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i * • i P-'" __ *>» \ "* 1'-.#? . > • • ; r . , . - . . - < ^ - / * , . ; > ; ; • 4 - • „ • * McHENKY PL.AINDEALER, McHENjlT ' « 1_" - 'A J • Mexican campaign shows their use­ fulness over army mule and cavalry horse -- Flesh and blood can't com­ pete with steel and gasoline down on tihe desert and mountain trails yjrmmz2& *< fJf*e>£Awooc . ox. al.' V 'l" •„ " ••• 'H SORROWFUL end prophetic army mule sfood beside a Soto cactus near the American end of the long, dusty road from Columbus, New Mexico, to Namiqulpa, Old Mexico, so writes W. O. McGeehan In. the New York Tri­ bune; -- - Down the trail from the base «f the punitive expedition swept a train of 3() auto trucks. They were heavily laden with the variety of cargoes that are required for an army in the field. Each truck carried four or five troopers in olive drab squatted Insecurely on top of the load. The road was uneven, it was full of ruts, but the auto truck train glided along at the rate of from eight to ten miles an hour. The vehicles kept a perfect alignment The troopers swore softly but earnestly as the trucks jolted. . « Even as the army mule-watched, the sweating, swear­ ing truck train disappeared into a cloud of dust be­ yond the border line. Then the mule tilted back his dejected head and gave vent to a secret Borrow in one far-reaching vocal effort. As though mocking his grief, the horns of the auto trucks tooted back de­ risively In the distance. • The grief of that army mule was the grief of Othel­ lo with his occupation gone. ' He sunk behind the Soto cactus and subsided into painful meditation. He had just seen his finish. He realized at that moment that the army mule would never again hold a high place among the fac­ tors which win battles. He realized that practical poets would no longer sing of the virtues which the army mule could display upon great emergencies. He was already obsolete, down and out Even the "mule skinner," with the picturesque vo­ cabulary and the hard words, had abandoned him, The mule skinner was now driving one of those auto trucks, and was addressing it with strained . •politeness when he spoke to It at all. It was all wrong. By the martyred mute of Matanzas, of which the army bards sang during the Spanish-American war days, It was all wrong! There was no use to pull against the auto truck. He had tried it when they hitched him to the rear of one. He decided to drag the thing back over the desert. But, instead, he was relentlessly dragged •0, his haunches for a mile, and he gave it up. The Columbus expedition has demonstrated that In the matter of array transportation "the mule is dead, long live the auto truck!" It had already been demonstrated at the battle of the Marne, when motor vehicles checked the German advance and saved France. But our war department moves with excessive deliberation. It clung tenaciously to its faith in the mule until the first auto truck train went galumphing into Mexico, making, three times the* distance that a mule could make over roads which no motor-driven vehicle could be expected to travel. The consequence was a rush order for auto trucks and drivers.* The auto trucks are standing up wonderfully well. They plow through the alkali dust up to the hubs, they Jolt over the rocky - places, they flounder through U>e sandy wastes that grind the bearings, and they puff through the mountain passes. They go anywhere the mule will go, and they got there In better time. While the long trail from Columbus to Nami­ qutpa is lined with the carcasses of mules and horses, the auto trucks go rumbling on in their work of keeping the field army supplied with food and ammunition. They perform new miracles upon every new emergency. There are several hundred auto trucks at the army base at C61umbus. On a pinch those trucks could move an entire brigade'in one day twice as far as all the horses and mules In the world could move it. ' This is true, despite the fact that many of the trucks are badly racked because of bad driving. Not only does the successful test of the auto track spell the passing of the mule train. It also means the passing of cavalry, the most pic­ turesque branch of the service. Even cavalry offi­ cers in the punitive expedition will admit that three or four auto trucks will get a company of in­ fantry twice as far on a forced march as the best- mounted troop of cavalry could travel. Cavalry charges are rare in these days of rapid- fire rifles and machine guns. The horses are used only to get the men to the front, where they op­ erate as Infantry. When the gasoline-fed mounts c$n get them there so much faster than the horses. It begins to look bad for the cavalry horse. The United States army of the near future will ' travel extensively on gasoline. There will be few more heart breaking infantry hikes, and there will be few more wild cavalry rides, leaving in thfclr wake dead and dying horses. Even field artillery can be carried by the auto trucks. All of this should have been realized before. One of the lasting benefits of the punitive expedition will be the modernizing of the military transpor­ tation branch. The auto truck has passed the •tern test. For the present the auto truck trains with the army in Mexico are not working under any definite system. The organization of the truck train of the United States army has not been decided upon. Neither has the type of truck to be used in the organization been decided upon. Captains and lieutenants are busy taking notes as to net mile­ age and gasoline requirements; also, as to stability and reliability of the different makes of trucks in the service. The drivers are a mixed lot. Borne are regular ' "V W ^ : V 1 * - , > - * :551k "GASaUTX? CAxaj&r* «, sort happened to a army enlisted man, detailed to drive the type of truck tentatively adopted. The others are chauf­ feurs of all sorts, adventurers from all over the' country, college men in search of experience, and even ex-taxleab drivers from New York city. With some of the trucks under probation are men from the factories. It is a more picturesque body than any as­ semblage of mule skinners. The types are more varied and the views upon things in general are more interesting. Moreover, the army chauffeur ill the aggregate is naturally more intelligent tlinn the mule skinner, whose close association with the mtale has given him some of the traits of that noble animal. To the Average army chauffeur the stolid-looking timbering auto truck is a beautiful and a living thing. On the road to Namiqulpa I listened to a colored sergeant of the Ninth cavalry who had been de­ tailed to drive a five-ton truck. He was addressing his vehicle. "Yes, Betsy, old girl.*' he was saying, "Ah knows that this here cheap government gasoline ain't the proper nourishment for a lilgh-toned lady truck like you. But when we gets to Coraliitas Ah'm go­ ing to put some of that nice cool spring water in your radiator. That'll freshen you up a whole lot, &ftsy.' "Does you-all want alittle more oil In your bear­ ings, Betsy? If y<5u does, jes'.say so. Taln't no trouble at all for me. Ah jes' thought you might, because your pretty englne-was-breathing a little hard on that last hill. Ah don't want any of them fresh New York chauffeurs to think you was com­ plaining, Betsy, becaujpp me and you knows that you don't complain." I / The colored troope^ adjusted some pink and green ribbon which wae tied to the truck radiator. The whistle of the truck master blew! The ser­ geant whirled the crank, listened solicitously for an instant to his motor, and swung Betsy into line with her mates. ' I One of the difficulties which the ohptaln of an attto truck encounters Is in maintaining discipline with a mixed company of civilians and soldiers. Civilian drivers have their own notions as to how auto trucks should be driven. It is the theory of the captain that the auto train should have a per­ fect alignment, with the trucks a hundred yards apart. The civilian drivers cannot see the necessity for this. Some of them want to show that their trucks can- travel the fastest. Others Insist that their tracks be carefully handled. The result is that the captain, fuming inwardly, has to be a diplomat when he is in command of a mixed train of trucks. One of these trains started out at the rate of 12 miles an hour. A short distance out of Columbus -It encountered bad roads, A new truck slowed and began to pick the going. ' The captain shot 'cross-country from the rear In his standard runabout to see what was cutting his train in two. "What's the trouble?" he demanded of the ci­ vilian driver. "No trouble at aH," replied the driver. "Bnt "eight miles Is all that I am going to do with this load and over this sort of road. You can go ahead with those Barney Oldfields If you want to. I'll catch up with you after half of those trains are wrecked." ' The captain was a trifle angry. He reminded the driver that all trains were ordered kept Intact. It was no 'cross-country race. It was a military truck train. The driver was obdurate, and the train had to slow down to a reasonable pace. The driver was right, though very unmilitary. The loads which the trucks were carrying were not needed In a hurry. But if he had happened to be ' /T* an army driver he would be In the guardhbuse for a considerable period for insubordination. More than once the army in Mexico has been forced illegally but practically to discipline some of the ci­ vilian drivers. The most startling incident of this bunch of New York taxlcab drivers who were shipped out to handle a train made up of a certain uniform make of trucks. .. They got 50 miles Into Mexico, and then decided that they did not like the country at all. They agreed that the United States government was foolish to go in at all. Their spokesman wWit to the captain and In­ formed him that they had decided to go back. They did not like the food, the water was not iced, and there was no beer In the godforsaken place. Whereupon the captain gave orders to the sergeant of his guard. The noncommissioned officer In­ formed the drivers that the "first of them who turned back.to Columbus wOuld be systematically shot ftp. The drivers protested that they were American citizens and wanted their rights. The sergeant listened unmoved as he drew, up his squad-into a convenient place for the Shooting. The drivers finally concluded that they were too far away to consult their attorneys, and the train proceeded to Namiqulpa. Camping out away from a garrisoned town, th« truck trains take the same formation that was used by the emigrant trains when they were forced to guard against Indian attacks, at night. The trucks are distributed in a circle, with the captain's runabout, the cook truck and t$ie ammunition truck in the center. Placed in this formation, the truck train is in a difficult position for a bandit band to rush. No doubt, many a band has been watching those valuable trains of food and ammunition, longing to pounce upon them, but they refrained. A well- ordered truck train could get into battle formation in a few minutes, and the Springfield rifles would be covering every point qf attack very effectively. A quarter of a million dollars in gold was shipped in with one train, guarded by 50 picked marksmen* Bandit bands, knowing of this, prob­ ably longed to rush It, but they did not make the attempt. At night, In Its proper formation, with its outposts alert the well-conducted train* should be impossible to surprise. But civilian drivers are hard to convince of the necessity for remaining al£rt. They will lock their ammunition in the tool boxes; and, while -they are painfully solicitous of Hie mechanism of their trucks, they have no re­ gard for the mechanism of the SpringfieltL rifles which are issued to them. They have no respect for shottlder straps. A typical incident was one near Espia. The truck • train drew into the place hot and dusty. The news was spread that there was a real swimming hole 20 feet deep In the place. Soldier guards and civilian drivers made a dash for it. As they n^jtred it they heard a delicious splashing, but a sentry halted them.1 "Sorry, boys," he said, "but there's an officer bathing there now, -and the orders are .that nobody Is allowed in till he gets through." A big ex-taxicab driver from New York proceed­ ed to peel off his army uniform. In another min­ ute he dived into the pool with a mighty splash. He came to the surface and grinned cheerfully at the indignant expression of the second lieutenant outraged at the fact that his privacy had been dis­ turbed. apparently by the enlisted man. "Oh, that's all right !" shouted the auto driver. "I don't mind if you are a little bit dirty. Come on In. The water is fine." But one of these days the truck train will be sys­ tematized. The drivers will all be enlisted men. There will be a fixed rate of speed, and the trucks will all be up to determined specifications. When the truck train is perfected, the mule train will gQ. Also, the pride of• the cavalry will be trailed In the gasollne-ecented dust of the atttoi truck train. RECOVERS JEWELS IN DARING TRIP Mexican Senora in Guise of 1 Rescues Hidden Family •^tfroperty." ESCAPES THE BANDITS She Went Disguised as a Peon. ••e*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*eeeeeeeee»eee«eeeee s TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES I * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • » < Kansas has fewer millionaires than any other state la the union. It also has fewer paupers. This country imported more than 8»- 000,000 pounds of shelled almonds from Spuin lat^ year, a considerable Increase oyer, the figures for thg pre­ v i o u s y e a * v » * • * '«•••••••••••••••eeeeeeeeeee Sleep is the final stage in the pro­ cess of nutrition. Horatio H. Carter aod Carroll Thompson, two of Belfast's (Me.) let­ ter farriers, have completed 23 years of aervlce, and in addition have the distinction of being the first two-letter carriers appolhted ln Belfast* * < There is a barber in Augusta. Mie., who has worked in the same shop con­ tinuously for 44 years. New York city Is both the largest Jewish and the largest Irish city in the world. William L. Caldwell of Chicago was two hours late to work one day re­ cently because his rooster, that called him af six o'clock each morning, died during the night. % An acre of land 4n Nova Scotia Is said to hay# yoduesd 500 bqubols of potatoes. „ • *1 * , * ^ Clatskanle, Ore., has decided to rent out its city jail, which has not been occupied for more than a year. The pound, unused for some time, also will be rented to® relieve^ the financial stress that the dty Is now under. The Fushun coal fields in Man­ churia. which are being operated by the Japanese, are" said to be the rich­ est Irr the world. A 30-ponnd baby arrived at the home of R. B. Caudlll of Indian Bottom, Ky., not long ago, according to Doctor Isoa. the attending physician. where she first put on her disguise and. traveling In a freight car, found no dif­ ficulty in reaching Chihuahua city. Ati woman more or less made no differ­ ence to the roving hands of bandits and as this woman was undoubtedly middle aged and had horrible ugly hair they passed her by with a shrug. Iteaching Chihuahua she found her mother jgreatly improved, and Senora Terrazas began to think that as she had entered the country and must nec­ essarily take risks in getting out un­ der any circumstances, she might as well get the-family jewels and docu­ ments. Family Treasures Recovered. When Francisco Villa first threw Luis Terrazas into prison on December 8. 1913, and filched approximately $000,000 from him for alleged ransom, the family Jewels, silverware and oth­ er valuables were packed In iron trunks and placed in the care of Ro­ land Anderson, an American friend liv­ ing In Chihuahua. Anderson guarded the treasures until he moved to El i'aso, follow ing the murder of his son, Morris Anderson, by the Mexicans, when he transfered the trunks with their precious contents to a secluded hiding place in the rear of a hovel. In this hovel lived an old woman who had been a nurse employed in the Terrazas family for years and who had remained true to her old jnasters. Anderson had informed the Terrazas family of the transfer and when Se- noru Terrazas visited the hovel kept by (he aged nurse she recovered the treasures with the assistance of two peons and with the more valued ones in her possession, made her way back to the United States In the same way and by using the same disguise that had assisted her in escaping tjie close scrutiny of the Mexican bandits along the route. ,v.fx Hot Weather Meats Ugly and Poorly-Clad, Aristocratic Wife of Rich Refugee Visits Qa§^ ' ttai of Chihuahua and Car- ries Away Treasure,. 5 > ^ ... I*os Angeles.--After one at the moat remarkable adventures ever Undertak­ en by a woman of aristocratic birth, Senora Teresa B. de Terrazas, having eluded by means of clever disguises the ,hordes of bandits on th»? lookout to capture and" hold her for ransom, returned a few days ago to Los An- j geles, bringing with her the Terrazas family jewels, which at infinite peril she rescued from their hiding place in j Chihuahua, Mexico. Legal papers and documents of great value also were secured from their hiding place, where they had been secreted by her husband prior to his incarceration in the Mex­ ican federal prison. - The entire journey in. Mexico was made by Senora Terrazas disguised as A peon, a heavy black wig completely hiding her white hair, a threadbare shawl draj>ed sloppily about her shoul­ ders, and a cheap calico dress complet­ ing her outfit During her return trip from Chihuahua city, after she had re­ covered the jewels and papers. It was necessary for her to carry a basket In which the valuable articles rested un­ derneath a collection of rags and cheap ornaments, such as are ustlally car­ ried by pe$n women. Called by Mother's Illness. The adventure originated more than a month ago when Senora Terrazas re­ ceived word that her mother was very ill In Cliihuahua. Senora Terrazas had not been in MeXfj^o since last year when, after disguising several of her children, who were being held by Villa, she sent them to El Paso and then fled in disguise to work from the border for the rMease of her husband and s4ti, who had remained under sentence of death at the hands of Villa. Ultimate­ ly she succeeded in a plan by which they escaped. She then declared she would never return to Mexico until peace had been restored. The news of her mother's condition, however, changed her plans. Leaving Los Angeles she journeyed to El Paso, VesI Lorf, to serve cofct Cooked Corned Beef,<«elect •ad appetizing. Chicken Loaf, Ham Loaf and Veal Loaf, delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Bed for nwKvkliet and dainty luncheons. K hsist on Lihby 'a ml jpMf grwgsrftl .• Bump m = too = r Grain Crops Good Markets--High Price# PpIxs» A warifetf to fom Mflwaf* Oats$ Barley, Alfalfa: am! Gramse* The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Product* Exposition at Denyer were easily made. The list comprised Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grasses, the mo* important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa. No less important than the splendid quality of WestetB* Canada's wheat and other grains, is the excellence or the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of thai ' country. A recent shipment of cattle to Chicago topped the market in that city for quality and price. Westers Csasda pn&wtaA h ltIS oae-tttrd m anck wWift' u all sf tfcs United State*, « mr 300,000,000 WiUk Canada in proportion to population has a greater exportable surplus of wheat this year than aqjp COOBtiy in the world, and at present prices yd® can figure out the revenue for the pro­ ducer. In Western Canada you will find good markets, splendid schools, excep­ tional social conditions, perfect climtte , and other great attractions. Then* I s a s war tax . o n l a n d a n d bo c « n i s € r i p t i o i » * ' $ . . Ssad for illustrated psnrpMci and ask for reduced railway ratap, iaformatka as to beat loeatiaaat Address Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa , Canada, or 4 t I Um lit 11T If fldiai It THnff HT T * "V* * 1 ^ v : , Canadian Government Agents m WM lifts * mI REFRESHMENTS WERE ON HIM Wall Street Man, Aptly Designated by Smart Youngster, <Had to Acknowledge a Hit. Samuel O'Keefe, a retired Wall street mnn, I? nlmost a dally visitor at (he Hospital for Joint Diseases, One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth street and Mndison avenue, New York, where a friend is receiving treatment. There are many Invalid .-hildren at the hos­ pital and Mr. O'Keefe often takes them candy, and on one memorable occu- slon Imported a consignment of char­ lotte russe. A day or two following the charlotte russe festival he visited the children's ward again, and was greeted by loud shouts of approval. His nrrlval was first noted by a little boy, said by the nurses to be "as smart as a whip," who shouted gleefully? "Oh, look! Here comes the char­ lotte rooster!" Under the circumstances Mr. O'Keefe felt that any further refresh­ ments ought to be "oh him." Important to Mothers -- Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature In Use. for Qvec-30 Tears, Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria uu cuiiureu, ouu oee uitti u INDIANS IN HIGH POSITION Members of Parker iFamily HavH. J' ^ - Proved Themselves Capable In Places of Responsibility. i Foremoat among the "red blood#11. % are the Parkers--father and soC They come of a line of distinguished ancestors, of the Seneca tribe of th#} Iroquois stock. Frederick E. Parked" ^ the father, is a nephew of Gen, Rli Parker, Grant's military secretary aiAL;f , the co-workers of Lewis H. Morgan. He* , is a man of fine presence and attain- ^ ments. A resident of White Plain*,- ' Y. He has been" a patent factor fdr , clean government and social reform \ in his community. Mr* Parker holds the responsible position of statistician ': ? in the department of revenue of the . ? New York Central railroad, having . charge*of all offices, including moi^ than a thousand agents, between Cht* cago and New York. ' The son, Arthur C. Parker, a brll4' liant young archeologist, since his up* ' ^ •pointinent to the New York State mih 1 , seum, has practically created a neit v ' v archeplogical museum. He is a writer. ; t,, o f n o t e , e d i t o r g e n e r a l o f t h e A m e r i c a N l , f ' Indian Magazine, a member of the « ; American Enthnological and Sociologl- . nil societies, the 1916 medalist of Chicago university of Indian research and one of the ten American archeolo- gists appointed to the Pan-American Scientific congress.--Christian Herald^ J L/it§ m "•$30, SHE HAD THE BARGAIN BUG Mrs. Wlnnlger Knew Just Exactly Where and How to Get What Father Wanted. Mrs. Gangway Winniger, the bar­ gain fiend, who had married G. Winni­ ger because It was such a reasonable way of getting a big house In r the city, answered a ring at her electric doorbell, installed only last week at a special bargain rate. "Why, father!" exclaimed Mrs. Win­ niger. "When did' you leave Poop- burg?" "I took, the 11:00 to town," replied Constable Wings of Doopsburg. "1 been 'lected sheriff, and the Morning Buzz wants my pixture. I want a swell pixture took by the swellest pho- tygrafter In taown. Sompin' that wunt make me look too natural." "O, father, I tell you!" cried his daughter. "Go around to any one of the Beezer-Wlggles grocery stores and buy three pounds of tea, and they'll give you-an order to have your picture taken, free!" "But don't J tell yon I want the swellest--" ., . ' v "Well, Abe Bmlifh has^opened up a little photograph studio, ̂ qd this week he's giving pictures away for nothing providing you buy the frame from him. The frame only costs It&ciO, and just- think--" "But, consarn it, datter--' "I know, father! I know where there's a perfectly elegant second-hand portrait in oils, all finished, for only $8.94. I «$ui get the man to paint In a bald spot and paint out the side whiskers and It will look Just like you." " - - - And Constable Wings clasped a hand to his dizzy brow.--Detroit Free Press. Kisses on the Sly. t "We Plunkville girls agreed thai men who drink shall have j^oae of / v our kisses." * "How is It workingT" ^ "We suspect that some of tSe gfHf are acting as osculatory bootlegger^ "so to speak."--Louisville Courier * x, Journal. . •• ..j* , ' • Case of Rain. VtT, .. 1"V Having lunch ori the kitchen floor , ^, ^ makes a fair substitute for a picnic.--- Louisville Qpurier-JournHl. Ton never hear anybody saying of ^ a man that his name is mud If he has J' sand. - T'tm Bags Pour Big Pelicans. Montrose, Mo.--John Adamson. one evening recently, succeeded in bagging four monster white pelicans. The larg­ est one of the birds measured 8 feet 5 Inches from "tip to tip" and weighed a fraction over 14 pounds. The birds were shipped to Kansas City, where they will be mounted and returned to MonU'ose. Japanese Salutations. " The Jnpuuese have three forms of taluration*--fwr Inferiors, equala and *upt ridl's. What's on His Mind?, A man on an Evansville ear carried a cage containing a pigeon and canary bird. "Huh. well mated," remarked one of the passengers. "About as well as some married peo­ ple I know," rejoined the owner.--In­ dianapolis News. Just the Thing. "Do you consider journalism proper work for a fady?" "Why not? /fll women have a-fond­ ness for press work." Better be conceited and know some­ thing than be humble In ignorance. Tea and Coffee For Children? These beverages contain drug elements that hinder development of both body and mind, especially in children. Nowadays* for their chil­ dren, wise parents choose POSTUM This delicious table bev­ erage, made of cereals, has a wonderfully satisfying flavor--a flavor much like the higher grades of coffee, (but without any of cof ̂ fee's harm.) Postum is a true, pure food-drink that has helped thousands to forget the coffee habit "There's s Reason" Grocers e w cry where <" ;,"l* . • - •ell POSTUM :1< '-Mi 'It t- .rrw K'u'ir&ir- > .* iic* . * \A t C-A