The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-01
Badly O'Brien
Back From Front

Mr. - Bften lpAi
France in his special car named =.
hommes. cheyeaux." drawn by one
OF the swiftest six-horsepower locono-
tives OF Europe and AFTER oT MIN t
hOme-breWed never
ages cooked in this country. AFTER
studying the subsoil muds OF Iah..Ss,
after hunting the man-eatluk tooti"
through wooden jungles. and especial
~ after viewing the females OF lot
eign lands. Mr.. oBrien says that Whiie
power yet he seemed to have the right
Lest some eaptious geographical fel,
low points out that Metz Is an ihiana
Switzerland. let IL be said that the
coast Of Metz where the breakers
roared" is but figure OF speech suS ,h
as those used by other literary cell
ebrities who get dollar Word, or
less, for making two words gro"
where one word got by betore-be,
fore art became commercialiAeu ana
writers wore shoes.
J. r O'Brien enlisted at Ely in July
OF last year and was sent to fort NC
Dowell. where he was ira ined for nine
days. the last two days being merely
to get "A soldierly polish. Then across
the country to Camp Humphrits ana
Camp Merritt. where the regiment was
loaded with overseas equipment and
given a stroll to Camp Lee. This little
jaunt was well remembered by those
who kept awake: most OF the boys,
T,
feet. Then across the ocean on one or
the fast boats, making the trip In
seven days. While going over they
We're without convoy and met float
ing log disguised as a submarine. TWO
shots put that impairment log In a mole
in the bottom of the ocean.
Reaching the pretty spot OF Brest,
Mr.. O'Brien was reexamined and put in
class A. which entitled him to trans
portation, with forty-seven others, in
the car 80 hommes. eheveaux' 70
lie Mons and from that spot to the
Metz sector. There the regiment l16th
engineers, helned to place the six four
teen-inch naval guns within tWeiNe
miles of Metz. One bridge was punt
three times before the guns could he
rushed across. These guns measure
seventy feet in length-almost half
city block-and shoot shells about the
size of tall stove. containing eight
boxes of TINT, which have the same
disturbing effect as thirty boxes of
dynamite. The. gun is mounted on
twelve sets of railroad trucks. To
place these guns under the fire Of one
of the most heavily fortified places in
the world was one OF the dihcult teats
of the war. and greatly to the disap-
pointment of the regiment, the armis-
tice was signed before they were used.
Mr.. OBrien was transferred to the
l29th engineers and sent to St. Lazaire,
where docks were built and boats re-
taken up and the soldiers prepared to
cut through Germany If peace were not
declared; but peace was declared and
Brest, they anchored near the George
Washington with President Wilson
aboard and the salutes Of the assem-
war. Fourteen big battleships. forty
or fifty torpedo boats and ten or twelve
cruisers each fired twenty-one guns,
Sailing from Brest June % on, the
Marica, the regiment followed the
George Washington across the Atlantic
and reached New York July. 9. The
Fourth of July was celebrated in mid
ocean with boxing contests and the re-
port of the Dempsey-Willard contest
was received by rounds by wireless.
At Camp Merritt six days were spent
York Then Fort Russell and dis
charge. Mr.. O'Brien stopped over at
Ogden and Salt Lake with friends for
few days and returned to Phoebe
where he has made his home during
the last five years, While he has been
here at different times during the last
twelve years. Mr.. o'Brien was continu-
ously in this section during the five
years preceding his enlistment He
was working on the compressor and
hoist at the Bristol mine when he left
He had been night foreman at the
Prince mine and had charge of the
Snowshoe mine near the Hamburg.
Badly" has many friends who are
glad to see him back in the old town
Crop Condition Report Week of July =.
The weather bureaus crop bulletin
| for the Pacific coast district says tina,
| dry weather continues in all portions
| of the district, except in the southern
plateau states and the Sierra Nevada
mountains, where beneficial shower:
fell during the week. Streams are iur
ming low in California, northern Neva-
da and in the North Pacific states, ana
in consequence water for irrigation Il
becoming scarce in portions of NevadS
and Oregon, The Utah hay crop is re.
ported to be light this year and the sec
ond crop of alfalfa is also light in Ne
vada, except in the western portion
| cite valleys in Idaho is good The sec
ond crop is being cut in Washington
| The ranges in the mountains of eastern
| California, Arizona and southern NeVa
| da We're greatly improved by showers
| which fell internationally during tn,
| week. Upper ranges elsewhere con
| tinue good, but the lower ranges ar,
| tinues in good condition.
| Report from Reno: Drought causing
| shortage OF irrigation water, especial,
in Humboldt valley. Second crop of al
| talfa light, except in western portion
| where irrigation water is sufficient
Grain ripening rapidly. Temperature
too high for proper development of po
ing marketed, Ranges in higher noun
| tains continue good to excellent: low
| ranges dry. Cattle and sheep continu
In good condition,
Nevada's Prison Losing Its Tenant
Rufe Henrichs, warden of the Ne
vada state prison, has published tn
figures which show a great decrease il
thu pnp,her of ar;v,;palS hola tha