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VOL. XXXI. No. 42 Asquith said, on America’s en trance into the war, that Ger many would live to curse the day she forced the United States into the conflict. Germany is now cursing that day. Upon convening it is expected congress will act quickly upon the new man-power bill, and that a new registration will be held about September 5, as class 1 be fore that time will be exhausted. The republicans did it on the 24th ult., the democrats will be in evidence Saturday, and the non-partisans on the 20th. The firing squad will get ready, take aim and fire on the 6th of No vember. “Onward with God,” cried old Bill to his army; but apparently the army understood the message to be “homeward with God,” and seeing nothing but devils on ahead of them, turned around and went the other way. Because the eating of an apple led Eve to put on clothes, Editor Wilcox of the Field i.nd Farm thinks that the women of to day sliould eat about a bushel of apples apiece. And yet Wilcox has been called—“the blind edit or.” One of the ways for the gov ernment to save paper is to cut out the tons of circular letters, on good letter paper, and boil the information of the different bu reaus down to a single bulletin on cheap news print. The edit ors would thus have time to at least read the items, which they haven’t got under the present arrangement. By quotations in the Denver Democrat we notice certain re publican papers have gotten in side information that Keating is a violent, disloyal German, be sides being a common disorderly and an undesirable, and that thev want the democrats to nom inate Martin. The advise isprob ably well meant, but facts are we’re suspicious of those fellows. See elsewhere the ad. ot the great annual "watermelon” fair at Rocky Ford. This fair has be come as popular as the state fair at Pueblo, and the crowds there are as great, or even great er. Every year a goodly number of Baca county people attend the fair at Rocky Ford, and this year will not prove an exception. Notice the ad., and remember the date. Official call of the Non-Parti san league to be held at the court house in Springfield, on Tuesday, August 20, 1918. at 10 o’clock a. m. for placing in nomination one cK-rk and recorder, county treas urer, sheriff, superintendent of schools, assessor, coroner, sur veyor, commissioner of the 2nd district. All members and their wives are requested to be pres ent C. N.tM’Mullen, J. M. Myers, J. F. Harrison, Committee. A Telegram to President Wilson At the young soldier entertain ment Tuesday it was voted unani mously to send to President Wil- Bona telegram assuring him that Baca is with him for a permanent ptace by force of arms as against a temporary make shift by un derstanding, and to this ond will stay with him figuratively till the last (Hun) dog is hung. The telegram follows: Springfield, Colo., Aug. 6, 1918. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C.. Our Honorable President:— Baca county citizens assembled today in a patriotic meeting to bid good-bye and God speed to our boys leaving for the training camp, by unanimous vote pledge ourselves to back you in this war to the end. We hope you may lead our allies to accept no other armistice than an absolute and unconditional surrender of the central powers. The Springfield Herald Rev. Jas. E. Dav: . and family of Kansas City, are visiting Mis Davis’ sister at Springfield—Mrs. A. R. Liggett. Rev. Davis is the pastor of the First Christian church in Kansas City. Last year be did public speaking in the State of Nebraska for the Third Liberty Loan, and this year has been assigned to Colo rado. Just what district in this state he is to be assigned to has yet to be determined. Mr. Davis has had an extensive experience in camp and hospital life, and has a thorough knowledge of trench life, and consequently his ad dresses are valuable as well as interesting. Rev. Davis address ed the soldier boys on their de parture for camp Sunday and Tuesday, the address being great ly appreciated h.v both the boys and the audience. Rev. Dayis will be here until arrangements are made for his district 4th Liberty Loin campaign. Persons Stories and Incidents Of Old Boston And the Old Days Bv the Writer Newspapers, Towns And Town Lots. The Boston Papeis Our readers will remember we have mentioned the Western World editorially at different times, and all have noticed that we have quoted from it quite frequently in the course of these write-ups. The way that happens, the World was published by the present editor of the Herald, and a very incomplete file of it was preserved through all these many years—hence the quota tions. The World was the oldest pa per east of Trinidad and south of the railroad, the Sparks of La mar proceeding it by only about two months, it having been es tablished early in January of 1* 87. and the World early in March of the same year. There was no profiteering by any of the newspapers in those days. The World had the best advertising patronage of any of the papers, but its wind began to get awful short along in the latter part of ‘BB. Along in the first part of ‘B9 its pulse oecamc so weak that it was hardly per ceptable, and the patient was giv en up by the doctors. Thereupon in July a consults tion was held, and it was decided to try a change of climate, so the Western World was moved to Ly ons, Kans., and changed its name to the Lyons Democrat—all the time under the captaincy of the present editor of the Spring field Herald. Early in the year of 1800 the Lyons Democrat was sold and the plant taken to Missouri, where, out of force of habit, we presume it is doin yeoman service in the cause of democracy and for the glorious county in which it is located—and the ilag Moat ing over it The Boston Banner was start ed sometime during the summer of 1887 by Geo. Daniel. It was a seven column folio, while the World was an eight column; and it was provided with an Army press, while the World was equipped with a Washington. In other respects the equipments weie not materially different. Geo. Daniel was a genial soul and a good writer. Wo believe the Banner was his second effort, he having published haviugor ben connected with a paper some where in western Kansas prior to starting the Banner. In the early part of April, in 1889, George left suddenly—on the occasion of the citizen-cow boy round-up—a story which is yot to he told, and never again returned. No doubt after leaving here George for awhile hud an up-hill pull, having nothing and having SPRINGFIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORAO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1918. a family to support. We heard different things about him afterwards—that he had Joined the navy, that he was a street-car conductor, that he had written a book of experiences, etc., etc., nothing or which eith er may or may not be true. At the present time George is in the employ of the federal gov ernment as postoffice inspector, and is living at Denver. The Springfield papers. The Springfield Herald is an example of a quick mail transit. Vol. 1 No. 1 contains a comoli mentary notice of its birth trom the Lamar Sparks. It was this way: The first papers of the Herald were run off and wired to Lamar. The Sparks being ready for press inserted a compliment ary and wired a paper back to the Herald, when said Herald stopped the press; inserted the complimentary and ran off the rest of the edition. —World, Oct. 6, 1887. The Western World says the reason the Springfield school has a larger attendance than the Bos ton school is because the report published in the Herald was not a teacher’s report. You’re another. The attendance at the Springfield sch jol is al most double that of Boston, anu wehaveno hesitancy in pronounc ing the Springfield school the best conducted-'-ln the county. Verily, verily, we say unto you, our school is a dandy. —Spring field Advertiser, Dec. 15, 1887. The same to you, Bro. Wliash yourname. You gave your school an enrollment of sixty scholars, and at last reports ours was fifty seven. Our seats are now on the road, and as Boon as they come we will enroll. -twice SQflt numbe’f ' Our Sunday 3chdoTnow enrolls 172 members, and evury Sunday a great many have to go away —can t get into the house. Taking this in connection with 257 votes against 92 at Spring field, and i You can draw your own con elusions.—World, Dec. 29, 1887. Thos. Hiitnbricof Boston and Mr. Konkel, editor of the West ern World, and another gentle man, stopped over in Springfield Wednesday evening for the ex press purpose, they said, of see ing our little city, of which they had heard so much. The Adver tiser acknowledges a pleasant call. —Springfield Advertiser, Feb. 22, 1888. While al Lamar we were told there was a town by the name of Springfield twelve miles west of Vilas. To satisfy our cuiiosity, we drove oiound that way.— World, Mar. 1, 18S*. Ditto next week SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK INDORSES CONG. KEATING Speaker Champ Clark states tile rase in a lettor to General Joseph H. Maupin of Canon City as follows: Hon. Joseph H. Maupin, Canon City, Colo. My Dear Maupin:— I have your telegraphic inquiry about tlie standing, etc., of Hon orable Edward Koating, your congressman I regard him as among the very able men in the house. Ho is constant in his attendance, both in committees ar.d sitting of the house. He participates ably in the debates; and he is not only a prominent man in the house, but he is a growing man. Anybody that charges him with being pro-German ond un- American is either weak in the upper story or very economical of the truth. Ho is a thorough going Ameri can and discharges his duties ahl.v and well. The truth is, all over the coun try there is a lot of hullct-lieadcd follows running "for nomination who are trying to pull them selves into office by slandering and misrepresenting the patriot id,n of others. It seems to run through tlio vyhole muck-raking crowd, troui candidates for con stable up. Of course it is uuue of my bus iness tfl participate in the local pollticMOf Colorado or any other state dxcept Missouri, hut 1 would lie a churl if I were not willing ( j answer a letter of in quiry such as yours, especially when it comes from an old Mis souri friend. I regard Keating very highly. I dont always agree with him, but he his as much right to his opinions as I have to mine. We generally agree. Your friend, Champ Clark. A LETTER FROM NOGALES, ARIZ. t Co. ”E’’ 35th Infantry, Nogales, Ari., July 21, 1018. The Springfield Herald:— I take this opportunity to let you all know that I am in the best of health, and ho]>e this let ter finds you the same. We have;been here very near two monthk, and were just get ting aquainted nicely when yes terday the commanding officer here announced that we would leave for a mobilization camn some time after the 15th of Au gust. We are alllcertainly anxious to take that trip across the pond and it can’t come too quick to suit us. We have a fine bunch of offi ce rs here and hope that we will he fortunate enough to keep them in the future.' I again want to thank thu“YVel come Sunday school” class for the remembrance they sent me. •It certainly gets dreadfully warm here. Last Saturday the thermometer registered 122. We did military&nard on the Mexi can ILnAjMt Week, and were ex meilubaiUr as there were a tftfncii orofitSavM ,>,veD?fer?WSt were shooting it up. I promised so many of my friends to write to them when I left but I haven’t found time, so take tliitf" means to write to them all I consider I have left many friends there, and don’t want to have any of them to feel -lighted. 1 hope to find every smiling face there when I return, and you can all rest assured that you will find me the same as when I left. Again thanking each and every one in Baca county for the num erous favors that they have ex tended to me, while there and here, I will close. Wishing you all sucoess and happiness, 1 beg to remain, Your Freind, Harry Dapron. A COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL We art* rather surprised at our correspondent, “C. M. 5.,” in making the assertion that the Qreat County Builder had never championed, or apparently men tioned, the good cause of a coun ty high school. The Herald has talked high' school for five years, and during j the last year has had several ar ticles on the subject, all the way from paragraphs «.o close to column lengths. Doseu’t our correspondent re member the eight*room high school building the Herald has been talking and trying to pro mote? Sometime last fall we believed that Baca county hao securer! as settler a successful high-school teacher, so we took up the cause of a high-school building in order to make the most of the golden opportunity. The teacher referred to is Miss Lena Wright, who built up at Beaver, Oklu., one of the best high schools in the state. Miss Wright has had trouble in get ting the land here she wanted, but now has things straightened up, and will once build on her | land and become a citizen of the county. Rome wasn’t built in a day. It takes time for the people to wake up to any great enterprise, and it will take time to put this high-school proposition through. Our correspondent is on the right track. Would we had more such live wires in the county. Big Flat Hot winds lately are doing the crops no good. One more hoy from Big Flat wi.l have to go to training camp in a few days—one of the Biake hoys. Quite a number of the farmers have gone to haul wheat tu Lamar, and coal back from 1-amar for Wheeler. Pearl Crawford was visiting her brother Will Sunday. McCullum cultivated for Mrs. I Dewey a few days this week. Harvey Locke lias gone to Bent county, his brother being very low with pneumonia. Regnier We were very sorry to hear of the death of Mr. Harry Doyle of Regnier who died early Tuesday morning at his sister’s, Mrs. Bosley. He was taken sick Sun day with a pain in the his side. Dr. Culp was called. The Stinson Bros, sold their ranch last week to a man from Emporia, Kan. We understand he sold his cattle at S9C per head from 2 year old up. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Frantz and daughter Vera and Mr. Hulbert left Sunday morning for Denver and mountain points—visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Austin and daughters, Misses Belle and Dorthy, and Mr. anti Mrs. Zina Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown, and Mrs. Nellie Bennett were visitors at E. A. Thomas’, Sun day. Bert Schneider was sailed to the colors Sunday, and we hope he gets several Huns. Mr. and Mrs. Art McCormick and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams and orß at Robt. Jones'.' * Diamond Ridge We are still having hot weath er, but have had plenty r rain so far. Crops arG looking :i 'icse parts. Several of the - s ate Lunday dinner with C. D. Wray's includinp Mrs. Russel Hartsock of Elkhart, fnd., and son Leroy, who have been visiting with her sister, Mrs. A. D. Hufford. Miss Nellie Grashum, J. H.; Benson’s niece, left Friday for her home, near Hutchinson, on Thursday, after a n extended visit. Bill Watson's of Elkhart, are visiting with W. H. Pridemore’s. Utleyville 1-32-50 There was another Red Cross dance at Henry Yeagars Tuesday night. Wt understand the pro coeds were $6.00. Mrs. Bray of Campo, is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. Utley, this week. We would like to have a goed |soaking rain in this vicinity, al though we are having plenty of garden beans and black-eyed peas, squashes, etc. Roy Craft of Edler, was in our neighborhood Tuesday on busi ness. We had a hail storm here Fri day evening which split the fod der leaves considerable. 1 T. F. Hefner and wife of Bios-! som, Texas, are visiting their daughter and family, Mrs. W. S. • Goutt J. W. Goutt and wife are visit ing their sons, the Gault boys. Graft Mrs. Wm. G. Hall died at the hospital in Lamar last Tuesday night, where she had been taken I for an operation. Mrs Fannie Scarbrough return ed homo Monday from a visit with her children in Kansas and J Oklahoma. Pearl Osborn is some better since her return from Lamar where she went for treatment. John Seymour is home from | Oklahoma where he has been for | two months. Sam Randals is going to move his residence to the mouth and west of the present site. Pride j There was an ice-cream social I at Joe Caldwell’s the 29th ult., in honor of his 26th birthday. 54 were present and all report a nice time. Lewis Steward’s parents from Port, Okla., have been visiting hint. Miss Vera Tipton of Elkhart is spending the week witli Mrs. .J. W. Harmon. I Dee Caldwell and Miss Fern j Masemare were married Thurs day of last week. J. W. Harmon received word this week that his son John had arrived safely in France. Charles Carr and Sam Brown ing went to Elkhart Thursday. George Gepner of Junction City, Kans., and Miss Nina Letha Grimm of Springfield, Colo., were joined in holy matrimony on the 3rd inst. by Justice Emerson. Congratulations. CLYDE 25-31-40 1 Pearces sold their broomcorn and will deliver it in Lamar this week. Bill Davis left Sunday for train ing camp. Sam Jent threshed wheat for Dilion, Madden, and Alice Jack last week. Arch Davis delivered broom corn in Lunar last week. Hobart Pearce oxoects to get a ten days’ furlough and come home to visit his parents this week, Floyd Pearce took Will Davis to his homestead Sunday near Regniei. O. F. Thorn was in town Mon day. Mr. Thorn has become one of the main springs «*f the Non- ** utK-iiatil a rig teres ted in cleaning up the reac tionary legislators of this state Att’y Cole and family «»f Lamar were visiting his brother Wil lard of Carriezo last week. Wil lard has been sulfering the last year from rheumatism, and left the first of the week for Hot Springs, Ark., to test the vir tues of their mineral waters. Stonington Sam Holt and wife .-pent Sun day here with lv. B and family. Rev. Hazel preached ns anoth er good sermon last Sunday. Our next county commissioner. Geo. W. Eiley, la.it Friday start ed with his family for a two week’s outing in the mountains, going by the Ford route. The editor of the Stonington News seemed to have gained several pounds in weight the last week, the result oi the good things he had to eat at Spring field, Elkhart, and other places where he has business. Bennie Ross and wife have re turned from Wichita where they have been on buisne*s. While therd he purchased three quar ters of Baca county land of H. C Wear. Mr. EcKinnis and H. K. Ellis were at Two Buttes last week on business for the Colorado State bank. The two month old baby of D. R. Rupeisvery sick with very little hopes of recovery. | The delegates from Stoeington to ilie Republican assembly at Sprinfield were B. .J. Jones, S. L Thompson, H. K. Ellis, R. B. Kerr, 1. O. Fager, and James Jefferies. Is said all tbe Boys acted fairly good except R. B. Kerr who left t lie bunch ar.d hied to the country and got a good dinner. S. L. Thompson is having a cel lor dug back of his store, and in tends to build a large ware house over it. Chas. Malm burg spent the lat ter part of last week of last week on his wife’s claim, looking after the fences and cutting a few weeds out of his crop. Oin. Spoil and family moved in their new house last Friday. Ivan Konkei sold all his horse Dr. Nidholson. We bear our school board wer cuccesslul iu securing the ser oj Mrs. Mary Janes as principal of ou* T school for next winter. $1.50 Per Year. Prairie Queen 28-31-40 Bean hoeing is the order of the day. Dr. Patterson has 3 hoes going and his beans will do to harvest in three weeks Had a surprise on Mr. Cotton’s folks last Friday night, and when they all got there someone else was surprised to find them in beJ. Cr"p~. tl.i* part are extr. good. Ernest i!''nn is having plenty of corn to eat now and is also the daddy of a boy. Mat Lynch has a new cream separator. If we get. one more good rain it will call for several new bind ers in this part. Henry Tibbir is in the cedars. Hope lie will get a good wetting while lie is gone. ZION (???) The Zion news must be inter esting. We see the Herald is printing it twice. This week they printed what ’'’as sent in three or four weeks , but left out what was sent in last week. Crops are needing rail badly, but we hope the rain will c soon and make us a good crop this year. Threshing is a little slow in this neighborhood, on account of the machine breaking down. Vida Kidder has the mumps. They seem to linger around our neighborhood. All the sma’l boys went home with Howard Boyd for dinner Sunday from Sunday school. The attendance at Sunday School has been rather poor late ly on account of the hoi weather, but we hope we will all spunk up .that ii» ap proaching. We see tlie He. raid editor war t. i to call the new school house «he Red Cross. We hadn’t thourht of that for it name, but we thin/, since the tv o kcliooL are joined together, that the new school house should be called “Union.” (Hood name and good ideal. A son arrived at tin* home of Brooks Brinkley Saturday. All doing well. Mr. and Mis. Andrew Ladd are the proud parents of a little daughter that arrived last week. The Red Cross will serve lunch at T. Smith’s sale next Thursday, Aug. 8. Richards Ben Ad ims purchased a new Overland car last week. Albert Murphy and brother re turned Friday from a live days’ trip to the mountain . Report a fine time. Mrs. Jesse Turner visited Mrs. Chas. Gisch Saturday. Little Miss Mabel Cathrinc Maynard visited her grandpar ents, Merchant Mitchell and wife, the Ist and 2nd inst. Turner brothers seeded broom corn for Chas. Gisch the 3rd. Mrs. R. P. Murphy is quite poorly this hot weather. Fred Collins and wife traded in Richards the 2nd. The youngest son of O. P. Os teen was run over and knocked down by a loose horse the after noon of the 2nd. When picked up he was found to have only a few bruises on him. Misses Wrea and Alma Turn er visited tbt Misses Kiceuslci .til day Sunday. West Pretty Prairie Fred, Roy, and Pearl Morgan, accompanied by Josie Rea, left for Oklahoma Sunday. Chas. Medley and wife visited with relatives in Las Animas county Tuesday night. Geo. Mathews made a business trip to Lamar this week, return ing Friday. The West girls had dental work done at Webb while their father went to Holly this week. W. A. Greathouse and family motored to Camp Cody, New Mexico, to visit Mrs. Greathouse’s brother. Frank Hughes came in from Las Animas county for bis wio* and babe. They v/ill go home next week.