The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-06-28
pENRoD ON THE U. s.s.G. ARMY
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON.

Hon. Franklin K. Lane, the Secre-
tary of the Interior, Washington:
Dear Mr.. Secretary A kind Of
friend Of mine told me you wrote to
him TO tell me to write letter about
raising vegetables to eat and all. His
name is Mr.. Harrington or some
thing like that and he said he void
address, the letter and all and write
what is at the top of this letter to
start with. Well | do not know
much about raising vegetables yet
but will tell all | know. Miss
Spence said our class better join the
Y. S. School Garden Army and
when she says we better why we
usually we got to-. Besides she said
the U. S. Government says so too
and it is the School Garden Army is
an Army of the u. S. Government
and if we belong to it we are just as
much in the army as if we had guns,
and will get badge and all and be-
sides can get some money by selling
the vegbles. Well | void like to
have some money and so void any
other boy or girl. Besides this !
would do it anyway because if | am
in the U. S. S. G.. am in the army
and have badge. And | can eat
some Of the vegbles myself and all.
Well anybody wants to be in the
army OF course, SO am now agoing
to be member of the army. Any
body what says | am not going to be
ask whoever>they like they will tell
them quick enogh | am going to be
in the Army because | am going to
be fn the U. S. s. G. Army. 1t has
the U. S. before it and guess that
is enough for me | guess.
Well so we thought we better get
some practice raising some vegeta-
bles, so we went to Sam Williams's
yard and got two. colored boys so as
to have them to do good deal Of
the work, as they have got to work
almost all the time anyway at their
own house. These two colored boys
they used to live in the country out
about FIVE and one-half miles and
they know how to raise cabaj and all.
Well, Sam said we could dig up
his back yard and he void help
some. We also got some seeds that
we got by trading some old iron to
the rag man, and we had onion seed
and we had some potatoes eyes and
some corn. Well it did not look like
much use. You can dig up a yard
and put these things in and cover
them up, and maybe put some rich
dirt on top, and it does not look like
much use, | tell you. Wei, we sat
around there after school tor several
days; when we put all these things
in the G.. ound we felt like we wished
they would come up so we could
look at them.
This is not the first time Sam and
/ have planted seed because expect
in our time we have planted more
cherry stones and peach stones and
lemond seeds and apple seeds and
once we must have planted anyway
1000, 600 watermelon seeds in our
yard but you cold go to the place
1000, 600 times and look at it for a
couple of hours if you wanted to, but
you void never see any difference.
But that was when we were little and
now we are IN the u. S. S. G.. Army
OF course we void know better.
When we were little we void just as
leaf do our planting in October as
any other time.
Well SO one morning before school
Sam Williams called me to come
over there and he was all hopping
when got to our farm because there
was little plant sticking up out of
the ground and signs of some more
coming with little leaves and all