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HUM) llUMiKTIN, 1IRN1) OUKOON, THURSDAY, JUNK SO, 1MB PAGE pfpo arrangement which fits over tho barrel casing of tho gun nnd screens tho sparKs from tho right nml left, hut not from the front. So Tommy, always resourceful, adopts this scheme: About three foot or loss In front of the gun ho Bon HhodoH nnd family woro enter tained nt tho McLouth homo Sunday. Our annual school mooting was Hold Juno 17. J. M. Muhmoi was elected clerk, W, L. Cowan mill OiihI Mcl.onth directors, Wo aro very sorry to lono our pres ent mall carrier, Jako Koogiiinn. Ho has given us lino biisliioHidlko Horv loo mid has born accommodating In every way practicable Crops In tho valloy nro looking lino sliicu tho rain, but tho rabbits aro posts now, J. II, llawslor and tho Staun"or family spout Wodnomlay night and Thursday In tho Buttes, RECEPTION GIVEN AT PLAINV1EW 0'f it urn Q Real Gravely Chewing Plug gives a pure, clean tobacco taste a lasting tobacco sat isfaction that the chewer of ordinary tobacco doesn't get. tr) WEB 1: 1" JBhJ fSiiiS dnflHKsi9r MAMHM50IMR WHO WENT MltiUIKiUYmprT v I ' MACHINE CHAPTER XXII. Punishment and Machlne-Qun Stunt. 8oon after my arrival In Franco; In fact, from my enlistment, I hnd found that In tho British army discipline Is very Btrlct. One has to bo very care ful In order to stny on the narrow path of government virtue. There arts about seven million ways of breaking the king's regulations; to keep one you have to break another. The worst punishment Is death by a firing squad, or "up against tho wall," as Tommy calls it This Is for desertion, cowardice, mu tiny, giving Information to the enemy, looting, rape, robbing the dead, forcing a safeguard, striking a superior, etc. Then comes the punishment of sixty four days In the front-line trench with out relief. During this time you havo to engage In all raids, working parties in No Man's Land, and every hazardous undertaking that comes along. If you live through the sixty-four dnys you arc Indeed lucky. This punishment Is awarded where there Is a doubt as to the willful guilt of a man who has committed an of fence punishable by death. Then comes the famous field pun ishment No. 1. Tommy has nicknamed It "crucifixion." It means that a man Is spread-eagled on a limber wheel, two hours a day for twenty-one days. During this time he only gets water, bully beef and biscuits for his chow. Ton get "crucified" for repeated minor offenses. Next In order Is field punishment No. 2. This is confinement In the "clink," without blankets, getting water, bully beef and biscuits for rations and doing all the dirty work that can be found. This may be for twenty-four hours or twenty days, according to the gravity of the offense. Then comes "pack drill" or default ers' parade. This consists of drilling, mostly at the double, for two hours with full equipment. Tommy bates this, because It is hard work. Some times he fills his pack with straw to lighten It, and sometimes he gets caught If, he gets caught, he grouses at everything In general for twenty one days, from the vantage point of a limber wheel. Next comes "a B." meaning "con fined to barracks." This consists of staying In billets or barracks for twenty-four hours to seven days. You also get an occasional defaulters' parade and dirty Jobs around the quarters. The sergeant major keeps what Is known as the crime sheet When a man commits an offense, he Is "crimed," that Is, his name, number and offense Is entered on the crime sheet Next day at 0 a. m. he goes to tho "orderly room" before the captain, who either punishes him with "a B." or sends him before the O. C. (officer commanding battalion). The captain of the company can only award "C. B." Tommy many a tlmo has thanked the king for making that provision In his regulations. To gain the title of a "smart soldier," Tommy has to keep clear of the crime sheet, and yon have to be darned smart to do It I have been on It a few times, most ly for "Yankee Impudence." During our stay of two weeks In rest billets our captain put us through a course of machine-gun drills, trying out new stunts and theories. After parades were over, our guns' crews got together and ulso tried out some theories of their own In reference to handling guns. Thcso courses had nothing to do with the advancement of the war, consisted mostly of causing tricky Jnms In the gun, and then the rest of the crew would endeavor to lo cate as quickly as possible the cause of the stoppuge. This amused them for a few days and then things came to u standstill. Ono of tho boys on my gun claimed that he could play a tuno while tho gun was actually firing, and demon strated tlilH fact one day on the target range. We were very enthusiastic and decided to become musicians. After constant practice I became qultu expert In the tune entitled "All Conductors IIuvo Big Feet." When I had mastered this tune, our two weeks' rest came to an end, and once again we went up tho line and took over tho sector In front of G wood. At this point the German trenches nin around tho base of a hill, on tho top of which was a dense wood. This wood was Infested with machine guns, which used to traverse our lines at will, and sweep the streets of a little village, where wo were billeted while In reserve. There wus ono gun In particular which used to get our goats, It had the exact rango of our "elephant" dugout entrance, and every morning, about the time rations were being brought up, Its t"1Ms would knock ujj tlu duBt on the CUNNERRYINGIHfRAWC i)ifiroy iTfotWYCWtY A rbnd; more tHah one Tommy went West or to Blighty by running Into them. This gun got our nerves on edge, and FrlU seemed to know It because ho never gnve us an hour's rest Our reputation as machine pinners was at stake; we tried various ruses to locate and put this gun out of action, but each one proved to bo a failure, and Frits became n woreo nulsanco than ever. He was getting fresher nml more careless every day, took nil kinds of liberties with us thought he wus In vincible. Then one of our crew got n brilliant Idea and we were all enthusiastic to put It to the test Here was his scheme : When firing my gun. I was to play my tune, and Fritz, no douht, would fall for It, try to Imitate mo as an added Insult This pinner and two others would try, by the sound, to lo cate Fritz and his gun. After having got the location, they would mount two machine guns In trees, in a little clump of woods to tho left of our ceme tery, and while Fritz was In the middle of his lesson, would open up and trust to luck. By our calculations. It would take at least a week to pull off the stunt If Fritz refused to swallow our bait. It would be Impossible to loente his special gun, and that's the ono we were after, because they all sound alike, a slow pup-pup-pup. Our prestige wan hanging by a thread. In the battalion we had to en dure all kinds of Insults and fresh re marks as to our ability In silencing Fritz. Even to the battalion thnt Ger man gun was a sore spot Next day, Fritz opened up ns usual. I let him fire away for n whllo and then butted In with my "pup-pup-pup-pup-pup-pup." I kept this up quite a while, used two belts of ammunition. Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then he started In; suro enough, he had fallen for our game, his pin was trying to Imltato mine, but, at first he made a horrible mess of that tune. Agnln I butted In with a few bars and stopped. Then ho tried to copy whnt I hnd ,plnyed. He was n good sport all right, because his bullets were going away over our heads, must have been firing Into the air. I commenced to feel friendly toward'bltn. This duet went on for five days. Fritz was a good pupil and learned rapidly. In fact. Rot better than his teacher. I commenced to feel Jealous. When ho hnd completely mnstered the tunc, he started sweeping the road ngnln and we clicked It worse than ever. But he signed his death warrant by doing so, because my friendship turned to hate. Every time he tired he played that tune and we danced. Tho boys In the battalion gave us the "nn I Ha I" They weren't In on our little frnmeup. Tho originator of tho ruse and tho other two gunners had Fritz's location taped to the minute; they mounted their two guns, and niso gave mo the range. The next afternoon was set for the grand finale. ' Our three guns, with different eleva tions, had their fire so arranged, that, opening up together, their bullets would suddenly drop on Fritz Ilko a hailstorm. About three the next day, Fritz start ed "pup-pupping" that tune. I blew a sharp blast on a whistle, It was the sig nal agreed upon; we turned loose nnd Fritz's gun suddenly stopped In tho middle of a bar. We had cooked his goose, and our ruse had worked. After firing two belts each, to make suro of our Job, we hurriedly dismounted our guns nnd took cover In tho dugout Wo knew what to expect soon. Wo didn't havo to wait long, three salvos of "whizz-bangs" carno over from Fritz's artillery, a further confirmation that we had sent that inuslcul machine-gunner on his Westward-bound Journey, Thnt gun never bothered us ngnln. We were the heroes of the battalion, our captain congratulated us, said It was a neat piece of work, nnd, conse quently, we were all puffed up over tho stunt Tliero nro several ways Tommy uboh to dlngulso tho location of his nmclilno gun and get his range. Some of tho most commonly used stunts are uh fol lows : At night, when ho mounts his gun over tho top of his trench and wants to get the rango of Fritz's trench ho adopts tho method of whnt ho terms "getting tho sparks." This consists of firing bursts from his gun until tho bullets hit tho German barbed wire. Ho can tell when they are cutting tho wire, because n bullet when It hits a wire throws out n blue electric spurk. Machine-gun fire Is very damaging to wiro and causes many a wiring party to go out at night when It Is quiet to repair tho damage. To dlsgulso the flaro of his gun nt night when firing, Tommy uses what Is called n flare protector. This la a atom -iooyo). next evi Showing How Fritz I Fooled. drives two stakes Into tho ground, aboil five foot apart Across tluso stakes bo stretches a curtain inmlo out of empty saiullings ripped open. Ho soaks this curtain In water nnd tiros through It. The water prevents It catching II ro and effectively screen the fiare of tho tiring guu from tho enemy. Sound Is n vnluahlo asset In locating mnchluo pm, but Tommy surmounts this obstacle by plnclug two mnchluo guns about ono hundred to ono hun dred nml fifty ynrds apart Tho gun on the right to cover with Its flro tho lector of tho loft pin nnd the gun on the loft to cover thnt of tho right pin. This mnkos their flro cross; they arc fired simultaneously. By this method It sounds Uko one pin firing and gives tho Germans the Impression that the gun Is tiring from n point midway between tho guns which are actually firing, nnd they ac cordingly shell that particular spot. Tho machlno pinners chuckle nnd say, "Fritz Is a brainy boy, not olf ho ain't" But the men In our lines nt the spot being shelled curse Fritz for his Igno rance nnd pnss a few port remarks down the lino In reference to the ma chine gunners being "windy" and afraid to tako their medicine. (To Bo Continued.) "OVER THE TOP" with EMPEY niWU in the leading role of the 10 reel Vltatfraph Super Feature. The Greateit "War Picture ever made, will he at the Liberty Theatre July 2-3-4 It come to Bend immediately following it remarkable Port landr un. IMNKIIUIIST. (Continued from Pago 2.) homo or C. II. Spaugh ono evening this week. W. C. McCulston nnd family mo tored down from Bond Sunday nnd spent tho day picnicking on their farm horo. F. V. Swisher nnd family woro In Bend Wednesday attending tho Smith-Douglas nuptials. Frank McNanamon, n recontnr rival horo from Ellonshurg, WaTTh., has ben called for service In tho army and will icavo In a fow days for Camp Lewis. A crowd of friends gathered at tho Snyder homo Tuesday evening with cowbells, tin cans, etc., and gavo Mr. and Mrs. Nowcomb an old fash ioned charivari. All returned at a late hour, having spent a very pleas ant ovonlng. Tho annual bcIiooI meeting was held at tho school house Monday. A special tax was voted for school pur poses. C. W. Howell was re-elected director. Miss Bernlco Couch is sponding tho week-end with her father In Bend. Tho farmers in this vicinity aro enjoying sunshine and showers the last fow days. D. W. Dleterlch loft Friday for Portland to secure medical treat ment. Ho has been suffering for somo tlmo with heart trouble. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. A. Nowcomb loft Friday for Pilot Hock, whoro Mr, Nowcomb has a stock ranch, I. E. Wlmor nnd Chas. Spaugh motored to Bond Thursday on busi ness. A very pleasant ovonlng was spent at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Swisher Thursday. Tho gathorlng -was In honor of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Smyth. Flno treats were sorved by the Hostesses. Sovoral from this community at tended tho farowoll party for tho soldier hoys In Tumalo Friday ovon lng. Wo hopo thoy will soon cap- turo tho KaiHor aim como iiiarcuiiu; home again. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Couch woro calling at tho J. N. B. Corking homo ono day this wcok. NEW POSTMASTER FOR STAUFFER STAUFFKR, Juno 24, J. M. MuHsor has been appointed 'pnHt mastor to fill tho vacancy of Mrs. Graco Hasslor, resigned, and will tako chargo of tho office on tho first of July. A farowoll was givo Konnowi ifnllnmn Tuesday evening. Ho has boon called to tho colors and will Icavo tho 24th. J, Hasch started Tor Bend Friday morning to bring back with him 14 head of cattle. Mr. Shroy of Butto waB In tho val ley Sunday. J. M. Mussor and Robert McLouth mado a trip to Hampton IIuUcb tho last of tho "wook for a load of pota toes. The purchaso price waB 25 contB per sack, . PLAINVIKW, Juiio 24. A rocop tlnii was given nt tho ChaKiiu homo last Thursday ovonlng for Mr, and Mrs. Hubert Armstrong and Roy W. lloartt, Somo Jolly games woro played on tho Inwu and later tho guests onjoyod various games of cards, A dollghttul lunch was sorved by tho hostess. Miss Graco Rlggs of Redmond nnd Louis lloniiott and Mrs. S. L. Burgess of Bond woru guests prcsotit from town, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. W. Armstrong and granddaughter Wlliua returned Tuesday ovonlng from n trip to Tho Dalles. Their son Hubert, nt present on a short furlough from duty at Brownsville, Texas, and tils young brldo woro members of tho returning party. Aftor spondlug several de lightful days among Plalnvlow trlonds Mr. nnd Mrs. Hubert Arm irnnr lufl Umlmntiil nttirtlnv morn ing for Tho Dalles en routo to tho Texas border. Miss Graco Rlggs of Redmond was n guest at tho Chalfnn ranch sovoral days last wook. Roy Heartt loft Plalnvlow Monday morning to report In Bond at 10 o'clock for military Inspection pre paratory to starting for tho training camp. Mrs. 8. L. Burgess of Callow, Ore gon, was a Plaluvlew cnllor Thurs day. M. W. Knickerbocker. James HI kins and H. T. Hartley havo boon riding for cattlo for sovoral days. iinv nnii U'llmn Armstrong and guests, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Arm strong, enjoyed n trip to huuio isico last Thursday. Mr. nml Mrs. A. E. Hoss nnd daughter Idn, Mrs. Peterson, Messrs. Roy and Edgar lienrtt, air. ami .mp v. W. l.nvnrnnx. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Arnotrnni- II nv nml Wilms, and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Armstrong woro guests from Plalnvlow at tno rocoo- tlon for tuo ooys lenving inr train ing camp In Tumalo Frldny evening, rv v. rlmlfnn nnd Lloyd Powers returned Sundny -with n flno mess of fish after a several nays- trip 10 mo lakes. ir n,1 Mm. Hnrtlnv wore callers at tho Knickerbocker homo Sunday. Miss Wilma Armstrong rocoivoa a bad cut from "barbed wire across bor right eyelid. Tho wound is healing ranldlv mid no sorlous results aro anticipated. Mrs. J. A. w. Hcoggin, .Mr. ami Mrs. Paul Scocdn and Master Wood son Bennett were guests for supper t tho Box A ranch on Sunday even ing. . , -Mr. Mcdor of Bend wns a Plnln vlow caller Sunday. Tho O. I). O. club will hold Its regular meeting with Mrs. Print Van Tassol on Thursday afternoon, Juno 27th. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. E. Hoss nnd Miss Idn, Mrs. Patterson and Messrs uoy and id Edgar Heartt were guests for, 8 o'clock dinner ut tho Chalfan Homo, Rumlnv ovenlnc. Roy Heartt. who Is soon to leavo for Camp Lewis, was guest of honor. Business callers In Bond for tho wook were: Ray, and Constance Knickerbocker, Mr. and Mrs. A E. Hoss, H. A. Scoggln, Miss D. L.,Bur goss, Ray Armstrong and Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Scoggln. Mlbs Luolla Burgess and Mrs, H. A. Scoggln spent Wednesday at tho homo of Mrs. H. T. Hartloy. Wo buy all kinds or hldos, pelts, furs, wool. Brie' Socond Hand Store. 37tfC ALFALFA MAN ENTERS SERVICE ALFALFA, Juno 24 Marshall Roberts has boon called to tho colors. Ho ho bocn In Alfalfa about a year and mado many friends who gavo a social at Curt Hollowoy's In his honor Saturday ovonlng. Cards woro played until midnight, whon Ico cream, frosh strawborrlos and cako wero served. Mr. Roberts loft on Tuesday morning's train for his homo in Scholl City, Mo., having rcg Isteced there. Harry Aton, ono of tho first Al falfa boys to enlist, has risen to tho rank of first Houtonniit. Miss Nannlo Btoollor and Mrs. Mary Bonn mado n Hying trip to Bond Friday evening. Larson & Tatti traded a cow for a horso noar Bond. Thoy also pur chased a voal calf from A. Shults, Gustavo Borry was shaking hands with old frlonds In Alfulfu Saturday ovonlng and Sunday, Mr. and Mrs, William Pyntt re turned from Idaho Tuesday, bringing with thorn a beautiful baby girl, Ooorgo T, Ogla will ussumo his duties ns mall carrier on the Alfalfa routo July 1. M. L. Plutt, Mr. and Mrs, Martin Palmlund and Mr. and Mrs, Churles Pyatt expect to Icavo Monday via tho Ford for Idaho. Eldor Piatt will bo ditch rldor.tho remainder of tho soaBnii, MIbs Ada Ferry, who linn spent sovoral months near Orogou City, will arrive homo Saturday, Herbert Clarko Is bollovcd to ho on his way to Franco, lila mother ro colvod his sultcaso and belongings Friday, At tho school election Monday Frank Post was oloctod dlroctor, Al bert Shults ro-olnctcd and Curt Mul lor ro-olocted clork. It was also voted to build a small barn, Mr. and Mrs, Billy Robinson aro sporting a Maxwell car. Mr, and Mrs, Curt Holtoway woro 2V J P. Redmond visitors Thursday and Fri day. Miss Josslo Hartley of Powell lluttn has boon engaged to loach tho Alfalfa school tho coming term, Albert Hliults and fnm'.ly and Les lie Clarke, and family pout Huuduy picnicking on the Doschu'.o abovu Bond. Sovoral farmers will bruin cutting alfalfa July 6. Prospects are un usually Duo, Tho Jolly Neighbors club mot with Mrs. Win. Forry Wednesday. Thoy aro piecing n Red Cross (jullt. university man Visits in county HAMPTON BUTTE. Juno 20. Professor Hnll of tho California uni versity, Mr. Potorsou nnd Mr. Lift field stopped at Brookings' Wodno day night. Tho district hold Its annual school election last Monday. Ilort Mtoks was oloctod director and Vic Schredor clerk. Thos. C, Ewlng sold 10 head of cattlo to Jako Book. .Mr. Mussor of Los. Crook was up Saturday to got potatoes of Paul Street. Mrs. V. P. Wray of Bend vlsltod with Mrs. Ilort Meek ovor Sunday Mrs. Alma llrlckey was a visitor nt Brookluga' Monday afternoon. 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Gravely Tobacco Ctxnpany DanvtlU, Virginia returned to Bond Sunday, Miss Evelyn Crow and MUs Almit Buhl nro guests ut tho llrlckey ranch tills wook, Oscar Black and Jim Wells nro out from Bond for a ihort stay, Carlton Donning emtio In on , Wray 'a stage Friday to spend sovoral wooks with irlonds, Cecil Alberts passed through hurt ono day this wook, being on his wuy to Bond to visit his mother, Mrs. Carl lllumnii, Horace Brookings and son Paul havo returned from their much nt Terrebonne, whoro thoy havo boon Irrigating their crops, James M. llrlckey has sold his. cattlo to Mr. Coffey of Brothers. Mr. Ousloy hud tho misfortune to break tho crnnk shuft In hi car yes- ij terdny and was towed to Bond by Newton Morris, who passed through horo on his way to Bond. Chas. Cochruiio was a visitor horei Tuesday. Fred StnufTor was n guest nt the Brookings hotel last Saturdny night, BAD KIDNEYS LAID HIM UP. A slight kidney Impairment may lead to dropsy or Bright' disease. Don't neglect It. 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