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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
WHAT BECAME OF THE POND.

Speaking at dinner, Senator J.
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, referred to
the propensity OF some people for ask
ing foolish questions, and told the fol-
lowing story:
One day city man happened In
country community and while rambling
around he ran across a depression In
the earth covering several acres. Some
perplexed he questioned native close
by and was told that it was the bed
OF a lost lake.
you don't really mean it?' returned
the city man. whatever became OF
all the water?"
1T was this way" readily explained
the native. "There was picnic out
here last August, and when night came
on they had nearly barrel Of pref
zels left which they didn't want to cart
back home, so they threw them into the
lake"
Eyes, l see," interjected the other
as the native paused, "but what had
that to do with it?"
Everything" answered the native
''The fish ate them and the salty diet
made them so thirsty that they drank
all the water"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28

ginning" she salu IN rr.u,n. hen
three sons. They hurried Off to get
their uniforms. and rifles. Then
waited One day our soldiers came
pouring into the town. They had been
driven back by the Germans. Many
were injured. l took as many as
could In my house and made coffee for
them. You see my house was bettor
before it was struck by shells.
while l was making coffee a big
shell struck this house and killed
some of the soldiers. Another ono had
both legs taken off. / helped them all
could, but they went away and the
Germans came. They are cruel, but am
old. so l am alive. Then our boys came
again and l made my house hospital
1t was struck twice more and l was
hurt a little, too, but not much | don't
want to leave. l have lived here all
my life and here Is where ] shall die
The eyes OF the old lady glowed un'
der the spell of a thought she had moi
yet expressed.
"A French general came and thank
ed me for what I did for our soldiers.
she said. Then, long after, he wrote
me letter saying l was brave WON
an and had brave sons. l have tn,
| letter you may see It,"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Bit Of EinnilN History.

Finland. which has declared its in
dependence from Russia. has long
been buffer state between the latter
and Sweden. After Peter the Great
conquered Finland In 1921 and annexed
its easternmost province. Vihorg, Swe
den made repeated but unsuccessful
efforts to regain this province. Final
Iy Alexander I. In 1909 brought all the
Finnish territories under the Mus
covite yoke. Since about 1890. how
ever. Finnish liberties have been
greatly curtailed. The powers OF the
Finnish diet were cancelled and its
constitution practically abrogated. In
1903 Russian dictator. was appoint
ed and the country flooded with Rus
sian spies; arbitrary arrests and ban
ishments became daily occurrences /;
no means of classification was left I'M
tried The Firms are of Monaghan
extraction and number about 100000
The Marine Journal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Joke ON DESTROYER CAPTAIN
Spent Hours Searching for Convoy
Which Il Turned Out Never Had
Been Lost.

Humorous stories as well as tragic
tales comes from the seas, even In war
time. British naval officer was re-
lating with great glee to his friends at
the club story about one of his ma
jesty's destroyers which was detailed
to escort transport filled with troops.
This transport, 1t seems. was COM
manded by captain who, unlike most
Of his class, was meek and mild. Tho
Aight was dark and dirty and naturally
no lights were showing. In the storm
and darkness the destroyer lost sight
OF her convoy. Her commander who
was one Of the nervous, peppery sort,
dashed up and down and around and
about but could not pick her up. or
course the naval officer blamed the cap
tain OF the convoy for not keeping In
touch and said things about the sea-
manship Of the conveys captain that
would not read well In print.
Finally after several hours vain
search the destroyer's commander
thought his best plan would be to run
for the nearest port and there see II
he could get any news of the missing
transport. The destroyer thrashed her
way through heavy sea at speed OF
| 20 knots. Just as she entered the har-
bor she picked up plaintive wall from
the convoy: "Need we follow you any
IongerH
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28

When hotels have anniversaries or
depnrtmept stores end half centuries
of service flowers are always present
in abundance and a butcher uptown
had observed this. Yesterday. when
he noted by his calendar that the next
day would end ten years of faithful
service he decided that flowers were
In order. SO, fearing that others
would not remember the date he or
dered. They came and the butcher ar
ranged them as artistically as his art
in dangling sausages allowed him.
But when customers began to come In
later he noticed smiles. At first he
took this for commentator and smiled
back, but later he walked all the way
around the wreaths and Inspected
them more carefully. And then 1t was
that ne decided flowers could never,
never become his friends. For resting
in q cluster which was supported by
the sausages was a banner reading.
REST in Peace" and the ribbon which
upheld the standard of the roses and
WAS propped against the liverwurst,
1--WE will meet you over there" Which
brings to mind the immortal inscrip-
ton by the reporter who interviewed
the champion schweitzer cheese de-
vourer of the world.-New York
Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
PATHETIC FIGURE
AMONG WAR RUINS

seen away up on the brow of the hin
looking down on the German-held terri
tory. One does not need glasses to see
IT. She trudges along shell swept roads
when 1t Is necessary. as 1t often Is.
"A shell may hit me-yes. perhaps,
sometime. But we all have our work
to do"
Waves of deadly gas swept over the
stricken group of ruins from time to
time. La Dame Indomitable has her
mask. An officer gave 1t to her. 1t is
the best. The officers see that she gets
the best. Her two American artillery
officers hurry to their billets when the
gas drifts into the village. They have
nothing to do there. They just go to
make sure that their hostess is safe. l
had cup OF chocolate with her in her
house and learned her story. l do not
think she ever told 1t before.
Thanked by General.
when the war was Just ut the be-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28

both In the United States and In
France. At the present time there are
2,200 Y. M. G. A. workers with the ex-
peditionary forces in France and Eng
land and 5000 other workers In Ameri-
can camps.
The Y. M. G. A. has been asked by
General PershIng to take over the en-
tire canteen system with the American
army in France. and This will require
the services OF more than 5000 volun-
teer workers alone. An effort is now
being made to secure. at least 1000
business and professional men of high
standing who will 60 to France for all
sorts of Y. M. G. A. service before
July l.
1t is estimated that 5000. 900 feet of
film are being exhibited weekly to the
soldiers at home and abroad. re-
cent shipment Of athletic equipment
for the troops IN France consisted of
1850 basebaIls, 1900 bats. 10000
gloves and mitts, boxing gloves, volley
balls and various other kinds OF apa-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
WANTED TO THANK DONORS
After This, II Would Be Folly to Say
That Sailors Do Not Appreciate
Gifts.

Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson writes
In the Woman's Home companion:
las for knitted garments. wish
you could have been with me one day
at certain naval base near New
York. when the crew of ship which
had been accidentally sunk In our
very harbor entered the chaplain's Of
fee to receive their fresh supply of
knitted garments. They had all lost
their clothing. barely escaping with
their lives.
THE boys lined up like the we'll
trained sailors they were, tucked their
supplies under their arms and marched
out again, headed by an officer. But
the moment they broke ranks outside
headquarters each boy became alb
sorbed In his own particular package
Of knitted garments and comfort bag,
turning the sweaters, the helmets, the
wristlets and even the bags inside out,
poking inquiring fingers into every cor
ner.
"'What are they looking for--sizesT
l asked the young officer at my elbow.
"'Dear, no. said my guide with a
laugh. Letters. notes, the addresses
Of the lady who knitted the garment
or filed the bag. They want to write
back and say thank you
After watching their frenzIed
search for notes and addresses, moth
ing can ever make me believe that the
boys do not appreciate such gifts"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
English Boy Defeats Germany's
SuperfIyer voss in Des-
perate Battle.
DOWNS y BEFORE DEATH
Lieutenant Arthur Rhys Davlds Said
to Be One Of the Three Elect
Among Bravest Of British
Airmen.

Lohdon.-When Voss. the intrepid
German airman, was brought down
there was considerable demand that
the name of the British airman who
accomplished the feat should be re-
vealed. He was Lieut.. Arthur Rhys
Davids, an Elton boy Of twenty. In
the official Gazette 1t Is stated that
among his other feats he brought
down nine enemy aircraft In nine
weeks.
But after much anxiety the boys
father, Prof. Rhys Davids, and his
mother, both Oriental scholars Of dis
tinction, no longer have any doubt
that their son, missing since last De-
cember, Is dead.
| In their home on Chipstead Downs
the parents and sisters mourn the
brave and daring boy, said to be one
Of three very elect among the braves1
of British airmen.
Arthur Rhys Davids, after doini
brilliantly at Summerfield. where, {
kings scholar, he won Balliol exhi
bition and the Newcastle scholarship
took his commission In the Royal Fly
ing corps In the autumn Of 1915, leav
ing his civil service ambitions until
after the war.
Brought Down Twenty-Five Germans
| Young Davids had been good n
sports and he took to flying as though
| horn m II He xUOO tho NJ q with tht
bar and the d. S. o. after five months
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Lone, Aged Woman Is Sole Inhab-
liant Left in French VIII
lage.
NlMEDlADAME INDoMI1ABLE
All Who Survived Hun Carnival Of
Rage and Raplne Which Swept
the Place, Left Long, Long
AGO.

American Army Headquarters In
France.-In the charred village they
call her La Dame Indomitable. Not
bad name for her, either. There is
great gun In the French army called
Indomitable. The enemy has trained
its heavy weapons on this giant cylip-
der Of destruction. but old Indomitable
still belches Its deadly hail upon the
Huns, and so the old lady of = was
named after this famous gun. writes
Don Martin in the New York Herald.
saw her the other day in the recon-
structed ruins Of her once comfortable
house. Two artillery offloers-Ameri-
can..have billets with her. She takes
care Of their rooms, shines their boots
and leggtngs and puts on button now
and then when they know nothing
about 1t.
Then, when she Is not busy at home,
she washes dishes for the Salvation
Army canteen or performs more labori-
GUS service. for all Of which she re-
ceives ten cents an hour. That Is
enough. She doesn't need much. She
begins her daily routine at five In the
morning and finishes at seven In the
evening. Then she walks two miles
to a shop to get her allowance of
bread, and after ten o'clock, when her
boys" are In bed and asleep, she
throws herself on bed Of boxes and
old clothes, with one blanket for Gov
ering, and sleeps.
Villages Only Inhabitant.
La Dame Indomitable Is the only in
habitant left In the village. 1t Is nc
place for women. Children-all who
survive the Hun carnival Of rage and
rapine-left long, long ago. The ole
folks dragged weary way from the
humble, aged stone buildings in which
they and their ancestors had lived fol
many generations-yes, for hundreds
Of years. Soldiers occupied the town
Then the Germans came. Three time!
the quaint village was taken and re
taken. The gaunt remnants Of thu
les of slaughter and magnificent tale
of vslor. So can La Dame Indomit
able But she says little. She jus
works. She wants to help France. OF
ncers told her long time ago sh
could go anywhere she wished. Eve
the grandeurs OF Paris were picture
to her In the hope that she might b
lured from the abode of danger i
which she resides.
But why should she go?
mo, I'm not DID," she Gays. ctr
only sixty-flve or maybe seventy. III
strong woman yet, but when I carr
water this long long distance and the
walk to the boulangerie for bread some
times my heart beats too fast maybe
but that's ALL"
So there she stays. She has bee
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28

An impetuous inspector who was Wis
iting a provincial school was much
worried by the noise of the scholars
In the next room. At length, unable
to bear the uproar any longer. he open
ed the door and burst upon the class.
Seeing one boy taller than the others
talking a great deal, he caught him by
the collar, hustled him to the next
room, and placed him in chair, say
Ing:
"Now sit there and be quiet!"
Ten minutes later small head ap-
peared round the door and meek lit
tie voice said:
"Please, sir, you've got our teacher y
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Spends SIS, 100000 a Month in
Ministering to Soldiers.
Two Thousand Workers Are With Ex-
peditionary Forces and 5000
In American Camps.

Washington.-In Its work of minis
tering to the social, recreational and
religious welfare Of the boys and young
men Of this city and county who have
enlisted In the National army, the Y.
M. {. A. is now expanding total Of
with other interesting figures on the
scope Of the work are contained In a
bulletin just received from the Nation
al war work council.
According TO the statement Of the
council. the "hone" side Of army camp
life Is being maintained among the
hundreds of thousands of soldier boys
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Farmer Kills Wild Cata

Live Oaks, Cal.--Wing. farme,
near here. recently killed two large
wild cats along the Feather rive,
while engaged In hunting Jack rnb
bits. One of the wild cats raced IN
tree and started to show fight when
Wing discovered 1t. A shot brought
1t to the ground. It's cries of rage
and pain brought Its mate to the
scene, and Wing dispatched the $50
ond cat with a shot from his gun
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
A Home Wrecked.

~ understand Mrs. Gabson has left
Mr.. Gabson and gone home to her
mother"
"Yes, sad affair. She charges him
with excessive cruelty"
"You surprise me. Gabson doesn't
look like a man who would beat his
wife"
"Oh. he didn't do anything OF that
sort. He got hold of gas mask some
where and when Mrs. Gabson started
one of her monologues he put 1t on"
-Dirmingham Age-Herald.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Too Much STYLE.

II don't like to go to Mandy's In
her fine house for dinner"
"Why not?"
"She has too many new-fangled
ways. The last time | went there.
had to eat ice cream with fork. and
I'm afraid If l go there again. she'll
expect me to dip up my. soup with a
tea strainer."
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
The Way Of II.

"The young electrician who went
around ogling and flirting with girls
Is regular electrical spark"
Eyes, and the policeman who nabbed
him In the act claims to be spark
arrester"
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"a great many inventors become
cranks."
swell, after seeing how the Ger
mnns were permitted to walk away
with some of their best Ideas. can you
blame them?"
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II He Knew.

Nodd-How much does 1t cost you
to live-if that is fair question:
Todd-My dear fellow, II l knew, It
would worry me so much wouldn't b
able to make half as much as l do now.
Judge.
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ApprehensIons.

"Is 1t an advantage to keep a pigw
speaking personally" replied Mr..
Meekton, "Tm not sure. 1t looks to
me as If | might have to deny myself
a good deal In order to feed the pig"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Family Jar.

"And Tn going right home to my
folks" she wound up.
"Well, l hope they'll be glad to see
YOU" responded the mean man.
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ratus for promoting the play spirit
among the troops In their leisure
hours.
The Y. NJ. G. A. has established 81
chain Of huts and dugouts along the
front lines occupied by American
troops "over there" and Is meeting the
needs OF the Sammies as they take
their places in the Lorraine trenches.
The Y. nj. G. A. huts on the Russian
front have been demolished by German
guns and the $50 secretaries there have
retired before the advance of the Huns
and are now established In Siberia
awaiting an opportunity to return to
Russia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28

Evelyn wonder why Helen looks
in the glass so often?
LOraine-Maybe she has grudge
against herself.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
Ever Notice II?

Ever Notice III
The man who walls that times are hard
You will observe full oft.
Is looking for a berth in life
Particularly soft.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-28
YOUTH is VICTOR
OVER NOTED HUN

IN france IN April, 1917. He brought
down % Germans foH certain-he
actually saw that number crash-but
he drove down many more out Of con-
troll. Among the % were the German
superfiyers Voss and Schafer.
The story Of the defeat of Voss.
VINO had been credited with being the
greatest airman Of all the armies, Is
thrilling. When Rhys Davids went up
with squadron Of six and four Ger
mans were sighted, 1t was not so easy
as 1t seemed, for Voss was among
them, and he took on three Of the
British machines. Two Of these he
put out of action. causing them to re-
turn home with their engines full OF
lead. The third was the boy from
Elton.
Voss and Rhys made a duel Of It.
The Hun was in trlplane, and there
was a most tremendous fight. The
story of 1t was afterward told to the
family by an officer acquainted with
the facts.
Il want to give Voss all credit"
says Miss Rhys Davids, sister Of the
brave young airman, in repeating the
story. "He had fearful fight with
the three for twenty minutes. and
then my brother and Voss wheeled
round and round; and then. suddenly.
Voss crashed to earth.
YES, my brother spoke OF one or
two narrow escapes. On the very first
time he went up out there something
made him turn round. and to his as
constituent he saw a Hun on his tall.
II he had not glanced round at that
moment he would have been killed.
Worse still. his gun TANNED. and for
ten minutes he had to get out OF this
machines way by rolling and turn
ing. Then suddenly, to his amaze
ment the Hun turned tail and went
home. That was one Of the narrowest
escapes he had.
my brother was inclined to fly
recklessly low, and that is probably
how he met his death In October, last
year. We knew he was missing. and
we hoped and hoped for eight weeks
before we had any practical certainty.
Shot "Painted Banana"
HE had very often been In a biz
fight Of Is on each side, and when he
wrote home about such. he said: All
you can think of is pumping lead into
any machine you see and looking out
and avoiding collisions. just missing
each other by perhaps a couple OF
feet. He used to laugh when he saw
the German machines painted up like
m 'unripe banana. He described one
Vt these machines. and said that wher
came toward him he chuckled with
laughter at the curious appearance u
t. and then let fly. He brought thu
painted banana down.
And now young Rhys Davids ha.
himself been brought down. But h,
lives memory of schoolboy British
pluck that can never die.
Among other raiders mentioned II
the Gazette is Lieut.. r. H. Ayre, r. F
c.. who during one of his many sue
cessful -nids" bombed an enemy air
ship shed. and on another occasion
bombed a railway station from
height of 800 feet. He also deralle,
: part of train and poured machIn,
gun fire on Its occupants. The mill
tary cross is awarded to him.
>~1>~--->-~~~-~>->~>~~~>~~~ >~~~~-~~~-~~~-~~~~~~
ratus for promoting the play spiri
among the troops In their leIsur
hours.
: The Y. NJ. G. A. has established
, chain OF huts and dugouts along tn
: front lines occupied by America,
troops "over there" and is meeting RI
needs Of the Sammies as they TAX
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

c. D. Craig of Galena informed
State Fuel Director Crossley the resi-
dents of Stone County have decided
they will not burn one pound OF coal
after spring opens until the close OF
the war, no matter how long that may
be. He is chairman OF the Stone
County fuel committee. He says all
over that section of the state there is
general movement to abandon coal
for the coming fall and winter and 60
back to wood of which there is plen-
ty in the OZarks. Arrangements are
being made, he says, for supplying
every section OF the state in his vicin-
ity that can be reached with an album
dance OF wood early in the fall and in
sufficient quantities to last until
spring.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
Victor Wolf for Circuit Clerk.

In our announcement column this
week will be found the name of Vic
tor Wolf. who is asking the Demo
Gratis of Bates county for the nomina-
ton for clerk of the Bates County
Circuit Court. Mr. WOLF comes OF
good, Democratic stock, being the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wolf, of a
few miles southeast of town. He was
born and raised in this county and
received his education in our public
schools. After finishing the course
in the rural schools he came to But
Ter and attended the High School
from which he graduated. He at
tended the Warrensburg Normal and
then spent several years teaching in
different schools in the county. He
is young man of the highest char
acter and is we'll qualified to fulfill
the duties of the office to which he
aspires.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
Ignorance Not an Excuse for Food
Control Violations,
February Is. IoIS

February Is, 1913
TO County Food Administrators:
Ignorance of the law is no excus
Tor violations of the Food Contro
Act or rules and regulations promul
gated i'll pursuance of it. 1t is tn,
duty of dealers to inform themselve:
Immediately of all regulations and te
comply with them without official no
tice. Please give wide publicity tc
the above statement and to the fact
that no plea will be received that
dealers were ignorant of the law or
have had no official notice of any reg
ulation.
Very truly yours,
F. B. Mumford,
Federal Food Administrator for
Missouri.
Please publish above for informa-
ton of dealers.
Under new exchange milling regu-
lations the farther. taking his wheat
to the mill, is permitted to receive
only thirty days new supply of
flour. He may receive this without
substitutes
Farmers purchasing flour of mill
or of a dealer are subject to the
same regulations as other purchasers.
The person who purchased his
flour in excessive quantities last fall
or since is subject to the penalty for
boarding. This law went into effect
August 10, 1917.
The necessity for the Limitation in
the sale of flour is so great that Mr..
Hoover has again directed a rigid en-
forcement of the ruling with refer
ence to this matter.
A list of Deputy County Food Ad
ministrators is published in this pa
per. Note the one for your township
and see to it that he knows Won are
behind him in the proper enforce
ment of the law and the winning of
the war.
]. F. Harper.
Federal Food Administrator for
Bates county.