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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23
On Active Service with the American
Expeditionary Force, July II, 1918.
Mrs. Joseph Harry Manning.

Mrs. Joseph Harry Manning.
Dear Mother: I drop yon few
lines to let YOU know your son is still on
top and ain afraid of the cause he
was sent here TO perform, because
trust in Him to let us meet again, it not
here, in heaven will be plenty good
enough for me. Now may God bless
Won all and don It forget your loving
SON don t forget his prayers every night
with God, and 1 don It say much only
let us meet again on earth or in heaven.
Now / wrote Aunt Sallie a letter the
other day so she will call you up l
think Well I can't write much. /
should have been in bed, but I had to
drop you few lines and that was all.
Give my regards to Osiola and Myrtle
and tell them I am well. So will say
good bye. From your loving little sol
der boy to his loving mother. Write.
Joe II. Manning.
On Active Service with the American
Expeditionary Force, July 5, 1918.
Mrs. Mary Manning.
Dear Mother: now drop you few
lines to let you know how | am getting
along now. This leaves me well and in
good health and truly hope when these
few lines reach you they may and win
find you all well and enjoying yourself
to the best of your ability. Now don t
worry about me, because l am all right
and all dressed up and nowhere to go.
What do you know about thatg Well,
tell Mrs. j. II. Manning that her daddy
wants 10 knew if she remembers the
verse that said the Mississippi river is
so deep and wide that she couldn t see
her baby on the other side. Well,
ain Il going to say anything about the
old ocean being 5000 miles wide. [
guess she can see across it and tell her
daddy from anybody else But every
thing will be her way some day before
long. OF course June 9Th it had been
just one year to that day we parted.
But it is all right now. We won't al
ways to he that way, so don t worry. !
will surprise you all some day and will
come marching home for good. Well,
tell everyt cdy I said hello and give, my
best regards to all of my supposed to be
friends. You don't have to send me
anything because / would not be able
to get it, because we are first one place
: - "a
and then another, so the best we can do
is to try and write to each other and
not get it all the time because it is
awful hard to get mail here because we
are so FAR, we are many miles away. So
don It worry if you don t get letter
every time the mail comes. Well, I have
told you about all. T was in the town
with Glide, but did not get to see him.
So you tell them he is all right and
getting along fine. Did Ollie come
home yet! If she didn t, why! You
send for her and tell her !. said stay
home till I come back, and if don t
then she can do what ever she wants to.
Well, have told you all, SO will say
kiss her for me and look after her till l
get there. May God bless all of you.
So will say goodbye with love and
kisses to You all from your loving SON.
Joe H. Manning.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23

jubilee melody of the South. - tAsy
= dined', On hot fowl and French wine.
1t is likely that another attack along
the north side of the Tesle river win be
renewed by the enemy, but at present
il is held secure by the Colored Amer
leans ard French
..If the German line does not fail
completely back from the Ves1e river
front we want to see what 3 holdin 'em
there when we attack the line, said
a Colored trooper as he finished a
eigaret ne had been smoking.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23
THE cOLORED AMERICAN IN WAR
WORK
A Review Of WHIST the Negro People
Are Doing TO Aid In Winning the
World-Wide War for Liberty
~~A n~xno<ry1rv

Are Doing TO Ala In winning bnS
World-Wids War for Liberty
and Democracy.
Issued from the Office of Emmett j..
Scott, Special Assistant to the
Secretary Of War.
Washington, d. Company A, 3olst
Stevedore Regiment, Somewhere in
France has been cited by Rear Ad-
miral Wilson and General Mcclure for
exceptionally efficient work. These col
ored men unloaded and coaied the i'm
mense steamship "Leyiathan, former
ly the ..vaterland, in fifty-six hours,
making a new world 'ssTecord, in COM
petition with other stevedore detach-
ments on the western front in France,
many Of v hich are white. A film, show
ing this splendid regiment at work and
at play, is to be exhibited throughout
the country in the leading eolored and
white theaters.
In Los Angeles, Cal, nine colored
four minute men are at work talk
ing up the purchase of liberty bonds,
war savings stamps and war organiza-
ton activities among the colored peo-
pie, with excellent results.
The army is still in need of chap
lains. The ultimate plan is to have one
for every 1900 officers and men. 1t
wants a special kind of chaplain
sturdy, outstanding, brotherly man be-
tween the ages of p and 45-who cares
good Zeal more about the welfare OF
soldiers than about distinctions in
ereeds. AT Camp Zachary Taylor, near
Louisville, KY, the army is conducting
school for ehaplains. The course coy
ers FIVE weeks and new classes are
formed at about an interval of week
after the current class is graduated.
Applicants must pass the physical tests
prescribed by the local draft board.
While at the school the student chaplain
receives free subsistence, lodging and
uniform and the pay of a frst-class pri-
vate, $4,000 per month, with mileage
home at the rate of three and one-half
cents per mile upon the completion OF
his course. If appointed he takes the
rank and pay of a first lieutenant OF
the National Army, $4,000 a year and
$4,000 abroad. The next class begins
August IS. Applicants should apply
directly to the Adjutaat General Of the
Army, who will fur lish all necessary in
formation. There are now about thir'
| ty- one colored chaplains in the several
| branches of the army.
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LARGE DIES MONIES FACTORY
OPENS DOOR TO COLoRED
w0HEN

The Mcnnig- Slater Picking Co. of
this city, who heretofore employed
white girls, are now seeking the serv-
ices Of colored girls and now have
twenty-five or thirty in their employ.
This is one of the largest picking
factories in the West and we know, if
given proper chance, the girls are
sure to make good and thus encourage
others to do likewise.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23

clave in Marshall, Mo-, last week. Maj.
Jose n. Sherwood of st. Paul, MINI,
was elected Ri. En-. Grand Commander.
Mai. Jose Fl. Sherwood, 10th Br. Min
nesota Home Guards, st. Paul, visited
Dies Moines this week as the personal
representative of the governor of Min
nesota to see the draftees from that
state.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23
LAWYER NAMED
JUDGE ADVOCATE IN FRANCE.
Attorney e. B. Cheatham, Former
Resident Of Indianapolis, Receives

Relatives and friends in a recent let
ter received were informed that Lieut..
+. B. Chcatham Of Indianapolis, Ind,
who was formerly a well known Colored
attorney with Offices in the Baldwin
block, has been appointed judge advo-
cate Of the Three Hundred Seventy-sec-
ond Infantry. The appointment was
made by General Pershing
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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-23

A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain g Liniment and bound on
over the seat of pain is often more eff
fectual for lame back than a plaster
and does not cost anything like as much.
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BY Degrees.

A man would wonder at tie mighty
things which have been done by de.
grees and gentle augmentations- Dill
gence and moderation are the best
steps whereby to climb to any excel
lency.-Owen Felltham.
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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Ace of Fishes.

The most striking characteristic by
which fishes of different ages can be
distinguished is their size. But the
size affords us only the means to esti-
mate the age of younger fishes; as to
the older, it cannot serve us as an in
dication of their age, since their
growth may vary according to the diff
ferent conditions of nutrition, so that
often the younger fish viii excel in
size the much older fish. There is,
however, at least as regards the fishes
of the Northern seas, sure indica-
ton that betrays their age. 1t is the
otolites, or ear stones. These ear
stones grow as long as the fish itself
continues to grow, and form annual
rings in the manner of trees. The
more annual rings shown by fish's
ear stones the greater its age. In
this way the age of fish can be ex-
actly determined.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Mans Efforts Show Worth.

Character is best seen in the pur.
suit of its own ideals. Left to him
self, man finds the level of his own
thinking. His leisure hours are the
index of his inner worth. It's what .
fellow tries to be that shows his aim,
declares CHIT. It's easy enough to
move along with the flowing tide. It's
struggle against odds that tells OF
character. The world may never see
your effort because it is engrossed il
itself. But You will find the response
of effort in increased strength and
multiplied power. Even If you never
succeed in realizing an ideal, you are
better man for having made the at
tempt.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
F!Aai7 PLAY ABOVE VICTORY
That Opponent Should Have His
Right Chance to Shoot.

In an obscure Los Angeles suburb
lives a blind man. The following is
one of the many stories he tells of his
experiences:
1t was in the early nineties that a
picked team of American rifemen
had gone into Canada for a friendly
contest with the Queens Own.
The competition had been fierce and
the score close when the last American
rifleman laid down at 500 yards. He
had to make % to tie and "a to win
out of possible 25.
A great crowd had gathered to watch
the contest, and had gradually closed
in behind the firing station until there
was very little space left for the rifle
man.
The first four shots scored the bulls
eye, counting 20. With his last shot
he had to make a to tie and to
win. The excitement was intense,
and the air was charged with the
magnetic stiffness of repressed excite
ment, as the commanding officer of
the Queens Own stepped forward and
called out sect back there and give
the man a fair show. How can he
shoot with you standing on top Of
him?"
The crowd fell back, the American
fired, and the indicator recorded an-
other bulls eye, making his score 20.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Empress Owned a Train.

One of the most luxurious royal
drains in existence belonged to the
Empress Marie of Russia, mother of
the eX-czar and sister If Queen Alex
andra, says the London Observer. Dur
ing her majesty's visits to our shores
this palatial train used to wait for
her at Boulognc III Il heavy expense,
and was ready at a few hours notice
to convey her across the continent
when her visit to England was ended
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
IS NO LONGER FOOLS GOLDu
Pyrltes, Source of Sulphuric Acid, Has
Been In Great Demand Since
Outbreak of War.

Years and years ago, even before
the interstate commerce commission
the Stars and Stripes or Uncle Joe
Cannon were born, the early arrivals
of southern colony dropped their
hoes and went to mining for gold.
why raise food when the mountains
were full of gold?" they asked as they
loaded a ship with the shining ore.
Alas! the metallurgists Of England
said it was not gold. Visions of
wealth were dissipated. Worse yet.
The summer was over; the harvest
was past, and they had laid up no
food for winter. In bitterness of spir-
1t the shining ore was called fools
gold" and succeeding generations left
1t undisturbed in the Southern hiTls.
Some centuries later the breath of
Mars blew over the land. America
was called for its every resource.
Steel, copper, ammunition and food
stuffs were required In enormous
quantities. Their production depend
upon the supply Of sulphuric acid in
hitherto undreamed Of quantities. The
ores from which 1t Is extracted are
imported from Spain, and there are no
ships to spare.
"What can dor" asked a South.
ern man as he walked into Secretary
Lanes Office. G
"F'ind the pyrites In the Southern
hills" was the reply.
Done" was the reply, and he found
them.
In n few weeks the five mines al
ready opened will produce 1000 tons
a day, and save the continuous en-
ployment of Is vessels, while the sup |
ply of sulphuric acid Is assured. !
"Foops gold" will help begin winning |
the war.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
RAILROADS USE MUCH COAL
Require Almost Twenty-Five Per Cent
of the Total Output Of
the Country.

Figures compiled by G. e. Lesher of
the United States geological survey
show that 136000,00O tons of bitup'i-
nous coal, 6,735, 900 net tons of Penn
sylyania anthracite and 22,950 tons Of
coke were used by the railroads in the
United States in 1916. The increase
in the quantity of bituminous coal
used by the railroads in 1916 was
100000 tons, which was Ills per
cent more than 1915. The increase In
the consumption of anthracite by the
railroads was but $4,000 net tons, or
S.5 per cent. There was an increase
in railroad Consumption of nearly
100000 tons of coal from Illinois.
about 2,S00,000 from Ohio and Of
4S00,000 from West Virginia. The
quantity of coal from Pennsylvania
used by the railroads decreased nearly
100000 tons.
The quantity of bituminous coal
used by the railroads in the eastern
district increased from 56,500000 to-
62,700,000, or II per cent. The increase
in the Southern district was from D..
0000O0 to 23,30O,000, or 81 per cent,
and in the Western district, from 49,
100000 to 100000, or Is per cent.
The total quantity of bituminous
coal used by the railroads was about
81 per cent of the total production Us
against % per cent in 1915. The
Pennsylvania anthracite used by the
railroads in 1915 was TT per cent of
the total onthra cite nroduced and thp
combined bituminous and anthracite
used. 142,735, 900 tons, was "a per cent
of the output the same as in 1915.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
MAKE WAR ON ONION MALlDY
Strong Efforts Going On to Stamp Out
Disease That Is Known
as Neckrot-

To combat neckrot-a destructive
| storage rot of onions--in various local
tiles of the United States, the United
States department of agriculture next
season is to assist growers In testing
method of controlling the disease
with the hope of putting the method
on a practicable basis for CONNER
cial use. Specialists Of the depart
ment will be assigned to the districts
affected to advise farmers and to help
in the installation and equipment of
necessary structures.
The districts known to be infected
include the principal onion-growing
centers in Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, Wisconsin
and Oregon. The disease occurs In
other states also. Losses Of from 25
per cent to rs per cent in white onion
sets have been recorded in the vicinity
of Chicago and in northern Indiana.
Red and yellow onions are not at
tackled as seriously as the white vari
ETY..
The disease known as neckrot is I.
caused by fungus. The parasite en- |!
ters the wounded neck Of the bulbs at |
harvest time and gradually rots the !
scales until they become dried up and |
worthless. OF the control measures |
that have been tried, artificial drying |
of the onion sets in crates just after
harvest has given the best results. The
object of this method Is to cure the
necks as soon as possible, and thus
check the fungus before 1t enters the
flesh scales. In various lots treated
recently the rot was reduced from IA
per cent to L per cent; from At per
cent to z per cent; from 53 per
cent to Z per cent, and from % per
cent to 10 per cent.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Many Americans Enter canada.

Three and half times as many Inn
migrants from the United States into
western Canada arrived during the
first nine months OF last year as dur
Ing the same period in 1915, according
TO figures furnished by the department
of immigration. The number of such
persons for the first nine months Of
the year 1915 was 1927; for 1916, H.
O22, and for 1917, 29,91S. The amount
of cash and effects brought in by these
does not show the same
proportionate increase for this year
ever 1915 as did the number of per-
sons. Tho total of cash and effects
was $2,156,876 for 1915, S3,31o,943 for
1916 and S5914,033 for 1917.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Tomhstone for Pavernent.

An ancestor of the duke of Norfolk
who was banished by King Richard
IT., and died and was buried in Italy,
Thomas Mowbry, got from Shake
speare one of the finest epitaphs in
literature and thus became a person
age of great interest to his descend,
ants" observes n writer in London
Tit-Bits. Two and a half centuries
later the exile's bones were claimed
by his family from the authorities o.
Venice, and brought to England, but
the tombstone was left behind, and
only few years ago was discovered
doing duty as Il paving stone!
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Omitted People Insure
Victory" --Borah

Anticipating the Third Liberty
Loan, U. S. Senator William E.
Borah has issued sterling appeal
to the citizens of Idaho to do
their utmost for its success. The
cplendid record Of the State In the
two previous Loana will be exceed
ed If Senator Borah's suggestion
is followed by the residents Of
Idaho. Here Is what he urges:
This is not a war of armies as
other wars have been fought. 1t is
a war Of nations and that nation
will win whose people are best
organized, most thoroughly united
In spirit and purpose and most
willing to contribute to the full
extent of their means to aid in the
cause.
at is no longer a matter of
doubt that It Is this Republic that
must be the determining factor in
the war. The other nations with
which we are associated have
about reached their limit of power
and sacrifice. It ls up to us to
end the conflict and to achieve
victory. Let US lend our credit to
the full extent of our ability to
the Government. Let US in that
way support the best we can the
brave boyo at the front. Nothing
will be so insurlns to Victory as
united, a determined, a Willing
people at home. Our united and
determined support here may save
the IIves Of thousands Of our
frlends on the battlefield. en-
tertaln no doubt that daho's |
splendid record In this war will |
be more than maintained In the |
subscribing to this present call
Of the Government for funds"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
RAISE MISCHIEF WITH WIRES
Remarkable Effect Of Aurora Borealls
on the Telegraph Wires Of
the Country.

When the aurora borealis, or north
elm lights" pay us n visit there is
trouble on all the telegraph and tele-
phone lines. The reason for this
seems to be that the aurora borealis.
which is really an unusual electric
emanation from the sun. sets up alb
normal earth currents. The strength
of these currents has been measured
many times and found 10 have poten-
tial varying between 425 volts positive
and DDS volts negative and a resist
ance of about 1000 ohms.
Donald McNicol. assistant electrical
engineer Of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany, who has given much study to
this subject. made an official report In
1892, quoted in the Electrical Expert.
menter. in which he described the eff
fccts of earth currents on the ten At
tantic cables then in existence. Most
affected was that from Brest to Mique-
Ion island, and the disturbances were
greater at the western than at the
eastern end so that often st. Pierre
could send messages to Brest but could
not receive any.
Long cables were more affected than
short ones, southerly ones more than
northerly ones, and the. abnormal cur
rents seemed to travel mostly from
east to west. Sometimes the earth cur
rents are so strong that they lnjure the
condensers.. But they are most cratic
In their nature and behavior.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
Favor Hts.as arean.

The refined white flour now general.
~ used is comparatively modern in.
novation, the process for its develop.
ment having been perfected within the
last half century. This flour produces
bread highly Leasing to the eye and
palate, as compared with the coarse
brown bread of our ancestors, but
there is growing tendency on the
part of dietetic students and physicians
to denounce white bread as dest-uc
tive of health and vigor.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-04
POUND MASTERS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that |, J.
:. Jefferis, Chief Of Police and Elk
)fficio Pound Master Of the City of
'ayette, Idaho, have this day seiz-
ID and impounded the following
described animals found running at
iarge within the corporate limits Of
The City of Payette, Idaho, in vio--
lation Of Ordinance No. 81 of the
said City of Payette. which said
ordinance was passed and approved
on the 9th day Of September, A. d.,
1903, to-wit:
1 large Jersey COW about 7 years
old, with horns. Kite brand on left
hip. Underbit IN left ear,
1 black and white Holstein heifer
Long yearling with horns. No brand.
Notice Is hereby given that on
the 18th day Of July, A. D., 1918,
at Banks Livery Barn in the City
OF Payette, Idaho, at the hour OF
200 D. m. on SAID day, the said ani-
mals will be sold at public auction to
the highest bid1er for cash, lawful
money of the United States of Amer
doa, unless the same shall be, before
the said dato claimed by the own
er or owners thereof and all charges
and expenses incident to said Sci
zure, impounding and keeping OF
said animal shall be paid by the
owner or owners thereof.
Dated at Payette, Idaho this Bird
day OF July, A. d. 1918.
]. t. JEFFERIS,
Chief of Police and Bx-Officio
Pound Master o. the said
City of Payette, Idaho.