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BLUFF SPRINGS NEWS

The Red and Blue contest has clos
ed at Sunday school and the sides
were a tie. so all went together and
celebrated on July 4. at the school
house. A basket dinner and ice
cream, cake and lemonade were serv-
ed. The children enjoyed the day
running races and playing games.
The Red Cross met at Antelope
Mesa last Friday. Several were pres
ent and a Junior Red Cross was or
ganized. Several new members were
taken in. The juniors will give a
short program next meeting at Bluff
Springs on Friday. July 10.
John Stewart lost one of his best
horses by tightening last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Williams are
in Pueblo for while. Miss villa
is staying with Hiram during their
absence.
Clarence Jones who was hurt while
stacking hay at Works a short time
ago is improving nicely and will soon
be able to work again.
Mr.. Carson made business trip to
Pueblo Monday.
The contest at Sunday school will
still continue but the object to see
which will be the most faithful and
regular in attendance.
Several from here have been pick
ing and canning cherries this week.
w. Patrick is quite i'll at this writ
ing,
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farm improvements. other property
must pay.
The whole program of proposing to
enrich one class of property owners
and producers by taxing others is
an un-American and unpatriotic pro
position.
Such an idea could only originate
in the brain of pervert or a dema-
cog who casts aside all respect for
equal rights and constitutional JUS
tice.
Think of the power that would be
given to inscriptions politicians un-
der such a program of state owner
ship-are they less criminal than
profiteers?
There is much loose talk in these
days of democratic control of in
dustry which is catch-phrase of
Russian Socialism. ending In burean-
cratic control of industry by official
ism.
Could the working classes or the
farmers be worse slaves than IL they
were under the dictatorship of self
gang of ofiice-holders?
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oLNEY SPRINGS
CONTINUED from Page u

While Mr.. Summerhaulter relieves
Edd Drescher on his route. Mr.. Dres-
cher has taken his family to the
mountains for a vaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Cowden and
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Montgomery went
to Ordway Tuesday evening to see
Civilization"
Chas. Auckland is painting his
house on the outside and finishing it
nicely on the inside. Editors note
Twill be an inviting home.
Mrs. Earl Raines from 20 miles
north of Olney Springs, was in town
Wednesday. She says crops look good
in her neighborhood since the rains.
Mr.. Todd went to Pueblo Wednes-
day to attend the coal miners conven-
ton.
j. NJ. Baylor left Thursday for
New York to buy farm. His family
will go as soon as he finds a suitable
location. 1. F. Baylor will move his
family into the house vacated by the
J. NJ. Baylor family.
Miss Gladys Johnson is once more
at her desk in the postoffice after an
absence of three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas. Mr.. and
Mrs. Flynn. Mrs. Gardner and Miss
Gladys Johnson went to Ordway Mon
day evening to see "Civilization."
Louis Pfenning was in Denver the
early part of this week.
Miss Ida Bell Largent spent Thurs
day and Friday of last week with her
sister. Mrs. F. E. Flynn.
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Low SUGAR SUPPLIES

"A number of causes have cumulAt-
ed to make our sugar position more
difficult than we could have anticipat-
ed at the beginning of the year." says
United States Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover in communication
received by Federal Food Administra-
tor Thomas b. Stearns. 1.-THE in
creased shipping needed by our grow
ing army in France has necessitated
the curtailment of sugar transporta-
ton, particularly from the longer voy-
age, and has thus reduced supplies
both to the allies and ourselves from
remote markets. Some OF the accessi-
BILE sugar producing areas have proved
a less yield than was anticipated such
as certain of the West Indian Islands.
The domestic beet and Louisiana crops
have fallen below anticipation. There
has been some destruction of beet su-
gar factories in the battle area of
France and Italy. We have lost sugar
by submarines.
'.As close an estimate as we can
make indicates reasonable expecta-
ton from all sources of about 100000
tons of sugar for the United States
consumption during the last half of
the present year. This is based upon
the maintenance of the present mea-
gre allied ration. An improvement in
shipping conditions would of course
relieve this situation as quantities of
sugar are in unavailable markets. We
must, however, base the distribution OF
sugar during the next SIX months, up
on the above footing. After that period
the new West Indian crop will be
available.
This supply of 100000 tons neces-
states considerable reduction in our
consumption. To provide three pounds
of sugar per.person per month for
household use, to take care of our
army and navy and to provide for the
necessary preservation of fruit, milk,
ETC.. will require about 100000 tons
of sugar for the six months.-Herbert
Hoover.
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New Food Rulings
REEE

Beginning Monday. July 15. hotels
and restaurants may serve one beef
meal a day. They may select their
own meal. but must report on which
1t is.
SUGAR
After the first purchases OF twenty
five pounds of preserving sugar. ad-
di.ional purchases must be authorized
by the county or state food admins
TRAITOR, according to ]. N. Bundick.
chairman of the sugar division of the
U. s. Food Administration.
This action was necessary because
of the unfair practices of some dis
loyal persons who insist upon using
their privileges for obtaining sugar
for canning and preserving for the
purpose of boarding.
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Camp In Good Condition

r. r. Brown, superintendent of the
camp at Crowley. of the Boys Work
ing Reserve, states that the camp is
running in excellent condition and
that the equipment is sufficient to
make everything comfortable for liv-
ing. The camp has IT boys from
Pueblo and four from Trinidad, and
next week twenty or more will come
from Colorado Springs and Denver.
Some of the farmers in the Crowley
vicinity contributed to the camp
equipment and will have first service
from the boys, but when there are
boys available they will go to any of
the farms in the county. They are
paid 25 cents per hour and the noon
meal. The boys are getting excellent
training and have been doing the
farmers good work. Some of them
are from homes of well-to-do families
and come to the country mainly from
a patriotic point of view to help In
the work of winning the war.
The camp. while under the super
of Mr.. Brown. has also
an advisory committee composed of
w. B. Newton, chairman; o. II. Grif
fifth, e. NJ. Haise, s. s. Spiller and
NJ. A. Noble.
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MEAT SHORTAGE
Save meat.

Save meat.
As the wind swerves from the west
to the east without warning, so come
the calls of the United States Food
Administration upon the people of
America. One day the call is for
wheat saving, the next for the saving
of sugar. Today the pressing need of
the American government for export
overseas to it, army and the army of
the allies, is for meat.
''If 1t is absolutely necessary for the
army at home TO have beef. let It DO
beef which comes from carcasses
weighing less than 500 pounds" urged
Thomas B. Stearns, Colorado food ad-
ministrator. These smaller carcasses
of beef cannot be shipped to Europe,
but at the present time most of the
meat served in the restaurants and ho-
tells is taken from the big top" car
casses-the heavy beeyes which must
be saved for the soldiers at the 'front.'"
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WOULD ENCOURAGE
CARELESS BANKING.

A prepared bill in Congress would
have the general government guar
autee bank deposits.
Bankers are protesting against the
law as unsound in principle and cal
cuiated to encourage unsound bank
ing.
They say for Uncle Sam to guar
antee all deposits in banks of $4,000
or less means to put premium on
incompetence.
Such law would be an incentive
10 reckless paving of high interest
TO get deposits. and solicit business
by claiming their deposits were pro-
tccted.
Good banks would have to dig up
out of their assets to establish and
then support incompetently managed
banks that went under. Socialistic
politicians will work hard to put the
bill thru Congress and the Farmers
Non-Partisan league fathers it in the
states.
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GINeLEs' JINGLEs
OUR TEACHER.

Say, mother. our teacher is
dandy. we kids surely like her
just great, she doesn't get cross
and then teach us she's boss by
beating us-that's what we hate.
She's always good natured and
happy, she always meets us with
a smile, and that's why we guys
work SO hard-each one tries to
please teacher all of the while.
She never needs scold US no,
never, because we all aim to be-
have, as yet I've not seen her
bin one on the bean, or at some
poor simp madly rave. It's fine.
it's just grand and delightful, we
kids really like it at school; we
study and play. and enjoy every
day. we're there with that old
Golden Rule. And all of this
happy condition, and all of the
joy and the cheer. Just gets to
us kids, and slips under our lids
because teacher loves us SO
dear. Yes, mother, our teacher
is lovely, a jolly good girl with
heart, we're stuck on her ways.
and we love our school days-But
gee! when does ". ~ @. D
The Ordway new era., 1918-07-12
River Water Run

A river run of water was turned in
at Boone Thursday morning. July IL.
1t had been announced that a run
of Lake Meredith and Twin Lakes
water would be turned in on the 11th.
as no flood waters we're anticipated
but cloud burst near Colorado
Springs Wednesday filled the foun-
tain to overfiowing and heavy rains
in tae mountain up the Arkansas
river caused 1t to raise, so a good
run of water is on. A total of 500
feet was turned in at Boone.
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STATE SOCIALISM
A MENACE,

State ownership of public utilities
In the interest of the farmers. as
proposed by the Non-Partisan league.
is not patriotic proposition.
II the state becomes the owner OF
warehouses. elevators, Touring mills,
stockyards. packing houses. smelters
and utilities. some one must pay for
them.
All such properties are to be taken
Off the tax rolls, and as the Non
Partisan league proposes to exempt
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Mrs. r. H. Brown left Wednesday
for her home in Salt Lake City after
a months visit here with her mother,
Mrs. A. w. Bartlett, and family. Mrs.
Bartlett's other daughter, Mrs. l.. ].
Miller. of Springfield. Iowa, who ar
rived week ago will remain for a
longer visit before returning to her
home
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POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Clerk and Recorder

l hereby announce my candidacy
for the denomination to the Office of
county clerk and recorder, subject to
the Republican county assembly and
voters in the primary election.-JAS.
Z. DOWNEY.
Mr.. Downey is serving his first
term as clerk and recorder and the
reputation he has made in that Office
during that time is an enviable one.
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.uNIOR REID CRoSs

Junior Red Cross members are re-
quested to collect all the half-gallon
and gallon buckets they can and turn
in to Marie Hicks. The buckets must
be clean and have lids. Mrs. Warren
has offered to buy all such bucket"
turned in. Let each member help
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MO. PAC. TIME TABLE
WESTROJJND
4 WORD FOR MOTHERS

1t is a grave mistake for mothers to
neglect their aches and pains and suffer
in silence-this only leads to chronic
sickness and often shortens life.
If work is firing, if your nerves are
excitable, if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, Scott's Emulsion will
prove wonderful strengthener.
1t possesses the very elements to
invigorate the blood, nourish the
nerves and build strength.
Every druggist has Scott's. Try It.
Scott 4 BOVINE. Bioonnsld. N. J.
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Reeves Arc Donated

The beeves for the Red Cross bar
becue the Fourth were donated by
Dale Belshe and Chas. McCabe, each
contributing a fine fat steer.
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BIBTHS

A daughter was born on June 80.
to Mr.. and Mrs. Is. w. Curtis. of
Sugar City.
A son, which has been named JOS
eph Leary Morrison. was born Fri
day, July s, to Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison
of Westcliffe. Mrs. Morrison was
formerly Edith Leary, of this city.
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o. E. S Notice

The members of the Order of the
Eastern Star are requested to meet
at the Red Cross rooms on Monday
afternoon for Red Cross work.
Mrs. NJ. Z. BASHOR, Secy.
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ley, IS.
We, Martin T. Nelson, President.
and Everett Nelson, Cashier. of the
above named Bank do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to
the best of our knowledge and belief.
MARTIN T. NELSON, President.
EVERETT NELSON, Cashier
Attest: A. r. WIDICK
MARTIN T. NELSON
PETER KAISER
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of July, 1918. My com
mission expires January 81, 1922.
(SEAL) HELEN D. WEIR,
Notary Public.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Would like to have furnished cot
tage, at once. E. b. Strickland.
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Notice-Anything of an advertis-
ing nature is charged for at the regu-
lar rates of advertising. All an
nouncements OF church socials. sup
pers, bazaars or entertainments,
where an admission charge is made
or where articles are sold. charge
for advertising will be made. Cards
OF Thanks and poetry accompanying
death notices are subject to a charge.
The Ordway new era., 1918-07-12
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Citizens State Bank

at Ortiway, In the State of Colorado,
at the close of business June 20, 1913.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-10

friendly with the men. and while !
think they liked him they were SO
tough they would never admit II. and
some of them claimed he was q Jonah.
or jinx, or bad luck Of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup.
posed to be a sort Of referee as to
whether they kept them or not. =.
During my second stunt In the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were five to our one and they
kept pushing back parts Of the line
and cleaning out others. And tho
weather was as bad as 1t could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now. before they took their
vows. every last man in the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time. but, as 1t was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger
mans pushed US back.
Things kept getting ors and you
could e that the men talked to the
chaplain more and quite a few Of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started in bright
and early to begin his strafe. The
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
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were properly posted and were on the
job. A shell whizzed over his head
and landed just behind the parndos
and the dirt spouted up like I imagine
a Yellowstone gcyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu
tenant-a new one who had only
joined the company about a week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed over
them. They laid to and a third one
came. There were three In less than
five minutes. directly w their heads.
Then n shell landed on the left side
Of the trench and a poilu yelled that
four men had got it. They were all
wounded and three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and just
after he passed me a lad got 1t square
not far from me and was knocked
over to where l was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the flrst-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap.
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right II shell had just
struck near the parados and made a
big crater and across from it, against
the parapet, was a young chap with
a deep cash in his head, sitting ON
the fire step and next to him a fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown off. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some Of tho
pollus were fishing 1t out Of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits of
on their sleeves or eating as fast as
they could. Only some of the biscuits
had fallen In bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than a
boy. stumbled over the parados and
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. l think he was
some relation Of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for water
J and smiled. But you could see he was
In great pain. Then the boy said
: "Oh, the pain is awful. / am going
. to die"
: "You are all right. old man." the
lieutenant said. YOU will be home
!. soon. The stretcher bearers are com.
Ing" So we passed the word for the
. stretcher bearers.
1 Then he took the water bottle from
: the boys side and sat him up and gave
. him some water. He left the water
bottle with the chap and went ID
hurry the stretcher bearers along
. When he got around the corner Of the
I I trench the boy was slipping back and
. the water bottle had fallen down. 81
went over to him and propped him
4 up again and gave him some mor(
!. water.
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CHAPTER VI.
Fritz Does a Little "strafeins."

Fritz Does q Little "Strafeing."
My outfit was one Of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren in front Of them as shields
against u fire. More than a third Of
our men, I should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
n handful Of cards or a roll Of the
bones whenever they got a chance.
They had been In most Of the dirty
parts Of the world. This war was not
such a much to them; Just one more
job In the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious In q way.
Some Of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers In
different ways and between them they
believed In every religion and super
stitlon under the sun, I guess. YET
they were the toughest bunch I ever
saw. {.
After they saw the Germans usins
the Belgian women the way they did
almost every man 10 my company tool
some kind Of q vow or other, ant
most Of them kept their VOWS, too.
believe. And those that were religion,
got more 80 after that.
Our chaplain had always been Yer,
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v-continued.

I never saw a battery better con-
cealed than this one. Up on the ground
you couldn't see the muzzle twenty
yards away-and that was all there
was to e at any distance. There
was q ruined garden just outside the
gun quarters, and while the gunners
were there picking apples there would
be . hiss and an explosion, and over
would 60 some Of the trees. or maybe
a man or two. but never a shell struck
nearer the guns than that. The poilus
used to thank Fritz for helping them
pick the apples, because the explosions
would bring them down in great style.
Shells from our heavy artillery passed
just over the garden, too, making an
awful racket. But they were not In It
with the "75's."
They gave me a little practice with
a "75" under the direction Of expert
French gunners before I went to my
14-inch naval gun, and, believe me, 1t
was q fine little piece. Just picture
to yourself a little beauty that can
send a 38-pound shell every two sec.
onds for five miles and more. IL you
want 1t to. and land on Fritz vest
button every time. There is nothing
I like better than a gun. anyway. and
I have never since been entirely salts
fed with anything less than a "75."
AS you probably know, the opposing
artillery in this wal is so widely sepa-
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless these happen to be
buildings, and even then it is rare, So,
since an artillery officer never sees the
enemy artillery or infantry, he must
depend on others to give him the range
and direction.
For this purpose there are balloon:
and airplanes attached to each artil
lery unit. The airplanes are equipped
with wireless, but also signal b.
smoke and direction of flight, Will
the balloons use telephones. The Oh
servers have maps and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps ar,
marked Off in zones to correspond Will
the maps used by the artillery officers
The observations are signaled to
receiving station on the ground an,
are then %telephoned to the batteries
All our troops were equipped witt
telephone signal corps detachment.
and this was a very important arr
OF the service. The enemy position /
shelled before an attack, either e
barrage or otherwise, and communities
ton between the waves of attack an
the artillery Is absolutely necessar!
B~ombardments are directed towar
certain parts Of the enemy positio
almost as accurately as you would us
a searchlight. The field telephones ar
very light and are portable to the las
degree. They can be rugged up
knocked down In d very short tim,
The wire Is wound on drums or rec
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ought to be able to guess. But if not, behold the solution Of me mystery.
Two a workers, lovely creatures, werer riding downtown. LETS get on
at the next corner and walk through Parallel park" said me.
"Wheres thatT asked the other. ,
Fright around the corner" "a the reply.
"Ara you sure that's the nameT' asked the other.
"Sure," said the first wal worker. Look ar those signs OF t" trees.
Funny place to put the name Of Il park, and l do thnk It's n pretty cheap Way
of doing it, but---" ~a
And the second "a worker looked at the white signs htchcd onto mo
trees by the curb. The signs IRE hitched onto the trees with cord. A tonst
full police department put the signs there.
You can't blame that girl.
In big black capital letter. the cards read:
Park Parallel"
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A Regular Hall Of shrapnei Fell.

and you would be surprised to sec how
quickly u corps established com
munication from a newly won trench
to Headquarters, for instance. They
we're asking for our casualties before
We had finished having them, almost.
Artillery fire was directed by men
whose duty 1t was to dope out the
range from the information sent them
by the observers In the air. Two men
were stationed at the switchboard,
n man to receive the message and
the other to operate the board. As
soon as the range was plotted out It
was telephoned to the gunnera and
they did the rest.
The naval guns at Dtxmude were
mounted on 0st cara and these were
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-10

men adorn the park. Cannon are to
be seen. Soldiers walk through the
park. Fair war workers come and
90. II is II beautiful square.
Such IL Park Parallel. Never
heard Of such a park?
Well, perhaps this will give you
A clew: The park IN located in the
jurisdiction Of local board No. 3, the
only draft board In the nation which
has a president of the United States
living in its territory. Fact. Now you
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-10

"Have you permission to speak, MADAME he inquiries.
mo"
"Then we must ask you to stop"
II refuse says the speaker quietly. 1--WE protest."
Men" says the sergeant IN n bored tone, place these ladies' under aruN"
file always says "ladies." The ladies are then conducted to En.
The interest of This almost formal proceeding lies IN the fact thai It is
a militant demonstration in favor of national woman Suffrage. How completely
the country is absorbed in the war is shown by the fact that even fairly care.
full newspaper reader may scarcely be aware Of this feet.