The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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OUATA SOeSLX STAO
AMERICA HOLDS
POWER BALANCE
Him Bottlo Shows Figktiag Spirit
i YuIm Troop
By FRED S FERGUSON
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
(Copyright 1918 by the United
- j Press)
With the American Army in
France July 1— (By Mail)— As the
world war enters its fifth year the
fighting forces of America hold the
balance of power in the greatest
straggle in the time of man
The fighting men of America have
been tried on- the world’s most his-
toric battlefields and have proven
that for bravery for stamina for all
of the things that it takes to win bat-
tles they need bow to none
The American in tile field is a man
of a fighting heart
He represents America’s balance of
power that will carry the democracies
of the world to victory over German
autocracy
But how this power is administered
how it is led how it is equipped how
it is fed how it is clothed how it is
munitioned how it is given “eye-
sight” by airplanes that it shall not
fight in the dark how it is nursed
when ill and wounded — upon these
tilings depends the distance to vic-
tory No Pause TUI Victory
It may be near or it may be far
and Americans Frenchmen British-
ers (and Germans) may know that
the American fighting man will not
consider his job done until the allied
cause is victorious But the distance
is not to be measured by the resist-
ance of the German alone i Incom-
petence at home faulty leadership in
imy of the branches dealing with the
war is going to mean a longer path
and a path dyed with American
blood
Representatives of America’s bal-
ance of power are arriving in France
by hundreds hourly As this is writ-
ten more than 1000000 men have
landed Every man brings the hour
of victory nearer but the administra-
tion the leadership must be behind
him
I have been with the Americans in
every important action to date from
the first raids in Lorraine to the tak-
ing of Cantigny in Picardy and the
second battle of the Marne The men
taking part in these actions were from
every corner of the United States
They ranged from newly enlisted men
to veterans
But always there was the same
spirit regardless of the difficulty of
the task or the hardships involved:
cheerful obedience of orders anxiety
to get at the job and complete it and
certainty In execution and then mod-
" est disclaimers of having done any
more than was their duty or more
than any other American would hare
done
In Training '
During the early months of this
year the Americans in France were
merely training They could not be
figured as real fighting units in the
intricate game of trench warfare
First northwest of Toul then on the
Chemin Des Dames then near Lune-
ville and later near Verdun and in
Alsace American units appeared
They were put in the line with the
French and soldiers and officers
alike learned from their French in-
strnctorg the tactics of the new war
game It was an irksome job Losses
were always unnecessarily heavy at
first Then the Americans began to
learn They learned how to take
cover during shell fire They learned
when to keep quiet— in other words
when it was to their advantage not
to shoot They became trained re-
liable troops When the gigantic
German offensive broke in March
some were put permanently into the
line in the Bacarat region and north-
west of Toul in the place of French
divisions which were rushed away to
the bijr battle line Others followed
the Freqph and in Picardy took their
place in the line which they still hold
and which they extended by the cap-
ture of Cantigny
On the Marne as bright a page as is
to be seen in American history was
written by the Americans who stop-
ped the German advance there For
five days they fought unceasingly
They met the best divisions the Ger-
man high command could - throw
against them All were turned back
Munition carriers ambulance men
supply men — in fact everyone — work-
ed or fought day and night It was
the extreme test of American stamina
to date and was met gloriously The
best traditions of America were more
than fulfilled The German rush to-
ward Paris was stopped The morale
of -the French was raised to new
heights at the sight and by the story
of these Americans on the winding
Marne insisting even in the face of
the last extremity that the German
should not cross
Changed Course of War
America paid a price in lives of the
best type of men she has to offer in
the cause of democracy in the fight-
ing on the Marne But during those
five days when a thin line of Ameri-
cans stood between the Germans and
the road to Paris the entire course
of the war for the coming months
was changed The American despite
his lack of technical training had
won for himself a place in the line of
battle alongside the seasoned troops
of the allies He had demonstrated
that the fighting instinct of the
American had only to be stirred to
respond - Instead of requiring long
periods of training he had shown
that with the instruction he had re-
ceived at home when he stepped from
the transport to French soil he was
ready
On the Marne the American prov-
ed his worth as a stout-hearted open
field fighter either on defense or
offensive
At Cantigny he displayed his qual-
ities as a "storm troop”
There was a vast difference be-
tween the fighting at Cantigny and
about Chateau Thierry On the Marne
it was first resistance against wave
after wave of advancing Germans
coming across open country through
waving wheat fields orwoods Every
third man carried a machine gun
The American was forced to find such
cover as he could also in the open
From behind a rock or from a hastily
dug hole in the ground he poured his
rifle and machine gun fire into the
Boche lines Then he fought his way
forward and drove the enemy from
his advantageous positions in Bour-
sches and Bois De Belleau Behind
the fighting man the munition men
and wagons worked tirelessly to keep
him supplied Positions were con-
stantly being changed Food was un-
certain But the American hung on
and is there today
Rehearsing Cantigny
At Cantigny the American showed
his adaptibility to carefully planned
movements I witnessed a complete
rehearsal of the attack on Cantigny
days before it actually took place It
was in a great open field backuof the
lines French machine gunners play-
ed the role of Germans They had
their machine guns hidden in pits and
elsewhere in the fiild Other sol-
diers forming a long line waved
green branches of trees to represent
the artillery barrage French tanks
waddled across the field and took up
positions corresponding to those they
were to take in the actual fight
French and American officers care-
fully instructed the men who were
to make the attack as to just how they
were to follow the barrage how ma-
chine gun nests were to be cleaned
out and how they were to work In
conjunction with the tanks Then
came the signal the soldiers “carry-
ing” the barrage began waving the
green branches the infantry and
tanks moved forward and the "Ger-
man” machine guns began firing As
the barrage moved forward lines
were reformed and the advance con-
tinued The machine gun nests were
cleaned out in good shape but the
clever French machine gunners “put
over” one on the Americans that they
did not forget when it came to the
real battle (
Frenchmen in Tree
In the center of the mimic battle
ground was a tree One of the tanks
waddled slowly by and a detachment
of infantry dashed forward Then
from apparently nowhere a fierce
rattle of machine gun fire burst on
the Americans The officer in charge
of the detachment knew that he was
theoritically wiped out Every man
dropped to the ground for cover as
he would in a real engagement and
then looked for the machine gun The
Frenchmen had mounted it in the
tree They had also withheld their
fire until the tank had passed and
made their play for the men — and
got them The tank was signalled to
come back to put a cannon Bhot into
(Political Advertising)
C E CASTLE of Waaonor
I ht Juotlca Supremo Court FM Ml
Stalwart Democrat Httraoo farm
A harS worker rim raaaonrr abt
lawyer HolSe ao office Never before
candidate for etate oflire Bound by
no rroanlae firm and faithful to
the teneitta of hie patty Mr i:avtle
fa ever ready and able to declare and
defend tha doctrfnea of Slmon-pura
Democracy
He eollcf te your vote In the primary
SELECT LIMITED
SERVICE MEN
The locul board has selected the
following five men to fill the call
front limited service men to be used
in guard duty: Allan Riddle Dee
Callow Ronald Mason Herbert Huff-
nutn and Floyd Darling
The men will leave this city some
time between July 29 and August 6
and will go to Syracuse N Y where
they will be used in guard duty These
men are volunteers and were placed
in the limited service class on account
of slight physical disabilities All the
men have been anxious to go and for
the'treeTThte done? sVthat'they‘were 8averal months have been beseeching
theoritically destroyed the French- the Jocal board to lva the an ®p-
men climbed out of the tree in glee to ‘w® ?? bestth®y
When it came to the real fight the ‘ 18 believed that after a few months
Americans were as cool as in the re-1 11 8P®CI!' service the men will be
hearsal They followed the tanks hualfcd or 8eneral military service
over and ran ahead of them in their
enthusiasm The withering artillery
preparation had demolished the Ger-
man trenches but the Americans
went atthe job of “mopping up” and
clearing the village of any remaining
Boche in a business-like fashion Then
came the job of holding on
Counter-attack after counter-attack
was hurled against the new
American line The artillery fire was Sold by Cook Drug Co
so hot ration parties could not come
up there being no communicating I NINE MEN TAKE
trenches For three days men and I COLLEGE COURSE
officers had little sleep food or I The following nine men have vol-
watcr ’ They lived on hard tack and unteered to take the university train-
raw bacon But they held on And I ing at Austin Texas and will leave
as the Americans on the Marne they I this city within the next ten days
are there today - Jaee Handy C M Ekhorn Frank
Confidence Boundless ' I Slack Edgar Hagan Jim McConkey
The confidence of the American I LFo8ter’ Fj:ank G- Ri8s 01vy
For Corporation
Commissioner
ART L WALKER
OF W AURIKA
(ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT)
ART L WALKER
(Always a Democrat)
Re has been a citbweio
Oklahoma for eighteen years
and has proven an eOrdent
man in all his undertakings
He was for many years a busi-
ness man of Waurlka and has
long been one of the managing
officers of the Wanrlks News-
Democrat He also was the
bead' of s Urge hardware
house in that city In 1915
Mr Walker Was appointed by
Governor Williams as a mem-
ber of the state election board
later becoming bla private
- secretary 1 -
When the Legislature passed
the law giving the State Cor-
poration Commission an ad-
ditional department — Conser-
vation of Oil and Gas — Mr
Walker was given charge of
that important department
DONATE )25 TO RED CROSS
Mr and Mrs H L Nickell and
G C Hope this afternoon donated
$25 to the Red Cross society The
money was the proceeds of a dsnee
recently given at Salt Creek Mr
man in the organization behind him I and Mrs Nickell and Mr Hope in-
most not be shaken As the ndmber ltend Riving one dance each month the
of men in France increases the prob-
lem of food clothing and medical at-
tention multiplies The ground work
of meeting all of these problems has
been laid in France in the shape of
gigantic warehouses railway lines
and vast dorks at the seaboard Upon
filling the position to the satisfaction of all interested After the death
of Colonel Jack Love chairman of the State Corporation Commission
Mr Walker was appointed to succeed him and as Mr Love’s term
expires next January It follows that he is a candidate for another term
Art Walker is not quite forty years of age popular and efficient
and a Democrat for whom no member of hlB party will ever have to
make apology1 He is a candidate on his own merits as a Democrat
and citizen his faith and principles being tlie same as when Republi-
cans ruled this Nation and the two Territories now making the State
of Oklahoma His Democracy and efficiency are alike — beyond doubt
of the highest If you approve of this character of citizen and official
your vote te sought at the primary August Ctli next
He has been with the Commission three years and knows what the
people demand of the Corporation Commission
Smith Lorrin Camp
The men will go to Camp Mabry
Austin Texas where they will be
given a special course in automobile
mechanism
soldier in his officers in the organiza-
tion that is going to keep him fed
and clothed and in the doctors who
are going to care for him when he is
wounded is boundless
A wounded man arriving at a field
hospital or dressing station displays I “twigs or bites of insects that are
child-like confidence in the doctor I followed by swellings pain or itching
who bends over him If unspoken 1 8“Ould be treated promptly as they
wrttten on the boy’s face there is ? BALLARD'S SNOW
always: LINIMENT counteracts the poison
Now everything is all right May-1 8 antiseptic and healing Price
be my wound is almost unbearably I “6c c and M-00 per bottle Sold
painful Maybe I have been without by Gooc GruR Co
sleep and maybe I am tired that’s all
over now Here’s the man who will
take care of me”
His wound dressed his blood again
sent coursing warmly through his
veins the boy drops off to sleep
This confidence of the fighting
proceeds of which will go to the Red
i Cross
FARM BARGAINS FOR SALE
Eighty acres of good rich land ad-
joins Nowata city limits on the east
the war organization at home falls I side all in cultivation good fences
the burden of keeping them supplied I ty water mains pass roadway on the
1 A Oft oft ft — J 4 A t ? V O ft ft oft
Not All May Fight
Insofar as man power is concerned
it should also be remembered that 1-
000000 men in France does not mean
1000000 fighting men Taking a
division as a unit it requires approxi-
mately 12000 men and from 6000
to 8000 horses to keep 17000 bayo-
north side of this land Sidewalks
within two blocks of land would make
a good tract to sub-divide into town
property land rolling just enough
to drain Well No house on same
from the farm you can see all over
Nowata will sell on terms of one-
fourth down Price $75 per acre
Twenty acres nice land two miles
nets and artillery in the line Mul-1 du® west f Nowata all in meadow
tiply this by the number of times I 8l°Pe® to the south and east on mam
17000 men you believe it will take J?2d wf?t of Nowata by brick plant
to win the war and you can estimate
the total number of men who must be
transported and cared for
America’s infantry and artillery
that has been in action has made
good The American fliers now on
the front are using French machines
chiefly They have taken quickly to
the game German machines have
been brought down and German
towns have been bombed ' But there
are acres and acres covered with
French and British hangars and air-
planes in France On a single night
I saw more than 100 French planes
leave one field on a single bombing
expedition This is a nightly occur-
rence not only from this field but
from scores of others We have yet
to show our power in the air
Price $30
Sam F Wi
ifi
er acre See or write
iiuon Nowata Okla
2-tfe
A BANK ACCOUNT
Teaches Helps and Encourages You to "Get Ahead" It
also gives you the convenience of paying bills by
checks— the simplest and best method as well as the
safest as your check Is Its own receipt for the debt
r
WE OFFER YOU
absolute security co-operation and the most convenient
satisfactory system of handling your money
NOTICE TO REGISTER
The following is a list of all pre-
cinct registrars jn Nowata county
Oklahoma
Nowata City —
Ward No 1 — H C Leddington at
Smoke House
Ward No 2— D A Dye at North-
east Livery Barn
Ward No 3 — George C -Brink at
Gabriel Transfer office
Ward No 4 — R H Clarkson at
Crystal Ice office
Nowata Township-
Precinct No 1 — Wm
Woodrow
Precinct No -2 — W H
ery Wettack Place
Armstrong Township-
Precinct No 1 — A J
Coon-Wood store
Precinct No 2— Mr Wattenbarger
Ruby
Precinct No 3 — R L Lamar
Coodyi Bluff
Snow Creek Township —
Precinct No 1 — Neal Sander!
Winter
Precinct No 2 — D L Thompson
Thompson school house
Lenapah Township —
Precinct No I— J W Patchett
Lenapah
Precinct No 2 — W H Capps Dela-
ware 'Precinct No 8— W J Beu Dela-
ware Hickory Township-
Precinct No 1 — M K Patrick
Wann
Precinct No 2 — J S Majors South
Coffeyville
Precinct No 8— C U Owens
Lenapah
Watova Township-
Precinct No 1 — John W Court
Watova
Precinct No 2 — J W Gregg Link
Alluwe Township-
Precinct No 1 — Geo C Smalley
Alluwe
All voters who have become of age
or moved in the various precincts
since the last election are required to
register All registration books will
be open from July 17th to July 27th
1918
A DuRUSSELL
17-dlt-w2t County Registrar
(First published July 4 1918)
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ES
i STATE
In the County Court of Muskogee
county state of Oklahoma
In re-Estate of Shelley K Taylor
Minor -
A A Taylor Guardian
Probate No 2965 State
Notice ia hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of the County
Court of Muskogee county state of
Oklahoma made on the 14th day of
June 1918 the undersigned Guard-
ian of the estate of Shelley K Taylor
minor will sell at private sale to the
highest bidder at Muskogee Okla-
homa at his office at 404 Phoenix
Building on the 28th day of July
1918 at 10 o’clock a m subject to
the confirmation of said Court
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Lumber
Coal
Phone 559
Nowata Okla
the right title and interest of aald
Shelley K Taylor a minor in and to
the following described real estate
situate in Nowata county state of
Oklahoma to wit:
Northeast Quarter of the South-
west Quarter of the Southeast Quar-
ter and the West Half of the South-
east Quarter of the Northeast Quar-
ter of Section Fourteen (14) Town- '
ship Twenty-nine (29) North Range
Fifteen (15) East
Said real estate to be sold on the
following terms and conditions to-
wit: Cash in hand
Bids therefor must be in writing
and must be deposited with the
County Judge of Muskogee county
Oklahoma or with the Guardian or
with tho undersigned attorney for the
Guardian at his office at 404 Phoenix
Building Muskogee Oklahoma in the '
city of Muskogee Oklahoma and
must be accompanied by a certified
check for at least ten per cent of the
amount of the bid
Dated June 27th 1918 1
A A TAYLOR Guardian
W E Disney Attorney for Guardian- -w-e-d-j-28-p
:
(First published July 11 1918)
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ES-
TATE In the matter of the Guardianship
of Violet Rider a minor
Notice ia hereby given in pursu-
ance of an order of the County
Court of the county of Nowata state
of Oklahoma made on the 9th day
of July 1918 the undersigned
iruardian of the estate of Violet
Rider a minor will sell at private-
sale to the highest bidder subject to1
confirmation by said Court on or
after the 27th day of July A D
1918 at 2 o'clock p m at Nowata
Oklahoma all the right title and in-
terest of said Violet Rider a minor
in and to the following described real
estate situate in Nowata county
state of Oklahoma to-wit:
NW of NW14 of NW14 of Sec-
tion 23 Township 26 North Range
17 East
Said real estate will be sold on the
following terms ard conditions to-
wit: ’
Cash in hand on delivery of deed
Bids for the purchase' thereof
must be in writing and must be filed
in the County Court or delivered to
the undersigned at Ruby Oklahoma
or to Chase & Campbell Attorneys
Nowata Oklahoma
Dated this 9th day of July 1918
WILLIAM P RIDER i
cc-j-25p Guardian
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
DON’T MATTER IF BROKEN
We pay up to 16 dollars per set Also
cash for Old Gold Silver and broken
Jewelry Check sent by return mail
Goods held 10 days for sender’s ap-
proval of our offer Mazer’s Tooth
Specialty Dept A 2007 S 5th St
Philadelphia Pa a2p
Mrs J Ernest Campbell who tn
been very seriously ill is reported to
be slightly Improved
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Norton, J. T. The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1918, newspaper, July 25, 1918; Nowata, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1713175/m1/3/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.