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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-29

Gardening, or the getting ready
to do so. seems to be the order of
the dav at the present; and from
all appearances there will be just as
many street and vacant lot gardens
as there were last season. This is
as it should be. A growing garden
looks better any time than lot of
weeds that are rarely ever cut
down, but permitted to grow up
and go to seed, and besides the
quantity of food that can thus be
produced through such effort is
something enormous. We must all
continue to carry on this line of
work, even though on a small scale,
for it all helps in the great aggre-
gate Asotin Sentinel.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-29

1t is not only the country mer-
chant who has been forced to in
crease his selling price on merchan-
disc. The big retail dealers in the
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-03-29

Hush little Village Park.
Don't you cry;
You'll be town lots,
By and by.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19

has any doubt as to the earnestness
! of the U. s. A. in this war all they
/ would have to do is TO come here and
/ take look at the way we are taking
care Of the wounded The percent
age Of men who are killed outright is
/ very, very small And more than %
per cent Of the wounded men are cur
ed and sent back. That is where the
big number Of casualties came from
during he civil war. They had no
! way of curing the wounded and
therefore the losses were very heavy.
The remarkable part Of it here is the
way these men are hit. They are
shot everywhere and still get we'll
We have gotten them shot in the
heels, head. mouth, liver. lungs, bel
ly, legs and all over and out Of the
500 we have handled here only two
have actually died and they both died
from complications and not from
their wounds. One died from pneu-
monia, the other from another lung
disease. So you can see tina, the
boys certainly are getting what is
coming to them in the way Of medical
treatment We doctors have taken
up with them and there is nothing
that | would not do for them and
they feel the same towards us. All
We want to do is to lick these brutes
md come home, and by the help Of
God we will do it. The Lord is GER
tainly on our side and there is no way
for US to lose These brutes are yell
low to the very ends of their hair
They will surrender yelling Exam
Grad" meaning comrade and then
when our boys are not looking they
will throw a hand grenade amongst
them and kill them if they can. They
will also lay down as if wounded and
after our men run over them chasing
the Fleeing Germans these suckers
will raise up and begin shooting our
HNn III tHc DdCh. AS 4 nave Sdlu,
they did do that but not now. And
| will tell you how our boys stopped
them. They don't take so many
prisoners and AS they go over a bat
tie field they wake these ours up by
means Of their bayonetts. They soon
find out who is dead and who is not
Well, as it is getting late will have
to stop as candle light is very poor to
see by. Let me hear from all Of you
and above all things don't worry nor
be uneasy about me. When work is
done all we can do is to go to bed and
we have to quit when dark comes as
we have nothing to burn except can
dies and they are the next thing to
nothing ! am trying to live right
and am trusting in the Almighty to
bring me through this and I am dead
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19

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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19

ANYONE would like to see-we ar,
located in an ideal spot for camping
and the ground is as level as a hooi
for miles and miles.
The crops raised here are about
the same as in Kentucky--on our way
up here saw the first hemp fields
have seen for fifteen years and see
lots Of timothy and fields of red
clover. Blackberry bushes grow
along the fences and are loaded with
berries and are just about ripe, but
as we are not allowed to touch any
French property we will have to dc
without a cobbler We are going to
have peach pie for supper tonight
which will be the first pie have seen
in France-have not seen piece of
cake yet
We are able to buy bar of choco-
late about twice week. but it looks
like we will not get any jam. jellies
and etc, until we get back in the
states. What few things we do pur-
chase are supplied through the Y. NJ.
C. A., and about all the French have
for sale is beer and wine.
| still have the little pillow and
never lay my head on it at night to
sleep. but what think Of all you at
home.
As this is about all know to write
will come to close and want you
both to write me long letter. With
much love to all | will say goodbye
Ever your loving brother,
Private Willard F. Carter,
Co. c., 33rd Engineers,
A. p. o., 7l3. Am. Ex. Forces
The following interesting letter has
been received from Sidney Aldridge.
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. G.
Aldridge, and will be read with much
interest here. where Sidney is so well
known and liked.
"On Active Service with Am. h. L.
August 18th, 1918.
Dear folks at home:-
am now taking in the wonderful
sights of the old country. had a
nice trip over and enjoyed it very
much. didn't get seasick but had
slight headache for day or two.
| got to see a whale and several
other large fish, that came up to the
top of the water. | had to laugh
when ! saw the thing they called a
train, it was a little short, dumpy out
fit, but they don't lose no time in
travelling. they get up and fly. The
little farms remind me of old Ken
lucky. The crops are all pretty neat
and the grass is pretty and green.
See lots of stock, more than ex-
pected to see but every thing is so
old-fas hioned. The children look
funny with little celluoid COLLAR and
tie and wearing coat and vest.
We landed on Sunday and marched
to the train from the boat and the
kids hung on to US so we could hard
~ walk. The people here are not a.
large and healthy as the Americans
The old people came out and shouted
with joy to see us pass, but ! don't
know what about. The English sol
der boys don't seem to think much Of
us boys, guess they are afraid we
will take their girls away from them,
but they need not worry.
Well ! guess | will take my shoes
off tonight for the first time for two
weeks. Tell all my friends there
that you have heard from me and that
] am well and getting along fine.
viii close, with much love,
Sidney l.. Aldridge,
BOG Aero. Squadron. Am. Z. r.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19

coast. He is becoming used TO Irish
weather which for the most part is a
constant drizzle called Irish sun.
shine, which no body minds and all
go merrily along without rainclothes
He describes a ball given by the of.
ficers 70 his boat at a country club
house near the city close to which he
is stationed. The club house was an
ancient castle almost destitute of
furniture However. ever Irish
beauty and wit and American gal
iantry made gay and brilliant the
gaunt old ruin.
Guy j. Napier, writes his mother.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Lee. at Paint Lick. from
which place he enlisted last Nav and
was sent over seas in June and is now
with Company B. LIST Engineering
Corp, somewhere in France.
At the time of writing he says he
is in a quiet sector, although the shells
are bursting about him every few
minutes He says one soon gets used
to it and doesn't attempt to dodge
any of them and up to that time he
has seen very few casualties among
his own men. but on many of the
fronts the Germans are piled in some
places as many as four deep. He is
well supplied with socks and sweat
ers and is furnished all the tobacco
one needs.
Guy is eighteen years old and no
doubt his friends at home will be
pleased to hear that he is well and en-
joying his work
Mr.. Brewer Layton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. o. T. Layton, has the following
to say in writing friends in this office;
Dear Mr.. Elkn Have received
the paper and you don't know how
good it looks TO ne. Ius: Ike 4 -
ter from home. Am as well as can
be and am doing my best to do my
bit wherever | am placed. We boys
know that YOU good people back
home are keeping the fires burning
while We are away and will do all YOU
can to help win this war. which we
are going to do for God is ON our side.
Have seen lots and will tel! you upon
ms return. Remember me to Mrs.
Elkin and all my friends in good old
Garrard County for that is the gar
den spot for me-"
Brewer is now stationed at Win
cheS.er, England, LIST Casual Co.,
froal which point the letter was writ
ton.
"on active Service with the Am. +. +.
Aug. IL, 1918, Geivres, France.
Miss Z. Carter and Maria Raney:
Lancaster Ky,
My dear sisters -
wrote you both letter the goth
Of last month and while not expecting
an answer to it this early letter is
long, long overdue from you both and
cannot understand why you haven't
written. | haven't received but one
letter en- this side from relatives and
that was from Bertha-don't know
why John or James have not written
hut as usual they are the last to write
| am now located at Gievres
(Jeves) little town Of about two
thousand population and about one
hundred miles from the front and am
quite ways from the roax of the big
guns. All is as peaceful and quiet
as if no war was in progress, but have
not the least idea how long we will be
here, but am longing to be near the
front where | can see the shells
bursting and hear the roar of battle,
but no doubt will not be there one
week until ! have had far more than
| ever lenged to see.
! see lots Of the boys returning
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19
Aug. 4th, 1918,

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My dear Mother
! sure was glad to receive three of
your long expected letters few days
ago, and to note that every thing is
all right at home. Your letters were
certainly cheerful and full of good
news. Keep it up and don't fail to
send an old home town paper each
week: also send me the Courier Jour
nal once in a while.
Our mail caught up with us just
after we came back from the front
was the reason | failed to get your
letters sooner We are again at a
rest camp after being under our sec
ond baptism of fire for most of US,
and | am thankful to say that | am
alive and in good health, and glad to
say that cur Company made good
record and that we have a fine Cap
tain and staff. could not be a Ma
rine and not admire our splendid
Corps. never met a finer and clean
er cut bunch of young men and GER
tainly hope to stay with this Com
pany.
Ashley told me in his last letter
that he had enlisted in the Marine
Corps. He tried to enlist at Cleve-
land when | did, but they turned him
down, suppose the few weeks rest
he had at home caused the Cincinnati
doctors to accept him. am glad he
is one of US, and am going TO try to
get him in our Company.
| haven't heard from Billy for
some time. L. he over here?
To-day is Sunday, and somehow or
other | think more Of home on Sun
day than any other day Perhaps it
is because you always rounded We
kids up for church on that day. No,
Mother dear do not neglect religious
worship. and believe more in prayer
than ever before.
This camp is located in a pretty
part of Franee--in fact all that ]
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-09-19
KHAKI COLUMN /

Letters to his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
John G.. Conn, tell of the safe arrival
of their son, Mr. Edd Lee Conn. in
France
4 4 4
Mr.. Elmer East came up from
Camp Taylar. on a five days furlough
visiting his mother, and friends. He
is looking well and says he likes the
army life fine.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
GRElTEST bATTLEl
WORLD IN PROGRESS
BOTH SIDES SUFFER HEAVY
LOSSES WHEN HUNS BEGIN
ADVERTISED SPRING DRIVE.
Bombardment That Preceded Infantry
Attack Heaviest of the War, All the
Weapons Known to Modern
Warfare Being Used.

London.-In the first three days Of
the German spring drive, on front of
sixty miles or more, the Germans have
broken through two lines of British
trench systems, have forced the British
from the Cambrai salient. and are at
tack the third British lines west Of
San Quentin and east of Peronne. San
Quentin and Peronne are about fifteen
miles apart.
While at first the purpose of the
Germans was doubtful, it soon became
clear that the great offensive which
they had been threatening was under
way. No concentration Of guns on il
fifty-mile front had ever approached
the Hun concentration between Arras
and La Fere. 1t Is reported that in one
small area-presumably in the north
ern sector near Croisilles--1000 guns
were posted.
The bombardment preceding the in
fantry attack was the heaviest Of the
war. 1t began in misty weather, which
was a disadvantage to the invaders.
because their flyers could not make
observations. About noon, on the first
day, the sun came out and the flyer,
began to direct the artillery fire.
Many battles in the air are recorded.
The British aviators flew low, drop
ping bombs or sweeping the enemys
ranks with machine gun fire. In fact,
all the weapons known to modern war
fare We're used-flying machines.
balloons, tanks, liquid fire, poison ~as
and gas shells in addition to the vari-
Gus forms of firearms.
.~.4 .4..l sll.... .>... liindenburg and
General Won Ludendorff had inspired
their soldiers and the German people
with the utmost confidence by means
Of publicity lasting several months.
Finally, with a great flourish, neutral
correspondents were invited to the
front, and the emperor went to take
command Of the offensive in person.
The success attained by the Ger
mans are most notable, but they have
been achieved at f1ightful cost. AT
the same time the losses of the Brit
ish may be conjectured by the figures
contained in the Berlin report, for the
success has been so great that even
the Wilhelmstrasse is probably not
exaggerating. BY the end of the sec
ond day, or perhaps the morning OF
the third the Germans had taken 25.-
coo prisoners. This might Indicate
a British loss approaching 10000 OF
10000. No such losses on the British
front have occurred heretofore in such
brief period, nor have the Germans
/ ever before been able to take so many
British prisoners. Inasmuch as the
Germans gained every foot of ground
only by the most violent fighting
against an enemy almost as well armed
as themselves, at least as to machine
! guns and lighter cannon, their losses
must have been quite severe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
GERMANS HURl
SHELLS INTO PARIS
MONSTER CANNON SHOWERS
CAPITAL WITH SHELLS FROM
DISTANCE OF rs MILES.
When Shells Began Falling in City
Every Twenty Minutes, Parisians
Believed That Huns Had
Broken Through the Lines.

Paris.-The German "monster cam
nOn," which has been bombarding
Paris, has been located in the forest Of
St. Gobain, west of Laon, and exactly
122 kilometers approximately severity
six miles) from the Paris city hall.
At first the shells began arriving at
intervals of twenty minutes, and the
detonations, considering the Sunday
calm, seemed louder than those of Sat
urday. Their power to disturb the
equanimity of the populace, however,
seemed less, the people refusing to be
distracted from their Sunday habits to
any great extent.
The great German gun which is re-
ported to be able to shell Paris from
distance of seventy miles could ac-
complish these feats with the same
range:
Shell Dover and Canterbury, Eng
land, across the English channel from
Ostend, Belgium.
Throw shells into Venice from
Trieste, in Austria, firing across the
Adriatic sea-
Reach Paris from any point along
the eighty miles Of the German front.
Shell New York City from Trenton,
N. j., or Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
BIG GUN IDEA NOT NEW.
Hudson Maxim Says 1t 10 Possible to
Secure a Range Of Over so Miles.

New York.-Hudson Maxim, in
ventor, declared in statement issued
Sunday regarding the bombardment of
Paris by the new German cannon, that
1t is entirely possible to secure a range
of over sixty miles with gun, but
there is nothing new in the idea.
Il understand that the new projec-
tile Is practically of nine-inch calibre,"
said Mr.. Maxim. with u nine-inch
gun from forty to fifty feet in length,
and with a maximum elevation of 40
degrees, projectile may be thrown to
Il distance of more than twenty miles.
Now, if we double the calibre of the
gun, we quadruple the area of the base
of the projectile. If we were to take a
gun of eighteen-inch calibre and shoot
nine-inch projectile from that we
would have four times the propelling
energy on the base of the shell during
the entire flight of the projectile
through the bore of the gun.
''It would be perfectly possible to
employ a gun for such purpose Of
twenty-inch calibre, throwing sub
calibre projectile of nine inches. Then
we would have a good deal more than
four times the area upon which the
powder gases would push against the
projectile.'
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
ACADEMY NOTES.

Monday morning a program
was given by The two Spanish
classes. emphasizing the import.
ance OF students learning the
Spanish language.
This morning lie girls present.
ed their program before the boys.
al week th.y had been planning
This wonderful event, trying to
make it the best and most sue
cessflil program OF tie year. Their
success was far beyond the ex.
pecta ton of the bows.
Tonight they will give a big
dance which will excel any hing
III the history OF dancing in Oak
ley, To view the decorations
alone, will be worth while any
ones coming. IF you don't
come, you will miss half your
llfe,' say the young ladies. They
wish everyone to accept this
statement and be sure and come.
StudentscOmment ON Instruct
or Stout's repeated Spanish
exam; II expected it, but |
didn't expect it quite so soon.'
April is, Boys Day" will be
celebrated with all the patriotism
and enthusiasm that they have
stored up for the occasion. They
intend to surpass the girls pro-
gram SO far that the girls will
Ieel like thirty cents.
Birds help to win this war. The
folloWlng program on the sub
ject OF Birds will be given Friday
morning, April5 5 at the Academy
by he class i'll agriculture.
Structure and Characteristics
oi Birds. Glendon Steiner.
Investigation of the y S De
partnent OF Agriculture. Charles
Andrns' The Food OF some Birds
Anthon Hill. Case against tn,
Eng lish Sparrow. Gilbert Borrn
Some Common Birds useful tt
farmers, Farley Clark. Bird.
OF killing worth (Longfellow'.
poem), REQ Field. Encouraging
birds about our homes, Gerald
Cranney
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
Local Red Cross
Notes.

The Red Cross Branch here,
shipped 1900 pounds of clothing
to the war sufferers OF Belgium.
The Oakley Coop and the Lad
les Store being among the large
contributors. They have also
during the last week. forwarded
to the Chapter at Burley another
large box OF made up supplies
Dr.. A. F. O. Nelson made a
pleasant call at the local head
quarters this week and presen ted
the Branch with an elegant New
New Electric Sewing Machine,
with the compliments OF his wife
Mrs Louise Nelson. This makes
two electric sewing mrching Civ
Ell to the local branch, the first
By Mr.. J. Il. Randall OF the Oak
ley State Bank.
The Island School has made
application to become an. auxil-
iary Of the Oakley Branch.
Receipts The Chautauqua
Committee donated the net sum
Of $95 60 and other small con
tributIons were received from
ladies at Island. So that this
has been a banner week Tor the
Red Cross work at Oakley, and
the chairman takes this oppor.
tunity of thanking all who have
50 gracIously contributed, both
IN clothing, supplies, machines
and money to aid III the cause
OF humanity, with the assurance
that they will in no way lose
their reward, and without ment-
ioning the names of contributors
severally, we thank each one
most kindly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
War Trade Board Finds Ger
man Submarine Directed
at NeutraIs.

Germany's war leaders are
using the submarine to prevent
fulfllment OF Americas agree
ment to>feeI and relieve Europ.
can neutrals, according to a
statement by the War Trade
Board. 1t saws: "a mass of cum
ulative evidence and indications
in the possession of the War
Trade Board shows that Ger
many is employing the subnar-
Inc nenance to prevent neighbor
neutrals receiving any food or
tavoIS at the hands OF the United
States and its associates in the
war, and coerce these neutrals
through starvation and political
and economic dependence upon
Germany, quite MS much as to
strike at the tons of
its opponents-Germany's osten-
sIble aim III proclai,ning the
ruthless submarine campaign.
Further indications tend TO
show that the submarines are
being used along similar dog-in.
the-manger lines. to DESTROY neu-
trail shipping without regard to
its employment"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
PARIS REPORT QUESTIONED.
Officers Do Not Believe Gun Could
Throw Shell Sixty-two Miles.

Washington.-Th long range bonn
bardment of Paris by German gun
presumably sixty-two miles away, an
nounced as fact in the French capi-
tai, dumbfounded American ordnance
Officers. The twenty-two-mile bonn
bardment of Dunkirk by the Germans
more than year ago had set record
and ordnance officers of the Ameri-
can, British and French corps freely
conceded they never had dreamed Of Il
monster gun with range of more than
thirty miles.
Some sofficers frankly questioned
that shells from rified cannon actually
had fallen in Paris. Others sought ex-
PLANTATION in new devices or secret gun
emplacements in the vicinity of Paris.
None wanted to believe that any gun
had been invented by the Germans or
inch projectile sixty miles.
The finding Of shell fragments bear
ing the marks of gun ritling seemed to
preclude the idea OF any ordinary air.
plane bomb. 1t was suggested that
monster airplanes mounting guns
might have been used, but no one has
ever conceived the possibility of carry
ing q 91h inch weapon In the air. A
short range, lightweight, inverted how
itzer carried by aircraft appeared to
some rs a possible explanation.
Some officers conceived the possi-
bility that in the outskirts of Paris
there might he hidden gun. 1t was
admitted that ii would have no mill
tary value and could only be weapon
of terror and its discovery would be
certain.
A bombardment of Paris at dis
tance of sixty miles appeared to most
of the ordnance officers as such a
complete surprise that they found 1t
difficult to talk about ii.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-03-29
Public School Notes

Leaders in Thrift Stamps and
w SIS. for week ending 3 20 1S
Beginners have 81 Thrift and l
SIS, Rrnona Ward, 6 Thrift.
First grade have 60 Thrift and
and 4 W. s.. 5 pupils tied in
purchasers.
Second grade has 1OS Thrift
and 8 W.S.S, Glenn Randall, 4
Thrift.
Third grade has 81 Thrift and
4 W.S.S., Jack Randall, 4 Thrift
Fourth Grade has $50 Thrift
and 4 W. S S., Mabel Millard, 4
Thrift
Fifth grade has 1O3 Thrift and
4 W.S.S., 3 boys tied.
Sixth grade has 1914 Thrift and
7 WIS S., Leo Anderson 3 Thrift
Seventh grade has 1O1 I hrift
and 7 w SIS.
Eighth grade has 90 Thrift and
13 W.S.S Valley Jackson, 4
Thrift and l w SIS.
Total 925 Thrilts, 4S w SIS.
$429.1O
Do not forget April IL Parents
Day and School Fair day.