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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
BECOMES IRKSOME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature Of Ones
Occupation, Its Routine VIII oe-
c~ssionally Weary.

Are there times when your work be-
comes intolerably irksome? Yes7 Well,
don't jump at the conclusion hat you
are In the wrong place when this hap
pens once In awhile. That will be true
whatever work you choose. No matter
how well adapted you are to your occu-
patton, there will come times when
your thoughts will wander, and the
routine will weary you, and you will
feel that any other work would be
preferable to that which you have
chosen. One of the best-known woman
writer's of the last generation wrote
an impassioned warning to literary as
pirants,, telling them to do any work,
even scrubbing floors, In preference to
taking up a literary career. Undoubt-
eddy she wrote at a time when her
chosen work seemed unspeakably irk-
some, but If she had been cornered,
she would probably have acknowledged
that the profession of authorship has
considerable to commend 1t when COM
pared with scrubbing floors.
This occasional impotence with our
vocation Is Inevitable. No matter how
congenial 1t is, there are times when 1t
will seem a burden. The people who
change their occupation every time 1t
begins to bore them, are the tramps of
the business world.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
CHAPTER XIV.
Picks and Shovels.

/ had not slept long hefo"'
voice of the sergeant informed that
"No. / section had clicked for another
blinking digging party" l smiled TO
myself with deep satisfaction. / had
been promoted from a mere digger to
a member of the Suicide club, and was
exempt from all fatigues. Then came
an awful shock. The sergeant looked
over in my direction and said:
Don't you bomb throwers think you
are wearing top hats out here. Cord
in TO orders you've been taken up on
the strength of this section. and will
have TO do your bit with the pick and
shovel, same as the rest of us"
i put up a howl on my way to get
my shovel, but the only thing that re-
suited was a loss of good humor on
my part.
We fell In at eight O'Clock, outside
of our billets, a sort of masquerade
party. l was disguised is a common
laborer, had a pick and shovel, and
The rest, about two hundred in all,
were equipped likewise picks, shovels,
sandbags, rifles and ammunition.
The party moved out In column of
tours, taking the road leading to the
trenches. Several times WI had to
string out in the ditch TO let long col
umns of limbers, artillery and supplies
get past.
The marching, under these condi-
tons, was necessarily slow. Upon ar
rival at the entrance TO the communi-
cation trench, | looked at my illumi-
mated wrist watch-it was eleven
o'clock.
Before entering this trench, word
was passed down the line, mo talking
or smoking, lead off in single file, COW
ering party first"
This covering party consisted of 30
men, armed with rifles, bayonets,
bombs, and two Lewis machine guns.
They were to protect us and guard
against "A surprise attack while dig
ging in No Mans Land.
The communication trench was
about half a mile long, a ~zigzagging
ditch, eight feet deep and three feet
wide.
Now and again, German shrapnel
would whistle overhead and burst In
our vicinity. We would crouch against
the earthen walls while the shell frag-
ments slapped the ground above u.s.
Once Fritz turned loose with a ma
chine gun, the bullets from which
cracked" through the air and kicked
p the dirt on the top, scattering sane
nd pebbles, which, hitting our steel
olmets. sounded like hailstones.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Fired by the news OF the
sinking of the Lusitania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri-
can. leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists in the
British army.
CHAPTER H-After a period OF train
ing, Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
ice and soon finds himself In rest billets
somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
emit coolies"
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while a Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER Iv-Empey's command goes
into the front-line trenches and Is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns 10 adopt
the motto OF the British Tommy, eff you
are going to get 1t, you'll get IT. so never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest billets. En-
pey gets his first experience as a mess
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back in the front-iine
trench. Empey sees his first friend of the
trenches Ego West"
CHAPTER Ix-Empey makes his first
visit to a dugout In Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work" In the front-lt'e
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes lover the
TOD IOT IN6 HISI LiIilC III a NAAaA VII 80
German trenches and is wounded BY a
bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER xII-Empey joins the sui
eide club as the bombing squad Is cal ed.
CHAPTER xIII-Each Tommy gets an
officia. bath.
CHAPTER xIv-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER xV-On listening post" in
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER xvI-Two artiilerymen put
one over" on Old Pepper, their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER x~VII-Empey has narrow es-
cape while on patrol duty in No Mans
Land.
CHAPTER XvIII-Back in rest billets
Empey writes and stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER xIX-Soldiers have many
ways to amuse themselves while ION their
own"
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
machine gun service and goes back into
the front-line trenches.
CHAPTER XxI-Empey again goes
lover the top" in a charge which cost his
company II killed and 81
CHAPTER XXII-Trick with a machine
gun silences one bothersome Fritz.
CHAPTER XxIII-German attack, pre-
ceded by gas wave, is repulsed.
CHAPTER xXIV-Empey is forced to
take part in an execution as a member
OF the firing squad.
CHAPTER xXv-British prepare for
the Big Push-the battle OF the Somme.
CHAPTER XxVI-In a trench raid.
preceding the Big Push. Empey Is des-
perateIy wounded and lies unconscious IN
No Mans Land for 36 hours.
CHAPTER XXVII-After four months
In a British hospital. Empey is discharged
as physically unfit for further war serV-
ice"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Varieties Of Pearls.

Among the varieties of so-called
pearls there are at times small dark
gray or blackish pearls, which are
more or less fiattened and lack the
jet black luster and perfect shape OF
the so-called black pearls. These are
true pearls, probably secured from pin
ma shell, and possess some small value.
They may be easily distinguished from
the false pearls by their color and
shape. Very small round pearls of a
golden luster are secured from a small
ayicula that has a beautiful golden
luster on the inside. The avicula shell
Is usually less than six centimeters in
diameter, and / have new seen a pearl
produced by this shell that was larger
than a No. @ shot. The big, perfectly
round yellow pearls offered for sale
are usually frauds.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25

on the ground to the point where we
were to commence work. This in or
der that we would not get lost in the
darkness. The proposed trench was
also laid out with tape.
The covering party went out first.
After a short wait, two scouts came
back with information that the work
ing party was to follow and carry on"
with their work.
In extended order. two yards apart,
we noiselessly crept across No Mans
Land. 1t was nervous work; every
minute we expected a machine gun to
open fire on us. Stray bullets Cracked"
around US, or a ricochet sang over
head.
Arriving at the tapped diagram Of
the trench, rifles slung around our
shoulders, we lost no time in getting
to work. We dug as quietly as pos
sible but every nov and then the noise
of a pick or shovel striking a stone
would send the cold shivers down our
backs. Under our breaths we heartily
cursed the offending Tommy.
At intervals a star shell would go up
| from the German lines and we would
remain motionless until the glare of it's
white light died out.
When the trench had reached a
depth of two feet we felt safer, be-
cause it would afford us cover in case
we were discovered and fired on.
The digging had been in progress
about two hours, when suddenly hell
seemed to break loose in the form Of
machine-gun and rife fire.
We dropped down on our bellies in
TIE shallow trench, bullets knocking
up the ground and swapping in the air.
Then shrapnel butted in The music
was hot and Tommy danced.
The covering party was having a
rough time of 1t; they had no cover;
just had to take their medicine.
Word was passed down the line to
beat ii for our trenches. We needed no
urging; grabbing our tools and stoOp-
ing low. we legged 1t across No Mans
Land. The covering party got away
To a poor start but beat us in. They
must have had wings because we low
cred the record.
Painting and out of breath, we tum-
bled into our front-line trench. L tore
my hands getting through our wire,
hut, ut the time, didn't notice it; my
journey was too urgent.
When the roll was called we found
that we had gotten il in the nose for
63 casualties.
Our artillery put a barrage on Fritz
~frOnt-line and communication trenches
and their machine-gun and rifle fire
suddenly ceased.
Upon the cessation of this fire,
%stretcher bearers went out to look for
killed and wounded. Next day we
learned that p of our men had been
killed and 81 wounded. Five men were
missing; lost in the darkness, they
must have wandered over into the Ger
mon lines. where they were either
killed or captured.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
TIL TOP
81
AN ArIERI(AN SOLDIER
WHO WENT g 3
GUY EfIpE
GUNNER SERVING FRANCE-
GUNNER, SERVING N FRANCE
[ 0I9I7 On
lARIhuR GUY EnN|

Upon arrival in the fire trench an
officer of the Royal Engineers gave US
our instructions and acted as guide.
We were to dig an advanced trench
two hundred yards from the Germans
(the trenches at this point were six
hundred yards apart).
Two winding lanes, five feet wide,
had been cut through our barbed wire,
for the passage of the diggers. From
these lines white tape had been laid
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
(CopyrIght 1911. By Arthur Cay Bmpey)
Moehins Gunne, Seroins In France

vague horror of the awfulness of the
thing and an e~ver-recurring reflection
that. perhaps 1, SOONER or later, would
be in such a state and be brought TO
light by the blow of a pick in the hands
of some Tommy on a digging party.
Several times 1 have experienced this
odor, but V could get used TO 1t /;
the ~enervating sensation was always
present. II made me hate war and
wonder why such things were eounte-
nanced by civilization, and all the spice
and glory Of the conflict would disap-
pear. leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
lungs with deep breaths OF pure. fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be up and at them"
Ito Be Continued)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-04-25
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

. Names NicholL who shipped a trainload of horses from wadsworth
. to Kansas City, informs us that it cost $3.50 to ship and the horses
9 brought from $40 to s1O per head.
(. winnemucca is the greatest stock shipping point between Omaha
. and San Francisco, the average yearly shipments of cattle alone being
9 about $4,000 head. There is more wool shipped from here than from
. any other point in the state, and also a large amount of wheat harley
{. and grain.
9 The Southern Pacific derives a good revenue from this station n
9 II it could be induced to reciprocate by reducing freight rates to this
o point it would make better times all around.
o
Q o Q O Q o Q 0 0 Q Q
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
McAdoo's Successor
Causes Speculation

Washington, Nov. 23.--Wflliam G.
McAdoo's resignation rs zead of the
Treasury and Railroad Administra-
EioR precipitated discussion today of
the future status of railroads, an is
sue which had been somewhat DOR
mant up to the present. Indications
are that a result of his retirement
would be to throw into Congress and
mot public discussion much sooner
than otherwise the issue Of whether
the government operation is to con-
tinue indefinitely, whether this viii
be extended to government owner
ship, or whether the roads will be
restored to private management, with
some sort of federal revision to per-
NIT their continued pooling and uni
fled operation.
Speculation as to Mr.. McAdoo's
successor, however, took equal rank
with the discussion of the future pol
icy toward the railroads.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
Keep Your W. SIS.
Pledge; Buy Now

This week has been designated as
"War Savings Stamp Honor Week. =
Celebrate Thanksgiving and honor
the soldiers who won the war by
buying additional war savings stamps.
Our government needs the money to
feed and clothe our soldiers and
bring them home.
AS a means of bringing the war
savings campaign for 1918 to sue
eessful finish by December 81, state
headquarters has announced that all
outstanding war savings pledges
should be redeemed by Christmas, if
possible. This request has been made
that the six days between December
25th and and 31st may be had to
secure whatever amount is needed,
after the pledges have been re-
deemed, to complete the states full
allotment.
People who have pledged to buy
war savings stamps by December 81,
and who have not already done so,
are urged to aid the campaign by
purchasing their stamps as soon as
possible and by making determined
effort to buy them, at the latest, by
Christmas. Their attention has been
called to the fact that their war saw
ings pledge is solemn obligation to
the government and that the govern
ment is expecting them to make good
their word, even though an armistice
has been agreed upon and the war
may soon end.
State headquarters is reminding
the people of the fact that the war
is virtually over does not relieve them
from redeeming their war savings
pledges. On the other hand, the gov
eminent took the word of the people
as their bond and has spent the
amount for which they pledged. Now
the government is taking to raise this
amount, not only to pay the debt that
has been incurred, but in appreciation
of what has come to America by the
proper spending of its money.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
Reconstruction Will
Tax Lumber Industry

Chicago, November 23.-Recon-
strUction work will tax the produc.
tive capacity of the country for lum-
Der and other materials for years.
Edwin B. Parker, commissioner Of
priorities of the War Industries
Board, told members Of the National
Lumber Association in convention to-
day. He predicted it would take
twenty years to rebuild France.
The speaker said he understood
construction permits for new work
in New York soon would total $780,
100000.
"Plans are being worked out
whereby the great store of materials
in the hands Of The government viii
be held for considerable time and
will not be dumped on the market,
said the commissioner SIT win be
handled so as net to disturb the in
dustries."
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
236,ll7C Casualties
to American Troops

Three facts fraught with impor.
lance to the nation were announced
from the War Department Saturday
The American expeditionary
forces suffered 236,117 casualties,
including over $4,000 deaths.
decentralization orders for the
A. E. F. contemplate early return of
eight divisions, while orders have
been issued for demobiIlzing a mum
Der of aero squadrons and other units
in England, and for sending home the
A. E. F. units useless to an army of
occupation.
3-Present plans contemplate leav-
ing thirty divisions abroad, sending
the remaining thirteen or so home in
reasonably quick time. The thirty
may be decreased later.
Decentralization is getting we'll un.
der way in this country and the men
abroad will soon be pouring into
American ports.
53,1e9 U. S. Men in Dead List.
Offsetting this cheerful news was
the casualty list, which Chief of Staff
March revealed at the press confer
ence as the total cabled from General
Pershing.
Nearly treble the number of casu-
alties already announced it runs as
follows:
Killed and died of wounds SO, 154;
died of disease, 1881; deaths UNI
classified, 1904; wounded, 1896;
prisoners, 2,163; missing, 1850.
The extent of this list did not sur
prise those in touch with the situation
as indicated recently, but for the re-
lief of anxious relatives it was ex-
planned that large portion is men
wounded slightly.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
soLIcITs YOUR BUSINESS

M. Singerman, who purchased the
fixtures of the Rice Wooden Mills
on Austin street, solicts the business
of the citizens of Bogalusay partic-
ularly in the cleaning and pressing of
ladies' and gentlemen's clothing. Mr..
Singerman has. devoted years to this
line of business and guarantees sat
isfaction at modest charges.
The line of gents furnishings has
already been increased and you can
go to this store with the assurance
that you will find the very article
you are looking for.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
DRIVE STARTS DEC. IS

The Red Cross Christmas Roll
drive viii start on December 18th,
and it is hoped that by the first day
every man, woman and child in the
city will have enrolled. Plans are
now being made for the drive, of
which j. H. Cassidy is parish chair
man.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
THANKSGIVING ATTRACTION

The Magic City Theater will offer
a special feature for Thanksgiving
night. The show is being given I'M
der the auspices Of the Young Girls
Business Club. The show was orig
inai.y planned for October rs, but
postponed on account of the "flu.'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-28
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Little Benny'S Notebook

Pop took me to the park last sat
idday aftirnoon, being d big seenlck
railway there with fearse dips in
it and everything, for ~ sents a
ride, pop saying, Well, well. l haven't
bin on one of those instruments OF
deth sints my mad youth, wat 90
you say to trip on the seenlck
railway, Benny?
G, pop, il looks pritty fearse, may
he / better wait for you vile you 20
on II. | sed
Watts all this, scared sed Pop.
No slr, but I'm afraid maybe | mite
be after got on II, l sed.
O, that's diffrent. but not hole
lot. sed pop And he took hold of
me by the arm and went up and
hawt tickets and We got in the
-s.ss nick railway car rite in back OF
>khe nans that steers it, and pop
leened over and gave the man "a
segar with a band on IT, saying, let
her 20 for all shes werth, | wunt
to prove to my little boy that there's
nuthing to be alarmed about.
All rite, III let her 90 a mile sec
ond, scd the man. WiCh he started
to do, and hecr | wasent scared or
enything. ami | looked n pop and
his face was all witc as II he was
getting sick, which he was, and he
called out Stop the car, I'm III,
stop the car.
Cant ne done. sed the man max
ing It go fast as enything down a
big dip, feeling like being I'm about
elevators at the same time. And
pop stated to look verse, yelling,
Stop tho car. I say. -.
10 you wunt the car In back to
bump into u.s. scd the man.
Enythmg wood be better than this.
sed pop.
The greatest good for the eroa,-
est number, sed the man. Meenins
he was going to keep on going
Wich ne did. me saying, G, pop wat
do you know about that, | aint
scared or envthing. and I'm all rite
and you ainL
DO you wdnt to go overheard at
the Ton Of the next hill? sed pop.
No sir, | 5ed
Then shut up. sed pop, Wich l
did. and pri;ty soon the ride was
all over, and me and pop got out
the man saying to pop, How are you
now, sir
I'm sorry l gave you that segar,
sed pop And he leened up against
a tree for aEwilc till he felt better,
and then We went home.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-28
RHI|43s7&ygBeN'ic11eDNI;
E.N3 EolV2r1- 4s::s} e: ~

After the MiIler's Dog stopped
singing. as I told you in the story
before this he poked his nose into
the hat box where Billy Bunny had
hidden himself and said in a deep
growly voice;
Come out Of there or / will growl
and bite-the bonnet
That Mrs. Muskrat wears for best
And the purple flowers on IT,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-28
RiDDLing RhyHies

The one Interest.


| went last night 10 see the show,
play i've long adorcd; but little
Eva's tale Of woe Just left ma feel
ing bored. ! saw eliza cross the
bay, but felt no pleasa 1t thnl, for
was thinking Of Some way To can
old KAISER Bin. And Marks, The
lawyer hewed his gags, aad failed to
make me grin; my thoughts were al
OF battle flags and swords and mar
tial din. | went to see the baseball
game, with cronies three or four.
the pastime's pretty much the same
as in the days of yore, But there
was little whooping done, although
the play was fine, for we were think
Ing Of the Hun, Of war across the
brine. | knew not which team won
or lost. and didn't seem to care, Tor
everything on earth's iroSr, save
doinEs over there" l do not care
for printed books. for music or toc
art; there's nothing now but war,
gadZooks, that stirs my weary heart.
l do not care for politics, for states
men and their spiSls, for all thGr
foolish bag Of tric IS wouldn't FIvs
two wheels. ! do not ye2tn Tor
county fairs, for picntcs in ihe
woods. ali mortal thlng5 are fakes
and snares, save war, and rs the
goods And II alone IS worth our
while. until our cause is won, uhul
we've canned tIdt thirs II eu4Ie. D'e
lLtouratic Hun.
Copyright, 1919 George Matthew Adams)
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WGsLittg gcMotf:oc9f
ShdCk = - z}ZE 81

woman yet-brushed ,,.., -.
instymia' iia'4'aiy collar with its bronza
hnSsnia' hrns' SQUARED her shoulders 1 snY
mans Ford. H'e livery
Everyone was at the station Mic.
h"a,, h 'he iank school teacher i,5
,,,'.l NJ consignment OF puplls WIN
inan iS0ufuv,s i'.. OF wild flowers in lba'r
ISail Ht'le arms. The Golden p,.ia
ha pand OF PhilDpsburg was o9
,'ailu IN new uniforms OF the th~sa
ihy ~ nhia''lafy colors The presldeu, w,
eiIe ehamoet Of commerce, the to,,.,
.uDnIciih1en, the pastors of rta
Snurches' the leading merchants ava
DauNers ,I's Wlth their wives. all ,,sr,
mere, IN their best clothes. with 'S'a9
~ sn their hearts and pride upon ths..
The ormes were instantly s.r.
rounded. Sally was huggci ,.I
S!ssed ana lenderly patted. D1d I,
ules slipped little packets into bo.
IT'S something I made for ,,.
dearle' Tuck II away I'm y,p J.'',,
anu thlhk or me when you use .f
WISH II was more. for yau.ra .,Al
most wonderful girl IN the vo,iI'
Sally 49," "''Id'
sally's eyes filled and her obi.
quivered, despite her effort o. 'n
calm, even gay And all .ha ,1,,s
when she talked and laughed srG
cried and took advice ana ,,o5,
promises and shook hands ana a..
swered questions. she was f.r,i,'.t,
piercing the crowd for q pIIm,ss ~.
stephen. He wasn't there. ycs
there he wasi No. No ONLY so,,,
one who looked like him. gl-eiy SS
would come. But maybe = bo
wouldn't "'
The suspense while the train mad,
ready was tax on every ono,
nerves. But at last A starroa nr'
moved slowly oufl. The band biaroa
handkerchiefs and hats waved fran'
tlcallN, kisses and flowers wera
thrown, everybody shoutcd-and a,
the last second Sally saw StepBen
Torrance way off at the edge OF ,bs
crowd, He held his brosd-brlmmea
high in the air and looked toward
her with a Smile--what was ina,
smile? II might mean so much or
so little.
Sally waved with all her might, q
then sank down upon the dusty red
plush seat and closed her eyes When
she opened them she told herself
there must he no haunting vision,
OF her familiar world. II would be
the rise Of tho curtain upon q new
stage, where drama stern and terri.
bic was unfolding.
(To be contlnued)