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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
4. Bessirc was a passenger

A. T.. Bessilr was Il passenger
This morning for South Omaha to
take treatments al the Springs.
Mesdanles Wilson Doly and i.
M. jackson departed This morning
for Kansas Gily. Mo-, to attend the
national convention OF the CHRIS
lan church. While there they
will also visit the former S sister
Mrs d. DeWccse.
Zack Nest, Byron Mandevillr,
j. j. Weldon of Mondamin and j..
G.. MllIman have returned from
Nicksburg, Miss. where they at
tended the National G. A. r. en-
campmcni They report Il fine
trip.
Mrs. Theodore Krause and Miss
Mary krause have returned from
their three weeks visit with the
former $ sister in Iowa City.
Miss Eva Gill has returned
from II week end visit with friends
in DOW City.
Mrs. Ned Burke and Miss Myr-
Tie Casey spent The day in the
Bluffs with Mrs. George Newton.
A whole train OF new steel coal
ears passed through Mo. Valley
this morning.
j. j. Wisecup and Charles
Gavcr were business passengers
to Omaha This morning.
Mrs. Henry Beck and daughter
Miss Tillie, who nave been the
guests the past six weeks of the
formers brother, G. H. Basch, and
other relatives, left This morning
Tor their home in Seattle, Wash.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
LETTER FROM ). Q. WOODRUFF

ASWlo,
American Lake, Wash, Oct. "a.
Dear Brother:
Well, l will drop you line to
let you know that l am in train
ing. We were called Oct. 10, and
left Denver at 7:1O D. m. Oct. Al:
got out here to camp Oct. IA, at
$40 a. m. Things around here
look fine. That is, what | have
seen. Will send you some pic
lures as soon as I can get some.
The weather is foggy and the sun
don't shine much from what some
Of the boys say. There are $4,000
here now and more coming in on
every train, SO you see there is
some bunch around here.
Say, there will be a pay check
come to you from the telephone
company from now on until | am
out of training-that is for a
year. You take out what | owe
you and put the rest in the bank
for me. You see the company
pays me $2.75 per day for year.
They take out the amount the
army pays me and send you the
balance. Well, l will close for
now. So long. Your brother,
JACK.
Co. D, 4O5 Tel. Bn. Signal
Corps, Camp Lewis, American
Lake. Wash.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25

Failure of the food pledge cam
paign could only mean that Am
orleans will give their country
everything but their Stomachs.
Miss Madge Dessert has re-
signed her position al the Louis
MoskoyitZ store and is now work
ing as stenographer at the Harry
r.. Newton lumber and coal office.
Mrs. John Hatcher fell this
morning on the pavement ON the
corner of Second and Erie. and
broke both bones in her, wrist,
She was taken into, the Bernard
Evans shoe shop and DR.. John
l'amisiea sent for 10 reduce the
fracture.
Miss nellie O'Rourke left sun
day evening for Rochester, Mimi.
for week or ten days stay.
Mrs. o. G. Johnson, who was
on her way home to Casper, Wyo..
from an extended visit in the east,
stopped off in the city for an
over night visit with the Mrs.
Martin Burke family and other
relatives.
Miss Ella Butcher has been
very i'll the past week with typhoid
fever. She has been taken to the
Mercy hospital.
After the regular lodge meeting
Saturday evening of the knights
and Ladies Of Security a dance
was given and jolly good time
was reported.
Miss Mable Dalton is acting as
hookkeeper at the State Savings
Bank for short time.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
Letters From the Soldier Bows

nation unknown. The curtain of
military secrecy has closed behind
them and you. may not look be-
hind it. So when we leave you
will never know until some weeks
after.
It does not look like we will go
very soon as there are not many
troops around right now. We
sure are rearing to go and clean
up those Dutch, as l understand
we are to do reconstruction work,
so we will probably never see the
firing line, but. if we do guess
nothing will get past US. Well,
let us hear from you again.
STILES.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
LETTER FROM Or.
a. n. KoNJoMAchER

Base Hospital, Oct. Fl, 1917.
Hon. C. w. Kellogg.
My Dear Sir: Back once more
on the job and found all things
busy as usual. Tomorrow is NOV
ing day over to permanent base
hospital. The officers quarters
there are fine and we will have a
regular club there among our
selves. Have fine reading room
with 1000 new medical volumes
sent from Washington for the Of
ficers: also plunge and billiard
room. We have the finest quar-
tiers on the grounds. They are
connected with hospital by closed
in passageway. 1t will be a job to
move $50 patients in the .ambu-
lances, as it is about a mile over
from where we are located now.
But the old adage holds true
many hands makes light work. |
have four men assisting me now
and it is fine not to be busy on the
run for IA hours day.
All departments are making
preparations for the 25th, when
10000 men are coming in. All
must pass second physical exam
ination, each department exam
lining in their speciality only. But
at that it's bumper Of a job,
when all records must be made
out in triplicate and weekly re-
port that must be sent to the sur
geon general each week. Four
trainloads of horses arrived this
morning and several more ex-
pected in tomorrow. They are
coming from Fl. Sill, Okla, the
biggest remount station in the
United States. Many are western
horses and will be some fun until
all are broken to ride.
Thousands of the new Enfield
rifles have been issued while
was homeson leave of5absence and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
LETTER FROM
JOHN DARLINGTON.


Dear Brother and Family:
Will send you few lines to let
you know am still alive and
feeling fine, and hope you are the
same. 1t is still fine weather
here-warm days and cold nights.
Can sure sleep fine. am getting
fat as a pig. Wish l could see
you all.
Earl Mason got a letter saying
x. X. Huntsinger is dead. Well,
we all have to go sometime.
Got some pictures. They're not
very good, but you can take a
look at a real soldier. The one
picture is my friends. The first
is Dewey Wolfe, Earl Mason and
the last one is Charlie McKeever,
all from the Valley. Next to the
last is a fellow named Brown. We
just came in from a big time and
feel fine. We sure have some
time talking French. Am getting
SO l can savvy it pretty fair.
Well, l suppose you can see the
corn all ripe again. There isn't
any raised here. You said you
sent some tobacco. Well, l am
looking for it and am sending you
a box, SO look out for it. Will
try and get some stamps to put
on it. They are as scarce as
hens teeth over here.
1 just don't get time to write
much. l got a letter from mama
and she said you haven't been
home. You must try and pay her
a visit once in while. She said
Roy was drafted. Good for him.
Well, must close. Hoping to
hear from you all soon and all the
news. Good bye. Love to all.
JOHN R. HARRINGTON.
Co. L, 10th Inf, American Ex-
peditionary Forces.
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LETTER From Rov WYATT.
Fort Douglas, Utah, Oct. 4.

Fort douglas, Utah, Oct. IA.
Dear Brother and All:
l received your most welcome
letter yesterday so, will answer it
tonight. | am very sorry to say
that l fell down on my shooting
just by one point. This is Sunday
and we had to shoot today to fin
ish up and l just needed 25 points
today to make sharpshooter, and
l just made "a. 1t was shame
to come that near making it and
then lose out, but at that I did
better than most of them.
have been on kitchen police
yesterday and today and had to
go out and shoot too, so l am
about all in tonight. Just think
of me working in the kitchen and
waiting table and have to wash
dishes for over 200 men, but my
turn only comes once in two
months. l am getting to be
pretty good washwoman by now.
| have done all my laundry ever
since joined the army, and it
isn't like having clean clothes
ready for you and just throw your
dirty ones down and let Ma wash
them.
Well, Glen, you said you have
been going to, Mondamin every
Saturday night.to the dance. Wish
| could go with you. l haven't
been to dance for over a month.
Tomorrow is pay day, so guess
I'll have to go to town and have
a little fun. Wish you were here
to go with me. There are more
girls here than any town ! ever
was in and they almost kidnap me
sometimes.
Well, Dean, l would like to be
there to go hunting with you.
Well, Ma, would like to have
some of that kraut all right, but
it is hard to tell how long it will
De before TINS thlng IS over, but
some way l feel that I will never
see a battle. We haven't heard
anything more about when we are
going to leave here, but I know
we will go before long, for they
haven't fixed up anything here
for winter, yet. We haven't got
our winter clothes yet, but they
say we are going to get them
Tuesday.
Well, Glen, l thought you would
get more potatoes than you did,
but that helps quite bit the
price things are now. Tell Art
that get the paper every Monday.
guess I'll quit for this time,
as 1 have three more letters to
write tonight, SO bye bye, from
ROY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25

the drills are taking on a very ac-
tive form since their issue.
Trenches are now being dug by
many regiments for various
trench drills. Bayonet drills have
also been started. Tomorrow
night Mike Gibbons puts on
boxing match with chap from
the 313th Engineers. They say it
will be fast go and sure will be
there to see it. Some of these
scraps are great. One couldn't
ask for better in the boxing
game.
Kellogg, ! always took you. Ed
Bradley, j. s. Dewell, w. A. Price
and Bob Harvey for gentlemen,
but say, when you wear your ,fez
you are worse than a bunch of
ruff necks and Dad is worse than
all of you. A sitter man than |
the morning after l took the
Shrine would be hard to find. L
am still magnetic With a fair
voltage, I am certain. Yet had
the time of my life that night.
sure appreciated my short leave
of absence land sorry could not
spend more time with you all, as
I would liked TO have done. But
no chance, it seems. Leaves from
now on are almost impossible, we
are told, SO hard telling when the
next one will be.
While down at headquarters
this morning | looked over the
list of those for foreign service.
and didn't recognize any names of
the Harrison county boys ON il
that | knew. There are about $50
going over at once, and 5000 men
sent from here to IT. Deming, N.
NJ, to fill up the vacancies i'm the
National guard. Some may have
to go with these, as they will he
picked from all regiments Tues
day.
Had bad accident last night:
a bus turned over into the ditch
on it's way out from Des Moines.
There were twelve passengers i'm
it; five were injured. AS the Ma
jor was in town, had to make
the ambulance call. Brought all
five back to base hospital. One
was civilian and sent him TO a
hospital i'm the city This morning.
All five had fractures, the worst
being a compound fracture of the
right leg. Never got to bed until
4 q. m. One never knows what
will happen next around here, and
the unexpected is always on deck,
it seems. 5000 colored troops
arrive Monday from some camp
in Virginia. They will be located
at the north end of the camp,
forming regiment by them
selves, and will be i'm command of
colored officers, we are in
formed.
Thursday is the big football
game out at the camp. Both
teams are composed of all former
university players and the enlhus
iasm is running high. wish you
could be here to see it. Speaking
OF football, | sure was glad to see
Nebraska win over Notre Dame.
If coming over to Des Moinr-
in the near future come out and
see Capt. Hemingcr and myself,
and we will show you the base
hospital to the best of our ability.
Kindly give my best regards to
Shafer, please.
Very sincerely yours,
Lieut.. A. II. Kongmachcr.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Miss lvadelle Gaver entertained
fifteen of her little friends Sat
urday afternoon in honor Of her
eleventh birthday at her home on
North Ninth street. Games We're
enjoyed until $3.50, when Mrs.
Gaver served a splendid two
course supper, the guests finding
places at one long table. A large
birthday cake with lighted yellow
and white candles formed the
centerpiece. Miss Ivadelle re-
ceived many pretty gifts in re-
membrance of this happy occa-
sion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
BIT. PATRlck's SCHOOL WINS.

Z st. Patrick's parochial school
was successful in the piano con
test which closed Saturday night
at the Reifenrath Bros. furniture
store. The final vote was:
st. Patrick's School 1913, 100
Junior High School ......555, 90
''Ihe parochial school wins The
piano and the Junior high school
the fine kitchen cabinet.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
LETTER FROM GAIL n.okA,K.
Camp Funston, Kas., Oct.

Camp Funston, Kas., Oct. II.
Dear Sister and All:
Received your letter and was
sure glad to hear from you, as
one cannot receive too much mail
down here.
:. This is. great place and very
dusty. The. dust and sand blows
here IN. the daytime SO bad. we
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25
SCHOOL NOTES.

good work and will, without ques-
ton, make good teachers. They
are as follows:
Myrtle Christensen.
| Laura Haighi.
Alcta Roberts.
Lois Il. Reel.
Margaret E. Whittier.
Olive j. Powell
Lurce Nj. Fitch.
Christie NJ Stevens.
Georgia LadsOn.
Margaret Haight.
Clara j. Bessirc.
lIilda Harller
Estrlla Jones.
Hazel Marie Hester.
Florence Foreman.
Lula l.. Steen.
Dallas Mendenhall.
Nina Evelyn Evans.
Grace Roden.
Blanche Frazier.
! Alice Harker.
+, Mae Chambers.
Loretta Tamisiea.
4 Hazel Sudduth.
There are some children i'm each
ward who will be glad to receive
secondhand clothing or shoes
that have been outgrown or cast
aside. This is an opportunity for
YOU to show a charitable spirit i'm
your own community. Miss
Shurts will acl as distributing
agent at First Ward and Miss
l3randriff at Third
This item of information may
, he palatablc to the farmers who
have big crop of corn to gather.
FortN-two boys from the Junior
high school and fifteen from The
Senior high school are anxious to
secure place to husk corn on
Saturdays. The matter OF learn
ing to husk corn is not difficult.
If some Older man would take a
squad of these boys and work
With them, undoubtedly they would
he of great assistance. Amy
I, farmers desiring help should not
i ify Slpi. Graham at his home or
office.
Seventy four nonresident stu
dents are enrolled i'm our high
school this year. This is the
largest enrolment from this
| source i'm the history of the
schools. Their attitude toward
hard work is the best and a more
earnest body of students cannot
be found.
Following is a list of tuition
,pupils:
(, Thelma Babe.
Anna Bird.
Howard BrQokhouser.. ~; 1.
Dora Burkhart.
Beatrice Butler.
Mable Chambers.
Olga Christensen.
Mae Chambers.
Myrtle Christensen.
Gladys Coffman.
Leo Duggan.
Donald Duggan.
j Ethel Doty.
Morris Doty.
/ Frances Deur.
i Nina Evans.
Norman FOutS.
Glendora Frazier.
Gertrude Fouts.
Florence Foreman.
Blanche Frazier.
Edna Frazier.
Floyd Goodwin.
Rachael Green
Mildred Gowcns.
Mitchell Graham.
Effie Haight.
Fannie Haight
Margaret Haight
Laura Haight
HELENE Haight
Fred Henderson.
Cora Hughes.
Blanche Jones.
Dwight keeney.
Catherine KirIin.
Gladys keeney.
Georgia Ladson.
Berniece Meats.
Dallas Mendenhall.
Niolah Osborn.
Carl Peterson.
Hazel Percy.
Mary Powell.
Olive Powell.
Cecil Perkins.
Muriel Points.
Ruth Roden.
Grace Rodcn.
Lois Reel.
John Ryan.
, Timothy Ryan.
Margaret Ryan.
J, Fletcher Reel.
Arta Roberts.
Durward Roberts.
Donald Scebold.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-10-25

Lost Il? Use The Times.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-03-09
COMFORT FOR OUR DIS
TRESSED JEWS MEANS
COOPERATION BY US

There Is Starvation in Palestine.
The Emergency Fund Provides
for this:
1. The maintenance of the
schools in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Staff
ed and other cities and colonies,
including the Gymnasium, the
Tachkemoni and the Bezalel
School of Arts and Crafts.
2. The support of the Pales-
tine Amt which guards the lives
and property of the Jews in Pal
estine, acts as a central office for
all the communities in Palestine,
as a distributing agency for relief
funds, and which, through it's
agricultural department organized
the campaign for the extermina-
ton of the locust, and advises and
assists in the cultivation Of the
soil.
3. The transferring of funds
free of cost on behalf of indivi-
duals to their relatives and friends
and to various institutions in Pal
estine and other countries.
4. The raising of funds for
general relief to support such &C
tlvities as are not covered by
other relief work.
5. The loaning Of large sums
to farmers and business men to
assure the fertilization of the soil
for future crops, to assure
the necessary transportation OF
commodities, and to make posi-
bic the continuance of the indus
tries of the country.
TO ENABLE THEM TO
PRESERVE FOR THEM AND
FOR US THE PALESTINIAN
SETTLEMENTS DU Rim G
THIS WAR IS OUR SACRED
DUTY. THE JEWS OF PAL
ESTINE ARE CUT OFF FROM
THE REST OF THE WORLD,
AND LOOK TO AMERICAN
JEWRY FOR ASSISTANCE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-27
ENLISTMENT CREDIT
WILL END ON JUNE 80
After That Date Government Will Have
Plans Under Way for Making
UP Draft Quota.

MONTPELIER, June 27.-Adj. Gen. Lee
Tillotson has received notification from the
war department that June 30th will be the
last day by which the state viii receive
credit on enlistments in making mp the
draft quota. In fixing the number Of men
each state shall furnish under the draft.
the men who have enlisted in the National
Guard and the regular army are taken IN
to consideration. This credit will apply on
enlstments to June Both After that date
it will not apply and the state will not
get credit for enlistments in considering
the draft quota, although there will be
nothing to prevent any man enlisting vol
unfairly after June 30th.
This date is probably fixed for the rea-
son that soon after the draft for the new
>army viii begin. 1t is especially desirable,
therefore that men who enlist do so be
fore the 30th that the state may get the
credit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-27
BROOKLINE.

Mr.. and Mrs G. NJ. Allbee and baby
were in Brattleboro Thursday.
Mrs. William Rounds has as guests
her sister and baby from Connecticut.
Miss Lillian Webb is home from Brat
tleboro high school for the summer va
cation.
Walter Robbins of Springfield, Mass,
is spending part of his vacation at L.
w. Bush s.
Alexander Anderson has moved his
family to Shelburne Falls, where he has
work in shoe shop.
Rev. Sanford Meek and two oldest
children have been spending the past
week in West Topsham, wher they for
merly lived.
Children 5 day was observed in the
Baptist church Sunday. There were re-
citations and singing by the children
and music by the choir.
Mr.. and Mrs Marshall Lawrence and
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lawrence were in
Springfield (Nt.) last week to attend
the funeral of their grandson and
nephew, who was run over by an auto
mobile. A. A. Austin carried them in
his car.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-27

and the money thus obtained was used
to paw claims for labor and materials
and that not all of the money so OBJ
tanned has been expended and the de-
PENDANTS are ready to account for it all
The demurrer sets forth that the
agreement is not alleged to have been
in writing; that it is inconsistent; is
insufficient in facts and that the plain
tiff has not offered to protect the de-
PENDANT for pay for his services.
The cross bill sets forth that the
plaintiff has failed to carry out the
terms of the oral agreement and that
the defendants have suffered irrepa-
rable loss and damage as the result
Mrs. Niles alleges that the plaintiff by
his agents and servants has used her
property for 10 months and that she is
without pay therefor and asks that the
plaintiff be required to pay the defend
ants for damages.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-27
HONORS TO WINDHAN
COUNTY YOUNG MEN
Five Get Degrees at Graduation at Uni
versity of Vermont, One Being
from Brattleboro.

Two Windham county young men grad
uated with honors for general high
standing from the University of Vermont
this week -Abner G. Bristol Of Townshend,
with the degree of bachelor OF science in
electrical engineering from the college of
engineering, and Francis r. Churchill Of
bachelor of science in agriculture, from the
college of agriculture Ray G. Sanders of
Brattleboro received the degree of bachelor
of science in commerce and economies in
the college of arts and science, Kenneth
IS Macleod Of Bellows Falls the degree OF
bachelor Of science in commerce and eco
Monies in the same department, and Har-
old T. Stilwcll of Bellows Falls the degree
of bachelor Of science in civil engineering,
from the college of engineering.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-27
Seven His Maqic Number.

President Johnson had seven letters
In his name. When he was fourteen,
twice seven, he became a tailor's ap-
prentice, which he remained for seven
years. When he was twenty-one, three
times seven, he gave up tailoring.
When he was twenty-eight, four times
seven, he became an alderman. AT
thirty-five, five times seven, he entered
the legislature. In 1912, six times
seven, he was a member of congress.
AT forty-nine, seven times seven, he
was senator. On the 18th of March,
1862, he was military governor of Ten
nessee. At fffty-six, eight times seven,
he became vice president.