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The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
Thirty-Two Years


This week the last installment
of the famous So is sent out for
consumption, and next week the
first insrallment of the next So
doses will oe compounded, and
SO On up. n >.
The f1sfsaa Has ~ pruaddisy
tinction of being the only paper
of the forty-'leven started here
in the Old days that die : turn
up it's little toes to the ties.
1t had its birth in the snort
ing boom days OF Is, when
there wasn't any question in the
minds of anybody that in this
part of Gods moral vineyard
they had found the mecca of Gre
alton, and in addition that every
thing was lovely and the goose
vas honking high.
AT that time there wasn't any
question of the fact that all those
old towns would be county seats;
that they would be great railroad
centers; and that each long ere
this time would be city Of many
thousand people--as Chicago is
now, etc., etc.
And then came the several
years of lean-the while the coun-
ty, even when leaned up against
the side of a fence, was ac tually
too poor to gobble, and the Her.
aid doses became so thin they
could be squirted out to subs crib.
ers through the key hole to the
Herald Office.
About twenty-five years OF this
"leaning' business, during W hich
time several Herald doctors dl ried
up-financially-and blew away
but just as fast as one would Clror
out another standing in line
would step into his shoes aud
stoically prepare for his doom.
During the past ten years tn.
Herald has seen a wonderful
change come over the face of W
erything, inclusive of the might y
deep, in so much that there
now to be found more adapos,
tissue in one little hamlet than in
all the land during the twenty
five years aforesaid.
Five years ago the present Her
aid doctor became the forty
'leventh victim on the Herald;
but instead of getting into the
path of any fool doom, he just
hunted up that old-timer "Senor
Boom" and started a general yell
by everybody for "a greater Ba-
ca county,"
The great offensive for better
days and better things, and
against that great enemy Of pro-
gress and prosperity-'It Cant
Be Done,' is still on, with the
great Herald army moving down
every opposition and sweeping
on, disclaiming any terms Of
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
RiChianG 80.

Still warm and feed is growing.
No frost as yet.
+. Hoffman got IL hands to
pull broomcorn SATURDAY, they
got it all pulled before night.
All seemed to have u Jolly tine
and Frank has his corn pulled
Mrs. Hoffman could not teach
school on account Of the sickness
Of her husband Monday, but
Tuesday she was ready for school
again.
Arthur McGoun's have heard
that their grandson is Very SICK
with Influenza. They left to z
to his bedside Monday, Harr
McClentick taking t. n 10 l.
mar.
Nixon Rice went to Stonington
Sunday night and brought back
DR.. Nicholson who was called to
Hoffman's Sunday night for Mr..
Hoffman.
Joe Christy was down from
Lamar the first of the week.
Remember Vote for Mrs.
Mordica is vote to keep the
farms going, and thus to help
win the war.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
TILL DECEMBER 1ST
War Industries Board,
Washington,


The Springfield Herald,
Springfield, Colo.
Gentlemen
We will give you till December
1st to straighten out your sub
scription list in accordance with
our regulations.
If you effect Il saving of Is %
in your paper consumption, it is
not mandatory that you follow
all sections of the regulations.
Yours very truly,
George X. Ferguson,
Pulp and Paper Division.
The above is in reply to our in.
quiry as to whether the war
board would permit the Herald
to hold it's back subscribers un-
til they could get money in on
their crops.
\ We take it for granted that the
becond paragraph has reference
to certain of the other regula-
tions, and not applicable at all to
the subscription regulation. else
they would have said-"the
above regulation"
We are consequently going to
give our back subscribers the
benefit of the time granted by
the war board. aud hope long be-
fore that time syery9ne- Of .Qur
subscribers win be ahead. &C..
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
Pride

Several in shis vicinity are
nearly through cutting feed.
while others are rushing the
work for fear Jack Frost will
catch them; and as as the wild
geese are goingsouth, they would
better hurry.
School begins Monday.
Sunday school was organized
last Sunday with Mr.. Eden OF
Bethel as superintendent, A
large crowd attended, including
several from Bethel and the Wine
garner districts.
Mrs. Browning visited with
Mrs. Hi.tfner Thursday.
A Sunday school is to be or
eanized at the Wincgarner school
house next Sunday.
Charlie McCollum from Elk.
hart is pulling broomcorn for
Mrs. hubbard.
Word has been received that
Dee Caldwell has sailed for
France.
Mac Caldwell is seeding broom
corn on the Sand Arroyo this
week.
Mr.. Mand RS. Claude Hager OF
Campo spent Sunday at W. l..
'.Mitchell's.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

1t will be noticed the demo-
Gratis didn't open their campaign
by issuing a proclamation that
all campaign atrocities should
cease till afer the bond drive
and then hurry their candidates
to the front to make Liberty
bond speeches. Instance-last
week there were only five republi.
ca n candidates and q brother.in.
law in the county, two just to
show themselves, the others to
make bond speeches.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
Elder

Cutting feed and pulling brccn
corn is the order of the day il
this ncighborhood.
Blaine Reininger headed maize
for Chas. Collier Thursday
Little Morton Heinineer had
the misfortune to run into a barb
ed wire fence Thursday. cutting
his eye badly.
Mrs. Chas. Collier and Laura
Bosley called on Mrs. Clay Wood
Friday.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Charcoal is used in trench
masks, and wood charcoal is no
good. For that reason the gov
ernment wants all the nuts and
shells il can get, particularly the
following: Peach stones, apri-
cot pits. prune pits, plum pits, OIL
i've pits. date seeds, cherry pits,
Brazil nut shells, hickory nut.
walnut, and butternut shells.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Senator Helen Ring Robinson
says it takes three men to fire a
Lewis gun. One man lies on the
ground and claps on the fresh
pie plates" of bullets, the sec
ond aims the gun and pulls the
trigger, and the third is the man
Or woman at home who buys the
bonds to buy the bullets.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
UtIeVviIle '-"-"

A. H. Utley and family visited
Frank Bray of Campo Sunday.
Born to George Yeager and
wife baby girl Monday. Moth
yer and babe getting along nicely.
There was surprise party at
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Bear in mind when you 20 to
vote that Shoup and Phips are
multimillionaires, having made
their money out of steel and oil.
That's the small end of it. They
were put up by profiteers, repre-.
sent profiteers, and in Office
their influence would be with
the class to which they belong.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Are you sleeping at your post:
Some weeks ago the papers told
of an american boy condemned
to be shot "for sleeping at his
post" Baca county isn't over
the top. Manifestly somebody
here at home lis sleeping at his
post"
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Victor Batey's Saturday night.
All report a nice time.
Mrs. Barth and daughter came
in one day last week from Okla
homa to prove up.
A. H. Utley started for Lamar
Morday and having had car
trouble is still away.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

We have just passed over
something new in the million.
dollar line-a million dollar fail.
Here it is the latter end of Octo-
ber, and no frost to hurt, thus
giving the late stuff time to ma.
ture-probably worth to Baca
county a million dollars.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

If all the boys over there were
stepping at their posts-what
would be the result? And If all
the folks over here were Sleep
ing at their posts what again
would be the result? Remem-
ber Baca county isn't yet over
the top.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

The chances are that all the
papers of the county will go to
81 90 on or before the first of the
year. For the Herald we an
nounce now that we will accept
subscriptions for any length of
time up to the first of the year at
the old rate of 81. SO.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

lyman, Burke and Dean say
that state coal lands should not
be turned over to profteers.
The other fellows say they should.
What will you say when you come
to vote?
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Next in Importance to buying
Liberty Bonds we believe is for
the folks at home to write to the
boys they know ''over there"
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18
The Fo ~ Situation
And the Hep Of This Year
a. Ard When n
Payments ybe made on Brush

The plan - time of payments
Of brush adj yen last week. as
will be read seen, is so arrang-
ed as to GET he money out of the
brooms made out Of the brush to
pay for the blush itself.
If those 41b understood that
the association, even this year,
would buy the brush outright
and pay for tton delivery at the
factory, would have stopped to
/ think for a few minutes they
would realize the impossibility of
such a thing,
Putting the commercial value
at $3.50 a ton, and the number Of
tons In Baca county at 1000,
would give tks nice little sum OF
$500, 900; and 10 put the amount
advanced at even $50 ton, would
require a fund Of s1oo. 900.
After the first year, by reason
of the sinking fund of so per
cent of the net profits, the as
sociatlon will be in position TO
advance something over $50 per
ton on brush sof stock holders
when delivered.
Putting the commercial value
and the net profits each on the
ton at $225 (see circular), it will
be seen that the 50 per cent sink
ing fund (see equity plan) would
give the sum Of $225,OoO for the
opening of the campaign the fol-
lowing year.
This reserve fund is to be used
in any way the board of direc-
tors may elect. Let us take out
of this fund rs, 600 for factory
equipment or factory improve
| ment, and we would still have a
/ sum sufficient to advance some
thing like $10O on the ton on the
brush of stock holders when de-
livered.
II viii be seen that the associ.
alton must first get this reserve
fund. and that consequently on
brush delivered the first year
there will be very little that can
be advanced upon it, and that
such brush will have to await the
necessary sale of brooms to get
the money.
1t wants to be understood that
things won't start off at first as
they will move along afterwards.
The first year the markets will
have to be developed, and the
necessary time to do this will
have to be reckoned on as to time
! of making payments on brush de-
ilivered for the first year.
As soon as the factory starts
and there are brooms on hands
for the purpose, salesman will
be put on the road. 1t might
chance that by the first of the
second quarter-Jan. 1st, a nice
little fund would heir the treas
ury, but not much should be ex-
pected till the first of the third
quarter-April 1st.
We would say that something
like three to six months should
be allowed-after the factory is
| in operation, for the development
of a market and the getting in of
returns.
Now in regard to the policy Of
waiting for these payments, on
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

You can't believe in lyman un.
less you believe in a legislature to
back him. So remember that
lyman needs Burke and Dean
and also that Burke and Dean
need lyman.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

lyman is one of the people, and
his platform is the platform of
the people. A vote for him is a
vote for your own interests.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Eat 'em up!" Who to do it
the boys over there? They don't
have to be told-they're doing
that all the time. What they
want is backing. Baca isn't ov-
err the top.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

The democrats in the county
have a "help-to-win-the-war"
ticket from top to bottom-old
plugs and women-a ticket eX-
actly meeting the requirements
of the Industries War board.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Wilson's next peace note to
Germany: Nothing doing till
your armies are at home and
there is a res oonsible govern
ment to talk with. Later: The an
swer as delivered is exactly as
above indicated.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

The War Industries board
writes the Herald-"You can
have till December 1st to straight
en- out your subscription list"
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Springfield now has three gar
ages and three stores that would
do credit to a town of a hundred
times it's population.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

To gaurd against the introduce
ton and spread Of influenza,
the schools last Friday in SPRING
field closed for two weeks.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

really . wonderful achievement,
and Boston of course was pretty
we'll 'blowed up" over it.
The walks we believe were
eight feet wide, and extended
four blocks on Maine street, and
two on 9th avenue.
The city put down the side
walks. We presume some Of
the lot owners paid for the walks
fronting their lots, and in that
case there was that much money
collected as payment on that
lumber.
In case the parties were tc
wait for their money till collect
ed as taxes. on the lots, We are
not presuming the lumber was
ever paid for, rs the town and
the whole country went to the
dogs the next spring, the good
people not stopping about such
little things as paying their tax.
es before going.
The writer left the country in
May of 1889. At that time the
sidewalks were still there-as
standing (laying or lying) mon
uments to the industry and en.
terprise Of the good new town;
or shall we say as q satire, on
the stranded hopes and ambi-
tions of those who just a few
days before had seen the star of
their destiny in the west and
had moved to carve an empire out
of the country to which the star
lead them. And of course old
Boston was all there at that
time.
Fifteen years later the writer
rode down Main street of old
Boston; and do you know, the
first thing we thought of was
those sidewalks-they were gone
everything was gone.
On Nov. %. 1887, the Boston
city council solemnly ordained
on ordinance entitled-"To pre-
vent Removal of Town Proper
ty."
But here in the face af that or.
dinance. solemnly ordained, all
the hooks, ladders and buckets
belonging to the town were
gone. the sidewalks we're gone
and the whole burned town was
gone.
What had become of the hooks,
ladders and buckets? What had
become of the sidewalks? What
had become Of the town? And
the people-where were all the
people?.
The thing that probably i'm
pressed US most as we rode into
and stopped in the center of
that old town-was the awful
stiffness.
OF course we knew before rid.
ing into the town that every
thing was gone, but the feeling
of that awful stiffness in the
center of that old town was as if
the good people of that good old
town had met with some nihilat.
ing world catastrophy, and all
it's people were then sleeping
beneath what was once it's lively
thoroughfares.
But the sidewalks bless your
sweet life, we never did learn
what became OF them. after
asking diligently of all the old
timers in the land, we still lacked
definite information of whittier
they had gone. But they were
gone, along with the old town
and the people, and at that we
will let them rest.
Something else next week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

There isn't a better qualified
candidate running for any Office
on any ticket than is Alma Leon
ard-democratic candidate for
county treasurer.
The Springfield herald., 1918-10-18

Colorado has had enough of
corporation government. Vote
for lyman, and have an end to
it,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
PATRIOTISM Is
KEYNOTE GIVEN
AT EAGLE MEET

Members of the 1ocaI> aerie of
Eagles have received a copy of a
Pittsburgh paper which gives a re-
sumo of the opening of the goth
grand aerie of the Fraternal Order
Of Eagles, which is being held in
that city. The article states that
patriotism is the keynote of the
meetings. Delegates from Rock Is
land are Gus Eastberg and Frank
WITCH
The article states that probably
the most important business being
transacted at the business sessions
is the insurance of members at the
front. At the convention last year
in Buffalo, n. Y, it was decided
that the families of enlisted or draft
ed members of the order who
might be killed in military service
would be paid $1,000 each. Eighty
six members of the organization
had been killed in action up to June
1, and that number Of claims has
been paid.
In order to pay these claims,
each member of the organization
at home has been assessed 10c a
week. With approximately 100000
members in this country and, fac
ing larger casualties among the
membership engaged in the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
FOOD OFFICIAL
FAILS DEALERS
n D. GriswOld Absent from Sched-
uled Meeting Of Ice Manufac-
turES wednesday.

\ question all local ice dealers
are interested in: Where was NJ
.. Griswold, county food admins
traitor, at 9-15 Wednesday night"
The much-announced meeting of
the ice manufacturers and dealers
and officials OF the county food ad-
ministrauon, scheduled for We'd
nesday evening at 9:15 at the Rock
Island club. failed to materialize-
That is. half Of it did
According 10 various members OF
the frozen water clan, they were
represented in force at the appoint
cd hour After a long and patient
wait for the food administrator,
however. they dispersed quietly.
Mr. Griswold, when called by rep
reseu2lye Of The Argus yesterday,
stated that there was no meeting
Wednesday night; that he was not
able TO be present at the meeting;
and. finally. that he was not in
formed that there was 10 be a meet
ing. although news to this effect
had been given 10 the press by his
Office Tor several days preceding.
While a reconciliation is being
sought various problems which the
icemen wished TO discuss with the
food administration TO the benefit
of the public must be laid aside
Therefore. It seems that it is up TO
the consumer to be patient in the
hope that these things will some
time be taken up and arranged to
their sausfaCt
John T Campbell Of the Empire
Ice company stated that Mr.. Girls
void had made particular arrange
ments for the meeting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
Advertised Letters

United States Post Office, Rock
Island. III, July 81, 1916.-Adver-
tised list No 80:
Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Hilma Ahlin
Mrs Roy Alvie. Charles Anderson
Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Laura Basseth,
Thomas Baxter. Mrs. Dale Biggs,
Mrs. a BlumenthaI, Mrs. F. Blu
menthaI. August Brown, Ray
Brown, Carl Burrows, Mrs, Lee
Camp, c. Clark, Ella Clark, Julian
Clark. Mrs 4. NJ. CorazZa, Mrs.
Eta Courtney, Miss Nalma Davis,
Robert G. Ditton, John Doolin. J.
H. Ehlers. Mrs. Emma alexandria
1Ir. and Mrs. y. L. Evans. Ralph B
Fellows. D. Ferguson. Ben Frank,
B. H Franklin "a, Jessie Gibson,
Herman GOede, Miss GOodlander,
Herman Graham, Mrs NJ GrOhs,
Nurse Hale, Miss Grace Harrison,
D. B. Harvey. Mrs. J. H Hauley,
Lawrence J. Hawk, William He
gard, Mrs Grace Helm, Leo HeTsh-
berg, Mrs George E. Holden, Miss
Marie Howard, Mrs. A. Hughes,
Mrs. Pearl Hughes, W. A. Jackson,
Thomas Jensen, Carl Johnson, Mrs.
Luella Jones, Miss Lora Jordon,
Otto kenworthy, Miss Ethel King,
Mrs. H. Kinney. Mrs. NJ. F. Lam
bert, H a Landiver, Grif Lewis,
W. I. Major, NJ Manifold, Ralph
Naples, Charles Martin, Morgan
Mason, Harry Miller, Wade B. Mil
Ter, Willis Miller, Charles Moore,
John Nelson, Charles S. Nicholas,
Miss Myrtle Nichols. Jack O'Ban-
non. Mrs. T. O'Conner, Lars Cd
man, Mrs. Zolha Peely. Milton Per
rim, Mrs Henrietta Peterson, John
". Pointer, Roy Powell, Rock Is
land Pulverizers Co., Mrs. William
B. Redman %. Mrs. Fred Ross, H
a. Runnyon ~, Mrs. Sau1by, Bill
Saggster, L Shaw, Bonnie Sheets,
D. SIattery, A Star, Harry R
Stein. Bertha Story, Mrs. Marston
Taylor. J. T. Thomas, A. r. Thomp-
son, G. G. Tucker. Mrs. Phillip Van
Ness, Miss Lottie Varbeck, James
P. Walch. Mrs. Lou Washburn, Miss
Arville s. Whistler. Mrs. Kathryn
Williams, Willie Wilson. Charles
Wilcox, Frank Wolfe. Harry Yo-
cum, Russell Younger, Oscar
Young, Miss Emma wingle.
Foreign: Carmeto Attardo, Mon
sieur Jules De Roe, Hijinio Lue-
banoz, Jr.
When calling for these letters
please mention advertised list No.
30. HARRY P. SIMPSON.
Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
TEN IN SERVICE.

Ray, AriZ., Aug. Ten OF the
IS children of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Granville Cumberland are now in
the service of the United States in
army and navy. Their father is a
veteran of the Spanish-American
war.
Secretary Baker has written to
Mr.. Cumberland:
Il can imagine the pride which
you and their mother feel in these
boys. Let me assure you that the
nation is proud of you both, as you
are Of your soldier and sailor sons.
BY such a sacrifice in this war for
human liberty and the defense of
peace you have indebted not only
the people of our beloved country
to you, but the freemen of all ma
lions struggling againss the ad-
vance of a military tyranny that
threatens the world. In the su
preme conflict of human hope with
the backward powers of cruelty and
injustice, you have made a supreme
contribution.
81 congratulate you on behalf of
the army of the United States"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
new PLANS FOR
LABOR STARTED
Government Employment Reguia'
lions Are in Effect Begin
ming Yesterday.

No rulings have been received
by F. w. Rinck, superintendent of
the Illinois free employment bu-
reau and government representa-
tive on the community labor board,
as to what action to take in the new
government employment plan
The new regulations went into
effect yesterday and no plant hold
ing war contracts will be permitted
to recruit common labor ether than
through the community labor board
This has reference to plants en-
ploying 100 men or more. Manu-
featuring plants not holding war
contracts will not be allowed to
offer superior inducements over
those offered under the govern
ment plan.
Employment agencies can still be
maintained by the employers and
advertisements can still be used TO
obtain labor by plants not having
war contracts. To obtain common
labor these employers must not out
bid the employers doing govern
ment work.
The non-poaching of labor regu-
ldIlOn Is HOW III ChCSAs eAhO ~ -
deemed probable that some wage
scale will be made for common Ia
Dor which employers must not over
bid.
The war labor program board has
been working for some time on
plans to stabilize wages. 1t is also
believed that plans will be formu-
lated for the extending of the gov
eminent employment plan to IN
clude skilled labor.
Mr.. Rinck stated today that en-
ployers in this vicinity have already
started negotiations to obtain all
common labor through the commu-
nifty board.
The board is composed Of three
members. Charles White, vice pres
ident of the Deere & Mansur COM
pany of Moline, has been chosen to
represent the employers and
Charles MACEDONIAN, president of the
Tri-City Federation Of Labor, is
representing the workers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
What is Castoria

harmless OIL Paregoric
Fuen
The Chidrens Panacea-The Mothers Friend
The Kind You Have Always Bought and which has been
thirty the Fletcher,
under
health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-02
OLDER MEN CAN
ENTER MARINES

Sergeants Baker and Goritz, ma
rine recruiters in Rock Island,
have received notification that the
age limit has been raised to 40
years, making moe men eligible
for enlistment in the marine corps.
The former age limit was IS to
80 years.
The recruiters believe that the
new regulation will be an aid in
obtaining more recruits in this city.
Men made eligible under the new
regulations viii be required to
pass the same test that is asked of
younger men.
The action taken in raising the
age limit will give opportunity for
a much larger number of men to
enlist in this department of the
service.
"Besco'' sweeping compound,