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lHeId over last Weekl.

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4 Everyone in this community seems
to feel spring is nigh. as they all are
cleaning up and burning rubbish and
making early gardens, while Others
are busy gathering maple sap. #
Mrs. Axel Salonen and son, Her
man, are spending a few days at the
H. Mockaman home.
3 Willard Mcknight, our local sta
ton agent, went north to Redby the
other morning on his speeder to look
after some business for the company,
returning that evening.
The roads are getting in good
shape now and Meth and Robert
Workman are scraping it 80 that the
cars are finding unusually good roads
for this bart OF the country at this
time Of the year.
Mrs, Robert Workman and little
son went to Nebish Saturday where
they were over Sunday guests at the
Carl Durand home.
Who says we are not loyal citizens
when some of us got UP at 2 q. m,
Sunday morning to turn our clock
ahead?
Glen sadler and George Lemloh
came UP from Bemidji in the former
car Saturday, but having some en-
CINE trouble could not motor on to
their home at Redby.
Rev. Palmer and daughter were
over Sunday guests at Nebish and
took part in the Easter program
given in the town hall there, Sunday
night. ... -.-4 Z
Mrs, Rex Warner and children ar
rived from Crookston Saturday,
where they have been visiting with
relatives a couple of weeks.
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PRIZES FOR LITERATURE.

Mrs. James F. Hayes has offered
two prizes to the children of the Deer
Lake school for writing story of
Longfellow in which they must tell
about 1.-THE Village Blacksmith" and
1.-The Children's Hour, Originality.
neatness. penmanship. spelling and
punctuation will count in determ-
lining the work. About eight stu
dents will enter the contest. The
judges will he Miss Owen, Mrs.
Hayes. J. w. Mckee. M. A. Djonne
and Wilbur Smith. The prizes will
be given the last day of school and
"a. there will be program those
winning the plies will read their
Stories.
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Easter vacation began Friday,
March % and continued till Monday.
April 8. Z " N. N
The Kelliher teachers spent their,
vacation as follows: Miss Fossum
visited in Minneapolis; Mrs. Hubbard
remained in Kelliher, putting her
new home in order; Miss Pennie Wis
tied in Bemidji and with families
around Kelliher; Miss Arvid went to
her home near Blackduck;; Miss
Dockstad visited school and trans
acted business in Bemidji during
Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. Thompson attended to school
matters and talked Liberty Bonds to
the Saum people on Thursday even
ing, which was the night of their
home.play, Somewhere in France
4 Although there was no school and
the day was drizzly, most of the KEEL
liner school pupils attended the 10y
atty meeting Saturday afternoon at
the Pastime theatre. e.. e. Mcdonald
Of Bemidji was the chief speaker. His
address on the great war was one
Of the best ever heard in Kelliher.
Mayor Skrief aso gave splendid
speech. s: .s :5
Mayor Skrief and Principal Thomp-5
son spoke on Liberty Bonds at the
Pastime theatre Saturday evening,
between acts of the Saum school pat.
riotic play. Our school desires to.
congratulate the Saum pupils and
teachers on the beautiful, moving,
and impressive character Of the pat
riotic drama, Somewhere in France"
given by them Saturday evening in,
this town. 1t exhibited genuine
dramatic ability and showed that an
unlimited amount of painstaking
work had been devoted to 1t. .@
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4(Held over last week.

Farmers are all busy in the fields
taking advantage of the early spring
III The Clyde Miller auction sale held
at the Paskewitz farm on March ~
was we'll attended. Everything sold
readily. Mr.. Miller left the same day
via Hardisty car for Thief River
Falls, where he will find work.
Philip Hawkins run the engine on
the drcdge a couple of nights the
past week The engineer was taken
to the Grygla hospital to have Il
piece of steel taken from his eve.
Thomas Knutson and John Gran'c
had their logs sawed at the V. B.
Homms saw mill on Thursday.
& Charles -Paskewitz started to work
On the dredge Saturday.
~ Mrs.. Sophia Hawkins returned
home on Friday. after spending about
a month at the home of her son.
Phillip.
Mr.. Higher, mail carried from
Shilling to Malcolm, accompanied by
his wife, came down to w. PasFc-
Wits on Saturday after COW he had
purchased at the sale.
A. Lundquist is back on bis rr7
IN Benville, after spending the lat
four years in the Dakotas. He h's
bought a team of horses and will
farm the coming year.
Spruce Grove aims to have some
good roads. The road drag started
last Saturday and they are having
several more built. Good roads we'll
kept are a credit to any township.
Blegen Brothers of Carmel Were
callers at the P. Hawkins home on
Friday after seed oats.
Elmer Addison, foreman OH the
dredge. spent Friday with his family
at the H. Huseth home in Benvil'e.
G. Holm had the bad luck to loose
hog the past week.
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$ The Red Cross circle here handed
81 in to the Bemidji chapter last
week as membership fees, and two
sweaters, knitted by the G.. Strand
and Mrs. M. Mcknight.
This village and vicinity was
greatly stirred over the news that
Mrs. Benson had disappeared some
time Saturday afternoon while her
husband was at work as foreman on
the section. Parties, both men and
women, were out both night and day
hunting for her, but found no trace,
until she was seen wandering near
the village cemetery Monday after
noon, having been gone two nights
from her home The people of the
community deserve credit for their
great and enduring search, as, well
as the parties Of men led by the
deputy sheriff Of Bemidji.
DR.. IT.. Neal was called to the a.
Deitel home at Nebish Sunday. owing
to the illness of their son.
M Mrs. Carl Durand and children
came down from Nebish Monday,
calling on relatives and friends, be-
tween trains. 0
School being closed Monday on &C
count Of every available person being
asked to help in search of Mrs. Ben
son, the younger children took their
lunch and held a regular April first
picnic and spent an enjoyable time
together. Older pupils and their
teacher, Charles Dearborn, entered
the searching party.
Our local hotel is now opened to
the public again, and is under the
new management Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hart. s rs
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JUVENILE TO LECTURE.

Liberty will have a treat in the
near future, when Thurber Lewis, the
15-year-old orator, will lecture. His
subject will be Environment. This
is a subject which ought to interest
everybody, as many believe we are
the product of environment. After
the lecture, the audience is invited
to take the floor and see If they can
corner" Lewis. Come and have
your say! The meeting will be in
the Deer Lake school. 49,
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s. The EckJes.. Farmers club met ~
the home If Mr.: and Mrs. K"r"cr
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were Mr.. and Mrs. 1T. sh?rDles md
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next meeting will he at Lars En-
berland's, May 1.
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moved away from orr neighhor'"o'
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midi.
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Remidji last week were Mr.. Far
Sharples. Miss Helen Sharplcs and
Miss Alice Brennan .
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ranking out his wood. as- s~.
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business last Thursday.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19

war material. Additional large numbers of captives and further great stores of guns, ammunition and other necessities were taken by the French. Be- fore all the positions of the Americans and the French their guns and machine guns cut to pieces fleeing hordes of the enemy or bands which endeav- ored to withstand the onrush
 The blow probably long in its inception, is be- ing aimed at territory vital to the Germans territory the capture of which not alone would mean the forced retirement of the Germans from the entire salient extending southeastward across the occupied region from Sossons to Reims with Chateau Thierry it's southern apex but possibly would result in the capture of thousands of Germans operating there, many of them comprising the best soldiers of the German emperors service.
 Sofast the advance progressed that already French and American troops have reached or are astrde several of the important roads of supply for the German armies in the south particularly the line running from Soissons to Chateau Thierry It is not improbable by reason of this fact and the inability of the enemy instantly to remove them that further large quantities of supplies will be taken.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
AVIATORS KILLED
 AT KELLY FIELD
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 18.- Flying so low their plane collided with a tree, Second Lieutenant Cary l.. Waples, Hyde Park, Mass, and First Lieutenant T. H. Higley, both of Kelly Field, figured in an unusual accident ten miles from the field this morning. Waples was killed instantly, while Higle~ was uninjured. The airplane caught fire after the collision. Waples' wife has been living in San Antonio several weeks.
 As result of injuries received Mon day when his airplane side-slipped, Cadet Joseph S. Peters died at Kelly field infirmary today. Peters came here from Long Beach. Calif.. but his former home was at Starkville, Miss.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
American Ship Is TOrpedOed:
 Ten LipeS,LOSt
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 WASHINGTON, July 1s. - The American steamer Westover, an army supply ship manned by navy men, was torpedoed and sunk in the war zone July ii while bound to Europe, the navy department was advised tonight by Vice Admiral Sims. Ten officers and men of the crew of 92 are missing. They are:
 Assistant Paymaster Robert Her bert HaIstead, Lansing, Mich.
 Ensign Ralph Dillingham; Cald- we'll, Woodsfords, Me.
 Chief Machinist Mate Frank Willard Holloway, Washington, D. C.
 Seamen: James Brown Estis, HartweII, Ga.; Austin Clyde Will son, Muncie, Ind.
 Bremen: Bryant Deal, London, Ind; Harvey Harrison, Nobles- vile, Ind; Edward Lewis Griffin, Baltimore.
 Mess Attendant John Cole, Brentwood, MT.
 Water Tender WIfred Joseph Serey, Ashland, Ky.
 No details were given in the navy departments announcement and circumstances under which 82 off cers and men of the crew are not known. Nor was there any an nouncement as to whether the sub marine was sighted and fired upon by the armed guard on the steamer.
 The Westover was 4,270 net ton mage and was last reported at an Atlantic port on May 27. She came from the Pacific coast, having sailed from Tacoma and Seattle April 22. She was 40 feet long and 54 feet broad.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
Tar and Hair
 Also Feathers
 For l. ". W'S
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 EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M., July 18.-J. F. Tanner and a man giv- ing the name of Heffner were stripped to the waist by crowd of working men here tonight and one tarred and feathered and the other smeared with tar and hair taken from a mattress. The men were alleged to be l. w. w. organ izers.
 Both arrived here this afternoon and it was not long before Tanner was arrested, charged with va grancy. He was given two hours to leave town. Later a crowd of workingmen came upon him and after obtaining a bucket of tar and a mattress they applied the tar and hair.
 While the tarring of Tanner was going on Heffner appeared. When, it is said, Tanner admitted Heffner was an |. w. w. organizer, Heff- ner was forced to undergo the tar and feathers. The two men were then escorted to the city limits by the crowd.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
(By The Associated Press)

 FROM THE REGION west of soissons to the northwest of Chateau Thierry American and French armies have begun strong offensive against the Germans which possibly may have marked influence on the future of the world war; In it's ni tial stage the movement has been rewarded with great success.
 All along the 25 miles the French and Ameri- can troops have dashed in brilliant fashion across positions held by the Germans killing wounding or capturing thousands of the enemy and taking towns villages and large quantities of guns and other war supplies.
 Nowhere, according to last accounts from the front, has the enemy been able to stay the progress of their assaants, although counter attacks were resorted to important sectors after the first stages of surprise occasoned by the unexpected at- tack had worn away
 To the Americans alone in the region west of Soissons came 4,00O prisoners 30 guns and much
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
Spirit of Nation Marches Proudly with Gallant Boys
 Who Went Over the Top In Smashing Advance
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WASHINGTON, July 1S.-The heart of the American nation was in France tonight. It marched and fought proud ly with the boys who went over the top this morning and still were gall lantly smashing their way ahead be- side their French comrades late in the day.
 It was a tale of splendid victory and daring that news reports and even the terSe official statements told. Hour by hour the extent of the victory grew What the full effect of the blow will he cannot be estimated until detals of the action along the whole 25 mile front from Chateau Thierry to Sossons from which the surprise attack was launched are available.
 Enemy in Difficult Position
 It was clear beyond mistake, how ever, that in the rush of the first day of this answer of General Foch to the German attack east and west of Reims, the enemy had been placed in a posi- tion from which he may have great difficulty in extricating himself. Not only may the German effort west of Reims and south of the Marne be wholly nullified but all they have ac- complished since the battle of the A1sne began months ago may be over turned
 There was little effort here today to measure the scope of the Franco American stroke. Officers were too vii | tally interested in the swift develop ment of the attack as it was unfolded, bulletin by bulletin, to devote much time to cold calculations such as form the basis for military predictions. ] It was the instant news that held them, from General March to the jun for staff officers and the war depart ment was a place of smiles and hand grips as the boys overseas wrote new and glorious pages in American history.
 Secretary Baker EIated
 Secretary Baker had difficulty in holding himself to a cool, unhurried expression, as he dictated to the news paper men late in the day a statement summarizing General Pershing's brief reports. Supplemented with the news dispatches, the official account re- vealed, however, the full thrilling story of the dash against the enemy deliv- cred with such gallantry and such a complete surprise that it swept over
 Continued on page Two)
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
GREAT GAIN MADE
 IN DR|VEO OF AL LIES

Six miles apparently was the deepest point of penetration made by the allied troops in the first day of fighting This was at Buzancy, south of Soissons which they captured, and passed through eastward. Atseveral other points distances of from four to five miles were reached from the original starting line. At tSoissons the Americans and the Frenchmen came to within mile of the city. Altogether more than 20 villages fell into the hands of the Americans and French all along the battle front.
 All along the fronts on both sides of Reims the entente troops continue hold the Germans East of Rems the French have recaptured Prunay, but south of the Marne in local fighting they have lost some further ground. The German official communica- ton asserts that in this region success attended the German efforts
 Southwest of Villers-Bretonneux, in the Amiens sector, the Australians again have smashed into the German line, this time on front exceeding mile in length capturing guns and prisoners. East of Hebuterne the British also improved their posi- tions. The Germans are continuing the lombard ment of various sectors held by the British in France and Flanders.
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
LAWYER ADMITS HE
 GOT GERMAN MONEY

CHICAGO, July 1S.-Another Amer ican beside Gaston Means, who got some of the money distributed in this country before America entered the war by the German government was revealed today at the hearing in the S3,000,000 James c. King case.
 Frank Mabine, a New York lawyer, put on the witness stand to substanti- ate some of the testimony given by Means, admitted having been associat- ed in the effort to purchase electric launches which Means said were for the German government, but said that he did not know at the time that the launches were for Germany
 Mabine said, however, that after he learned of Germany's interest in the matter he continued to advise Means and received remuneration
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
CONGRESSMEN AND
 GOVERNOR SCORED
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DIES MONIES, Ia.. July 1S.Discus- sion of a platform at the state con- vention of Iowa democrats was inter- rupted several times late today when the reading of bulletins on the Afneri- can drives in France set the 900 dele gates cheering wildly.
 Resolutions finally adopted approved submission of the national prohibition to state legislatures, endorsed woman suffrage and approved of the admins tration's conduct of the war.
 Vocational training for maimed sol- diers also was advocated, and it was suggested that loans on easy terms be made to returning soldiers for building their homes.
 The record in congress of four of Iowa's congressman - Sweet, Hull, Haugen and Ramseyer-was criticised, and Governor Harding was scored for supporting them, in which, the resolu- tions said, he was "actuated by a blind spirit of partisanship."
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
ALLIED TROOPS
 IN GREAT DASH
 PUSH HUNS BACK
Thousands of Prisoners,
 Scores of Cannon and Machine Guns Fall Into
 Hands of the Victors
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ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE. July 1S.-(By The Associ- ated Press) s)-With wonderful vitality and with spirits still high, notwith standing the big battle of the last two days, Franco American troops dashed forward at dawn today along the west crn side of the salient formed by the German advance in May. and drove back the enemy pell mell everywhere . or made them prisoners.
 The depth of the advance cannot be exactly determined tonight but it cer- tainly is several miles on the average.
 Permits Enemy to Exhaust Forces
 The allied commander in chief had permitted the enemy to exhaust a large portion of his forces in striking the blows on both sides of Reims which were intended to be heavy enough to weaken the French army. The blow was successfully parried and before the Germans recovered sufficiently to fill the great gap in their ranks and make another effort, the allies bounded back and staggered them with a light ming like diversion from the Marne to the Aisne.
 Thousands of prisoners, scores of cannon, hundreds of machine guns and much other material fell into the hands of the allied troops. Besides gaining possession of the heights dominating Soissons from the south a couple dozen villages were reconquered by the al- lies, who tonight were engaged in se- we're fighting which disconnected the enemy along the whole line from Cha teau Thierry to Soissons.
 Attack An Absolute Surprise The French American attack along the broad front north of the Marne was an absolute surprise. Many Ger man officers were captured while asleep and numbers of the men were taken while harvesting rye. The great
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Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
 PROBABLY PRISONER
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NEW YORK. July 1S.-Lieut. Quen- tin Roosevelt, reported missing after an aerial engagement over the German lines. probably landed unhurt and is a prisoner in the hands of the Germans, according to cable message received tonight by his father, Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
 Colonel Roosevelt said, on his arrival here tonight from Saratoga, that he hLc just received from his son-in law, Surgeon Major Richard Derby, who is now in Paris, oablegram which read
 ."Companion aviator confident Quen- tin landed unhurt."
 'T have just received a cable from my son-in- law, who went over with the marines and who has been invalided to Paris" said the colonel. After giving the text of the cablegran, the colonel continued:
 "Of course. we can't be sure yet that Quentin's companion was correct However. if he was, it means that Quentin landed behind the German lines and is prisoner
Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
LORD READING IS
 HIGHLY CERTIFIED
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WASHINGTON, July IS. = Lord Reading, British ambassador to the United States. today expressed to the Associated Press his qualification at the success of the Franco American troops in their offensive launched be- tween Chateau Thierry and Soissons
 q am very much gratified," said the ambassador, 'by the news of the battle today, and especially by the admirable work of the American troops. That was what we all looked for. but it was none the less gratifying to know that our expectations had been realized"