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The Monte Vista journal., 1919-12-13
PUBLIC NOTICE

To the Lot Owners In Blocks and Z.
OF Grand View Addition and the
Lot Owners In Block "D'' Of How
ards Subdivision In Said City and
to All Parties In Interest:
Notice is hereby given that on the
nth day Of December. 1919. at the
hour of 1880 O'Clock p. m. the City
Council Of the City Of Monte Vista
Will meet at the City nan therein and
receive and consider any and all OBJ
'ec'lons to the construction of sewers
'n and upon the above described
premises in pursuance Of petitions
'nerefor duly made by . majority Of
.ne owners Of the frontage of the lots
'nerein and executed, filed and pre-
.eated to the City Council of said
eiy and in accordance with the
p'sns and specifications prepared by
ue City Engineer and on file with
.ae City Clerk. together with an -.
"@ste OF the cost thereof: and st
'ucn meeting will transact such other
BUSINESS In connection herewith and
~" thereof ~ may bs necessary and
p.oper to effectuate the construction
W the said improvements and tn.
'e'sment and collection Of the en-
"'s cost thereof.
GEORGE c. BOUTWELL,,
City Clerk,
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-12-13
$4,000 REWARD

for Information leading to the arrest
and conviction Of the person or per-
sons who stole . lso-rod roll Of
woven wire from the NWk OF 30
%o.7 E.. about the night Of Novem-
bsr 25th.
OMER REED and T. C. JONES.
The Monte Vista journal., 1919-12-13

Give = Kodak aad prescrve the
memory OF ChrtseAas In Picture.
Fuller Drug Co.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

and country and that we should
cooperate with the Springfield
people in the attempt to build it.
Taken as a whole the project
looks like the best yet for
Liberal, and we are of the opin-
ion that the town would be
strongly behind it. AS sugges-
tion, we might say that this is
a good proposition for the Cham
ber of Commerce, and that or
ganization might we'll arran. (
for a meeting as suggested by
the Herald.
These things come to the COM
munities which go after them the
hardest and one thing of which
we feel sure is that the SPRING
field fellows will be ready to do
their full share of the boosting.
Democrat.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Hand-Me-Downs

Clothing? No, just common,
every day editorials.
So popular are these ready
made outfitsthat several mills In
Sundry cities seem to be grinding
them out in wholesale qualities.
The charge for these editoral
squibs is so small that any news.
papercan have an up-to-date, rip
sno~t'3 :, c9'lnmn or page Of pun.
gent or ters editoriala and
commentators. often paying
for same with just a little money
and some space for advertising,
or given for advertising alone.
Once yo:..'ve cotton onto the
ropes its easy enough to recoR-
nize these hand-me-downs, sus.
picion being cast on the whole
column or page by the reading
of the first editorial
The mo credit is necessary"
is bad, but parading as original
editorialettes ground out by .
professional grinder in Fuunyland
not sn good.
One appreciates good, live
editorials, Sat t,v out want
to have the ear marks Of having
been ground out of an editorial
factory. NJ"
The hand me downs lnI.,
be good. hut we believe the best
use can be made of them is to
pass them up.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
CHRUCH ITEMS

Rev, w. Hall was called to Two
Buttes TO officiate at the funeral
of Alvin Lewis.
The court house was full last
Sunday night to hear Pastor
Chas. S Dean. There were four
accessions to the membership.
Next Tuesday .Feb. "a. there
will be Bee to grade the lawn,
remove the surplus dirt and e.
nish the lathing. Tie Babtist
Ladies Aid will furnish dinner
foral who will help. Come.
The time OF the box social has
been changed to the night of
March S The B. Y, p. U. has
purchased a piano, and the pro-
ceedS OF this social will be used
to help Fay for it.
I'VE had to abbreviate Chusch
Items this week on account of
coming in iaue
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Two Big Deals

On Tuesday Of this week G. ]
Coburn and son Earl purchased
the Sedwick hardware stock. and
the same day bought the old
Denney garage in the Herald
block.
This old garage will be COM
pletely remodeled. have a plate
glass front put in, and otherwise
put in trst.class store style, and
the stock of hardware, along
with a large stock of furniture.
will be Installed, thus giving an
up-to.date hardware and furni.
ture store. = - : - - -
This is one of the best locations
in town. and we are predicting
for Coburn and son a big busi-
ness from the word go.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Out at Springfel5, Colorado,
there is newspaper called the
Springfield Herald. The Herald
is ''live one" and to all aope,
anses comes FROM . .,y. ,o.n,
Il IS or. Of the oesC patronized
'apers Cunning to this Office.
while tho stuff" ground out by
its editor is equal to that of the
big dailies. So much for tile
Herald.
What attracts our intention at
this time is the agitation of that
paper for a railroad connecting
Springfield with Liberal. The
Herald started several weeks ago
outlining proposition, and sub.
sequent editions have continued
to make plans for the building of
the road.
On the face the proposition not
only looks good but feasible.
Surely such a line wouli be a big
payer aud would open up strip
Of country second to none in the
west. The territory around
Springfield is highly productive,
and all along the proposed line is
an agricultural district that would
make such line a success.
As near as can be estimated by
the Herald the road would BE- I25
miles long, and would pass for
the most through a level country
which would cause but little ey-
pense to the road builder.
While Springfield possibly
needs the road worse than Liber.
al, the benefits of such line can
hardly be estimated. 1t would
make a lot of good business f.ere
and be the means of settling up
a section that is at the present
time devoted to grazing.
We have talked the matter over
with a number of Liberal people
and all agree that such a matter
would be a big boost for the town
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
HERSONS
| )Storirs and incidents
% Old Boston
i And the Old Days
By the wriler
The Final Boston
Grand Roundup.

We were probably half way on
our journey to that "home sweet
home" in the dugout, when
clarion voice in the direction o'
the saloon rang out clear and dis
tinct on the stiffness of the air
there goes one of them now, y
this being followed by the crack
of gun.
Having decided that the COW
boys were simply shooting up the
saloon, of course this outcry. fol
lowed by the crack of a gun, did.
Mt at that time carry with them
any direct significance.
We stopped and listened for a
moment. and then ambled on tc
the dugout. Reaching il. we
picked up the comfort we had
dropped down on the storm door
and, attempting to open tile door.
found to our surprise that it was
hooked on the inside.
That was puzzle. We never
fastened the doors from any side.
and to hook it from the outside
On the inside-that was sure one
on u.s..
We gave it a second slight pull
to make sure, and then in an un
dertone exclaimed-"WelI I'll be
hangedl"
And then a trembling and
scared voice fro0 the inside ex-
C a i m d outwardly-"who's
tn ere?'
why it's me-" the writer un-
dramatically exclaimed. what
have you got the door fastened
for?"
Then the hook was unlocked
and the quavering voice on the
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Not a Duty but a Privilege

Our county Sunday school Sec
retary has mailed to each Sun
day school superintendent on her
list a report blank. II your 50.
perintendent does not receive
one, let he L K o " a n d
she will send you one.
You will not only benefit your
own Sunday school, but will ad-
vance the Sunday school inter-
ests of your county, and assist
the Sunday school cause every
where, if you will see to it that
these blanks are filed out imme-
diately and returned 10 our coun.
ty secretary, Ruby Matthews.
Two Bu.tes.
Procrastination'is is the thief Of
time.
Forrest Hall,
President.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

tnoy WOulO u sV COulO.
Whatever or feelings as to
their ability tG help, however.
we haven't ant (pated the prob
ability Of their king the case oi
the other fello land putting up
a brief along tAk line.
We are not resuming for q
moment that u agricultural de.
partment is un Sr the protection
of the buyers an factories-rath.
er think that tb4 brief" in the
, case m mentionedAu Aunwitting)y put
the case as the buyers and fac
tories have put 1p the case to the
said department of agriculture.
and is hence sibply an echo Of
what the other Fellows have for
years been givi1g out for public
consumption.
! At the start We want to go into
the very heart Of their excuse for
paying lower-stsata prices for
western brush-it's shielded back
, east, is bleached in the west.
The first fact is that neither
the acting commissioner nor any
other man ever saw a cured
green broom.
The second fact is that the
brush back east is shed cured
because that is the only way they
can keep it from rotting-a good
part of the time.
Facts are that here in the
short. grass west we wouldn't
give five cents for shed curing,
provided it is otherwise properly
cared for.
What our people want is not
shedding, but an understanding
of properly caring for their
brush without sheddlng.
The brush when shed cured
loooks nicer. but by the time it
is made into brooms and the
the brooms arefn the hands Of
the retailer. thfe isn't any NOR
tai can tell yheeber it was shed
cured or otkd Wise, - it oil lool q
alike by ths6 me.
Al to whe tsb. sAedaing adds
,, anything to the quality of the
brush, we are certain that two
test brooms made from the same
I, quality of brush right here in
Bacs county wouldn't show any
material difference in the wear
!: of the brooms-because Of the
shed and air curing.
So much for the color We
shall next week take up the mat
ter Of the quality of eastern and
western brush.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

inside said-"Come in quick and
latch the door"
What in blazes is the matter
with your" the writer asked as
he stepped inside.
We saw at once that our part
ners in crime-meaning ou- room
mates, were greatly excited.
They Immediately piled US with
questions to get an understand
ing of what was going on on the
outside. and their excitement ad-
ded another feature to the puz-
zle of the situation.
We explained to them that the
cow boys were simply shooting
up the saloon, and that there
was nothing to get excited about;
but they urged the Importance of
turning the light off at once, SO
that it wouldn't betray our
wherabouts-"as one could
MT tell what might happen.
Here it becomes necessary to
explain who these two room
mates we're.
The one was DIR. Mct'rory,
whom we have mentioned a few
times. Doc had no direct rela-
tion with the roundup in any
way, so isn't here of direct i'm.
portance.
Geo. Nethercut was the other
room mate. We haye also men,
toned him before. George sat
in the games and won and lost
money-as do all gamblers.
The one thing that we
didn't know at that time-that
would huve served as a sequel to
the twain'e na'tation ~ ro'r. vas
that Go. Nethercut and Bill
Lindley at one time went down
into the neutral strip, and repre-
senting themselves as U. 8. Mar.
shals, brought hack a couple of
horses they bluffed one of the
worshipars of Baal down there
into giving I'D.
We are just presumin9 :hat
they went on the theory that
these fellows in the strip stole ev-
erything they had anyway. and
hence by the U. s. Marshall rack
ct they could round up some of
the stolen stuff ard nothing
would ever be done about it.
The rest of this part of the
story will explain itself further
on.
Ditto next re *.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

We notice Bro. Jones is fer
ninst government ownership of
railroads TOR cause the Huns
have it. If one of those Huns
should ever happen to come over
here, we'd advise him to keep
out of the barred zone around
the Sentinel's bomb. proof hiber-
mating quarters-less he's dun
asked God to have mercy on his
soul for being a Hun, and for hav-
ing the mark of Bolsheyiki in
his forehead-cause no Hun can
get inside Of that barred zone
and live.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Illinois Letter

Dear sir
Enclosed find order for 81. so
for Herald and maps
Have been reading tn. stories
of old Boston and don't want to
miss them.
We are sure having fine winter
weather here in Illinois. Never
had such weather before at this
time of year.
Yours respectfully,
A. W. Allan.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

The war in Europe is over. but
the war On profiteering is still to
be foughr-provided the people
can find a champion who will en-
ter the ring in their cause.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
The arst of this week the 2.Oo'

The frst of this week the 2,O0O
new maps of the county were
run off-delayed on account
Of the press of work. The five
promised maps gratis will now
be mailed to all those up to or
beyond the year Of 1920. four of
which by them are to be mailed
to friends back east for advertis-
ing purposes. Are you up into
I920p
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

We understand that certain
"Blair" has started republican
clio sheet at Denver, to be known
as the Colorado Republican"
II for factional purposes the Re-
publican will clip from democrat
ic sheets as much rs for that pur-
pose Barkhausen clips from re
publican sheets, there will be es-
tablished a kind of all round
equilibrium.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
The Unspeable Hun
BY DIR. Regnier.

By DR.. Regnier.
AS it now appears, and is to be
devoutly hoped, the Germans
and Turks will not be permitted
representation on the peace con-
ference now being held in France
and our representative, Presi-
dent Wilson. has been advised as
to the mental attitude of the peo-
pie of the United States. whose
servant he is. and is expected to
shun the degradation Of sitting
in conference with this bired
beast, arguments in favor of
their right to representation.
coupled with their profuse pro-
testations of love and fidelity
should be viewed only as an in
suit to the intelligence of civiliza-
ton.
Should any understanding or
agreement, verbal or written, be
of greater value than they them
selves place upon such things?
To them they are scraps of pa.
per-" and must not be allowed
10 obstruct interests of state.
They nei her merit nor expect
|csnstssy.s and lsniency to be
shown them, and if extended
would be viewed as e sign of
mental weakness or as lack of
NOR Al stamina to be laughed at
and ridiculed among themselves.
In endeayoring to adjust in
ternational interests so as to, so
far as possible. reimburse the
world in the stupendous amount
OF the war losses in property
alone, remembrance of the lives
lost should be held in mind. as
We as the cold-bloo led, premed-
itated murderer of the passen-
gers, mostly women and child
ren, of the Lusitania, the thests
in Belgium ani France, the dew
estation wsrk and ruin of all
that could not bt stolen-and
taken away, the murder or en-
,nvement of old men, the sep.
aration of families, The MAIN ng
of children, the crucitixion of
captives, the rape of all women
and girls, the murder of our
wounded soldiers found upon the
battle field. and the wanton de-
struction OF food for their victims,
and hundreds Of otiier atrocities
committed by the Hans and
their bcutal allies.
The Germans and Turks-su-
per-fiends by nature, have ac-
quired through German "kulter"
the most potent essence OF cruel
tt S. in which they delight and
revel, one of their ia, orite amuse-
ments being the bayoneting of
small babies and tossing Them in
the front of their moving COL
umns.
In my limited space | am able
to point out only small per
cent of the henious atrocities of
which they are guilty. and my
chief regret is that | do not COM
mand the vitrioiic language to
properly express my condemna-
tion of their horrid acts. and my
adherence of everything OF Ger.
man origin, because OF then.
These inexpre>sibly horrid |
beasts are now clamoring to be
permitted to sit in Judgment on
themselves for their henious
crimes.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Every week sees bunches of
boys returning from the camps,
three different squads having
returned to these parts the
past week.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

There is a bill before congress
to suppress red publications.
Strikes US that about the reddest
sheet il the one that brands ev.
erything "bolsheviki' that is of
a progressive nature-particular-
iy such papers and people as are
putting up game fight on profit
eering.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

"Bolshevik,' is jnst now be,
ing mace the cats paw by the
re-actionaries for the interests
to pull their chesnuts out of the
fire. "Bolsheviki" has Lothing
to do with American politics. 2
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Captain Votaw, who proved up
a soldiers claim near Campo,
died recently in Illinois at the
advanced age of a little over %
years. The captain saw jeff
Davis brought into Maon, Ga,
a prisoner. and said the people
wept as the north wept when
Lincoln was assassinated.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Whatever part there is left of
Tam and Bon when the Denver
Democrat gets done munchi1R
on them, we believe should be
turned over to the Two Butte>
Sentinel man to clean up on.
He'll eat what there is lett-en
trails, feathers and all.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

We have always doubted the
policy OF going to the ag ricultur.
al bureau TO air our grievances,
as we h Invent been able to see
how they could help us, though
ofcourse taking it for granted
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Are you up into the year 1920,
or are you back into the dark
ages of the world when news.
papers were not known?
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

With over 400 boys home by
July, don't you know either July
4th or at the fair we ought to
have an inspiring soldier parade.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

If there was ever any danger
of a war between the Japs and
the United States, that danger
we believe was passed when
Japan signed up and became a
member of the league of nations,
which shows also the japanese
are peace loving people.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

The attendance at church serv-
ices is getting to be remarka-
BILE, fully 150 there Sunday night.
That speaks well for the morale
OF the town.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Under Shell Fire
Fifty-Three Days

Corporal VIM. E. Dunivan Writes
Interesting Letter. Baca
Boys Now Billeted on the
Rhine. Some Fall in Bat
tie, Some Are Wounded,
Some Come Through With
out a Scratch. Beautiful
Country. but There's No
Place Like Home. and Will
Be Tiskled to Death when
They Get the Word to Sail.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

The man who is 10 be pitied-
whose excuse for not taking Il
home paper is that-'I have
no time for reading"
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

The board of directors of the
Baca County Broom and Brush
association met Saturday and
transacted much business that
had been delayed on account of
the flue and snow. Another
meeting will be hello tomorrow
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

A mythical story of old Boston
will follow the grand roundup,
after which will come a general
roundup OF the old settlers
watch for the coming issues.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

First president of the
world! when the Z. O. p's.
read it, it is said they herded to
gether in the lobbies Of the capi.
tol and renewed their VOWS and
osths to s,metime get even with
him,
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21
Roth, Germany.
Dec. 80th, 1918.
o~l D>l>- ~

Dec. 80th, 1918.
Dear Friends and Readers of
the Herald
Will let you know how some Of
your Baca boys are.
Well. we gave old Fritz what
was coming to him. and are no "
on his soil.
We left Boston June %, and
arrived in Halifax. on the 24th.
Laid over till the 18th, then sail.
ed for England, spending our 4th
Of July on the water.
Landed in London. July 7th,
then went by Rail to Southamp.
on. England, stayed over night
in what was called . rest camp.
then on the eve of the 9Th sailed
for Le Havre, Ftance, spending
the night 10 another ress camp.
On the 10th went by rail to
Castlenais in southwest France,
getting there the 18th. Some
trip. Left there Aug. the
4th for Camp De Sauge, a large
training camp for artillery. Did
extra well.
Left for the Front Sept. 18th,
got to Toul the 18th. and at dark
the 10th shells were falling around
us. Went into position at 8 a,
m. Guns were laid. Had the
range on old Fritz at S a. m.
The Dough boys of the old
89th sent up 6 stars as a barra9e
signal and in 80 seconds the
whole brigade was telling old
Fritzie that Uncle Sans mid.
west beys were on the job.
Well, I guess he found it out by
the number of prisoners thai
We're marched in by the next
day. Well. he knew that we
we're close, so he sent out his air
planes early and put up some o!
his sausages. or observation hal
looms, to locate us; and. l 9aess
he fund some Of US the way he
dropped his 210 around us.
Some of the Hun batteries
were shelled, so they moved; but
old Fritzie never did move till we
came on them on the night of ,he
25th.
On the a. M. Of the 26th more
artillery came in from a 8 inch
to an 8 Inch when we put up a
barra0e that lasted z hours and
Is minutes. Il was dark night.
but the whole front looked lika
Buck Kills.
Well, I could write a btok of
it. but will just give you an idea
of how your boys did.
We dug in and camufla ged
so well that people passing along
the road in day light would not
believe there were four guns there.
Old Fritz knew that We were
some where c os Sc, TO r
the way the steel and dirt flew.
He only hit one of our guns and
put her out. but the next night
we had another one in the same
place.
saw in the Herald where some
of our Baca boys in the 109 Inf.
wrote back. These boys wer.
with us Our artillery backed
them over a month, but we never
met the boys who wrote-Corp.
Nelson and the rest.
Do you remainder the battle Of
French seventy five on the road
between the narrow gage West
Of Beney? My brother, Corp.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Your income tax should be
paid now. The last call is for
March Is.
The Springfield herald., 1919-02-21

Woodrow is expected to be back
home next week.-Mrs.. Wilson
accompanying him.