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The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12

negro in Pine Bluff stands in danger of a heavy sentence for his activity in trying to get his brother out of the camp, and the brother must serve an extended term in the guard house for his part in the effort at deception.
 The negro in Pine Bluff telegraphed to his brother, a drafted man. stating that his wife was very i'll and he must hasten home if he was to be there when the end came. The telegram was immediately turned over to the Red Cross. as are all telegrams of this nature, thereby insuring more nasty response. The Red Cross in- vestigates before the man is permit ted to go, and within few hours after the receipt of the telegram. back came the information that the wife of the enlisted negro was not only well, but in Little Rock. The arrest of both negroes was then ordered and examples will be made of them.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
NO LONGER OUTCASTS
Red Man Has Taken His Place With Other Respected Members of
 American Social Life.
Huns. He was saved

In the annual report of Cato Sells. is said
 "tNidenceS of material and humani- tArian advancement are everywhere ap- parent. lndu>trially and socially. the lndianN are making unparalleled strides toward Self-Support and civ lli2ation. have discovered that with sympathetic cooperation rnd intclli. gent encouragement their response K almost universal"
 Within the last few years 42110 Indian families have forSaken the tepec to live in houses The tribal Indian rapidly i> becoming 'individual- ized." His red past is only few years behind him. hut it iS in the past. The government no longer believes that wars with the lndiauS are po>Si- bic The question of peace with them is an answered one. and all that re. maius i> to make of the Indian self supporting >clf-reSpectng member of American society.
 Il has heeu said that the red past or rur Indian k only d few years be- hind him. How >trkingll this i~ shown lY lhe fact that today many officers ot the United States army be loAv the rank or hrisader general Wear ~" ribbon which shows that they have seen active service in warfare against thc Apache. 'he Sioux, the Cheyenne, nr other tribes of mountain and plain. [. probably will he hard today to find any irreroncilableS among the Indians of the West unless the search he eX- tended into the tepeeS of the ancicnts who grow tn old age in condition of rnamers and warriors, and in whom nature forbid> change to take place. Chicago Evening Post
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
ENGLlSHMAN LOSES
 ATTRACTIVE MUSTACHE

Little Rock, Aug. l2.-It may be a breach of faith, but it is more likely strain of friendly relationship be- tween the two great English speaking nations, the United States and Great Britain to make it public. England has sent to America men who have qualified as gas experts, to train the men we are sending over the water. One of the men detailed to Camp Pike is dapper little fellow who wears a mustache-or did wear one. that was his pride of life. It was waxed out straight and attracted much attention as the owner walked down Main street.s Alas, the mustache has went.
 During the past week the little Tommie was acting in his capacity of instructor before a class in the gas house. He handled bomb bit care lessly, due to too often association with them. The bomb went off. blew out the gable end of his trousers and rendered him otherwise fit for men tion on the casualty list, but to the mustache the explosion was fatal. The burns of the little fellow were extremely painful, but ttr pain is nothing to the agony of the departed muStache.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
Californian Had
 Kidney Trouble

Jack Maltos. Copperopolis. Calf. says. "i had such a severe case of kidney trouble l thought 1 would have to sell out my business took three bottles of Foley Kidney Pills which entirely relieved me and l have had no recurrence of kidney trouble since then"
 Some days 1t seems as If you can no longer bear the pain and misery you suffer from kidney and bladder troubles. The ache across your back grows worse with every move you make and every step you take. It Just seems to rob you of all strength and energy. Your head aches. you are nervous and worn out, sleep poorly and have no appetite, stomach i5 up- set and bowels irregular.
 ,Foley Kidney Pills lessen the pain, until 1t Is finally gone entirely They give strength and tone to the kidneys make them strong, active, their ac- ton becomes regular and normal again, and your health grows better each day you take this great healing medicine.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
(. l.. GREEN WRITES
 FROM DURANGO. COLO.
Durango, Colo, July 30. 1918.

Durango, Colo, July 30, 1918. Editor Daily News:
 After several weeks visit with rela tives in Colorado, we went on through Utah, Idaho and eastern Oregon, saw some very productive valleys. but found nothing quite so good as Colo rado, everything considered. The climate is ideal, elevation 6.5OO it.. pure cold water, fruit of all kinks. cherries, apricots. apples, pears. plums, peaches, grapes, all kinds of berries This is a great dairy and stock country. There are three daires and a creamery here, flour mills, shelter, employing about 100 men foundry, machine shops, lumber mills, fine schools, high school costing $175.- 900, Carnegie library, lodges and all churches represented here. The resi- dence section has some beautiful homes. Gardens are at their best now, nearly every home has garden and fruit trees.
 Durango is the county seat and has about 5000 people. Land not very we'll improved, but with fine crops of alfalfa and wheat, plenty water for irrigation can be had from $30 to $50 per acre, while highly improved land sells from $50 to $l00 per acre.
 have never seen finer crops. Al falfa, wheat, corn, oats. barley, Irish potatoes are produced in abundance. The Southern Pacific Railroad Co., has invested over S2,000,000 in coal lands which are now being developed here Coal sells here for $500 per ton Durango has water power plant which supplies all the nearby towns also with electricity for both lights and fuel
 There are mines of silver and gold in the mountains north of Durango which produce about $3,000,000 worth of ore annually Last Saturday, about 45 miles south of here drillers struck oil at depth of 500 it. They are still drilling, although getting 200 bbl. now, expecting a gusher.
 The scenery is wonderful, we cer- tainly enjoy this cool bracing noun tain air We have had some fine auto trips over the mountains; best roads I ever saw. One section. a mile and quarter in length has seven turns is called "The Switchback.' It goes down the side of mountain; cost $7 ,500 to build. We are anxious to hear from Prescott, so please send The News here We are both feeling fine.
 With best regards.
 (. l.. Green.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
Find New Lakes and Rivers.

Chains of lakes hitherto uumapped and rivers equally unknown were traver>ed in the interior of Labrador by the exploring parties of represent atiVeS of the National Geographic s0- ciety and the Carnegie museum. Pitts burgh which arrived at St. Johns. N F., recently.
 The journey covered about 750 miles over route never before trav- eled by white men and was made more difficult by the fact that the five Indians who were taken along as guides proved to he unfamiliar with the country
 The party included F.. B. C. Todd, curator of ornithology in the Carne gle museum; o. l. Murie. orator of mammals in the same institution, and Alfred Marshall of Chicago.
 They left Seven Islands bay on the north side of the Gulf of St. Law renee. about the end of May and trav- eled north by canoe and portageS. reaching Fort Chino. near Urgava bay, August % In addition to map. ping the country, they studied the nat ural history.
 MT. Todd said the existing mapa of large district were found to be very inaccurate, and altogether mis- leading, having been made by guess work from information supplied by Indians.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
sTAND,PAT ELEMENT oi RULES CONVENTION

Only the stand-pat element Of the
 4;tutional convention, those who 'V'' .d soIidlv upon the platform enun- s'oa ''oted day after day, That's a part 'I@ .r tbp old constitution,' prevented 1t ol & baine. known as the abolition convention, '' IT. tried to abolish the legislature
 a roaIlv did at one time but thought %ottar , of it. and reconsidered.
 Then it tried to abolish county iudges. by transferring their jurisdie- tion and making them lawyers, and otber requirements which the major itv did not accept.
 Councillors came under the disap- nroval of the abolitionists, led by R. Warnock of Magnolia, who con +orded that they are a useless ap- nondaqe on official affairs, that they do not work long enough to earn their salaries, and that their duties ought +o be transferred to the circuit judges. Rut he did not receive much support.
 Delegate j. C. Belote of Hot Srring, led the fight to abolish the county treasurer, who he claimed, is useless luxury that costs the tax navers of the state $200,000 a year. And he received strong support, but short of a majority.
 The justices of the peace came in for their share of attention, and held their own against the assaults of those who endeavored to reduce their number. One amendment was to pro vide for one justice to every LOGO population. but a compromise was af- lected on one for every 100. instead of 200 qualified electors. which takes into consideration the doubling of the electorate by the adoption of suffrage.
 There is still pending an assault on the quorum courts, and county courts, in a proposition for the substitution of commission form of government for the counties.
 At first. this was designed as a mandatory provision upon the whole state but it was changed to an op- tiOnal proposition to be accepted by those counties which desire to make the change
 Then the convention has made an effort to abolish the political machine. by prohibiting state officers from sue ceeding themselves or running for any other office during their term. It remains to be seen how this will work out in practice
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
NOTICE TO RED CROSS
SUBSC RIBERS

The second payment of your Red Cross subscription is now due and it is hoped that all will make payments promptly as the funds are needed, be- sides no provisions are made for the expense of sending statements or collectors. Where both the July and August payments are due, please send amount sufficient to cover both and proper credit will be given.
 Make all payments to (. (. Calhoun local treasurer.
 Yours for the cause,
 II. Y. Scott, Chairman.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12

nr in the luxury or aj;;1~;;::!a- ones self with pClt of some favorte animal Skilltully made up for the trade.
 For instance. the coyote has jumped In raw state to as high aS $l0 aud not lower than S6 The deteStabla skunk of odoriferouS reuowu, also clips s5.50 for lt~ covering. while the wild eat K now in rating a> high aS Sl2.50 ana a> low as ST. The llijlt fox gees for >t10 and even the jack rabbit leaps away at : cents per peit.
 The above prices were given in circular received by ]. H. Drew. ant came rom a St Louis turrier house The ieGal bounty in Arizona k only $2 for the coyote and lesser sums for the fox and wildcat. In consequence, the county iS receiving at the present time hut a limited number Of belts and the animal department is practically abo' iShcd MeatlpNS and wheatlpSS days ordained will soon include hideleSS days. unless peace negotiations are soon realized - Prescott Jourual-M Miner
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
EXCUSES FOR GETTING AWAY
 MUST BE PUNCTURE PROOF

Little Rock. Aug. l2.-When fami- Hes of soldiers stationed at Camp Pike invent excuses to get them away on leave they should be very careful and invent story that is puncture ploot' Also they should not forget mat the Red Cross and the army is. working hand in hand on such propo- sl'lons' and ordinary excuses are easily detected, if they are false. A
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12
FURS COMMAND HIGH PRICES
More Than Ever Are Pelts of Animals Coming to Be Considered Arti-
 cies of Luxury.

The high cost of living has q desir- able running mate in the high cost of ornamental wearing apparel which has suddenly dawned in another article climbing un |" price never dreamed
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12

Dr. Etta Champlin. osteopathic physician of dope, Ark. visits Pres colt professionally on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. For infor- nation call 45. If
The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-12

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

Pretty nearly the worst thing the
soldiers have to do in this war;" said
Lieut. Alexander McCIintock of the
United States reserve, us to sit
around and think about 1t.
when / was at Plattsburg,' he
added, 1T seemed to me that those
in charge were running one grave
danger-that Of working the officers
stale The latter we're supposed TO
be above the average Of all-around
intelligence, but they were worked
up there harder than men are work
ed in any training camp in Canada
or England"
Lieutenant McClintock is a Ken
tuclkian. just out Of Plattsburg with
a brand new commission. IT Is not
because he Is an officer in the new
American army that he can talk
about the war and the soldiers, but
because he has recently come back
from active service in Flanders and
France. He was a sergeant in the
Eighty-seyenth battalion. Canadian
grenadier guards. He was wounded
in the battle OF the Somme. He won
the distinguished conduct medal for
conspicuous gallantry in action and
received the personal thanks Of King
George. He is the author of Best
o. Luck" George II. Doran COM
pany), one OF the breeziest Of the
wars first hand soldier narratives.
He has some interesting things to
say about 'the front" And he has,
withaI, some words OF warning for
us in America. II every man, wo-
man and child doesn't wake up and
help, he says, we may lose this
war.
Peril In Thinking.
Il say that the idle times and the
thinking are pretty nearly the hard
est things for the soldiers" he ex-
...4lneu, because. or course, there
are actual physical experiences now
and then that are worse even than
nervous Understanding up TO
your knees in water for seVenty-two
hours, for instance. But, generally
speaking, IL is true that the hardest
part Of soldering is the mental part.
and the times when the men are not
fighting, but just sitting round. are
the hardest times to bear--the times
that break men down IL they're not
careful.
You can't tell a man what It win
be like at the 'front.' You can talk
and talk and talk, but you can never
make IT tangible for him. In gen
eral, think it is quite true that the
soldier who goes into it for the first
time is going to find the mental side
harder and the physical side easier
than he had expected.
'It is the thinking about it all
that drives men crazy. I've known
men to go all to pieces just sitting
around thinking. 1t gets on your
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
Keep Jolly, That's the Big
Thing For Men i'm SerOiCe;
Tough When They Think War

nerves If you let It. The only thing
to do is TO laugh at everything. Keep
Jolly! Make fun Of it all! You hear
about the Tommies' jokes. Well,
they'd 20 crazy If they didn't have
their jokes. So they make a joke OF
everything.
'For instance, there's the daily in
telligence sheet that is sent out from
general headquarters; it's serious
little report Of whatever may have
been found out in the last twenty
four hours that's Of value or inter-
est. You'd think ii was queer to
see a sober looking major stop an
other officer and ask IL Comic Cuts
had come out yet! But that's what
every one calls that daily report.
That's Just a sample. They give
absurd names to everything. The
Tommies call the r.. I. p that is
nut on a soldiers grave Rise II
Possible When the rats were bad
in Belgium and we were amusing
ourselves by shooting at them along
the parapet / heard a pal OF mine
tell a rookie that those trench rats
were so big that he had seen one OF
them trying on his greatcoat. Lots
Of their jokes would seem rather APP
palling to you people here at nome:
But they must have their jokes, ana
the more they can make the better
for them. -......... -
You people here at home when
you send your men over-keep EN-
jolly! That is what keeps them
sane.
CAS- for the actual fghting-well,
you don't know what you're doing
then, In action a man is dazed, his
senses are benumbed, everything he
does is automatic, he actually doesn't
know what is happening. II was
only the other day, for instance, that
! learned what had happened on the
day was wounded. ran across a
man who had found out about 1t,
and he told me that We were told
to take two German trenches, and,
by mistake, took three. ! wasn't in
at the end; I was wounded just. as
we got the first trench. But IL is
actually true that didn't know any
thing about ii. I was not picked up
right away, either. lay there from
6 o'clock in the morning until 1880
o'clock in the afternoon before they
Didn't Know He Suffered.
Lay there suffering ali that
timer" murmured the reporter in
shocked sympathy, and Lieutenant
McClintock laughed.
'Oh, the suffering wasn't so bad"
he said. II was hit through the
thigh and busted an artery. twist
ed a tourniquet around II and lay
there and smoked cigarets until they
found me. I've known worse things.
Il tell YOU" he went on emphatic
ally, you people at home want to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
Mastery BaYuge Fire BY american GunnerS Most Significant
Development Training of the United States Forces for Fighting
E7ilaiYg BeIL0c Explains I1lt9icacieS of
Curtain Fire OUer the Charging Troops

been used to pound the enemy
trenches to pieces, were placed
within several hundred yards be-
hind your own trenches and
dropped a continual line of
bursting shells a. hundred yards
or so in front of your men, shoot
ing over their heads. This curtain
or barrage shell fire was design
ed to blind the enemy's defense
and protect your own advance
almost up to the moment when
the enemy trench was reached.
At that point the barrage was
Gifted" and further extended
toward the opponent S rear.
1t is clear that even in its early
stages this operation was an ex-
ceedingly delicate one. It was a
new thing to ask troops to adj
vance with their own shells
screaming above their heads.
There would be losses among
your own men from "prema-
lures - that is to say, shells
which burst before they reach
barrage line; though the cone of
the dispersion of the fragments
of the bursting shell was all to-
ward the enemy, it was a severe
trial, especially in the expert
mental beginnings of the thing,
for a man to advance even one
hundred and fifty yards behind
such a storm of metal.
Shortening the Curtain
To twenty-five Yards
The next development was to
shorten the barrage-that is, to
get men to advance with the
bursting line of shells closer and
closer to them and therefore
nearer over their own heads. 1t
is obvious that the nearer you
could get the advancing line Of
men to the barrage the better
that advancing line was protect
ed, for the less was the gap be-
tween the time when the barrage
was lifted from the enemy's
trenches and the time when your
own men reached it. If this time
could be cut short enough, it
would obviously become impos.
sible for the defenders of the
trench to swarm out from the
dugouts in which they had taken
refuge from the shells in time to
offer any serious resistance to
the infantry. The handling of
this form of barrage attained
such a perfection at last that
margins of only fifty yards were
common, and sometimes troops
got within twenty-five yards of
the barrages.
The next step was the develop
ment of the creeping barrage,
which was, / believe, British in
origin. The enemy's trenches,
though roughly parallel to your
own, are never exactly parallel. |
Sometimes there is a consider
able difference in alignment.
Your trenches, for instance, in
the particular sector for which |
the attack is planned might be
roughly a straight line, while the |
enemy's might be a sinuous one.
Photographs taken from the air
(the allies had begun photog-
raphy in the first autumn of the |
war and brought it to a high de-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

AbOve-GirI workers making asro-
plane tuEnbuck leg Sur new aiR Nest
Below Operating machine witch
attaches RIB mediterranean
Women do Ahe work On tlse smaller
parts Of the airshipa which are be-
ING tuEnad cut sor che q. s. ctr aest.
Their egap nsut has agsstly re-
Hsvad tha hb0r ahoEtago d munl-
aona plauts,
ThewOmen and girls DO GOOD work
an the lighter tsaka and thera are
many qf thsm, The top Photograph
shows q scare of ghla working on
tmnbuallaa and below . girl i oper-
sting q machine Whieh attaches rs-
endorsements 60 the ribs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
| Preparation For
An Easy Victory

You first pounded his trenches
with heavy artillery emplaced
and hidden several thousand
yards behind your lines. This
preparation" continued until
the command thought nearly all
of the opponents were in their
dugouts or were so shaken and
the trenches so filled by the ex-
ploding shells that the defense
would be sufficiently weakened
to permit an easy victory when
the prearranged moment for
your attack should have come.
That moment had to be fixed be-
forehand. All officers watches
were synchronized, and at the
zero" moment your men went
over the top of the trenches and
got across the open Of No Man s
Land toward the enemy s
trenches, crouching as they adj
vanced and with the intention Of
occupying those trenches before
the defenders could sally from
their dugouts and check them.
But to permit this manoeuvre,
seeing how large a section Of the
advance even a single machine
gun could hold up, the curtain
or barrage fire of field guns came
into play. These pieces, smaller
than the great guns which had
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

himself and of his mate at the
hand-spike with which the trail
of the old-fashioned gun was
shifted. The second aiming of
the gun was separate operation
from that which preceded the
first shot; so was the third a
separate operation from the sec
ond. And so for each new shot
there was a personal coefficient
of error due to the imperfectiOn
of two human beings who had to
act as best they could in concert.
The barrage fire thus made
possible by the new quick-fring
field piece of which the French
are the pioneers was developed
in the early months of the war
by the genius Of the French ar
tillery, and was very rapidly
copied by the enemy and by
France s allies.
In its original form the object
of the .barrage was merely to
cover the advance Of the infan-
try; it was rigid in alignment
and bracket-the bracket being
the extent of variation in range
allowed from the median point
upon which the barrage was CEN
tered-because this tactic was
still in its experimental stage
and because the command did
not know how infantry would
behave with shell fire so close
over their heads and so near in
front of their advance. ...
The barrage was established
one hundred yards at least, and
often more, in front of the adj
vancing troops. Suppose you had
"a front line with the enemy
trenches following certain
crest, while your trenches ran
roughly parallel to his and per-
haps two hundred yards away.
The original method of attack
was this.
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