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Crook County Journal
BY GOT IArXI.I.ETTE
Entered at the postofflce at Prine
ille, Oregon, a second-class matter.
HUSHED KVKRV TUl'HSDAT
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Time Table No. 4
Effective 12:01 a. in. Nov. 9, 1919. ,
TTeat Bound ,
Buttons Motor Motor ,
P.M. A.M. j
Leave Prtneville 5:30 6:15!
Leave Wilton 5:45 6:30;
Leave O'Neil 6:15 6:05 j
Arrive Frine villa Jet. 6:30 6:J0
East Bound I
8tationa Motor Motor I
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
s-TRADE IN OURTOVVN)
GOOD FINANCING
After many months of labor during
which there has been solved a great
many problems that were very diffi
cult, including engineering difficul
ties and other matters, the Ochoco
District, which has been created by
local land owners, fiuanced and is
now owned by them, has reached the
point where completion within nine
ty days is assured, and the final cost
established at an average per acre
cost of about $61.
The increased cost above the orig
inal estimate will not exceed 30 per
cent, perha'ps 28 per cent will cover
the expense abov the original esti
mates, made before the .war.
Some of the expenses in connction
with the construction have necessar
ily been high. Unavoidable incidents
have been contributing factors to the
increased cost, but the remarkable
fact is that the increase has been so
small.
Where is there another enterprise
that has kept within so close a radius
of the original estimates?
Any land owner can point out
single instances where the board of
directors, the engineer or others in
authoriity have made vxnomlituivs
ihat were too hUu under normal con
ditions. but conditions have not been nor
mal, and the fails aro that the total
(unshed cust is but whore we
originally planned to expend 1.00.
A good farmer, wliu present priivs
tor his crops, and an abundance of
water, which without accident will be
ftailable this year aud hereafter,
will be able to puy the entire cost ol
me water witu uiroo or tour cropB,
alter which he will own hia pro rata
iiare of the system, aud will have
me perpetual use of the water.
With this supply of water it is dif
ficult to estimate the actual value of
the lauds, without it they made un
satisfactory homes for jack rabbits.
The board of directors, both past
and presuut, the engiueer and the of
fice force are to be congratulated in
mat they have been able, in times
wneu cosls have been so treuioudious,
io keep the expenses in connection
with the construction at so low a (ig
ure, and especially that they have
maintained so turn a hold on the
work at all times that there has been
no stops in the construction except
ing those unavoidable because of the
weather conditions, despite the su
tpreiue efforts o( some very strong
forces to wrest the control from the
hands of the men in charge, who are
of and are themselves owners of the
(laud aud the system which is mak
iiig it so valuable.
For those who may wish to criticize
the men in authority, we would point
for one example to the City of Prine
ville Railway, which cost two or three
limes the original estimated amount,
aud at the increased cost, Is proving
the best investment the city of Prine
ville ever made from every stand
point.
This is but one of hundreds of en
terprices, the cost of which ran up,
duriug the war and the period fol
lowing, when in turn the farmer es
pecially is receiving much more than
the old prices for his products.
As a consolation to those who
think they cannot afford to pay their
share of the financing of the project,
the prices of land it covers have in
creased greatly since the bonds have
been voted on them and sales are
'possible almost any time and the op
portunities to sell the land are sure
to increase.
The project is a success from every
standpoint, and one of the most fav
orable facts in so far as the develop
ment of the country is concerned is
the very per acre tax itsself, which
prevents the idle acres that are a
liability to any community.
This fact the necessity of every
acre doing its tuft duty every year,
assures a prosperous and ' thriving
community and will force a develop
ment in the lands and in Prineville,
that will be unequalled in this part of
fie state, tor the possibilities at these
lands are very great, and they will
well repay for the best of treatment.
OWN STORY
(Continued from last week)
the principal attack, the line pivoting
on the center division of the first
corps. The first division on the left
of the fourth corps, was charged with
the douhle mission of covering Its own
flank while advancing some twenty
kilometers due north toward the heart
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Contact with tlia troops of the fifth
corps.
On tho western far of the nltent
lay the fifth corps. Mill Con Oeorso
H. Cameron enniinnulli;. with the
twenty-sixth division, fifteenth French
Colonial division Mint the fourth ill
vision In line, from Monllly west to
Iah Kparite and north to Wantmn
vllte. Of these three divisions the
twenty-sixth alone was to make a
deep advance directed southward to
ward Vlgiiviilles. The French division
was to make a short progression to
the wis of the heights In order tn
cover the left of the twenty-wixth.
The fourth division was not to ad
vance. In the center between our fourth
and fifth army corps, was the seinud
French Colonial Corps. M11J. 5en. K. J.
Klondlat commandiuit. covering a front
of 40 kilometers with three small
French divisions. These troops were
to follow up the retirement of the eti
emy from the tip of the salient.
At diiw n on Sept. 12, after four hours
of violent artillery (ire of preparation,
and accompanied by small tanks, the
Infantry of the lirst and fourth corps
advanced. The lufnutry of the fifth
corps commenced Its advance at S a.
111. The operation was carried out Villi
entire precision. Just after daylight
ou Sept, l.t elements pf the first and
twenty-sixth divisions made n Junction
near Hnttonchatel and Vlfiienlles.
elgliteeu kilometers northeast of St.
Mlhiel. The rapidity with which our
divisions advanced overwhelmed the
enemy and all objectives were reached
by the afternoon of Sept. 13. We cap
tured nearly Itl.iHKl prisoners, 4-13 kuiis
and large stores of material and sup
plies. The energy and swiftness with
which the operation was carried out
enabled us to smother opposition to
such an extent that we suffered les
than 7.000 casualties during the actual
period of the advance.
The material results of the victory
achieved were very Important. An
American army was an accomplished
fact, and the enemy had felt Its power.
No form of propaganda could over
come the depressing effect on the
morale of the enemy of this demon
stration of our ability to organize a
large American force and drive It suc
cessfully through his defenses. It gave
our troops Implicit confidence In their
superiority and raised their morale to
the highest pitch. For the first time
wire entanglements ceased to be re
garded as Impassable barriers and
open-warfare training, which had been
so urgently Insisted upon, proved to be
the correct doctrine. Our divisions
concluded the attack with such small
losses and In such high spirits that
without the usual rest they were Im
mediately available for employment In
heavy fighting In a new theater of op
eratlons. The strength of the first
army In this battle totaled approxi
mately 500.000 men. of whom about
70,000 were French.
Immovable Since 1914.
The Meuse-Argonne front hod been
practically stabilized In September,
1914, and. except for minor fluctuations
during the German attacks on Verdun
in 1916 and the French counter offen
sive In August. 1017. remained un
changed until the American advance In
1915. The net result of the four years'
struggle on this ground was a German
defensive system of unusual depth and
s'renjjth and a wide zone of utter dev
astation. Itself a serious obstacle to
offensive operations.
The strategical Importance of this
portion of the line was second to
none on the western front. All sup
plies and evacuations of the Gorman
armies In northern France were de
pendent upon two great railway sys
tems one In the north, passing through
Liege, while the other in the south,
with lines coming from Luxemburg.
Thlonvllle and Metz, had as Its vital
section the line Carignnn-Sedan-Mez-leres.
No other Important lines were
available to the enemy, as the moun
tainous masses of the Ardennes made
the Construction of east and west lines
through that region Impracticable.
Begin Victorious Advance.
On the night of September 25 the
nine divisions to lend In the attack
were deployed between the Metis
river and the western edge of the Ar
gonne forest. On the right was the
Third corps, Major General liulrnrd
commanding, with the Thirty-third.
Eightieth and Fourth divisions in line;
next came the Fifth corps, Major Gen
eral Cameron commanding, with the
Seventy-ninth, Thirty-seventh and
Ninety-first divisions; on the left was
the First corps. Major General Llgiett
commanding, with the Thirty-fifth.
Twenty-eighth and Seventy-seventh di
vision. Each corps luid one division in
reserve and the tinny held three divi
sions as a general reserve. About
2.700 guns. 180 small tanks. 142
manned hy Americans, and 821 air
planes, fi04 manned by Americans,
were concentrated to support the at
tack of the Infantry. We thus had a
superiority In guns and aviation, and
the enemy had no tanks.
Following three hours of violent ar
tillery fire of preparation the Injnn
fry advanced nf 5:I!0 a. m. on Septem
ber 2fi, accompanied by tanks. Dur
ing the first two days of the attack, he
fore the enemy was able to bring up
his reserves, our troops made steady
progress through the network of the
defenses. Monffaucon was held tena
ciously by the enemy and was not cap
'ii red until noon of the second day.
The attack continued without In
'orrtiptlon. meeting six nw divisions
vhieh tlie enemy threw Into first line
lefore September 20. He developed
i powerful machine gun defense sup
orted by heavy artillery fire, and
taile frequent counter-ntlacks with
-osh troops, particularly on the
in of the Twenty-eighth and Thirty
jh divisions, TJisse. tH.rWan bad
taken Vtneunes, Clieppy, llaiilny and J
Charpentry, and the line was within
two kilometers of Apreniout. We wvre
no longer cnirntted In maneuver for
the pinching out of a salient, hill were
necessarily committed, generally speak
ing, to a direct frontal attack against
strong, hostile positions fully manned
hy a determined enemy.
At S:S0 a. m., October 4. the gen
eral attack was renewed. The enemy
divisions on the front from Fresnes en
Woevre to the Argonne had Increased
from ten In first line to sixteen, and
Included some of his best divisions.
The Unlit Inn was desperate and only
small advances were realized, except
by the first division on the right of
the First corps.
On the 7lh the First corps, with the
Eighty-second division added, launched
a strong attack toward Cormiy, to
draw attention from the movement
east of the Mouse and nt the same
time outflank the German position In
the Argonne. The following day tho
Seventeenth French corps. Major Gen
eral Claudel rniitmiitidlng, Initiated It
attack east of the Mouse against the
exact point on which the German
armies must pivot in order to with
draw from northern France. The
troops encountered elaborate fortlfl
eiitlons and stubborn resistance, hut
by nightfall had realized an advance
of six kilometers to a line well within
the Hols de Consenvoye, and Includ
ing the villages of Iteaumont and
Unumont.
Foe Fought Stubbornly.
Continuous fighting was maintained
along our, entire buttle front, with e
poclal success on the extreme left,
where the capture of the greater pnrt
of the Argonne forest was completed.
The enemy contested every foot of
ground on our- front. In order
to make more rapid retirements far
ther west and withdraw his forces
from northern France before the Inter
ruption of his railroad communica
tions through Sedan.
We were confronted nt this time
hy an Insufficiency of replacement to
build tip exhausted divisions. We still
had two divisions with the British and
two with the French. A review of the
situation, American and allied, espe
cially as to our own resources In men
for the next two months, convinced
me that the attack of the First army
and the allied armies further west
should be pushed to the limit Rut
If the First army was to continue Its
aggressive tactics, our divisions then
Ith the French must be recalled and
replacements must be obtained by
breaking up newly arrived divisions.
In discussing the withdrawal of our
divisions from the French with Mar
shal Foch and General Petaln on Oc
tober 10 the former expressed his ap
preciation of the fact that the Ftrst
army was striking the pivot of the
German withdrawal, and also held the
view that the allied attack should
continue. General Petaln agreed Ihnt
the American divisions with the
French were essential to us If we
were to maintain our battle agalnat
the German pivot. The French were,
however, straining every nerve to- keep
up their attacks, and before those di
visions with the French had been re
leased It became necensary for us to
send the Thirty-seventh and Ninety
first divisions from the First army to
assist the Sixth French army In Flan
ders. First Army of 1,000,000.
At this time the First army was
holding a front of more thnn 120 kilo
meters; Its strength exceeded l.OOO..
000 men; It was engaged In the most
desperate battle of our history, and
the burden of command was too heavy
for a sllngle comas nnder and staff.
Therefore on October 12 t tin t portion
of our front extending from I'ort sur
Sellle. east of the Moselle, to I'resues-en-Woevre.
southeast of Verdun, was
transferred to the newly constituted
Second army' with Lieut. Gen. Itobert
L. Billiard in command, under whom
It begun prepnrntloim for the exten
sion of operations to the east In the
direction of Brley and Metz On Oc
tober 16 the command of the First
army was transferred to l.leut. Gen
Hunter Liggett, and my advance head
quarters was established at Llgny-eti-linrrols
from which the command ol
the group of American armies wus.ejt
erclsed.
Summarizing the material result)
which had been attained hy the Flrsi
army by the end of October we had
met an Increasing number of Ger
many's best divisions, rising from 20
In llnp and reserve on September 2'i
to 31 on Oeiober 31 ; the enemy's elab
orately prepared positions, Including
the Ilinilenhiirg line. In our front had
been broken; the almost liupassalile
Argonne forest wii in our hands; an
advance of 21 kilometers had been ef
fected: IS.CiOO prisoners. ;I7D camion,
1.000 machine guns and n mass of ma
terial captured; ami lb" groat railway
artery through f'angtian to Sedan was
now seriously threatened.
On l lie morning of November 1
three army corps were In line between
the Meitse river and the P.ois de Hour
gogne. Preceded by 'two hours of vlo
lent artillery preparation the Infantry
advanced, closely followed by "accom
panying guns."
By nightfall the Fifth corps. In the
center, hud realized an advance of al
most nine kilometers, to the Bols de
la Folle, and hail completed the cap
ture of the heights of Barricourl.
while the Third corps, on the right,
had captured Afncreville and Ande
vanne. Our troops tuid broken through
the enemy's last defense, ruptured his
artillery positions and had precipi
tated a retreat of the German forces
about to he isolated In the forest
north of Griindpre.
The following day tho advance con
tinued toward Sedan with Increasing
swiftness,
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