Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-04-27
ALL OWE A DUTY TO
THE SOLDIER BOYS
Montpelier and Bear Lake Citizens Should Unite
with Nampa in Contributing Towards the
Comforts Of Company B.

III the way Oh variety OF kUOu.
Shall we at home. living in comfort
and ease, withhold little pleasure
and comfort to those undergoing
hardship to defend our rights. our
liberties and possibly our very lives
for the little money we will never
miss. Not many will answer III the
negative is. the belief OF those who
will soon interview our citizens on
the question. II is their belief that
almost every citizen Of Nampa will
consider 1t privilege to contribute
something to the fund it is proposed
to raise. Those who will look after
the matter have their own affairs to
look after as we'll as those who will
he asked to contribute and 1t is
their hope that as soon as plans are
formulated all who desire to help
will come forward promptly"
That the people OF Bear Lake coun-
ty may know to what extent the
women of Nampa went in providing
for Company B while at Nogales, and
what they propose doing for the
company in the future. we publish
a letter written by Mrs. O. w. Lam
sen OF Nampa to Mrs. Josephine
| GAANOI +OA LhAb SAIys uAucE udbS VI
April Is:
My Dear Mrs. Driver-Your bro
ther, Mr.. Mcintosh, stayed with me
while Company b was camped in
Nampa, and he asked that / write
you concerning the needs of the COM
nany. Last year | wrote to the lad
les OF Montpelier, the commercial
club here wrote to the commercial
club there and the knights OF Py-
HAS lodge here wrote to the lodge
there, but none of the letters re-
ceived a reply. AS there were 21
boys in the company last year who
were from Montpelier and vicinity,
we had hoped to get some response
from them, but not hearing from
them / felt reluctant to write again
this year. However, the company
will be nearly or quite double the
size this year and | don't see how
we can handle 1t alone. Last year
it cost US nearly $500 to make and
fill the kit bags alone. Most OF
those made last year are now worn
out and we will have to furnish more
of them than before. We have the
bags made but not filled. Do you
: think your society there would be
willing to help fill them? We put
in two small bath towels, from 81 tc
so inches long, two wash rags, o
small looking glass, a paper of safe
typins spool of thread the color OF
, their uniforms, a cake of Ivory soap
half dozen postal cards and a lead
pencil sharpened ready to use. Other
things that are nice to use are a jal
) of cold cream and shaving soap. Las
} year 1t cost $1.35 each for the filling
of the bags, SO you can see that we
found 1t quite an undertaking. We
; are going to make laundry bags fol
them, and are also going to SEND
/ them lot OF magazines each month
These three things-the filled XII
bags, laundry bags and magazines
the captain says are the three frs
, necessities.
} Then. instead OF sending them
, cakes, cookies, etc., as we did las
, year. we are going to start a sub
scription paper, having everybody II
I town, who will. sign up for any sun
from rs cents a month up. We will
send the money each month to thu
! I captain OF the company to supple
ment the table. Can you do any
! thing OF that kind there? If yol
I care to unite with ua for the goot
of the company. in which both town
are interested, shall be glad lndeet
to keep you posted as to what W,
are doing. We expect to get month
ly letters from Capt. Van de Steeg
Top Sergeant JenneSs and Suppl,
7 Sergeant Lamson, so we will know
how the things arrive and can keel
tab on everything. Copies of thes
letters can be sent to any societ
). you may organize In Montpelier, q
u be read to the ladies each month, q
{ we do here.
IL we succeed in raising the sub
= scription each month to send to tn
boys 1t is to be used to buy butter
8 which the government does not fur
u nish for the table, and eggs and yeR
etables. Perhaps the mothers o
, relatives of the boys there wouI
each be willing TO fill a kit bag 10
= her boy and make 3 laundry baf
e Then the society at large could dc
4 nate the filling the extra ones who d
y come from either Montpelier o
u Nampa. II they wish TO put In 81
tras for some particular boy, wra
II all that is going to him in a bundl,
Ie securely tied. and marked with hi
5, name and who it is from. and "
d will see that he gets it.. We fin
r that the boys like to know just VIII
70 has made things for them. W
9. would also like the names OF any on
r, donating either work. material, nor
10 ey or magazines so as to put the
v names on our honor roll. which v
re have done from the first to sho
In Just who helped and what he or sE
did.
n- Your brother says that the won
al ans club In Montpelier has appoin
e. ed committee 20 assist these boy
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