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CLOVERDALE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. NOVEMBER 15,1917
VOL. 13.
NO. 16
which was much used for transport we
noticed that nearly every night some
of our officers would be shot
T his
went on for some time, and uo one
could explain It. One day one of our
A widow in speaking of her late husband said: “ He was always a good
fellows brought ih this kid and said
tha t he had found him with a German
provider.’’ In the mind of this bereaved woman, this was a high tribute to
rifle and am m unition in his possession
her hu sb a n d ’s character. It is often true th a t th e best husband is th e one
T he boy w as cross examined ami
who saves a part of bis income for th e future. By this plan he is able to
finally adm itted th a t .it was he who
had been shooting officers c>ti theO uder-
provide all necessities and m any of the luxuries; but constantly accumulate
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dom road, l i e said that he had been
money and property tha t will safeguard bis family against w ant wheu he is
furnished with the rifle and told where
unable to work or after his death.
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he got his amm unition every day. lie
sa-id he had instruction, not to shoot
A n A m e ric a n B o y ’a
4 Pir Cent Paid on Savings and Tima Deposits. Best Banking Facil
any officers with red on their uniform
B a p tism o f Fire
(staff officers!. Now, why he should
ities in Town.
have received su it an order ns this
was a m ystery to me.
He said th a t I'e had been at it for
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two weeks, and during that time he
Established in 1902
The m o s t g r a p h i c a c c o u n t o f the
had bagged sixteen officers, lie said
g r e a t w a r t h a t h a s y et been w ritten
he
received
tl
francs
(about
i'>1.2tb
for
c o m e s f r o m t h e p e n of a t w e n ty - t w o *
Tillamook,
Oregon
every officer lie shot. He w as taken
y e a r - o l d B o s t o n boy, w h o h a s j u s t r e ­
tu rn ed from F rance, w here as dragoon
to the real* 1 and shot a t once. We tried i
g u a rd sm an , d ispatch ruler and m o to r­
to follow tip the information lie had
c a r d riv er he served fo u rtee n m o n th s
given as to where he had received his
u n d e r t h e B r i t i s h flag O u t of t h i r t y -
I had taken a shorter way comiug
Supplies arc brought iwvoss the c h a n ­
ammunition, hut his friends had all
one m oto rcy cle d isp a tc h rid ers he was
back,
and it was along a very narrow nel daily.
The railway’ lines run
or.e of tour s u r v i v o r s
gone, so 1 suppose they had been
W IL L IA M J. ROBINSON
road. Have was sitting In the front straight down to the «locks, s«> the
warned.
'V e r y quietly w e craw led back in tbe
with me. and the captain tin s in the goods nr«* put on the tia lu s as they
About this time, too, we caught nh
Aliuction from which the report had u nbc’-ievaljle. T h e y cthiTeFscd lb lia \'-
tonneau. We were bowling along at are taken out of the ship. Each divi­
old
man
eighty-two
years
old.
In
ing
patrolled
the
road
every
night
and
come. A fter going about 100 yards we
a fail ly- good pare, ami I had visions sion. a rm y corps and arm y has Its own
lay still and waited. T re tty soon we actually greeted any of our chaps they broad daylight he was «nil with a pair of being back In time for dinner.
it,.
I, or. in o th e r words, each ono
of
nippers
cutting
our
wires.
We
chanced
to
pass.
T
hey
knew
the
heard the rifle crack again, and it
I noticed a few cavalry men away of these units lias Its own station In
w a sn 't very f a r away, but was still names of most of the regim ents In th a t caught men dressed as women and ahead of us, but they were so f a r ahead which Its supplies are delivered. E v ­
behind us. W e went a little farther, vicinity, a n d some of them even knew women dressed us men. AYo caught
I didn't pay much attention to them. ery unit has its «»wn supply column,
and the lieutenant whispered: “ Keep the nicknam es our fellows had for people flying pigeons from their houses. The first th a t I knew we were striking
which is made up of any num ber of
In
fact,
we
caught
spies
doing
almost
their
officers.
It
is
a
Job
th
a
t
requires
your eyes skinned. W atch the trees.”
anything out of the ordinary w as when motor trucks, the tmtal varying accord­
I could see no sign of life anywhere, heaps of nerve, but it is a dirty, despi­ everything to give Information.
Have grabbed my rifle out of th e buck­ ing to the stre ngth of the unit. T hese
We were alw ays trying to make the
but I knew th a t the sniper m ust be cable game.
et pml began tiring over tjie wind motor trucks pull op on each side of
A Germam sniper was killed one trenches we had taken over from the shield. Then I took another look and
very close. A fte r several m inutes' wait
the train, and the supplies are shifted
the report cam e again, and this time it night, a n d th e fellows who brought French a little more comfortable. We saw the cavalrymen were Germans, in a very short space of time. Each
made
worden
gratings
f
r
the
bottom
was so close t h a t I jumped. We heard him dow n decided to play a Joke on
and there w ere seven of them.
motor truck Is loaded w ith only one
the ejector fly back and th e belt snap an Irishm an in their regiment. They of them, besides the lookout platform
The toad was so narrow tha t there kind of goods, and a s the column leaves
From
empty
oil
drum
s
we
made
b
ra
­
took the body of the sniper and carried
home again. And then I saw him!
w asn't a ghost of n chance to turn the station yard all vehicles carrying
T he sniper w as well up in a tree, it about a hundred y a rd s off the road, ziers. and those in particular were around, a n J I figured that if we rushed the same kind of goods group th e m ­
mighty
agreeable
at
night.
and he was alm ost invisible, so well where they propped it up against a
them we could bluff our way through, selves together, so th a t wbeu they final­
The country for a couple of miles
w as a screen of branches dra w n up tree a n d also fixed a rifle to its shoul­
w hereas if we stopped they would see ly move off ten truc ks of meat m a y be
back
of
the
trenches
was
deserted.
around him. I lis rifle was fitted up in der. Then they went in search of the
that they outnumbered us tw o to one leading the cohitnn, followed by vari­
a tripod, and the legs of this tripod Irishman. W hen they found him they The people had lied, leaving practical­ and the chances were we would get the ous num bers otf truck loads of bread,
ly
everything.
Chickens
and
pigs
were
were nailed to th e branches of the tree. told him t h a t he had been ordered to
w o n t of it. 1 was so excited 1 was groceries, clothing, hay and grain,
All he had to do was to sit there and go up the road and hunt for a sniper running wild, and it was surprising trembling all over, and the captain wa-s petrol and mechanical supplies. In this
how
quickly
they
got
almost
as
wild
pull the trigger. I eased back the bolt who w a s p o ttin g a t the passing traffic.
shouting orders a t the top of his voice.
way the goods are all (lumped together,
T he Irish m a n took his rifle and went *s the wildest animals.
of my rifle so as to m ake no noise,
p a v e was the only cool man In the aud they practically form separate lit­
A
pig
hunt
with
fixed
bayonets
is
.»
out
in
search
of
th
e
German.
Of
and I eased it home again. The lieu­
car. and he v a s sending shot a f te r shot tle stores for each article.
te n a n t drew his revolver, and we took | course he found him, for he couldn't
at them ns calmly as if he were on a
The "first d um p,” a s it Is called. Is n
very
am
using
thing
to
watch.
Get
have
i»
s
s
e
d
w
ithout
seeing
the
trap
a steady aim together.
rifle range. He shouted to me: "Go place cleared a w a y dn the side of tbe
about
tw
enty
fellows
a
fte
r
a
pig
and
“ Fire,” he said softly, and the two which had been laid for him. The
like h —I! Crowd ’em off the road!”
road where the men m ay deposit the
shots ra n g out as one. Mr. Sniper m inute he caught sight of the gray they have their work tu t out for them.
supplies so th a t It will be convenient
When they saw how we were gain
The
pig
gives
them
a
good
run
for
uniform he dropped behind a hale of
came down like a thousand brick.
lug three of them left the road and hit for Hie horse tra nsport to come atnl
I climbed file t.e e to have u look at hay which w a s lying on the side of the their money, but in the end they gen­
«uit across country. I thought Have get them. H ere (he goods are unload-
erally
get
him,
uad
then
comes
the
his nest, and it certainly was bigenious. road a n d sta r te d tiring ut the supposed
must have hit the other fellow, for he ed, nnd the motor column re tu rn s to
T h a t rifle w as fixed dead across the sniper. T he fellows who had sent him march back to c n itip with the pig held
A fte r It la dark the
simply pul the spurs to his horse and hendiiuni'ters.
aloft
on
th
e
ends
of
several
bayonets.
center of the bridge, so nil lie had to up there cam e along a n d without being
hors«* tra nsport comes down from the
Chicken fishing is great fun, too, but stuck right to the middle of the road
do w as to pull the trigger when he observed by the object of their joke
He «lidift attem pt to tire at us at all trenches, loads Its wagons and Imme­
heard a nything strike the wooden proceeded to enjoy the fun. T he Irish­ It requires patience. You take u long
He w as just going for all he w as worth diately returns to the trenches, where
planking of the bridge. It was a pret­ m an couldn’t understand how it was piece of string and tie a little piece « f
When I saw this I started a f t e r him the supplies nre Issued to each unit for
bread
to
tile
end
of
It..
You
find
a
ty little scheme, but it cam e to an end. possible for him to miss his m a rk at
iu
earnest, and he didn’t have n chance distribution to the smaller units.
spot
where
there
are
clftckens
about.
such a sh o rt range, and at each shot
as all things, good or had. must.
The motors complete their work In
I
i
the world. T h a t car had done seven
S
catter
some
crum
bs
around
anil
also
O ther tra p s such as this were all too he was s w e a rin g at his luck. Finally
an Incredibly short time. They have
fy-eJglit
ntlles
an
hour
on
her
test,
and
drop
the
piece
of
bread
you
have
<
>
n
the
common along this road, but eventual­ he hit th e body so m a n y times it fell
seven or eight miles to carry their
ly w e cleared the most of them out. over, and it w a s not until then tha t he end of the string. Then you find a 1 hardly gave German horses cr«*dlt for
lends and In some cases even farther,
such
speed
as
that.
As
we
got
closer
convenient
tree
and
sit
down
with
the
Many of the snipers w oifd w ear civil­ realized how he had been fooled.
yi*t within tw o or three hours from tho
to
him
Have
quit
firing,
for
It
would
other
end
of
the
string
hi
your
h
ind
ian clothes, some would lie wearing
and wait for the chickens to “ bite." have been m urder to shoot a m an In a time they leave their cam ps In the
the British uniform, and some would
C H A P T E R IV.
When one comes to your piece of bread trap such ns he was In. He kept to the morning they nre back again, a n d tbe
have the nerve to use their own uni­
T h e Boy Sniper.
you
begin Jerking it n enier to the tree center *»f the read, though, and he nrmy has been provided for another
forms.
NOTKF.it sniping incident wn« behind which you are hiding. When it wouldn't give an inch.
day.
W e captured a few of these beauties
the ea.-e of n Belgian boy only
I was blowing tha t old siren for *11
alive. T heir admissions were almost l
fourteen year« old. On a road
it was worth, and 1 opened the cut-out
to make all the noise I could, trying
to scare his horse off th e road, and the
animal wanted to get out of the way.
too. but the rider held hitn In.
At last Have said, “ I'll m ake him
inovo.” and he s«*nt n lmllet so close
I'll bet he could have kissed It as It
went by. He gave way then all right,
and as he did I pulled up alongside of
him. As we came up he pulled a re­
volver and fired tw o shots, which Just
went over tnv head. I»a«e leaned over
arul caught him bv the belt. He yank
«si him c1‘*nr of the saddle and slung
him into the back of the « ar. He land-
«*d on toft «if the captain, nnd those two
were so mixed up you couldn't tell one
from tin* other.
I stoppe«! the ear as quickly as 1
ro ild. and we soon had him “saying
I’lKle.” though lie fought like a wild
r r t for a few minutes. The captain
got the worst of If. for he had a beau­
tiful “sinner” and the skin off his
knuckles
When we search**«] him we
found thirty three English ten shilling
n«ros on him.
He had taken them
from some of nnr fellows, of course,
but what made us mad was tha t the
c a r ’aln wouhl not allow us to keep
them.
j T>.s Horse Tran sp o rt Com es D o * o
Ot~R money will pile tip rapidly if. »lien you get a surplus
Mr* said It would not lie honest, but 1
From tbs Trenches.
notice«] tha t when we hande«l him over
of cash, you take it at once to the bonk. If you carry a
To each motor vehicle three men are
to some F r rtn li ca val ry a little lite r
large sum of money on your person there always is a
»«•signed They are known as the first,
tl
ey
didn't
lieslfa»«*
about
ta'rlng
t
l
e
m
temptation to sperd.
o f t e n is it -aid that “ m one y
Then I Took Another Leo'« and Saw
and Have and I sat in the car and se on'] an«] third «lilvera nnd are all of
the Cavalrymen Were German*.
burns a hole in his pocket?” It will not bum a hole in your
them quallfie«] chauffeura. In case any-
watched f h 'n i splitting It among them
pocket if you bank it. Don't procrastinate. Open an account
comes within s t i l k i i s distance you reives. I felt ra th e r sorry for the poor i thing happens to the first driver the
vrith us today’.
Jump as if you were falliug on a foot­ devil, for he sai«l that he nnd the rest others are there to take his pla^e. The
ball, and If you a re lucky you will have of his squa«l ha«l been hiding for five first d riv e r has the care of the engine
rlii .cii for «¡inner.
days and five nights and tha t they and th e driving of »he truck, while the
t*
1 w as out one day hi a motor with d.dn't know where they were They other tw o men h a r e tbe greasing and
a staff c aptain and Have Smith, the had become desperate and decide«! to oiling and cleaning of the vehicle, and
heavyweight champion, whom I bum p­ run for It In the open. T he others they also assist In the loading an«] un­
ed against during my first days in the came la and surrendered late.* la the loading of aunnll«*s. The motors are tn-
army. We had keen tip to a brigade day.
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h eadquarters and were on return trip.
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($ <5ooi> (protnfcei’ for
fourteen
^ome
MONTHS
THEFRONT
By WILLIAM j. ROBINSON
TILLAMOOK COUNTY BANK
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Does Aloney 'Burn a Hole In
} otir Pocket ?
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NHSTL'CCA VALLEY BANK
Cloverdale, Oregon.
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