
strange worms that abound on the low
er parts of the Mount Rainier glaciers.
They are dark brown, slender and
about an inch in length. On favorable
days in July and August millions and
millions of them may be found with
ing on the surface of the ice, evidently
breeding there and feeding on organic
matter blown upon the glacier in the
form of dust. $50 essential to their
existence" says Mr.. Matthes, sis the
chill OF the ice that they enter several
inches, and sometimes many feet, be-
low the surface on days when the sun
is particularly hot, reappearing late
in the afternoon"