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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-20
nere but here In my country!
What care I for Germany!

mere Dut nero III my COuLltIy
What care I for Germany!
Say you Germany is strong
And will conquer us e'er long,
That we'll all fill traitors graves
Or forever more be slavesP
Never will her war be won
While America has q son!
I will fight that my country
Soon may conquer Germany
I can fight and ] can die
On the earth. or in the sky.
Or, In the cold seas embrace.
With those others take my place
Those who died but yesterday
As the German U-boats' prey.
I can die that my country
Soon may Germany!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-05-20

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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26

French front. The world is treating
the Colonel kindly from every angle,
and his optimism is as pronounced as
in old days when we knew him.
Al that time he was the most hopeful
mortal in the confines of the county
boundary lines. He talked as though
he had some business venture up his
sleeve, and we trust it will prove as
fortunate as he seemed to anticipate
it would.
The Nelson Leader seems to have
been touched on the raw because the
Gazette Mapped to mention Lost lake
as being a small sheet of water in
the hill country east of Oroville."
There was no intention on the part of
this paper to mislead the public or
change the location of Lost lake. So
far as we know from direct observa-
ton the lake may be as large as Lake
Michigan, situated in the low coun-
try to the south, east or north OF
Oroville. 1t is possible we have been
guilty of rank error, and have done
a brutal injustice to the neighborhood
in which the lake is actually located.
Our information came from one who
had been there. Still our informant
may have made a mistake. If so we
apologize most humbly with tears in
our eyes.
The Wenatchee World of Saturday
contains the following press news
item: "a commission in the officers
reserve corps has been issued to Perry
W. Blackler, of Oroville, End lieuten-
ant, quartermaster's corps" There
must be some mistake about the de-
partment in which Lieutenant Black
Ter has been assigned. For year
past the young man has been taking
the most strenuous training in the
aviation branch. and when here a few
weeks ago wore the insignia of an Of
ficer in the aero service. Probably
some mistake has been made in trans
mission. Anyhow, whatever branch
Perry Blackler may be called upon
to serve in he will give a good ac-
count of himself, and we congratulate
him upon having won the commission
for which he worked so faithfully to
obtain.
Thornton Collier, accompanied by
his wife, arrived Saturday to visit
some time with his brother, T. E. Col
lier. Mr.. Collier is a member of the
6Oth Engineers, and is the young man
that was so very low with pneumonia
at Chicago few weeks ago, and
whom his brother visited while the
young soldier was in the hospital.
For some time MIR. Golfers life hung
in the balance, with grim death ap-
parently having a shade the best Of
it, but by careful nursing and strong
constitution the patient pulled
through. He is. out here to recuper-
ate, and though he still shows the
effect of his serious illness he reports
that he is steadily gaining and expect
ed to be able in few weeks to join
his regiment. which is now in France.
! and be in at the end when the allies
/, lpress the Hun across the Rhine.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26
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municipal jobs, Friday evening. Which
would go to show that this population
is on its good behavior.
A party of Wenatchee people COM
posed OF Mr.. and Mrs. N. |. Neubauer
and Marcus Neubauer stopped over in
Oroville last Thursday evening on
their way by auto to British Column
bia on brief outing.
Mrs. w. j. Hoskyn reports that her
husband, Captain Hoskyn, of the Or
dinance department, now serving in
France, and who met with serious
and painful injuries some weeks ago
by his horse falling upon him, was
so far recovered the last she heard
from him that he expected to be back
on active duty within fortnight.
1t has been so seldom lately that
things have been coming our way in
the war zone across the pond that
the news from the front during the
past week aroused high pitch of ex-
element. The public wanted news,
and wanted it all the time, and what
trickled through in the way of brief
bulletins only whetted the appetite
for more.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones, of Che
saw, and their young daughter passed
through Oroville Monday on their
way to Tonasket, where Mr.. Jones is
acting as cashier in the Tonasket
State Bank during the illness of Fred
May. Mr.. Jones has had large ex-
perience in banking business and is
an expert accountant and most
capable banker.
Sheriff Clair Ward was in town last
Thursday evening and confirmed the
report that he was going to enter the
service. The date of this step Is not
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26

continuation of the war. The source
of water supply can always be depend
ed upon. The shortage of water on
the government project this year has
given impetus to this scheme of using
the Methow river for irrigation pur-
poses.
Mary Anna Barrett, wife of G. NJ
Barrett, of Carmi, B. c., died at the
Oroville General hospital early Sun
day morning from surgical shock
She was operated on for tumor of
the abdominal cavity, and owing to
the fact that surgical treatment had
been put off until such late date
the unfortunate woman did not have
the vitality to rally from the effects
of the operation. DR.. Lewis reports
it to have been most aggravated case,
with the system run down from blood
poisoning. Undertaken w. l.. Barnes
took charge of the remains and pre-
pared them for shipment. The body
was taken to Seattle Tuesday morn
| ing where the funeral was to take
place.
1t has been so seldom recently that
| the forces of democracy has had the
top hold in the struggle for the eX-
istence of free governments on the
face of the earth that the success
of the allies during the recent drive
Especially in the initial stages, stirred
up this community as nothing has
since the beginning of the war foul
years ago. 1t seemed absolutely toe
good to last, and while the exultatior
| of the individual was freely expressed
there was no public demonstration
The public was willing to let tina
come later when the full extent o
the drive is known, the hope prevail
ing that the Huns would be kept NOV
ing until they had worn their feet of
to the ankles.
We are in receipt of letter from
Miss Bernice Desmond who is will
her father, II. ]. Desmond, at Seattle
where Mr.. Desmond went some week.
ago in hopes that the change of eli
mate might prove beneficial. TIL,
iyoung lady states that her father il
really not much better, although SOM
days he seems much improved. The.
were at Alki beach for some time
but are now out on Lake Washington
She says: Dad misses every one il
Oroville and has been wanting to re
turn ever since we came over here
III have persuaded him to try it
couple of more weeks and then if h
is not much better we will probabl
return to Oroville. | don't believ
Dad could live contentedly any plac
else so long as Oroville is on tn
map"
: Col A. NJ Dewey, of Seattle, cam
: in last Thursday evening accompanie
by friend, and Friday Carl Schass
berger drove the two gentlemen owe
; to the old Dewey ranch, at the O.
mine, a few miles south of LOOMS
Col. Dewey, wearing his old tim
: smile, was in excellent health an
/ spirits, the latter intensified by tn
, cheering news coming in from tn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26
The First National Bank
Oroville, Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. II. Ellis returned
to their home at Spokane by motor
Wednesday, after a visit with rela-
tiyes in town for three or four weeks
A W. Thomas, of LOOMS, has filed
for the republican nomination for
county superintendent of schools. A
pleasant and capable gentleman is
Mr.. Thomas, and he would make n
creditable official should he be select
ed to the office at the September pri-
maries.
NJ X. Bowen was in town from his
place south of town Saturday for the
first time in some weeks. Mr.. Brown
has not been in good health for the
past year. and now he fears that he
Is gradually losing his eye sight We
trust that he may be spared that
affliction.
II you have dog tag him and
save some misery for both the dog
: and the owner. Clerk Marshal-
Street Commissioners Water Commits
sioner Hoose has received the tags
for distribution, so interview him at
a time when you have the price and
decorate your dog.
John Reeder, Ralph Mason and
Lester Stansbury, of this place were
among those who flocked to Okanogan
Tuesday to 90 into the army. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether Stansbury
will pass. He made an attempt to
get into the service some weeks ago
but failed to pass the physical test
at Seattle.
The first arrest that has been made
In town since K. J. Wilson resigned
the marshalship, some two months
ago, fell to the lot of Acting Marshal
Hose, who has been compelled to
add that Job to his multitude of other
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26

lumbia, and telegraphed to the states
for one, After waiting week and
failing to receive the tire they got
as far as Penticton, where l.. F.
Pourtaes met them and brought them
back to Oroville.
The Thrift Stamp Society sold $50
worth of thrift stamps at the door
last Friday night on the occasion of
the dance, and the crowd must have
taken their thirst with them to the
hop from the way they rallied around
the punch bowl, brew made up OF
innocuous ingredients, as IS worth OF
the decoction floated down the outlets
of the dancers. Altogether it was a
pleasing boost for the War Stamp.
Rev. Geo. H. Severance returned
last Friday evening from Seattle
where he spent several days. He re
ports having met some Oroville peo'
pie in the big city. He was especially
impressed with the number of former
residents of Okanogan whom he mel
on the streets. He visited the shil
yards, which are extremely bus!
points of interest in Seattle, bu
from the personnel of the ship build
ers, there being so many old men ant
boys, he cannot understand how first
class constructed ships can be turned
out of the yards.
| A plan is under consideration fo
tapping the Methow river and carry
ing the water up the Okanogan val
ley as far as Omak. 1t is calculated
that the proposed system of canal
and bitches would cover some 1000
acres of land. 1t would be grea
scheme but would require the expen
Iditure of lareg sum of money, whicl
would hardly be practical during tn
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26

The death of Mrs. Barrett at the
Oroville General hospital Sunday was
the first patient that DR.. Lewis has
lost from the effects of an operation
since the new hospital was opened
nearly two years ago, and the num-
Der of cases he has operated upon
has been multitude.
We understand that another pas
senger engineer has been promoted"
Owing to the sudden illness of Jeff
Irby at Oroville, Sunday, Slim Bodey
brought out No. 255 and "Engr." Tom
Collier had the bull of the woods
"344," out Monday. Last reports were
that Jeff was on the mend and would
soon want chicken broth again.
Marcus Messenger.
Louis Drummer, son OF j. F. Getsey,
left Tuesday morning for Okanogan,
called by the last draft. AS Louis is
somewhat near sighted and trifle
hard of hearing he will not probably
pass, but the rip will be a source of
| pleasure to him, as he has a large
| number of relatives in Tacoma, where
he formerly lived. and he has not
been in that city for nine years The
young man has no disposition to
shirk his duty on account of any de-
ficiencies, and would gladly do his
part in bringing the Huns to their
senses.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Butler returned
home Friday last from a trip up into
| British Columbia that turned out tc
be anything but happy one. They
left here some three weeks ago in
Mr.. Buffers car, taking Mr. Buffers
brother and wife to Vernon. On the
trip up a tire was broken. They coult
| not get a duplicate tire in British Co
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26

s LOT some time in the remote
iulure' out he may respond to the call
any oay he receives notification that
MS services are wanted. Ward he
ileVes in quick action when once ba
reaches decision.
| ms can hardly be classed "a A
chufch- going community Judging from
.he small attendance at church sery-
ices on the one day in the week when
services are held. 1t would be no
hardship IL more people would devote
single hour to devotional exercises
every Sunday, and those who would
SO indulge would be none the worse
FOR the experience.
Qulte number of young men Sc
iected under the last draft call. who
were due to report at Okanogan
tuesday left on the Oroville-We-
hatchee from this place Tuesday. The
contingent was made up of boys from
oroville. Nelson and LOOMS. They
were husky looking young lads and
appeared to be anxious to get i'm in
tlme to make the trip to Berlin.
raul Schleuter, the man who at
tempted suicide in the Hotel Spokane
some weeks ago by shooting himself
through the head, is we'll on the way
10 recovery at the Oroville General
hospital The Nelson Leader states
that Schleuter was recently examined
Tor insanity, but the medicos decided
ne was not insane, although his act
afterwards was that of an insane
man.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
OF last week registered one of the
hottest spells ever known in this
locality, that is the hottest within the
memory of the white settler. Accord
ing to the record of the government
thermometer, which is considered
more accurate than any of the instru-
ments In common use. the mercury
reached 100 degrees Tuesday. We'd
nesday the mercury climbed, up to
lO2, and on Thursday registered
103R.
Gerald Allen left Monday morning
for Spokane, where he visited with
his sister, Mrs. Jas. Porter, before
going to Seattle to enlist. He will
probably select the engineer branch
OF the service. Gerald's younger
brother, Guy, is already in the navy,
and Gerald felt that he ought to be
at the front lending a hand Young
Allen is skookum big chunk CT
lad, and will make a fine looking SOL
der when re receives the full benefit |
of the drill.
Maj. F. P. Wehe, who has been maxi
ing his home at Cashmere recently, |
was in town several days the past |
week. The Major is looking better
than he has for the past several years,
and is the same amiable old gentle
man that has endeared him to so
many in this county, where he lived
for many years. A veteran of the |
civil war he is as loyal to the coun-
try of his adoption today as he was
when young man and following the |
flag on southern battlefields.
The dance that was advertised to
take place at Loomis this Friday even
ing, under direction of Mrs. Van Alta,
for the benefit of the Red Cross, has |
been postponed for the present, as
instructions have been received from |
division headquarters of the Red |
Cross that no benefit be given for the
Red Cross until further notice. owing |
to the great amount of funds on hand.
The dance will be given no doubt |
later in the year when the organiza-
ton will need more assistance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

All details of the new war against
HELPLESS Russia rob German statesmen
of their stock in trade--the plea that
German is waging war OF self-de'
fense.
The British press is virtually unani-
nous in the belief that the whole
eastern situation has been cleverly ar
ranged and plotted with view to
bringing eastern and central Europe
under German domination. and for the
vital immediate purpose Of getting
food from the Ukraine.
The most important newspapers
which learn toward peace by negotia-
ton, notably the Westminster Gazette.
and tine Manchester Guardian, seem to
have undergone change of outlook as
the result of the events of the past
week, while the Daily News today. al
though condemning the entente for
aiding Won Hertling's argument that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
80 BELIEVED LOST.
VESSEL FOUNDERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Thirty of.
ficers and enlisted men OF the naval
tug, Cherokee, are believed to have
been lost when the vessel foundered
yesterday morning in fierce gale of
Fenwick island light ship. % miles
from the Delaware capes.
Ten survivors who got away on the
first life raft we're safely landed; four
other men got away on another raft
but two were washed overheard and
drowned and the other two died prob
ably of exposure. The four bodies
were taken into Philadelphia.
The navy department later made
public the names of the ten survivors
landed at Philadelphia.
They are L. P. Ackerman, seaman
seaman; c. E. Barker, chief machin'
H. P. POINTER, fireman; R. J. Hail.
lists mate; R. A. Kozeck, fireman; P
H. Warmack, fireman; A. A. Wailim
oiler; z. L. Gudgel, fireman; and B
F. Brumfield, radio electrician.
One report to the navy says that
ten survivors already have been land
ed at some point on the coast. The
tug is supposed to have foundered in
the heavy gales of yesterday.
Later the navy department was ad
vised that incoming ships were carry
ing four bodies to Philadelphia and
that the ten survivors previously re
ferred were the only ones known out
of the complement of five officers and
thirty-five enlisted men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
GERMANS TRY
TO WIPE OUT
U.S. SOLDIERS
BY GASS|NG
Flaming Gas and Gas Shells
Kill Three Soldiers, While
Nine Suffer Seriously from
Effects of Attack.
GERMANS REACH LUCA
(By Associated Press)


Artillery bombardments on the west
efn front have increased In intensity,
especially in the Ypres sector. along
the Chemin Des Danes and on both
banks of the Meuse.
On the American sector northwest
of Toul, the Germans have attempted
unsuccessfully to wipe out the Ameri-
cans with flaming gas and gas
shells. Three American soldiers were
killed in two such attacks and nine
suffered seriously from the effects OF
the gas. The American artillery is
shelling the enemy positions heavily.
No official recognition has yet been
taken Of Chancellor Won Hertlings
speech It is regarded in Washington.
London and Paris as war speech and
not q peace statement The chancel-
lor's purpose, an official OF the French
foreign Office says, was to separate
the entente allies, stimulate peace talk
and impress Germany and the outside
world with the notion that the military
caste had lost its power. Belgium, it
is declared, hardly will answer the
chancellor's peace hint.
German submarines have not let up
In their campaign against Spanish
shipping. The steamer NeguH OF
1859 tons, is the latest victim. She is
the fifth Spanish boat to be torpedoed
within five weeks.
Continue Onward March.
Although Chancellor Won Hertling
has declared Germany's intentions in
the east were not aggression or ag-
grandizement, German military auth
critics have declined to grant an arm
istice on the Russian front in view Of
the Bolshevik offer to accept peace
and the German troops continue their
onward march The BolsheviH are
now the hands of the invaders
It is rumcred that the Germans have
reached Luga, midway between Pskov
and Petrograd. This is unconf1rmed as
is report that the enemy has ad-
vanced to Q point halt way between
Luga and Pskov. Meanwhile, the
street fighting in Pskov goes on, the
city changing hands alternately.
workmen and troops from Petro-
grad and troops from Moscow are be-
ing sent to check or stop the advance
on Pefrograd. Women and men are
busily building trenches and defensive
positions around Petrograd. The Boil
shevild government, it is declared, will
retire to Moscow if the Germans take
the capital. Disagreement in the coun-
ell of workmens' and soldiers dele
gates is reported and It is added that
foreign minister Trotzky will quit the
government.
A provisional government has been
| formed ii Esthonia with headquarters
at Reval and the independence Of Es-
thonia has been proclaimed. Chancel-
| lor Won HeTtling said that Germany
would give self-government to Cour-
| land and LIthuania but it is reported
from Switzerland that a Saxon prince
| is to be made king Of Lithuania, which
| will be united to Saxony.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27

wills, the discouragement of armies
and the embarrassment of govern
ments."
The Star says that at first blush Won
Hertling's speech seems to suggest
that Pharaol's heart is not quite SO
hard as when last hc spoke. 1t adds
that Won Hertling is trying to drive a
wedge between the British and Ameri-
can people. and says the proper count
er to this attack is to "W1lsonfZe'
England's peace aims and compel the
government to speak in the language
of President Wilson.
Judged by Acts.
AS far as the British public is con-
cerned the mild words Of Won Hertling
fall upon almost deaf ears. A few
weeks, even few days ago, their re.
ception would have been different. but
German speech is judged here by Ger
man acts.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
HERE'S CHANCE
FOR SELECTS
To PICK JOB

Here is chance for selected men to
enlist and choose the branch Of the
service and the training camp they
desire
The war department has thrown the
way open to registrants to enter any
one of four branches of the service.
These branches are:
Coast Artillery. Columbus. O.. bar
racks.
Spruce Production. Aviation Section.
Vancouver, Wash, barracks.
Infantry, Camp Greene, Charlotte,
N. C.
Medical Department. Ft. Oglethorpe,
Ga.
Sheriff Carr, chairman of the Rich
mond army board, Wednesday an
nounced the war department policy
which makes enlistment possible and
issued the following statement:
Under this plan it is possible for
physically qualified men in the draft
to select the branch Of service they
desire and to pick the training camp
which they like best. Men who nave
passed the examination and oeen
placed in the limited service section
are not eligible for enlistment.
This offer probably will be closed
soon. We have been advised to enlist
as many men as possible by the mid
die of next week and we should ike
to send a class of 100 or more by
that time.
For men in the first call this is a
golden opportunity to select the branch
which appeals most to them: They
will be going a few weeks earlier than
if they wait fer the call but the advan-
tages more than make up for that:
Men in deferred classes may enlist II
they will waive their classification ana
II the deferred classification is due to
dependency, get a waiver from their
dependents.
"All that Is necessary to take advan-
tage of this offer is for the registrant
to appear at the army board office and
be inducted into the service
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-27
Mother of J. NJ. Lontz
Dies at Hagerstolpr

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, Feb. 27.-Mrs.
Margaret Lontz, widow Of Harry Lontz,
died Wednesday morning at Z o'clock.
Her son, John M. Lontz, and grand
son Harry Lontz of Richmond were at
her bedside at the time of her death.
She has been a resident here for
many years. Mrs. Lontz was promi-
nent member of the Christian church.
She was an honorary member Of the
History club. A daughter, Mrs Will
lam H. Porter and a son John M.
Lontz of Richmond, survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon at 2: 80 o'clock at the home
of her daughter.