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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28

long, ungainly rifle patterned after the
Daniel Boone period, and you have an
idea of a British soldier In Blighty.
Before leaving for France, this rifle
is taken from him and he is issued
with a Lee-Enfield short trench rife
and a ration bag.
In France he receives two gas he'll
NETS, a sheepskin coat, rubber mack
intosh, steel helmet, two blankets, tear
shell goggles, a balaclava helmet,
gloves and a tin OF a~ntifrostblte grease
which is excellent for greasing the
boots. Add to this the weight of his
rations, and can you blame Tommy for
growing at a twenty-kilo route march?
Having served as sergeant major in
the United States cavalry, / tried to
tell the English drill sergeants their
business, but il did not work. They
Immediately put me as batman in their
mess. Many a greasy dish of stew was
accidentally spilled over them.
l would sooner fight than be a waiter,
so when the order came through from
headquarters calling for a draft of
$50 re-enforcements for France, l vol
unteered.
Then we went before the NJ. o.
(medical oficer) for another physical
examination. This was very brief. He
asked our names and numbers and
said Fit" and we went out to fight.
We were put into troop trains and
sent to Southampton, where we de-
trained, and had our trench rifles is
sued TO us. Then In columns of twos
we went up the gangplank of a little
steamer lying alongside the dock.
At the head of the gangplank there
was an old sergeant, who directed that
we line ourselves along both rails of
the ship. Then he ordered us to take
life belts from the racks overhead and
put them on. | have crossed the ocean
several times and knew | was not sea-
sick. but when l buckled on that life
belt / had a sensation of sickness.
After we got out into the stream all
l could think of was that there were a
million German submarines with a tor
pedo on each, across the warhead of
which was inscribed my nam and ad-
~ess.
longside
a pier and disembarked. I had at
tanned another one of my ambitions.
| was somewhere in France" We
slept in the open that night on the side
of the road. About six the next morn
ing we were ordered to entrain. l
looked around for the passenger
coaches, but all / could see on the sid
ing were cattle cars. We climbed into
these. On the side of each car was
a sign reading "Hommes 40, Cheveaux
s." When we got inside of the cars,
we thought that perhaps the sign
painter had reversed the order Of
things. After As hours in these trucks
we detrained at Rouen. At this place
we went through an intensive training
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28

J Whereas, Eugene Hildebrand did on
the 22d day of March, AID. 1918, duly
file a petition with the Clerk of the
above entitled Court praying hat a
certain document, duly presented and
filed herein, p%urporting to be an ex-
emplifed copy of the last will and
testament of John Gauler, be admitted
to probate and that Letters of Admin
~istration with the Will Annexed be
issued to said petitioner, Eugene
Hildebrand;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given hat Wednesday, the Sd day of
April, AID. 1918, at the hour of 10
o'clock am. of said day, and the Court
room of the above entitled Court, at
the Court house of said County, at
Winnemucca, in said County and
State, have been appointed as the time
and place of proving said purported
eXempliied copy of the last will and
testament of John Gauler, deceased,
and for the hearing of said applica-
ton of said Eugene Hildebrand for
the issuance of Letters of Admins
tration with the Will Annexed; at
which time and place all persons in
terested may appear and show cause,
if any they have. why the said pur-
ported exemplified copy of the said
last will and testament should not be
admitted to probate and Letters of
Administration with the Will An
nexed be issued as prayed for in said
petition.
Dated: Winnemucca, Nevada, March
%, 1918.
j. w. DAVEY,
Clerk of the Court.
By c.. C. WRIGHT,
Court SeaD Deputy.
Date of first publication. Mar. %, 1918.
Date of last publication. April 2, 1918.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28

menced throwing a miscellaneous as
sortment Of straps, buckles and other
paraphernalia into it. l thought he
would never stop, but when the pile
reached to my knees he paused long
enough to say, "Next, No. 5217, 'Arris,
Il company" / gaZed in bewilderment
at the pile of junk in front of me, and
then my eyes wandered around looking
for the wagon which was TO carry IL
to barracks. / vas rudely brought to
earth by the quarter exclaiming,
"'Ere, you. 'op it; tyke it aw'y; blind
my eyes, 'e's looking for is batman to
'elp i'm carry it."
Struggling under the load, with fire.
quent pauses for rest, / reached our
barracks Qarge car barns), and my
platoon leader came to the rescue. 1t
was a marvel to me how quickly he
assembled the equipment. After he
had completed the task, he showed me
how to adjust 1t on my person. Pretty
soon / stood before him a proper Tom
IN Atkins In heavy marching order,
feeling like an overloaded camel.
On M feet were heavy-soled boots,
studded with hobnails, the toes and
heels of which were REINFORCED by
steel half-moons. My legs were In
cased In wooden puttees, olive drab In
color, with my trousers overlapping
them at the top. Then a wooden khaki
tunic, under which was a blush gray
wooden shirt, minus a collar; beneath
this shirt a wooden belly band about
six inches wide. held in place by tie
strings of white tape. On my head
was a heavy wooden trench cap, with
huge earlaps buttoned over the top
Then ethe equipment: A canvas belt
with ammunition pockets, and two
wide canvas straps like suspenders
called I'D" straps, fastened to the bell
in front, passing owe each shoulder
crossing in the middle of my back, and
attached by buckles to the real of the
belt. on the right side of the bell
hung a water bottle, covered with felt
on the left side was my bayonet and
scabbard, and intrenching tool handle
this handle strapped to the bayonet
scabbard. In the rear was my In
trenching tool, carried in a canvas case
This tool was a combination pick anC
spade. A canvas haversack wa
strapped to the left side of the belt
while on my back was the pack, als'
of canvas, held in place by two canvas
straps over the shoulders; suspended
on the bottom of the pack was m
mess tin or canteen In a neat littl'
canvas case. My waterproof sheet
looking like a jelly roll. was strappe'
on top of the pack, with a wooden sticl
for cleaning the breach of the rifle pro
jecting from each end. On a lanyar'
around my waist hung a huge jack
knife with a %can-opener attachment
The pack contained my overcoat, al
extra pair of socks. change of under
wear. hold all Containing knife. fork
spoon. comb. toothbrush. lather brush
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Ffred by the news OF the
sinking of the Lusitania by a German
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey. an Ameri-
can, leaves his office i'm Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists in the
British army.
CHAPTER 1I-After a period of train
ing, Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
ice and soon finds himself in rest billets
somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ent Coolies"
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while a Ger
mar Fokker circles over the congregation.
Wv -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

9 A grand ball will be given o Friday, March "a, 1893, by the young 9
(. men of Winnemucca. Committee on arrangement: Geo. Miller, Harry
. Leonard, w. A. Nixon, Simon Reinhart. Thomas Denenbaugh, W. A.
. Brown, M. Kline, Jas. Keane; floor director, A. l.. Bracket; committee {
. OF music, II. Schmidt. F. Poulin, Winfield Elliott, J. A. Ferraro, c. N.
9 Mcbride, VIM. Richards. A general invitation is extended. Tickets adj
. hitting ladies and gentlemen, $150 An excellent supper will be served
. at the Capital restaurant.
. The man who attempts to do business without advertising may be
@ compared to a young fellow winking at his girl in the dark. He knows
o what he is doing, but NO n else does.
o o o o Q o
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
for ten days.

for ten days.
The training consisted of the rudi-
ments of trench warfare. Trenches
had been dug, with barbed wire en-
tanglements, bombing saps, dugouts,
observation posts and machine gun en-
placements. We were given a smat-
tering of trench cooking, sanitation,
bomb throwing. accommodating, listen
ing posts, constructing and repairing
barbed wire, carrying in" parties,
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
M STAGE LINES

Office and Garage, Sixth and Melar
key Sts., Winnemucca. Phone As.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
Paradise and Willow Point Line

Leaves Winnemucca (and opposite
points, daily, except Sunday. at z a
M. for Paradise, Willow Point and
way stations. 25 lbs. baggage allow
ed; &c Id. for excess.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
CHAPTER n.
BIIqhty to Rest BiIIets.

The next morning the captain sent
for me and Informed me: "Empey, as
q recruiting sergeant you are a wash
out" and sent me to a training depot.
After arriving at this place, l was
hustled to the quartermaster stores
and received an awful shock. The
quartermaster sergeant spread o wa
t~erproof sheet on the ground and COM
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
lover the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machiae Gunner Serving In France
Moehiae Gunner Sereing In France

Copyright 1917, By Arthur Guy Bmpey)
cling round and round In the sky. This
was a German Fokker. The chaplain
had a book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-right eye on the airplane.
We Tommies were lucky, we had no
books, so had both eyes on the air
plane.
After church parade we were
marched back to our billets, and played
football all afternoon.
Ito Be Continuedl
Germany is a country bounded by
war on M side and by anarchy on
the other.-lFlorida Times-Union.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-03-28
McDermitt.N National Line

Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily, except Sunday. at z a
M, for McDermitt, National and way
stations.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

excess profit tax of rs per cent.
Yet he did not mention that Senator
Thompson favored an 80 per cent
excess profit tax and voted for an
80 per cent excess profit tax, and
fought for it, and that it was not the
fault of the Senator from Kansas
that the tax was not placed at 80 per
cent.
The Governors next idea was Ma
tional Prohibition. He said he
thought the breweries and distiller-
les should be closed, and we agreed
with him fully. Yet he did not tell
the people that on every occasion
Senator Thompson had spoken and
voted for the bills that would accom-
plish this.
And Mr.. Capper forgot one thing.
That was Woman's Suffrage. He
would probably have said that he
favored National Suffrage, but it is
hardly likely that he would have said
Mr.. Thompson is staunch advocate
of Woman's Suffrage and has un-
ceasingly worked fer the success of
the National Woman's Suffrage bill.
Mr.. Capper made nice talk, full
of good cheer and Kansas spirit. He
spoke in glowing terms of the Kan
sas boys at the front, and paid tribute
to Kansas and her people. He left
the impression that he was for every
thing that everybody wanted, which
sounded well, notwithstanding that
it would be impossible.
Principally, Mr.. Capper wants to
be Senator. 1t is laudible ambition.
And if he should be elected he might
make good, but we fail to see the
wisdom Of changing Senators right
now. Surely with Democratic Ma
tional Administration, Kansas can get
more recognition with a Democratic
Senator than one not in accord with
the views of the President, and that
is what Kansas wants.
Mr.. Thompson stands for every
thing that Kansas wants, National
Prohibition, National Suffrage, Gov
eminent control of the packing plants
as well as high taxes for profiteers
and a square deal for the wheat rails
ers. And Senator Thompson can
come nearer getting what he wants
than any man we can send to Wash
ington.
It makes no difference what man
stands for at Washington, it is
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
THE LIBERAL BAND MADE
GOOD LAST SATURDAY
Although Boys Had But Short Time
In Which to Prepare They
Pleased The Crowd

One of the really pleasing features
of the Equity Rally last Saturday,
was the music made by the Liberal
Band. Although they had but very
short time in which to prepare, they
got away with the music end in good
shape, and many compliments were
heard.
Frank E. Cawley of the Taylor
Cleaning and Pressing Works, a
musician of considerable ability, is
now leading the band, and the mem
bers speak highly of his work.
1t costs money to buy music and
keep a band going, and if the people
of Liberal appreciate this organiza-
ton they can think up some excuse
once in while to give the boys a
chance to get the needed finances.
A street concert occasionally with
some of the new war time music
would stimulate patriotism and shame
slackers and the Liberal Band can
do it if they are asked.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
THE CAPPER SPEECH

Governor Capper's speech last Sat
urday was keen disappointment to
those who expected him to lambast
the Administration and Senator
Thompson, and showed plainly that
he had no fault find with Senator
Thompson, as indeed no right think
ing man has.
He took occasion to mention the
regulation of the price Of wheat,
and intimated that the wheat raisers
were not getting a square deal. How
ever he failed to mention that Sena-
tor Thompson voted on every roll
call for $3.50 wheat, which is shown
by the record of the bill.
Mr.. Capper went after the packers
rough shod, just as he should have
done. He agreed that they were not
only going to "get theirs" but men,
toned that it would be Gail for
them" However he failed to men,
ton that Senator Thompson was one
of the original bunch who started the
fight on the packers and that Senator
Thompson has a bill now before the
Senate authorizing the President to
take over the packing plants of the
country.
The Governor was especially bit
he did not say so in this speech he
he din not say so in this speech he
has in others, that he favored an
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
CHAPMAN

Georgia Francis Perry was born
in Galloway county, Missouri, No.
vember %, 1886, and departed this
life September 26, 1918 at Liberal
Kansas, aged 81 years, 10 months and
days.
She was united in marriage to Vir.
gil F. Chapman May II, 1918 al
Woodward, Oklahoma. -,
They made Liberal their home until
about two years ago when they NOV
ed to the farm southeast of Liberal
near Mocane, Oklahoma.
She was reared in the Catholic
faith, but while in Liberal she at
tended the Methodist church.
She leaves a husband and son Lee
by a former marriage, father, mother
three brothers and five sisters.
Funeral services were held from
the M. E. church Sunday afternoon
at 8 o'clock, Elder Taylor having
charge of the services.
Interment was made in Liberia
cemetery.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
ATTTRNEY H. A. GASKILL
TO GO TO TRAINING CAM

Attorney H. A. Gaskill is adver-
Using a sale of his household effects
this week, and will leave the twelfth
of this month for Camp Pike, near
Little Rock, Arkansas, to enter the
officers training camp.
Gaskill has held on as long as he
can stand it and says he has just got
to get into the scrap, and it is fortu-
nate that he is so situated that it is
possible.
We are confidently expecting to
hear that he has made good and will
do his part to satisfy the ambition OF
Kaiser Bill to retire from public life.
The best wishes Of all will go with
Harry, his estimable wife and sweet
little daughter.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
LIBERAL HIGH WALLOPED
THE GUYMON ELEVEN

Confident and smiling the Guymon
foot ball team marched onto the
Liberal gridiron last Friday after
noon.
It was going to be so easy to wipe
up the little fellows who had nerve
enough to represent Liberal High.
But they weren't so smiling when
the whistle announced that the game
was over and they had not made one
lonesome little scratch in their book
Of records.
They fought the game hard and
played well, but so strongly were
they held by the Liberal boys tina,
they always lacked just. little OF
getting there"
Looks like Liberal High was going
to give a good account OF herself
this season.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
FOOT BALL FRIDAY
LIBERAL VS. MEADE
The Game Will Be Played on Liberal
Gridiron, Beginning at
Four O'Clock

Liberal foot ball fans are promised
another exciting game next Friday
afternoon, when the Meade High
School team will contest with Liberal
High School on the Liberal gridiron.
The Liberal team covered itself
with glory last Friday when it took
the game from the fast Guymon ag,
gregation, and as Meade is an ole
timer in the foot ball business 1t Is
expected that the game next Friday
will be one of those fast, furious
affairs that make this great game one
of absorbing interest.
Get out on the side lines and hell
the Liberal boys cop the game b!
judicious roofing. Show them thai
you are with them and give them ad
ditional "pep."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
INFLUENZA CASES SHOULD
BE REPORTED PROMPTLY
September %, 1918.

September 20, 1918.
To County and City Health Officers:
Owing to the incidence of infiu-
enza to an alarming extent in and
about army camps in several eastern
cities the Surgeon General requests
immediate reports of the occurrence
of first cases of outbreaks in this
state. If any number of cases are
occurring, reports should be trans
mitted by telegraph or telephone.
Isolation of cases should be insisted
upon.
Health officers are requested to
give this publicity and to issue gen.
eral warnings to all physicians, of the
desirability of prompt service.
The State Board of Health wishes
to cooperate in every way possible
with the military authorities in limit
ing the occurrence of this disease
and to this end solicits your loyal as,
sistance.
Very truly yours,
JOHN ]. SIPPY, M. D.,
Secretary.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

whether or not he can accomplish his
desires that counts, and while we
have little doubt but that Mr.. Capper
would stand for the same things Mr..
Thompson does, being new at the
business and out of harmony with
the heads of the government he
would not be half so well qualified
to go after, and get, the legislation
desired.
Senator Thompson is getting his
fights organized and in shape to
go through with them, and may do il
before his term expires, but if not
he should be given an opportunity
to finish what he has started when il
is what the people want.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
n N. Wits BARN BURNED

A fire Of unknown origin last Sun,
day night destroyed the garage ana
other outbuildings at the 81. N. Witt
residence on North Kansas avenue.
A number of chickens were burned to
death, but fortunately Mr.. Wits
new Buick was in the shop for a
slight repair, and his fine blooded
cattle were in the pasture. There
was no insurance on the buildings and
Mr.. Witt suffered loss OF several
hundred dollars.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

C. D. Rodgers, an auctioneer, for
merly of Tillman county, Oklahoma,
but who has recently located at Ty-
rome, was a Liberal visitor Monday.
Mr.. Rodgers comes well recommend
ed as an auctioneer and has already
booked some sales in the Tyrone ter
ritory.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
AND THERE MAY BE MORE

There's Stacker in Liberal!
There's one Stacker in Liberal that
we know of!
Shall we tell you his name!
If we did and he would come down
and try to beat US up would we be
prosecuted for fighting back?
Guess we had better not risk it.
That's all.
Goodbye.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

]. C. Alsup, employed by the Rock
Island railroad, has this week pur-
chased home at Fourth street and
New York avenue, and will take pos
session Immediately. Ray Kennedy
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

Mrs. F. o. Rindom returned from
Dodge City-yesterday where she had
been attending the convention of the
Christian Church that is in session
there this week,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03
KENNEDY SAYS:

have a bargain in a four-room
house. east front, on Prospect avenue,
three lots, good house and barn, lawn
and trees, and the location cannot pc
beat. The price is right, also the
terms. See me at Griffith & Baugn-
mans. ZV'ie
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

1t will pay you to look over the
ladies and childrens hats at the Simon
& Ellis Variety Store. 2Ot2c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-03

See the new line Of fall millinery
at the Simon & Ellis Variety Store
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-18
WORDS AND DEEDS
(By WALT MAsoN.)

I may use language till make De-
mosthenes look like fake. may rear
up some nine feet high. and tell how !
would bleed and die, II were not -
old and gray and crippled up and full
Of hay. I may dsnounce the foreign
foe and tell how gladly I would 90 to
WELD q shotgun In the scrap and shoe
the kaiser of the map; but II think
more Of my wad than Of my country
and my God, the things I say won't cut
much grass; my words are merely
sounding brass. Our Uncle Sam 10
needing men; he's needing rhino By
the ton; he can't conduct a high-elass
scrap without lot Of dough on tap.
To raise the dust hs asks all lads 70
lend him all their surplus scads. to buy
his bonds-security the safest ever
man will see. And II do not gambol
up, a. gay and frisky as a pup. and
buy the bonds Till 20 broke, my loyal
spiels are merely smoke. oh, boys,
most any tin-horn skate can work his
jawbonss and crate; most any hick
can chew the rag and say nice things
about the dag; but when we come
right down to tacks, the patriot who's
smooth as wax is he who comes. an
ardent soul, for Liberty bonds to blow
his roll.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-18
Wouldn't stand for That.

Wouldn't stand for That.
A good story Is told by Sir Auck-
land Geddes concerning an interfering
saloon loafer and Canadian soldier
who bore on his shoulder the initials
&c. e." which stand for Candian en-
gineen.
The soldier. his face q study In con-
centrated wrathfulness, had the civil
ian BY the scrun Of the neck and was
apparently just on the point Of giving
him Q thrashing when a belated po-
lceman put in an appearance.
"Now, then, what's all this aboutr'
demanded the constable.
"What's It about1" replied the Ca
madam, giving the wretched loafer an
extra shake to emphasize his words.
why, he called me a conscientious
ejector. Now watch him being eject
Cd