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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1918)
Ihf$tmfs-trra JULIAN BYRD Managei SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. ItU SUBSCRIPTION RATES Om Yr tim MoatW tee I .OB JEotered at the Pott Office at Buri, Oregon, Second Class Matter. ItKPOliT ON MB ("ROHM WAil KIND "lie follwlng report is authorize. I t' the American Ked Cross War Ceuncil: hIh for civilian patient Includlng one- for tuberculosis and a larger ap probation had been made for eipilp plug Hie operating workrooms for miking surgical supplies and cloth ng. The appropriation for those purposes amounts to (187,500. "In Its work in Switzerland a in all other countries the plan of the American Red Croaa la to utilise those agencies for relief which it find's suitably organised and working in a proper manner. 'The scope of these societies include the making of relief aupplies. tubercular relief work, furnishing employment to pris oners of war and providing food and clothing at depots to those passing thrugh. The American Red Cross appropriated to such societies from May 1st to December 31st, 1918, $200,000. In addition. $15,000 has been set aside for the use of the In ternal Red Cross at (ieneva. Con sidering the fact that Switzerland today Is overrun with refugees and people from many warring nations. it BBS been ililfn nil to procure such accomodation! as are needed In car r lug on the work of relief. ' Ware houses hare been either rebuilt or remodeled at BubpIIs, Renes and Copenhagen at a cost of more than $90,000. Auto trucks for necssary liiiiilinic have been purchased for $18,750 and $187,500 have been set aside, in an appropriation for freight, boxing packing and delivery. These appropriations and the necessary labor in warehouses, chauffeurs, salaries anil general items of operat ing expenses, aggregate $494,823. 75. While these figures are small compared to the expenditures for American Ked (Tosh Activities in. II... tl.i.l ',,..! I ....... i ....,.- , . it. mil ii iiifiiniiiiiciii i '.miil I,. Ike American people concerning ,he1r " " " " to Iui"" BBS of American Ked Cross Wir IUn .OOO.nuu .or .ne per.ou euu V .Hid covers the activities of the war! "' December 31St, 191S. the amount Work in Switzerland where most ur- ; ""! ,llul ttl" '"' " 0"M'11hI..c1 tent reasons far seen wnrh l.t, -an hardly I miniated and has nl the foremost f f which is the neesa dtv of caring for the American sol-! era in German prison i imps a:ni l! (li'krc 111 tllM 11. .rill!.. 1. 1 !.!.. In. I,., I IV-tll.' - " " '' .w..(, .v ... ..... V ....... St i tea ti, relieve Bwltsorlaud of u i ui' the creat burden thai war has laid upon bor. The report bo i . n icndit ur.' to June 1st. i it - ..I $200,000 consisting of a k,.ii of i -'". " 10 to the Swiss Rod Cross, and a : uiation Of $75,001) to assist til" .', iss Government in caring for In- r.'ady giVBfl the Swiss people a bet ter Idea of the power of the United Stat.- as B factor in determining the Ol the arar than could have been given in any way outside of ac tual warfare and unquestionably will have yre.it weight as corroDorative testimony to the report the I iltini 3wl Journalists will carry home to : eopl " o in o i:it iii.s. Hut while rocognlxlng the gravity of these problems, we should hall the project with the same enthusi asm ns those who are unable through the limitations of their environment to appreciate all that it comprehends. As an economic measure Its signifi cance Is tremendous, but It should have more than an economic Interest for all Americana The histories of groat nations sre in one particular Identical. Times of acute crisis, boldly faced and over come, have been followed by periods of acute crisis, boldly faced and over of enormous internal development, both economic and Intellectual. It came to Athens after the I'ers'an War. It came to Home after the de leat Of Carthage. It came t'o Kng land after the Napnleanle campaigns Hut to us It came In a degree unpar alleled In the world's history alter 'the reconciliation which Bided th" Civil War. Any bittsr Struggle brings to light , the latent qualities II led to .'inline it. When it has passed, those iual Ities remain, and demand a flnlil for I heir BXOBreiSB, Those who have seen at close rani;.' the dating of the Yanks In France have asked In won der how so much courage could con trlve to He hidden in these drafteil clerks, tailors and dairymen. I'erhaps only a part of It was there at the beginning, and the rust of It was brought to birth by the demands ' f the battlefield. But In whatever way It Is display ed today, the wise proposal of Sec retary Linn- will open up new fields for the employment of all the Inltia tlve, valor and resource which the present conflict engenders In these voting men. The time for prepara lion is already upon us; for through the smoke that overhangs the Kuro pean continent we see In ever dear er outline the signals that mark the beginning of the end. I inerlca hns two favorite sons One I- Jackie and one Is Saimule. and llic are mighty promising young men n om. per... ii in six throvghoul the nation subscribed for the Third Lib erty Loan. Lei us make it one In live for l he Fourth Loan. terned Russians, .v further approp-l riatlon for this work ' for seven! The mu leal comedy "farmerette" months, June l-t to December 1st. la Bon as familiar an Institution as U lis, amounts to f 1,72,2S8.?6. Of the musical comedy bathing girl. Hawaiian girls, harem girls, poll in;: ir'. military girls, baseball girls and bathing nirls. of course Bach I costums changs means a different BOOg, and as eai h show carries about I Hi- same assortment the rotation be come monotonous. 8p they Invented the stage farmerette In si:u overalli neutral countries none suffered - I mui h through war as .Switzerland. T " inhabitants of Northern France a I Belgium deported by Qermany have been seirt into Switzerland and the Swiss Government has been try to provide for them. PrUouerS li '.e also pass-,! through Bwitser la il and these too have been ., led b the Swisi people R id Cross fell that the American people would wi-di to share with I Itzerland "Tie burden of caring for .v.!.. b who : across her bor i -o i Bis work h.i b "ii under en through the American Red or.-..: itorobousei were e lished at three places In Bwitser- d With supplementary storehouses Studied surveying, ami plutled a 240 j Copenhagen, Denmark. (Supplies a. r.- farm; she made elaborate milk i with lis fork like an overgrown The Amerii an ' flj iwatter. I?i the meantime, al the stale Nor mal School of Agr.culture, Wisconsin.1 a young lady who name la with-1 he'd weal through the coursollke a through a plank. She miv cl concrete in most of the standards lorinn and Investigated grates of' wheat-for stripe ergoi and smut; she nl from the I'nited States 1 transported by the Southern route where clothing and comforts re gathered so rapidly that by V IgUSt 1st there were sufficient sup- . wrote theses on stock breeding, Inhaled the science t' crop-rotlne, and, for some Inartistic reason, made a specialty Ol pigs, That ill. lady was raised on a lam Is not considered by alias on hand to provide for 15.000 the faculty as contributing in a en at prisoners for six months should the measurs to the profundity of her (ortunes Of war throw that many erudition. American soldiers into German pris- '1 here are plenty more like her in one. These supplies consist of ev- Wisconsin, and. thank Heaven, there SCything that men In such condition are still more outside Wisconsin. It need, and plans are being perfected i type ol fsmerette that Interests us I for keeping in communication with quite as much as the musical comedy them and sending news to their fain- kind. Show troupes don't flock much j iltei In America. The appropriation In Burns, but we hare girls' 'or this work amounts to $475,000, who i an dpn overalls (not sills ones) rhe large.,t single Item In the pp and take the place of boys as effecti i r priation for relief work in Suit I vel) a- the inn t boyish (horns girl I serland during the coming period i- thai Broadway ever generated ti.r conatrustlon and maintenance of I i leaniug a hogpen is not an ele hospitals, lulls, canteens and homes gant job Anu there is little elegance for soldiers who are obliged to re in washlug vermin from the filthy main in that country for any length body of a wounded soldier u com of time. Tin's approi r'utlon is in-: inonpla. s In the dally experience of a 'ended to provide for all present Ked Cros:; girl. Not many duties are SSOSeeitlaS among Interned Allied more unsavory- or more sacred, and vjldiers and refugees, also to antlcl- the picture needs no spotlight to II pate the possible requirements for lumiuate its glittering moral. 'her Americans. For the cons- o 'ruction of these homes, hospitals, uts and canteens $312,500 has been appropriated and an appropriation of $187,500 has been provided for the construction of workrooms, training schools and materials for '..unfa, t ure in such establishments This appropriation covers the vork to De ember .'list, 1918. The Santa Clans In Allien. n g limbing longingly over to Frame Mul 1 1 i - passports have bean denied him this year War against China his been de clared by the Bolshsviki it is al strife thai has long existed In the kitchens of America and has I n characterized by many a great smash. Tip. young Fallows of eighteen to twenty for the most pan go to regis 'ration with their hearts beating' high li means the realization oi their dreams. Are you not sun rise. I to I irn thai paachstonas and plumei and nutshells win help "fin the war" Save tin mi for the gaa sat h tnanu lecturers, Armies are always capturing the key to this place and thai Thai 'd have had SOme Inn with BaldpBte and Its seven keys Kii Villi Winkle would have had tO sleep a few more years these days If he'd wanted to sidestep registration. "The king of France with twenlx thousand men. Marched up a hill and then man li ed dot. u again Does not the old nursery tin me recur to us when we think of the p Immenee eosl ami effort or the tier- i Weinstein is in town bavins nan drive this yeur. and the fact just returned from ti trip to Portland. that tbsy are now pushed back to o their original line? Buy Liberty Bend ANOTHKIt l-KTTKIt TO MltS. ( InUIKII) Charley has written another Isrfler home to his mother enclosing some poetry that was written by a comrade Dearest Mether: Well I have not much to write but will send you some poetry and a few lines. Mother I know very well what your and Dad's opinion of a soldier In time of peace was. Now your opinion Is very similar to the one that nine tenths of the civilian have. But I will endeavor to try and give you a new light. Now if It hadn't been for the regular army we would have been 'n a bad pinch. The -ninety day officers are blanks nearly And the Idea that a soldiers life in time of peace was easy and that he was no good Is very wrong It look a man to make good in the army In time of peace and come out with a clean record. Now the exper lemes (bat the bins have mi In their sojourn to the Islands are por travel heit In this pnelry which was written by soldiers of Hie 2nd F A I have lots of It but eiinnot Mend It iCI al once. Get I lad to rend It. The Hoys or Dohle soldiers as they are called run give you many tales which beat these In poems. Here Is one called: There Is a Transport in the Harbor" I have heard the bullets whistle I have seen the Holo kill I have heard the war tribes singing From the outposts on the hill I know the plague smell if Manila The Chinos wily ways And what it means to be a soldier At fifty cents a day. Hut my heart Is sail and weary And I wish that I could say There's a transport In the harbor And I'm ordered home today 1 ii. seep the Moro In the palm gri.ves Murder shining in their . Heard a comrade calling "Mother" As he's laying down to die Seen the lateful marks ol 4!ack Heath ii'i the man Just gone along Fought and wrestled with a lepei In a pan;, stricken throng So the wander lust has bit Be Ami I wish that I could BB) There's a liausport in the burbot Ami 1 in going home today. I have seen the passing boatmen In hit eaysoo floating bj in I he muddy reeking waters Where the Spanlah warship lia I i.:.'. e i !,. pt iii running watei i hn.e hiked up burning hills I have SBl and shook and shivered With the lever and Die . hill All the oriental Jewel, l'i r these few words 1 would pay There's u transport In the barboi And I'm ordered home todgj Hark '. I hear a siren 0 oe Onl beyond Corregidore Its a gra Old Aiiuv 'I roup Bhlp Coming from the homeland shore And It's ailing gen! Ij I alllin i Tir- come bark BOTOSS the . wipre u mother and s iweetheari l.oi and look and wu.i lor Bl i Ai i in soldier .i iv, are 01 r Ami 1 1 ' no longer l 1 There's s transport in the harboi And l in oid. r.d home toda) . I Corregidore is a large roil, strong j ly fortified as Gibraltar In the I. arbor I or mouth of il Holo The Holo is a curved knife about IS inches long. We have them here in the regiment Some were used In the Spanish American war. Thev are fuvorite weapons of the Mom's Be sure and let Dad read Ibis and gel him to write and tell w hat in- 1 binks 01 ii OHF.OON III i: III YH HONIHt HKHK lOMTI Al, A IVNOIN 'WMUN I Mr. B.C. FgRleston, Hums. Ore My dear Mr. Fggleston; I shall be a candidate for rw-ele, tlon to the office of couuty treasiu In reply to your recent request ur for a second term at the Nov.-n, I am pleased to advise you that we ber electron. have decided to assist Harney Coun- ty In going over the top for the neat Liberty Loan sul will send authorlz atlou to you to make subscription of 1 $1,000 of bonds through your local 1 T committee. I'F.AHL KKKLL'i. O ' ' CAXMDATK FOR HNKRIKK Because of repeated requests from friend and tax Bayers of this county . , . Autnorisauon ror masing suuecrip- j have consented to become a caodi tlon will reach you within a lew days. te far sheriff at the November Uinretelr vuurs. '' C. H. Samuel General Manager Now the horse will ugain come In to his own. During the giDtless per iod he will he Sunday best. a Secretary Haker Is In France study lug the aircraft question. He will undoubtedly find that It presents an excellent field for study election. Having served In that of- flee in this county for four terms I feel that I am rompetent to rill it. and If eiected I promise to onfof all laws to the best of my ability. A. K. KICHAKDSON u 1 '. Your Income will probably be sul lee taxutlot for several years in ter the war. Do not rcpfno, hut be thankful that It U large enough for you aud lor Uncle Sam too. HKKKAFTER iork 15,000,000 ares to be irrigated. 80,000.000 to be drained. 200,000, 000 to be cleared. Ths is the modest plan that Secre tary Lane has presented to the pres-id-ni and congress. The figures convey the scope of an undertaking tf8lll,l,l'i .".. am w ' wswsBFjk. sW a. 'iWiN. W A5li '' 9r 5R! . among Swllzerlands . ivilians ,,v whl, h l, i.re to l, i,r..vld,.d Is divided Into three branches BOf- for returned soldiers. , from Invaded districts Includ 0f the men supplied by (Harney lag children of Intemsd-SOldlers, Civil County ) for the national army there lan citizens of the Culled States or ar mallv whfl ,, , (.OI11(, otf ,ho ttlwil nations either detained in Switzerland or in transit through the country and Swiss' families whose sons or lathers are in IIr Stales Army Hut most of them are in clos er ton. h with farm life than the con tingents provided by the big cities, I nlted an.l are In a better position to est! The total appropila-; niai,, what It means. We can think tlon ror this work amounts to S20D,- MO The American Ked cross has made a small contribution to bo ill morn intelligently of its details and gauge more accurately the multitude ol problems which II presents. 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