The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-08-31
WAR ADvERT|SES
WESTERN STATES
SOLDIERS OF THE WEST TELL
ABOUT THEIR SECTION, SAYS
COLVILLE MAN
U. S. Boys Brave, Res0urceful, Full
of Pep and Best of Spirits-Are
Fighting Hard

close to the BOche lines, comes let
ter which will be of interest to Col
vile people who knew DR.. William
]. Jones. 1t is written to Prose-
cutting Attorney L. B. Donley, who
passes it on to others who might like
to hear what DR.. Jones thinks of it ALL
His letter follows:
SD Artillery, (CAC) Am. E. F.,
July %, 1918.-My dear Levi: After
months and months of waiting and
longing my mail for the months of
February and March reached me to-
day. l was so glad to get it and to
find, among the fifty-eight letters
that came, one from you.
First of all allow me to congrat-
ulate you on that office that you now
hold. believe that you will fill it.
with your accustomed ability. Iwould
be delighted if could at this moment
see you walking the floor with Holly
Mabel on your arm.
A year ago today, you and |, to-
gether with other kindred souls and
true, started on little trip to the re-
gion of Northport. From there on
we started on another. Where are
all those boys today?
Myself, l am in deep, deep for
est, very close to the Boche lines and
with our, own boys. We are working
hard and am getting some wonderful
experiences. have travelled great
deal since l last wrote to you, but
that is necessary as we are sent to the
places that we are needed. There
are great number of us over here
and we are having a great time with
the Boche. l tell you, no one need
have any doubt as to the ultimate
outcome of all this, Levi, for we surely
have the bravest soldiers, resourceful,
alert, with lots of pep and the best
of spirits.
AS day after day we hear what is
being done at home to help us on, we
are more than proud of the chance
to help our country. wish that you
could seee the boys-a signal is given
lin the middle of the night perhaps),
and out Of their hunks they will roll,
mud, mud, mud, it does not matter
away they go to their appointed places
to do whatever may come along.
may not tell you what they do or
where they go, but "Aprez lie guerre"
as the French say, I'll have to tell
you some of the things that have hap
pened while "Over Here"
You would laugh if you could hear
us babbling this lingo. 1t is fierce,
but we seem to be able to talk it
enough to get by; incidentally, there
is much waving Of arms, Struggling of
shoulders, etc.
You cannot go very far nowadays
without meeting Americans, and I'll
tell you something else. This war
is the greatest advertising medium
that the WEST has ever had. You
may always depend on westerner
to let every one he comes in contact
with know the fact that he is from
Washington, Oregon or California.
We have to give the fasteners les
son about every two or three days,
and to see how they really enjoy it,
they say that as soon as they get
back they will be out to see this Won
derful country of ours. Oh, if any
one says anything against it, you
should see us rise on our hind legs
and preach. 1t is great fun in our
officers mess; am the only one from
Washington Tor anywhere west Of
Milwaukee). l sure do have task
to educate the others, but I'm getting
there just the same.
We are within striking distance Of
very large city (or what was one
once) and we get in once in great
while. 1t sure is a change. Game
is very plentiful in these parts, es-
pecially the smaller varieties, such as
rats, RATS. mice, few dogs, rab-
bits, etc., but rats are the chief. saw
a wild boar one day but did not get
a chance to get him.
The avions would interest you very
much, Levi. They come over daily
and Of course there is fight-some-
times between each other and some-
times between them and the ground
guns. saw wonderful one re-
Gently. A Boche avion came sneak
ing over the tops of the trees one
evening just before dusk. He was
heading for French observation bal
loon. ran as hard as l could to the
edge of the wood to see, and just be-