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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-14

= SO much dirt, and blood, and hunger.
and cold, and all that around you, that
you have just got to quit thinking
about It, or you will 60 crazy. And SO.
when you can think about something
nice, you can pretty nearly forget all
the rest for while. The incest things
you can think about are the things you
liked back home.
Now. you can take it from me that
what your boy will like to remember
the best of all is your face with a
smile on it. He has got enough hell on
his hands without a lot of weeps to re-
member. IL you will excuse the word.
But don't forget that the chances are
on his side that. he gets back to you !;
the figures prove it. That will help
you some. At that, it will be hard
work; you will feel more like crying.
and SO will he, maybe. But smile for
him. That smile is your bit.
Twill back smile against the weeps
In q race to Berlin. any time. So am
telling you, and I cannot make it strong
enough-send him away with a smile.
Ito be ycontinued).
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DON'T: SELL. YOUR BOND
BY HAROLD A. LAMB
Of the VinlIantes.~

Your Liberty bond-whether 1T is for
$50 or $5,OO0-is your savings. TO
sell it is to lose your savings. The
longer you keep your bond, the more
valuable it is going to be.
It does no good to- Uncle, Sam to
subscribe to his loan, and then sell the
amount Of your subscription. Many
Of us have strained ourselves to buy
the bonds, and necessity may force
some Of US to get the money back.
But the way to do this is not to sell
4 bond. Dishonest sharpers viii take
your bonds and give you, say. $50 for
the 500. 49, 49, r.. = :..''-s. * s.
H you must have money, 90 to 4 r.
liable bank or broker. They viii lend
You $50 on the 800. and the interest
on your bond VIII nearly pay the In
terest on|sthe money they lend You.
Then BY paying the loan, you can have
the bond back. sss.z=. 8. |1.s< :s.
Uncle Sans securities are making
money for you while you hold them.
Two years after. the war ends they
will be- worth e 10 estimate ITO.
If the war ends Ii three years or I'M
der you will then b receiving 613k
pee cent on the sa6est Investment 81
tl,s world 800
0aily TThou b. 81
G5oodness 81 thu only inyeltment tha1
- fails David noreau.
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(First Publication, Aug. z. Al g.
01DE1 FOR HEARING OH KI2AI
ACCOUNT AND H08 DI8T1nu11oH
OF 1HsoIvEAT EsTATE. -
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yohi,-ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Erick
N. Nelson, Decedent.
The representative of the above es-
tate having filed in this Court his final
account, representing, among other
things, that he has duly paid all ex-
penses of administration, last sickness
and funeral of said decedent, all secur-
ed and preferred claims; that the unse-
cured claims allowed against said es-
tate amount to the sum of s., 631.77 and
that he has in his hands a balance OF
$313.63; and praying that said account
be allowed and that the Court makes
its order determining the amount to be
paid each claimant out of the balance
In his hands and the distribution of
the same:
It is Ordere that said final account
be examined and said petition be heard
at the Probate Court Room in the Court
House, in. the City Of Willmar, County
the 9th day of September, 1918, at q
o'clock p. M. -. =
It Is further ordered that notice Of
said hearing be given to all persons in
terested by publishing q copy Of this
order once each week for three success
sive weeks in the Willmar Tribune, q
weekly newspaper published at Willmar
In said County, and that a copy Of this
order. be- mailed to each Of the known
creditors of. said estate at least four.
teen days prior to the date OF said hear.
ing. g = = =. = 80 rs = Is
=. Dated August 9Th, 1918. s1 y
So, - T. O. GILBERT,
(Seal) Judge of Probate Court
Charles Johnson, & = : : 81. $50 =
Attorney for Representative, - IS
.Wtllmar, Minnesota. =. szzz@
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-14

(First Publtca4ion, July HIT,
3Do0 101 10o0AzDE or VIII.
Estate OF August BJelkensrsn, Docs-
state Of A1innsota. County Of Kandiyoht.
IN the Natter Of the Estate Of August
Bte1kengren, Decedent. si5-sszs--
The State Of Minnesota, To all persons
interested in tho allowance and probate
Of the will Of said decedent: The petit
ton Of Pernilla Bjelkengren being duly
filed In this court, representing. that
August Btelkengron, then resident Of
the County Of Kandiyoht, State OF MIN
nesota, died on the 18th day Of July.
1918, leaving q last will and testament
witch Is presented to this court with
said petition, and praying that raid
instrument be allowed al the last will
and testament OF said decedent and
thereon. to Perntala BtelkenErsn,
are hereby cited and required to show.
cause. IL any you have, before this
court, at the Probate Court Rooms In
the Court House, in the City Of Will
mar. County Of Kandiyohi. State Of MIN
nesota, ON the 18th day Of August, 1918.
at two o'clock p. NJ, why the prayer
Of said petition should NOT be granted
Witness, The Honorable, T. o. Gil
bert, Judge Of said court, and the seal
of said court, this Goth day Of July, 1918.
IDA A. SANDERSON, D..
lSeaD Clerk Of Probate Court.
Charles johnson,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Wtllmar. Minnesota.
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was answered Immediately. The sheer,
huddled stupidity in the road below, In
signf Of home. while a little girl toiled
up the bank. She looked at the lamb
dispassionately, kicked it, and It rose
to It's feet Immediately and rushed
back to the flock, too frightened almost
to bleat. :.
+, Then she called the nearest dog. he
pretended not to hear at first, and then
crawled up to her on his belly. She
held him by one ear, and kicked with
all her might at his stomach. He shut
his eyes and screamed for mercy. but
never budged. This finished, she let
him 60. and he squatted behind her
watching what he knew would follow.
Then, while it grew darker, she
called the other dog, who was now
just shadow on the hillside. She
was very, very small, but she was alb
solutely determined and eventually
he came cringing up. The other dog
waited till she was through, and then
they both raced back to their proper
places ON either flank Of the flock and
started to drive the sheep on home.
When the dogs stood on their feet
without cringing they came up almost
to the little girls shoulder. I do not
think she was more than eight years
old. She smiled at me, with the un-
selfconsciousness of little children,
and fastened back to the flock. I
stood there for some time watching
her tiny figure striding down the road,
driving the flock before her. No one
could have any doubt that she would
handle any situation which might
arise. OF such are the mothers of
France.
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could understand It, but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters, aboard
and ashore, but we garbies never have
word for them, nor they for US. On
shore leave abroad we pal up with
foreign garbies, even, but hardly ever
with a marine. OF course they are
with us strong in case we have scrap
with liberty party of some foreign
ship-they cannot keep out of fight
any more than we can-but after it
Is over they are on their way at once
and we on ours.
There are lots of things like that
in the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and I think it Is be-
cause sailors change their ways so
little. They do great many things
in the navy because the navy always
has done them.
kept strictly on the job as fire.
man, but wanted to get into the gun
turrets. 1t was slow work for q long
time. I had to serve as second-class
fireman for four mouths, first-class
for eight months and in the engine
room as watertender for year.
Then, after serving on the q. s. s.
Des Moines as gun-loader, I was
transferred to the Iowa and finally
worked up to gun-pointer. After a
time I got my @. P. O. rating chief
petty officer. first-class gunner.
The various navies differ In many
ways, but most Of the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
sailor. Every sailor has great deal
Of respect for the Swedes and Nor
wegians and Danes; they are born
sailors and are very daring, but, Of
course, their navies are small. The
Germans were always known as clean
sailors; that is, as in our navy and
the British, their vessels were ship
shape all the time, and were run as
sweet as clock.
There is no use comparing the vari-
GUS navies as to which is best; some
are better at one thing and some at
another. The British navy, of course,
Is the largest, and nobody will deny
that at most things they are topnotch
least Of all themselves; they admit
it. But there is one place where the
navy Of the United States has it all
over every other navy on the seven
seas, and that is gunnery. The Amer
lean navy has the best gunners in
the world. And do not let anybody
tell you different.
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(First Publication July z4-4t)
CITATION ron XKA1I16 or 11Ax
AcC0U1z AID FOE DID11uU.
Estate Of Charles F. Anderson also
known as Carl F.. Anderson and C. T.
Anderson. Decedent.
State OF Minnesota, County Of Kandi-
yoht. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Charles
f. Anderson also known as Carl f.. An
derson and c. f. Anderson, Decedent-
The State Of Minnesota, To all per-
sons interested in tho final account and
distribution Of the estate Of said de-
cedent. The representative Of the above
named decedent, having fled in : this
court his final account Of tho admdnis-
tration of the estate Of said decedent,
together with his petition praying for
the adjustment and allowance Of said
final account and for distribution Of the
residue of said estate to the persons
thereunto entitled.
Therefore. You and Each Of You. are
hereby cited and required to show cause,
the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House. in the City Of Willmar in the
County Of Kandiyohi, State Of Mime
sofa, on the 18th day of August 1918,
at o'clock p. NJ, why said petition
should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge Of said court, and
the seal of said court. this 23rd day Of
IDA A. SANDERSON,
(SeaD Clerk Of Probate Court,
Charles Johnson,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Wt1lmar. Minnesota
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(Ffrst Publication July 24.-4t)
CITATION FoR HARu0 on HHAI
ACCOUNT AID To8 DUx1xBU-
TON. =
Estate of Jonas johnson. Decendent.
State OF Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yohi. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Jonas
Johnson Decedent.
The State Of Minnesota. To all per-
sons interested in the final account and
distribution of the estate of said de-
cedent: The representative of the above
named decedent, having fled in this
court his final account Of the admins
tration of the estate of said decedent
together with his petition praying for
the adjustment and allowance of said
final account and for distribution of the
residue.f said estate to the persons
thereunt0 entitled;
Therefore, You and Each of You, are
hereby cited and required to show cause
If any you have, before this court at
the Probate Court Rooms in the Court
House, in the City of Willmar in the
County Of Kandiyohi, State Of Minne-
sofa. on the 10Th day of August 1918.
should not be granted.
and the seal Of said Court, this 22nd
IDA A. SANDERSON,
lSeaD Clerk of Probate Court
Attorney for Petitioner,
Willmar. Minnesota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-14
CHAPTER. III.
In the FOREIGN leulon.

This time I was determined to en-
list. So. when we landed at st. Ma
zaire, I drew my pay from the vir-
ginian and, after spending a week
with my grandmother, I went out and
asked the first gendarme 1 met where
the enlistment station was. had to
argue with him some time before he
would even direct me to it.. OF course
I had no passport and this made him
suspicious Of me. re-,
The officer in charge of the station
was no warmer in his welcome than
the gendarme, and this surprised me,
because Murray and Brown had no
trouble at all in Joining. The French.
OF course, often speak of the FOREIGN
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Legion 90 'the c0nvicts," because 90
many DICTIONARIES are wanted BY the
police Of their respective countries,
but q criminal record never had been.
bar to service with the legion. and !
did not see why 1t should be now-if
they suspected me Of having one. I
had heard there were not a few Ger
mans In the legton-later on I became
acquainted with some-and believe
me. no Alsatian ever fought harder
against the Huns than these former
Deutschlanders did. It occurred to
me then that If they thought I was
q German, because I had no passport,
! might have to prove had been In
trouble with the kaiser's crew before
they would accept me. do not know
what the real trouble was, but solved
the problem by showing them my dis
charge papers from the American
navy. Even then, they were suspicious
because they thought was too young
to have been q @. p. o. When they
challenged me on this point, I said I
would prove it to them by taking an
examination.
They examined me very carefully,
In English, although know enough
French to get by on subject like
gunnery. But foreign officers are very
proud of their knowledge of English
and most Of them can speak it-and /
think this one wanted to show of. as
you might say. Anyway, passed my
examination without any trouble,
was accepted for service in the For
eign Legion and received my commits.
sion as gunner, dated Friday. January
!, 1915.
There is no use In my describing the
Foreign Legion. It is one Of the most
famous fighting organizations in the
world, and has made a wonderful rec
ord during the war. When Joined La
Legion, it numbered about 10000 men.
Today it has less than 5000. They
say that since August, 1914, the legion
has been wiped out three times, and
that there are only few men still In
service who belonged to the original
legion. I believe it to be true. In
January of this year the French gov
eminent decided to let the legion die.
1 was sorry to hear it. The legion
naires were fine body of men, and
wonderful fighters. But the whole
civilized world is now fighting the
Huns, and Americans do not have to
enlist with the French or the Limeys
any longer.
But one thing about the legion, that
I find many people do not know. is that
the legionnaires are used for either
land or sea service. They are sent wher-
ever they can be used. do not know
whether this was the case before the
present war-1 think not-but in my
time, many Of the men were put on
ships. Most people. however, have the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-08-14
MOTHER OF MEN
BY ALICE WARD BAILEY
Of the Viuiiantes.

Mother of men, do not mourn,
They have said that your boys must 60
And your empty arms
And your souls alarms
Are now all that.life can show
But look at the flag so proudly bornel
Mother of men, do not mourn.
Mother of men, do not mourn,
They are taking your mirth aud JOY;
But gladness comes.
With the roll of the drums
To the heart of each marching boy.
While Right and Honor aloft are bornel
Mother Of men. do not mourn.
Mother of men. do not mourn,
They have broken your heart, you say;
And the radiant CLEANS
OF our happy dreams
Have all been driven astray-
But for Heaven and Earth your Cross II
Mother of men. do not mourn!
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CHAPTER II.
The War Breaks.

After serving four years and three
months in the q. S. navy, I received
an honorable discharge on April a.,
1914. held the rank of chief petty
officer, f1rst-class gunner. It is not
uncommon for garbies to lie around a
while between enlistments-they like
a vacation as much as anyone-and it
was my intention to loaf for q few
months before joining the navy again.
After the war started, of course, I
had heard more or less about the Ger
man atrocities in Belgium, and while
l was greatly interested, was doubt
full at first as to the truth of the re-
ports, for I knew how news gets
changed in passing from mouth to
mouth, and I never was much Of q
hand to believe things until I saw
them, anyway. Another thing that
caused me to be interested in the war
was the fact that my mother was born
In Alsace. Her maiden name, DER
vieux, is well known in Alsace. had
often visited my grandmother in St.
Nazaire, France, and knew the coun-
try. So with France at war, it was
not strange that I should be even
more interested than many other
garbies.
AS I have said. did not take much
stock in the first reports Of the Huns
exhibition Of kultur, because Fritz is
known as a clean sailor, and I figured
that no real sailor would ever get
mixed up in such dirty work as they
said there was in Belgium. I figured
the soldiers were like the sailors. But
found out was wrong about both.
One thing that opened my eyes a
bit was the trouble my mother had in
getting out Of Hanover, where she
was when the war started, and back
to France. She always wore little
American flag and this both saved and
endangered her. Without it, the Ger
mans would have 1nterned her as q
Frenchwoman, and with it, she was
sneered at and insulted time and
again before she finally managed to
get over the border. She died about
two months after she reached st. Ma
Zaire.
Moreover, I heard the fate Of my
older brother, who had made his home
IN France with my grandmother. He
had gone to the front at the outbreak
of the war with the infantry from st.
Nazaire and had been killed two or
three weeks afterwards. This made
it sort of personal matter.
But what put the finishing touches
to me were the stories a wounded
Canadian lieutenant told me some
months later in New York. He had
been there and he knew. You could
not help believing him; you can al
ways tell it when a man has been
there and knows.
There was not much racket around
New York, so made up my mind all
OF sudden to 60 over and get some
for myself. Believe me, got enough
racket before I was through. Most
of the really important things I have
done have happened like that: did
them on the jump. you might say.
Many other Americans wanted q look,
too; there were five thousand Amer
leans in the Canadian army. at one
time they say. : --. - ILL., !.
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idea that they are only used in the in
fantry.
With my commission as gunner,
received orders to 60 to Brest and join
the dreadnaught Cassard. This as.
signment tickled me, for my pal Muir.
ray was aboard, and I had expected
trouble in transferring to his ship in
case I was assigned elsewhere. We
had framed it up to stick together as
long as we could. We did, too.
Murray was as glad as 1 was when
I came aboard, and he told me he had
heard Brown, our other pal, had been
made sergeant In another regiment
of the legion.
We were both surprised at some of
the differences between the French
navy and ours. but after we got used
to it. we thought many of their Gus
toms improvements over ours. But we
could not get used to it, at first. For
instance, on an American ship, when
you are pounding your ear in a nice
warm hammock and 1t is time to re-
lieve the watch on deck, like as not
you will be awakened gently by burly
garby armed with fairy wand about
the size of a bed slat, whereas in
French ships, when they call the
watch; you would think you were in a
swell hotel and had left word at the
desk. It was hard to turn out at first,
without the aid of club, and harder
still to break ourselves of the habit
OF calling our relief in the gay and
festive American manner, but; as ]
say, we got to like it after a while.
Then, too, they do not do any hazing
In the French navy, and this surprised
US. We had expected to 60 through
the mill just as we did when we Joined
the American service, but nobody slung
hand at us. On the contrary, every
garby aboard was kind and decent and
extremely courteous, and the fact that
we were from the States counted q lot
with them. They used to brag about
1T to the crews of other ships that were
not 80 honored.
But this kindness we might have ex-
pected. It is just like Frenchmen In
any walk Of life. With hardly an ex-
ception, have never met one Of this
nationality who was not anxious to
help you In; every way he could; ex-
tremely generous, though not reckless
with small change, and almost always
cneery and there with smile In any
weather. A fellow asked me. once why
It was that almost the whole world
loves the French, and I told him it was
because the French love almost the
whole world, and show It. And I think
that is the reason, too. :. s 5..s
About the only way you can describe
the Poilus, on land or Geo, % that they
sare gentle. That is. you always think
A&1at-Mord when you go os,s md III
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(First Publication July 31st,-St)
NOTICE TO CoAS1AC30R2

4V4xCE 10 VO094AC3O8As
Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office of the County Auditor of Kan
diyohi County. Minnesota until 2 o'clock
P. M. August %, 1913, for the construc-
ton of Division IA" and '.B'' Of Fed
era1 Aid Project No. 81, State Road No.
6-length Il miles,
Which involves the following items:
Excavation 116. 205 c. y.
Guard Rail $500 lin. #.
Installing portable concrete culverto
and furnishing material as follows:
IL" $50. lin. TT.
Is" 201.O lin. it.
IS" Polls lin. #.
"a" $50 lin. #.
80" $50 lin. IT.
W-46 Reinforced concrete culvert.
The work is divided into two divisions
and separate bids will be received on
each of the divisions.
Plans and specifications may be ex-
amined at the Office of the County Au-
ditor. Kandiyohi County. Minnesota, or
at the Office of the State Highway De-
partment,~ $50, Guardian Life Bldg, st.
Paul, Minnesota. Blue prints of plans
may be obtained from the State High.
way Departments at bidders expense.
The right Is reserved to reject any or
all bids and to waive any defects. Bids
must be accompanied by q certified
check, payable to the County Treasurer,
for at least s per cent of the amount OF
the proposal -...
Signed SAMUEL NELSON,
County, Auditor, Kandiyohi :.
County, Willn1ar, Minnesota
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Ter then, too, for that was before my
Introduction to kultur in German pris-
on camps, and life there is not exactly
fattening-not exactly. I do not know
why 1t is, but If you will notice the
navy f1remen-the lads with the red
stripes around their left shoulders
you will find that almost all Of them
are small men. But they are husky
lot.
Now. In the navy, they always haze
q newcomer until he shows that he
can take care Of himself, and 1 got
mine very soon after I went into IN
Gle Sans service. was washing my
clothes In bucket on the forecastle
deck, and every garby (sailor) who
came along would give me or the
bucket a kick, and spill one or the
both Of us. Each time 1 would move
to some other place, but l always
seemed to be in somebody's way. FL
|. nally saw a marine coming. I was
nowhere near him, but he hauled out
of his course to come up to me and
/ gave the bucket boot that sent it
twenty feet away, at the same time
handing me clout on the ear that
Just about knocked me down. Now,
I did not exactly know what a marine
= was, and this fellow had so many
{ stripes on his sleeves that 1 thought
: he must be some sort Of officer, so I
Just stood by. There was gold stripe
commissioned officer) on the bridge
and knew that If anything was
wrong he would cut in, so kept look
ing ND at him, but he stayed where he
was, looking on, and never saying q
word. And all the time the marine
kept slamming me about and telling
me to get the hell out of there.
Finally I said to myself, It'll get
this guy If it's the brig for a month"
So I planted him one in the kidneys
and another in the mouth, and he went
clean up against the rail. But he
came back at me strong, and we were
at It for some time.
But when it was over the gold stripe
came down from the bridge and shook
Nands with me!
I.EAftef this they did not haze me
& much. This was the beginning Of a
certain reputation that had in the
navy for fst-work. Later on had a
reputation for swimming, too. That
4 6rst day they began calling me
Chink," though I don't know why,
1 and It has been my nickname In the
navy ever since. >'-'-ss'%- =
10 curious thing, and I never