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A. B. ROBERTSON, LOOAL AGENT
Keep Faith With Your
4
Boy "Over There"
Wherfyour boy was so little that all the world was a
foreign country to him, he trusted you to take care of him.
You sent him to school and to play and on your little
errands, and with implicit faith he did your'bidding.
Now we have sent your boy or your neighbor's boy out
into a foreign land, into terrors that he cannot even
know and his faith has not faltered. He knows we will
do our part if he does his.
Pledge yourself to buy War Savings Stamps on or before
JUNE 28th
NATIONAL WAR SAVING DAY
Saving to help our sons is not to be called by the ugly
name of duty or sacrifice. It is a blessed privilege.
Are we keeping the faith? Are we scrimping and saving
and giving to help our boys do this thing that humanity
has asked of them, and to help them come back to us sane
and whole? Are we doing not only our bit, but all we can?
The Government wants' to know how much you expect to
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From page 2
prisoner wants to argue the point, why
just place the large loop around bis
Dock sod no matter If Tommy wishes
to return to hie trenches at the walk,
trot, or gallop. Frits la perfectly agree
able to maintain Tommy's rat of
speed.
Wo were ordered to black onr faces
and, hands. For this reason ; At night,
the English and Germana m what
they call star abells, a sort of rocket
affair. They are fired from a largo
pistol about twenty Inchea long, which
Is held over the sandbag parapet of the
trench, and (Uncharged Into tht air.
These star shells attain a height of
about Klxty feet, and a range of from
fifty to seventy-five yards. When they
hit the ground they explode, throwing
out s strong calcium light which lights
p the ground In s circle of s radius of
between ten to fifteen yards. They
also have a parachute star shell which,
after reaching height of about sixty
feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds
and slowly floats to the ground, light
ing up s large circle In No Man's Lend.
The official name of the star shell is
a "Very-light" Very-lights sre used
to prevent night surprise attscks on
the trenches. It a star shell fulls in
front of you, or between you and the
German lines, you sre safe from detec
tion, s the enemy caimot see you
through the bright curtain of light
But If It falls behind you tnd, as Tom
my says, "yon get in the star shell
sons." then the fun begins ; you have
to He flat on your stomach and remain
absolutely motionless until the light of
the shell dies out. This takes any
where from forty to seventy seconds.
If you haven't time to fall to the
ground you must remain absolutely
till In whatever position you were In
when the light exploded; It Is advis
able not to breathe, as Frltt has an
eye like an eagle when he thinks you
ant knocking at his door. When a star
shell is burning In Tommy's rear be
can bold bis breath for a week.
Tou blacken your face and bands so
that the light from the star sheila wlU
not reflect on your pals face. In a
trench raid there la Q.ult sufficient
reason for your face to be pale. If you
don't believe me, try It Just once.
Then another reason for blackening
your fact and hsnds Is that, after you
have entered the German trench at
night, "white face" means Germans,
"black face" English. Coming around
a traverse you see a white face In
front of you. With a prayer and wish
ing Frits "the best o luck," you Intro
dace blm to your "persuader" or
knuckle knife.
A little later we arrived at the com
munication trench named Whisky
street, which led to the fire trench at
the point we "were to go over the top
aad out In front.
iln onr rear were four stretcher bear
era and a corporal of the B. A. 11 C
carrying a poach containing medicines
aad first-eld appliances. Kind of s
grim -reminder to ns ihat our expedi
tion was not going to be exsctly a pic
nic. The order of things was reversed.
In civilian life the doctors generally
come first, with the undertakers tag
ging In the rear and then the. Insur
ance man, but In our case, the Jinder
takers were lesding, with the doctors
trailing behind, minus the Insurance
adjuster.
The presence of the B, A. M. C. men
did not seem to disturb the raiders, be
cause many a Joke made la an under
tone, ; was . passed along the winding
column, as to who would be first to
take a ride on one of the stretchers.
This was generally followed by a wish
that, if you were to be the one, the
wound would be a "cushy Blighty
one."
The stretcher bearers, no doubt,
hoping that, If they did have to carry
anyone to the rear, he would be small
and light. Perhaps they looked at me
when wishing, because I could feel an
.uncomfortable, boring sensation be
tween my shoulder blades. They got
their wish all right.
, Going up 'this trench, about every
sixty yards or so we would pass a lone
ly sentry. -who In a whisper would
wish us "the best o' luck, mates." We
would blind at him under our breaths ;
'that Jonah phrase to us sounded very
ominous.
' Without any casualties the minstrel
troop arrived at Suicide ditch, the
front-line trench. 1 Previously, a wiring
party of the Royal Engineers had cut
a lane through our barbed wire to en
able us to get out Into No Man's Land.
1 Crawling through this lane, our
party of twenty took up an extended
order formation about one yard apart
Wa bad a tap code arranged for our
movements while in No Man's Land,
because for various reasons It Is not
safe to carry on a heated conversation
a tew yards In front of Frits' lines.
The officer was on the right of the
line, while I- was on the extreme left
Two taps from the right would be
passed down the line until I received
them, then I would send back one tap.
The officer, In receiving this one tap.
would know that his order had gone
doffn the whole line, had been under
stood, and that the party was ready
to obey the two-tap signal. Two tape
meant that we were to crawl forward
slowly and believe me, very slowly
for five yards, and then halt to await
further Instructions. Three taps meant,
when' you arrived within striking dis
tance Of the -German trench, rush It
and Inflict as many casualties as pos
sible, secure a couple of prisoners, and
then back to your awn lines with the
speed clutch open. . Four taps meant,
"I have gotten you Into a position from
which It is Impossible for me to extri
cate you, so you are on your own."
After getting Tommy Into a mess on
the western front he Is generally told
that he Is "on his own." . This mean
"Have your skin In any way possible."
Tommy loves to be "on his own" behind
the lines, but not during a trench raid.
The star shells from the German
lines were falling In front of us, there
fore we were safe. After about twen
ty minutes we entered the star shell
cone. A star shell from the German
lines fell about five yards in the rear
and to the right of me ; we bugged the
grouod snd held our breath until It
burned out The smoke from the star
shell traveled along the ground and
crossed over the middle of our line.
Some Tommy sneezed. The smoke had
gotten up bis nose. We crouched on
the ground, cursing the offender under
our breath, and waited the volley that
generally ensues when the Germans
have heard a noise In No Mnn's Land.
Nothing happened. We received two
taps and crawled forward slowly for
five. yards; no doubt the nflicer be
lieved what Old Pepper had said, "Per
sonally I believe that that part of the
German trench Is unoccupied." By be
ing careful and remaining motionless
when the star shells fell behind us, we
reached the German barbed wire with
out mishap. Then the fun began. I
was scared stiff as It I tickllxh work
cutting your way through wire when
about thirty feet In front of you there
Is a line of Boches looking out Into No
Man's Land with their rifles lying
across the parapet straining every
sense to see or hear whet is going on
In No Man's Land; because at night.
Frits never knows when a bomb with
his name and number on It will come
hurtling through the air aimed In the
direction of Berlin. The man on the
right one man In the center and my
self on the extreme left were equipped
with wire cutters. These are Insulated
with soft rubber not because the Ger
man wires are charged with electricity,
but to prevent the cutters rubbing
against the barbed wire stakes, which
are of Iron, and making a noise
which may warn the inmates of the
trench that someone Is getting fresh
In their front yard. There Is only one
way to cut a barbed wire without noise
and through costly experience Tommy
has become an expert In doing this.
Ton must grasp the wire about two
inches from the stake In your right
hand and cut between the stake and
your hand. .
If you cut a wire Improperly, a
loud twang will ring out on the night
sir like the snapping of a banjo
string. Perhaps this noise can be
heard only for fifty or seventy-five
yards, but In Tommy's mind It mokes
a loud noise in Berlin.
We had cut a lane about halfway
through the wire when, down the cen
ter of our line, twang 1 went an Im
properly cut wire. We crouched down.
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Receiving First Aid.
cursing under our breath, trembling all
over, our knees lacerated "from the
strands of the cut barbed wire on the
ground, waiting for a challenge and
the Inevitable volley of rifle fire. Noth
ing happened. I suppose the fellow
who cut the barbed wire Improperly
was the one who had sneezed about
half an hour previously. What we
wished him would never make his new
year a happy one. . .
:The ofllcer, in my opinion, at the
noise of the wire should hare given the
four-tap signal, which meant, "On your
own, get back to your trenches as
quickly as possible," but again he must
have reiled.on the spiel that Old Pep
per had gi"n us in the dugout, "Per
sonally I belltre that that part of the
German trench is unoccupied." Any-.
Way, we got careless, but not so care-
less that we sang patriotic songs or
made any unnecessary noise.
During the Intervals of frilling star
shells we carried on with ur wire cut
ting until at last we succeeded In get
ting through the GermaflMmrbed wire.
At this point we were only ;en feet
from the German trenches. If we wer
llseovered, we were like rats In trap.
Our way was cut oft unless w ran
ilong the wire to the narrow lane--we
had cut through. With our hearts "in
our mouths we waited for the three
tap signal to rush the German trench.
Three taps had gotten about halfway
down the line when suddenly about ten
to twenty German star shells were
Bred all along the trench and landed
tn the barbed wire in rear of us, turn
ing night Into day and silhouetting us
against the wall of light made by the
flares. In the glaring light we were
confronted by the following unpleasant
scene.
Notice for Publication
013809
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office at The Dalies, Ore.
May 27. 19 8,
Notice Is hereby given that Jerome
C. Hughes, of Clem, Oregon, who, on
August 27th., 1914, made Homestead
Entry, No. 08809, for 8E1-4. Section
23, Township 2, South, Range 20, East,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of Intention to make Final Three Year
Proaf, to establlfh claim to the land
above described, before C. N. Laugb
rige. Clerk of the Circuit Court, at Con
don, Oregon, on the 24th day of July,
1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: L. D.
Pfclten, Elmer Uwe, Charles P. Gard
ner and Henry Wilkins all of Clem,
Oregon.
H. Frank Woodcock
Beffintcr
Nolice for PcblicaUpn
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(14126
Dtpfc.'tn.ei.t of tlie Interior
U. 8. Land Office at
The Dalles, Oregnn.
" April 24th. 1918
, Notice Is hereby givei. that Jnmea S.
Smith, of Condon, Oregon, who, on Oc
tober 9th, 1914. mad H. E. 0)&28and
December 19, 1914, made Additional -Entry,
No. 014125, for Lota 1, 2, Sl-2 NE
1-4, N 1-2 SE 1-4, SE 1-4 SE 1-4, Sec 1,
NE 1-4 NE 1-4. Section 12, TownUiip 2,
South, Range 19, East, Willamette
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Final Three, Year Proof, to
establwh claim to the land above de
scribed, before C. N. Laughrige, Clerk
af the Circuit Court, at Condon, Ore
gon, on the 22nd day of June, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. S. ,
Burres, of Condon, Oregon. William
Underwood, of Condon, Oregon. A. B.
rtobertson, of Condon, Oregon. Earl
Smith, of Condon, Oregon.
H. Frank Woodcock, Register..
Got your Chautauqua ticket.?
WANTED:
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power. See C. W. Harris,
Condon. 13J14
Endymioa Lodge No. 66
KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS
TL.
Meets Tuesday Evening
In Castle HaU "
CONDON, OREGON
Rank of Esquire
next Tuesday night
J. C. Stargill, K,, R. and S.
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ABSTRACTER
Abstracts of Title to
Gilliam County Lands
Office in Court House
County Treasurer's Notice
All outstanding warrants drawn
on the General Road Fund; of
Gilliam County, Oregon, up to
and including No,. A. 1091, .will be
paid upon , presentation. Jn,ter
est ceases March 15, 1918. -.
W. A. Graves, .
County Treasurer .
City Treasurer's Notice '
AH outstanding city warrants
up to andinciudingNo. 1310 Class
"C" will be paid upon presenta
tion at my office. Interest cease
May 20. 1918.
Myrtle Ferguson,
City Treasurer.
BEAUTIFY lOURflOME
. Parties wanting, trees,, shrubs,
vines or anything in .that ine for
spring planting should make ar
irangements for thera now by
seeing F. VV. Burns.
continued on next page
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