Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1923, Page 9

SONDAY, SEPT. 16, 1923 PACE Tne hes, trees, at o'clock the St. Mihiel | was elther put out of action by gun CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR tion 11, Township 83N, Range en of RARE. cut coe sooted treet ieee @ roaring stupend-|fire or captured. | PUBLICATION, 80W., Sixth Principal Meridian. and observation possibilities. The}ous throb as every gun along the| By Soptember 15, the battle ended 5 of the |__ Department _ Interior,] Witnesses: C. P: Johmson, Ray French commander of that sector | line, totalling hundreds of pieces of |as the line had been further ¢riven United States Land Office, Doug- Carroll, John Peters, and Adam advised that if two went out to-/artillery of all sizes opened fire. back, objectives taken, and thou- GOES T CITY JAIL | 5, Woomine, September 5, 1923.| Lockner, all of Casper, W: oming gether, that they would not be| From intense darkness, one could sands of Germans made prisoners. |. The following named entrymen B. J. ERWIN, col AS IN oT MIHIFT BATTLE harmed. French helmets were fur-| read a newspaper by the continuous Verdun for the first time in years ‘ ee 5 have filed notice of their intention Register. nished. and the olive drab uniforms] gun flashes, and the earth rocked |was freed from the pressure of the FOR PACKING GUNS |: make final proof upon their| Pub. Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, covered by common American blue | from the cancussions. : L German armies on two sides, and enim suits, and no more attention| From the German side, batteries |only faced the enemy now on the | homestead entries before the Reg-| 1923, ister and Receiver, nited States TET Be a was paid to the observation than it | came one by one into action as dazed} north. ‘The possibilities of the allied i ; Land Office, Douglas, Wyoming, NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. . s - 4 the cause o! the 10th day of October, 1923: hi ‘ : . . it had been made by Germans them. |sleep drugged artillerymen turned| general drive were made even more “Packing” guns dah 2 ont y of Department of the Interior, UW ourth of Series of Articles by Lieutenant Wright selves. to their guns. ‘The intelligence de-|wecure, and the portion of the Mabie ih core PPh hea eyed pees 2 ening A ae Ss. Land Ofties at Douglas, Wyo 1 : Not more than a hundred partment of the Americans had pte- | Mouse-Argonno sector Inter assigned | J! ‘a Pekks pe | per, . s ming, August 20, 1923 Describes Part Taken by 148th Artillery day were fired by etther perce dg pared and furnished the G. P..F./to the Americans September 2éth,|C- Byers was fined $15 and sen-| Homestead entry, Ser Notice is hereby given that armies, each one realizing that to |>atterles of westerners charged with | was freed of the embarrassing flank-|te2ced to 10 days Stine te atmank | allowed December | 20, Clarence G. Park, of Alcova, Wyo- In Great Engagement start firing would be to start|Putting out of commission enemy jing position of the German army|runk an@ attempting to asasult|/Si,.sky%, SW% S th B idently suc- 8, NE4 ety z ming, who on October 22, 1920, vith a gun. Byers eviden 8, NEXNW, made Stockraising Homestead en- trouble, and neither one could profit | batteries, a Nst of 112 German gun|that would have been disasterous to | ¥! “ 3 bd without the sodibetl trations of Bons positions, and these positions were | the allied cause. ceeded in his attempt. He is said to Section 10, Townsh' BY WILLIAM R. WRIGHT, Ex-Ist. Lt. 148th F. A. September 12, five years ago, opened the battle that many military observers of the United States participating found to have been accurately plotted. As German batteries came into action, they would be engaged what was @ virtual by a Wyoming battery, or Colorado Pattee here ne ee saltatyh alan mie eEntS cematton: in the World War state was the most important battle of| The Fitth corps, composed of the Pgh ee eo gpnedeeer steci, |t2© longest, a battio that raged for| Byers the latter attempted to fire at the several that had engaged American troops, and |*ourth and Twenty-sixth U. 8. atvi- All ronds that could br poo up 6 a ier de ee sy, we him, only the fact that the shell Wyoming troops, members of the 148th Field Artillery, [00 "8s sétined to and supported [crv tFooe Were bathed in fire that [Gurnee a ies re areRt of the | faitea to eter ae le pel a formerly yp oman atonal Guard infantry, took such an by the 146th flela artillery es coun- bros n troops. The light ar-|20" 11. With the completion of tho . important part in this battle that|reverses would’ break the Mabon . this date cannot help but have a tor Dattery artillery, while on the 0, for Lot 3, S% W%, NWKSE% 3% NEM, sNW%, | N&SWH, , Township 20N., Range h Principal Meridian, has sands of additional men along the line, Occasional airplane obserya- Uon of both sides satisfied them that have struck Carl Seidel, an express. man, on the back of the head with a 45 caliber Bisby model. Seidel carries & considerable bruise as a result of the encounter. When Of. ficer Avery attempted to arrest September 15 the 148th field ar- tillery was relieved and ordered to Teport immediately to a point north- west of Verdun, there to take part in the last battle of the war, and idian. Witnesses: C. P. Johnson, Ray Carroll, John Peters, and Adam Lochner, all of Casper, Wyoming. | 95W., Gertrude E. Miranda, formerly] filed notice of intention to make Gertrude E. Walport, of Casper,| final three year proof, to establish Wyoming, on Homestead and Ad-| claim to the land above described, ditional Stockraising Homestead] before Register and Receiver, s, Homestead 025114, allow-| United States Land Office, at help not reach the stunmed front high d November 13, 1920, for SE%| Douglas, Wyoming, on the 26th St. Mibiel battle the Wyoming Raymond Purdy, colored, was] Sw S“4NEK E4NEX,| day Sente . 199 i ; SW%, S%NEK, S4MNEM,| day of September, 1928. | algnifeance to every resident of | woutd be fetal to fairs Cree ae | south wide of the salient, weet of| Wey Wal meanwhile throwing & |troops had MDbON, nad the aeerinted | CURG PACKINE @ Hew Colt auto-| NEXSEY Section 10, W4NWic,| Clatmers crrnre oe cettnemsest real sig: es would be © future plans when | St. Mihiel, east Pont-A-Mousso: One sector ribbon, and the unstinted| matic. The fact that he had just} NEXNW%% Secti: » Towns Wyoming. all the allied armies were planning be) miposed at] trench systems and barb wire en- aD en ent, Town was the Fourt! x Following the desperate retreating ‘@ Fourth corps, composed of Carroll Anni Praise of high commanders of tho on a simultaneous attack from the rehased it did not mitigate th I 80W i Additional 1h Pech Charles, A. We: purchased rie, fed ag, (he | 33N., Range 80W., and Additional] Lewallen, H. Clark Holmes, all of the First, Forty-second and the new | "85 great was th Ger French and Americans alike, Joy | punishment. He was fined $25 Homestead 026115, allowed No-|Alcova, Wyoming fight of the beaten German armies |chnnnel ports to the Vosges moun. Highty-ninth divisions, and support: great was the German surprise | wag unbounded over France at free Fan a Pa ember 13, 1920 for N%SW, ? B. J. ERWIN, from the Marne to the Aisne, in| tains, ed on thetr right by the First io their prsicer At Horna ge ha {ng of St. Mihiel, and for taking as Sena your aut te news tol SWNT Beetion 10, . ER N, « Meee oe the allies eee, the St] ‘The American commanders, hew-|consisting of the Second, Pinr,| 7, became crystal Apel wo iw 4 tention of the allies was turned to important a part in this battle as “Spark Plug. “UNW%K, N“SW SF were broken up. By the afternoon |aia the 148th, making no errore;| S25 NSW ~ of September isth, a junction had'| tunetioning like a veteran machine this regiment recetved many mill- tary compliments, Rati roe ES Registez, 16, 28; 192 —Care Tribune NE, § ther points along the far flune bas, | Cer: iaisted, andvfinally won their |Ninetieth and Elghty-second di o “ , | Point, and the mission of strai, ‘hten- | sion: Oe ee reas tt eee ent | tim) out, the St. MIhiel ‘satlent was |'The-generel: plan’ ef campaign tn Tk Cee eee ee ee een eee Wine ABS siuaterned to\the Neat “AMetiean ering | tite Datta; wag eet. that Steen intiotiennda’ be ochoyceta come teed German attempts on Verdun had | ¢ormea in France. Previous to this|prise, and second of having the surrounded 8t. Sarmel point of the YES SIR! ee agin mm atee the | a vcorpe) was, the tnckeat’ anit: used’ |poarated Ameren watt oor aahe wedge’ wate ouseiives:© und 4 : ? eae eee Net een eatte | The three corps organized under the| side of the wedge, drive tonarne a | Wesee ‘ ree in eee oned as 8 beverag niost important salient from which r battery of enemy artillery that was|in a Chinese work called Lots are First arm: col an we! unction, surrouns 5 lel, the Germans must be expelled be-|inirst, Fourth ann air pth esed Phe the Ruresdes oF tnenowee eee eetreastart Of the Aight written about the perlod 5A foresee. Putte Ante) attect:tb® | sisted largely of divisions! unite that | and at the same time straighten out cres general allied offensive planned for | hag peen in battle, plus three divi- | the line. : the Inst of September. sions of the first national army| ‘The westerner’s big G. P. F. guns Square ‘The St. Mihiel salient was wedge | troops to enter the line ax auch, wero placed in position at a point shaped, the point including the The 148th field artillery, of sol-|routh of the famous Mont Sec. and And French city of St. Mihiel, and was|diers trom Wyoming and Colorado, | every ; “9 e ~ IS PROTECTED ues Deep dfiven by the German armies in an | had made, with its sister regiment A’ complete, modern bathroom in your And you can own one of these famous Salt Creek High- ndeavor to surround Verdun, and/the 146th field artillery, a forced home protects health. Frequent bathing way lots on an easy monthly purchase plan. cut the Ines of communication | cross country march from the Velse | ing opposed by a massing of heavy that ‘supplied Verdun by the Paris-|riyer, north of Paris to the St.| guns. All work was Gone at night, helps to resist the minor ailments which lead to serious illness. Aug. 26, Sept. 2 Precaution was taken that nothing should give to the Germans the information that they were b Verdtin-Metz railroad. So nearly |Mihlel salient, a distance of 270{and during the daytime men stayed stecessful was this German plan kilometers, which reflected credit on|under trees, or camouflage nets. that “ft was responsible for a great tho westerners from the fact that | ‘The night of September 11th, pre- deal‘of the temporary successes met] not a man nor carriage was lost| ceding the attack was ono of driv- by the Germans in attempting to | during the six nights that the move-|ing and incessant rain. Mud wns wFest the fortified city of Verdun|ment of over five hundred motor|knee deep, and the darkness was from‘ the French, and the line, bend- | driven vehicles was made, and every |intense. The sector was as quiet as ing ‘@round Verdun on the north, | battery arrived keen for the new|a tomb, and not a shot from either cam@ nearly on a right angle south | assignment. side broke the stillness that was td St, Mihiel, and paralleled the rail- little information was. per-| uncanny, when it was realized that road that was the feeding system for to leak out as to the Ameri-| within a few short hours a veritable Verdun defense. : ns.. The one element of the | shower of steel was to be unloosed It ‘was to wipe out this dangerous | American attack that proved later |by the contending armies. Ammunt- sallent, and to straighten the Iine,|to be successful was that of sur-|tion was brought up, lines of com. and relieve Verdun of any possible | prise, and the massing of American | munications laid, and every prepara- Pressure from the side that it was | troops along this salient was donc|tion mado for a long siege battle, deemed necesary to make this the | under cover of night, and nothing |and for the artillery hour of attack next point of Ameri fighting. permitted that would allow the Ger-|set for one o'clock, four hours -pre- General John J. Pershi com-|mans to know that they were to be | ceding the jump off of the infantry: mader-in-chief of the Americans in|opposed by Amerftan troops. The | men. France was anxious to first form a|salient for nearly two years had| Every watch was ayneronized by complete American army, consisting | been very quiet. It was no uncom- | raiio, that every shot of all guns of of two or more corps, and second to,{mon sight to see German soldiers|the American army would be fired with this first army, take the job | working along their trench systems, | simultaneously at one o'clock, to of breaking the German loose from unconcerned and unarmed, and|make even more surprising the tn. ° what was one of the strongest forti-| within a couple of hundred yards of |tensity of the attack. The Wyo- hd ming artillerymen had been assigned ea | definite towns for bombardment for ® fied and manned points along the | them, French poilus on top of their the first few minutes of the attack, The long-headed man looks at least two years into the future! Personal hygiene safeguards life and Realth. Protect the health of your family with modern, sanitary plumbing. Come up NOW and let us show you how to stop paying rent— . . OR, write us a card for full details. John M. England Co. entire fighting line. The French | trenches, just as unconcernedly do- commanders hesitated at permitting the American general to take the ‘ng thelr washing, or repairing barb wire. ‘The writer was assigned the |one of them being the general post Phone 1129 203 O-S Bldg. responsibility, not through any be-|duty, as an example of this situa-}of command of the German com 359 E. Second Phone 711 liefs that the Americans had not uon, of reconnoitering a hill that lay | mander. From a deathless stiline: proved themselves capable on the]in no-man's land, between the | broken only by the dropping of rain, battle fleld, but through a fear that| French and German main lneland the dripping of rain-ladened xzem: RODEO GROUNDS ‘ ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAMPIONSHIPS | AUTOMOBILE AND MOTORCYCLE RACES $1,200.00 IN PURSES LA P The Drivers Are Here The Cars Are All Tuned Up Records Will Be Smashed An Afternoon of Speed, Spilis and Thrilis a ee Admission $1.00 Plus War Tax. Grand Stand and Bleachers Free. 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