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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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