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RnlIER - nnEs

L.arimore. N. d., Jan. 2. - The
boiler in the basement Of the Elk
Valley bank exploded Monday morn
ing about o'clock. The boiler was
q total wreck and did considerable
damage. No one was in the base
ment at the time Of the explosion.
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rs TEAcH AT PoWERs IKE.

Minot N. d.. Jan. miss Ruth
Carroll has taken a position as as
sistant principal of the Powers Lake
high school. Miss Carroll is the only
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Carroll She was graduated from
the University of Minnesota last
June
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TERM OPENS JAN. 4.

Glendale, N. D., Jan. 2.-The vim
ter term of school at the Glendale
normal industrial school will open
Thursday. Several new classes will
the organized and opportunity viii
be given to begin work in classes
already under way. A strong short
course in home economies and manu-
al training will be offered again.
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AsoLIsA &c pRIvATE oAR.

one sc the first steps that Director
General aEcAdao should take In his
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-02
American Cowboy Tells Of
Life In War Zone; He Was
With Canadians In France
BY LIEUT.. JOSEPH 8. SMITH.

BY LIEUT.. JOSEPH s. SMITH.
Late Of the Canadian Army
Lieutenant Smith served with
the Canadian expeditionary
forces until he received a COM
mission in one Of the most
famous of Britain's guard regi-
ments. After our entry into the
war he applied for his discharge
and returned home to aid in pre-
pairing his countrymen to take
their places at the front. He is
now at one Of the national army
environments.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12

prayer hoping that one Of his strays
will get some poor unsuspecting Fritz
In the napper hundreds Of yards be-
hind the lines. 1t generally does; that's
the reason the Boches hate the man
from Erin's Isle.
The Saxons, though better than the
Prusslans and Bavarlans, have a nasty
trait of treachery In their makeup.
At one point of the line where the
trenches were very close, stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
1t was his turn, Tommy would crawl
to this stake and attach some London
papers to it, while at the foot he would
place tins Of bully beef. Tags, sweets,
and other delicacies that he had re-
ceived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz would come
out and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
to see what Fritz put into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted of a
paper from Berlin telling who was
winning the war, some timed sausages,
cigars and occasionally little beer,
but funny thing, Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless it was in
side of him. His platoon got Whit Of
his breath one night and the offending
Tommy lost his job.
One night a young English sergeant
.crawled to the stake and as he tried to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12

ter than did), had been to Coney
island and many of our ball games. He
was regular fam l couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best ball player In the world.
From New York he had gone to Lon
don, where he worked as waiter in
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents, the war came and he was con-
scripted.
He told me he was very sorry to
hear that London was in ruins from
the Zeppelin raids. 1 could not con-
vince him otherwise, for hadn't he seen
moving pictures in one of the German
cities of St. Puuls cathedral in ruins.
I changed the subject because he
was so stubborn in his belief. 1t was
my intention to try and pump him for
information as to the methods of the
German snipers who had been calls-
ing us trouble in the last few days.
l preached the subject and he shut
up like a clam. After few minutes
he very innocently said:
"German snipers get paid rewards
for killing the English"
I eagerly asked, what are theyY
He answered:
"For killing or wounding an English
private, the sniper gets one mark. For
killing or wounding an English officer
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! was the envy OF the whole section,
swanking around, telling Of the good
time l was going to have, the places
would visit, and the real, old English
beer intended to guzzle. Sort of
rubbed it into them, because they all
do it, and now that it was my turn,
took pains to get my own back.
At nine reported to the captain, re-
ceiving my travel order and pass. He
asked me how much money I wanted
to draw. 1 glibly answered, "Three
hundred francs, sir" he just as glibly
handed me one hundred.
Reporting at brigade headquarters,
with my pack weighing ton, waited,
with forty others, for the adjutant to
inspect us. After an hours wait, he
came out; must have been sore because
he wasn't going with US.
The quartermaster sergeant issued
us two days rations, In little white
canvas ration bag which we tied to
our belts.
Then two motor lorries came along
and we piled In, laughing, joking, and
In the best IF spirits. We even loved
the Germans, we were feeling so happy.
Our journey to seven days bliss In
Blighty had commenced.
The ride in the lorry lasted about
two hours; by this time we were COW
cred with fine, white dust from the
road. but didn't mind, even if we were
nearly choking.
At the railroad station at r we
reported to an officer, who had white
band around his arm, which read "R.
T. O." (Royal Transportation Oficer).
To us this officer was Santa Claus.
The sergeant in charge showed him
our orders; he glanced through them
and said: MAKE yourselves comfort
able on the platform and don't leave;
the train is liable to be along in five
minutes-or five hours"
1t came in five hours, a string Of
eleven match boxes ON big, high
wheels, drawn by a dinky little engine
with the "con." These match boxes
We're cattle cars, on the sides of which
was painted the old familiar sign,
'Hommes 40, Chevaux s."
The r. r. o. stuck US all into one
car. We didn't care; it was as good
as Pullman to us.
Two days we spent on that train,
humping, stopping, Jerking ahead, and
sometimes sliding back. At three sta
tons we stopped long enough to make
some tea, but were unable to wash, so
when we arrived at B, where we
were to embark for Blighty, we were
as black as Turcos and, with our I'M
shaven faces, we looked like a lot Of
tramps. Though tired out, we were
happy.
We had packed up, preparatory to
detraining, when r. T. o. held up his
hand for us to stop where we were
and came oyer This is what he said:
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"Boys, I'm sorry, but orders have just
been received cancelling all leave. If
you had been three hours earlier you
would have gotten away. Just stay in
that train, as it is going back. Rations
will be issued to you for your return
journey to your respective stations.
Beastly rotten, know" Then he left.
A dead silence resulted. Then men
started to curse, threw their rifles on
the floor of the car; others said moth
ing, seemed to be stupefed, while some
had the tears running down their
cheeks. 1t was a bitter disappointment
to all.
How we blinded at the engineer Of
that train; it was all his fault $50 we
reasoned) why hadn't he speeded up
little or been on time, then we would
have gotten off before the order ar
rived? Now it was no Blighty for us.
That return journey was misery to
us; just can't describe it.
When we got back to rest billets, we
found that our brigade was in the
trenches (anOther agreeable surprise)
and that an attack was contemplated
Seventeen of the forty-one will never
get another chance to 60 on leave;
they were killed in the attack. Just
think If that train had been on time,
those seventeen would still be alive.
l hate to tell you how l was kidded
by the boys whenI got back, but it was
good and plenty.
Our machine gun company took over
their part of the line at seven o'clock,
the night after I returned from my
near leave.
At $3.50 the following morning three
waves went over and captured the first
and second German trenches. The
machine gunners went over with the
fourth wave to consolidate the cap
tured line or "dig in," as Tommy calls
it.. <..
Crossing No Mans Land without
clicking any casualties, we came to
the German trench and mounted our
guns on the parados of same.
I never saw such a mess in my life
lunches of twisted barbed wire lying
about, shell holes everywhere, trench
all dashed ill., parapets- gone, and dead
bodies, why, that ditch was full of
them, theirs and DUES. It was regu-
lar morgue. Some We're mangled hor-
ribly from our shell fire, while others
were wholly or partly buried in the
mud, the result of shell explosions cav
ing in the walls of the trench. One
dead German was lying on his back,
with rifle sticking straight up in the
air, the bayonet Of which was buried
to the hilt in his chest. Across his feet
lay dead English soldier with bull
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Triumph of Enoineerino.

One of the greatest engineering prof.
ects of the world, the Suez canal, was
formally opened 4S years ago. The
canal cost $1OO,OOO,OOO. The festival
given by the khedive in commemora-
ton of the opening Of the canal cost
$23,OOO,OOO, or fourth as much as the
canal. Cairo was gaily decked for the
event, which was attended by the EN-.
peror of Austria, the empress of
France, and many other high person
ages. The engineering work Of the ca
nal was under the direction of the
great French engineer, De Lesseps.
The canal is So miles long.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12
CHAPTER Xxx.
"Chats With Fritz"

"Chats With Fritz"
We were swimming in money, from
the receipts of our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again take over"their
sector of the line.
The day that these orders were is-
sued, our captain assembled the COM
pany and asked for volunteers to 60 to
the Machine Gun school at st. Omar.
volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course in machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
the brigade machine gun company. 1t
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates. ..
The gun we used was the Vickers,
Light 1903, water cooled.
was still member of the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. was assigned to
section 1, gun No. 2 and the first time
'in" took position in the front-line
trench.
During the day our gun would be
dismounted on the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared dugOut with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand to" we
would mount our gun on the parapet
and go on watch beside it until stand
down. in the morning. Then the gun
would be dismounted and again placed
in readiness on the fire step.
We did eight days in the front-line
trench without anything unusual hap
pening outside of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
"carry out" a bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled off. This raid
ing party consisted Of sixty company
men, sixteen bombers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore, because they turned loose
barrage of shrapnel, with few Min
MES" and "whizz bangs" intermixed.
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hailstones.
To get even, we could have left the
prisoners in the fire trench, in charge
of the men on guard and let them click
Fritz's strafeing but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way.
Five Of them were brought into my
dugout and turned over to me so that
they would be safe from the German
fire.
In the candlelight, they looked very
much shaken, nerves gone and chalky
faces, with the exception Of one,
great big fellow. He looked very much
at ease. I liked him from the start.
I got out the rum jar and gave each
a nip and passed around some flags,
the old reliable Woodbines. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said in English, 'Thank
you, sir, the rum Is excellent and ap-
preciate it, also your kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, of the Sixty-sixth Bavarian
Light infantry; that he had lived six
wears in New York (knew the city bet |
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"0ver the Top
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EnPEY
Machine Gunner Ssssias b Fssass
(Oopyrishk Mi, By Arthur Cay naosgl

(Oopyrishk lSl7. BY Arthur Guy Anogl
is IN working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat
isfied and ready to meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scotchman sits
on the fire step, his rifle with bayonet
fixed between his mees the butt OF
which perhaps is sinking into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with
team Of horses 1t Is SO rusty-but he
Ispits on his sleeve and slowly polishes
his bayonet; when this Is done he also
IL ready to argue with Fritz.
1t Is not necessary to mention the
cOlonials (the Canadians, Australians
and New Zealanders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
He termed the "Anzac," taking the
name from the first letters of their Of
fetal designation, Australian and New
Zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
fighting abilities. They rank as fol-
lows: Prussians, Bavarians and Sax
ons.
When up against Prussfan regi-
ment it is case Of keep your NAPIER
below the parapet and duck. A bang
bang all the time and war is on. The
Bavarians are little better, but the
SaxonS are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen.
tlemen and take it easy, but you cam
not trust any Of them overlong.
At one point of the line the trenches
We're about thirty-two yards apart.
This sounds horrible, but in fact it was
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's front-line trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery fire.
In these trenches when up against
the Prussians and Bavarians, Tommy
had a hot time of it, but when the Sax
ons ''took over" it was picnic; they
would yell across that they were Sax
ons and would not fire. Both sides
would sit on the parapet and carry on
conversation. This generally consist
ed of Tommy telling them how much
he loved the kaiser, while the Saxons
informed Tommy that King George
was particular friend Of theirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieved
by Prussians or Bavarians, they would
yell this information across No Mans
Land and Tommy would Immediately
tumble into his trench and keep his
head down. A.
If an English regiment was to be re-
iieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would
tell the Saxons, and Immediately vol
ley of Bonner und Blitzens" could
be heard and it was Fritz's turn to get
crick in his back from STOPPING, and
the people in Berlin would close their
windows.
Usually when an Irishman takes over
trench. just before "stand down" in
the morning, he sticks his rifle over
the top, aimed In the direction of Ber-
lin, and engages in what is known as
the mad minute" This consists of
firing fifteen shots in minute. He
is not aiming at anything in particular
just sends over each shot with a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12
CHAPTER XXI.
About Turn.

About Turn.
The next evening we were relieved
by the til brigade, and once again
returned to rest billets. Upon arriving
at these billets we were given twenty
four hours in which to 'cean up. I had
just finished getting, the mud from my
uniform when the orderly sergeant In
formed me that my name was In orders
to leave, and that I was to report to
the orderly room In the morning for or
ders, transportation and ratlons.
I nearly had a fit, hustled about
packing up. filling my pack with SOU
venirs such as she'll heads, dud bombs,
nose caps, shrapnel balls, and Prus-
sian guardsman's helmet. In fact, be-
fore turned n that night, I had every
thing ready to report at the orderly
room at nine the next morning.
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dgtacn tine 0efmdh paper q bomb q,
ploded and mangled him horribly. FritS
had set trap and gained another VIC
tim which was only one more black
mark against him in the book Of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
lations were severed.
Returning to Tommy, think his
spirit Is best shown in the questions he
asks. 1t Is never "who is going to win"
but always "how long will 1t take?'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12
Increased Respect.

Mrs. MISUNDERSTANDING, it takes
you twice as long to drive the pigs as
1t used to-" Farmer HI know it.
You wouldn't expect me to speak harsh
to lot of critters worth $50 apiece,
would you?"-Boston Evening Trans
cript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-12
STRENGTH in Truth.

We think that we shall win truth
by striving after strength, instead Of
knowing that we shall gain strength
just in the degree that we become true
Phillips Brooks.
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FRED II. BLAIR,

Lawyer. General practice. Probat-
ing Estates speciality. Office In First
National Bank Building, Main street.
Manchester, Iowa.
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THOS. II. CARKEEK.
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. Super.
intendeht Southeast corner Sth and
Main streets, Dubuque. Iowa
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DIR. G. NJ. MORGAN.
ASSISTANT STATE VETERINARIAN.
Hospital on Delaware Street. Calls an
swered day or night Phone 414, Man
chester, Iowa.
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Nj. I. II. RICHMOND.
ANYONE WISHING TO SELL or rent
real estate in Manchester Will do we'll
to see me.
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G. X. READING, ARCHTTECT.
Plans and specifications on all kinds
of work. Office 80S East Union street,
Manchester, Iowa.
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YORAN & YORAN.
& ARNOLD.

attorneys AT LAW. Office over
Delaware County State Bank. Manches-
ter, Iowa.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Hubert Carr.

f.. NJ. Carr. Hubert Carr.
CARR & CARR
ATTORNEYS AT Law. Special at
tention given collections. Real estate
loans and Insurance. Office in Post
Office building, Manchester, Iowa.
YORAN & YORAN.
attorneys AT LAW. Office in
First National Bank Building, Main
Street. Manchester. Iowa.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-19
MEAT CANS- OT
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts to Flush Kidneys il Back
Hurts or Bladder
B0therS.

IL you must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys
with salts occasionally, says n noted
authority who tells us that mca1
forms uric acid, which almost para
lyzes the kidneys in their efforts to
cHpcl it. from the blood. They be
come sluggish and weaken, then you
suffer with q dull misery in the kid
ney region, sharp pains in the back
or sick headache, dizziness, YOU,
stomach SourS, tongue is coated anG
when the weather is bad YOU have
rheumatic twingeS. The urine gets
cloudy, full of sediment, the channels
often get sore and irritated. obliigvng
YOU to seek relief two or three times
during the night.
TO neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's urinous waste. get -four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here; take tablespoonful ir
a glass Of water before breakfast fol
& few days and you kidneys will then
act fine, This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and has
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lad Salts is Inexpensive; cannot in,
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Imperial Valley press., 1918-07-19

BY SHERIFF..
G. <. Kennedy vs.. Nellie |. Thomp-
son and j. c. Thompson.
Under and by virtue of judgment
and decree Of foreclosure and an or-
der of sale issued out Of the Supc-
rior Court Of the County of Impcr-
ial, State of California, on the 25th
day Of June, A. d. 1918, in the above
entitled action, wherein G. Z. Kennedy
the above named plaintiff, obtained a
Judgment and decree of foreclosure
and sale against Nellie |. Thompson
and J. c. Thompson, defendants, on
the 21st day of June, A. ID. 1918, for
the sum of $12l4.l4 dollars in gold
coin of the United States, besides in
terest, costs and counsel fees, which
said decree was, on the 2lst day Of
June, A. ID. 1918, recorded in Judg-
ment Book 5 of said court, at Page
301, 7 am commanded to sell:
The South half (Sh) of Tract Six.
ty-four (6U, Township Fifteen Q5l
South, Range Twelve 02) East, S.
+. NJ, in Imperial county, California.
Public notice is hereby given that
ON Monday, the 29th day of July, A.
- i'ic, dI ~ u CioCh Il. III. OIL tHdt
day, at the Main street entrance to
the Court House of the County Of
Imperial, in FL Centre, California, l
viii, in obedience to said Judgment,
decree and order of sale, sell the above
described property, or 50 much thereof
as may be necessary to raise surf.-
Gent money to satisfy said Judgement
and decree, with interest and COSTS,
etc, to the highest and best bidder.
for gold coin of the United State
Dated July 5, 1918.
c, NJ. APPLESTIII., Sheriff.
BY II. W. ANDERSON,
Under Sheriff.
July5-12-19-2G