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ROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
JANUAItT M, 1930 ,
Crook County Journal
BT GUY LAFOI.LETTE
Entered at the peatoffice at Prine
111a, Oregon, as aeoond-clasa matter.
CUMSHKO EVKRY THURSDAY
Price $S. 00 per year, payahlo etrlct-
In advance. In rase of change o(
Idresa please notify ui at once, jlv
g both old and new address.
The demonstration of Tuesday Is
a favorable Sinn and frreeasta iminy
such tnovemcnia on the part of the
Ochocc farmers.
TI1K AMKK1C.W RAILROADS
On March 1. but 1 ttl mo e than a
month from this date, tlie railroads
of America will again pass Into prt-
yate control. Hnd one of th biggest
eras in American hlsio y Is des ined
lo follow.
There Is no doubling the f:ct that
flilS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN vernment control and ownrhtp
ADVERTISING BY THE
GENERAL OFFICES
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
RANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
CITY OF VRIXEVHJ.E RAILWAY
Time Table No. 4
Effective 12:01 a. in. .Nor. 0, 1019.
West Bound
Stations Motor Motor
P.M. A.M.
Leave Prineville 5:30 6:15
Leave Wilton 5:45 6:30
Leave d'Neil 6:15 6:05
Arrive Prineville Jet 6:30 6:20
East Bound
Stationi Motor Motor
No. 3 No. 1
P.M. A.M.
Arrive Prineville 7:50 9:45
Arrive Wilton 7:35 9:30
Arrive O'Neil 7:05 9:00
Leave Prineville Jet. 6:50 8:45
REAL COOPERATIOX
A shipment of alfalfa a-ed, aggre
gating 100 sacks, ul 171 pounds each,
being received through the farmers'
own organization, the O hoco Irriga
tion District, all received and deliver
ed to the owners on Tuesday, and
hauled to their respective farms In
wagons, trucks, automob lea and all
Manner of conveyances, ore of the
prominent members of the district
board delivering the sed in person,
without pay. the ready and able as
sistance of the office force of the dls-
'. even since the close of the war has
been one of the most colloaal I llurea
of the age.
A storm of protest at anything Ike
government control or operation of
railroads has has grown so general
And so loud that it is doubtful it the
experiment will ever be trl d again.
From the large number of railroad
men that have visited Prineville In
the past two weeks, their aet Tltles
and attitude. It Is easily so n that the
private organisations ari preparing
to take hold with a T m. a d that
competition will be stronsr than evvr
before, which will make co d It Ions
good for the shipper, far letter for
the general public than they l-.ave
been since we entered the war.
GEN. PERSHING'S
trlet, is an Illustration ol cooperation
that the community should lued and' ed by the Cerinun advance. I'hv
(Continued from last week)
erentliil transportation of American
infantry ami machine gun units In
the present .nergency Is approved.
Such units, when transported, will be
under the direction of the command
er In chief of the American expedi
tionary forces, and will be assigned
for training and use by him in bis dis
cretion. He will use these and all
other military forces of the United
States under his command In such
manner as to render the greatest mili
tary assistance, keeping In mind al
ways the determination of this gov
ernment to have Its varied military
forces collected as speedily as their
training and the military situation per
mits, into an independent American
army, acting in concert with the
armies of Creat P.ritain and France,
and all arrangements made bv him
! for their temporary training and
' service will be made with that end in
' view."
British Losses Heavy.
The battle line In the vicinity of
Amiens had hardly stabilized when,
j on April 9. the (ieruiuns made anoth
I er successful attack against the Brit
ish lines on a front of some 40 kilo
meters in the vicinity of Armentieres
and along the I.ys river. As a result
of Its being included In a "iilient form-
hen-
the farmers themselves not forget daele ridge, the eiiium-e of which bud
aoon. oust s0 (l.-iirly in IH17. was evacuated I
After exhaustive correspondence hv tnt. r.iitlsh on April 17.
en the subject, tests and price guar-1 XhP ,,SSPS hlu1 neen nPVT ,) tn(.
antees the seed was secured, from! Rritisn Kl.re .,, tn rPI,,.e tnm
tin- urni in iuc muiiiwtrDi itgaiUlflBB
f the heavy shortage, and la d down
at a cost to the farmers of less than
'42 cents per pound, while the retail
price is much above that figure with
no supplies on the market at this
time worthy ol consideration.
entirely. They were, therefore, mak
ing extraordinary efforts to Increase
the shipping available for our troops-.
On April 21. I went tn London to
clear up ceriain ipiestions concerning
I the rate of shipment and tn reach the
Cooperation is the secret Of SUC further agi m-nt provided for In the
eess in all lines, and this is ra'tiCU-, Aprji 7 conference. The result of this
larly true of the farmer. .oi,d..n agreement was cnbled to
MICHEL GROCERY
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS FOR
FANCY GROCERIES
WRITE OR PHOXE CS
FOR
WHAT YOC NEED
IN THE
GROCERY LINES
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY
OF THE
GROCERY BUSINESS
PROMPT
SHIPMENT
GUARANTEED
?w. . WEI
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I .fl5MWMMI'X.tWiaWfMK
Washington April 14. as follows:
"That only the Infantry, machine
guns, engineers and signal troop of
American divisions and brigade be
sent over, in Itrlllsh and American
shipping during May for training ami
service with the British , army In
Krone up to sW divisions ami that
any shipping in excess of Unit re
inlred for these troops- t. null,, I to
transport troops necessary to miike
these divisions complete.
"That.ilie American personnel of
the artillery of th.-se divisions and
such corps troops- s may lie required
lo build up American corps orgaiiir.a
lions follow Immediately thereat lor
and that American artillery M"s(iiiiel
le trained with Krench iiiateriiil and
loin Its proper divisions as soon as
'horonghly trained.
"That It is contemplated American
divisions and corps when trained and
rctiiilzed shall be utilized under the
Xiiierlinu commander In chief in an
Xinencaii group.
"That ihe American commander In
chief slinll Hllot American troops tn
ihe Krench or ISntMi for training or
1 rum them Willi American units at his
discretion, with Ihe undersiandiuu
hat troops already trnnsnorted by
ISrin.-h shipping or Included In the six
divisions mentioned are 10 be trained
lib the British army."
At a meeting of the supreme wnr
eoimoll held at Abbeville .May I and
2. an urgent appeal came from both
Krench and Italian represonlathes for
American replacements or units to
erve with their armies. The follow
ing agreement was reached, eonmiif
ling the council in nn Independent
American army and providing for the
Immediate shipment of certain troops:
Under American Flag.
"It Is ihe opinion of the supreme
war council that. In order to carry the
war to a successful conclusion, an
American army should be formed as
early as possible under Its own Nag.
In order to meet the present emer
gency it Is agreed that American
troops should be brought tn Knime
as rapidly as allied transportation fa
cilities will permit, and that, as fur a
consistent with the necessity of build
ing up an American army, preference
will be given to iniantry and maehine
gun units nr training ami service
with French and British armies."
The next offensive of the enemy was
.me iieiwot-n rue i use aim lien v an
Hue aganiM Ihe Krench Instead of
against The liritish, us was generally
expected, an-l it ciime us a complete
Kiirprisii'. 'Hie Initial Aisne attack,
covering a front of thirty -live kilo
meters, met with leniarkable sun-ess,
as the Herman arm es advanced no less
than fifty kilometers in lour days, (in
reaching the .Marne that river hiis
used as a defensive think and the Her
man advance was directly towards
I'flrfs. Iitiring -lo- first days of .lime
MiiiM-thing akin to a panic seized ihe
city, and It was estimated that l.mio.imo
people left during the spring of l!lls.
Such extensive priority hud already
been given to the transport of Ameri
can infantry ami machine gunners that
Ihe troops of those categories widen
had received even partial training in
the United States were practically ex
hausted. Moreover, the strain on our
services of supply made it essential
that early relief be a .forded by Increas
ing Its personnel. l . final agreement
was entiled to tfi.- war deparl iin-tit on
June 0, as follows:
"The following rccinninenilatioiis are
made on the assumption that at least
ii0.IMKI men ran be transported In each
of the months of .Inn,- and .Inly by t lie
employment of .-Minimi. . I liritish and
American tonnage. We rei-omuiend :
"For the mouth June: Absolute
priority shall be given to the trans
portation of 1 TIMM 1 coiiibntanr troops,
g."i,4iXJ men for the service of the rail
ways, the balance to be troops of
categories to be determined by the
commander-in-chief, American expedi
tionary forces.
"For the month of duly: Absolute
priority for the shipment of MO.(HM)
combatant troops, the balance to con
sist of troops to ha designated by the
commander -in-chief, American expedi
tionary forces.
"We recognize that the combatant
troops to be dispatched in July may
have to Include troops which have had
Insufficient training, but we consider
the present emergency Is such as to
Justify a temporary and except ional
departure by the Cnitod States from
sound principles of training, especially
as a similar course Is being followed
by France and Great firltain.
"Signed KOCH.
"MII.NK.rt.
"PKItSIIINO."
Raised Delicate Questions.
The various proposals tlur.ng these
conferences regarding priority of ship
ment, often very insistent, raised ques
tions that were not only most difficult
but most delicate. On the one hand,
there was a critical situation which
nniHt be met by immediate action,
while, on the other hand, any priority
accorded a particular arm necessarily
postponed the formation of a distinc
tive American fighting force and the
means to supply It. Such a force was,
11 my opinion, absolutely necessary to
win the war. A few of the allied rep-i-seniatives
became convinced that 1 he
American services of supply should not
ie neglecled but should be developed
11 the ouniinon interest. The success
. our divisions during May and June
lemon.striiled fully Ilia! It was not
ssary to draft .Americans under
oreign Hags In order !o ullli.e Amer
cati manhood most effectively.
When, on March 'Jl. 1018, the f5er
i : 1 ri army on the western front began
s series of offensives. It was by far
ie most formidable force the world
: l ever seen. In fV'liting men and
i! biiil a sr. ..1 sup ! ority, hut
Mils was of less Importance than the
advantage In morale. In experience. In
training for mobile warfare, and in
unity of couiniainl. Kver since the col
lapse of the Hnssltm armies ami the
crisis on ihe Italian front In the fall
of 1IM7. (ionium armies were being hs
scnibled and trained for the great cam
paign w hich was to end the war before
America n effort could be brought 10
bear. (U'l innuy s best troops, her most
ucccsNful generals and all the experi
ence gained In three years of war wvie
inoblliied for Ihe supreme effort.
The first blow fell 011 the right of
the Hellish armies. Including the Junc
tion of the liritish and Krench forces.
Only the prompt co-operation of the
Krench and Itrltlsh general heudo,uur
lers stemmed the llde. The reason tor
this objective was obvious, and strik
ingly Illustrated the necessity for bav
lug some one with sulllcieiit authority
over all the allied armies to meet such
an emergency.
Reserves Were Lacking.
The lack of complete cooperation
among the allies on Ihe western front
had been appreciated and the question
of preparation to meel a crisis bad
already received attention by the su
preme war council A plan had been
adopted by which each of the allies
I would furnish a certain number of di
visions for a general reserve tn be tin
' iter the direction 01 ihe military repre
j sentatlves of the supreme war council,
1 of which ticn. Koch was then the
I senior member. Hut when the time
1 came to meet the Ocrnmn offensive In
j March these reserves were not found
: available and the plan failed.
I The situation resulted In a con
' fereme for the Immediate considera
tion of the question of having an al
lied commander In chief. After much
discussion, during which my view fa
voring such action was clearly slated,
an agreement was rein lied and Gen
eral Koch was selected. Ills appoint
ment as such wnf made April 3 and
was approved for the United States
by the president on April Id.
The grave crisis precipitated by the
first tiermnn offensive caused me to
make a hurried visit to General Koch's
headquarters at llombon. during which
all our combatant forces were placed
at bis disposal. The acceptance of
this offer intiiut the dispersion of our
troops along the allied front and a
consequent delay tn building up a dis
tinctive American force In Lorraine,
but the serious situation of the allies
ilemandeU this divergence from our
plans.
On March 21 approximately .Utoixni
American troops had reached Kraiice
Four conibnt divisions, equivalent In
strength to eight Krench or liritish
divisions were available.
Took Cantigny Heights.
On April '-"" the Kli-st division re
lieved two Krench divisions 011 the
front near Montdidlor ami on May 'JS
captured the Important observation
stations tin the heights of Cantigny
with splendid dash. French artillery,
aviation, tanks and llanie throwers
aided In the attack, but most of tills
Krench assistance was withdrawn be
fore the completion of the ojieraliou
In order to meet the enemy's new of
fenslve launched May -7 to Chateau
Thierry. The enemy reliction agaiusi
our troops at Cantigny was extremely
violent, a ml apparently he was deter
mined at all costs to counteract the
most excellent effect the American
success bad produced. For llm-e days
Ills guns of nil calibers were concen
trated on our position ami counter
attack succeeded counier attack. The
desperate efforts of the Germans gave
the lighting at Caullgny a seeming
tactical Importance entirely out of
proportion to the numbers Involved.
Ihe third German offensive, on May
2T. against the French on the Aisne
soon developed a desperate situation
for the allies. The Second division
was hastily diverted to the vicinity of
Meaux on May 31, and early on the
morning of June 1 was deployed
across the Chntcau-Tlilorry-I'iirls road
near Mont reiill-nux I. Ions In a gup In
the French line, where II stopped the
Gorman advance on Purls. At the
same time the partially trained Third
division was placed at French dis
posal to hold the crossings of the
Marne. and Its motorized maehlne-gim
hatiallon succeeded ill reaching Cha
teau Thierry In time to assist In suc
cessfully defending that river cross
Ing.
The enemy hnvlng been halted, the
Second division commenced a series
of vigorous attacks on June 4 which
resulted In the capture of Pelican
woods after very severe fighting. The
Tillage of P.ouresches was taken soon
after, and on Juiy 1 Vaux" was cap
tured. In these operations the Sec
ond division met with most desperate
resistance by Germany's best troops.
Our Second corps, under Ma.l. Gen.
George V. Head, bud been organized
for the coniiniind of the ten divisions
with the liritish. which were held
back In training areas or assigned to
second-line defenses. After consulta
tion with Field Marshal Haig on June
8 five American divisions were re
lieved from the Urillsh nren to sup
port the French.
The Marne salient was Inherently
weak anil offered an opportunity for
a counter-offensive that was obvious.
If successful tteh an operation would
afford Immediate relief to the allied
defense, would remove the threat
against Purls and free the Paris
Nancy rnllrond. P.nt. more Important
than all else. It would restore the mo
rale fif the allies and remove the pro
found depression and fear then exist
ing. t'p to this time our units bad been
put In here and there at critical polnls
as emergency troops to stop the ter
rific German advance. In every trial,
whether on the defensive or offensive,
they had proved themselves equal to
any troops in Kurope As early as ,
(To be con tinned)
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Farmers Attention!
Why not break the force of w Inter's cold, ponotratlnt wlnda from
your house and barns by planting a few rows of
Carolina Poplars, Ioiiibnrtly 'Poplars, Illuck l-ocimta. Bog or Kldr-ra
On the windward eld-i of your buildings? These am hardy, fast
growing treei and will In a very few yeara prove great prot-fltora
from wlnda during both winter and summer. The email eipeneo
Involved will be many times r pnld In the shelter they will give
you. Plant your trees about eight feet apart In a double row. Fig
ure out how many yon want and let us quote you on your require
ments. MA hustling salesman wanted In this section."
OREGON NURSERY
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At Eis Best?
Don't let your slock lose their
Suinmor's gain through NovoiiiIxt
reflect. Your animals arc now
k'oinif on dry feed liny and crain.
It "s n 1 itX ch;ii);e from the succulent,
niitritiutis yrnsscs of summer pastures
winch supply the needed laxatives and
ionics.
Keep your ani
mals' bowels open
and rt'Kular drive
out the worms
keep their blood
rich nnd keep their
digestion goxl by
feeding regularly
Dr. Hess Slock Tonic
A Conditioner and Worm Expcller
Don't allow your stock to '"get off feed"
and in n run-down condition.
Condition your cows for calving by
feeding Dr. I less Stock Tonic before1
treshing. Then feed it regularly to in
crease the flow of milk. It fengtiiens
the milking period.
Buy Stock Tonic According to ths size
of your herd. (it from your denier two
pounds for each average hog, five pounds
for each horse, cow or steer, to start with,
feud as directed and then watch results.
Why Pay the Peddler
Twice My Price?
J. E. STEWART &
COMPANY
E?,L,",show P"" R,ock you h"e.
We 11 tell you how much Tonic to buy.
Dr, Hess Instant Louse
Ki!!er Kills Lice