The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-11-01


speaking of gas masks. 1t is said that
they plan to erect gas houses on the
grounds here where each man will be
required to enter, adjust his mask in
the presence, of a, small lthen large,
will overcome nervousness and be able
quantity of gas. In this way the men
to cope with the many critical .situa-
tions, which are bound to come up.
They will also be taught how ito clear
the trench. of gas following an attack
kofa this kind by building, fires or
sereating draft, which drives the gas
To the openings of the enclosures. A
mask can be adjusted iAa six seconds,
at is said; which isnone koosseon for
soiAe of these attackssssA man looks
like some wild eyed 81 freak animal
with this headgear obs
I'D. w.
An immense. corn show is being Held
at Des ,Moines to- which officers and
especially enlisted men with farming
experience are invitedsWe don't know
if we dWelt on, the subject before or
not, but what struck us quite forcibly
since we have been in Iowa is the
prevalence Of endless fields of-corn,
not so much in evidence now since
frost came, but we never saw fields of
this ''king sf grains" stretch over as
far as the eye could see before. Out
near the drill grounds the other day,
we strolled into corn patch and
picked several fine specimens Of ears,
but we understand that the whole state
was not fortunate in realizing crop
this fall. The farms and farms build
ings in the immediate vicinity of
Camp Dodge are far from being on
a par with Stearns county farms.
Stock raising is not induleed in to
such great extent here, but every
back yard is full of pigs.
The army club was formally opened
to the soldiers of Camp Dodge Sat-
urday. 1t was turned over by the
Des Moines Shriners anu will be ,un
entirely by. the soldiers d ring their
stay. 1t is an immense building an
has been remodeled so as to contain
bowling alleys, card AMI billiard
rooms, parlors, cafe, reading room
writing room and mothers room. Of
ficers of the Shrine presented It to the
army Saturday night, after which
dancing was INDUCED in. This was
truly laudable ambition on the part
of the Shriners. We attended r
ception and dance at the large
Masonic Temple at Des Moines last
Saturday evening. Enlisted men were
required to show paid up Blue Lodge
receipt, while city members had to
have Royal Arch receipt to date.
The entertainment consisted of a
pleasing variety of local talent as
we'll as accomplished entertainers off
the Orpheum circuit After the pro-
gram which was mostly vocal and
instrumental, the chairman announced
that the guests would adjourn to the
dancing floor and was pleased to an
nounce that while there were men
from privates to Major General in
the audience to remember that on
this occasion at least the salute would
be tabooed and that they were all
on "the same level"
/
We read letter from Sank Centre
last week and among other things con-
tanned therein was the mans deter
mination not to enter the infantry if
he could evade it. Well, in the first
place this branch of the service gives
one the training so that after he has
gotten out he can at least say he is.
acquainted with everything that the
word "army" means and be assured
that he has been real soldier.
Do they work and walk the life out
of you? No. II is true they al
ways go on foot, but even marching
is timed, like guard duty; so much,
and then rest. If you go into some
of the other branches you escape
drill, perhaps, and marching, but if
you do not intend to make the army