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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-11-13

zahteva, ki nina garancije, da DO iZpOlnjena, je
malo vredna. V sistemu, XII je zgrajen ma stremlje-
nju pc profitu, je priGakovati, da sc bodo nasli
podietniki, XII postavljajo svoje interese mad
Skupne druzabne. Kapitalisti in kapitalistiGne
druzbe, Xxi spOznajo, da sc Jim Ia ali ona "a vojno
wanna ali morda neizogibna produkcija ne hi rem.
tirala, bi moral postaviti drzavne oziroma marod-
ne potrebe mad svoje koristi, da bi sc kljub temu
lotili doticne produkcije. Toda kaj, &c ie NTH ego
izem vetji cd Nth patriotizmaG kaj, ce p~oreeeio,
da maj drugi iZdelujejo, cesar oni ne marajo, pa
ee sc tisti "drugi'" sploh ne ~najdejof
Skupnost Sc mora zavarovati proti TAXI ne
varnosti; tega pa ne more storiti drugaGe, kakor
ce poseze V hldividualne pravice podjetnistva in
81 prisvoji veGjo ali manjso nero razpolaganja,
kolikor paG sama spozna, da je potrebno.
V mnogih receh je neizogibna najpopolnejsa
centralizacija. To velia ma primer "a promet. Ka.
pitalisticna podjetia V individualni poscsti ne mo-
rejo teag izvesti drugacc, kakor ce hi Sc VISA cd
prvega do zadnjega zdruzila V velik enoten trust.
To Sc ne more izvrsiti tako nitro. kakor Sc Zapise.
A tudi Ge bi Sc uresniGilo, ne bi bilo " TEN zadost.
no jamstyo, da DO tako koncentrirano velepodje-
tie slnzilO namenom, XII Jill zaSleduje vojna in da
jim DO tako ~sluzilo, kakor zahteva. Treba je to-
rel, da 81 Jill ~skupnost prilasti, ali pa vsai da 81
zagotovi neovirano kontrolo mad mimi. V neSte-
tin sluGajih Sc je TO zgodilo tekom vojne.
Ia drzavo je potem v~eljalo vprasanje, kako
jc treba upravljati, ola DO imela vojna in MEN
cilj najveGje koristi3 Ali Sc ia ali ona stvar rem
tira, pOstane brez pomona, &c je ia stvar ~potrebna
"a uspeh vojne. Use, kar ie "a ia namen mogoGe,
Sc kratkomalo mora izvrsiti.
u oGmi, uprtimi V zmago, so Sc tekom teh ira
giCnih let izvrsile reel. XII hi bile V vsakem pref
Snjem casu veliale "a nezaslisane. V vsaki cd vol
ne prizadeti dezeli je bilo tako; a re Amerika sa-
ma hi lahko sluzila "a prepri6evalen zgled.
Nlada je postavila zivila pod svojo kontrolo.
Nalogo, XII 81 jo je bila nadcla, je bila ogromna.
Prehraniti je bio treba cd dine do dine narascajo-
60 armada onkraj moria, ~voiaStvo donna in svoje
prebivalstvo; vrhutega je bio treba ~zalagati "a
veznike, XII hi bill brez ameriske zivilske pomoci
moral pred6asno omagati. &c bi bilo ma tenn poliu
ostalo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ogspodarstvo kakor pred
voino. bi bill neizogiben straSen kaos, XII bi bill po-
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Janja izneverila bes1dam. kakor je bilo treba pa
ziti ma Nemce pri sklepaniu miru, tako JIG treba
sedaj patti ma lie intercse, Xxi so Sc cez noe prena-
polnili z "demokracijo'. ,.t--
Ljudi imamo. XII Sc Sc MISC iznebili SAM o i'm
perializmu, katere je rodila Spanska vojna. Ia
pcljiva so pota. pc katerih 'hodijo in mic mani ne
varna MISC. TIE elemente je treba opazovati, treba
je biti ma strait. MISC sc Sc nau6ili naloge, XII jo
Omenja Lord Grey V svoji broSuri. ZgodOvina nam
dokazuje, da je vztrajnost in zakrknjenost ideje
"a nadvladnje ~znacilno. Posamezniki he uspevajo
i nauki pri posameznikih. in istotako Sc narodi
pGnavlja tragediia obseznega grabest va in nadvla-
nj. Sedaj je nadvladavaI Flip. nato Louis, in
koncno Napoleon. In vedno tece kri koncni
poraz "a imperialisticna nacela. Vojn ase kon-
cuje. Toda ne vdajmo Sc madam brez straZe. Ii
slim, ma katere smo vedno pazili, velja naSa stra-
Ia tudi V bodoce! $50
Vprico nujnosti stalnc straze mad imperiali-
sticnim razredom ostaja delavstvu, de hoce, da bo
ia straza izdatna in uspeSna, neobhodnO emo sred-
stvo organizacija. V o%gromnih sistemih indu-
~strijalne in ~pOliticne organizacije, XII COMIC val
zi~vljenja. je p|osameznik kakor kapljica ma veji
III ne Steje mic. elias posameZnika je V takih slu-
caJih lahko najjacji, toda do uses tistih. XII uprav-
ljajo tie Sistemc, ne doseze; oci posameznika, ME
govi mOzgami in jerk so lahko IL najbol jSega clo-
veSkega materijala, takO da Oci vidijo, mOZgani
razumevajo in jerk lahko razlozi 2 najveGjo jas
nGitjo vse. kar mu narekujejo oGi in m~ozgani;
srce je lahkO najplemenitejSe tOda vse to ne
pomeni brez organizacije mnogo. Material je, XII
playa z ostalim slabim in dobrim materijalom po
reki ~zivljenja. ne Ola hi priSel pri odlocevanju v po-
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radl racune o vsem Svetu, ne lie ker zahteva to Cd
mas dolznost, XII 10 narekuje sploSna izobrazba,
ampak ker gleda S principa, da pripada vcs svet
vsemu elovestvu. .TOda S tenn nj receno, da more
mo opravljati vse dolznosti, XII Sc n~anasajo ma
druzabne gOspOdarske in ~politicne potrebc, povsod
hkrati. To je nemogoce in utopistiGno. Glavna ma
sa naloga je torej, da sc 2 ostalimi narodi. XII live
tukaj, organiziramo V svoji Jugoslovanski social
Sticni Zvezi, in vrsimo svoje dolznosti tukai.
Nekatere sodruge mice sedaj, ko gre vojna
ii koncu. V start kraj. Nekatere mice radovednost,
druge ambicija "a boljsimi razmerami, XII nasta-
nejo baje pc vojni. Kaksne bodo sedaj razmere V
start domovini, je tezko reel, vendar je previd-
most priporocljiva. Pred vsem je treba vedeti, da
nc bodo plovbe S ~pasazirii odprte, dokler ne bo
podpaan mir. To pa traja lahko vec mesecev,
mOrda leto dni; kajti premirje Sc ne pomeni miru.
Nobenega vzroka nj torej, da hi sc scdrugi radi
ten izprememb odtegovali n~alogam, XII Jill spozna-
10 potion svojih organizacij in svojega c~asopisja.
Selitev ali ne selitev, socialistiena organizacija ie
v obeh ~slucajih ne lie priporoGljiva, ampak di-
rektno nujna. Kamorkoli gre danes clovek, pride
v silk S social;sticnimi organizacijami, katerih je
pc vsem svetu cedalje vec. Clanska knjizica soci-
alisticnega kluba pomeni ~zaupanje in bratski spre-
jem med sodrugi v Italiji, ma Francoskem, Angle
Skem. V Mehiki. Canadi, V jugoslovanskih krajih,
ma kitajskem in cello V Afriki, medtem ko pomeni
donna zanimanje "a delavsko politiko, XII je strata
mad imperialistiGnimi nacrti. V svojo korist i'm ko-
rist %skupnega delavstva pO vsem svetu ie torej, da
pOStane vsak slOvenski, srbski in hrvatski delavec
clan JugoSlovanske sOcialisticne zveze, kjer mu
DO dana prilika, ola sc globlje seznani z naloga.
mi, XII Jill ina delavstvo po sedanji vojni.
T~ajniStvo j. S. H..
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dokaze z vsemi potrebnimi pripomOcki MEGA IL
vedljivost. Podjetniki pokliGejo svoje matematic-
ne izvedence in dajo preracunati in prekalkuli-
rati yes plan. &c pokazejo stevilke, da ne DO O.
breSti cd vlozenega ~kapitala, ali da Jill ne no to-
like, kolikor jim iih prinasa denar V drugih pod
jetjih, je bill YES naGrt in YES trud zaman. Brez
koristi he ~zacenja kapitalizem ni6esar. Kakor je
~podjeten in brezobzirno energi6en, kjer SINE pri-
takovati zadosten profit, tako je popolnoma ne
gativen, kier mu nj zagotovljen dobi6ek. Nesteta
della, Xxi hi bila lahko ~zboljsala razmere celih kra-
jew, so ostala neizvrSena ali pa sploh nezapo6eta,
lie ker sc denarno he hi bi!a "rentirala."
Ce je torej res, da ina p%rofitni sistem velike
vabe "a podjetnost V sebi, nj mic mani res, da je
V mnogih sluGajih neizprosen nasprotnik produk-
tivnosti in velikanska ovira napredka.
lzkusnje vojne so prakticno dokazale, da so
drugi nagibi lahko veliko moGnejsi in uspesnejSi
cd p%rofitnih. Glavni in neposredni cilj vojne je
zmaga. To velja "a yojno V splosnem, ne gede ma
to, kaj da misli vojskujoca Sc sila storiti S svojo
zmago. V TEN Oziru so vojne seveda lahko zelo
%razliGne; lahko sc vodijo IL gospodarskih razlO-
gov, "a teritorijalnO poveeanje, "a p~oviSanje di-
nastiGnega bliSca, "a dolocene p~oliticne smOtre, "a
demokraticna naGela, "a narodno svcbodo id. Ma
meni vojne so lahko zgolj NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ali pa
popolnoma idealistiGni lahko Sc MOSAIC eni z
drugimi tOda V vsakem ~sluGaju je zmaga njena
poglavitna ideja, pi kateri je misel ma profit lah-
ko popolnoma izkljucena, vsaj "a narodno c%eloto,
XII vodi vojno.
Da Sc dOseze ia cilj, Sc morajo mobilizirati
ve slle, Xxi so narodu ma raZpolago. Y tel voJni
Sc je to zgodilo V najpopolnejsi meri, in povsod
Sc je zgodilo z izkljuGnim namenom, da Sc zagoto-
vi zmaga. V vseh dczelah smo videli kapitalistic-
gnO misel V boju $ samo seboj. Princip vladajocega
gospodarskega reda je neomejena pravica podjet-
nika, da razpolaga 5 Svojim podjetjem po svoji
wolff in da vlada Y MEM. To na6elo so morale krSi-
ii vsc drzavc, ker je oil njihovemu momentano
najvazneisemu cilju ma poti. Prepustiti podjet-
nixon industrije individualno pravico c~dlocanja V
~podjetih hi bio pomenilo toliko. kolikor p%repustiti
jim, da V veliki meri odloGajo o uspehu %vojskova-
MIA. Pri TEN bi sc lahko zgodilo, da hi IL Ozirov ma
profit ovirali vojno in onemogociliz mago. Cd pod
jetnika Sc lahko zahteva patriotizem; ali
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vzrocil pomanjkljivo dodajanje, V mnogih sluca-
jlh popolno izostajanje gotovih zivil, draginjo.
stopnJevano do skrajnega oderistva, lakoto in
rosnc katastrofe. Vladna kontrola, XII je popolno-
ma V nasprotjuz idejo kapitalisticnega indivi-
dualizma ,je omogocila, da Sc je ~izvrsila velikan-
ska naloga, XII je spadala med najvaznejse pogoje
"a uSpeh vojne.
YES promet je prSel V Zedinjenih drzavah
pod vladno kontrolO. Tudi to Sc je zgodilo z OH.
rom ma vojnO. Ameriske Gete so Sc vojskovale on
kraJ oceana V Franciji in Italiji. Treba Jill lie BIZ
10 spraviti tia, ne lie IL kakSne luke, ampak il
vseh mogoeih krajev cd New Yorka do Californi-
Je, cd Minnesota do Texasa. u mimi in "a mimi
pa Je bio treba spravljati orozje in municijo, OBJ
leko in zivila III Sc marsikaj druzega. To Sc je zde-
10 kakor fantasticna p~ravljica izgledalo je tako
neverjetno, da Nemcija sploh nj smatraIa vstopa
Amerike V voJno "a resnega, ampak je s popol-
MIN prepricanjem govorila. da DO VISA ameriska
voJna lie platOnicna demonstracija in da pride
k vecjemu kaksen majhen oddelek ameriSkih vo-
Jakov V Francijo, cato da bo ameriSka zastava vi
hral poleg zavezniskih. In &c hi bill promet ostal
prepuscen privatnim rokom, bi bila NemGija sko-
raj imela pray. Svojcas je prevoz vojaskih tovo-
ROY povzrocil pravi kaos ma zeleznicah. Proge so
bile zabarikadirane z vagoni, skladiSca preoblo-
zena, tovorn;h vozov je manjkalo zlasti "a pre-
nog.
(konec prihodnjic).
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VAZNO "a ~NAROCNIKE!

Lakon zahteva, da mora vsak naroS-
mix imeti list plaean v naprej. Ne ma mas,
temvee ma vas je leze6e, &c hoeete imeti
vse stevilke Proletarca. vi innate ma svo-
jem naslovu v oklepaju stevilko, XII po-
meni, do, kdaj innate list placan. Prihod-
MIA stevilka lista je (5S4) in &c je Vasa
stevilka ma naslovu TAXA ali pa Sc manila,
tedaj takoj obnovite narocnino, ker smo
drugaee pc zakonu prisiljeni, da Yam ia
koj ustavimo list.
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Vidim, sliSim. - Plaval sem v etericnih STE
rah cistih zarkov, krvavil sem ma krvnikovi kladi.
v boiu "a Svobodo sem vihtel zastavo, visel sem ma
vislicah in tical ma kOcu. Premagan, umorjen,
stojim tukaj xiv pa sc smejem in rogam trinogom
Zastavo v Wis! In zopet v BOZ!
Kaj mi je mar osveta?
Svoboden hocem biti! Ne samo v dalinih de-
zelah duha, tn, ma Gaeinih planjavah hocem po-
ljubliati Svobodo, v telesnem plamtecem objetju
jo ho6em priviti ma grudi, ukaje, vriskaje svo-
bodno
Zastavo v Wis!
Ma boj! Ma BOZ!
In vedno, vedno, vedno vnov, dokler nj zmaga
naSa.
Skozi cone doni sveti klic. SliSim ga. Sledim
mu. Ia menoj! Ia menoj!
Severni svit sc zari, solnce sc dviga, dusa
plamti V nagonu Svobode.
Mrtvi ~vstajajo IL grobov, zivi Sc zbujaio -
Zastavo V Wis!
Svoboda zove - k zmagi!
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Skozi s~toletja, skozi tisocletja re doni Svo-
bode klic :.
v trenotkih, kadar Sc mi duh pc blazno SLIM
borbi z ne~premicnim, breDcuvstvenim osvobodi in
sc odmakne IL telesnega Okrozja, Sc mu dozdeva,
kakor da je bill re pred t~isocletji, kakor ola je sill
sal prvi, zrak pretresujoci klic pc Svobodi. Dozde-
va Sc mi, kakor bi gledal mrtvi in drhtoci in
ustvarjajoci in porajajoci Chaos; vidim, kako Sc
pomoli zarek svetlobe in prodira tresoc sc temino
in kako sc sijaj valovito ~razsirja v neskoncnost -.
liz Objetja neizmerjene in netehtane tvarine ter
vecne sile sc porode svetovi Cutim ~zivljenjc.
Brezpocitno gibanje sc je pretvorilo v rast i'll
ploditev, v ustvarjanje in umiranje, v zivljenje in
smrt. In V neprenehan BOZ.
Cd neizmernosti Sc mi pogled obrne k osam-
lieni picici, malenkostno mali v %brezmejni vcsolj-
nosti, a dovolj veliki, da Sc razvija ma njej ljubav
in sovrastvo, pozeljenje in vse strasti nerazumlii-
vega srca.
Gaea -. Zemlja g. :
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klic SVObOde.

Vidim Judi OBJ delanju in nehanju, pri tvore-
nju in borenju, v njihovi racunarsko hladni in
vendar zarkO divn brezobzirnosti. V ziah jim tece
kri, a tia vidim rdece oblita in IL toplih luz Sc dvi-
ga dim prot nebu
BratomOr!
Divji kirk Sc razleze pc zraku, grozen, uza-
sen, ola sc zadere morilcu V kosti. A mrkO klju-
buje vzdigne m0rilec svojo pest ter jo polozi ma
plen zaveden 81 svoje moGi. Otroci umorjenega
pa k~orakajo : poveseno glavo pod jarem, XII ga je
postavil zmagovalec, morilec
Brezskrbno PLAYA Gaea dale pc oceanu eter-
ia e~nakOmernO pc stalnih, nepremicnih til
rib A Z njenega povrsja sega do meme kirk
- kirk osvete IL prelite krvi in ko Sc je dvignil
do mojega dusevnega uSesa, Sc police, kar JIG Y
MEM strasnega in nekaj silno zahtevajoGcg2. We
moznega, neizrecno nadepolnega zmaguje, nadgla-
suje. LIE kot spremljajoc akord doni Sc glas osve-
tie vines, a zmagoslavno petite. cE'to, bistro, iasno
klic Svobode.
Eyof
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tried to shrek aloud. Mid deafening
roars about my head heard cow

tried to shrek aloud. Mid deafening
roars about my head I heard a cow
boy say
"That's tough on Lou, his Smoky
Jim has worked his last today" And
then l heard as" speak out right
near my head. How well knew the
tale 1t told! My Smoky Jim-was
dead. Those cruel horns had rent and
torn the vitals of poor Jim. l knew
the worst; that shot had said there
was no help for him. For such is cow
boy sympathy-for all they seem SO
Wild, their hearts are touched by suf-
fering; in their grief they're as q
child.
could not realize the truth; 1t
dazed my Keeling brain. Should not
hear his welcome neigh nor stroke his
sides again? Not feel his throbbing,
pulsing heart-his heated fragrant
breath?
No, truest friend-I leave you here
to solitude-and death!
If ever cowboy loved horse. and
horse has loved man, then Jim and
/ were pals indeed, since first our
work began. And on the higher
ranges green, that we all hope to see,
l know I'll find my faithful Jim. He's
waiting there for me.-Lou e. Cole,
in Our Dumb Animals.
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Sam Cohn - A Soldier in
France.

WAR Extra! Big Liner Sunk" 1t
was the newsboy shouting his news
One Of my cousins had been on the
liner and I wished to revenge his
death.
started for Canada determined to
enlist as soon as possible. enlisted In
the Royal Flying Corps at Montreal
and began my training as an aviator.
After had been In training Tor eight
months I started for France.
Without any submarine trouble we
reached the French port In safety. Here
I was put into training until a cas-
uality should call me to the front. Al
ter two months Of waiting was cal
led to the front
The first two weeks was spent in
viewing the land. My teacher told me
to observe hospitals because in case OF
need l could land near one.
One day while seven Of our men were
on duty we were encountered by a
fleet OF enemy "Taubes." The fight
was a hard one and as far as can re-
member two of ours and five of the
enemy's aeroplanes were lost.
While we were fighting our area
planes were gradually dropping. Soon
we heard the Huns anti-aircraft gun
roar at us. Before could get out OF Its
way my machine had been hit by 1t
and I jumped for life.
When I recovered myself found
that 1 was lying near my bed and all
the adventures have related were but
q dream.
Sam Cohn, age IL,
432 r. Main ST., Ottumwa Iowa.
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Martha Marie WEIGH; "How
To Win the War"

Dear Juniors:-I am going to write
q composition on "How to Win the
War"
The soldiers over in France need
food and clothing, so We must econo-
mize. We are using all cereals and
lots Of rye -four and cornmeal We
all like corn bread. We have started
. big garden, and papa is going to
spade me up nice big garden, and |
am going to plant beets, cabbage,
musk melons. lettuce, radishes, onions
and tomatoes.
The Red Gross is wonderful thing,
making all the warm socks and sweat
ers for the soldiers to keep them
warm and in good condition to win
the war, and everyone can help them,
by doing their bit. l have bought
some thrift stamps, and l hope we all
can do something to help win the war.
Martha Marie WEIGH, Age TO-
1890 West Second ST., Ottumwa
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Helen BrOwn-Scho0l Com
position, Daniel Boone.

Dear Juniors:
Daniel Boone was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1875.
Boone was hunter from the time
he was big enough to hold gun to his
shoulder.
He got just enough education to
know how to read and write In rough
way.
But in the woods ne learned the les
son that made him the great pioneer
and explorer.
Ono day the boy did not return from
his hunting an the neghbors searched
several days before they found him.
He had built little cabin OF sod and
boughs, and skins of animals were dry
ing around the hut and the young half
savage was roasting a piece OF meat
before the fore.
Love for the wildness was the rul-
ing passion Of his NE.
BY the time he was thirteen the part
of Pennsylvania in which he lived had
become settled. The Boones like true
backwoodsmen moved to a wilder re-
gion on the Lodkin river in North
Carolina. While Daniels father and
brother cleared new farm the boy
hunter was left to supply the table
with meat
Helen Brown. Age 8
- ~
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lara Leta Leazer The
Patriotic Duties of Today

Dear Juniors:-I am writing o
patriotic letter. The title is Patriotic
Duties of Today"
The first thing we should think of
today is to help win the war. We
should help Uncle Sam In every way
we can from coal to pie, and don't eat
sugar any more.
Many stories we read about German
stories every day. We should not
read such stories. myself read these
stories that are not true.
Every cupful Of sugar or anything
else we save is blow at the kaiser
I am saving all can and helping all
can so that our boys over in Ffa1cs
may get fatal blow at tho kaisor. We
will win the war IL we save evsfy
thing.
II everybody would save We viii
win the war. am going to learn 10
knit for the soldiers. Many Vum1n
and children are sewing and hitting
for the Red Cross.
We all ought to have a whensleas
day, meatless day and lightiess Day.
am saving -four and sugar and eveyy-
thing can SO as to help win the war
We eat corn bread twice s day at ON
house. believe In saving al oan.
We have q flag and Red Cruas card
hanging In our window.
am saving every penny I eaA %
that I may buy a War Saving Stamp.
/ have two dollars and fifty cents A.
together. So let's be very PATRIOTS
now and speak very little.
lara Leta LeaSer, Ago IL
Llnevdl0, AWA
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THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottumwa, Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEvEREAUx
DISCRIMINATING EVENTS

kISTORY.MAklNG EVENTS
Dear Juniors: We want the Juniors
TO be interested in all the events OF the
present week and the past week. You
know these are days when the freedom
of the world is at stake. Everything
we do nowadays must be for the good
Of the country in which we live. You
all read the war news. We know that
you are buying War Savings Stamps
and that some of you will buy Liberty
Bonds, too. Well, now, we want all
Juniors who are taking an interest in
all the war movements to tell the
world, about it through the Junior. A
great many have already told the
readers of The Courier Jr. what war
work they are doing. However. we
want to be sure that all Juniors are
patriots, so we ask them to write
about the war, the savings stamps, the
Liberty Loan, food conservation. and
the 'Red Cross in Our Town." as we'll
as other patriotic events. Today the
three Judges have awarded price to
Zara Leta Leazure and to Sam Cohn.
for their patriotic stories; also
to Margaret Wells for her Dame
Nature Apartment House." Several
other juniors who worked in the con-
test failed to tell their ages. The
judges cannot pass on the Juniors
work when they do not know the ages
Of the writer's.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
Leona BrOwn-The Suffer
ings of Soldiers In the
Revolutionary War.

Dear Junior: the histories you
will read Of the many battles of the
revolution and Of the suffering OF
Washington soldiers, who were some
times obliged to march barefoot, leav-
ing tracks of blood on the frozen
ground Sometimes the soldiers had
to sit by the fire all night for want of
blankets to cover themselves. There
were not many people in this country
then and they were mostly farmers
with but little money. They we're
fighting against England which was
the richest and strongest nation OF
that time. But after a while France
sent men and ships to help the United
States.
The revolutionary war lasted about
seven years in all A great victory
which Washington gained when the
war had lasted more than six years
really finished the struggle.
General CORVALLIS, the same whom
Washington had fooled when he
slipped out Of Trenton, had won sew
eral victories over American troops in
the southern states. But he could
not subdue the people, who were al
ways ready to rise up again when he
thought he had conquered them. Corn
wallis marched northward from Caro-
lima into Virginia where he did a great
deal of damage. Washington was in
the north watching New York which
was occupied by the English troops.
He thought if he could capture the
fine army which CORVALLIS command
ed in Virginia he might end the war.
Leona Brbwn, Age IL.
DuudA Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-05
DOllie McNabb - How II
Win the War.

Dear Juniors:-I am going to write
about the war and hope my letter
will be nice for you to read.
I hope the United States will win
this war. I know we can II we try to
do so. The only way we can help win
this war is to save up our pennies,
nickles, dimes and quarters. And
am sure we can help win the war any
how. We can save our money and
not buy candies, cookies and sweet
things. We can save food by just
eating bread and butter. am sure
am willing to do it anyway. So we
can send more to our soldiers over In
France.
Dollie McNabb, Age 10.
1903 W. samantha s.. 0etumwa-