The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-20
MACOMB BOOSTS
TOBACCO FUND
forty-0ne Dollars Is Sub
sCribed in One Afternoon,

Forty-one dollars in one afternoon
is the record OF contributions OF resi-
dents OF Macpmb, okla, and vicinity,
TO the Our Boys in France Tobacco
fund bqng conducted by the Oklahoma
City Tihcs. A check for this amount
was received by the Times yesterday.
About a week ago Ella kllngcnsmi,h
pf Macomb noticing. an article in the
Times about the tobacco fund, wrote
tequesting that subscription blanks and
receptaclcS for subscriptions be sent
10 hun. lie was sent an outfit and
within a few days sent back a sub
scnp;ion list with almost 100 names on
ii, accompanied by a check for SAL.
Just how welcome the tobacco is 10
tolcicrs may be determined by the let
ter. OF acknowledgement they send
back to donors.
Codsend Says Soldier.
To-day this company received god
send in the form OF a big box CON
tainirg all varieties of tobacco, plenty
for every man, from the Our Boys In
.France Tobacco Fund All the cards
in The boxes were answered faithfully,
but one Of those little pasteboard
squares are Inadequate to tell just what
that tobacco meant TO US is the value
placed on a tobacco contribution by
S,Irgts. w +. Miller and o. J. Andcr-
son, speaking for their company, Com
pany a, First Field battalion. u. 5.
signal corps, somewhere in France
when VIC go to the Y. M. {. A. TO
get tobacco, after waiting a couple OF
hours in a long line of tobacco seeking
soldiers, II VIC are lucky, we finally
get 10 the counter before they close
down for the day There we find the
same condition that Mother Hubbard
discovcrcd-the counter Is almost bare,
end all that We can purchase is one
kaek OF cigarets or one can OF tobacco.
phen the majority OF the 'N's' keep
bpsn only during the hours when the
average soldier is at drill--or fatigue
thus it is very seldom that we can get
excused from duty in order to go to
the 'Y's, which is often many miles
from camp; so you see that it is our
job TO try TO make one can of tobacco
last as fong as several cans, as it Is
often four or five days before we can
revisit the ~
Tobacco a Priceless Boon.
Consequently VIC are practically
dependent on packages OF tobacco from
our friends and relatives. that manage
10 trickle through the congested mail
service, and upon the more regular
supply which is so kindly furnished
through your efforts. Some soldiers
are lucky enough TO be camped near
u. S, O. NJ. commssary sales depot.
Then there is a chance to lay up stock
dependent upon yours and the Red
Cross gift packages.
} Tobacco Is priceless boon TO MS,
even more welcome than a letter from
home, because sans tobacco. We would
spend many hours without the comfort
and solace Of a good, cool smoke. fo-
bacco has had to take the place OF
almost all form Of amusement for us,
both in the trenches and in the zone
for pleasure. OF course, when we get
our tickets of leave, we can get our
fill OF theaters, etc, and then the de-
sire for tobacco is not so acute but
Ieave-tiekets are few and far between,
so barring our meals which are ex-
cellent and, beyond any fault finding,
tobacco is the mainstay of our exist
,enee. .,
Will Pay With Germans
Trusting that you will continue the
good work OF supplying us with good
tobacco, we promise you that we will do