The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, October 4, 1918 Page: 11
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OAMP PUBLICITY OFFICE
Camp Travis Texas
Soptombor 20 1D18
No ensos of Bimnlsh Influonzn hnvo
boon dlscovored In Camp Travla Toxas
Influenza of n mild form lias boon notod
In a foxv caBos during tlio past foxv
montlis but in no instnuco has tlio in
fluenza boon of tlio vlrulont typo now
roportod provnlont In tlio Bnst Tills
Oien the mine us Brigadier Ocnoral
Oeorgo II Estes said in unking the nn
nounrement because the lerinnns will
gnin their knowledge of its qualities
through bitter contact the new Eigh
tecnth Dixislon now forming nt Camp
Trixis is to be known ns the Cactus
Division
rollowing the inltliil rex ten of the
embryonic dixislon by tho new com
mnnder Siturdny September 21 the
work of unifying tho various component
pnrts and welding the whole into oxer
seas shapo is progressing rapidly Saturdays
rexiexv was but tho first step
in the program of making this new ill
vision the equ il of Its predecessor tho
Ninetieth Division which is nlready
taking part in the conflict across tho
Atlantic The rexiew xxill lie follnwnl
by n series of battalion parades to tnke
plue em li nfternooi different regi
ment will li dn of
tl u xxeek
While much remuilih to be done to
xvard final organization of the groups
theso nlrendx Into assumed training
form nn I are beginning to gixe promise
of xxhnt the xxlll be when time conies
for departure Oenernl Kates one of
tho jouugist Brigadier Oenernls in tho
Arm Is one of the men selected by
tho Wnr Department to tnke up the
training of new dixisious in the canton
meiits of the United States
Auto man truck man repair man bluil
Typist man every man now must
prove his sttuT
When our Undo Samuel Jiocnme so en
raged nt tho doings of the Huns thnt
ho felt himself forced to exterminnto
them lie Inxoked the nssistanco of tho
selective draft becauso ho xxanted each
to bo placed xxhero ho could lay on
with tho greatest effect Thero woro a
thousand and ono things to bo done boor
the Stars and Stripes eould float
over tho palaco at Borllu and to expedite
tliu expedition Undo decided to
select tho spedallsts Instead of shutting
his ces and picking out nt random
tho indlxldunls for each particular duty
Speed has been the xxntthword from
tho start yet thero has been added but
not nt the expense of certainty to
complete the fighting slogan
From tho xery first men called in
the draft xxero sorted and each placed
at tho work for which a cursor examination
showed him to be best adapted
Gradually the sorting procoss hns boon
iinproxed until now it is mulling tho
perfection point nt Camp Traxls Tho
last piece of Iinproxed ninchinery in
stnlled at this groat receiving cnmp Iibb
been patented under the nnmo of
Trndo Test Board
This is just exactly xvhat its nnmo
Implies When tho recruit stnrts punching
tho clock at this mammoth soldier
factory ho Is qulzzod nt longth concerning
bis civil life xvlth a xlow of finding
in just xvhnt department ho will
bo of groatost service Not infrequently
a DCrult xvho boforo being summoned
to the colors was accustomed to cam
a livelihood by piloting a grocory fllv
xer informs tho board that ho is a
truck driven And just ns frequently
ono xvho has spout a fow months studying
tho Hunt nnd Pick system of
typewriting records hluisolf as a typist
or tlio youngster xxho once fastened a
fow looso mitR on n rattling Tord do
dares iblmsolf to bo nn auto inoclinulc
Undo Snm was foolod somo times by
such when lio was badly in need of Bomo
ono wlio could dolivcr tlio goods Now
ho lias added the trndo tost board to
Ids plant nnd Its function is to find out
by nctunl oxporiinont wlicthor tlio ro
cruit is wlint lio protonds to be
On August 27 tlicro ennio to Cnmp
was tho atnloinont todny of Ucutonnut Trnxis by order of tlio Wnr Department
Colonel 1 W Little Clilcf Surgeon of reprcsoiitntixcs of tho committeo of das
tlio Eighteenth
Division located nt
Camp TrniS
Becnusu of tlio prexolcnco of tlio lru
lout typo III tliu East oxery cuso of Influenza
In any fo rm is reported directly
to tlio Surgeon loneril in Washington
Cases numbering thirty sex en reported
from Camp Trnvls however have been
of tho very mild ypo and not to bo
classified as Spanish Influcnra Hxcry
precaution bus been taken and is bo
lug taKcu to prevent tho Introduction
or spread of tho infection now reported
in many other camps
There hat noer been a death reported
from Influenza from tho Camp
Travis Base Hospital or from among tho
soldiers at Camp TrnIs notwitlistand
iug tlio fact thnt thcro hnsTTcen n total
of from 25000 to 10000 practically all
tho time All suspected cases nro being
carefully watched from symptoms of
tho Influenza of tho Spanish Tjpo
According to Colonel Little tho Spanish
InflucniM is differ ut from tho usunl
known tpo of Influenza in the xirulon
cy of the factors Climatic conditions
hao much to do with tho status of
tho disease It is notable that camps
and cantonments of he United States
west of the Mississippi Rixor have been
singularly frco of Influenza in any
form whatover
Tlicro Is no reason for xvorr as to
tlio henltli of the soldiers in the cantonment
nt Cnmp Trnls unless very tin
oxpectod outbreaks of tho Influenza
appear This is deemed unlikely be
cnu o of tho preventative stops already
taken and tlio general health conditions
existing
sificntlon of tho Army Trndo Test
Hoard The had long been identified
xxith this scrxltu unci txxo sergeants
had recently completed a lourse of in
structlon In tho snmo xxork In ten
das thoy had installed the trade test
board hero and the officers xxent on to
the noxt camp leaving tho locnl work in
tho hands of tho txxo sergeants nnd
their assistants And since their com
ing hundreds of recruits hnxe been run
through the plant the culeient being
sifted from tho inefficient
At present tho schedule calls for tests
in somo threo score and ton subjects
soon it ih xpoeted to embrace one hundred
While its seopo is largo it is
i entering its efforts right nnxv on truck
and unto timers nuto mednnics tp
ists nnd electricians At the factory
located in xxhat once xxns used ns i
mess linll lor tho xxorkmen xxho built
Cnmp Trnxis the maihinerx is grinding
daily
As the recruit enters the door he
is registered and gixen n score cird
upon xxhicli his record Is to be entered
ns ho pisses through the mill Assigned
to one of thlrtxflxehnoths he fnres
nqucstioncr across u tnblo in nn oral
examination Prepared questions ure
asked and the svslc in is so nearly per
feet that i mere noxlce inn proxo or
disprove nn expert If the subject shovxs
a fiir knoxxledgc of his trnde during
the oral examination lie is pushed into
the performance room If he is registered
ns an nuto mechanic he is gixen
nn engine or a piece nf an engine to
put together and take apart If he is
supposed to bo an electricinn he is
provldod xxilh n fromoixnrk representing
a room nnd with xxirc and tools nod
gixen instructions to wire the model
If ho claims to be a tpl t he is shown
a seat at a tvpowriter and told to copy
onio 500 xvords ns rapidly and nccurnte
ly as possible If ho Is rated ns a
truck drixcr or as a chauffeur he is
whisked out to a testing ground xxhere
he Is gixen a truck or car and an op
portunit to shnxv xxhat ho eun do
tirades are made and clnssif ic itlon regulated
according to the quality of tho
xx ork
Anxone xxho enn successfully negotiate
the truck nnd nuto course is xxell
worthy his intended job Uncle Sam
Is just as particular that his trucks nnd
niitos hnxe careful handling ns he i
that his mules nnd horses are not alius
ted Ami throughout the test no ob
rer watches earefullx to see th it the
c urine is not raced thnt it is kept run
i i xenlx noI that the genrs are not
ground xx Idle the iuudidntc being
tried out under conditions thnt he will
be tailed upon to fnce in Annx serxice
The first thin he is asked to do
is to start his engine without ruing
nncl get under wny without stalling
Vext he must dlinb u low grade tnking
care to prexeu a jerk idvaine A
good climb encourages the driver to be
liexe that ho can pass the third test
which consists of guiding tho mammoth
truck though nn S shaped line of
stnkes To touch a stake punches a
hole in his score If he stops to pre
xent this disaster his record suffers But
blessed is ho xxho can negotiate this
lane without touching a stake or lies
tating When ho reaches the end of
the lane and hoaxes n sigh of relief ho
Is expected to retrace his steps by back
ing through Done xxith the snaky trail
he is sent nt n steep incline with in
structlons to stop his truck half way
up xxith n certnin mark on his truck
opposite n certnin mak on i board
representing n curb Tho candidate is
supposed to hold the truck xxith the
breaks and throvx his gear into neutral
In starting from this position ngnin ho
is supposed not to let his truck slip back
more than a scant txxelvo Inches Prom
the hesitation point ho goes into a
blind street There ho is supposed
to turn around without stalling his
engine nnd without backing more than
onto xxliilu to touch tho curb starts tho
score keeper subtracting from tho total
possible number of points
The automobile courso for chauffeurs
Is similar to that for truck drixers except
tho turns In tho lanes are sharper
and the other hnrnrds greater A nox
Ice soon stubs his too on either It
takes a really efficient driver to pass
As It Is with theso trades so Is
it to bo at Camp Trnxis with all othcrB
for which Undo Sam needs men in
this war
Preparatory to n comprehensive
courso lu boxing which is planned for
tho Eighteenth Division In particular
and to nil tho soldiers in Cnmp Trnxis
in gonornl tho camp athletic authorities
havo made Henry A Texas Tcto
assistnnt boxing instructor to Johnnie
Coulon Tate is knoxvn throughout tho
southwest not only for this pugilistic
abilities xvhich ran him among the nations
best heavy weights but also as
an all around athlete Ho was a pitcher
BOOIIB QUNS DONT SOABE
THEM DO FRENCH WOMEN
Bluo Trinnglo Hostess House Lyons
Trance Two American boxs unox
pcclol visitors nt this place rescued
tho secretary from a xery cmbarrnslng
situation Thoy camo through tho rolu
and midst and all bedraggled drifted
into tho Hostess houso nnd found hot
tea a glowing fire and n jolly hostess
When the had nppoiiscd tliolr hunger
to tlio point whero the could tnko note
of their surroundings thoy obserxed
somo seven hundred Trench Women with JH
opoctant exes Gee said ono whoJJ
xxns n nioro youngster what is do
inglTho
Tho hostess grimaced and then nil
nutted nn entertainment had been planned
for tho women nnd oxer thing xxns
in waiting for the cntcrtniuers xxho
xxero unexpected sent elsewhere Sho
demanded thnt tho boys help her out of
the predicament
So the bos and the hostess arranged
an inproniptu program tho main felt
urci consisting of nrmy nnd typical
American tongs which tho pair snug
with considerable gusto xxc t though
the were At tho dose the xxero
greeted with n pcrfct hurricane of ip
pi mse mid the bos xxere fur more
rattled than the had been by
Ilocho shell ns tho Trench women ox
thinned lcs Aniericnnesl Is sont
nierxcilcux
Y M 0 A LADY IS
WOMAN QOD SENT
San Antonio Texas Echoes of reg
istration dny nnd tlio difficulties of
Mexicans xxho speak no English continue
to bo heard both at tho Chamber
of Commerce nnd the office of tho ills
trict judge Competent nnd trustwivrthy
interpretcrs ure in demand But conditions
nro complicated by the fact tint
many of tho Mexicans nre sluw to trust
strangers
During the rush on registration day
a secretary of tlio International In
stituto had occasion to puss through
the Post office xxhen n disc onsolite
couple approached hor saving Do ou
sponk Spanish Finding the secretary
n speci ilist of the Young Womens
Christian Association understood tho
pair told their troubles
The meeting led to untnngling a uiitl
fraud a xisit to a sit k child nn its
treatment by competent medical men
nud the foiinntion of a deep friendship
As tho three xxere conferring xxith tho
insector of mails he nsked how the
refugees r line to understand lioxx to
muiingo their cnie nnd the old lady
slid We xxero just xxnlking ironml
the building nnd Cod sent us this
xxonnn
WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW
Prepared for The Tulla Herald rjy tho
St Louis Union Bank St Louis
Missouri
A compilation showing tho nxerngo
import prices in the fiscul year 1018
of a largo number of articles ropre
sentlng production in exery section
of the world shows prices oxen higher
than those of 1017 which in turn
uxceeded those of 1010 1015 and the
fisc il eir 1011
lu nenrl nil of the important nrti
eles imported 101S ixernge prico fig
ores stand at tho top of tho ascending
scale u f prices dating from 1011
The nxerngo import priio of clothing
wool in l IS was ri4c per pound
igainst 3 e in 1017 2Se in 1010 nnd
21c in 10IB
In copper tho average price of tho
mportatioii of 1018 was 20 2c per
pound against 101c in 1010 nnd 11 ie
per pound in 1015 being thus prne
tically doubled in tlio fourear period
Haw silk axeraged in 1018 f 25
per pound against 01 in 1017 i ill
in 1010 and 100 in 1015
Haw sugar oxerogect in 1018 4 Sc
per pound against I 3e in 1017 17c
in 1011 3 2c in HUli nnd 2c in 1011
Tin nxornged in tho ficsal year 1018
510c per pound ngnlnst 10c in 1017
15 3e in 1010 nnd 12 1c in 1015
In a few articles prices are lower
Tho nverogo import priio of coffeo in
BUS was 0c per pound ngnlnst 111c
per pound in 1011
We nre credits or liabilities to our
country nnd n glance at our War Sax
ings Stamp pledge cards xxlll tell tho
stoiy to nii0ne xxho cares to look us
up Wo cant pretend that pledge
turd shows xx lint xxo hnxe done
in the Toxns Icnguo some eight oors
ago whence ho xxent to tho Philadelphia
American Leaguo Club Bofore his first
season in tho majors was closed he quit
baseball to become a professloual wrestlerArmy authorities hnxe found that
blows parries and footwork of boxing
Is very similar to tho actions in tho
uso of tho bayonet Thoy find the sol
dlor picks up theso movements in boxing
much more readily than he docs
xxith the bnyonot nnd consequently boxing
is being enthusiastically encouraged
in nil camps In Camp Trnxis boxing
always has flourished but now a special
effort is to bo ntado to incroaso the
efficiency of tho work hero
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We Are Now On
vers
asis
On account of war conditions we were forced to go on a
strictly CASH basis but by this means we are enabled to give you
better prices on all our merchandise On CASH everything in
the house will be materially lowered and we will not be handicapped
by keeping a set of books
We are overstocked on Overalls and for 30 days will sell them
for 198 peivpair Onlj3 pairs to one customer
10 per cent Discount
A Discount of 10 per cent on all Dry Goods will be given for
30 days r <
WE WANT YOUR POULTRY EGGS AND CREAM
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SOLDIER BOYS AND FOLKS APPRECIATE
Y W C A HOUSE
Noxv York City Sept 2S Word has
lust received through tho state Department
it Washington that soxen secretaries
ut the Young Womens Christian
AsMHiitiou xxorking in Itussin lmxo
leithed Stockholm Drixeu out by political
developments which ippcnr to
hnxe become more ucuto as disclosures
haxe been made b American concern
ing the relations of the Bolshoxik lead
eis ami Oenn my thoy left liussln nt
i date not gixen m tliu cnhlcgrnm
We expect to return by tho north
em route the cablegram rends xxo
are temporarily in Stockholm Work nt
Petrograd is continuing Clara Tay
lor s industrial survey of Moscow is
completed ami xxork can bo resumed
thero at tho earliest moment Work is
lecpiested in other cities There ire
great opportunities on this front What
now secretaries are ready to comet
Tho sex en secretaries are Miss Eliza
belli Boies of Cincinnati Miss Mnrciu
Dniihtm Now York Cityj Elizabeth
Dukersou Minneapolis Helen Ugden
Orange N J Clara Taylor of Taylors
ille III Muriel Ilea of Grand Hnxen
Mich and Kntliernino Childs of Slier
ninn N Y Thoy xxero in Russia nbout
one eur and established xxork in Petrograd
and Moscow Cafeterias in both
cities vvero invaluable on account of
food shortages
NURSES SAVE THEIR DESSERT
FOR WOUNDED SOLDIER
An American Bisu Hospitnl France
meriiiiis who wonder why sugar
regulations should be so strict should
haxe a glimpse of tho American girls
women nurses here who carry their
desserts from the tnblo nt tho Bluo
Triangle Huts to wounded men who
have recovered sulllciontly to cruxo
sweets Not only thnt but from their
none too plentiful funds thoy spend
no one knows how much for fruit for
convalescents
Aftor a hard dsys xvork among tho
wounded many of tho nurses haxe fro
qucutl tramped down a dusty road to
town to get something for their xxards
Then gathering the Bavcd sweets in
the Young Womens Christian Association
hut they inuko fudge You should
hear tho shout of joy and see tho gleeful
faces of the men when thoy get
glliups of tlio nurse coining in with a
batch of fudge says the Secretary
Then you would bo glad to knoxv your
economy at homo makes possible so
much joy over bore
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O'Bryan, Barnett. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, October 4, 1918, newspaper, October 4, 1918; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41787/m1/11/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.