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New Hun Weapon Proves to Be
Double-Edged.
ARE SORRY THEY STARTED IT
Concentrated Chemical la More Deadly
to Teut Savages Than to Troops on
Whom It is Directed— Remains
Active In Vicinity Where Shell Ex
plodes for Long Period— Hune Suf
fer Severely From Own Poison.
SYRUP OF APPLES
The Post has been requested
to publish the formalu for m ak
ing syrup of apples which was
given by Miss M ills last Satur
day.
To 7 gallons of apple cider,
add 10 tablespoons full of pow
dered calcium carbonate and
boil rapidly for five minutes.
Set aside to settle for 6 or 8
hours; add another spoonful of
carlionnte, boil down to syrup
consistency, set aside to cool
slow ly until it is thoroly set
tled, pour in jars and seal.
This makes a delicious syrup
and can be used for table and
cooking purposes; also it w ill
save an abundance of apples
that might otherwise go to
waste.
Hun Ingenuity in prodnclng gas with
which to overwhelm the enemy has
•not always worked out as intended or
wholly to the advantage of those em
ploying It. In the recent offensive the
NON-SINKABLE LIFEBOAT
Intensive gas shell bombardment with
which the Hun precedes his attacks California Invention Tried and Ap
has had occasionally unforeseen after
proved by Federal Authorities,
effects upon the Germans themselves.
Built like a raft with passenger com
For the purpose of the offensive the partments on both the top and bottom
enemy employs u shell containing a so that the craft is always right side
double-purpose chemical, affecting first up, and equipped with a movable cen-
the eyes and then the skin. It Is a 1 ter weight for stability, with a self-
modification of the normal “ tear gas” balling device, a “non-slnkable” life-
shell, and the usual distinctive odor is ! boat recently Invented by Capt. Wtl-
very much reduced, so that the gas Is i 11am Jacobs of San Leandro, Cal., was
not so easily detected. Men who suf tried out by the federal Inspectors in
fer from its effects are temporarily Oakland with very satisfactory re
blinded, and close contact with the sults.
fumes produces an unpleasant skin
The boat was launched In the water
Irritation. For the average case eight bow first. It dived under the water,
or teh days’ hospital treatment Is righted Itself, and then took a normal
necessary, but the gas Is neither fatal position after the balling valves had
nor does it inflict permanent injuries, emptied It of water.
The Inventor
fo r our men are not exposed to it long. claims that because of the self-balling
So much for eur side of the question. device the craft cannot sink.
New Weapon Two Edged.
From the Hun point of view the
ESKIMOS HELP RED CROSS
weapon has proved decidedly double
edged. This was especially the case
on the Somme during the last offensive. Some In Alaska 8ell Furs for Friend to
Aid Soldiers.
The chemical was so concentrated that
The world war has even extended
It was markedly less volatile than the
usual gas shell content, and wherever to the polar regions and jarred the Es
a shell exploded a considerable propor kimo Into making some comforts for
tion of the charge Impregnated the soldiers. It was learned through W il
surrounding ground. The fumes sus liam T. Lopp, chief o f the Alaskan di
pended In the air dispersed fairly rap vision of the bureau o f education.
“The Eskimos raised money by sell
idly, but the actual -site of the explo
sion remained virulently poisonous. In ing furs, cutting Ivory and longshor-
the usual way the spot where a gas lng for ships that visit their Isolated
shell has burst Is dangerous for 48 homes,” said Mr. Lopp, who has Just
hours or so, but this concentrated reached Washington from Alaska.
“ One village which has been sav
chemical remained active for a much
ing up for years for a sawmill and had
longer period.
The result was decidedly comic, for accumulated $130, gave $100 of its
it was evidently one of the many little scanty hoard,” he added, to Indicate
things that the “ grosser general stab" the way the peaceful Eskimo is sac
omitted In Its calculations. The Hun rificing for the savage white man.
artillery lathered the allied positions
with gas shells in the most lavish man
ner. Every redoubt, support line, ruined
village and road center was plastered
Mesdames M. C. W illiam s and
with the stuff. The great assault was
launched and the allied line yielded Geo. Carbray were Portland callers
ground. The Huns moved up and this week.
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occupied It. Their bombardment had
been miles deep; their advance was In.
Between the Sabbath question,
proportion.
the end of the world and the mystic
Poisoned by Their Own Gas.
“ C” , life is full of argue.
Thousands of Hun troops poured
up Into the gns-infected area, sat down
J. N. Jones is hnving some re-pair
for cover In virulently poisoned shell
ing
done on Ids bouse. Both interior
holes, billeted themselves In abandoned
hntments sprayed with their own gas— and exterior w ill be beautified.
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and only begnn to notice the effect
Harold Boll W righ t’s “ Eyes of the
about six hours later! During the
action our men had been exposed to W orld", an extra attraction at the
the fumes for a short period, but the ISIS on next Friday evening, Aug.
Huns came and In their ignorance lit 33.
erally steeped themselves In It.
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Exhausted men lay down In the dusk
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Sibley of Port
on dew-wet ground where the stuff had |
burst; they woke later to find th e ! land were visitors at the K. C. El-
venom actually corroding their bodies dridge home this week. Mr. Sibley
through their clothes. Forward ma returned home Monday.
chine gun units dug emplacements In
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Innocent-looking shell holes. Two
Mrs. A. L. Thomas is spending a
hours later the men were wandering fortnight at Newport. She is with
about blind and screaming In their her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hibbs
pain and terror.
at their Nye Beach cottage.
A day or two of wet weather seemed
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to clear the Infected areas; new troops
were marched up, the remnants of the ; A fter a very enjoyable outing of
old divisions withdrawn and the terror ten days on the Tillam ook benches,
o f their own gas hushed up and for I)r. and Mrs. B. E. Duganne return
gotten. Then came the blazing sun j ed home the first of the week.
drying up the clay and loam, heating
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the earth surface Inches deep. The
Mrs. Lou Jones of Medford was a
latent poison awoke again and for no guest at the Verd H ill home Inst
apparent reason shelters and dugouts
week. Mr. and Mrs. H ill met Mrs.
that had been safe and habitable for
Jones when on their wedding trip to
days became deadly as pull adders.
The unsuspecting troops were over Honolulu.
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whelmed.
The work of remodeling the store
The Huns are sorry that they ever
started gaa; still sorrier that they Im building on Main street which w ill
proved IL But one can feel ao pity be occupied by the Farmers’ State
for them. The effect on their morale Bank was begun this week. A ll the
Is bad, for no man can tell now what front end has been tom down.
terror of their own sowing larks In
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the ground that they occupy at the cost
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CITY AND COUNTRY
Eyes
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World
By HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
incidents are dramatic, and some
scenes elaborate, still the production
has achieved a high position among
the few really notable motion pic
ture releases and the picture is
quite as satisfying ns the much
heralded “ mighty^ spectacles" of
filmdom.
One reason is tho careful selection
of characters, in which Mr. W right
himself, took a part.
KINGS VALLEY
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ayers returned
from Portland Monday where he has
been under the doctor’s care.
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OVER THE TOP
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Logan and son,
John, went to Seattle Tuesday to
visit their daughter,
IN 9 REELS AND 1000 BRILLIANT SCENES
WORLD’S FINEST PRODUCTION OF A NOVEL
SIX MONTH’S MAKING AT UNLIMITED COST
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FRIDAY AUG 23
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ADMISSION 20 and 30c.
(B y J. D. Taylor, 24Cy2 Yam hill SL,
Portland, Ore.)
Mr, and Mrs. Cover Ayers visited Over the top was the General s com
mand,
his parents Thursday.
See the enemy coming, they are n ear
Mrs. Rowland Mnxfield of Corvall-
at hand,
lis arrived Thursday to visit a few An we game to the trenches, there
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
w e could see,
A. F. Ayers.
Some Mother’s Boy on bended knee,
Going over the top.
The last of the week a baby girl
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bayless
Over the top, with all their might,
Moser o f Hoskins.
W e see men marching, to defend the
right,
Mrs. Nellie Smith and children
visited W ednesday with her parents, W e passed into the trenches, in a
spirit of glee,
Mr. and Mrs. T ip Mnxfield.
And there saw a boy on bended
Rev. Plowm an preached at the
knee,
church Sunday evening.
Going over the top.
The Red Cross of W ard w ill give
a social Saturday evening, Aug. 17. Over the top, he is listening to hear.
The command of the King, that is
A quilt and ice cream w ill be sold.
ever near,
There w ill be a Sunday School And as he looked up, in a spirit o f
picnic at the church grounds on
joy,
Friday, Aug. 16. A ll are invited to He thanked the King, that he was
come and bring lunch.
some mother’s boy,
Going pver the top.
Mr. Moody, who got hurt pulling
stumps, died Friday evening. He
Over the top, it m ay be the time,
leaves a w ife and three children.
For some mother’s boy to cross o ver
The funeral was held nt Pedee Sat
the line,
urday afternoon.
And then if ready, to meet his fate,
Mr. Gross was also buried Satur
It w ill end his w ar at the golden
day afternoon at the Pedee ceme
gate,
tery.
For he went over the top.
RICKREALL MAN EXONERATED
Over the top, he is now above,
CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED
Douglas Fairbanks in “ The Mod
ern Musketeer” at the ISIS Sunday
night, August 18.
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Ed Lorence arrived W ednesday
from W alla W alla, Wash., to visit
relatives and friends in Monmouth
and Independence.
Mrs. Lorence
has been here for several weeks.
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Mrs. Mary H arvey and Mrs. Flora
Burns of Pendleton were recent
guests at the Verd H ill home. They
were motoring to Coos county and
stopped for a visit w ith the Hills.
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Mrs. F. O. Parker has received
word from her son, H arry Miler,
who is in France, that he has just
finished a three months medical
course and has been promoted to
sargeant.
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Wm. Bordeau, now livin g at
Bridgeport, was a visitor at the C.
McBeth home Sunday. Mr. Bordeau
and Mrs. McBeth are cousins and
this is the first time they had met
in twenty years.
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Mrs. L. Crane came in from Port
land Tuesday to visit relatives for a
few days. She w ill be joined here
later by her daughter, Miss Helen
Eaton, and the two w ill leave here
next Tuesday for Los Angeles to
spend the winter.
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Donald Stuart w ill answer his
country's call to service some time
this month. Mrs.Stuart nee NclUe
Damon has offered her services to
the Government. They w ill no doubt
accept her at once as she is said to
he an excellent nurse and an expert
in X-ray work.
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Miss Lavilla Cooper w ill go to
Camp Lew is in a short time to go
into training for nn arm y nurse.
She has nlroady had four months
training at the Good Samaritan. In
dependence w ill claim Igivilla on its
list of Student Nurses thereby going
"over the top" In the quota o f stu
dent nurses to be enrolled.
The lectures at the Baptist church
continue to attract good crowds. Last
Monday night Dr. Cady lectured on
life in the South Sea Islands. He
showed a hundred stereoptican
view s of the islands and sang songs
in the native tongue.
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Salem Journal: Miss Elizabeth
Levy and Miss Lena Belle Tartar left
Monday for Newport where they
went oil professional business. On
the w ay they stopped at Corvallis
for a short visit with Professor and
Mrs. T a rta r and w hile in Newport
they are guests at the Damon. They
are planning to return Saturday.
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First Lieutenant Chas. L. Stidd
of the Independence Home Guards
failed to show up for drill Wednes
day night and he w ill not he court-
martialed as an 8 V 2 pound boy ar
rived at his home Monday noon.
The new arrival at once took com
mand and began crying out orders
that the lieutenant was I khiih I to
obey.
Mr. and Mrs. Stidd are
both graduates of the O. A. C. and
twenty years hence Mr. Stidd, Jr.
w ill also be.
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The Butler automobile party re
lum ed home last Monday morning
at 2 o’clock. The O. D. Butlers are
charter members of the Owl club so
thereby hangs the reason. They vis
ited Bninier National Park, Camp
Lewis and other places of interest.
The J. B. V’. Butlers hnve a son, Dr.
W illis Butler, stationed at Camp
Lewis. Th ey report a delightful run
tho too much fog to get a good view
from Rnnier’s summit. The party
consisted of Dr. and Mrs. O. D. But
ler, Prof, and Mrs. J. B. V. Butler
and Jay Butler, Jr.
“EYES OF THE WORLD”
IS A HEAL FILM EVENT
Continued from Page l )
selection of a "quiet" story for such
a magnificent production as was an
ticipated for this feature. The nar
rative is< neither spectacular nor
sensational inherently, tho certain
The report of the executive com
mittee of the Polk County Council of
Defense regarding the delinquency
of L. C. Sherwood, highway foreman
in the Rickreall districe, to purchase
war savings stamps during the re
cent campaign, was interpreted by
the county court as finding the de
fendant not guilty as charged by
the twenty six citizens of that com
munity, who petitioned the court to
strike Mr. Sherwood's name from
the payroll because of his not hav
ing possessed himself of stumps.—
Polk County Observer.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
TO BE HELD AT LEWISVILLE
At a Sunday School picnic to be
held in the popular picnic grove nt
Lew isville on Sunday, August 18,
several prominent speakers of the
W illam ette valley w ill speak on
"Relation
Between
the Sunday
School and the Public School"; Prof.
E. C. Gardner of McM innville w ill
give a talk on “ W hat a Teacher
Ought to Know.” Dr. J. 0. Hall of
Salem w ill deliver a sermon. Spec
ial music and conferences w ill he
held by prominent county men nnd
women. Paul Blnckstone of Mon
mouth w ill hnve charge of the
music.
Baptist Church Services
Rev. Wr. B. Stewart, Associational
Pastor oi Baptist churches, w ill con
duct services in the First llnptist
church o f Independence next Sun
day morning and evening. Every
body invited lo attend both services.
Looking to see the ones he loved,
Mother and friends are coming thru
the air,
To meet him and others already
there,
That went over the top.
Over the top, thru the gntes of gold,
W e see the King within the fold,
And hear Him say, enter into m y
joy,
For I perceive you arc some moth
er’s boy,
That went over the top.
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Christian Church Services
Lord's Day, August 18, 191R.
Bible School at 10 A. M. Commun
ion services at 11 A. M. Subject,
"W h y Pnrtake of the Communion?”
Evening preaching services begin at
8 o'clock. Subject, “ Cloakes For Sin."
A ll are invited and welcome.
M. L. Pctelle, Pastor.
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