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SATuRDAYY'S ECLIPSE WAS
WITNESSED HERE.

The solar eclipse last Saturday aft
ernoon was witnessed by most of the
people of Canon City and the sur
rounding territory and redeemed pub
event Heavy clouds presaging
rain storm in the west early in the
afternoon Were discouraging and Tor
couple OF hours threatened to shut
o'clock. little before the mon had
produced its maximum obscuration OF
the suns disk. the clouds dispersed
and an opportunity was presented of
looking at the phenomenon thru
clear sky. Only small crescent
shaped portion Of the suns face was
Illuminated; all of the rest of it being
blotted out by the intervening lunar
body, Semi-darkness existed for
few minutes. but it was not as in
tense as many people had expected.
II was impossible. owing TO the clouds
TO see the beginning Of the eclipse.
or TO watch its earlier progress as it
advarced across the suns disk. Its
later progression was easily discern
able Taken as a whole the eclipse
may be said to have been very sue
cess affair, In Denver. clouds made
il impossible to witness any part of
the eclipse. The astronomers ut Sim
Ia. east OF Colorado Springs. are said
10 have made a successful obserya-
tion OF the eclipse.
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HAROLD r. WALDO VISITING
IN CANON.

Harold r. Waldo. prominent cor.
poration attorney of salt Lake City.
is visiting his father. Judge Chas F.
Waldo. and the ]. F. Mackenzie fam
ily on River street Mr Waldo ar.
rived in Canon City several days ago
and expects to be here Tor about a
week. He has recently been in Cali
fornia on professional business. He
will be accompanied back TO Salt
Lake City by Mrs Waldo. who has
been here for a month OF six weeks.
and his Two little sons. Charles and
John Frazier. Miss BurIeiEh MacKen-
zie. Mrs. waldo's sister. will also ac-
company them TO Salt Lake City.
where she will spend the greater part
of the summer.
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WHERE SOLDIERS ARE BETTER
Army officer Explains the BENEFITS Of
Development OF Physiological
Resistance.

In an Interview with Surgeon Cen
eral Gorgas for the American Maga-
zine, about the chances your boy has
to come back nlive. the author says,
referring To another army officer for
the moment:
Major Grille said another thing
which every mother and father ought
to learn by heart. lie said: The
thing which affects q wounded mans
chances mere than almost anything
else is physiological resistance. That
is where the soldier puts II all over
the civilian every time. When man
goes out from the worries, RESPONSE
bIlities. nnxietles, and irritations OF
civil life TO the peaceful pursuit of
war
"He stopped and laughed. Then he
went on seriously:
~ mean thatl I've seen these sal
low. pasiy young clerks get out and
turn into men! I've seen Young chaps
who were little more than flBbhy hu-
man ieily6sh transformed by their life
IN the trenches into husky fellows that
were grit clean through. They laughed
at things which would have finished
them completely before they went into
the army. They had developed the
biggest factor In wounded mans
chsnces.-physiologic resistance. And
II wns their life MS soldiers that gave
them this new possession
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Buy War Savings Stamps
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OVID TIT. TOP
~
AN ArlEpICAN S0I>DIER.
WHO WENT q
AlI11Ul GUY TrIpEY
Nh<1ihr- G,NHrn srn,uur NJ IN iH~c
GUNNER JERYINe N FRANCE
| OiS7 T /
lWIn0 QS GTNi

Tommy answered the challenge with,
.Aw. go 10 hi" IL must have been
the man who had sneezed or who had
improperly cut the barbed wire; he
wanted to show Fritz that he could
die game. Then came the volley. Ma
chine guns were turned loose and sew
erai bombs We're thrown in our rear.
The Boche in front of me was looking
down his sight. This fellow might
have. under ordinary circumstances,
been handsome. but when ] viewed him
from the front of his rifle he had the
gobilns Of childhood lima agination rele-
gated 10 the shade.
Then came flash in front of me, the
flare of his rifie-and my head seemed
10 burst. A bullet had hit me on the
inch from my eye. smashing the cheek
bones. put my hand 10 my face and
fell forward, biting the ground and
kicking my feet thought was dy-
ing. but, do you know. my past life did
not unfold before me the way IL does
In novels.
The blood was streaming down my
tunic. and the pain was awful. When
/ came TO | said 10 myself. Emp, old
boy. you belong in Jersey City. and
you'd better get back there as quickly
as possible"
The bullets were cracking overhead.
l crawied few feet back to the Ger
man barbed wire. and in a STOPPING po-
sition. guiding myself by the wire.
went down the line looking for the
lane. we had cut through. Before
reaching This lane l came to a limp
form which seemed Ike a bag of oats
hanging over the wire. In the dim
light | could see that its hands were
blackencd, and knew IL was the body
Of one Of my mates. ] put my hand
on his head. the top of which had bsen
blown of by bomb. NY fingers sank
into the hole. ] pulled my hand back
full of blood and brains. then l went
crazy with fear and horror and rushed
along the wire until came TO our
lane. bad just turned down this lane
when Fepething inside of me seemed
TO say. Look around" did so; bul-
let caught me on the left shoulder. 1t
did not hurt much. just felt as II some
one had punched me in the back. and
then my left side went numb. Ny arm
was dangling like a rag. fell forward
In q sitting position. But all the fear
had left me and was consumed with
rage and cursed the German trenches.
With my right hand I felt In my tunic
for my first-aid or shell dressing. In
feeling over my tunic my hand came
In contact with one of the bombs which
] carried. Gripping IL. pulled the pin
out with my teeth and blindly threw II
towards the German trench. I must
have been out of my head. because |
was only ten feet from the trench and
took chance OF being mangled. II
the bomb had failed TO go into the
trench i would have been blown 10
bits by the explosion OF my own bomb.
BY the fare of the explosion Of the
bomb, which luckily landed in their
trench. saw one big Boche throw up
HIS arms and fall backwards. while his
rife few into the air. Another on.
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C. a. r. MEMBERS RETURN
FROM ENcAmPMENT

The Canon City members of the
G.. A. X. returned home Thursday
night from Colorado Springs where
they went at tho beginning OF the
week TO attend the annuay encamp-
n4ent OF the Department. OF Colorado
and Wyoming c. a. r.. which con
vened Tuesday morning and adjourn
I'd Thursday afternoon. The mem.
bers OF Greenwood post in attendance
included J. 5. Bowiby. NJ. X. Ger
agility, George Jameson. Capt u. F
Rockafellow. George Gregory. John
Hilman and Jared Townsend They
report one of the best conventions OF
their organization in recent years
and are profuse in their praises Of
the hospitality and entertainments
extended 10 them by the people Of
Colorado Springs and the Pixies
Peak disu.ct.
Delegates were in attendance at the
auxiliary meetings of the encamp-
ment from U. s. Grant Circle. La
tlfes Of the @. A. r. and from Green
wood Woman's Relief corps of this
city. Rocky Ford WAS chosen as the
meeting place for the next encamp-
,aent
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ED BURGESS HURT
IN COAL MINE.

Ed Burgess, whose home is on Park
avenue. South Canon, was seriously
burned as the result of an accident
in a coal mine. ojo. Colorado. on
Monday OF this week and was taken
to st. Mary's hospital in Pueblo. for
treatment. Just how serious Mr.
Burgess injuries are. is not known.
His wife went to Pueblo Tuesday
morning to be at his bedside. ojo is
in Huerfano county and the mines
there are owned by the company that
operates the Wolf Park mine here.
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pitai behind the lines. To reach this
hospital we had to go along roud
about five miles in length. This road
WAS under shell fire, for now and then
a flaye would light up the sky--a tre-
mendous cxplosion-and then the road
seemed 10 trembie We did not mimi.
though no doubt some of us wished
that n shell would hit us and end our
misery. Personally, / was not particu-
lar. 1t was nothing but bump, jolt rat
tie. and bang.
Several times the driver would turn
around md give us "Cheero, mates,
We'll soon be there" fine fellows,
those ambulance drivers, lot of them
go West, too.
We gradually drew out of the fire
zone and pulled up In front of an i'm
mense dugout. Stretcher-bearers car
ried me down a number of steps and
placed me ON a white table in a brightly
lighted room.
A sergeant of the Royal Army Med
Ical corps removed my bandages and
cut off my tunic. Then the doctor,
with his sleeves rolled up, took charge.
BE winked at me and l winked back,
and then he asked "How do you feel,
smashed up bit?''
! answered I'm all right. but I'd
give a quid for drink of Bass"
He nodded TO the sergeant, who dis
appeared, and I'll be iarned IL he
didn't return with a glass of ale.
could only open my mouth about a
quarter of an inch, but l got away with
every drop of that ale. 1t tasted just
like Blighty, ana that is heaven to
Tommy.
The doctor said something to an or
derly, the only wur,i / could catch was
"chloroform,' then they put some kind
of an arrangement over my nose and
mouth and II was me for dreamland.
When opened my eyes l was lying
on II stretcher. in a low wooden
building. Everywhere looked saw
rows of TommIes on stretchers. some
dead 10 the world. and the rest with
flags in their mouths.
The main topic of their conversation
WAS BliGhty. Nearly all had grin on
their faces, except those who didn't
have enough face left to grin with.
srinned with my right eye, the other
was bandaged.
Stretcher-bearers came in and be-
gan 10 carry the Tommies outside. You
could hear the chug of the engines in
the waiting ambulances.
i WAS put into an ambulance with
three others and away we went for an
eighteen-Inile ride.
/ WIS on a bottom stretcher. The
lad right across from me was smashed
up something horrible.
Right above me was a man from the
Royal Irish rifles, while across from
him was a Scotchman.
We had gone about three miles when
/ heard the death-rattle in the throat
OF the man opposite. He had gone TO
rest across the Great Divide. 1 think
1T the time l enyied him.
The man of the Royal Irish rifles
had had his left foot blown on the
jolting of the ambulance over >>Ine
rough road had loosened up the band
ages on his foot. and had started il
bleeding again. This blood ran down
the side of the stretcher and started
dripping. was lying on my back, too
weak To move. and the dripping OF this
blood got me in my unbandaged right
eye. l closed my eye and pretty soon
could not open the lid; the blood had
conseaied and closed il, as If il were
glued down.
Ito be Continued)
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Mrs. Ray H. Boiteniieid and sister
Miss Agnes Blyth. Will leave on the
Santa Fe train Saturday evening for
Southern California where they will
spend the summer. They viii visit
Los Angeles. Long Beach. Santa Bar
bars and other places OF interest on
the coast
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Warrant Issued
for E. O. Phlegar

4. O. Phelgar, formerly an attorney
tice of law in Pueblo, is charged in
warrant filed in the office of the
district attorney OF Huerfano county.
with being an accessory after the fact
place last Saturday afternoon. states
Pueblo Star-Journal. In referring to
the case the Star-JournaI says:
1T Is charged by the officials at
waisenburg. that Phlegar spirited
Mrs. NJ. A. Purinton out OF the coun-
ty. after she had eluded arrest when
her automobile was stopped on the
highway leading between La Neta
and Walsenburg.
The alleged offense dates back to
the night OF May "a when the sheriff
and deupties OF Huerfano county
stopped an automobile just south Of
walsenburg. At the time they no
ticed lights on another automobile
several hundred feet behind, sudden
~ 20 out. They investigated and ar
rested the driver OF the car.
In the first car were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles C. Elom. residing near Pueb-
10 on a ranch In the car on which
the lights were extingujshed was j
C. Carter. Pueblo rancher. Both
cars were filled with liquor II de
valoped that the car driven by Car
ter belongs to Mrs. NJ. A. Purinton
Of this city
The three who were arrested We're
taken to walsenburg where they were
charged with Illegally importing IL
auor. Mrs Elom was allowed to
plead guilty and sentence was sus-
pended The two men are at present
in the Huerfano county jail. serving
sentences following their conviction
on a first onense OF Illegally import.
inS liquor
According TO information in IN.
Ecnburg. Mr.. ~ A. Purinton was in
The car on which IN. lights were eN.
Uaguished at the time the first car
was stopped. As soon as the car was
stopped. it is charged she ordered
Carter TO turn OF the lights. as soon
- be did 30 she stepped out of the
car and hid in the brush at the sde
OF the road The officers. seeing the
lights sxtinEuished. investigated and
upon finding Carter. arrested him and
left the spot.
Then. IL Is claimed Mrs. Purinton
walked the - miles back to La veta
Phierar over the long distance teie
Fhone and told him Of the plight into
which she and her companions had
fallen
Phiesar. it IL charged. went 10 La
veta in an automobile where he met
Mrs. Purin,on. tn. two went 10 Wal
senburg. where IL is alleged Mrs
Purinton was hidden in the grave
Yard. while Phlerar went TO the ooun.
~ Jail and interviewed the prisoners.
Mrs. Elom was allowed to plead
guilty and secured a suspended sen
tenee she left the court house with
PhlcEar. ii is charged and the two
went to the graveyard where they
were soined by Mrs. Purinton and re.
turned TO Pueblo.
Since the occurrence. q charge Of
violation OF the prohibition law has
been filed in the district court at
walsenbure against Mrs. Purinton.
Phl.rar has been prominent in the
defense OF p. 6. Kelsey who has been
before the district court on charges OF
boo,le-rins He is also attorney for
Mrs purinton in a case pending in
the district court here.
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wilted and fell forward across the
hlackness,
Realizing what a foolhariy and risky
thing l had done. was again seized
with a horrible fear. dragged myself
TO my feet and ran madly down the
lane through the harbcd wire. stun
bling over cut wires, tearing my uni
form, and decorating my hands and
legs. Just as l was about to reach
No Mans Land again. that same voice
seemed to say, Turn around i did
SO, when. 'crack." another bullet
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Biiehty.

From this first-aid post. after inocu-
iating me with antitetanus serum 10
prevent lockjaw. was put into an am
bulance and sent TO q temporary hos
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Lenox News.

Weather hot. Crops growing nice
! ly.
The English horse inspectors were
over on the 18th. They did not buy
horse and there were over 400 head
run through the inspection corral.
Horses were in poor condition for
sale as the range is overstocked this
year and it has been awfully dry.
We had a light rain a few days
ago which helped wonderfully.
Mr. Alexander, the county farm
agent, was over about ten days ago
and made a raid on the pro-Germans
az Pierce's ranch. He killed about
100 ground hogs at one shot Come
again Mr.. Alexander.
Lenox people are planning to
have big time the Fourth.
Mr., G. w Boble Is about to leave
the Prairie. We hear he has sold
his cattle to the Smiths Prairie Cat
tie and Commission COMPANY
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Old Plainsman Visits City

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams of the
Community farm are entertaining
Mrs, Williams grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs j. T. Roler of Ontario. Mr..
Roller is real old-timer In the west,
having crossed the plains in the
tifties He put in many years as
wagon master and transportation
superintendent first for Marshall &
Woodard of Leavensworth, and later
for Caldwell & Co.. of st. Joe, before
there We're any railroads west of the
Missouri One time he had charge
of bringing 5000 wagons west for
the government The present city
of Caldwell is named after one Of
his employers. Mr. anR Mrs. Roller
are both in their SOth year and are
here to see their great grandson.
son of Mr. and Mrs Williams. Mr..
Roller came to town on horseback
from the Community farm several
times during the week.
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q MEN TO LEAVE
WITHIN THE MONTH

Elmer House Win j. Norton and
Arthur w Confer will leave for Van
couVer barracks tomorrow in re-
sponse to call number 719 for three
men from Elmore county for the
signal service.
On July /, Geo. NJ Butler will be
sent to the Idaho Technical Insti-
tute at Pocatello for special train
ing, under call 727 and II men,
probably the first II on the list Of
class one men published in another
column, will be forwarded to Camp
Lewis about July %
These three calls are all that are
now out and untitled and it is prob
able that no further men will be
called from Elmore county before
August 1, unless possibly some call
for special service.
Herman H. Taylor of Standpoint,
special inspector of local boards, was
here several days last week inspect
ing the work of the local board. He
made 81 recommendation to the dis
trict board in regard to agricultural
and industrial classifications and
also complimented the local board
highly for the neat and efficient
work which their records showed.
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Congregational Church.

Sunday before the "4th" will be
devoted to Christian Patriotism
Subject of forenoon, Spirit of Ameri-
can Manhood
Evening, 500. Hopeful Aspects
of the War" Special music at both
services.
Tuesday evening 900 church
trustees.
Wednesday evening prayer and
bible service
Thursday evening, choir practice
The missionary meeting Thursday
was entertained in the library parlor
by Mesdames Ross and Hines, and
was largely attended. This is the
closing meeting until after vacation.
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MADE
BY PARTY WORKERS

The platform conyntions OF all
the political parties in Idaho were
at Boise Tuesday The republicans
and democrats each had about ITS
delegates present and the socialists
much smaller number. Platforms
as adopted pledged support to the
war, and all war activities. The
democratic platform was very short
and was devoted almost entirely 10
an outline of war aims, with en-
dorsements of the national and state
administrations.
The republicans produced much
longer document and endorsed the
usual party principles with their rep
resentatives, condemned the present
state administration, criticised demo-
cratic political activity and war
methods, pledged themselves to re-
forms and new plans In state govern
ment, endorsed the farm bureau prin-
ciple, national prohibition and ma
tional prohibition and national
woman's suffrage.
The republicans adopted a plank
as follows which is said to be an
endorsement of the, non-partisan
league, in that II a constitutional
amendment Is passed giving the state
the right to acquire power sites 1t
will be made broad enough to include
terminal elevators.
I'VE favor the control and pro-
motion by the state Of the develop
ment of the unused water power,
and In order that the same may be
done we declare for the submission
to the people Of the necessary amend
ment to the state constitution"
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PLANS LAID FOR CELEBRATION Of
I42ND BIRTHDAY OF UNITED STATES
ELEVEN MEN GIVEN
FIGHER CLASS BY
THE LOCAL BOARD

During the last week the Elmore
county local board following in.
structions from the Provost Marshal
General, reviewed all questionairres
in their possession and changed the
classification of II men to harmon
ize with new instructions or with
changes in the status of the regis
trants.
Each man was advanced to class
that puts him closer to actual mill
tary service The men advanced to
class one were, Geo. C. Stearns,
Harry w Rohrer, Jesse Hunter,
Vandover J. Chaplin, Elmore often
heimer, Albert w. White, Clato e.
Totem, James H Whitson.
Those advanced to class two we're:
Geo w Weston from 2-B to 2-X,
Roy Johnston, Jeff Ladd Evan e.
Vandehei
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Goble Held For Trial.

The hearing of G. w. Goble of
Smiths Prairie, who was arrested last
week for seditious utterances, was
held before Commissioner Howie and
he was bound over to the U. s. dis
trict court under a 1900 bond,
which he furnished. Mr.. Goble Is
alleged to have made a number of
statements that come within the
purview of the espionage act, and
evidence was introduced in the form
of affidavits from people on the
Prairie who had heard his remarks
Mrs. Engleman and Mrs Bower of
Prairie were here to. testify as to
what they heard him say.
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CHAUTAUQUA WILL
BE HERE FOR NEXT
YEARS COURSE

The Chautauqua program last
week pleased large number of peo-
pie but due to war conditions there
was a small deficit to be made up by
the guarantors. Two of the after
noon programs were not given on
account of the talent not arriving
from HALEY in time to appear.
1t is stated that the management
Of the Chautauqua submitted a much
more satisfactory contract than last
year for next years guarantors and
that there will be no question of ex-
penses being met next season.
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AUTOS MUST HAVE
TWO LICENSE tags

Assessor Thomas Trathen received
the following letter recently from
the Secretary of State, which IL
self-explanatory.
Boise, June %, 1918.
Thomas Trathen, Assessor,
Mountain Home, Idaho
Dear Sir.
am quoting below copy of opln-
ion rendered by the Assistant Attor-
ney general, which I think may be
interest to you in view OF the fact
that there have been reported many
violations of the law providing for
the display Of two automobile plates
on motor vehicles.
"ln response to your communica-
tion of the Sth inst, we beg to ad-
wise you that the operation of an
automobile within the State of Idaho
which does not have a number plate
displayed on both the front and rear
of the car is a clear violation of the
law Offendiners should be arrested
by the local peace officers, the same as
for the violation Of any other provi-
sion of the act. The enforcement Of
this provision Is no more the duty
of the assessor than that of any other
citizen He, of course, has a right
to call upon any peace officer to
make an arrest in cases of this
character" "
! would suggest that you give this
opinion as much publicity as possible
In your county
Very truly yours,
w. T. DOUGHERTY,
Secretary Of State.
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RANCH
SOLD TO HOLDERS
OF SHEEP COMPANY

William Blackman sold his ranch
on Bennett creek and his cattle last
week to the Skilleren Sheep company.
The place consists of about 700
acres and 1000 head of cattle. and
the price is reported to have been
100000 Mr. Blackman has been
in the stockraising and money loan
ing business in Elmore county for a
great many years and is said to be one
of the wealthiest men in the county,
he is nearly 70 years old and found
1t necessary to dispose of his stock on
account Of the great difficulty in Sc
curing help.