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labOrer. farmer, miner, manufac-
turer, business man, or whatever
his occupation, OR IN WHAT IN
TERROR PART OF THE COUN-
TRY HE MAY LIVE, believe that
this is not his war The lives and
safety of himself and his family
and the preservation of his prop
erty and the right to enjoy the
fruits of his labor or industry de-
pend upon it's successful outcome.
There is no outrage that would
not be perpetrated upon us if we
lost, and NO CITIZEN OR SEC
TON WOULD BE IMMUNE"
Clifford Pinchot. in an appeal to thu
farmers of the middle west and thu
country at large to grow great crop:
this year, puts the facts in differen
way when he says:
1.-THE safety of the United States =
against foreign invasion hangs on
the decision of the farmers of the
forty-eight states.
1.-THE two great weapons in THIS
war are arms and starvation. The
war against German arms will be
won or lost in France. The war
against SldINdllOu Will NC WIN VI
lost in America.
"If the German submarines win
Tin their campaign to starve out
England and France by sinking
ships) the first item in the kais-
er's terms of peace will be the
English fleet. With that in his
possession the kaiser will be mas
ter of the world.
What will happen to us then?
Every man who stops to think
knows the answer We shall have
money, food, labor. land-every-
thing that is desirable in the world
except the power to protect what
we have"
Do the men Of the United States
want to sit passively and wait for the
enemy to come and lombard oul
coasts. destroy our cities and carry de
structIon across our land, or do theJ
want to go abroad, fight it out there
and save their own country from a.
least partial destruction?
Do you want to go out and meet the
enemy before he comes to your owl
home, or do you want to wait until ne
comes running and killing within your
own door yard?
Referring again to Mr.. Gerard's pub
lie statements since his return from
Germany. it is we'll to recall here his
exposition of the fact that this is the
time for America to fight Germany
The struggle was certain to come, ne
says, If Germany had defeated the en-
tente allies, which. in actual fact
means France and England.
The program OF German aggression
was not to have stopped there. War
mad. the kaiser had planned to ex
tend his conquests to our country. te
become ruler of the civilized world
and to realize his almost insane
dreams OF Pan-German empire.
America, Mr. Gerard says. is choos
ing to fight now rather than wait fol
the time when Germany, having gain
ed control of Great Britain's feet anc
domination in Europe, would hurl heI
veteran warriors and her AUGMENTED
fleets into America in an attack no ma
tion in the world could withstand,
This is your war, and the time tt
fight is at hand.
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TRAIL NAPIER DIES.

Miscatine, May ID. H. Keller, q
young man Of Los Angeles. California.
who in company with D. c. Mitchell
also Of Los Angeles. had been mapping
the Southwest Trail and maintaining
the signs along the Sante Fee trail be-
tween Los Angeles and st. Louis, died
suddenly In a local hospital.
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fore, but never has it been considered
with extreme seriousness. Possibly
Senator Kenyon can bring it to a vote
this time, but very probably he cannot.
1t is a highly patriotic measure, but
! it possesses little promise Of popular.
ity
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Beardstown. ILL.,, spent the week end at
the Corrick and John Hickson homes
E. F. Hines of Georgetown was in
Abba Sunday.
Lester Williams of Hiteman spent
Sunday In Abba.
Pat Reynolds of Ottun1wa spent Sun
day in Abba.
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WELCOME FOR FRENcHMEN

Springfield. III, May 2-Tentative
arrangements for joint session OF
the Illinois legislature to receive Gen.
eral Joffre and others of the French.
British commission who are expected
in Springfield May were made today.
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Watch
ANOTHER HOG FATTEnlno
CONTEXT

The farmers Of Harrison cOun-
ty are going to have another OPP
portunity to demonstrate their
ability at growing and fattening
hogs. The Whiting Manufacture
ing Company, who manufacture
Sapo, the famous mineral hog
food, have announced their in
tention of starting another con-
test in this section about August
list.
The farmers of Logan and vi
entity will remember the contest
conducted by these people last
year, in which Lester Copple Of
Logan won $500 in gold by put
ting an average of five pounds
per day onto hog, and A. F.
Hubbard won $50 in gold, and C.
F. Johnson won S25 in gold as
second and third prizes. The
ISapo contest created widespread
interest at that time, and the
manufacturers were so we'll
Ipleased with the results that
they have decided to conduct a
second contest here this year.
C. w. Whiting, the president of
the company, is here this week
arranging the details, and he
states that this year there will be
$500 in gold divided up into eight
prizes, instead of only S175,
which was the amount last year.
Mr.. Whiting conducted the con-
test here last year in a manner
satisfactory to all parties con-
cerned, and he will be remember
ed by the farmers in this section,
las we'll as numerous friends
made while here in Logan.
E. H. Beckstead, the sales man.
ager of the company, will arrive
here this week and will have ac-
tive charge of the contest. He
will be assisted by C. F. Johnson,
who is now the local representa-
tive of the company, and force
of statesmen he is bringing with
him.
We understand that the con-
test this year will embrace the
entire county, and that every
farmer is going to be interviewed
and given an opportunity to com
pete for one of the prizes. The
details are announced on another
page, and this paper will publish
further naews of same from time
to time.-Logan Democrat.
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LETTERS FROM PAUL eossARp

Orpington, Kent, England.
May 27, 1917.
Dear Friend Bob:
Well, here ii is Sunday again
and am going TO drop you few
lines. | have about a dozen let
ters to write today and | am go
ling to write them on the type
writer as | can write faster on it
lhan can with pen. First. l
am going to ask few questions.
DO you have to register and how
many OF the boys from Missouri
Valley have Joined up? I'll tell
them they are sure running up
against SOME PROPOSITION,
but it will be pretty nice to see
them over here and know that we
have some help from. home to
stop the Germans.
DO you know. Bob, | am getting
to be rather radical? A lot of
slackers are staying behind over
home and making all kinds of
money and us poor devils are
over here having deuce of a
time to get the best of Fritz and
those fellows are living on the
fat of the land and here we are
over here living in the mud and
water and sometimes going hun
CRY when they can't get the ra-
TONS up. That is when | was
over in France. 1t is all right
here in the hospital You have
plenty to eat and nice bed to
sleep in with white sheets, and
|one thing that takes my eye is you
can have a bath whenever YOU
want it. Over in France | went
for over a month without bath
Tor a change of clothes and | was
as lousy as a pet coon. l had a
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FRoM THE EoYs I'm HAWAII.

Honolulu, H T., June rs.
b. G. Purcell.
Missouri Valley, la,
Lear Father: We arrived here
I'm Honolulu ON "Wednesday
morning, the 18Th, We are i'm
fonts al The present time under
quarantine for lweniy-one days,
ON account of sickness ON the
boat, i'ip boat ride was rather
tilrSomr. Because we were so
crowded, things were very in
convenient 'Eherc were some
where near 1000 on The ship
The sheridan Was the blissful
ship chat took us TO Honolulu
shore.
Don took sick ON The boat and
tried Ia hold oul, hut | sot him to
90 To he hospital He was GLAD
he dad afterwards. because he got
good care and had a good bed
The resi- Of the "trip. slept on
The hard deck With the exception
OF the first two nights. would
rather sleep ON a hard deck than
go down four decks (hcIow the
waller linc9 and sleep on a canvas
not much better and the air was
Very foul. When we got here
Don was taken to The fort hospi-
tal. He came mighty near hav-
ing pneumonia again. | have not
been able TO see him and will not
gel TO see him until we are out
from quarantine. MY company
sergeant phoned the hospital to-
day and said he was getting along
fine. | sent him a note to cheer
him up and let him know that |
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LIBERTY LOAN BUYERS.

The oldest purchaser of Lib
erty Loan bond is Mrs. Louisa X.
Theirs of Milwaukee, Wis.,, who
is 102 years of age and real
daughter of the Revolution, her
father having served in the Con-
tinental army which won our in
dependence.
The youngest subscriber to a
Liberty Loan bond is Miss Flor
ence Estelle Rogers, of Medford,
Mass, whose father purchased
her bond when she was SO hours
old.
The purchaser of Libery Loan
bond with the longest name was
Mr.. Gust j. Papatheodorokou-.
Observation-Disclosures Of
Chicago.
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LovELAnp NEWS.

NOtlce-The ice cream social
announced for Saturday night,
July Z, was postponed on account
of the serious illness of Ellen
Fouts. The Epworth league will
have the social Tuesday night,
July II, on the M. E. church lawn.
All are cordially invited. Ladies
interested in the League or Red
Gross are asked to donate cakes.
The proceeds after settling debt
of the League will go to the Red
Gross chapter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farnsworth of
Omaha were guests of the latter's
mother, Mrs. Terrell, over Sun
day.
Mrs. Glen Bramon of Inwood
has been visiting old friends in
this vicinity.
Mrs. Warren Hough OF Council
Bluffs, also son Walter and wife
spent part Of the Fourth with
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vas not far away. SO he would

was not far away. SO he would
not WORRY.
This is sure fine country. If
we could take life as easy and be
treated as white as we have been
since we landed here, would
just as soon sign up for life.
received a nice trunk to keep
my things in, and got a cot, mat
tress, pillow, four sheets, two
wooden blankets, two mattress
F, covers and two pillow slips. Our
washing costs us 80 cents a
week.
We get a great plenty to eat,
and have exercises in the MORN
ing that makes you feel good all
over.
| believe | would rather stay
out here in the tents all summer
under quarantine than go to the
barracks.
have been assigned to Co. A.,
Second infantry, Don to Co. G.,
Cody to Co. f, and Young is in
another quarantine camp. We
have not seen him since we left
the ship.
The barracks arc all fine
buildings, just like large resi-
licences. We We're up to get our
bed clothing, and of all the pretty
and funny kinds of trees and
Flowers and nice lawns! Every
thing was very neat everywhere.
We have lots of pineapples, ban
anas, oranges, pawpaws, and 9TH
er kinds of fruit that don't
know the name of, but it is all
very delicious.
was talking to the major gen
eral today and he said we could
be transferred together after we
lJolned our company.
| wish you all had plenty of
money to come over to this
country and spend The rest of
your days. 1t sure is God S
country.
Well this is all l know now. |
have received no mail yet since
I'VE got here, so when do will
write again.
don't know whether Don has
/ written or got any mail, so you
! see how we stand at present. We
will get together in the same
company. you needn't worry
about that, and Don is not Sc
riously ill. | would have written
sooner but was trying all the
time to find out where and how
don was. WE'LL tell everybody
hello and tell them will write
soon. Your son,
ORRIS.
Address Go. A, Second infantry,
TT. Shafter, Honolulu, H. /.
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NO. LIN Training. How the men are
finally brought to the firing line. A de-
scription of conditions that our own boys
and their parents will read eagerly.
NO. 1.-THE Bomb Raid. The great prep
arations and rehearning for this attack
Volunteers for the job taken behind the
line where the German trenches are exact
ly reproduced. The days Of preparation.
Heretofore unwritton detail of modern
trench raids. This article concludes with
the men going out to their job.
NO. Slower the Top and Give En-
He'll" The English Tommy's battle cry
as he breaks from his trench. The bomb
raid and what happened. OF sixty that
started forty-six failed to return because
the Germans had prepared and mined tile
trench. Graphic description Of Sergeant
McClintock's terrible experience.
NO. 4.-Shiftcd to the Somme. Sergeant
McClintock takes part in the greatest OF
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LETTER FROM HOWARD skEL.
TON,
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jn.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 20.
Dear Folks:
| received the letters and am
sure glad to hear from home: also
got the box of eat and ate till |
nearly busted. Send me any
thing that is good to eat, as |
have some appetite. You bet we
are allowed to eat pie and cake
and stuff if we can get hem. and
it isn't so hard to get along with
out butter if you can't Get amy.
We have to get used to most amy
thing in the army. We had
chicken Sunday and i'll made me
think of home. | am very tired
today, as we moved into our new
camp and it is fine electric
lights and all We have a bath
house right close and take a bath
every day. We have inspection
once a week-shave, take Il bath
clean all our clothes and rifles
and shine our shoes. Then am
officer looks us over and if we
don't suit he baWls us out. A
number are in the guard house
and they sure have to work hard
and not get any pay. | Will try To
stay out of there. am taking
my turn in the kitchen today.
Each fellow has one day a month
in the kitchen and it's awful. You
have to help cook. wash dishes
and wait on table. If ii gels much
hotter down here | think I'd like
to move out. don't know when
we will go to France, but don't
think it will be long. wish had
been in the 10th with Glen and
Lyle. Yes, did have a house
wife, but used all the things and
would not care if you sent me an
other. Those towels are sure fine.
I get lots of letters and it keeps
me busy answering them. Well,
it will soon be two months since
/ left for Fort Logan. | do not go
to church very often, for | dom
like to go in my uniform. | Won
der how it would seem to wear a
stiff collar again, and | bet | will
forget how to dance, too. l wish
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MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER AND
PICNIC.

The members of the PEP club
met last evening at 5 O'Clock at
the g. S. Green home and were
taken in automobiles to the woods
near the home of Mrs. Frank Lo-
gan on upper Eighth street,
where they enjoyed a picnic sup
per. The picnic was given in
honor of Miss Keitha Littler and
at the close of which she was
given miscellaneous shower of
many beautiful and useful gifts.
The bevy of girls returned to town
about $3.50 and attended the Pick
ford show at the Majestic.
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you folk We're all here it is such
a bcantilul place. You ought to
see the guard mount, Ii is a
swell SIGHT and the music is
simply fine Am glad you belong
to the Red Gross and canning
club. mother and you sure arc
doing fine With little chicks and
garden. and am glad Dads crops
are. so fine. Answer soon. Love
to an HON ARD SKELETON.
Co. \, 9th Inf, Military branch.
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all battles and tells Of the hell Of II. 1.-THE
front in Belgium was really rest sector
In comparison with IT," he says. The ex-
tensive preparations Of the allies for open
warfare afterward abandoned because Of
the failure Of expected developments.
NO. 5.-Wouaded 10 Action. This article
describes the terrible fight, the dead and
dying. the loss Of pal and the final fall
ing of McClintock in No Mans Land. Sim
ply told. 1t IL one Of the most remarkable
descriptions Of a battle by a participant
ever put together.
NO. Decorated For Bravery; Home
and Uncle Sam. This concluding article Of
the series relates In detail how England
cares for the wounded. How the king and
queen came to the bed of an American
boy and decorated him in London hos
pital for gallantry. Interesting, intimate
and amusing incidents told by and Of the
wounded Tommies. Trying to fight for
Uncle SAM
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Teigler,,
former residents of Missouri VAL
ley, who have been living the
past few years in California, have
returned here to again make their
home. Mr.. Teigler has been an
invalid for the last year. Their
son, Henry, and wife, will arrive.
here later.
Mrs. w. r. Jones left yesterday
for Omaha, where she will spend
a few days the guest of friends
before returning to her home in
Roy, Mont.
The West End garage reports
the sale of tStudebaker to. Art
Fisher.
The Brown garage reports the
sale Of a Cadillac to C. H. Deur.
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LOYAL woMEN,s CLASS.

Loyal Women's class of Church
of Christ met at the home of Mrs.
w. M. Hatcher on Michigan street
Tuesday, July 40. The day being
so warm the hostess served iced
lemonade before the meeting be-
gan. This being the first meet
ing since election of officers, the
new officers presided as follows:
President, Mrs. w. L. Jones.
Vice President, Mrs. Bowman.
Secretary, Mrs. C. Raglan.
Treasurer and Asst. Secretary,
Mrs. j. Ford.
Meeting opened with roll call,
each one responding with their
favorite bible verse.
Minutes of last meeting read
and approved, followed by bust
ness session.
The meeting was then turned
over to Mrs. Bowman and Mrs.
Leroy Doty, program committee.
Song, America" by class.
Mrs. Ed Stevens read humor-
GUS selection. Miss Mae Greene
gave reading.
Mrs. j. Axtel and Mrs. Hemen-
over, the entertainment commit
tee, took charge and guessing
contest was enjoyed, after which
the hostess served light refresh
ments, assisted by Mrs. Kinds,
Mrs. j. Ford, Mrs. A. A. Greene,
Mrs. Thomas Hatcher, Misses Mae
Greene and Vida Bessire.
The class members were true to-
their name, being so loyal on
such a warm afternoon. {.
And we hope to make our meet
ings a success, both socially and
in, study, even though the weather
be warm.
Visitors were: Mrs. Steve Glenn,
Mrs. Bail, Mrs. Roland.
MRS. F. M. JACKSON,
Reporter.
-O---
Home comlnu CalAhratInn -
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We will print article each week for six weeks Watch
for the first instalment,


and hike up north about $50 or
l20O miles after moose.
Your father will tell you what
they had to contend with in the
| Civil war. Well, we had that and
then the mud and trenches be-
sides. | don't believe as much
| iron flew around i'm the whole of
the Civil war as there is in one
week over there. A whiz bang
Twill come along and you will hear
the bang and then the whiz. And
say, but it sounds nasty when
| you are in funk hole and Fritz
"opens up on you with machine
gun. 1t sounds just like the wind
blowing through the willows, only
labOut one hundred times as loud.
land a fellow sure ducks his head
and tries to get down i'm the mud
deeper and wishing all the time
that the hole was humteen feet
deep.
One of the shells that I hated
the worst was the German Minnie
Woofers. You can see them
looming until they get right over
YOU and then you don't know
which way to beat it, and when
they explode you think that a car
ot dynamite has gone off. They
just shake everything to pieces.
I The last day that | stood post
with another fellow there was a
stokes gun about thirty feet TO the
fright of US and a machine gun
about 100 feet to the left of us.
Fritz was trying all day to get
them with minnie woofers, and
say, it kept Morgan and myself
Jumping around pretty lively, |
can tell you, to keep out of the
road of them. One lit about thir-
| ty or forty feet away from us and
| Just plaslered us with mud good
and proper. Fritz sure hates
those stokes guns, because there
are four or five shells in the air
at one time from the one gun and
he can't dodge them.
| Now, Bob, you want to take
good care of that garden, be-
cause | want to eat some of the
good things out of it, Be sure
and shoot all the rabbits that
come around. | know what a
rabbit will do, because a jack
rabbit up home will clear off
about an acre of wheat in one
, makes it. look like COW
lhad gotten into the field.
Well, Bob, have written all
the news that can think of and
4 | guess | will have to close and
get busy, as | have some work in
the office to do today. Please ex-
cuse the use of the typewriter, as
| can make the thing hum now
and can write faster on it than
can with a pen. Tell Jessie that
II am getting awfully hungry for
some ice cream and also some of
her cooking. Give my regards to
all The fellows and tell your
mother and father that as soon
as can get some spare moments.
| am going to write them letter.
Now, Bob, please write as soon as
you can find time, because it is a
fright to be here in the hospital
and no news from friends.
Your friend,
PAUL.
Ward No. 10, Ontario Military
Hospital, Orpington, Kent, Eng
1onI
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oveland relatives.

L0veland relatives. n;
G. N. Perkins and father left
for Nevada Sunday to look after
the business of the late Frank
Perkins, who died there some time
ago.
Simeon Campbell of Missouri
is spending few days visiting
relatives near Loveland.
Mrs. Perkins and daughter
Cecil were Omaha shoppers Sat-
urday.
Miss Kittie French spent Sat-
urday forenoon on business in
Council Bluffs.
Eunice Frazier of Honey Greek
has been visiting at the Mary
Goss home.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas and
daughter spent a day visiting
around among their members.
Since the vacancy in the Ep-
worth league cabinet caused by
Prof. Kemp and wife going away
to school, Chester Bailey has been
appointed first vice president and
Aleta Roberts, third vice presi-
dent. Other officers are Cecil
Perkins, second vice presidents;
Mrs. Bachman, fourth vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Mack j. Fouts, presi-
dent; Roy Campbell, treasurer;
HERNIA Bond, secretary, and Ger
trude Fouts, organist.
Phyllis Butler left for Salt Lake
City, Utah, with her brother to
spend the summer, and John But
Ter left, for New York with another
brother to spend the summer.
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LETTER FROM ARTHUR HoL-
BERG.
FIT. Bliss, Tex. j.

Dear Sister:
| received the letter that Clar-
ence wrote and was sure glad to
receive it land glad to know that
they are all we'll at home. l am
feeling fine, but it is sure hot. We
Just got through shooting on the
target range. sure spent bum
Fourth of July, but hope to spend
the next one a little better than
this one. They don't know what
Fourth of July is down i'm this
part of the country They don't
even use firecrackers. or course
this is Texas. | wish we would
move pretty soon up north where
there is some grass and trees. All
you can see here is sand for
miles. have only been to I'll
Paso once since have been here.
! started this letter yesterday, but
they called us out and | forgot
Iall about it till just little while
ago.
Tell Clarence that | will write
to him and mother in a couple OF
days and as soon as l get some
clothes | will send my picture. :
| will close for this time, for |
have to do some washing.
Goodbye and lots of love,
ART.
Co. S, Gath Inf, TT. Bliss, Tex.