Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-18
BY EARL WAYLAND BOWMAN.
Capital News Correspondent with the
Second Idaho Infantry.

Capital News Correspondent with the
Second Idaho Infantry.
Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 13.-(By maiD-
There is a distinct and positive devel-
opment of insolence among the Mex
leans in American Nogales. For sew
eral days it has seemed to me there
was a certain contempt shown by them
for Americans on the streets. They
seemed to deliberately jostle and
crowd me when l would meet them on
the sidewalk They appeared to make
an effort to force Americans to go
around them. They would stand sto-
Idly in the center of the walk-fre-
quently a group of them occupying the
entire space between curb and build
ing and to pass I would have to step
out into the street. l thought perhaps
1t was an internal crouch of my own
that made me see imaginary discour-
tesy rather, possibly, than the real
thing.
Others in the last few days have re-
marked it. A number of the officers
and men of the Second Idaho and 9TH
err regiments have mentioned observing
the same thing during the past week
or ten days.
So I am quite sure now that it is
real. That the sullenness l see in the
attitude of the MeXicans toward Amer
leans is a fact and not the reflection of
a tired liver or crippled digestion that
is all my own.
Yesterday Captain Jones was per-
fectly willing to individually and single
handed, backed up with Company F
alone, declare war on the whole Mex
lean race. He had noticed 1t. To-
gether we walked down Morley avenue
and in a couple of blocks hod to fore
IDLY crowd through a half dozen groups
standing stupidity as animals and re-
fusing to move till we pushed them
aside.
Some time there is going to be a
bunch of beautifully beaten up greas-
ers IL they continue to monopolize hu-
man rights and common street prtvi
leges on this side of the line.
Some day some American citizen is
going to slam some Mexican citizen
about half way across Morely avenue
and then
You folks over in Idaho are not the
only ones watching the Second Idaho
infantry and approaching its good rec
ord here on the border. There are
lot OF people scattered around In diff
ferent corners of the United States
who know the Idaho lads are on earth.
The other day l got a letter from
away up in South Oak ota-from VIII
liam f. Trebilcock, at Letcher, S. D.
and there was a nice yellow bank draft
for five whole dollars, made payable
to Earl Wayland Bowman, in it. At
first / was frightened-I was afraid l
was going 20 have five dollars that were
really, honest to God all my own that
someone was sending me five subscrip-
lions to the Golden Trail or something.
So l was scared, and who wouldn't be?
But when / read the letter the shock
disappeared and my pulse soon got to
be perfectly normal once more. 1t
wasn't for me at all and I sighed a
big, long sigh of relief that l wouldn't
have to worry and try to figure out
which creditor I ought to send that
five bones to. 1t was all right was
saved. The five dollars was for the
regimental fund.
Mr.. Textbook, himself "son of a
veteran wanted to show his appreci-
alton of the good work the boys are
doing on the border and that was his
way of showing it. The remark that
It is a good way is entirely unneces-
vary. Tut it was.
The letter accompanying the
thoughtful evidence of Mr.. Trebilcock' $
interest in the lads of the Second Idaho
was not long. 1t didn't need to be--the
draft said a good deal. It's old, but
money talks" A couple of years ago
Mr.. Trebilcock visited Boise and mar
ried Boise lady-he sent me a pic
lure, and l can vouch for his good
judgment in that matter as well as the
sizing up of the work OF a regiment of
soldiers. But he took her back east
to South Dakota-and for that no Ida
hoan can ever forgive him. We wanted
them both to stay In Idaho.
Anyway, among other nice things
contained in the letter Mr.. Trebilcock
said:
II have been a reader Of your let
tiers in the Evening Capital News. !
have read 1t with much interest. .
This little gift is appreciation of your
service along the border. l have two