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'MID BURSTING BOMBS AND ROCKETS’ GLARE Heroism of Two Red Cross Doc- tors and Two Women Canteen Workers During Bombardment. Just outside the Comptegne stands t nel, An stru hundreds of years. ed rooms could mediaeval adve violence—of rom Today it can tell th surgeons—American Red tors—who for a day and ar second day 8 r operating by ed French crashed and the bullets resounded my was advancing ste French Chateau « ure Its w tell ture— town ° many 80! while daily until within five miles of the little hos The chateau had been used n advance hospital under ction of the French Service de Sante, Major Tarnowsky and Major Morehead, two Red Cross doctors, were in charge the personnel being neh. When the enemy came within six kilometers ie French authorities ordered the tion of the place, the patients be moved at night in can: » two Red Cross docto wits’ ends. Their labors umscribed by human limitations There were just four hands and no of any kind, But fate usually intervenes when ts at were SW as sistance somehow the need is direct. So in the nick of time two American canteen women came over from Complegne Sul, supplies were lacking, and again fate proved kind. Five heavily lIuden Red Cre in an hour after the wome two men, so that the 7 consisted of two doctors, and ten men, Inside two begrimed humar spattered with blood, tense of f¢ alert and ready for any Two brave women are the instruments the bandages, the other sur ved with ch with rsonnel nions ar now two women bei eme anding are ney them needed— I as they phernalia, Other mer holding dles, administering an: thetics, car rying in the wound « g ou those whose wounds have been bound up, playing hospital angels in an un known tongue to the fellows lying in the wards. CONDENSED MILK FOR LITTLE SICILIANS The problem of caring for the bables of Sicily was one which the Red Cross workers were almost at a loss to solve until the shipment of sweetened con Gensed milk came to thelr rescue A can of condensed milk would last 1 baby a week, for one spoonful, put in cup of boiling water, was sufficient for a feeding, and so, to many a Sicilian fainily the terms “America” and “con densed milk" will always be synony mous. Last February a list of fifty familles of Itdlian soldiers was given to the Red Cross workers in Italy. The fam ilies were carefully Investigated and registered and the milk was given to them for the little children. the babies. Mothers came for the cans and were grateful beyond expression especially But with the coming of warm weather it was necessary to give out the milk daily, as !t would not keep sweet. The mothers brought their own ¢ iners, and the milk was pre pared, sugar added, and they were in structed carefully as to its use, Abso lute ¢| iness of ri tacles was in sisted upon, and the homes were vis ited in order to m that the milk rations were t backed) by healthful conditions Aside from the saying of the lives of the children, the soldiers are hay and they are better soldiers now tl they know that their loved ones ure being cared for by the Crossa Rossa FOOD AT LOW COST FOR BELGIAN FAMILIES Through the combined efforts of the American Red Cross and the Belgian Government, food is now supplied low cost to the familles of those I gian soldiers who ure at the front or have been killed or taken prisoner The Commissioner for Belgium of the Red Cross recently sdy the Bel gian Government that the American people were ready to undertake this work and that the I Cross would provide 20,000 franes a month for it The Belgian Minister o Dp! has a chain of sixty-five France and at the front, whic xoods to the families of Belgian sol diers working in munition or other places in the rear. FAITH IN THE RED CROSS. A young American soldier recently arrived in France tried to locate hi brother, who wa In the army and who had preced lim “over there.” It was like hunting for a needle In a haystack. Afte un f ficulties and long waiting ver, he at last located the company to which his brother be: Then he that his brother had been is In some hospital ) find out, With the faith « ittle child in his eyes he told this to w hospital searcher belonging te the American Red Cross and the \ ith « a little child he added it the Red Cross will @nd him." And the Red Cross did + a Mrs. Anna Moscowitz Kross, who was recently app corporation couns -the first woman that office —has been assigned to the Domestic Relations Court to handle cases in- New York City ed assist volving domestic relations, legitima-; cy, non-support and kindred matters. STOCK INDUSTRY STILL LEADS IN WYOMING, CLAIM vestock Valued at $133,782,- 000 at Present Time, De- clares Annual Report of State Veterinarian of State Vet A nch shows that} uation hed the that this un 82,000 over 1916. It also shows that this valuation is greater by $94,- nlue of the industry, so that the eultur: 000,000 thi state’s ag in spite of the enormous strides agri- culture and oil h made in the state duri the past two years, stock raising continues to blaze the way Sheep le: all other animals in both num und value. The total number of Wyoming sheep and gonts) 4,100,000. and they are worth an ge of $18.60 a head, making ¢ valuation of $55,760,000. Range cat ‘le are a close second in valuation, | h figure being 3,190,000, but fall far behind in numbers 990,000 of them and they the $59.10 a There worth, on are average, head When it comes to individual worth, mules lead 1 the rest. They are priced at an average of With 4,000 of them in th worth thus $416,000 10,000 hogs at $20 50 each are 30,000 and th ,000 hors! worth $ 466,000. The valued at ar yer: 104 apiece state, their The total is | each 65,000 m age of $98 a head, have a valuation) of $5,720,000 | Dr. rench shows in his report that the stockmen of Wyoming were | never in better shape than they are at the present time. Following ar unusually winter in 1916-17 during which there were huge losses among the flocks and_ herds, the ranges were stocked during 1917 anc 918, and the light winter of a year | coupled with a large hay | crop and an excellent winter range place the cattlemen and flockmas- ters their feet again A total of 211,151 cattle were im ported into the state during the twe years animals for both range and dairy purposes still in great demand, and there are a large num- | ber of eattlemen now engaged ir} breeding pure-blood stock for both purposes. There is no way of getting at the exact number of cattle exported fron severe 2 ext ago or « the state to market cente) but Dr French believes a conservative esti mate for the past two years would} be 350,000 head. The number of) }horses exported ran close to 10,00( head, and the number of hogs was about 30,000. | ee a © Employment Bureau for Casper Soldiers Thru a generous response on aN part of Natrona county employers te he appeal of The Tribune for pros pective needs, a list of positions and jobs will be published daily and is open to free service in this community on the part of men returning from the army camps and from France. Employers and reques ted to revise or furnish new lists each to eliminate confusion and dis appointment places are filled Parties interested should preserve these lists and might find it conven ient to mail.them to relatives and friends who contemplate an early re- 2 to civil life. Detailed informa- including names of employers employinent week as tion, and those wanting work, can be secur- ed on applicat " t m to The Tribune or pinefitter help. 4.59 to $5.50 per day deduction. General -five er board Ma erapher a eight ) Sunday ude shorthand not na ot ations are ors good y Six carpen 43 cente hour x f ts hour, Steep ing quarters f Jobs W Soldiers Tent and aw has worked volunteer in Compaay L, me company clothing salesman; six years’ no bad habi SOLDIERS ARE ASKED TO LEND 7 HEIR PAPERS Discharged soldiers are re- quested to leave or send their discharge papers to the adju- tant gene office in Chey- * enne, in order that they may be * transcribed, thus giving the sta = a correct and permanent rec- * * ord of each man in the service. * Only the discharge papers will * give a full history of all the en- * gagements and other activities of the soldier during his entire * services. By having this tran- scribed, the State will have a * corred record of each man, which it is hoped will be printed * in b form, and in addition to * thi: soldiers could secure a * copy of their discharge at any * * time in case it were destroyed * |* or lost. Discharges will be * * handled carefully and promptly * * returned to the owner. be * tf W. K. WEAVER. = Oe See e4s e (8) 8) 4 es SUB OFFICERS | had ma | U-boats NATRONA COUNTY TRIBUNE Ee Ss eae ee WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 1918 atl You Need Is a Heart and a Dollar |forward to it eazerly, all of them! ernor Houx issued an | of fic they will fail to get by |wanted to be selected for the first lamation announcing that it jority in th istance — day’s work but when they boarded 1, knowr the dry law, and |The livestock end the beaten craft they ma ained e endment No. 3, providing that dis nly 22,011 vot th cellent discipline and orders against trict judges may » supreme more it would © ele By cour thru with the brief formalities and | it was a crew of men who had fought | the | ods under-water meth it took it U-boats that by manned and to port. These men had uncomplainingly stuck to a job that was recognized | by the Admiralty as one of the most | unattractive in the navy but it was ended by participation in an event unique in naval history and a ftting ending for service performed. Altho Britis submarines always HAD REAL JOB IN SURRENDER British Submarine Command- ers Find Comzensation for h » on the lookout for Uboats their acon ess in the war was not meas-| Years of Service in ured by the number they destroyed Boarding U-Boats Nevertheless it was co-incident that | 20 U-boats should have been sunk me by British submersibles during the | HARWICH, England, Nov war and it was the same number | (Correspondence of The Assoc first surrendered to the British sub-| Press.)——-The business of actua murine crews on the day the taking | cepting the erman sub over of the German fleet was inaug-- | surrender was performed by urated off this port | and men of the British subm As far as possible the admiralty | four 3 dis intained a tedious but relent- ril of waters of the British force who for more than puted the honor of taking over the U-boats among all the men of the | submarine flotilla. Fourteen men were placed on each surrendered | boat and as they surrendered in| surrendered but was a batches of twenty a total of 280 offi- | submarine. officer who first stepped cers and men were allowed to parti- | aboard each submarine, curtly went cipate each day. Every man looked | le: sles. commanded = An admiral in a light cruiser which it the fleet to the Le Sn WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE Pine Street Grocery Corner Second and Pine Will open for Business Thursday, Dec. 19 Will handle a full tine of Staple and FANCY GRO- CERIES, VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Also BAKERY GOODS. Our Motte Will Be Fair Dealing and Fair Profits G. CAMPBELL, Mgr. a Poa% Sesto sto Me Mo ie be Mo ee sie Meee Meee Sete teem Se eho afe-efo-aSo- fo ao afo-ehe ale sho aSe-alo-sSo-ahe- sho a5e-ohe aoe sce ace ele ae 3 Se Se: oe ee xe MoM 0 504% o 1M ° 4, KO 1M °, mets Rock Springs COAL M% K? no afo-ofe4 e ++, m Oo 4, % ° io, e KO POO 4, Soa aX io, K ae e K 2% Xe “S o “ We have several cars Rock Springs Coal “ o4, M o+, e M fo slo-alo-atectes on hand. Fill your coal bin with this good % Coal. S¢ os of a Keith Lumber Co. Phone 3 Seeds dete edoate deegeateteeteetoatoets coxa) Q meters ] : 3 soon so far different jines was ltwenty brought in which is 276 feet long, was complet after she was placed in her ber her into port with the aid of Ger man engineers. Comm Hall, y ieutenant when he would ready to “shove off. But the n took the uestion seri RD [tee Soke any demonstration were so carefully court whenever , the lat ' obeyed that it was nost an air of are incap: j d been en- on the part z disinterest that they went about their acted by the vote ft , in sf ‘duties. that amendment No. 2 had fail 10,499 vote 3 h had been said of the way of the Ge A total of 44,399 vot t} . that there were t the electic 5 ; jamong the Britist f their that constitutional me ae ability to navigate YT rece majorit - ES they had received them. iene ie SEN ie ed three months ago and had never! CRGEER BUSINES SHC OTT [British channel to. be surrendered, ¢ Phone 349-M. Smith Tarter Bldg. Second and Durhi Her type attracted Commodore S ener enenerar encom eee aeneneeeeeesenoresssenens S. Hall, who has been at the head of 1 oe |the British submarine force sinc natn TTT 1" r iii lhe beginhing of hostilities. HAT | He was taken to the vessel soon the River Sour and inspect |with the young British lientenant who had taken her over and brot |promptly replied: t | “I can take her to sea in a couple ae Fei Rae lof hours. She is frightfully dirty Hee CT SLE Because of but the engines are in good st the reliability and exciusive style and my men an oper » them.” r . , pa ioe oo of Bloom Clothing Co.’s Merchan- dise. ‘STOCK | | AS SHOWN BY CANVASS | which would have cial | protection and indemnity, got better than a two-to-one vote, but failed of | frozen White Sea. | retary of mission to Rumania, | his thirst with icicle. oe SS hurdle; as it however, from other Among the the reassured oveeseccess SPANISH starting Tuesday, December 10, 7 p. m. found. was J-14 New class The Gift Store _ You will find at this store gifts NSPECTION LAW (5 DEFEATED AT POLLS NECKWEAR Exclusive § 75c to $4.0 UNDERWES v Wilson Bros.’ Make $2.00 to $9.00 HOSIERY ~ Black and Colors 25c to $1.25 MUFFLERS SHIRTS The Best Makes $1.50 to $12.50 GLOVES Are the y on your list? $1.50 to $7.09 HATS sons and No-Name $3.30 to $12.50 FUR CAPS R uit iment No. ized a sp inspection, Constitutional ame: authe on livestock for tax snactment because it couldn’t mus ~ nae er a majority of all votes cast at Cut Silk a id K Mi ik, Rat, Seal, ip ceeenty aa $1.50 to $6.50 $3.50 to $35.00 This fact became public when Gov- SHOES Nettleton, Florsheim and Worthme re $4.50 to $12.00 LUGGAGE b ases to $37 $3.50 i SUITS AND OVERCOATS ROUSE COATS For Men and Young Men and Bath Rebes $20.08 to $47.59 $6.50 to $17.00 SEE OUR HOLIDAY WIR- BOWS e Bicom Shoe and Clothing Company SAUNT Red Cress officers on Captain Mills, sec- quenches American Ht HG CHE IAMONDS: Express Happiness GIVE DIAMONDS in Schwartz Exclusive Mountings Our Reputation Is Your Guarantee of Quality. The Price is Right . 4. SCHW. HOME OF ORIGINALITY | STONES DENVER, COLO one acustia Bunue we isae Iris Theater Bldg. Phone 448 Liberty Bonds taken for all Purchases DIAMONDS 1000-16 ST.