JAM'AHY ai, niao
PAGE 2
Crook County Journal
BY GUY LATOLLKTTE
Entered Bt the postofflce at Prlne
1lle, Oregon, as second-class matter.
CBLISHEU EVERY THURSDAY
Price $1.00 per year, payable strlct-
In advance. In case of change of
Idress please notify us at once, Jiv
lf both old and new address.
flUS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN
ADVERTISING BY THE
51-1 'HI A fJig3
GENERAL OFFICES
J NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
number of others, a total of about
one-third of the bills passed by the
legislature.
Due of the dancers confronting h
public of Oregon is the uncertainty
concerning the legislature at euoh of
lis biannual sessions, and the man
ner In which bills were passed at the
special meeting was the worst of all
horrible examples.
It seems that the average legisla
tor cares hut little if at all what bilU
are passed bv his colleagues so long
' ... w ... .1... Kill.. ..I 1..
as he nimseu geis me uui iuk-u
which he is personally most interest
ed. The governor showed rare good
Judgment in this act, and made many
friends for himself throughout the
state.
CITY" OP PRINEVILLE RAILWAY
Time Table No. 4
Effective 12:01 a. m. Xov. 9, 1919.
west Bound
Stations Motor
P.M.
Leave Prinerille 6:30
Leave Wilton 6:45
Leave O'Neil 6:15
Arrive Prineville Jet. 6:30
East Bound
Motor
A.M.
5:15
6:30
6:05
6:20
8tattons
Arrive Prineville
Arrive Wilton
Arrive O'Neil
Leave Prineville Jet.
Motor
No. 3
P.M.
7:50
7:35
7:05
6:50
(Continued from last week)
.tune 2' and asaln on .Inly 10 hi Rom
bon I had very strongly urged that
our best divisions he concentrated,
onder American command. If possible,
for use as a striking force acalnst
the Maine salient Although the pre
vailing view among the allies was
that American units were suitable
only for the defensive, and that at all
events they could he used- to better
advantage under allied command, the
suggestion was accepted In principle,
and my estimate of their offensive
fighting qualities was soon put to the
test.
The enemy hud encouraged his sol
diers to believe that the July 15 at
tack would conclude the war with a
German peace. Although he made elab
orate plans fur the operation, he failed
to conceal fully his Intentions, and the
9:45 front of attack was suspected at least
Motor
No. 1
AM
9:30
9:00
8:45
CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED
All of those who were residents of
this section of the 6tate eighteen
years ago will well remember the at
tack of smallpox that took the lives
o a number of our citizens, and en
dangered a great many more, demor
alized business for weeks and gave
the community much adverse adver
tising. The state board of health is already
issuing circulars to school authori
ties concerning vaccination and while
no cases of smallpox have yet appear
ed in this community, the authori
ties and the citizens should be alert
in reporting and combatting the first
cases that should appear.
This also applies to the Influenza
epidemic which is making consider
able progress in Burns and other
communities in this part of the State.
OLCOTT'S AXE
While Governor Olcott may have
made something of a mistake in call
ing the special session of the legisla
ture, he showed himself fearless in
the use of the veto axe by killing the
entire list of highway bills, and a
one week ahead. Ou the Champagne
front the actual hour for the assault
was known and the enemy was checked
with heavy losses. The Forty-second
division entered the line near Somme
Py Immediately, and five of Its Infan
try battalions anil all of Its artillery
became engaged. Southwest of lihelms
and along the Maine to the east of
Clinteau-Thierry the Germans were
at first somewhat successful, a pene
tration of eight kilometers heyond the
river being effected ngnlnst the French
immediately to the right of our Third
division. The following quotation
from the report of the commanding
general gives the result of the fighting
on his front:
None Crossed but Prisoners.
"Although the rush of the German
troops overwhelmed some of the front
line positions, causing the infantry and
marli ne gun conipiinles to suffer. In
some cases a 50 per cent loss, no Ger
man soldiers crossed the road from
Fossoy to Creznncy except as a pris
oner of war. and by noon the following
day (July 16) there were no Germans
In the foreground of the Third division
sector except the dead."
On this occasion a single regiment
of the Third division wrote one of the
most brilliant pages In our military
annals. It prevented the crossing at
certain points on its front, while on
either flunk the Germans who had
gained a footing pressed forward . Otir
men. nrlng In three sections, met the
German attack with counter attacks
nt critical points and succeeded In
throwing two Herman division Into
compete confusion, capturing 000
prisoners.
The selection by the Germans of
the Champagne sector and the east
ern and southern faces of the Mnrne
pocket on which to make their offen
sive was fortunate for the allies, as It
favored the launching of the counter
attack already planned. There were
now over l.'JOO.OOO American troop In
France, which provld.il a conslilernhle
force of reserves. Every American di
vision with any sort of training was
made available for use In a counter
offensive.
General Petaln's Initial plan for the
counter-attacks Involved the entire
western face of the Marne salient.
The First and Second American divi
sions, with the First French Morocean
division between them, were employed
as the spearhead of the main attack,
driving directly eastward, through the
most sensitive portion of the C.ermnn
lines, to the heights south of Solssons.
The advance begun on July IS. without
the usual brief warning of s prelim
inary bombardment, and these three di
visions at a single hound broke through
the enemv's defenses and overrun
(In the Itrttlsti front two retflnicnli- '
of the Thirty-third division pnrtlcl
patod III an attack on lluinel. July 4.
and again on Aug. I) hi an Incident of
the allied offensive against the Amiens
hii I lent. One of tlioe regiments took
Gressalre wood and Chlpllly rldgo.
rupturing TOO prisoners mid consider
nlile material.
Emergency Had Passed.
The counter offensives against the
Marue salient In July and against the
Amiens salient In August hud gained
such an advantage that it wan ap
parent that the emergency, which Jus
tilled the dispersion of our divisions,
had passed. The moment was propi
tious for assembling our divisions. The
formation of the army In the Chateau
Thierry region and lis early transfer
to the sector of the Woovre. which
wns to extend from Nomeny. east of
the Moselle, to north of St, Mlhlol. was
therefore decided upon by Marshal
Foeh and myself on Aug. 9. and the de
tails were arranged with Gen. IVtaln
later on the same day.
At Poiiibon. on July 24, there was a
conference of ull commanders in chief
for the purpose of considering allied
operations. Each presented proposals
Tor the employment of the armies un
der his command and these formed
the basis of future co-operation of
Apex Electric Washer
his artillery, cutting or Interrupting i u ' ,,,,., ,,,.,,.
the norma n rimniiiiriiiMtu n-im
MICHEL GROCERY
COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS FOR
FANCY GROCERIES
WRITE OR PHOXE VS
FOR
WHAT YOU NEED
IN THE
GROCERY LINES
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY
OP THE
GROCERY BUSINESS
PROMPT
SHIPMENT
GUARANTEED
a tf jjl r iv i 11 z a
47 :W
'Vtf 'x-M -.Z-
jsex 'S. NUMB in esmr&isas.
it
EMM
Ing Into the salient. A general
withdrawal from the Marne was Imme-;
dlntely began by the enemy, who still .
fought stubbornly to prevent disaster, j
Took Btny le See. I
The First division, throughout fom ;
days of constant lighting, advanced 11 j
kilometers, capturing Iterzy-le-Ser j
and the heights about Solssons and
taking some 8.300 prisoners and i
field guns from the seven German di
visions employed against It. It was
relieved by a British division. The
Second division advanced eight kilo
meters In the first 26 hours, and by
the end of the second day was facing
Tigny. having raptured 3,000 prison
ers and 66 field guns. It was relieved
the night of the V.hh by a French divi
sion. The result of this counter-offensive
was of decisive Importance,
hue to the magnificent dash and power
displayed on the field of Solssons hy
our First and Second divisions, the
tide of war was definitely turned In
favor of the allies.
Other American divisions partici
pated In the Marne counter-offensive.
A little to the. south the Second illvl
slon the Fourth was In line with the
French, and was engaged until .Inly
22. The first American corps. MnJ.
Gen. Hunter Liggett coiiitiiindlng.
with the Twenty-sixth division and a
French division, acted as a pivot of
the movement toward Solssons. cap
turing Tnrey on the isih iind reaching
the Chatenu-Thlerry SolsKiins rond on
the 21st. At the same time the Sec
ond division crossed the Marne and
took the heights of Mount St. I'ere
anil the villages of L'hiirteves and
Jaulgonne.
In the First corps the Forty-second
division relieved the Twenty-sixth on
July 25 anil extended Its front, on the
20th relieving the French division.
From this time until August 2 It
fought Its way through the Forest de
Fere and ac ross the Our-'O, n'l anelng
toward the Vesle until relieved hy thp
Fourth division on August :i Early
In this period elements of the Twenty-
eighth division participated In the ad
vance.
Forced Enemy Back.
Further to the east the Third dlvl
slon forced the enemy hack to Itoti
clieres wood, where It was relieved
on .Inly MO hy the Tlilrty-scconil divi
sion from the Vosges front. Th" Thirty'
second after relieving the Third and
some 1 'cmcnts of the Twenty-eighth
on ihe l.ne of the Oiircq river, advanced
ahrciisi of the Forty-second toward
the Vesle On Aug. 3 It passed mulct
control of our Third corps. Major Gen
ilohcrt 1.. lUillard coiiuimndmi;, which
made its first appearance In battle at
this time, while the Fourth division
took up the task of the Forty-second
division and advanced with the Thirty
second to the Vesle river, where, on
Aug. 6, the operation for the reduc
tion of the Marne salient terminated.
In the hard lighting from July IS to
Aug. 6 the Germans were not only
halted In their advance, but were
drlv-ui buck from the Marne to the
Vesie. and committed wholly to the
defensive. The force of American
arms had been brought to hear In time
to enable the last offensive of the en
emy to he crushed
The First ami Third corps now held
a continuous from of 11 kilometers
along the Vesle. (in Aug. 12 the Seven
ty-seventh division relieved the Fourth
division on tho First corps front, and
the following day the Twenty-eighth
relieved the Thirty-second division In
the Third corps, while from Aug. 11 to
Aug. 10 the Sixth Infantry brigade of
the Third division held a sector o'.i the
river line. The transfer of the First
corps to the Woevre was ordered at
this time, and the control of this front
was turned over to the Third corps.
On August IS Gen. Petaln began an
offensive between Ithelms and the
Oise. Our Third corps participated In
'his operation crossing the Vesle on
Sept. 4 with the Twenty-eighth and
Seventy-seventh divisions and over
coming stubborn opposition on the pla
teau south of the Alsne. which was
reached by the Seventy-seventh on
Sept. 7. Two days later the Third
-nrps wjis transferred to the region
ol Verdun, the Seventy-seventh divi
sion remaining in line on the Alsne riv
er until Sept. 17.
The Thiriy-second division, upon Its
relief from the battle on the Vesle.
ioinod a French corps north of Sols
i ins and attacked from Aug. 29 to
1 capturing .luvigny after some
rilarly desperate (H-htlng and
. . Mm: the Chiiiiiiv-Sohs.uis road.
N"'- V- I
mined that the allied attitude should
he to maintain the offensive. As the
first operation of the American army,
the reduction of the salient of St.
Mihlel wus to be undertaken as soon
as the necessary i roups and material
could lie made available.
On Aug. 20. a rurther discussion with
Marshal Koch was held at my head
ipiarters ai l.lgny en ISarrols. At this
meeting It was proposed by Marshal
Foch that the general operations ss
far as the American army was con
cerned should be carried out In detail
hy:
(a) An attack between the Meuse
and the Argonne hy the Second French
army, reinforced hy from four to six
American divisions.
(h) A French-American attack, ex
tending from the Argonne west to the
Sotialu road, to he executed on the
right hy an American army astride
the Alsne and on the left by the
Fourth French army.
To carry out these attacks the ten
to eleven American divisions suggested
for the St. Mihlel operation and the
four to six for the Second French arm
would leave eight to len divisions for
an American army on the Alsne. Il
was proposed thai the St. Mihlel op
erution should be Initiated on Sept. in
ami the other two on Sept. 15 and 20.
respectively.
The plan suggested for the Amer
ican participation In these operations
was not acceptable to me. because It
would reipilre the Immediate separa
tion of the recently formed llrst Amer
ican army Into several groups, main
ly to assist French armies. This wus
directly contrary to the principle of
forming a distinct American tinny, for
which my contention hud been Insist
ent. An enormous amount of prepara
tion hail already been made In con-
WlUl tlotl or roans, mnromm n-k-uiui-
Ing stations and other Installations
looking to the use and supply of our j
armies on a particular front. The In
herent disinclination of our troops to
serve under allied commaii;lers would
have grown and American morale
would have .siilTereil. My position was I
mated quite clearly, ilmt the smite j
gleal employment of the first tinny us i
a unit would be undertaken where de
sired, hut Its disruption to curry out
these proposals woiild not be enter
tained.
An American Army.
A further conference at .iiurvnai
Koch's headquarters was held on Sep
tember 2 at which General I'etaln
was present. Afier disviisslou. the
question of employing the American
army as a unit wus conceded. All the
allied armies were to be employed In
a converging action.
It should be recorded that although
this general offensive wus fully nut
lined at the conference no one present
expressed the opinion that the tliiul
victory could be won In WIS. In fact.
It was believed by the Motio-Argnnne
attack could not be pushed much he
you Moiifaiicoti before the arrival of
winter would force a cessation of op
erations. The choice between the two sectors,
that east of the Alsne. Including the
Argonne forest, or the Champagne
sector, was left to me, In my oplnhin,
no other allied troops bud the morale
or the offensive spirit to overcome
successfully the difficulties to he met
In the Meuse-Argonne sector, and our
plans nniL Installations had been pre
pared for an expansion of operations
In that direction. So the Meuse-Argonne
front was chosen. The entire
vector of loll kilometers of front ex
tending from Port-sur-Sellle. east of
the Moselle, west to Include the Ar
gonne forest, was accordingly placed
under my command. Including all
French divisions then In that zone.
The first American army wns to pro
ceed with the St. Mihlel operation,
after which the operation between the
Meuse and the western edge of the
Argonne forest wns to be prepared
and launched not Inter than Septem
ber 25.
On the night of September 11 the
troops of the first army were deployed
In position. On the southern face of
the salient was the first enrpp. Mil
Jor General Liggett commanding, with
the eightv-second, ninetieth, fifth and
second divisions In line, extending
from the Moselle westward.
On lis left was the fourth corps,
Mai. Gen. Joseph T. Hickman com
manding, with the eighty-ninth, forty
second and first divisions, the left of
this corps helng opposite Mnntsec.
These two nrmy coins were to deliver
(To be continued)
ONLY A FEW
of these left. They will be
the most acceptable pres
ent you can find.
Des Chutes Power Co.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Farmers Attention!
Why not break the force of winter's cold, ponetratlnf wlndi from
your house and barns by planting a few rows of
Carolina Poplam, Lombardy Poplars, lllack loensta, tUix or Elilora
On the windward side of your buildings? These am hardy, fust
growing treca and will In a very tew years prove groat prut-etora
from winds during both winter and summer. The small expenao
Involved will be mnny times repaid In the shelter they will give
you. Plant your trees about eight feet apart In a double row. Fig
ure out how many you want and let us quote you on your require
ments. "A hustling salesman wanted In thla section."
OREGON NURSERY
Company
ORKxro, ortEoox
S ?"!'rJW vwr Mr-, -
ay
i f VI
Wfyk
mm J
if M
'".".-rl
. rV, i Am.J
Don't let your flock ln::o their
Surnmtjr'iS fain through November
nesloct. Your animals an; now
going on dry feed hay and yrain.
It 's a his.!; c liiinu from the succulent,
nutritious grasses of suiiiiiht pastures
which supply the needed laxatives and
tonics.
Keep your ani
mals' bowels open
and regular drive
out the worms
keep their blood
rich and keep their
digestion good by
feeding regularly
Br. Hess Stock Tonic
A Conditioner and Worm Expellcr
Don't allow you r stock to "get off feed"
and in a run-down condition.
Condition your cows for calving by
feeding Dr. Hess Stock Tonic before
freshing. Then teed it regularly to in
crease the flow of milk. It lengthens
the milking period.
Buy Stock Tonic, according to the size
of your herd. Out from your dealer two
pounds for each average hog, five pounds
for each horse, cow or steer, to start with,
feed as directed and then watch results.
Why Pay Ihe Peddler
Twice My Price?
J. E. STEWART &
COMPANY
Tell us how much stock you have.
We'll tell you how much Touic to buy.
Dr. Hess Instant Louse
Ktl'er Kills Lice