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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30
Graduates At Logan

Graduates at Logan
Logan, Ia, May 25.--Diplomas
were conferred upon 26 Seniors
of the Logan high school here
last evening; 40 boys and 16
girls. The graduating exercises
were held in the auditorium of
1.-THE high schoot Building and we're
largely attended by teachers, pa
irons, Students and friends. The
class march wassplayed by Lucille
Mckinney, and followed instru-
mental music by the high school
army, and tank strategy is of a
nature that calls for quick wit,
|resourcefulness and the greatest
amount of physical endurance.
1t is a killing unit and the motto
OF every man in this branch of
the service is Kill Germans--kill
them early, late and all the time,
but kill them sure
The need for men in the tank
service is SO great that those
who volunteered are guaranteed
quick action on the French front
but no guaranty is given of safe
return.
Former members of the Fourth
and Fifth Nebraska are now in
training at the tank school at
Gettysburg, Pa, and because they
make the best material recruit
ing has been started out here, but
/ the emergency is so great that
the recruiting officer is allowed
only one day in Omaha to gather
red iblOoded, adventurous, reck-
less men for the service from this
point.
American tanks are the most
formidable death-dealing devices
that have yet been brought for
ward in this war. Great numbers
of them are being made for the
western front and it is to man
these that volunteers are now
being sought.
There are three types of tanks
the slow, heavy tank for cleaning
up; the immediate, for following
an attack, and the faster driven
kind, a powerful land dreadnau-
ght, of 250-horse power, used
for keeping pace with the infan-
try in the battle zone attack.
| British and French tanks were
too slow for this purpose, and
they forced the slowing up of an
| advance, or caused the infantry
to be without the mobile artillery
planned for support.
The high-powered American
TYPE and the intermediate will be
fright with the Sammies wheT
they are going "over the top"
and the Omaha man, who is quail
flied, who wants TO kill Germans
who stand between the world and
lpeace, will have his chance to
lget into the game Tuesday, May
.I28, by calling on Lieut.. G. G. Gar
Hand, 1907 Farnam street.
I. --Omaha Bee.
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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-12
FROM A CANADIAN SOLDIER.

Following is a letter received this
week by Mrs. w. A Jones who lives
near here. from her son, J. y. ]. Jones,
who is member of Canadian re-
serve company. and who sailed from
Canada to England in May.
Dear Mother: Have been in Eng
land for several weeks, but have not
written TO you, because was sick
with measles, which | took on the trip
over. Am all right again, and with
the rest of the company, but am not
able TO stand up under as much. as /
will be presently.
There appears to be particular
shortage Of food supplies in this coun-
try, which ! consider a good sign, be-
cause | think the war will be won or
lest (unless by the intervention Of
something not TO be foreseenl on the
question of the supply of food and
ammunition.
Personally | am also very much in
Nie9Sea ~ 'ts 'iothihs supply, ana
am not forgetting your offer to knit
sweater ard sox. Regarding the
sweater, ] would suggest that YOU
make it plenty large, ditto for the
Sex. Be sure that whatever you send
me, is of enough practical use TO jus
tify my packing it around with me;
you know that every extra pound in a
big pack amounts up rapidly as bal
aneed against energy.
am much interested in England,
from the stan ipoint of scenery and
the associations constantly springinc
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FROM CLARENCE MISHLER.

The letter printed below was re-
Gently received by Miss Almeda Gait
from her cousin, Clarence Mishler,
who is Somewhere in France:
My dear cousin: received your
more than welcome letter the other
day and was very delighted in doing
so. The letter must have got lost for
it took almost two months TO get
here. Well, | tell you it was sure
some boat ride we took when we came
over here but we arrived safely with
out any excitement on the way II
was very nice yesterday, but it is on
ly nice once IN while as it rains
most of the time ! have been feeling
very good ever since have been here.
Some Of the boys have had the blues
but got over II. / was working in a
blacksmith shop, but am now in the
trenches; viii live in them for a few
days. There wasn't much excite
ment here the first few days We were
here but the last few days they have
been shelling quite frequently. They
have been flying all around Us, but
we all have been lucky so for. My
brother Charley is on this side Of the
water, but / do not know where.
You ought TO see the difference
there is between this country and the
dear old Z. S. A. There IS hardly
anyone that lives in the country
They have small towns and they live
in them and go out to do their farm
ing. Their houses and barns are
made Of rocks. haven't seen house
or barn made of wood We cannot
hardly get any cigarettes at all and
il almost kills some of the boys when
they can not get smoke and / am
one Of the bunch for | do love TO
smoke. As ever your
Cousin Clarence.
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RECEIVES LETTER FROM A
FRENCH GIRL.

Miss May Sanders, a daughter Of
MIR. and Mrs. G. A Sanders, of this
place who is attending business col
lege IN Springfield, No, has received
q very interesting letter from
French girl Miss Sanders has a
brother in the army 'over there" and
from reading of the letter we gath
er that he, with other soldiers, was
quartered at the home of the writer
while his company was stopping
in the village, and told her of his fam
lily and asked that she write TO his Sis
ter, which she did. AS the family had
not heard from him IN some time this
letter was very welcome The letter
follows:
On 18th May, 1918
Miss Mai: You shall be astonished
when you shall receive this letter. But
! live near Saumur and your brother
is came in my house for two weeks
j learn English and ! was happy TO
speak with an American soldier. In
the evening when ! had no work /
spoke with your brother We spoke
on many things, on America, and on
his family. He said that he has two
sisters and brother. When he was
on his departure he gave me your ad-
dress to write you. He was in good
health when he departed from our
village to go at Montsoreau near
Saumur, but on another side.
We live at four kilometers from
Saumur and | go to school every day
on bicyclette. am seventeen years
old. | live with my mother, my grand
mother and my little sister who is
thirteen years old. Ny father is not
with us because he is an artillery
officer, and he is near the front He
Is not completely on the front because
he was wounded on the User, in Bel
GUM, in the beginning of war and he
cannot hear.
The first day when your brother
was there, my father was there and
he spoke with him. But when he
went away on the front. | was obliged
10 speak with your brother because
my mother and my grandmother do
rot know English
! have thought that You would be
happy to have some news from your
brother and | write yon today. If YOU
will we could correspond together. All
my friends in the college have English
correspondents: | have rot and
shall be very happy to write you
Excuse, please. tie bad American that
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TO ENCOURAGE BETTER CATTLE

J. F. Backstrom. county agent. has
announced a weeks engagements in
the interest Of better cows and better
agriculture to be held by w II. Wood
ley, of the Extension Division, Prof
Dvorachek of the University of Ar
kansas and Art T. Lewis of the First
National Bank.
Each team will have stereoptican
and will show what the dairy cow has
done for other countries.
The following are the places and
dates for the meetings Of each team:
Lewis and Observation-Disclosures
schoolhouse Monday, July Is, p. m;
Habberton schoolhouse, Tuesday, July
Is, p. m; Elm Springs schoolhouse
Wednesday, July II, p. m; Spring
dale auditorium, Thursday, July Is,
s p. m; Prairie Grove Opera House,
Friday. July 19, p. m; Fayetteville
courthouse, Saturday, July 20, S p m.
Woodley and Backstrom-W est
Fork sehooihonse. Monday, July Is. s
.. M: Winslow sehoolhouse, Tuesday,
July Is. S p. m; Savoy schooihouse
r-t-z'-e~'av July II, p. m; Cinein-
natl sehoolhouse Thursday, July Is, s
p M; Lincoln sehoolhouse. Friday,
July -, p. m.-Fayetteville Demo-
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up In connection with what / have
read II this war ends before ! do, l
am going to make some notes Of the
innumerable things different from
what We are used to" that / see; and
would like to return some day to
make visit 10 the places recorded in
the literature Of the country In a
way they may disappoint, but for
luxury of greenery, this country
passes anywhere I've yet seen.
However, such reflections as these
are pretty much opposite to the bus
mess Of war and / guess they'll have
to wait for reflection at time when
they don't interfere with this very
er Gus business that has brought US
here, and that is to open the road to
Bern.
Notwithstanding that the Allies
have lost ground lately. the convie-
ton that we are going to vim at an
early date is very prevalent.
Well, hoping the most of this letter
will get by the censor, l close for this
time by reminding you, that the less
worrying you do. the better it will be
for yourself, me, and others.
Your loving son,
Pvt. J. .. ]. Jones.
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] write. do not know it very well.
At this line ! learn geography of
United States ant am very interest
ed by that because / have spoke on
United States with your brother
have written on the card Springfield.
II my geography it is in illinois. Is
il the same, or is it mistake on my
card?
Your name is very nice. / love it
very much. Mine Is OdeGte ] know
your little sister name-Louise 1t is
a French name. My sister is named
Mary Maud She does not speak
English, and when your brother and
his comrades were here she did not
speak with them, and ! translated all
her questions on America. Your
brother thought that she is always
smiling.
We have been sad when our Amer
lean soldiers were departed. In our
little village they made very much
movement II was very agreeable
On tie evening before their departure
VIC have offer to them white wine
from our country and two white car
nations in remembrance of their short
passage in our house
] think that other American soldiers
will come in our house. ! shall speak
with them probably, but ] was happy
TO speak with your brother because
understood him very well.
Here it is a nice weather, although
new German offensive is beginning
between Scissors and Reims.
hope that my letter will find you
in your immense United States. If
you answer to me | will be very happy
because wish to be your friend from
a long distance.
Odette de Closmadeuc,
St Hilaire St. Florent,
Maine-et- Louise, France.
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FROM BERT PHILLIPS.

The following letter was received
by Mrs. 7. F. Phillips, of Clifty, Ark,
from her son, Bert Phillips, who is
with the Engineers in France:
Still in France, May 2eth.-Dear
Mother: Your letter of May 1st re-
eeived yesterday and was glad to
hear from you. The weather is very
nice here now. Fairly cool at night
hut quite warm during the day.
Kaiser Bill has started another
drive now, but there is no doubt but
what ne is driving his ducks to a dry
pend as all indications go to show he
is on his last hope of eonquering the
allies
Il is no wonder the war has lasted
as long as it has for these French
people seem too slow to catch cold.
They say we Americans are entirely
too fast. Well anything that is hon
est and honorable is no disgrace and
we are now allowed to tel what we
are doing SO will try to explain my
occupation TO you.
We came over here to do narrow
gauge railroad work but when we got
to this camp the read was not built
ard IF course We got busy and built
one. Part Of the company went to
grading and laying steel and part of
us started TO make a cut through rock
end most all we boys had been away
from that kind of work so long we
were pretty soft" but we soon got
hardened to It again and we did lot
Of hard work cheerfully as we wanted
70 get the road IN operation as soon as
possible. So now We have the ROAD
about completed and quite lot Of the
yard IN too, so we are ready to start
raiiroading any day. / don't think
there is class of work In existence
but what some one in the 21st Engi-
neers could successfully do.
j am quite an artist" with pick
shovel, tamping bar, wheelbarrow and
spike maui. Even though we are not
following our regular trade we are
doing our "bit" over here. The en-
gineefs are the second highest class
of service men in the U. S. Army.
The aviation is first and we rank sec
ond.
The German war department tells
their men that the U. S. have no air
planes of their own over here and
that there is but very few men that
can handle them but believe me if
they could see some of the stunts the
Z. S. boys do in the air they sure
would be ashamed of themselves for
there are hundreds of boys that can
take an aeroplane and make a bird
ashamed of itself when it comes To
doing stunts in the air.
We have beat Germany on the wa
ter and in the air, and will soon have
their goat" on land as ] believe the
last battle Of the worlds war is now
en- and Bill" is sure to lose this, too.
Hoping to hear from you soon and
often. Your son,
Bert Phillips.
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you thought ! didn't think of you
But ] think Of you and am praying
for you all the time.
am going to fight for you all and
our country. Mother, don't worry. !
am coming back. / don't think this
war will last long / know we will
win.
On, God, our help in ages past;
Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
VIII close for this time Love to
all.
Walker Bryan.
To Ny Mother
You went into the Valley of the
Shadows for me.
You did it cheerfully and with high
courage for Loves sake.
You emerged triumphant with me in
your arms.
1t is my privilege to go into the same
Valley.
A new world is being born.
That which is conceived shall be call
ed Holy.
/ am carrying on cheerfully, Mother,
And with your high courage
The triumph is assured.
God bless you.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-12
Groves TasteIess chill Tonic

If it happened it's IN The News
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FROM WALTER BRYAN.

The following brief letter and
tribute was received some days ago
by Mrs. Bryan who lives near Habber-
ton, from her boy, Walter Bryan, who
IS in training at Camp Fremont, Calf.
and the letter is printed, not for the
news It contains, but for the beau
tif,l sentiment expressed in It and
in the Tribute to My Mother:
Dear Mother: got your letter.
was glad to hear from you. l guess
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GIVEN DEFERRED ~ -
TION flCAA

Fayetteville. July &c.
Washington County 1918 rse ne liz
classified to date by the lassl st'aaa
only % men, or about ,s i oos'd
have been. granted deferred 81 7 cent
cation, all others having be.r 'i :,
IN Class {, One, division A. Fi rs p y
of the 2a8 questionnaires hsr a'ytA'se
been returned to the local bos.a a0' YET
The following have beer
deferred classification: GRANTED
II. William E. Boatwrirbt "
81. William L. Dou,,n, 'snaa.
Springs. I'm
rs. Jasper L. Green. Cana n,
209- Gibson Vernon. Fave++a...n
100. Bernard C. Mulrenir n'e
vile. asetss-
2l2. Homer W. WATSON. spr,..-,
81. Thomas Daniel, Fayettsv;sll..'
Go Claud E. Ezelle, Rhea.
158. Robert c. Reynolds. F.v...
81. Hobert Deffbaugh, Cane Hn
81. Bryan Harris, Fayettevill. '
Is. Harvey W. Brewers, Lineo,.
46. Clifford G. Cox, CLYDE. ''h
123. Theron E. Mason. prair;. r.
$50. Samuel R. Phillips. West T- s's
Okla.
Z. Fred Austin, Elm Springs
81. Jack Davis, Sunset
IA. Hugh S. Blakenore p,,;.
Grove.
s. Raymond c. Harrison F.,,.
vile.
161. Bert D. Robinson. Prairie c,,.
A. Paul A Conger, Fayetteville
13s- William Mckenzie, Farminrt,
l1e. ALIVE l. Dandelius, Pitkin.
l04- Delbert Johnson, Fayetteville
PA. Homer U. Watson, FayetteNls
$50. Dick Spears, Sloan SPRINGS
III. John II. Keen, Wheeler
220. Harry G. Wilkinson Favs...
vilel.
2I3. Arnet j. Watkins, sprinedale
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ROGERS BOY KILLED N FRANCE
caroea,t William Minter Rather

Sergeant William Minter BatJer
was killed IN action on June 18th. His
father, W F. d. Batter of this city
received the sad message from Wash
ington Tuesday noon and it was a
great shock TO the entire community.
Minter was one Of the first Ameri-
can boys to get int service at the
front He enlisted in May, 1917, and
reached France June 26, going into
the trenches in October, 1917. His
many friends in Rogers have followed
his movements with much interest for
during the entire period of his service
he has held positions entailing spe-
cial Danger For several months he
was with the hand grenade detach-
ment or bomb throwers" as they are
usually called, position requiring a
high degree of skill and cool-headed-
ness. He was then promoted 10 the
Signal Corps where he was working
at the time of his death.
Mr.. Batter was quiet and unas-
Stunning young mar and extremely
popular with all who knew him. He
would have been q years old in Aug
ust.-Rogers Democrat.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-12
DEATHS
MAYES.

VIM. Mayes was born in Washing
ton County April 70, 1s41. ana died
at his home near johnson June 81,
1913. The remains were inferred in
Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Saturday,
June %, services being conducted by
Ed. J. S. Cowan, minister Of the
PRIMITIVE Baptist Church
Another name is stricken from The
ever lessening roll Of our old settlers,
and solitary woman in the sunset
of life, and lonely home. are left to
attest how sadly they will miss him.
Samuel and Lucinda Mayes, natives
of Illinois, came to Washington Coan-
ty in 1892, settling on farm short
distapee south of Fayetteville, and it
was here their son William was born
He spent his entire life in Washing
ton County except during the war,
when he served two and half years
in the Union Army, being second lieu
tenant of the First Ark Volunteer
Heavy Artillery Soon after the close
of the war he and the late J. G. John
son built the old grist mill at johnson,
and after continuing IN this business
for about seventeen years ne sold MS
interest 70 mis- partner. Since that
time he has given his attention to his
farming interests.
January ID, 1859, deceased was unit
ed in marriage TO Amanda z. Peerson,
daughter Of Uncle Johnny Peerson. de-
ceased, who was one Of the old pio-
neers of this section. The wedding
ceremony occurred at the old Peerson
place, now owned by Van Peerson. To
this union was born three sons and one
daughter, the latter having died in in
fancy The surviving sons are c. s.,
of Muskogee, Okla, and Z. G., who
made his home with his parents. In
1870 Mr.. Mayes built The house in
which he died, and which had been his
home continuously since that time. A
remarkable coincidence is the fact
that his was the first corpse ever in
the house.
Deceased was one Of the charter
members Of the old Masonic Lodge in
Springdale, and was also member of
the G. A. r He had for number Of
years been member Of the Primitive
Baptist Church, and during his active
years was prominent in Republican
politics in this section.
The deceased was man of CHEEKY
disposition, and always had pleas
ant greeting for those whom he met.
He was man of strict integrity and
his friends were legion.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-07-12
BILL ADMITTED 1T.

u understand old man Simpkins
Was very much opposed TO his daugh-
ter marrying Bill Smith; called Bill a
fool. and all that sort of thing"
That's very true, and before he
had been married six months Bill adj
mitted the old man was right
Dallas News.
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SOLDIERS LETTERS.
r + + + r r r r r r
TO PARENTS AND OTHERS. .


. The News desires TO print all 4
I. the news possible from our sol 4
+ der boys, wherever located, and
+ TO this end we ask parents ana 4
r ohters who receive letters from .
+ the boys, 20 please send them in 4
= to this Office and such matter as 4
+ is of general interest viii be 1
= printed. All are interested in any 4
= news pertaining to the army life 4
+ Of the boys from this section, and 4
= what one correspondent may I
+ omit mentioning in his letters
= home others may mention, and
= by publishing the various letters 4
= all will get the benefit of what Z
= IS written Send in your let 4
+ ters, whether your boy is in the
= army or navy. 4
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