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The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
North Flats

Floyd Chenoweth's visited lat
Stalnaker's Saturday.
Mr.. Couchman is pfxturiri q
Mrs. Dunn's field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bickto I'd and son
Henry spent last Tuesday in tire
cedars visiting their son Arthur. \
and Roy and Otis Smart.
Chas. Ham came in from tine
cedars without any load.
The biggest snow of the sea.
son on the flats.
Some horse and cattle f,uyers
have been around this we elk.
Bill Riggs and wife tor ,k a nice
little walk in the snowl .st Thurs.
day evening. Ask BIZ ! about 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Wentworth

Joe Luellen's baby is not SO
well at this writing.
Several from thisneighborhood
are attending the revival meet
ings at Stonington.
Five of the eighth-grade pu-
pills are preparing for the final
examination at Stonington next
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. r. A. Stevenson's mother
is visiting her from Kansas.
The two wet days last week
were more than welcome.
Ben Boss has been in poor
health for some time. He is ar
ranging to rent his place and go
back east .and spend some time.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Roosevelt in 1912 tried to float
into the White House on a lot Of
progressive soap bubbles; in 1915
tried to get in by way of a bridge
over the chasm he had made in
the republican party; and just
now apparently seems to think
that his presence is needed in
the White House to speed up
the war;" and we have an idea
that once more his case will be
thrown out of court.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

R. E. Jones, M. o., of Ft.
Morgan, is out with a circular
letter announcing his candidacy
for the United States senate.
and promises to send his plat,
form later. We have no preju-
dice, and if Jones can deliver
the goods-driving bis stock to
the right martet. we shall give
him q respectful hearing.
When the platform arrives we
shall see further.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

We want to caution our read
ers to beware Of fake oil com.
panies who are going to make
you millionsires on triflinginves..
ments. The Herald has persist.
ly refused their ads, as we con.
slider them fakes of the first wa.
ter. Recently the Denver pa.
pers have been warning the pub.
liz against these fake companies.
It's a safe proposition to give all
mining stock companies a wide
berth.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

We have received from the
packers q brief in the matter Of
their conspiracy to defraud the
government, and teel f1attered to
have their Gaze turned over to
US for adjudication. Having SO
much other matter on ou r hands,
however, we believe If Uncle
Sam wants to send those fellers
to jail, we'll not interfere at this
time-may take it up though on
q rehearinR If they don't get
what's coming to them.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

The white rabbits Trotsky and
Lenine finally met the advancing
Germans. crying "stopsky, stop
sky, don't shootsky, any more
sky, we'll sign any kind Of treat
sky-that there may be pescesky
in our landsky. and may God
blessky bis partner Bilhelmsky is
our prsyersky. amensky, amen.
sky." And It Is said that old Bill
looked down on the covering
creatures with a satanic grin,
and said, Il and God will let you
livesky."
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

The Mustang correspondent is
on the job again-won't every
body be glad. though.
About eight inches of snow fell
here Wednesday, accompanied by
some wind, sleet and other bliz-
zard trimmings.
Drilling was resumed in the
Mustang test we'll this week.
Rounding up stock is the order
OF the day now.
Messrs. Cummings and Price
are assisting Mr.. King. who is
building on his claim south of the
Cummings homestead.
Mrs. Tim Frost is recovering
from a severe attack of Grippe.
The dance at Stanley Nickel
lars on Tuesday night was well
attended and all report having
had an enjoyable time.
There are about four carloads
'of broomcorn in this vicinity
awaiting a buyer. If anybody
happens to see one, please to
head him this way. The farmers
want to dispose of their brush
hefNra, ,hsRj9uing spring work.
Alter touring the Panhandle
strip and western Kansas for
four months, the rocks and hills
and trickling rill"of Las Animas
county look good to US,
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
A KANSAS LETTER
s. M. Konkel,

8. M. kOnkel,
Springfield, Colo.
Dear SIR
Enclosed find $1.5O for So
doses of the good old Herald
medicine, and don't forget to
send the map of Baca county.
Our subscription expires Aug. 20
1918.
We have expected TO return
to Baca county and grow up
with the country, but DR.. Elder
has not been able to undertake
the journey as yet.
Glad to hear there is to be a
broomcorn factory in the county
seat. Let the good work 60 on.
Wish the Herald the greatest
of success.
Yours resp,
Elder & Elder.
Atchinson, Kans.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

The German American alliance
is to be investigated for it's pro-
German activities, with the chanc.
es that its cha rter will be taken
from it. It will be remembered
that the republicans were backed
by this organization in the presi
dental election.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Pride

Harley Sheldon and walter
Rogers and wife were Springfield
visitors this week.
The Finch boys and Fred ivy
ford have threshed their grain
. nd are hauling some to Elkhars.
There was pie supper at the
q. hoo! house Friday night Feb. %.
A short program was rendered
Nv the school. The pies brought
sIy. ~, proceeds to help pay for
the A c. hool house.
Th, ,r> swas a danceat BertWell's
Thur, sdav night.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Villas ,-M-~

Mrs. Mordica could not 20
home Wednesday and Thursday
on account of the storm.
Mrs. Pritchard left Friday for
Winfield, Kans., where her son
Paul is in the hospital undergo
ing an operation.
Wheelers truck came from La
mar Thursday through the deep
snow banks with big load o1
freight.
Clay Bergman has returned
from Kansas City and is back in
the garage.
No mail Thursday on account
of the snow storm.
Mrs. Mitchell visited her
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Elmore OF
the C. I. country, Wednesday.
Roy Hagerman bought a new
horse last week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Congressman Keating this
week asks, "isn't 1t time to bring
the dollar down to the level of q
man, and insist that it shall
fight on terms of equality with
the children of God?" But &C.
cording to Bro. Jones such ques.
tions are to be deplored while we
are in our death struggle with
Germany.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Prairie View ,,-.-"

Mr. Believer plowed sod this
week.
Mr.. Bunce is building a rock
barn for Mr.. Woodtin this week.
Claude Preston and brother
Ralph returned from trip to the
cedars Friday.
Mrs. Bunce and Mrs. Blevens
called on Mrs. Powell Friday.
Mr.. Powell and MIR. Blevens
went to the cedars before the big
snow and left their loads out
there, and somebody got Mr..
Powell's load,
Mrs. Jennie Preston called on
Mrs. Bupse Friday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Bolsheviki, Rada, Soviets, ct.
can mean amost anything
10 English one may want them
ko

It's . case of each side spar
ring for place in the war cam
paign, with the chances that any.
time now one of the great battles
Of the world will be on.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Maverick

The northW est part OF baca
county was GOV, cred with u in.
onow again th. WITH Cultivated
fields have plenty of moisture,
and if properly fa.rmed we will
sure raise q crop.
Mr.. Reynolds of south of Max,
ev died from a paraiytic shock
Tuesday the 26th, and was bur-
ried at the cemetary north OF
! Maxey.
Mr.. Venable and Joe Anmann
were caught at Lamar IN the
snow storm.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Fourteen loads of broomcorn
from the Short Grass country
passed through Springfield We'd
nesday on the way to Lamar to
be shipped to Chicago. We are
hoping it il not held up.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

II you haven't signed up the
bean contracts you shonld do so
at once, rs whether the govern
ment takes them or not depends
on those having beans signing up
contract.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Altogether this week probably
something like fifty tons OF
brush have moved through
Springfield for shipment to east
ern points. We're hoping for
good results.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

''The Old Hen Triumphant" Is
. recent Kansas City news head
ing. We presume that she floor
ed the old man with q rolling
pin.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

A lot af big jobs have tied up
our body type, and we are conse-
compelled to leave out
both the factory and the old-time
write up. They'll come next
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

The great war horses of the
G. o. P.'s apparently have reach
ed the conclusion that it would
mt be we'll to carry their var
activities too far-for political
purposes. 1t is probable their
well.trained auriculars detected
subterranean rumblings that
forebodetl a reactive culmina.
tion of their campaign-directed
energies. Leastwise the brakes
have been on since Teddy
marched up to Washington. and
themn arched back again.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

winch tne XEeSt ulaSseS VI sao
people have beeA victimized by
the ghoulish jul kers of high lin.
ance. &
The Haney Investigation has
developed the III that our boys
lover here" aN "over there"
while Offering t6r lives for their
government, haY been and are
now the victimSa a packers con.
spiracy to aeed them out Of a
400 per cent pr9 on the shoes
and clothes ttH wear-while
Jones is holdintap his hands In
pious horror tF1nybody trying
to come to the, fescue of these
boys-"while IN war is on"
Whether the N partisan league
is deplorable 81 o tn e rw 8 +,
it is just such lite rabbits as
the pious patridof the Sentinel
that is accountable for their ex-
istence-and ths3 is responsible
for the aforesaid 1ghoulish junk
ers of finance, w 70 are just now
exploiting our beJs in the trench
es to the tune of40O per cent.
Facts are. Jones, if everybody
in the United States had have
held up his hands and been ready
to say, me tooi me too. as has
been the case Of the Two Buttes
Sentinel during the time of its
useful existence this government
wouldn't be worth fighting for.
Party fealty, Jones, is ALL
right when theptrty is making
an honest endesjor to better the
conditions Of things; but in any
ease party Loyalty doesn't require
an abiect serwe6 and acquies-
cence, or that ynh shouldn't open
your head when you see wrongs
that ought to bArighted.
There is a small minority in your
own party. JonS that has been
for many yeatl. and is now.
standing up anfaghtinR the bat
ties of the yicalts of the middle.
Of the road psrket- gambling
clique; and We lieve they are as
patriotic as the ne too" Sentin-
|alAnaHSSit6sa 1sanes- Of peace
or in times cf war.
Why don't you, Jones. follow
those fellows and help them, in
stead of heaping your pious i'm
precautions on the heads of farm
ers who want to correct these
evils. and of 5lindly and abjectly
cringing to the the souless gam
bling ghou's of finance, whose
patriotism knows no god but the
dollar, and whose only concern
for the boys in The trenches is to
get their money?
We would call your attention to
Gov. Capper of Kansas as one of
these men. In every issue of
his papers he goes after these
fellows with red-hot irons. He
goes over the state of Kansas
urging the people to stand up
and fight, and the same here and
there when opportunity offers
outside of his state.
We admire the man who will
stand up and fight for the peo-
ple-whatever his party. The
Herald has often quoted Capper
an6 commented on him. But
Governor, Capper could stick
into his eye all the favorable
mention of him that has ever ap-
peared in the Two Buttes Senti.
mel, as likewise all the help the
Sentinel has ever given him in
his work.
Jones, when again grilling the
farmers as E 2 Marks, and with
that "I.am-holier-than-thou in
vocation, don't forget the man
who holdsup his hands and says,
'me too, ME too," when the
ghoulish captains of finance and
market gamblers crack the whip
over what he calls-his party.
~
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Stonington q: s:s

Stonington &s:s
Iguess you've all heard of the
snowstorm, so we will not men I,
tion it.
The meeting still continues,
with large attendance. Rev.
Stevens is preaching us some
splendid sermons.
The sale of Pullins and son was
called off on the 9th on account
of the storm, and was concluded
at Stonington last Saturday.
Everything sold we'll.
Rev. G. A. Hayes of Laverne,
Okla, came in last Sunday on
business and to attend services
here during Rev. Stevens meet
ings.
Alberti and Long were here
last week on court business
bootlegging and gambling. One
pied guilty to gambling. Pleas
of not guilty to bootlegging and
gamboling will be sifted out
here March 9th.
The usual March moves have
begun, Frank Summer moving to
the Jones farm, Hotchkiss to
Lowery farm, Lackey to Oklaho-
ma, Campell to the old Merlymee
farm, Gibson to Thompson farm,
Will French to the farm he
bought of N. B. England. We
hear Oscar England has rented
the H. K. Ellis farm, and he and
his father will move there.
]. A. Vantassell is reported
very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pyle are visiting
the family of ]. w. Boffman east
of town.
Mrs. AIDA Konkel and family
and Mrs. Lepel and family atten-
ded church here last Sunday.
Little Bowers Holt has been
very sick for the last week. Dr..
Nicholson attended him. Last
reports he was some better.
j. A. Huston has recovered
from his recent sickness, and is
once more around town. His
many frisads ersS Slad 70 see him
ant araIn. x
Jerry Riggs is helping his
brothers out in the garage, do
| ing livery work with his car.
Jim Jeffrjes was running
around town last week without q
tooth in his head, but the last
time we saw him he had his
mouth full OF brand new ones.
B, H. Jones will soon begin
building a fine new residence on
his farm near town. We hear
Mr.. Jones will also build an Office
in town.
An epidemic of mustacheless
lips struck our town last week,
the victims being Robert Kerr.
b, H. Jones, and Geo. Erwin
Konkel. We hear the dentist
got the most of Mr.. Konkel's
mustache while working on his
teeth, so he had the barber to
finish the job.
Mrs. Alyin Bourquin and moth.
'er, Mrs. Brimsher, visited las,
q week with grandma Nance. Mrs
Rr imsher remained for a longer
v;si,. with friends around town.
R NJ. Fowler. mail carrier ane
Garage man of Richards, was OF
our sire >ets last Sunday. comm:
for DR.. I Nicholson for his smal
boy who i. y very sick.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Sundy bought out the Zirkle
garage last week-that is the
fixtures, business and good will,
moving the fixtures to the Sun
day garage. That leaves the
Zirkle garage open to some 9th.
ar line of business,
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Estimated that more than
6,OOO, 900 people will this year
pay income taxes, and that the
receipts will be ever 900 million
dollars.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

On account of the roads the
factory board of directors cou d
not get together last Saturday,
Will meet tomorrow at l;80.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Notice the sale bills elsewhere y
in the herald this week. At these
sales 10 the chance for the man
who wants to equip himself for
farming this summer, having the
privilege Of paying cut of bis
crop.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

The war will be brought home
to the German laymen when his
fields have been plowed up with
hell.holes as have been the fields
of Belgium.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

So far there has been no word
from any of the broomcorn ship
ped, and presumably it has been
switched somewhere between
here and destination.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

>@Se AVA S4>e ~ ~ A
l beat it down below. put away
my mess kit, got up in my bunk
and stayed there for four days
without eating bite.
Some Of the boys would come to
me and bring me something to
eat. Whenever one is sea sick
they don't want any thing to eat,
although it is good to eat.
They would then ask me if 1
didn't want to go to a base ball
game and all such stuff, just to
kid me. If l hadn't been feeling
so bad I think some one would
have gone over board. soon
got over it and was feeling fine
and eating anything I could get
to eat when we reached Honolu-
lu.
We arrived at Honolulu on the
l4th of November. The native
women were at the the docks
with little carts of fruit to sell.
They stood dock with rope
that would reach from the dock
up to us on the ship. We would
tell her what we wanted, and
she would put it in a basket, we
would pull 1t up, put the money
in and let it back down. They
certainly sold lots Of fruit, as
there were four hundred sold
iers and some sailors and ma
rines aboard.
The captain took US off and
marched US up through town
and back on board. We were
there three hours. We left Hon.
oiulu for guam. We had sever
al storms between Honolulu and
Guam, but made it all right.
Wa were in Guam one day
loading freight and taking on
coal. Had fine weather from
there on. We arrived here the
fourth of December. They met
US with auto trucks and took US
to our barracks. 4.
AS there were q few cases of
mumps aboard we we quaran-
tined. We are not out yet but
we'll be the 9th if no more cases
W. spent o6fls ssass III tyoaIs
selves. There are 45 here; the
rest of the boys went to China.
l 20 around here, while
AN not drilling, in my under
shirt sleeves, and bare footed.
the first time in my life on
Enthusiastically does not
seem like Christmas time.
We only drill three hours a
day-in the cool part of the day.
We come in wet with sweat. take
a shower bath, and put on clean
clothes, 1--WE change everyday,
then to do till the morrow so lie
down or read the Y. M. C. a.
magazines.
I am not the least bit home.
sick but l woul Id like very much
to see you and my friendsz but
wouldn't walk ten feet to get Out
of the army while this war is go
ing on. I know it wouldn't t,e
right not to serve my country
when it calls me.
There is certainly a bunch of
well-trained soldiers here. The
Pilippine boys make fine soldiers
The guards are Pilippinos who
are placed around to keep US
from leaving. We get whatev-
er we want in the line of tobac-
CO from the canteen they bring
to us,
You can have this published
maybe it will cause someone
to join.
Anyone who wants to drop ne
a line. l will be glad to get il
and will! sure try and answer.
Strangers included.
Jack E. Richeson
31st Inf.
Ft. VIM. McKinle: 2
Rial, p. L
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
ABOUT e T. MARKS.
Jones Trying Again to Fool His
Readers by Statements That
Are False and Foul.

AS0OAS&o W SS0vSAAS0SS = @~>sS
Are False and Foul.
Notwithstanding that the non.
partisan league organizers say
they allow none but farmers to
become members, yet when the
truth Is known it will be shown
that these fellows paid for or
gave credit for the membership
fee of Bro. Konkel of the Herald
on his promise to do some print
ing and to boost for them-at
least to keep stili.-Sentinel.
BY the above the anti-bald.
headed Bolsheviki ramrodine the
Great Moral Emancipator of the
segregation again takes a chance
at tile probability that he may
happen to have some readers who
don't read anything except what
he dishes up to them, and that
probably the others of his SUBJ
areignoramuses and fools,
We have upbraided Jones a
of times for his atrocious
misrepresentation and whole.
cloth mendacities, but apparent
ly it's built into his system and
he just can't help himself.
Jones says, if the truth were
know"-but that's where the
trouble comes in II he were to
have as much trouble in knowing
the truth as he has in telling it,
after he had passed it on the
he would still be Won
dering what kind of a looking
beast it nigh. happen to be.
In the statement quoted, there
isn't a word OF truth from the
beginning to the end. The i'm
putation that the editor of the
Herald was hired to either boost
or keep still by a membership
fee, in addition to doing some
gratis printing, is too rank to be
even conte mptable.
The Herald did some printinx
fcf them fof just seven plunks.
We are here for business, and
when the Nonpartisans or any
body else want printing done,
they can get it at our regular
rates. And, if either Jones or
old Nick, separately or collective
ly, as individuals Or as partners,
vantprinting done-s,.ven plunks
worth or seventy plunks worth,
and they have the plunks, they
can get the printing.
Now as to boosting or keeping
stiil-when it comes to an oppo.
sition by calling the farmers of
Baca county E q Marks q n d
chumps. presuming on their lg-
or taking them to be
fools-when it comes to that or
keeping still. the Herald will just
have sense enough, and respect
enough for the farmers. to keep
still.
When the Nonpartisans came
into the county the Herald gave
a Historical sketch of them, told
what they claimed for themselve,
and what has been said about
them and against them, advised
the farmers to 20 after them ac-
and then left the mat
ter with their good judy ment,
that we were not afraid
Of the farmers of Baca county,
or the state of Colorado.
But speaking of EZ Marks:.if
the Nonpartisans had found any
easier marks in the farmers OF
Baca county than the standpaL-
ters of high finance have found in
the Great Moral Emancipator of
the segregation, they would have
had them all signed up before
now to an iron-clad agreement to
change themselves OIL demand
into white rabbits.
Jones goes through q column
of "E z" slush deploring the at
tamnt of the victims of the trusts
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08

Get ready for the third liberty
loan. In the other loans Baca
county didn't come up 70 the
other counties of the state.
The Springfield herald., 1918-03-08
Good by dos-that hasn't got q
Rockefeller collar on by next
week-in the deep water he'll 60.

The deepest we'll In the world
il near Clarksburg. w. Va
7,349 feet (nearly . mile and .
thirtl) and still going.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-04
PROBES
TWO MURDERS
JURY RETURNS VERDICT NFo
DEATH OF MRS. JANE FOSTEh
AND JOHN JACKSON
Find Former was Killed BY Mrs. mary
Anderson And Latter By Andrew
Hodge And Brother.

Two inGucS;s into murder CASES ""re
investigated yesterday by C"r"m"" L. -.
Hobbs and the Salle members at the
coruucrS jurE sat III both eases.
Tho ii,rv returned verdict TINT Mrs.
Jane Foster cam" 10 her death IN Il To-
cal bosnital i,..rrmher Ii by gun Shot
wounds Inflicted by Mrs. Mary Ander-
son i few GHy., previous {" her death.
Mrs. Foster IS alleged to hay" been shot
in thu back 10y the Anderson woman
WHEN Sh., sought her husband al Tn" An
drrSun home. Mrs. Anderson declared :,hc
ihuucht Mrs. Foster was Il h,!rslnr. Tine
shooting occurred shortly b"iur" day
break ON n Sunday morning. Mrs. An
dcrson is In the county jail. Only the
arr.siing officers and tn" attending
physicians testified ~ the curoncr
hearing.
The Jury rendered 4 verdict that John
Jackson rol"rr'l. earn" I" his death by
stab wounds inflicted by Andrew Hodge.
negro, and his brother. Walter Hodge.
an urcumpliCr 10 the crime. Jackson
who was q workhnuSr officer. attempted
to uuHll L dI>tGrOanc" in Bob CLARK
pool room In North Market street. Jack
son WAS horribly "laShed and died In
tho North Wheeling hospital lust sun
day morning. Roth Of the alleged assaH-
ants are In IN. county jail. having been
arrested at Pittsburgh early yesterday
morning by hShhy Jackson W h"elins
fireman. who located the iuSltlvcS ana
was given authority 10 takc them INT"
custody.
The member. Of tho curorrr's jury
who sat I'm both cases were: J. l.. Saw
toll. foreman: John \. Nichols. Guy T..
Rrvman. David Cleary. K"bsr; Nrsh'tt
and Clarence EISEs.