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The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Happy Hollo "

The Dunkards had t.1eir an
nual Love Feasl- at Amc, Frf
ford's Friday and Saturday, l.. y.
Hoffman from Pratt, Kans., was
the visiting preacher. a good
sermon was rendered and a good
crowd out. John Wray was
elected as assistant minister and
James Root as deacon. May the
Lord bless them in their work.
Stuart Benson and family lave
been visiting his brother and
family. Jared Benson, the past
week.
Stuart Benson and two sons
and brother Jared left Tuesday
morning for the mountains and
returned Friday noon. They
left Saturday morning for home.
They all like our country fine.
Bill Watson's baby was buried
in the Dunhard cemetary We'd
nesday atternOon-death due to
summer complaint.
We expect il few from orr Ssn-
day school to attend the Sunday
school convention at StOnington
Sunday. Everyone ought to at
iteDd these conventions as they
viii! help Us all.
Rev. Hoffman will return TO
Pratt Sunday afternoon, He Will
hold meeting at Diamond Ridge
Sunday forenoon.
Mamie McManaman of Elkhart
has been visiting her sister, Myr-
tie Blodgett, the past week.
They all attended the Love Feast
at Amos Hut1ord's.
Crops are looking fine in our
locality.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wills lost
an infant child Tuesday night.
Mrs. Wills was in = ....ical con
dition, but is thought now out of
danger.
Eyere Beeson and family mot
ored to Guym on Friday evening
to visit his sister, who is still
very poorly. They expect to re.
turn Sunday evening or Monday
morning. Ray Nichodemus Is
doing his chores for him.
A very pleasant evening was
spent at Roy Booths Monday ev-
ening About 80 were present.
The time was scent eating ice
cream and watermelons.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Grand View IT me-

Ben Adams and family and
Mrs. Gvy Brock left for Erick,
Okla, Monday where they will
! visit friends and relatives.
Jim Acre and family spent
Wednesday with Jesse Treon and
wife.
Fred Collins and family ate
Sunday dinner with Earl Clapp
and family.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John
O'Maley, Monday Aug. 10Th a
baby girl.
A farewell party was given at
the home Of Mrs. Hancock Mon
day night, in honor of her son
Homer. who left for Camp Free
mont, Cal, Tuesday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
No Democratic
Pot This Year.

We believe DIR. Blanchat has
the exact right idea of the cam
paign that should be made at this
time when the crisis of war is
drawing upon our resources and
the government is in crying need
of every spare dollar VIC have.
The doctor says the chairman
this year should serve without a
salary, and that nothing this
! particular year should be asked
of or contributed by the candi-
dates as campaign fund.
We believe ourselves that the
campaign should be made with
as iistle expense as possible
made in the good old fashioned
way of going around and saying
"Howdy." and then let Mr.. Voter
do the rest. The candidates
could thus go in groups of four
or five, or every Teller could go
it for himself.
A thing particularly that the
candidates of all parties should
do, is to both in an agreement to
cut out the nefarious habit of
treating, anyway in the line of
cigars. If they wish, they might
agree on stick of candy to
not to influence votes,
but to make the children happy
Some states have passed laws
against campaign treating, and
to accomplish this by agreement
we believe would be all right.
This matter Of conducting the
with as little expense
as possible to the candidates on
both sides should be taken up by
them Immediately after the pri-
mary. and something definite de
termine.t upon.
We have thought of one kind |
Of campaign fund that might be
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Richards

MIR. Vaughn of Oklahoma is
visiting j. j.. Turner and family
this week.
Merchant Murphy's little
grandson is visiting them this
month.
John Moore was a Springfield
visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James OF Lam.
port attended the Quaker meet
ing Sunday that is being held
in Richards.
Mr.. Quinton bought team of
mares from r. o. Maynard last
week.
The Quaker meeting conduct
ed by Rev. Fisk Of Oklahoma is a
fine meeting, and lots of souls
are being saved.
Ed. Chestnut is in Kansas City
with his brother who is very ill.
Wayne McClendon, one OF our
Rawleigh salesman, returned
home from successful trip
through the northeastern part OF
Baca county. He sold lots of
meli,ire.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Big Flat

Still pretty dry in this part
local showers and some hail.
Quite few attended the pic.
mic north of Two Buttes one day
this week.
D. N. Young made a trip tt
Villas Saturday.
Two friends of Wes,moreland' i
are visiting them and looking uE
a location
Mrs. Dewey made u trip t.
Springfield Thursday,
Mr.. Locks father and mothe.
from Renslo, Kans., are visiting
them this week.
BIG ROCK
Pretty dry throughout these
parts. l guess the preacher has
not been paid.
Mrs. Lula Chathams is bacl
from the hospital at Lamar.
Melvin Yeager is working fol
Jett and Co. at present.
Rev. Dean will preach at Big
Rock the first Sunday in Septem.
ber at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
People will start to put up their
feed soon.
School will start the first Of
Septem be-.
Not much news-too busy.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Who nominated DIR. Blanchat
Cor coroner?-that's the unsoIv-
ed problem. Forest Hall point
ed his finger at him and had his
mouth open, but half dozen fell
lows are claiming the honor. 1t
is now generally conceded that
the Herald doctor ho,lered out
= second the uomina,ion." Any
how, DR.. Blsnclat got it by a
good tail holt, and it's our bet
that when the pig is done squeal-
in the chiropraltor will have it
in his corral, while the big allo-
patheue, painting for breath, will
be looking on aud wondering
how the blamed thing was done.
The charge for this notice is IS.
a head for each of the contest
ans, half the gate money, ard
I, .lec cent of the excess profits
a. he business.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Next Tuesday night, August
27 at the court house, 8:30-p. M
DR.. James 2. Davis of Kansas
City will deliver an address on
the UNITED States at War. ="
The Davis children will sing,
rendering C program tofs Scottish
songs in one section of the even
ing's entertainment.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Regnier

DR.. r. Regnier returned last
week from his trip through Colo
RADIO and Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee White re.
turned Sunday from Lamar.
where they had been with a load
Of brooncorn.
Bob Northcnt has the finest
melons and the earliest OF any
one in this community.
Lloyd Brown attended teach
ers examination lest week at
Springfield and his sister Mrs.
Bennett, going up to Springfield
Saturday and returning home
with him.
This community was shocked
last Sunday a week ago to hear
of the sudden death Of Mrs. Able
Capansky, who was an early set
tier of Regnier. She leaves a
husband and three small child
rem and other relatives. TIE
family has tile sympathy of the
community.
There are big crowds at
the singings. There was a big
crowd out Sunday al Zena Cops /,
and the Sunday before at Mr..
Austin's.
E. A. Thomas sold three pianos
last Saturday to Zina Cox.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
Rally Meetings

Aug. 16, 1913.
Mr.. s. M. Konkel,
Herald, Springfield, Colo.
My Dear Mr.. Konkel:-
note your suggestion that we
have big rally meetings for the
Fourth Liberty Loan with good
speakers.
l understand that the speakers
bureau is preparing to have quite
a number of rallies throughout
the STAGE with returned soldiers
as speakers.
l have referred your letter to
Mr.. Mclean, Chairman Speak.
ers' Bureau.
Yours very truly,
Alva Swain,
Director of Publicity.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

The new man-power bill, reg
istering all from eighteen to for.
ty-tive, is expected to pass con.
gress this week, and all those
within the ages will register Sep.
teember 5. Secretary Baker says
those between 81 and As will be
called first, and married men
will not be exempted just be-
cause they are married.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

To Civ IN idca of The awaleen-
ing of GermansAmelicans in
America, the following from the
Substituting OF New Yor; is
signiicans: "For long time
German Americans wore unable
to see the peril, aud rude was
their awakening. Their sense
of duty showed them :ha right
course to pursue. Tnay point.
with pride to their sons
and grandsons fighting for
them under the Star Spangled
Bauner.i Aud they viii fight on
until every danger is removed
and the world relieved of a bur-
den which 'ias upon il like an ia
cuous, tor it Is only through the
overthrow Of the present Ger
man government that the repetl-
tion of a similar world catas-
trophe can be prevented
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

An associated dispatch, quot
ing Gen. March, says-The chief
of staff [Gen. march, took coca
sion to fro wn upon the name
Sammy" for American troops.
No American soldier in France
approves the use Of that name,
he said nor do either the Frerch
ov British understand why big,
strong men like the Americans
should be tagged with such a
nickname The British soldiers
c their American G mrades
"Yanks.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

OF course Balreich is not re-.
sponsible for his name. and of
course the name isn't any index
to a mans patriotism. but in pre-
war times such nominations
were were made for their effect
on voters having a similar ortho-
graphic twist and pronunciation
to their names.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

BY reason of being away list
week we failed to mention that
our worthy =. .. p. townsmen-
e. Emarson. S. e Specknann
and Fl. e. Homsher and j. O.
Durrstein Of Maxey, where in at
tendance az the republican sena-
,oria! assembly the week bsiore
at Las Animas, that Doc was on
the rcpuHcan conference COM
miltee wau'iog he democrats to
indorse Hasty and tn republi.
cans to indorse the DEMOCRATS
Boo Best of Kiowa comfy
for representative. Dhe latter
of which was done by the repub-
Iicans that DAY.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

The congressional committee
has finally got up to rs per cent
on war-profit taxes. They ought
to take all of it, but we suppose
the profiteers will get even the
as cut down to 40 or so, as in the
last effort at passing a revenue
hill
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

The 4th Liberty loan opens
September 29 and closes October
10. With the prospects OF crops
ahead. Baca county ought to do
better than at any previous liber-
tY loan.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Food controllers profits 2.1S3
per cent, flour millers 437 per
cent, meat packers 284 per cent,
implement makers 7SS per cent,
clothing makers 1,i00 per cent.
This is the report of the Federal
Trade Com mission to congress =
and our boys in Europe giving
their lives for their country.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

= The Sunday scthcl convention
at Stonington was one of the best
yet held ir the county. The at
tendance was large, with most of
the schools OF the county repre-
sented. The program was most
ly carried out. The usual
amounts We're pledged for this
year. Grand. sumptuous din
ner. and lots to spare. The
church was crowded, with many
turned away. Secretary Albert
son, Revs. Davis, Huckleberry
and singer and other outside par
ties present Forest Hall was
reelected president and Miss
Ruby Mathews secreta ry.
Springfield asked for the next
convention and will probably get
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
The President Replies

Washington, d. O.. 8 16. 1915.
Sheriff Long,
Baoa count, Colo.
JNy Dea Sir
III Dfesid'ac wnrmly ap-
precfs5e5 rhe rea5>uring words
OF your telegra"i Of Aug Z, and
aska me 30 CONVEY to You and to
the people OF Baca county an eX-
pression Of hIs .alrty thanks.
Sincerely yours,
Jos. Tu.nulty,
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Gen. March didn't say that
with an army of 100000 men
we could go through tie German
lines like dose of salts, but
what he said means the same
thing, and we agree. That army
will be in France by this time
next wear.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

The United States up to the
present has loaned close to six
and a half billion dollars to our
allies.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

1t would do your gizzard good
to see the crops in the southwest
part Of the county ard on over
in Las Animas county as far as
remind you of the
crops in the irrigated belt of the
Arkansas.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

$4,000 women nurses are want.
ed in France by next July. Will
take them from 81 to 45. and
married women with husbands
in the service will, be accepted.
Write the war de partment at
Washin gton.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

The democratic nominees
those who haven't, should make
their announcements. Ditto re-
publicans and Nonpartisans.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
is THE LEAGUE
ANOTHER POPULIST WAV E7

The most remarkable conven-
tion ever pulled off in Baca coun-
ty was held at the court house
Tuesday.
While the editor was away on
business, Jones' low-lifed E z
marks slipped into town, and
when we returned at 800 p. m.
we found said e z marks had cap
tured the state house by storm
and lined the main street of the
great capital city with their ar
mored cars from one end to the
other.-a..s.-.---.--.---.-2- --2---4---,-rs-'z--
Thinking we might save some
thing from the wreck, we hurried
to the capitol and took the eleva-
tor to the Herald's fam IS fifth
floor, when, 10, we fcu.d rselves
face to face with ~ i;ence
lof peaceable- looking omen
land children that pa the
great chamber from one end and
side to the other.
No one reaching for his shoot
ing irons, the editor looked over
that great audience and soon re-
cognized here and there old-line
demos, publicos and socialos that
had been captured in a wild state
by the league and brought under
a high state of domestication.
Looking further over that great
concourse of people our reporto-
rial eye canght sight of small
package between two fat women,
and on a second look saw it was
the owner of the E z marks, NC.
Jones Of the Two Buttes Wall
Street Sentinal-squ eezed up so
tight he couldn't sneeze. Jones
just then looked as if he had just
come in through the key hole,
and no doubt felt a. great deal
then he look ed, and look
ed great deal sma Her than he
was.
Feeling that the lffairs Of state
were safe with the great E z war
rior squeezed in so tight he could
MT yet away, the Herald doctor
hurried back to the. office and pro-
ceeded to write his impressions of
the historic doings of the day.
Which doings aminded us Of a
Populist demons tration held in
Lincoln. Nebr.,. twenty eight
years ago-in 1s 80.
The Lincoln J ournal had called
5he populist swi .neheadsand. Ear
y in the day the "swineheads'
began to arri' 7e, and at two p. m.
he greatest nd most novel pro-
.ession Linco In had ever seen
would have Ieen ten miles long in
Jingle file egan to wind its way
through the! business streets of
he town, With hogs, banners and
artoons every hundred yards of
he procer sion, the principal slo-
an bein s-"Th.e Hogs Have Come
o Towr l."
Iusti .nctively as we call up that
,dd r recession, our mind reverts
o tn e "E z" marks who thronged
pri hgfield Tuesday, and who are
IoyE making similar history in Ba-
a as was ma de all over the great
est twenty eight to twenty.four
'ears ago.
See elsewhere ticket nominated
and resolution Us adopted.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Taking the county as a whole.
old Baca this year has the best
crops it probably has ever had.
That will go long way toward
putting old Baca on its feet.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Last week we mentioned the
resolution introduced by Lucious
McAdam in the county assembly
indorsing T. ]. lyman for COVER
nor, and failing to say the resolu.
ton was rejected by the assem-
bly,, we have been informed that
some got the impression it was
adopted. A-motion to adopt the
resolution was defeated.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
ocoTtDNy % tHe president
Sprin efield to the Gulf

BY federal and state Aid a
hard surfaced road from Canada
ard Denver TO Lamar and Spring
field, ana thence to the Gulf over
the D. c. D., vas proie cted re-
Gently III a convention of the Col
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Congressman Heating and John
A. Martin debated at Lamar last
night on the issues between them
in this campaign.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Thousands of bushels of wheat
have passed through Springfield
for Lamar since threshinR be-
yan.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

Some good solo. !. letters re-
served for next week. Watch
for that issue.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23
DERSCNS
Stories and Incidents
N-)f Old Boston
L Hnd the Old Days
NEWSPAPERS, Towns
And Town Lots.
BY the Writer
Old Stonington Again

OlQ 0tONlnStOn Again
| At the time of making the old
Ssoningtpn write-up. we stated
that; cupiouslv enough, it was
1.-THE one good town in the east
end that didn t have newspaper
L. McAdam was the first tc
call our attention to the fact that
Stonington had a newspaper, bu,
was not certain of the name. He
didn't know how long 1t was
there, but thought it was less
than q year.
Afterwards we got a letter
from Glen Konkel, who was boy
living here at that time, stating
that therawa newspaper pub.
lished at one time at old Stoning-
ton, but didn't know how long
nor its name.
We then wrote to Erwin Kon-
ikel of Stonington, and asked
him to talk with Wallis and Pen
ney about the matter and to let
US know. Penney lived within
half q mile of the old town, and
we were certain both he and
Wallis knew about it.
Some Of Ervin's letter in reply
TO ours isSinteresting and we
quote it:
II have talked with Mr.. PEN
ny and Glen There visit and Mr..
Wallis. They all say there was
a paper at stonington-the Ston-
ington Sentinel, !, edited by Cal
houn. ,ThsE wasa little hump
(eash1ck may shv the. name, of
Wray with Calhoun for a short
time.
wallis says Calhoun ran a pa
per at Westola before coming to
Stonington. We both think this
Calhoun stopped awhile at Ply
mouth.
"Just when he came to Stoning-
ton and when he left l cannot
tell. Mr.. Penny says that Mayme
Lasley had, when she left here,
the first copy Of the Sentinel.
Her address is Saligman, Mo.
This Calhoun went from here
to Granada, and from there to
Denver. Mr.. Wallis saw him a
few years ago in Denver. He
says w. C. Calhoun has done well
since he went to Denver-now ed
it's the Rocky Mountain Sentinel.
Write him."
Calhoun was the editor of the
Westola Wave, and in April, 1889,
changed it from a patent to an all
home print. He consequently
couldn't have moved to Stoning-
ton till in the summer or fall of
that year.
AS near as we can learn from
different sources, he was at Ston-
ngton only about six months.
The poor fellow was like all the
>ther poor newspaper fellows of
that time-on the edge of an
abyss and trying to keep from ,
tumbling over.
Stonington at that time was
'ristling up to make a county {
eat pull in the general election, t
md no doubt Calhoun saw a faint
hance of saving himself by mov- l
ng there. /
We left the country sometime J
n June of 1889, and it was no
oubt after this that Calhoun t
moved his plant to Stonington, l.
no, as he Was there only d {
hort time, we never learned of t
he fact. C
Shaw published the Plymoth '
Progress for awhile, and in April, S
889, Walter Halcomb started the .
'lymoth Rock-at the same time u
alhoun changed his Westola G.
Vsve to an all-home print; so its u
OF likely he ventured into the 9
ewspaper business at Plymouth u
rior to going to Stonington.
We wrote to W. C. Calhoun at ~
'enver, but the geezer failed to S
eciprocate; and SO we are giving n
ut this information without him. C;
We have now covered the towns ",
nd the newspapers, and will jump
1to something else next week. :
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-23

raised-the usual campaign furd
turned overt the Red Cross,
or to the Y. M. G. A
And let It 20 at that.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
DRYs PUSH THE FIGHTING
Counties In Which Dry Vote sIumped
Last Year Will Co over the
Top In November.

Columbus, Ohio.-Whila the drys
last year came within 1877 votes Of
putting across statewide Prohibition,
cutting down the wet majority Of
$4,000 in 1915 to almost zero, the fact
remains that in 81 dry rural coun-
lies, the drys did not poll as many
votes last year as in 1915. In these
81 counties thousands of dry voters
were careless and remained at home
Dn election day. These dry counties
are to blame for the vets winning the
state.
1t is encouraging to dry leaders to
know that in nearly all of these 81
counties, the drys are on their toes
and working hard to wipe out the
disgrace of their inaction last year.
These counties declare it will not be
their fault this year II the state re-
mains wet. Dry organizations in
these counties are reaching down in.
to the precincts and are lining up
the voters with a precision which
would do credit to Pershing's officers.
In fact, Every dry vote cast and
counted" is the slogan up and down
the dry forces throughout the state.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
STATE FAIR RESEMBLES
LIVE AND MODERN CITY

Once each year the Ohio State
Fair grounds become gay and
bustling city-a remarkable city.
Each year this city grows more
metropolitan. All city conveniences
are at hand-service of two teIe-
phone companies and two tele-
graph companies, express office,
postoffice, hospital with physicians
and nurses in attendance, comfort
stations, electric lights, freight
ing equipment manned by Colum-
bus city firemen, sanitary sewer
system, police organization and
eating establishments.
In addition, there is parking
space for hundreds of automobiles,
guarded by special officers, and
amusements of almost every kind.
The number of people on the
grounds each day of the fair would
form the population of good-sized
city. Livestock, machinery and
other exhibits on the ground repre-
sent vast sum Of money. City
man and farmer alike can find
plenty at the fair to interest him.
This years fair, the last week in
August, gives every indication, say
its managers, of breaking all for
mer records for quality and attend
ance. 1t has been designed to
stimulate patriotism and wartime
activity and efficiency.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
CHICKASAW
Surely hot weather at this writing,

Surely hot weather at this writing,
Joe Helm and caspar clune threshed
their grain Saturday.
Dick Buehler and Chs. Shuttle were
Camp Sherman visitors few days last
week.
Miss Mary Niekamp is visiting her
brother August at West Point.
Mrs. Philip Diller and son Albert and
Mrs. Fred Jennings and Mrs. Gross, OF
st. Henry, visited Will Gross and family
Tuesday.
Ray Wellman and mother visited rela-
tives here one day last week.
John Kroger and family and John
Bomholt and family we're out JOY riding
Sunday.
Jacob Desch and family were Sidney
visitors Saturday and Sunday.
The ball game Sunday between Bur-
kettsville and the home team was won
by Burkettsville. The battery for Bur-
kettsville was Rindler and Stamen; for
Chickasaw Rrawers, Dorsten and Frsn-
ger. Next Sundays game has not been
given out, but our boys expect to do bet
ter next time.
August Rentz, of this place, received a
letter Monday from his son Alfred, who
is somewhere in France.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-08-09
FOOD CONSERVATION
IS STATE FAIR RULE
Enlarged Dining Hall on Grounds
viii Accommodate 400.

Food conservation will be practiced
fully at the Ohio State Fair, the last
week in August Fair Manager 3. V.
Walborn says he will instruct all per-
sons who serve food on the grounds
that Hoover's regulations must not be
disregarded under any circumstances.
Eating facilities at the fair grounds
have been enlarged greatly. One of
the biggest improvements on the
grounds during the last year has been
the rebuilding on larger dimensions
of the dining hall at an expenditure
Of $4,000. 1t is said that 400 persons
can be served in the building The
dining hall will be operated on a
serve-self plan, and it is announced
that reasonable prices will prevail.
Meals also will be served under the
grandstand, where improvements also
have been made.