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The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
Maverick

Getting quite dry listed crops.
which have been cultivated, not
hurting badly
ROBBINS are harvesting their
beans
w. W. Thompson and son
George are pulling corn aud cut
ting feed.
Mrs. Folk has gone to Kansas
to send her con t. school.
Dick Thompson is building
about live miles Of drift fence to
keep his cattle off of settlers
crops. If others were like Dick
there would not be much trouble
win stock men
McEndree S are pulling some
OF th-ir beans. We think beans
would nave been better if plant
ed later this year.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
Prairie Center

Crops are needing rain in this
part of the country.
Most everybody is pulling
beans in this vicinity.
Chas. CTohisea, John Hook,
VIII Jrohisen went to Sprirp-
field Tuesday on business.
Bill CrohiseH and wife took
dinner with Mr.. York Sunday.
Some from this vicinity at
ter ded the Sunday school con-
vention at Lake View.
We have Sunday school at
Prairie Center every Sunday
morning and also preaching.
Christian Endeavor starts 7:3O
o'clock in the evening with
preaching folio wing. We have
three preachers, Mr.. Chas. Cro-
hisen, Mrs. Nc Adam, Mrs. Clas.
Brit. Everybody cordially in
vited.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

the horse even up for the lot.
We hum-hawed about having held
those lots at $500 each, but wound
up by leading off the horse.
And that horse was all we ever
got out Of our many lots in the
town Of old Boston.
Postscript: We still have those
lots in old Boston. They may be
worth $4,000 a piece some day
take SIS for the whole bunch, or
best offer.
Something else next.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
A Camp Letter
From Cedric p. Konkel
Camp McArther, Tex. /,

Camp McArther, Tex,
Aug. 18, 1918.
Dear Mother and ALL have
been here JUS one week and get
ting along fine. We have been
drilling all week.
Friday myself and two other
fellows from our company were
put on duty called special fa-
tigue." | don't know why they
call this fatigue" because it is
really a pretty soft snap, All
we had to do was to ride to town
on a truck and bring back bread
and groceries and distribute it to
the different canteens.
We had Saturday afternoon OIL
and all we have to do Sunday is
to lay around in our hunks. AS
I am writing this letter l am sit
ting on my cot with my suit case
for desk.
We certainly enjoy the rest,
as we have had a week of rather
stiff drilling. 1t gets hotter here
during the day than it ever does
in Baca county.
About half the people in onr
company along with myself are
bothered with cons tipation. The
doctors say changing to the hot
climate makes lot of fellows
hot that haven't been really hot in
thei. lives, and every tune, they
drink water to keep cool. They
say thai there is u lot of differ
ence being hotand being thirsty,
and we should not drink unless
we are thirsty. | never was so
stopped up in my life and lave
been following the doctors advice
too.
In Baca county | could walk
6fty miles without giving out.
Here | couldn't walk ten miles
without playing out. | know
not why they send northern boys
south, but mus have some rea-
for it.
There are two hundred and tif-
ty men in our company, and
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
North Flats

No rain yet. Crops are burn,
ing.
The threshers finished work In
this locality Friday.
Chenoweth's nave been cutting
feed this week.
James Riley is here visiting his
uncle Herman Crouch.
L. K. OXenreider Is hauling
his winter wood.
Jim Coverda = family has re.
turned from their h.i.sas visit.
News is scarce this Week on
account Of the dry weather.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Without an exception in any Of
the papers the letters of the
camps have told OF the good
treatment received by the boys
from their officers, which means
that the officers are receiving a
differeut training than in the old
school.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

At a meeting of the fair direc-
tors Monday night it was decided
to turn the fair this year over to
the Red Cross-to make out OF it
what there would be in it.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

The new zone rates are such
that the price of the Herald will
very soon have to go to $500
outside of the first zone-just a
kid of -hintthat, you'd better sit
it up" before the change is made.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

we are divided into squads
eight to u squrd including cor
poral-a Squad to, a tent
None of US have yet been as.
signed. but even after we are as
signed some of usl.will likely be
transferred elsewhere as they
see fit.
Our company will not be here
more than five weeks longer. We
will then go TO some camp on o,
near 5he Alta ntic coast, and will
then be shipped across as soor
as they can get to us-this is
what our lieuternnts tell US.
They say that 1t will only
.a,Se six weeks to give US all the
training we will need in America
while it formerly took four OF
five months undelsthe old plan.
We will get the rest of our
training over there.
How is The paper coming? tell
papa to he sure AID nut me on
his mailing list, as i sure want
to hear from old Raca.
There are just two other fell
lows | know thatiare from Baca
county. They arc the sane two
fellows l rode to- Lamar with,
One OF them is tie son of the
stockman Pritchard of Villas, the
other fellows name is DeVerre,
who liyes near Villas.
Oh yes; there + another one
in our company tbat forgot to
mention that is also from Baca.
His name is Gordan Bolander.
He says the Herald sure is
colnical. This boy is a good
Christian lad. Sorry to say that
most of the boysin our company
are not that way,
Most of the boys of our com.
pany are fromN Denver, and aLou.
half of them ara Of foreign birth.
They include Austrians of Slovac
blood, Russians Swedes, Span
iards, Germans, 9nd some Mex
leans.
There is one llow in our tent
whose fathergsSd mother are
dead ind Ms srothere and sisters
moved from Germany into the
southern Fart of Russia. He
says they al! talk German and
live in a German settlement, He
has on Y one brother in America.
He cant understand all man
says to him in English, and has
MT taken out his first naturaliza
ton papers. He says that he
has nothing against the U. s.,
but would like to go home.
OF course he is reallya Russian
subject, but it looks queer Uncle
Sam would draft such a man in
the army.
Our tents are all Khaki COLOR
ed. Everything is khaki at this
place.
UEcle Sam sure is making
preparation to win this war and
thank God our Uncle Sam has
no selfish Purposes IN view.
| believe that sometime during
next year the Kaiser will be fore
ed to submit to the Allies, and
miIitarism will be forever Danish
ed from the earth.
Well l must qlit for this time,
so good by. Write to me often.
| am your loving son and
brother
Ceoric Konl Ell,
Co K. i, 3 Bn Replacement Camp
Camp McArthur, Texas,
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
A Camp Letter
From Camp Travis
Aug. IA. 1918

Mr.. Konke',
Editor of Springfield Herald.
Kind Sir
1 will drop you lire or two to
let you know l am all O. X. and
enjoying life fine.
The weather here is a little
warmer than it is up there.
We get the best of eats, and a
cleaner place than Co, 36 9Th Bn,
165 Depot Brigade, you never
saw anywhere.
The officers in this company
sure treat the boys as white men
and not like dogs,
We can get pass to town at
lea three times per week.
We get ice cream from two to
four times per week for dinner,
and all the wheat bread we want
to eat.
There are twenty of the boys
who left there July 23rd in this
company. The other three are
here in Camp Travis.
Itjs awful dry down here.
They have not had any lain here
since we landed.
Yours Respectively
Pvt. Edward r. McEndree,
Co. &c.. 9th Bn., l65 D. B.
Camp Travis, Texas.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

The democrats this year are
fortunate in having had a set of
state officers who made good,
thus making the sailing in this
campaign easy-right with the
wind and the current.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Have you notice. it? There
hasn't been any reports sent out
Of the number of Yanks landing
weekly in France. 1t may prob
ably be sesumed, but it may be
just as well for the Huns not to
know anything about it.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30
Another Boy
In Same Letter

III 00AAa> AANSs&i
Mr.. Konkel;-
I will write you letter to let
you know | am having a good time
here and having plenty to eat.
We all have good appetite,
and / like the war life ine-the
best life | ever lived.
Have lots of friends, and we
only train one half day here
leach day..
That is'ut much, for We are
getting toughend to this life,
Will close for this time.
George GeiZ
A Camp Letter
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Next Tuesday is first registra-
ton day. Don't be careless and
loose vote.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

1t seems that since June 5 only
about a dozen or less boys came
of age in Baca county.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Leslie e. Hubbard writes,
thanking us for our support in
the stateassembly. That's alright,
Mr.. Hubbard, and thsre will be
no let-up until you have been
sentenced to another two years.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

A. l.. Brooshart was up from
his Cimarren ranch the first of
the week. Be says his apples
are a good crop.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

A big rain at the head of Butte
creek made raise in the dam of
about fifteen feet.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

1t seems to be the business of
Gen. March chief Of staff at Wash
ingtop, to tell how the war is 60
ing in Europe. Good way Off,
but the story is pretty we'll told.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

The Nonpartisan league will
hold picnic at Cal. Woolley's
on the 9Th OF September, and at
Campo on the 7th. Good speak
ers will be present on both occa-
sions.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Printed on a postal card re-
ceived from Henry Burt by his
parents was-"the ship on which
| sailed has arrived safely in
France" Henry, by the way, is
now a corporal.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

The three bridges in the west
part of town will save the usual
flood down Main street.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

Hail laid bare lot of country
of West Flats and the Moxey
country-last week.
The Springfield herald., 1918-08-30

serted MS Slngle-idea campaign
issue, and stuck right to his text:
but at Lamar in an uuguarded
moment he let the cat out of the
bag when he made the statement
that
Mr.. Keating's method of fl
nancing the war would bankrupt
the ration-which proposition
was to tax excess profits 80 per
cent, an to greatly increase the
'tax on incomes and lnheritances.
The Federal Trade Commits
sion's report to congress is that
profits on owe 1000 articles run
all the way from 25 per cent 70
over 5000 per cent, the most ~ ~
them running in the hundreds
'lie vital item of foods alone run.
nlng up to 2.1s3 per cent.
And John Martin would ins,,t
the intelligence of the voters ns
the Third congressional district
oy telling them that 80 Der cent
OF these profits, taken for war
purposes, would bankrupt the
nation VIC
ana we presume that if Keat-
ing were to revise his plan tn
take all the excess profits. Mr.
..eartln would tell US that such n
system of taxation would bank
rupt the who'll. world
Take so per cent! Fact, are
Mr.. Martin, that at this time
when the whole world is groan-
ing and trembling under the
heel of the War God, the man
who is bleeding his country by
excess profits of one or more
thousand, OR even 100 per cent,
should either be put into the
trenches of Europe, or taken out
and hung as d common traitor to
his country.
Mr.. Martin, Rockefeller is
worth anywhere from a half a
billion to a billion dollars. Do
you think it would bankrupt him
if the government were to take
all his income--estimated at $50,
OoO,OOO-durigg the period of tie
war?
Facts are, Mr.. Martia Int if
Rockefeller were as - t'c as
the widow who Civ ! roly
son, he would say to san,
you eau have not only ~ pro
fits, but here is this foundation
-cunningly devised to perpetu-
ate the Rockefeller millions un
der the guise of philanthropy
lake it., as Ford said about his
factory at Boston, and may God
add strength to your good right
arm"
But instead of Rockefeller do
ing that, he is raaing in his mil
lions and millions and millions Of
dollars on gasoline alone, while
the governments of earth are
groaning in the agony of war.
democracy is trembling in the
balance-and our boys in Europe
are falling by the hundreds and
thousands, with me probability
that tomorrow they will he fall-
ing by the thousands. tens of
thousands and hundreds of thous-
ands.
Mr. Martin, our people have
no patience or sympathy with
or even liberation for, the man
who would coin the blood of the
boys falling on the battle fields
into dollars-and no hOneved
words for the man who thinks
the nation would be banl,rupted
by interfering with the blood
curdling prohteers.
Mr.. Martin. the people of Baca
'county have an idea that sack
of peanuts could be loyal" to
the country; but what we want is
men in congress who will help TO
slay proflteering while this war
is on, and help TO make NAM
mouth incomes and inheritances
pay out on the nations stsgger-
ing debt according to the pro-
lection received and advantae S
enjoyed in accumulating their
great boards of wealth.
In other words. you have
sbn1up yn,,rsajf TO how, r,o,o o,e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17

Believing that 1t is the duty of every person who enjoys the freedom and privileges of citi- zersl1ip in our great Country to do his utmost to help win the war, the following firms and in- diviiuals have patrioticelly c0n~ tributed the money to pay Tor this md other advertisements Of the Fourth L;:',erty Loans
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17
Be a Volunteer September 18th and 29th Will be Volunteer Days

On thesc days everyone will be given opportunity to step up and buy bonds without being solicited to do sc Places will be designated where volunteer sub- seriptons will be received These places will be nounced in the papers and by signs. Your card will he on file there Cards of those who do not volunteer will be used for active solicitation which will begin Monday, September 30th No ono will be overlooked. Do not wait for some one to come after your subscrp- ton Show that you, too, volunteer for your Coun try's service, just our boys lover there" did
 Figure out now the very maximum you can subscribe. Bo ready when Volunteer Days como Tiis is no time fo f1all NAY neasures IIai-way won't push
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17

boys the Rhine It is up to to buy bonds with every uninvested dollar own plus every dollar by careful frugal living for six months to come
 You don't have to pay all cash for your bonds. You make your first payment from cash in tho bank and take of the balance out of your daily weekly monthly savings.
 The forced saving you do now will mean nice nest egg lar for the bonds you buy and pay for you go along, will prove splendid investment that will pay you good interest every six months. After tho war; the bonds will be worth than you paid for them Don't hesitate to do your duty and do quickly Don't let the SON go down."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17

We have got to lend as we'll as they fight. And we must pull together with all the strength we have nolu!
 We must so order our lives that we can SaVe-to the li:nit-and lend-to the limit for Victory. We must put Americas whole strength be- hind our fighting men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17
All Together!

Nothing could stand against the mad dash of the French and American cavalry on the Marne-the german lines gave way, broke and fled.
 That fighting spirit of themen of Foch and Pershing, that united purpose for Victory -r,,ust De the spirit, the purpose, of each Of IFS behind the lines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17

VT - AapsPa me knssouPd sueIEFI INSURANCE C9 MARCO MILLS
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
MUST MAINTAIN GOOD ROADS
Too Much Money Spent for construe-
tlon and Too Little for Proper
Maintenance.

In many county In the South the
condition of the roads is the same as
those which the editor of the Clinton
Democrat describes as existing In his
county. He says:
"We can't survive the impression
that he have wasted lot Of money |;
that we have built lot Of roads that
have gone back to their former condl-
ton, from neglect; that we have bur-
dened our posterlty with debt that
has proved to be a rather bad invest
ment. We have burdened our children
with the bonds that will be mighty
hard to pay, and we will have to an
swer for great deal, II for their $780,
900 we leave them legacy Of mud
holes, heritage Of sand and water.
One of the main defects In our present
program, we think, Is the fact that we
are spending all of our money on con-
struction and are not taking proper
thought for the maintenance Of the
roads. THE Progressive Farmer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
Something Sinister.

DR.. William H. Crawford, president
of Allegheny college, said on his de
parture to do war work at the front:
Don't ask me for an interview
There is something sinister about an
interview. It suggests that I'm never
coming back.
Eyes, you make me feel almost as
blue as the rich old fellow whose little
nephew said:
"'Uncle, will you please make a
noise like frog?
why, Willie!' said the rich uncle,
laughing heartily. Why on earth do
you desire me to make a noise like a
frog?
Because said Willie, whenever l
ask papa to buy me pony or bicycle
or anything, he always says: Wait till
your uncle croaks. '"-Exchange.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
PRESERVATION OF SOFT CORN
Farmers Should Work II Over, Remove
Any Damaged Ears and Put
In Ventllators.

,p..,oro, ~, ,ho IrnIt.d state. D.nart-
msnt Of Agriculture.j
Soft corn which has been stored in
large cribs during cold and freezing
weather, without specially improvised
yentilatCgs, is practically certain to
get out of condition as soon as the
weather warns up In the spring. To
preserve .Lch corn farmers should
work II over, remove any damaged
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS SGRAY HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Restore Color, Gloss and
Attractiveness.

Almost everyone knows that Sag
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color an,
lustre to the hair when faded, streak
ed or gray. Years ago the only wa,
to get this mixture was to make 1t a.
home, which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at an.
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" you will get a large
bottle Of this famous old recipe, i'm
proved by the addition of other In
gradients, for about 80 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try It! No one
can possibly tell that you darkene6
your hair, as 1t does 1t 30 naturally
and evenly. You dampen o sponge OF
soft brush with 1t and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy and attractive
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and q
youthful appearance. It Is not intend
ed for the cure, mitigation or preven
tion Of disease.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrlculture.)
Three systems of culture are used
In growing raspberries, the hill, the
linear, and the hedge systems. The
term chill system" Is restricted to that
method Of tillage In which the horse
cultlvator Is used on all sides Of each
plant. When the cutlvator Is run in
only one direction and only the plants
originally set are allowed to fruit, the
term "linear system" Is used. If some
Of the suckers which come from the
roots Of red raspberrles are left to
form solid row and the cultivator Is
run In one direction only, the term
''hedge system" Is employed.
The distance between the rows In
each Of these systems should be de-
termlned by economy In the cost Of
cultivation and In the use Of land.
Where the area Of land available for
planting is not limited, usually 1t will
be found most desirable to make the
spaces between the rows wide enough
to allow the use of two-horse imple-
ments In cultivation. Where the area
Of land Is limited, the rows may be
placed closer together and one-horse
implements used.
Planting Distances.
Under the hill system of culture the
plants usually are set about FIVE feet
apart each way. This, however, al
lows the use Of one-horse cultivators
only. This Is used to some extent in
New York and other states In raising
red raspberries. 1t has the advantage
Of requiring less handwork In keeping
out grass and weeds, as the cultivator
can be run In both directions; and the
berries can be more easily harvested
from fields under this system.
If the hedge or linear system is used,
the horse cultivator can be run in one
direction only and more hoeing Is nee
essary. Under these systems the red
varieties usually should be set from 2
to 8 feet apart in rows which are 9 to
8 feet distant. In the eastern United
States @ feet Is the most common and
desirable distance between the rows
for the shorter caned varieties, such
as the Ruby and Marlboro, and and
8 feet for the tall-caned varieties, like
the Cuthbert. To use two horses In
plantation the rows must be at least
8 feet apart. In the Pacific northwest,
where the canes grow very tall, the
planting distance for red raspberries
Is usually 2h by 7 or 8 feet. In parts
Of Colorado and other states where ir-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
LISTEN TO THIS!
SAYS C0RNS LIFT
RIGHT OUT NOW

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says
this Cincinnati authority, because a
few drops Of freezone applied directly
on a tender, aching corn or callous
stops soreness at once and soon the
corn or hardened callous loosens so 1t
can be lifted out, root and all, with
out pain.
A small bottle of freezone costs
very little at any drug store, but will
positively take off every hard or soft
corn or callous. This should he tried
as 1t is inexpensive and Is said not
to irritate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house. 1t In
fine stuff and acts like charm every
time.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
TO MAINTAIN GRAVEL ROADS
Never Hard and Smooth Enough to
Prevent Immediate Ruttina by
Wheels of Wagons.

Gravel roads are never hard and
smooth enough when opened to travel
to prevent almost immediate rutting by
the wheels Of heavily loaded wagons.
In fact, gravel which contains enough
clay to pack Immediately under the
roller or in few days under travel
will always prove to give a muddy
road when the frost is going out In the
spring and during prolonged wet spells
at other seasons Of the year. If such
gravels are found on road they can
be greatly improved by covering the
surface with thin layer of sandy
gravel, applied when the road Is soft
and allowed to. mix under travel, the
road being kept smooth by the frequent
use of the road drag.
On any gravel road, dragging with
a suitable road drag should begin after
the first good rain following the COM
pletion of the road and be continued
after each subsequent rain until the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-05-17
TO MAINTAIN CONCRETE ROAD
Observe Same Rules OF Drainage as
Apply for Earth Roads-New
Surface for Concrete.

The maintenance Of concrete roads
consists of observing the rules of
drainage as for earth roads and in
filling with tar any cracks that may
develop. Nothing can be done for the
surface when 1t begins to deterlorate
and break down, 1t will serve us Il
base for some of the higher types of
bltumlnous surface, and after the con.
crete has served Its usefulness 1t
should be rosurfaccd with II bitumIn.
Gus wearing surface.