The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-09-13

cy is nhllondl resource SecOnu onil
to life itself, and that if penny
saved is penny earned to an IN
dividual, the same principle must hole
good in case involving a nations
millions; therefore, in the interests
of patriotism, which we don't get o
chance to show very often, we re-
solved right then to do our little BIT
toward keeping down the expense OF
this terrible war by not going into a
lot Of useless discussion about this or
that feature of its conduct for you
to have to read.
Oh, now it is the season cruel,
when we must bow to Old King Coal,
and TO secure store of fuel we must
step up and pay him toll. We either
have to sneeze and SILVER when win
ter settles on the earth, or else hy-
pothecate the flivver to keep fire
on the hearth. How awful on some
cold gray morning, when lowering
clouds obscure the sun, to suddenly
receive the warning, "We1l have to
buy another ton" 1t keeps US dig
ging and requires an everlasting
stream of cash to feed our hungry
heater fires with stuff that quickly
turns to ash; pile of coal may look
enormous when it is dumped into the
bin, but never is enough to warm us
until the milder days begin. And
when we SILVER in December and
stamp around with frosted feet, it
doesn't help US to remember the way
we cussed at August heat; we sim
ply have to grin and bear it, no mat
ter how it dents our roll; small COM
fort that our neighbors share it, this
misery of buying coal.
4 & Z
Somewhere in Russia, August IA
am writing this to let you know that |
t will be necessary to change the ad-
iress on my paper from somewhere in
Russia to somewhere in Siberia. This,
may say, if the censor will permit;
S no time to send man and his fam
ly to Siberia. If we could have arriv-
ID there say two months, ago, it would
IT have been so bad. There are parts
# Siberia, | have been told, which
ire good summer resorts, but to urge
man to move to Siberia when in the
nature of things he can't get there
nd settle down much before the first
f December when it is so cold that
man expectorates icicles and has to
haw out his nose before he can blow
!, is fierce. Of course | used to send
great many men and women to ST.
eria but then | figured that they
'ere sort of used to that sort of thing,
nd am not. This has been a tough
ummer with me. 1t beats thunderI
hat difference it makes whether
man has lob as boss or not.
Ihen | had my job as Gar every
ody round these parts took OF their
ats and got down on their stomachs
hen they happered to be in ray Vi
nifty and held their breath till ]
ldicated that it was all right to
reathe the natural air. It is differ
ut now. One day | was hoeing po-
ltoes in the garden connected with
lis prison when a man came along
nd started talking to the guard.
him. He said to the guard
iimletgibousky, old boy, who is that
tile shrimp hoeing potatoes over
lere?" "That pigeon breasted two
rot, | suppose you refer to, Mr..
kiptomylewmavitch," says Gimletgi-
'usky. "Oh, that's a Teller by the
ime of Nick Romanoff, maybe you
member the Teller who used to hold
,wn the job of Gear? Well, that's
lie bird" what are you giving me?"
4ys Skiptomylewmavitch sarcasti-
lily. "You are just kidding me-"
ill | will say that my guard Gin
tgibousky isn't such bad sort. He
ms W iHt anu oeyStl
Nick, old boy, | really feel sorry for
~ at times. 1t must be tough after
hat you used to have to come down
this, but really this going to ST.
ria is maybe the best thing that
n happen because there are lots os
ople getting sort of fussy about
u and saying that there is move
to put you back on the throne.
they get that notion in their heads
rong enough, they are likely to come
re some night and hog tie me and
Ike you out and shoot you up so
at you won't hold ordinary food.
is lot safer for you, Nick, in ST.
ria even if the weather is more or
IS unfavorable for light underwear"
e censor will not permit me to
press my feelings as | would like
but he has allowed me to remark
1t what they have done to me is
Iced a plenty. He does not I'M
rstand the American language very
II and / have explained to him