The Little River news., 1917-12-05
LITTLE RIVER COUNTY
 BOY WRITES ERCM
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The following letter was received by w. D. WaIdrop from a tormef Ogden boy now in France. His parents now live at Ogden:
 Active Service Station, Oct. 29-17' Mir. w. D. Waldrop. AshdoWn, Ark. I Dear Friend Will:
 The long wait for orders to proceed to where we are at, finally came, and it was a great trip indeed. Those great ships loaded with the aen who are to show that Imperial 4urceFer' William, of Prussia" ,nat rights of Americans must be respected, came through with the good old stars and stripes flying from the top mast, At sun set We saiic1 up hafbof Ill foreign land. Great crowds of people gave us welcome Everyone Vas glad to see Americans
 France. which has !or over threc years born tle brun of the most terri l ble war in history is rot complaining. Everywhere we sec women doing men work. All the French people are working to one view, to win the war to preserve the independence of the Republic. That which has impress ed me most since coming here is the wonderful system of farming The soil does not appear to be any s-:olGcs than ours of Little River county. but my, how these people make 1t produce, small fields of from three to ten scrcs every foot of which is cultivated to is maximum production. The fields are separated by hedge TONS of berry vines or small fruit trees, hill sides CT ra- vines too rough to cultivate are set in fruit and soided in grass, not one oot of land is Was ed. Tie ssndy country not suitable to cultivate is set in pine woods, the trees arranged at a suitable distance to permit growth. The tar and pitch is taken from them, which. 1 am told does not retard the growth of the trees. After seeing all this l can hardly realize what place our country would be if We could but learn to utilize the great natural re- sources we now let go to waste.
 One of the great helps to America from this war will be the lesson in land economy our farmer boys will learn by coming over here.
 tln 2 c1l0Nn1 n but little. All of us wish it were over and We could be at home with loved ones and friends. None of us wish to come home until it is brought to definite conclusion, however. We are now in and let us stay and once for all rut down the !orce which has kept the world in a state of arms for the past fifty years. Let the man ait home Nno may shout for premature peace be put ill prison with other traitors. Let each American mf.n or woman at home aad in service make his supreme purpose tho serving Ot cdr country aad how great will our victory be. The :aan who stays at home and produces is fs much a soldier as he at the front But these who stay back and slack are @cing to find them elves scorned by all true people,
 The women cf America are certain F. doing their part We received a lot of wool sweaters, sox. caps and gloves from the t}ed Cross which sure comes in fine over here The men of the flying service are from ali parts Of America. The requirements were rather rigid and the training has been wonderful. Like all war service fly ing has uncertain features, but We all expect to be of the ones who come 1 back. One and al are giving the best We have and taking what comes as part of the game. I know those hoys from home will be regular fel- lows when they get here, that the men iroIa Little River county will give a grand accounting of themselves.
 Give my kindest regards to AShdoWn friends and best wishes to yourself and family.
 Yours very truly,
 J. E. WEIGH, l Y. & N Aero Unit No. 1 23 Rue De La