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BIRDS IN COMPACT
EAGLE AND FISH HAWK HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING
WANTED BEEFSTEAK AND ONIONS
One night lnsi week over In France, behind the battle front, I
trufklmul of freak beef wan1 rushing up to n certain hospital a1 the
order of mi American general. The general iii visited i large num
ber of American wounded at noon, paaeing from cot to cot Inquiring,
"Well, boys, what ran I do for you?"
"This is the answer J got," be said tolling of the visit: "General,
can't you get us some good old beefateak smothered in onions? They
want to keep feeding us soup -and, general, a few smokes wouldn't
go bad."
"1 knew just bow they felt. They're going to get their beefsteak,
onions and smokes. They can have anything they want from me; 1
like that crowd. "
Among sevral hundred wounded the general heard only three
complaints about treatment. The doughboys are showing a wonder
ful spirit of self-sacrifice. For example, the doctors passed along one
spot where wounded lay stretched beneath trees. The doctors wen
picking out the cases to be sent to the rear.
"Don't take me, doc; take Hill there; I'm not in bad shape. 1
can stand here awhile," said a Pennsylvania!!.
"Shut up, Shorty," unswered "Bill," "you go yourself; you're
dying and know it and I'll knock what's left of your blooming head
off if you say another word."
Another scene :
It took place "Wednesday morning in a hospital further in the rear
where a young Kentuckian lay mortally wounded. Unable to speak,
he beckoned to a nurse and made signs indicating he was thirsty. She
brought him a glass of water, lie drank it eagerly, then motioned her
to stoop near the side of his cot. He patted her on the cheek, then
closed his eyes. His heart had ceased beating.
NKW AKMY HHTIU'ITH.
Sergeant Trnmel, in charge of the
Alliance recruiting Btation for the
regular army, reported the following
new recruits Bent to the recruiting
Station at Fort Liogun, Colorado, dur
ing the week ending July 29:
Leroy Brewer, West I'lains, Mis
souri, F. S. W. engineer corps.
Charles Giles, Elsmere, Nebr., F.
8. W. engineer corps.
Fred J. Peacock, Ureal Fa lis.
Mont., F. S. W. engineer corps.
Melvin J. McCluskey, Chicago, V.
8. W. engineer corps.
OmroHoffman, Hillcrest, South
Dakota, F. S. VV. engineer corps.
Carlton W. Shively, Morrill, Neb..
F. S. 'A', engineer corps.
Edmond I Habeggar, Crawford,
Neb., Held nrtlllery.
Harold Davis, Scottsbluff, Neb., M.
8. W. cavalry.
VVIlliuni E. IMucksher, Opelousa.
Loulssiana, Q. M. corps, cooks and
bakers.
man's land. "Yes,'' resumed thf gen
eral, "you'r the last man in the last
r.ijuad of t' e last platoon of the last
company of the last 'Mttallon of the
las' rvfcUneot of the last brigul
After this impressive announcement
the general turned on his heel and
departed. Then the sergeant-major
lest Private Perkins should be puffed
up by the suddenly conferred import
ance, added: "Yes, and if the army
gets the command to form on the left
you'll mark time for the rest of your
bloodly natrual life." Any military
man realizes what it would mean to
be pivot man for a line 125 miles
long. San Francisco Argonaut.
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The first Tommy was rudy of coun
N uance, with a huge beard of the
line politely known as auburn. The
second wil smoot hshaven. "Hi uster
'ave a beard like that till I saw me
self In the glass. Then I cut it off.'
Hut the beared man was not dismay
ed. "Much better 'ave left it on
Frank Huston, Ellsworth. Kansas, , mate," he returned gently. "I UBe-
Q. M. carps, cooks and bakers
Lynn O. Iayman, Canon City, Col
orado, Q. M. corps, cooks and baker.
A MONSTKIt XOK FOH AKMY.
Frank Huston, who enlisted for
training in the cooks' and bakers'
school at the Alliance recruhlng of
fice during the p.s! week, and who
was sent, to Fort ltiley, Kansas, to be
there in tho schoo three months, is
declared by Kecruitlng Sergeant
TTamel to be the biggest man ever
enlisted through 1 he Alliance office.
Huston weighed 227 pounds and
was 7 2 inches in height. His chest
measurement was 4 0-4 6. He has
been cooking for the last twenty
years and ; livinu, warlking, eat
ing example of his own success as a
cook, for bodeolarea that he does cat
his own cooking. Ho will, undoubt
edly graduate from the tinny school
ss an Instructor a salary ofl
$96 per month. There is undoubt
edly little danger of the rookies get
ting "funny" with him.
ter ave a face like yours till I saw
it in the glass. ThenI growed this
beard."
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With an air of great importance
the small boy of a Sunday school Im
parted ;his happy fact to his teacher:
"The devil is dead," he said solemn
ly. "What makes you think that?"
asked the startled teacher. "Dad
said so," exclaimed the boy." "I vras
standing in the street with him
when a funeral passed, and when dad
say H he said: "Poor devil! He's
dead!"
Major Jackson tells of the visit of
one ol thS Oenendt to -,he trenches
at the end of the British line. The
general, v ho was a great stickler for
discipline, said to the last man on
the left: "Do jrotL know, sir, that
you'ro the most important soldier in
the army?" Priva.e Perkins mur
mured some modOSt rejoinder, but.
as in 1st) bound, kept hit; eye glued
to the periscope with its vista of no
jFDR UNITED STATES SENATE
t tOUMfcft GOVERNOR
IOHN H, MOREHEAD
Private Jenkins. Just home from
France, was seated In the village
Inn one evening surrounded by a
croup of admirers. "I suppose,"
said old farmer Wurzel, "ye had
some narrow escapes out yonder."
" W II." answered the Tommy, "noth
ing to speak of much, but I remem
ber one night I felt like a drink, so
I goes down to the establishment. I'd
just go me hand on the doorknob,
when just then old Fritz sent one of
his big 'ones over right on the house,
and believe me, it knocked the old
booming Bhow down, and left me
standing there, silly like, with the
knob of the door In mv hand."
A SOLDI Klt'S SON(i
The following was clipped from
"The Hatchet" published on the
hlah seas, dated, Somewhere in
France, Vol. 3. End of Vol.:
When the burning -thirst of the gods
of Hate
Is quenched by their bloody wine:
When the Huns are hurled from the
western gate
And harried beyond the Rhine;
When the flowers grow sweet where
the crosses reign,
Set light in the crimson loam.
Then each will go back to hk girl
again
W here she waits for hint there at
home.
And we will not speak of the hell of
war
As we sit with her, hand in hand;
But of only the things we knew be
fore
And only the things we plann -d.
So peace shall rest in the place of
care
And happiness banish pain
When we ull come back from "over
there"
Back to our girls again.
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A member of the American Lalay
ette squadron had to make a precipi
tate descent and was fortunate
enough to come down at a British
airdonie behind the lines, not, how
ever, without mixing up things a bit.
After rescuing himself from n tan
gle of wire he limped Blowly up to a
brass hat.
"Are you the big noise of this
joint?" he asked.
"I am the commanding officer, if
that has anything to do with it," was
the reply.
"Well," said the American. "I just
looked in to tell you I have spread
the petrol tank on your grass plot."
London Tit-BlU.
Monarch of the Air Watches Nast of
Business Partner While the Lat
ter Catches Food for Both
Their Needa.
Everybody who summers on the Jer
sey coast lias seen uie nsn nawK in
work, though of late years the number
of such birds seems to be decreasing.
The negroes down in 'buries coun
ty, Maryland, in that faraway region
of Hock Point on the lower Potomac
When the river broadens out like n
sen and where the fish hawk Is com
mon, have u story about it and the
eagle which is interesting. White the
fish hawk, or osprey. dives Into the
water for Its food, which consists of
fish and eels, the eagle Is a "land-lubber"
and would starve if he hud to un
dertake to make a livelihood by brav
ing the watery depths.
the story, that has Its place In the
folklore of the 'Black Belt" of Mary
land, Is that one day the eugle was
very hungry and meeting the fish hawk
as he was tlylng home with a fine fish
In his claws, said :
"Mr. Fish Hawk, yon nnd I might as
well be friends and join together and
work for our mutual advantage."
"I nm willing," said the rish haw!:,
soaring along with the eagle by hi
side, but keeping a tighter grip on lli
fish.
"As you agree with me, I'll tell you
what we can do," said the eagle. "If
.u will Catch all the Hah you can nnd
m . a. ttti a.
,rivo-me nan wnai you kci i u Keep i
watch In the old pine tree next to your
Deal and protect your wife unil chil
dren from the sparrow bawke and your
it her enemies w hile you are at work
!i:-hlng."
"All ri"ht." said the flsh hawk. "I
will do It."
From that day on. the story goes,
he llsh hawk has fed the eagle. He
:loc8 this In an odd and Interesting
manner. Ills eyes are very keen and
he can see to a considerable depth in
the water, nnd as he skims along over
the surface of the deep he picks out '
the fnt flsh he wants. Quick as light
ning he plunges down, extends his
. laws and in the next Instant rises with
the wriggling prey In his talons. After
taking a tinner hold on his victim he
tseeuds by a spiral flight Into the
heavens. The eugle has been watch
ing from a tall tree or crag and, ns the
tisli hawk rises the Ragle also darts into
the sky above him. This is notice for
ull the flsh hawk's enemies among the
feathered tribe to retreat.
Just as the flsh hawk gets to a point
rm a plane that Is level w ith that of the
eagle he relaxes his grip on the fish
and it begins to fall. It Is then the
eagle's time for quick action. Like a
hot from a rapid-lire gun he dives and
In u second or two has the flsh in his
eiaws.
This aerial "throw und catch" gfiine
between the two great birds goes on
continually over the broad water! ol
the Potomac, much to the edification
f the onlookers. Of course, there
must be times when the eagle fulls to
catch the llsh ns he swoops down
through the air after it, but it cannot
be proved by anyone who has wir
neased tnis particular aerial feat on
the part of the "bird of freedom." No
body seems to huve ever seen the
et !e miss, and nobody BeeOM to have
ever known the llsh hawk fail to catch
n fish when he dived for it.
As the tish hawk rises In the air
oftentimes, especially on a sunny duy,
the sheen of the flsh can be seen like u
pteee of silver in his claws, and some
times the "silver" can be seen wrig
gling, Impressing one strangely as their
eyes witness this tragedy in the air in
which the victim can have no hope of
rescue.
War Has Affected Argentina.
Sulphate of aluminum is needed b
Argentiua for Clarifying its water sup
ply. It was formerly imported from
Germany, but is now difficult to obtuin
auywhero. American firms are quot
ing $11X) to $185 a ton for it, and the
estimated needs for 1917 for the coun
try are placed at 8,000 tons. As the
result of a protest to the government
by the Argentina public health works,
a plant to manufacture the compound
from native kaolin has been author
ized at a cost of $1S8,000. It is esti
mated that aluminum sulphate can be
manufactured under present condition!
at $'' u ton and at $10 a ton less when
sulphuric acid falls to normal.
New Mass Formation.
An English officer, sg u "war story
runs, went out marketing for his mess
in a French town, He bought his pou
lets, his legumes nnd his polssons very
cleverly, but spoiled his reputation for
speaking like a native when at the end
he remarked to the demoiselle behind
the counter, "Votis snvez, e'est pour la
messe" (mease in French being the
equivalent for mass in English).
The young woman's idea of what
must go on at u "mass" in England,
after this statement, would no doubt
have astonished the officer.
.. Meteorites of All Sizes,
Among the collection shown In the
new building of the National museum
at Washing. m is a remarkably flue ex
lilbit of meteorites. It includes com
plete meteorites ranging in size from
the merest pebhlSS to great bowlder
like musses, and casts reproducing
giant forms like that of Bucubirito,
which hus been estimated to weigh
25 tons and still rests where it feU
in Mexico.
HARROUN
' Motor Cars
"A PROMISE FULFILLED"
THE OVERTON GARAGE is pleased to announce that they have taken the
agency for the famous HARROUN MOTOR CARS, the car that is rapidly
becoming one of the leading lines of the country, due to its performance un
der all conditions.
Within a few days we will have on our floors demonstrating cars and will be
glad to how the people of Alliance and vicinity the car that has fulfilled its
promise.
Special attention is called to the CLUTCH in the HARROUN. The cone runs
in oil, faced with asbestos fabric a sure and successful method of securing
easy gear shifting and of relieving the entire car of the strains of sudden shift
ing and driving hard roads. For sand hill roads this oar will lead them all
the clutch will do the work.
A year ago the first HARROUN motor amazed motortlom by scoring, in a care
fully observed and recorded test, a MAXIMUM of more than 43 HORSE
POWER a feat new to the annals of engineering in motors of anything like
its displacement.
If you are interested in the best car for the money, if you want to see a car
that is making good under all conditions and that embodies new and better
ideas, worked out by experts who know what is needed for the grind of every
day driving, see the HARROUN.
THE OVERTON GARAGE
Walter Overton, Prop.
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The sample gate now, on demonstration at our yard will show you just
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ASK TO SEE THEM.
FOREST LUMBER COMPANY
GEORGE A. HEILMAN, Manager
Alliance, Nebraska
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