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man Bluing next to you on the lire step.
: In about twenty minute a generous
rum issue was doled out After drink
ing the rum, w hich tasted like Tarnish
end' sent shudder through your
frame, you wondered why they made
you wnlt until the lifting of the bar
rrste before going over. At ten mtn
uh"9' to four word was passed down.
Tea minutes to go!" Ten minutes
to live! We were shivering all over.
My legs felt as If they were asleep.
Then word was passed down: "First
wove get on and near the Dealing lad
ders." These were small wooden ladders
which we had placed against the para
1ft to enable us to go over the top on
the lifting of the barrage. "Ladders of
iieth" we called them, and veritably
they were.
Before a charge Tommy la the po
litest of men. There Is never any push
ing or crowding to be first tip these
ladders. We crouched around the base
of the ladders watting for the word
to go over. I was sick and faint, and
was pulling away at an unllghted fag.
Then came the word, "Three minutes
to go; t.xn the lifting of the barrage
mid on the blast of the whistles, "Over
the top with the best o' luck and give
them hell.' " The famous phrase of
the western front The Jonah phrase
of the western front. To Tommy It
means If yon are lucky enough to come
back yon will be minus an arm or a
leg. Tommy hates to be wished the
best of luck; so, when peace Is de
clared, If it ever Is, and yon meet a
Tummy on the street Just wish him the
best of luck and duck the brick that
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J I glanced again at my wrist watch.
j We all wore them and you could hardly
cull us "sissies" for doing so. It was
minute to four. I could ace the hand
move to the twelve, then a dead si
lence, It hurt. Everyone looked up
' to see what had happened, but not for
long. Sharp whistle blasts rang out
along the trench, and with a cheer the
men scrambled up the ladders. The
bullets were cracking overhead, and
occasionally a machine gun would rip
and tear the top of the sandbag para
pet. How I got up that ladder I will
never know. The first ten feet out In
front was agony. Then we passed
through lanes In our barbed wire. I
knew I was running, but could feel no
motion below the waist. Intches on
the ground seemed to float to the rear
as If I were on a treadmill and seen-
; ery was rushing past tne. The Oer
mans had put a barrage of shrapnel
across No Man's Land, and you could
hear the pieces s'np the ground about
you.
After I hr.d panned our bathed wire
and gotten Into No Man's Land a
Tommy about fifteen feet to my right
front turned around and looking In my
direction, put his hand to his mouth
and yelled something which I could not
make out on account of the noise from
the bursting shells. Then he coughed,
stumbled, pitched forward and lay still.
His body seemed to float to the rear
of me. I could hear sharp cracks In
the air about me. These were caused
by passlug rifle bullets. Frequently.
o my right and left, little spurts of
: dirt would rise Into the nlr and a rico
i diet bullet would whlue on Its way.
If a Tommy should see one of these
little spurts In froat of him, he would
tell the nurse about It later. The
crossing of No Man's Laud remains
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blank to me.
Men on my right and left would
stumble and fall. Some would try to
get up, while others remained huddled
and motionless. Then aroushed-up
barbed wire came Into view and
seemed carried on a tide to the rear.
Suddenly, In front of me loomed a
bashed In trench about four feet wide.
Queer-looking forms like mud turtles
were shambling np Its wall. One of
these forms seemed to slip and theu
rolled to the bottom of the trench. I
leaped across this Intervening space.
The man to my left seemed to pause In
midair, then pitched head down Into
the German trench. I laughed out loud
In my delirium. Upon alighting on the
other side of the trench I came to with
a sudden Jolt. Right In front of me
loomed a giant form with a rifle which
looked about ten feet long, on the end
of which seemed erd tmyo&rta. These
flashed In the air In front of me. Then
through my mind flashed the admoni
tion of our bayonet Instructor back In
Blighty. He had said, "whenever you
get In a charge and ran your bayonet
up to the hilt Into German the Friri
will fall. Perhaps your rifle will be
wrenched from yonr grasp. Do not
waste time. If the bayonet la fouled
in his equipment, by putting your foot
on his stomach and tugging at the rifle
to extricate the bayonet 8lmply
press the trigger and the bullet will
free It." In my present situation this
was the logic, but for the life of me
I could not remember how he had told
me to get my bayonet into the Ger
man. To roe this waa the paramount
issue. I closed my eyes and lunged
forward. My rifle was torn from my
hands. I must have gotten the Ger
man because he had disappeared.
About twenty feet to my left front
was a huge Prussian nearly alz feet
four Inches In height, a tine specimen
of physical manhood. The bayonet
from his rifle was missing, but he
clutched the barrel In both hands and
was swinging the bntt around his head.
I could almost hear the swish of the
butt passing through the air. Three
little Tommies were engaged with him.
Announcement
I hfrey announce myself a9 a
cardida'e fofvthe office of Sheriff
of Gilliam county, Oregon, on the
Democra'ic ticket
It had not been my intention
to again become a candidate for
the office, but since nearly all of
the . nherifTa throughout the
:United States have for over a
year made themselves familiar
with the draft law, and are now
the chairmen of the local draft
boards, the War Department of
the United States Government
has recommended that the pres
ent sheriffs of the United States
be retained in office, so as not to
interfere with the draft machin
ery which is so essential at th's
time to help bring victory to us
in this great war. Many persons
who have the best interests of
our government at heart in this
ctisif, have informed me that it
19 my duty to retain the office for
another term. And since true
Americanism requires that every
one do not alor.e his bit but his
all in a time like this, I have con
eluded to again become a candi
date. If I am nominated and
elected I shall accord to the pub
lic the same courteous treatment
in the future as in the past.
" . W. LlLLIE.
Announcement
To the Republican voters of
Gilliam county: I will be a can
didate for the republican nomina
tion for the office of County
Clerk of Gilliam county at the
coming primary election. 1 prom
ise that if I am nominated and
Our Hats Are in the Ring !
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They looked like plenties" alongside of
the Prussian. The Tommy on the left
was gradually clrcllug to the rear of
his opponent. Ir was a funuy stKlit to
see them duck the swinging butt and
try to Jab hltu at the same time. The
Tommy nearest me received the butt
of the German's rifle In a annulling
blow below the rlsht temple. It
smashed his head like an eggshell. He
pitched forwurd on his side and a con
vulsive shudder ran through his body.
Meanwhile the other Tommy had
gained the rear or the Prussian. Sud
denly about four Inches of bayouet
protruded from the throat of the Prus
sian soldier, who staggered forward
and fell. I will never forget the look
of blank astonishment that came over
Lewis Gun In Action.
(elected I will conduct the affair
of the office in a business like
manner, and it will be my earnes!
endeavor to co-operate with a1
j the departments of the Uniteri
States Government in regard tc
'ali war work, in connection with
i the office.
Bruce H. Hull.
Announcement
To the Republican voters ol
Gilliam county, I hereby beg fi
announce my candidacy for the
Republican nomination for Conn
ty Clerk of Gilliam county, sub
ject to the will of ihe voters a'
the primaries to be held on Ma
17ih, 1918
Jake E. Schrqeder
For Representative
I hereby announce that I will
be a candidate for the Republie-ar
nomination for Representative
for Gilliam, Sherman and Wheel
er counties.
Jas. S. Stewart.
For Reprcientative
I would deem it an honor to
represent so loyal and patriotic a
people as those of the 28th Rep
resentative district in the follow
ing platform:
: I will use my best endeavor to
advance the interests of the state;
to be economical, but not to the
extent of retarding development
or hampering efficiency; and , to
aid ami support a vigorous prose
cution of the war to a successful
conclusion; and will do my duty
to the very best of my under
standing and ability.
A. M. Wright.
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Mi fact, -
Then something hit ma In the left
shoulder and my left side went numb.
It felt at If a hot poker was being
driven through me. I felt uo pain
Just a sort of nervous shock. A bay
onet had pierced me from His rear. I
fell backward on the ground, but was
not unconscious, because I could see
dim objects moving around me. Then
a flash of light In front of my eyes mid
unconsciousness. Something bud hit
me on the hend. I hnve never found
out what It waa.
I dreamed I was being tossed about
In an open boat on a heaving sen and
opened my eyes. The moon was shin
ing. I was on a stretcher being cur
ried down one of our communication
trenches. At the advanced flrst-nld
post my wounds were dressed, and
then I waa put Into an ambulance and
sent to one of the buns hospitals. The
wounds In my shoulder and bend were
not serloua atid lit six weeks I hud re
joined my company for service lu the
front line.
CHAPTER XII.
Bombing.
The boys In th section welcomed me
back, but there were niauy strange
faces. Several of our men had gone
West In that charge, and were lying
"somewhere In France" with a little
wooden cross at their heads. We re
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Throwing Hand Orenadss.
In rest billets. The next day our cap
tain asked for volunteers for bombers'
school. I gave my name and was ac
cepted. I had Joined the Suicide club,
and my troubles commenced. Thirty
two men of the battalion. Including my
lelf. were sent to L , where we
went through a coure In hntnbln
Here we were Instructed In the ue
methods of throwing and miiiuifnctiir
of various kinds of hand gnundex
from the old "Jam tin," now obsolete.
to the present Mills bomb, the standard
of the British army.
It all depends where you lire ns to
what you are called. In France they
call you a "bomber" and give you un-d
als, while In neutral countries tbey
cnll you an anarchist and give you
"life."
From the very stnrt the OeruiHiis
were well equipped with effective
bombs and trained bomb throwers, but
the English army was as little pre
pared In this Important department of
lighting as In many others. At bomb
ing school an old sergeant of the Gren
adier guards, whom I had the good
fortune to meet, told mo of the discour
agements this branch of the service
suffered before they could meet the
Germans on an equal footing. (Paci
fists' and small army people In the
V. 8. please read with care.) The first
English expeditionary forces had no
bombs at all, but hud clicked a lot of
casualties from those thrown by the
Boches. One bright morning someone
higher up had an Idea and Issued, un
order detailing two men from each
platoon to go to bombing school to
learn the duties of a bomber and how
to manufacture- (tombs. Noncommis
sioned officers were generally selected
for this course. After 'about two
weeks at school they returned to their
units In rest billets or In the Ore
trench, aa the case might be, and got
busy teaching their platoons how to
make "Jam tins."
Previously an order had been Issund
for all ranks to save empty Jam tins
for the manufacture of bombs. A pro
fessor of bombing would sit on the
Are step In the front trench with the
remainder of his section crowding
around to see him work.
On his left would be a pile of empty
and rusty Jam tins, while beside him
on the fire step would be a miscella
neous assortment of material ssed In
the manufacture of the "Jam tins."
Tommy would stoop down, get. an
empty "Jam tin," take a handful of
clayey mud from the parapet, and line
the Inside of the tin with this sub
stance. Then he would reuch over,
pick up his detonator and explosive,
and Insert them In Ihe tin, fuse pro
truding. On the fire step would be a
pile of fragments of shell, shrapnel
balls, bits of Iron, nails, etc. anything
that was hard enough to send over to
Fritz; he would scoop up a handful of
this Junk end put It In the bomb. , Per
haps one of the platoon would ask him
what he did this for, and he would
explain that when the bomb exploded
these bits would fly about and kill or
wound any German hit by same: the
questioner would Immediately pull a
button on his tunic and hand It to
the bomb maker with, "Well, blame,
me, send this over as a souvenir." or'
another Tommy would volunteer an
old ruBty and broken Juck'kn,lfe; both
would be accepted and Inserted.
Continued on next page
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON FOR
GILLIAM TOl'NTY
lit the matter of Etateof Grant VVaJe,
Decrased.
NOTICE OF SW.E OF REAL
I'ROl'EKTY
Under authority of an order graMed
by the County Court of Glllixm l'uiii,,
Oregon, dated April 1, II'IH, I, tin un
di-rslgned adminUtrstor, will si ll at
Hll V ATE 8 ALE ths following describ
ed real estate, to-wit: Noithwtsl
quarter Section 11, the Et hnlf jf the
East hull of Section 15, all of tbst H
of the Soull'iant qtierin
vmsI quarter of n .
lorliin tiei ilcd H hv u!url i '.
as folluwn: brK"oii'! ' 11 I" '
th subdivixionHl line O lum n
of the Northeast (.hut of Soutln l
quarter of lh-' i'oiiMieu'l qiinrii-r of
Section III, running Ih 'inf We il fl f
chains to the North m- t corner i f
8 uthvast quarter of Srclien lu, theme
South 19 676 chains to the Houthwi.t
comer of Ihe said S' Utliesnt quarter of
the Southeast qunrUr of bee lion 10,
thence Est on the Section line between
Sections 10 and IS, a distance of 5.5
chains to the center of the canyon,
them-e In a Northeasterly direction on
a dire-t line to the pines of beginning,
li aying remaining in said quarter sec
tion to be sold herein, 19.12 acres more
or lens; also Wrst half of Southwest
quarter of Section Eltven, exctpt 38
jqiiare rods aonveyed to the TruMees
f the Methodist Episcopal Church as
hown by the deed recorded In book "H"
page 370, . deed records of Gilliam
oouiity, Oregon, and alo excepting the
land dexcribed In that deed recorded la
Look "V" page 20. deed records Gil
ium ctunty, Oregon, all In Township
One South of Range Twenty One, E. W.
M Gilliam county. Oregon, together
with the water rights appurtenant
thereto, and all the ditches, canals,
reservoirs, and the whole of the Irriga
tion plant or plants. If any, that are
now on the said premises or which
right of use of water right may be
The sale will be made on or after the
lint day of May, 1918, at 10 o'clock A.x
M. of said day, and sealed bids In
writing will be received by the under
Igned at Cotafon Nations! Bank, Con
don, Oregon.
The terms of sale will be cash, sub
ject to confirmation by the County
Court of Gilliam county, Oregon.
Dated this 2nd dny of April. 1918.
Ceo. U. Dukck.
Administrator of
Crsnt Wade Estate.
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