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ANNUAL RACE MEET EDITION CILUAM COUNTTS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Nunber 3 Wednesday, lUj 29, 1118 5c oi the Street AMERICANS ON AMIENS FRONT TAKE IMPORTANT TOWN AND HOLD FAST Show Huns a Uurat of Speed That Amazes Them and Smash Two Attempts to Retake Town United Fran By Fred Ferguson With the American troops in the field, May 29. -The Aroeri cans gave the Hans another taste of their style of fighting today, only this time it was a mouthful, when they charged to Cantiftney yelling, "No we're in Ger many," '"Wallop hell out of them," and "on to Berlin." The American troops captured 182 ALLIES MAKING VALIANT FIGHT United rrw " Paris. May 29. The Germans continued their offensive last night on two wings of the Sotssons-Rheims front with ar rival of fresh German divisions. The French official report Hays that the French left has been drawn back to the eastern border of Soissonj where the battle is waging furiously. On the right flank the Franco British forces after energetically defending Mossy and St. Thierry, four miles northwest of Rheims, have drawn slowly back south and southwest to the heights they are holding between the Canal and the Aisne. In the center the fighting continues fiercely at Vesles on the south bank where the French are valiantly defend ing the heights. Allies Down Hun Planes United Pm Washington. May 29. -Allied airmen downed and destroyed two hundred and fifty-two Ger man airplanes during the week beginning May 16, according to the war office reports received here today by the British military attachees. S. H. Silkworth, a traveling salesman, bought a Mitchell Six touring car from Hollen & Sons last week. prisoners and took the town in just 45 minutes. Cantigney is one of the important towns on th Amiens front and this is the biggest hit yet scored by the Americans. French Official Report - 1 Paris, May 29. The American troops have decisively broken two successive German attempts to retake the newly captured town of Cantigney. CIRCUIT COURT NOT TO BE HELD . There will be no June term of Circuit Court in Gilliam county this yer. Or dinarily court would have convened next week but baa been called off for the reason i that the court feels that to take the farmers from their work at the present time would have a tendency to lessen crop production when every bushel is needed; that it will save the county probably $400 in jury fees and that the officers of the court are busy with war activities such as the Red Cross, Armenian and Assyrian relief drives and in the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps, and in mobilising and preparing the boys who are called for service. All this is in line with President Wilson's request that every one do his best to assist his country and no one can be prejudiced because the cases for trial aar not of public im portance and affect individuals only in small amounts. American Losses Are Very Low at Cantigney Unite Fhm American Front, May 29. The American losses in capturing the important town of Cantigney wervery light, according totha official announcement. The ac tivity of heavy artillery has in creased on all American sectors. R. L SUMMERS IMPROVES Word comes from Portland that R.E.Summera is recovering from his recent operation and' has re turned to his home from the hospital. GERMAN DRIVE IS PROGRESSING United Paris, May 27. The weight of numbers recklessly thrown into th sacrifice the Germans are willing to make for a tittle ground has forced the Allied forces to draw back at certain points on the Aisne front. The Echo de Paris, published today, says: "The German ad vance at certain points on the Aisne front has reached a depth of fifteen and one-half miles." RACE MEET STARTS OFF IN GOOD SHAPE Condon's annual spring race meet opened today with a fair sized crowd for the first day. The weather is right for good racing and for the v comfort of those in attendance. The races today were good. The associa tion will give a dance in the rink tonight with Bowker'a orchestra furnishing the music Following is the race program tor tomorrow. 3:00 pace! $200 2:10 pace 250 1 4 mile run 100 5 8 mile run 150 British Enthused Over Big American Success . . United PtM By Correspondent Simms With the British Army, May 29. -"Every Briton from Haig down to the private soldiers are highly enthusiastic over the lick ing the Americans administered to the Huns yesterday in the Montdidier region. When I en tered a room which was filled with British officers they spon taneously broke into a storm of hand clapping, having just heard that the Americans had captured Cantigney." Mrs. C. H. Horner, who has been visiting 1 relatives in the Willamette valley for several weeks, returned to Condon Sun day. C. N. Laughrigewentto Hepp ner Sunday. ENEMY IS USING MANY DIVISIONS United Pro ' By Henry Wood United Press Correspondent with the French army. May 29. The developments of the German offensive on the Aisne front in dicates that Ludendorff intends to drive a wedge through the Franco-British lines midway be tween Soissons and Rheims. The Germans have apparently en gaged a minimum of twenty-five divisions before which the French and British forces are offering a dogged resistance, hoping to per mit the reserves to intervene and turn the tide. KAISER IS AT AISNE FRONT SAYS BERLIN - Unite Pnm .. , ... Amsterdam; May 29. Berlin says the kaiser is on the Aisne battle front near Laonne and is directing this drive in person. German Sailors Prey of American Destroyer United PreM Washington, May 29. The Navy Department announced to day that seventeen German sub marine sailors had been captured by an American destroyer. The submarine had just sunk the British Bteamer Inniscarra.' The prisoners were landed in a Brit ish port. THRIFT STAMPS ARE SELLING Gilliam county has passed the 20,000 mark in the sale of thrift stamps, according to Postmaster McMorria. Of this amount Con don has sold over 112,000. This means that Gilliam has raised approximately one-fourth of her quota which is $32,000. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith of 'Arlington were oer Sunday vis itors at the Adolpl Shaffer Lome south of town i ' The Condon Milling Co. is building an 80,000 bushel eleva tor for the Farmers'" EleVator Company at Mikkalo.