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The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25

according to Capt. Roard +. Mel
Hgan, director of athletics and
representative of the War De-
partment Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities at Camp
Devens where the seventy-siXth
division is stationed.
Captain Nelligan prepared this
program for the soldiers at Camp
DeVenS as a means of determin-
ing the relative athletic caiber
OF the companies III the division,
Each man was required to pass
IN eight of the tests to obtain a
positive mark for his unit.
beSldeS showing the excellent
physical condition OF the soldiers,
the test demonstrated the value
OF sound athletic training i'll
equlpplng man for military SER
vice, Captain Michigan stated.
When some of these men came
20 camp they could barely raise a
slXty-pound weight from the
ground let alone lifting it above
The mead with one hand, and they
would be gasplng for breath after
running a block. But fresh air,
clean llvIng, nutritious food, hard
work, exercise, and, last but not
least, athletics, have brought
about a marvellous change and
now the majority Of these men
are almost perfect specimens OF
American manhood. -Govern-
ment Bulletin.
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
AMERICAN GUNNERS
BRING DOWN
Z HUN PLANES
Yankee Workmanship Back of
Machine Guns Strafes Air
VuItures; Sammies Were Or
oereu to Setlre, but Didn't.

With the American Army in
France, April 23.-TWo low-hy-
ing German airplanes were at
tackled and brought down Satur-
day by American machine gun
nerS during the German attack
III and ABOUT Selchepry, north
west OF Toul. The machine gun
nerS who Dagged the Germans
had been ordered to retire, put
tney renamed III their poSouon
and fought effectively against
enemy dVldtorS.
during the engagement the
German concentrated their artl-
lcry nre on the American tcle-
phone and telegraph wires which
NtJe cut many times. CONTlGrS
were forced TO pass through Two
or three Dara9eS IN order to main
tam communication. In the
meantime the men of the signal
corps many Of them smoking eli
garetS III face of a heavy bonn
Dardment restored the wires al
most as iaSt as the enemy shells
disrupted them.
ambulance men Ventured into
no Man Land during the thick
ol The night and dld heroic work
III gathering up wounded. one
German, VINO had offered to sur
render, attempted to explode a
DomD on the ground as three
Americans approached him. An
other soldier, however, discover
ed the trick and hurled a grenade
at the German. One OF the Ger
m,.II 5 legs was blown off and he
dIcd later, a prisoner OF the men
lie attempted to blow up.
A village near the front lines
winch the correspondent visited
Coday tells a mute tale Of Satur-
day S hghtng. There are huge
shell AoIeS III the streets and
parts Of the church and other
buildings have been blown off.
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
Sports in the Training Camps

Can you chin yourself ten
times, jump eight feet from a
standing position; clear a bar at
height of four feet two inches :;
throw a twelve-pound shot thlr-
ty-three feet; climb a twenty
1907 rope in fifteen seconds dash
hfty yards in seven seconds or a
mIe III six minutes; and lift "a
slxty-pound weight over your
head with one hand or sit up
from a suprine position with a
twenty pound weight suspended
from the back of your head?
II you can do these stunts while
dressed i'll regulation army uni
form or Like apparel, you needn t
spfpd sieepteB nights worrying
M0ut your physical GdlMtNu
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
The American Greed

The prize of $1,000 offered by
the city OF Baltimore for the best
statement Of the American creed
was won by William Tyler Page,
o1 Frederick, Maryland the birth
place OF francis Scott Key-from
among several thousand answers
submitted. The writer of the
creed Is a descendant Of Presi-
dent Tyler, and OF Corter BraX-
Ton, a slgner OF the declaration
OF Independence. We print here
with the text of the creed;
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25

Mountanair goes over the
Top. The goal IS so nearly at
hand that arrangements have
been made for a JuUllee Meeting
at the High School Auditorium
on FRIDAY night, April 10th, at
which time the Honor Flag for
Muuntalnalr viii be unfurled.
lion. j. \. Conway, assistant
superintendent OF PuDlIc lnStruc-
ton, who has been mere this week
visiting the schools with County
superintendent burt, VIII make
an address, and the school chll-
dren Win add 20 the program, eS-
pccIaly Wlth the Singing OI pa
trlOuc songs.
AS we 20 TO press the subScrlp-
tlOnn are crOWdmg the pll,UUU
mark, and Cashier DIgelOW OI the
MuultduIdlr STATE DdnK, IS sure
that the Other thousand VIII De
signed up before Friday night,
and then some. BE sure your
name IS on the Honor Roll.
buy a Bond
MOuntanaIr IS gong over
the Top. She has been dong
her share in other ways, and IS
leading the counry IN the pur-
chase OF third Liberty Bonds.
The county quota has Oeen llXed
AZ yJU,iVU, and Ine nrSt report
gave MOuntaIndIr $4,000. On
last Saturday night, Mountalnalr
hau subscribed IOr PlU,0UU OF
these bonds, and was virtually
lover the top tnen. The ngureS
were changed, however, and
MOuntamalr portion paced at
lZ,UUU. out Wl,n TINS additional
SZ,UuU, we VIII 90 over, and that
before the drive IS over.
Last saturday, Judge Barnes
etAlDuquerque addressed a crow
dcd house here, the large auditor
nun OF the school DulIdIng Demg
nutu with people who are DacK-
lng nCIG Sam 10 WIN the War.
The Judge made no attempts at
OrdUOrludl nights, but presented
one TACT after another, as TO the
war, what 1t means and why we
should purcnaSc bonds. While
he Was speaking, Judge h. Il.
Medler, our district Judge, who
Is III charge OF the drive III this
district, came INTO the buudng,
and at the conclusion OF Judge
Barnes address, was called upon
to speak. lie responded IN hlS
earnest manner, and Sald he was
more than pIeaScd 20 note the
difference III the attitude OF the
peoplc toward tins and the form
cr pond issue. On has 1Ormer
VISIT mere to sell bonds, the Judge
Was met by d mere handIul OF
ptoplC, Dul on this occasion, he
Wdntcd to know where all the
people came from.
Mr.. Medler dld not mince
words but gave the audience to
understand 1hat everyone OF them
was either on one side OF the road
or the Olher, and he urged every
body TO get on the right side and
back lnCIC Sam to the INIT. lie
tod OF successful meetings held
III other portions OF ms district
and says this district must and
VIII go over the top, That
every county IN the district had
subscribed It's tull quota hereto
fore, and would do so this time.
Bay a Bond
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
Why We Send Our
Wheat to Europe

No question is more frequently
asked than why we send wheat
20 Europe and STINT our own pco-
pie, The FIRST answer is that we
send wheat to furnish a fOunda-
tIon for the mixed cereal bread
mat the Allies have eaten for
three years and a half and not
10 supply them with straight
wheat bread. We are now eating
Victory Bread, a bread that calls
tor only 20 per cent wheat sub
sutute, while Europe since the
outbreak Of the war has eaten a
war bread which contains from
20 to 3U per cent substitute. They
are ASKING us for wheat enough
to make this war bread.
Wheat -four Is the only known
foundation for a bakery loaf.
Corn meal and buckWheat can be
used IN making cornDread and
batter cakes but these breads can
not be looked OH as bakery pro
ducts as they will not stand "a
hours handling between the oven
and the table. American women
who do their own baking can
make good use Of cornmcal, rice
and oatmeal, but wherever wo-
men work i'll factories or long
hours in the fields, whether in
America or Europe, bakery .bcad
must be Within ther reavh,
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
Deputy Gov. Federal Res. Banl
Iaunad FrijOles On Local Market

lhe Chas IlfcId Company sold
ywo yars OF New Mexico Pinto
Beans TO The Marshall Canning
GO. Of Marshallton, Iowa, who
canned these as an experiment.
~ .arge portion Of the product
was purchased by the British tor
use III feeding the British sold
ler5. A shipment Of these Can
ned Fri yoles has been received by
the lotal Willard Mercantile
Company, and this firm is anX-
lous 20 have everybody try a can
OF them at the expense OF the
company. See the ad on the last
page Of this issue, which explains
how to secure a can free.
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
llle honor Roll

We give below the names of
subscribers who have added their
names to the Mountalnar Honor
Ron OF Third LDcrty DJnu Buy
ers, since our last issue;
Edgar Dean Arnett
Lizzie Sellers
T. j. Liar
J. S. Keller
Walter league
Pedro A. Ulibarri
Arthur B. Krieger
Charles G. Weitz
Floyd W. Stephens
Lota NJ Langford
Mabel S llers
J. l.. Chastain
Milton W. Cluff
G.. c. Fuller
J. f, Doyle
j. II. Doyle
James L. Jones
+. c.. Telford
W. c. Harrison
j. W. Harrison
Tom Cow
]. ]. White
]. A. Cooper
G B, Cavlns
.ra,,,aS' A. Roraya
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
MOUNTAINA|R GOES
lover THE TOP"

Daniel c. Bruce
HerDert n. Tyson
Tom Springs
.. y. Dyer
j. II. CumifOrd
W. II. treek
Robertson Abstract Company
Ruth c. Parton
S. w. Parton
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25

i | believe in the United i
3 States Of America as a gov i
!" ernmcnt Of the people, for i
= the people, by the people; !
: whose Just powers are derl- =
:: we'd from the consent Of the i
. governed; a democracy in a 4
:" repuDlc; a sovereign nation y
= OF many states; a perfect y
y union, one and mSeparable, =
:" estaDnSned on the prIn- +
:" clples OF freedom, equahty :
= justice and humanity for 4
d winch American patriots sac =
- rlncCd tnelr lives and their y
Z" fortunes. | therefore believe !
9 1t IS my duty to my country =
a to love 1t; to support It's =
s constitution; to OBEY its =
= laws; to respect its flag; and i
T to defend 1t against ali enc Z
: mics. i
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25
Somme Battle Impending

There are evidences Of German
concentrations for a renewal Of
the great battle on the SOmme
'front.'. tleld MarShalHaig reports
enemy activities OF this nature III
the vicinity OF Nlllers- -BrettOneuX
where the German wedge south
OF she Somme has been pushed
Iarthest towards AmlenS. 1he
enemy masses were taken under
nre Dy the British artillery, as
were similar Concentrations
north Of the Somme, near Senre,
seven miles north OF Albert.
Ihe Germans are heavily bonn
Dardlng the region west otAlDcrt
and the entire northern side Of
The salient along the Lys on the
tIanders front. The Paris war
Once reports considerable arUil-
Ieyr activity also III the Somme
Dattlc area.
British Take Prisoners
The chIet activity of the Bri-
tlsh infantry last night was north
OF Albert where the defensive pO-
sltIon was improved and 6U pri-
soners taken. Local fighting, in
which the British had the advan-
tage, occurred also on the Lys
front, near Robecq and in the
nelghDorhood OF Wytschaete, in
the ridge region to the northeast,
Germany expects declarations
of war against her by Argentina
and Uruguay, according to Berlin
dispatches through Amsterdam.
holland s cabinet was IN extra
ordinary session yesterday, pre-
sumaDly in connection with the
kingdom S relations with Germa-
ny, which are reported strained.
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25

Hon. }, V. Conway Of Santa Fe
and c. l.. Burt Of Mountalnair
held a meeting at Manzano last
night, which was a Joint school
meeting and Liberty Loan Drive.
Conway has not let any grass
grow under his feet while i'll the
county this week, having visited
lu.c d number of schools, and at
eacn place patriotlc-educatOnal
talks were made.
The Mountainair independent., 1918-04-25

Gus Anderson left this morning for
his home in Vernon, Texas, after
stay OF two weeks here, during which
time he invested in good farm
adjoining Mouutainair. He IL mors
than pleased with the country, cli-
mate and people here. and bopes to
be back 10 stay during the svnnastr:
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-21

1t back as good as you get, you 20
crazy unless you have something to do.
Cussing is the best thing we could
think Of.
Up the trench the third bay weS
simply smashed In and the Germans
were placing bomb after bomb right
In 1t and In ours. The captain yelled
out that he was going up to the next
bay to examine It, but no more had
he got there than he had his head
taken clean or his shoulders.
, At daybreak our trenches were all
pounded In and most Of our dugouts
were filed up. Then Fritz opened up
with his artillery fire right on us. We
thought they were going to charge and
we figured their barrage would lift
and we could see them come over.
We received orders to stand to with
fixed bayonets. Then the man at the
periscope shouted. "They comet"
A battery directly behind us went
into action first and then they all
Joined In and inside Of FIVE minutes
about eight hundred guns were raising
Cain with Fritz. The Boches were
caught square In No Mans Land and
our rifles and machine guns simply
moved them down. Many Of them
came half way across, then dropped
their guns and ran for our trenches
to give themselves up. They could not
have got back to their own trenches.
1t was a shame to waste a shell on
these poor fish. If they had been CIV
Vies the law would prevent you from
hitting them--you know the kind.
They could hardly drag themselves
along.
That Is the way they look when you
have got them. But when they have
got you-kicks, cuffs, bayonet jabs-
there Is nothing they will not do to
add to your misery. They seem to
think that it boosts their own courage.
An artillery fire like ours was great
FUN for the gunners, but 1t was not
much fun for Fritz or for us IN the
trenches. We got under cover almost
as much as Fritz and held thumbs for
the gunners to get through In a hurry.
Then the fire died down and it was
30 quiet 1T made you jump.
We thought our parapet was busted
up good deal, but when we looked
through the periscope we saw what
hadshappened to Fritz trenches and,
believe me, they were practically
ruined.
Out in No Mans Land 1t looked like
Woolworth's five-and-ten; everywhere
were gray uniforms, with tincups and
accouterments that belonged to the
Germans before our artillery and ma
chine guns got to them.
Our stretcher bearers were busy,
carrying the wounded back to f1rst-aid
dressing station, for, Of course, we had
suffered too. From there the blesses
were shipped to the clearing station.
The dead lay In the trenches all day
and Mt night they were carried out
by working parties to "Stiff park" as
I called 1t.
A man with anything on his mind
ought not to go to the front-line
trenches. He will be crazy inside of
a month. The best way is not to
care whether 1t rains or SHOWS: there
are plenty of important things to
worry about.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-21
TRY 1T SUBSTITUTE
FOR NASTY CALOMEL
Starts your liver without making you
sick and cannot salivats

Starts your liver without making you
sick and cannot saliv.ts
Every druggist in town-your
druggist and everybody's druggist
has noticed great falling off in the
sale of calomel. They all give the
same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone
is taking its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone
it perfectly safe and give better re-
Suits" said prominent local drug
gist. Dodson's Liver Tone is per-
sonally guaranteed by every druggist
who sells it. A large bottle costs but
few cents, and if it fails to give
easy relief in every case of liver slug
glshness and constipation, you have
only to ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults.
Take spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness, sick head
ache, acid stomach or constipated
bowels. 1t doesn't gripe or cause in
convenience all the next day like vio-
lent calomel. Take a dose Of calo-
mel today and tomorrow you will
feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't
lose days work. Take Dodson's
Liver Tone instead and feel fine, full
OF vlgor and ambition. Adv. 8.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-21

your illness may take a chronic
turn.
There is remedy for almost
every Ill. Thousands have found
Peruna to be that remedy as did
Miss Clara Lohr OF 81 n. Gold ST,
Grand Rapids. Michigan. She writes
a friend: 'T don't need Peruna any
more. 1 am all well after taking
SIX bottles. / weighed ninety
pounds before 1 started and was
poor and weakly. 1 had such
a cough and splitting all the time
that 1 never expected to recover.
My friends gave me up. l could eat
nothing. Now l can eat and weigh
1876 pounds. I most thankfully rec
ommend Peruna to my friends"
Miss Lohr's letter is an inspira-
tion. a message of hope to suffering
may be strong and well and vigor-
GUS.
Peruna may be had in either
liquid or tablet form. Ask your
dealer. II you value health, do not
accept n substitute. DR.. Hartman's
World Famous Peruna Tonic is
what you want. The Peruna Com
pany. Dept 70, Columbus. Ohio, also
publish DR.. Hartman's Health Book.
The book is free. Write for IL.
Your dealer will give you a Peruna
Almanac.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-21

Not much more than an hour before
the Zepp came, we had been sitting in
a room at the house Of the local mill.
tary commandant, right under a big
glass-dome skylight. This house was
now very pretty ruin, and II was just
as well that we left when we did. You
could not even find n splinter Of the
big round table. The next time I sit
under a glass skylight In Dixmude.
want lad with live eye for Zeppe-
Inns on guard outside.
Something about the branch head
quarters ruins made us think of break.
fast, which we had forgotten, so back
to the hotel. Then we started back to
our lines. We were ordered to keen
to the main road all the way back, or
we would be shot on sight, and to re-
port to headquarters Immediately on
our return. thought IL the sight Of
me was so distasteful to anybody, I
would not take the chance Of Offend
ing, being anxious TO be polite in such
cases. So we stuck to the main road.
Fritz did not give us any trouble and
we were back by Ave, with all hands
out to greet US when we hove in sight,
and regular prodigal son welcome on
tap, for we were later than they had
expected US, and they had made up
their minds that some accident had
happened.
While I was around Dixmude, I saw
many living men and women and chill
dren who had been mutilated by the
Germans, but most Of them were wom-
en- and children. Almost every one
Of the mutilated men was too old for
military service. The others had been
killed, guess.
But the Belgfans were not the only
ones who had suffered from German
kultur. Many French wounded were
tortured by the Huns, and we were
constantly finding the mutilated bodies
OF our troops. 1t was thought that the
Germans often mutilated a dead body
as an example to the living.
The Germans had absolutely no re-
spect whatever for the Red Cross. For
instance, they captured a wagon load
ell with forty French wounded, and
shot every one Of them. I saw the
dead bodies.
When the Germans came to Dix
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We Were Constantly Finding the MutI.
lated Bodies Of Our Troops.
nude ney got all the men and women
and children and made them march
before them with their hands in the
air. Those who did not were knocked
down. After q while some of them saw
what they were going to get, and being
as game sports as ever heard Of, tried
to fight. They were finished or at
once, of course.
The former burgomaster had been
shot and finished off with an az,
though he had not resisted, because he
wanted to save the lives Of his citi-
zens. They told me Of one case, In Dix
nude. where man came out of his
house, trying to carry his father a
man OF eighty, to the square, where
they were ordered to report. The old
man could not raise his hands, so they
dragged his son away from him,
knocked the old man in the head with
an az. and left him there to die. Those
who were spared were made to dig the
graves for the others.
There was q doctor there in Dix
nude, who certainly deserves q mill
tary cross If any man ever did. He
was called from his house by the Ger
mans at 80 one morning. He left his
wife, who had had q baby two days
before, In the house. He was taken to
the square, lined up against wall
with three other big men Of the town.
Then he saw his wife and baby being
carried to the square on a mattress by
four Germans. He begged to be al
lowed to kiss his wife good-by, and
they granted him permission. AS he
stepped away. there was q rattle and
the other men went West. They shot
him. too, but though he was riddled
with bullets he lived, somehow, and
begged the German officer to let him
accompany his wife to the prison
where they were taking her. This was
granted too. but on the way. they
heard the sound Of firing. The soldiers
yelled. "Die Franzosen!" and dropped
the mattress and ran. But 1t was only
some Of their own butchers at work.
Doctor Laurent carried his wife and
baby to an old aqueduct that was being
rebuilt by the creek. There they lived
Tor three days and three nights, on the
Few herbs and the Water that Doctor
Laurent sneaked out and got at night.
Doctor Laurent says that when the
Germans killed and cruclfied the civil
ians at Dixmude, they first robbed
them Of their watches, pocketbooks,
rings and other things. There was a
Madame Tilmans there, who had had
three thousand francs stolen from her
and was misused besides.
These were just very few Of the
things that happened at just one place
where the Germans got to work with
their "kultur." So you can picture the
Belgians agreeing on German peace,
while there is a Belgian alive to argue
about it. They will remember the Ger
mans a long time, think. But they
need not worry: there are lot Of us
who will not forget, either.
(To Be Continued)
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-11-21
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Albort N. Depew. author
OF the story. enlists In the United States
navy. serving four years and attaining
the rank Of chief petty officer, hrst-class
CHAPTER 1.-THE great war starts
soon after he is honorably DISCHARGED
from the navy and he sails for France
with determination to enlist.
CHAPTER III-He Joins the Foreign
Legion and Is assigned to the dreadnaught
Sassard where his marksmanship wins
him high honors.
CHAPTER IV-Depew Is detached from
MS ship and sent with q regiment of the
Legion to Flanders where he soon finds
himself In the front line trenches
CHAPTER Vile Is detailed to the ar
tillery and makes the acquaintance OF the
T6s', the wonderful French guns that
have saved the day for the allies on many
battlefield. Before seeing any action he
is ordered back to his regiment in tho
front line trenches. o
CHAPTER YI-Depew goes "oyer the
top, and gets" his first German in a bay.
onet fight. ~'
CHAPTER Willis company takes part
In another raid on the German trenches
and shortly afterward assists in stopping
q fierce charge Of the Huns, who are
moved down as they cross No Mans
Land.