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The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
Grand View "-.-"

Bill and Walt Dunivan are
home from Camp Funston, on a
two weeks furlough.
Coy Cowan returned home last
week from Granada, where she
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Grace McCully, couple OF
months.
Jack Clapp visited at Lee Ber'
ry's Sunday.
]. A. Crawford came home last
Wedne sday from Missouri, where
he had been visiting his mother a
few days.
Our school closed Saturday.
Our toacher. Miss De Hart, will
leave Wednesday for her home
! in Missouri.
Mrs. NJ. L. Hankins and Oral
and Ollie spent Sunday with Mrs.
Sam Bell ana family.
Sam Bell went to Caddo, Colo,
Monday after the rest of his
farming tools.
A large crowd attended the so
cial given for the Red Cross. A
good program was rendered.
The proceeds amounted to about
e1O nn
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
.loycoy

The most moisture of any one
time in the last two years fell
here Thursday and Friday of last
week. Three inches of rain be-
ing reported.
The prairies are getting green
"a pleasing thing to the man
with much stock.
Mr.. Lock lost fine COW Fri
day night.
Some of the dancers at =.
Mikel's came home early Sum
bay morning.
The youngest child OF }. B.
Gibson's got quite a bad burn
Easter morning by upsetting
some hot water on it's arm.
Chas. Brown sold his horses
and deliveredthem las SATURDAY
Fridays mail came in Satur-
day evening. Some were 'disap
pointed on account of not recelv'
| ling their Saturday papers to get
the war news.
If all reports are true-tbree
cheers for the allies.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
0I0 FLAT a. 70 = u

At least three inches of rain
fell in this vicinity.
Joe V. Jaclxman is remodeling
his barn.
Sam Smith and his son Her.
man made a trip to the county
seat Saturday.
Rhae Lackey autoed D. n.
Young and his mother to 1ven-
hoe, Okla., for q few days stay
recently.
Mrs. Rhae Lax is visiting
her parents, Mr.. Crick's, while
Rhae is in Oklahoma.
Harry Hocket intends to move
his family to his brother Wills
place Monday. Will intends TO
move to Cullison, Kans.
Some few have planted pota-
toes and onions.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
80St0n n-'s-~

Everything is looking fine
since the rain.
Floyd Dapron and wife and
son. and Harry Ames and family,
spent Sunday at BERTHE Dapron's
Mrs. Charlie Wilson is down
home to spend hsw days with
her husband.
The Riney & Nuby sale at the
old Bill Konkel Ranch was q sue.
cess, Everything sold high.
The ladies' aid from Stonington
served lunch.
Mrs. Amy and Mary Dapron
have the measles.
Harry Ames Got his orchard
set out last week which improves
the looks of the place.
Emil Lepel made business
trip to Liberal, Kans., Tuesday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
WAS I-n-~

WAS ,-"-~
Mrs. Pritchard, who has been
at Winfield. Kans., is 4ome
again.
Mr.. an d Mrs. Kuder of near
Elkhsrt via tied Roy Hagerman' s
Sunday.
Mrs. Yokum md John attend
ed the Easter p. rogram at Big
Flats. :.
Saturday was busy day III
Villas.
John Yokum has qm. 'is
store business and gone to ia. III
ing.
Several of the Sth graders
passed the examination with
good grades, among them being
Made Rutherford, Sara Eager.
man, John Yokum, Robert Hol-
lister, and Ora and Alex. Amer
inc,
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The New York World wants tJ
to start a Personal Liberty
league" TO house those who are
not identified with puritanical
fanatlcism on the one side nor
with the brewer and liquor-deal.
ing interests on the other. Bot,
Mr.. World. on this prohi consti-
tutional amendment proposition,
there isn't any MIDDLE ground
you are either tor it or against it
its Puritanical prohibition on
the one hand, or the salon on the
other. There can be annexes,
but there is no such thing as a
middle-of-the-road position.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
SPRINGFIELD. COUNTY. co1oRAo.

1.-THE president and I" was his
favorite eheme. ''The president
and I" this and rthe president
and 1" that. ''The president
and l" was the alpha and omega
- the first and the last, in. the
judges conversation, exclama-
tons, and other forms of enter
tainments aud activities.
The Jenningses Next Week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

JStOries nd Incidents
COf Old Boston
: and the Old Days
Anew People
In The Lime Light.
By the Writer
The Jenningses Continued

1t was Albright, sunshiny morn
ing, and up at the old public well
were. may be. half a dozen pee-
pie. Som .thing unusual seemed
to be in the air, and something
part cularly stirring at the old
'own mill.
In3eed, a scrap was develop.
ing. Bob Hambric by som.
mans had gotten in bad with the
Jenningses, and Jonn Jennings
was delegated to chastise anddis.
cipline said Hambric by handing
him up q few.
The writer had just gotten VI
and taken a look cut of the win
dow when the entertainment be-
gan. John advanced, put his
wrong foot forward, and swung
with his ri ,ht. But before it
had had time to land, Bob, az he
ducked, swung with his right,
caugh6 John some place about
the sub-maxillaries, whereby said
Jennings took up a new posi-
tion on terra tirna- correspond
ing to the lay of the country.
That closed round one. Evi-
dently John wasn't impressed
with the showing he had made,
and thought he would stand a
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
PILOT POINT ss-s-s

J. j. Pulliam just about finish.
ed blowing has little strip of sod
this week.
Roy Hickcox and Miss Willie
Cox took Sunday dinner Wednes-
day at the r. l. johnson home.
Mr.. Monroe is doing some
fencing.
Dick HickcoX was home for a
short stay the first of the week.
John Willipgham and family
were callars at grandpa Willing
hams Sunday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
CLYDE '-"-.

Reuben Swa,., ,ner has been
quite sick, but is better now.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Madden
spent Saturday evening at Kirk.
endall's.
Floyd and Crowther Pearce
hauled alfalfa hay from Two
Bu:tes ,ast week.
Frank Lunty drilled well last
week for A. M. Davis,
Mrs. Tom Park spend last
Monday with Ms. I. G. Simp-
son.
The young folks of the neigh
hood had surprise party on Mr.
and Mrs. Will Davis last Satur-
day night.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Prepare to meet the assessor
and his fIanking army now any
day. We understand they start
ed out the first of the week I,
armed for the drive. and pre-
pared for any emergency. Meet
the assessor at the door with a
smile or something else lying
around handy. tell him how Old
you are, how many children.
teeth and other property you've
got and If he doesn't think you've
got too many he will go off and
leave you in peace.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The rain last we ek wa 9
general over the entire south.
west. The whole Of Baca county
was well covered. and probably
an inch and a half Of rain went
into the ground. The rain being
slow and steady it all went into
the ground. and with the ground
already in good shape, the
spring thus starts Off in the best
shape it has since ii.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
PRIDE ,a.~-~

PRIDE ,a.s.-4
Charlie Carr and J. W. Har-
mon ond wife are attending the
convention of the stock rRisers'
association at Dallas, Tex.
W. B. Rogers. Sam Browning.
Joe Spear and Dan Hoffner we're
Springfield visitors Wednesday.
The Sheldon Bros. are at Tex
homa this week. Their mother
was to have public sale Dues-
day. and they went to help her
prepare for it.
Quite a little sickness in this
neighborhood, but nothing seri-
Gus.
Lewis Stewart and wife are
visiting relatives near Port, Okla.
Left in their car for that place
Saturday, March %.
The WineRarner boys hauled
some broemcorn to Elkhort
Monday.
Will Crumpton seeded broom
corn Wednesday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Congressman Keating in his
letter expresses the hope that the
government will take over the
telephone and telegraph lines
hold them and operate them.
We believe the time has come for
government ov nershir of ce, tain
utilities. the telephone ard tele-
graph among them. and not GER
tain but that the railroads should
be included.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
Tall Pines

Grass is starting fine.
Willie Nugent, Mrs. Collins
and Myrtle Vanderpool have
their incubators setting.
MorninR-of the 30th Wander
pool had q COW jump off the cap
rock. She was very dead when
found.
Dave Davis lost a fine steer
with the hlackleR.
Tom Caldwell and family ariv-
ed home from their visit in Okla-
hona.
Lawrence Gaston's were calling
on Charley Alison Sunday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Do you know it-that this war
is bringing Mr.. Pinto Bean into
the lime light? SO cars each
have already been shipped to
Boston, New York. Philadelphia,
100 cars each to Chicago and St.
Lewis, etc., etc. Thus what the
government has done in three
months would have taken ten
years by the ordinary methods.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
EDLER IL ss-S

Ralph Fox has returned from
the oil fields of Kansas.
We had a quiet rain to start
Thursday morning. FRIDAY
morning it was showing and
raining as though it was going to
be blizzard.
O, E. Milburn of Oklarado
spent the night at G. Golfers on
his way home from Lamar with
a bunch of brood mares.
Dave Ziegler has gone to Tex
for a load Of oil cake for the
,,r.h ranch.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The program given by the
Springfield high school Saturday
uight has been commented on by
everyone attending "a being fne
the teachers deserving great
credit for making such a fine en-.
tertainn snt possible. Come out
tomorrow night and hear the
other half of the program.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The way to fight the devil is
with fire. The Germans have
bought their way into Russia.
10 there any reason why the al
lies should not turn their agents
loose in Russia with money? We
have no doubt that money conld
put an effective Russian army in
the field inside of sixty days.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Let US not forget that flag pole.
Arrangements should be complet-
ed and the pole raised, with q
large flag and red. white and
blue bulbs at the top.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Fifty car loads of pinto beans
have been shipped to Boston, and
We suppose that next year they
will come back to US as Boston
Baked Beans"
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The junior soldiers pie supper
Monday night nctted over $42.
That's pretty go0d. and will give
the boys money to further equip
themselves.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The man who lists bis ground
now is en-Iisting in the service
of the government at the same
time, and, incidentally, that man
the government knows it can de-
pend upon.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

In a speech recently in con-
gress the remarkable statement
was made that it costs nearly as
much to send message, mile for
mile, as it does to ship q ton Of
freight,
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
Graft ,.-...

UI0Il
John Graft has returned from
q four weeks business trip
through Kansas
Eugene Orr is on his claim for
q few days before going back to
Garden City.
Van Buskirk's and Torrance's
are back on their claim after be-
ing in Lamar the past winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cory have return.
led from Texas.
Cepb Randles is back from
| Oklahoma.
Jack Ratcliff has returned from
Ia business trip to Denver.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Bro. Barkhausen is moving
heaven and earth-and their sat
elites, to bea. Honest John."
but 50 far we believe he hasen't
trotted out any David to slay the
Guliah. Who is the man. John,
that i, going to get the big fell
lows scalp?.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The reason the Herald classi-
fled column has become so pupu.
lar is because it brings results.
One Of the first things Herald
readers do is 10 turn to The Glass;
flied cvlumr-cause there's al
ways something there Of inter-
est.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Contracts by growers of Deans
have been signed up for 48, 600.
600 pounds, and mvre are COM
ing in every day. Thus the bean
drive has been a complete sue
caaa.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
Stonington $s:a

DR.. Nicholson reports q boy at
r. A. Stevenson's.
VIM. Waldroup has the grad
ing outfit south of town this
week.
Jason Waldron leased the
Thompson garage and took pos.
session the last Of the week.
Frank Riggs, who had It, moving
to Fargon. Okla.
q. X. Hills. whose Office was
in the Thompson garage. has
moved his Office to his residence,
where he is prepared to write
insurance or do any kind Of no.
tary work.
Ike Heckethorn built q new
windmill tower for DR.. Michol.
son last week.
s. l.. Thompson got in a car
load of farm implements and .
load of potatoes last week.
Our school board bought q fine
piano for our school house which
was delivered last week.
Eugene Patchin and wife are
going to spend the summer in
California.
Mrs. Ruth Belle has rented a
part of the Barbe shop and has
put in a nice stock Of millinery
gonds.
Gene Bewley, Ed Drew. and
others brought in freight for
Thompson last week.
AL Templin, the best barber In
Baca county. has purchased two
acres of land of Eugene Patchip,
and will commence the erection
of fine cottage.
Mrs. Ollie Riggs, principal of
our school, has been very sick
the past week. Mrs. Powell has
been teaching for her.
Jay Waldren and Arthur Mar
lott made q trip to holly last
week, bringing back Q new Ford
Geo. Ramsey who has spen'
the winter in New York, return
led home Lass Thursday. Georp'
tells US he stopped offin Chieae'
and heard Billey Sunday preach
A few blackened eyes and
few scratches are the res 1t of {
misunderstanding of CO DC o:
our citizens last Friday.
The sale advertised tor las
Saturday was well attended. ant
proved to be quite . combination
sale. Others contributing were
Walter Frank. D. o. Brown,
Frank Riggs, 81. K. Ellis, and w
A. Thompson.
We hear Chas. Nance is nov
located at La Junta where he Is
employed ip q store.
w. E. French received g mes
sage last Saturday calling k>im tt
Tyrone, Okla. saying his brl ,the
Elmer had died at K. C. an'
would be shipped to Tyrone TO
burial. Will started Immediately
The many friends of Elmer al
sorry to hear of his death.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The city council decided to put
in nine crossings. four in the
center of town, the others north
and south on Main street, and
work was begun on them last
weak.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
Buy . liberty bopd of the third
Liberty loan.

Wonder how many know it
that the German Won isn't Won
at all. but 'fun'-a Ia German
pronunciation.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The Palace hotel and other
hotels and eating places report
that the drive is still on in their
respection lines-people coming
all che time. The whole world
seems to have heard Of Spring.
field.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The Chatauqua date has been
set for June S, which we believe
BY the early spring to be about
the best date that could have
been chosen.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

AS a result of the new time.
we are now having breakfast al,
hour before getting up, and 70.
ing to bed an hour before sup
per. We haven't as yet figured
up just what we have been saw.
ing, or how much of it.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

We are in hopes our merchants
will try the Two Buttes -four.
and if IL il good we believe It
should be used by the people OF
the county generally. We should
encourage home enterprise.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The Allies have peen and still
are bard pressed on the west
front, but unless the Huns can
bre ak through while making this
drive, their finish in the end
ought to be patent even in Berlin.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

The Kenton Record with Ced-
ric Konkel at the helm came to
hand this week, and must say
that Cedric has done excellent
with his first all-alone experi-
ence.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

MS gun. o0 Iu6uc u 6WAu& Will
1t, but Tom Hambrlc grabbed it
from the rear, and held it as a
of war. Iis..
The insurgents then declared a
truce, and. in the language Of
Carnegie. the jig was up for that
morning. 1t was three days be-
fore John would premise not to
use his gun if given back to him.
when he came again into pos
session of his litsle pet. .-t
II was another bright. balmy
morning when there seemed again
to be something doing up at the
old town we'll. This time the
whole town seemed to be there,
and Frank Jennings and Geo.
Daniel were the central figures
in q ring that had been formed
round about.
There was aquarrel on between
the Jenningses and Hughes, and
George, thinking it was up to
him to stand in with the side that
had the s sign attached to it, pro-
ceeded through his paper TO pour
some hot shot into the old Judge.
Thereupon the Jenninges held
a council of war, to determine on
a counter offensive. Frank was
chosen to argue the case with
Daniel; and in order that his ar
yument would be effective in con
George and turning him
from the error of his ways, he
himself with an un-
pair of lead kpucks.
Un.lawyer like, Frank thus
provided himself with the wrong
text book to win the case. When
the writer came on the scene,
Frank was holding his knuck
hand back of him, the kpucks
being so twisted that he coul1n' t
further use them.
Georges face was bleeding
profusely from tvs or three
blows from the knucks, and they
were holding each other at arms
length, neither APPARENTLY carng
to reopen the argument.
At the beginning of the offens-
i've, which was previous to our
LEU Eeeder-a boy the
Jenningses raised. and Forney,
afterwards AL, kept the crowd
back at the muzzle of their guns,
Lou, it was said, showing his
cooked gun against the breasts
of the innermost ones of the ring
and ordering them to stand back.
Frank, with. the knuc!xs bent
down on his hand, wasn't in
shape to continue the drive, and
George seeming to have had a
plenty and willing to throw up
the sponge and quit, they m'itu-
ally backed away from each 9TH
er and the Entertainment was
over for that time.
1t was at Trinidad, and the
hoard of county commissioners
were in session. Judge Jennings
and Doc IcCrory had performed
a postmortuln on one of Boston's S
unfortunales, who had died with
out making his will.
The charge for their services
we believe was $40, but may have
been more. In any event, it was
a clear case of graft, and the
commissioners refused to pay
the bill.
Forney was selected as the at
torney in the case, and, as we
we're afterwards informed, his
we're a pistol and vi
tuperaticn.
The com missioners not being
with Blackstonian meth
DDS. in the end Forney and his
Blackstone convinced them that
they were wrong, and they al
lowed the bill.
This information came second
hand, and it may be the details
were exaggerated, but there is
no doubt that tile board allowed
a bill for expert surgical services
that might AS well have been per-
formed on a dead cat.
The Jenningses and 9Th e
(Hughes), were some-
<;-oo, th;ok op1 c,>roat;roc fhir
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Wilford Konkel. Harry Ames,
Geo. Poyner, J. B. Villers and
Ed Stapleton, hearing of the Hin.
denbnrg drive to the west. hur-
ried up to Springfield Tuesday to
head him off and to assist if nec-
essary in the defense of the city.
Finding all quiet (still) on the Po-
tomac, they returned home, af-
ter having arranged for flash
signal in case their services
should be further needed.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05
BROOMCORN

The Kind to Grtw and That Is
Wanted by the Baca County
Broom Factory at Spring.
field.
One Of the things to be aimed
at by the factory to be built at
Springfield this summer is to
make q reputation for 5rooms of
quality-a reputation that will it.
self be a guarantee for the
brooms the factory puts on the
market.
To make this class of brooms
depends first on the factory, and
second on the brush. AS the
machines of the factory are to be
the most modern and up-to- date
made. and an expert broom maxi
er will be put at the helm, it fol-
lows that the success of the fac
tory in turning out the quality
required to give class to the
brooms made, and to the factory
the reputation desired, will re.
quire the right kind thrush for
the making of such brooms.
The growing of that kind of
brush is an all.r0upd business
proposition; really, an all-round
dollar proposition, as it is just
the difference of a good price for
what you raise. as against a poor
price, or no price 1t all. for the
other kind of Drusb.
THE SEED
The first thing of the seed is
its purity. Properly. each man
should grow his own seed, aud
properly his seed kach should ba
issolated from all other sor
ghums, and in this way it's puri--
ty could be maintained and the
quality built up.
AS very few are growing their
own seed, it follows that those
wanting seed will have to plant
the seed that he buys, and thus
make the most of it--depending
upon the other fellows word for
it as to its quality.
The second thing of the seed is
to have it wholly free of stems;
and to so have it requires it to be
thoroughly ripe, and then after
threshing to have it thoroughly
sifted.
The purpose of having the
seed wholly free from stems is to
enable it to pass through small
plate holes to give you the stand
you want; and unless it is free
from stems 1t will choke up, and
some OF the time or a whole lot
of the time not be planting.
TIE PLANTING
The kind of brush you grow,
after having the right kind of
scotland the seed just right, is
dependable very largely on the
stand you are able to secure.
If too thick on the ground, the
brush will be too short and fine,
and if very thick will be stemmy.
On the other hand, if the stand
is too thin the brush will be too
long and course. and great
many goose-necks will also re.
suit.
1t isn't always you can grow
the brush wanted. as, when the
seed, the planting and every
thing else is right, the extremes
of seasons may make a great
difference in the results of your
efforts.
1t follows that the nearest right
planting is not planting for eth
er of the extremes, but to get in
between them to plant for the
average season,
If you could have one or two
seeds dropped at a place, we be-
lieve the stand could be thicker
more stocks on the ground, than
by planting in hills two, three or
fou feet apart, as where there
are too many stalks in a hill the
brush will be uneven, whatever the
distance the hills are apart.
As we intend to make each of
these broomcorn growing arti-
cles short, we will leave the
planting here to take it up next
week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-04-05

Mrs. A. NJ. Davis. Clyde couu.
try-$1.50.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-14
Custody Of Daughter
Won by E. M. Kaiser

After numerous court proceedings
lasting several months Justice Mullan
in the Supreme Court yesterday de-
cided that Emanuel NJ. Kaiser, law
yer, should have the custody of his
ten ycarold daughter Eleanor.
Mrs. Edith kaiser-Herz, who OBJ
tanned a divorce from Mr.. Kaiser and
is now the wife Of a Pittsburgh mer-
chant, was fined $3.50 several months
ago for disobcying a writ of habeas
corpus to produce Eleanor in court.
In asking for the custody of his daugh-
ter, Mr.. Kaiser complained thai she
spent much of her time in the care of
her maternal grandparents and that
often she was left in the care of SER
wants. After Mrs. Kaiser obtained her
divorce in Pennsylvania and remarked
Mr.. Kaiser sued in New York for a
divorce, making Mr.. Herr the core
spondent. He obtained his decree. the
court here holding the Pennsylvania
divorce invalid
Justice Mullan said in his decision
that Mrs. Kaiser-Herz undoubtedly es-
tablished her domicile in Pennsylvania
that she might sue for divorce, and
that the court believed that the best
interest Of the child required that she
be given to the custody of her father.