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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-05

they We're looking for all kinds of
new material. AS a result, he sent
Mr.. Bedwell of the firm TO see me
several days later. | remember he
came limping. for he had injured his
foot, and when he heard the song
he said he would submit it to the
house. AS a consequence the Trail
was accepted. ! was to pay the eX-
pense of the initial printing and then
it was to be published on royalty
basis. l must tell you that in those
days when publisher wanted song
of mine l didn't conceal my enthusi-
asm. AS I didn't have the manu-
script with me, I cabled my mother,
who was coming over, to bring it
along with her. AS soon as it came
the song was published
When America came into the war
Mr.. Elliott was admitted to Platts-
burg for training. After seven
weeks, much to his intense regret,
he was discharged on account of
physical disability.
During my sojourn at the camp"
he remarked, "the band used to play
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outside the Mess Sergeant must save
from the A cents daily allowed each
man under his care. These extra ar
ticles include fresh vegetables, fresh
fruit, fresh milk, extra butter, meats
such as beefsteak and fish, and ice
cream Some Sergeants spend as
high as half of their allotment with
other than the subsistence depart
ment.
Fresh vegetables are delivered to
camp by the Thurston County Farm
Products Association. The Supply
Depot buys everything on a contract
basis. Beef is bought through the
Depot Quartermaster at San Fran
cisco. Flour, potatoes and canned
milk is received from the Depot
Quartermaster at Seattle.
1t should be of considerable inter-
est to the men in camp to know the
local Supply Depot carries quantity
of tobacco, which can be bought
cheaper than elsewhere. P. A. sells
for II cents per can or two cans for
81 cents Two packages of Bull
Durham can be bought for cents.
A saving of 3 cents per pound is
made by using raw sugar instead of
refined sugar and a smaller amount
needs to be used to get the same re-
suits. All of the articles are bought
in such large quantities that the
prices fall far below the present re-
1 tail prices. OF course the Supply
Depot expects no profit and has no
cause to profiteer, as it is all part
of the great war game in which bust
ness sagacity is used for the benefit
of Uncle Sam and the men that are
under his immediate care.
The facts of the case are that
while there are always the usual
complaints among the men. who
would kick If they we're being
hanged. every man who comes to the
camp begins Immediately to get
strong and fat. OF course the large
amount of fresh air and continual
exercise conspire with the wholesome
food to bring about this result, new
ertheless there is less useless and I'M
wholesome food used in an army
camp by it's members than when they
were in civilian life.
The subject of food is given great
study and attention in the army, for
Napoleon said that an army crawls
on it's stomach. and Uncle Sam is CIV
ing that part of the soldiers anato-
my proper care in preparing his men
to go over to the land of that great
military leader and pull off stunts
that he never thought could be done.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-05

exams" suddenly heard in his
mind the tune of the chorus.
Il jumped over to the piano STOOL"
he says. and tried the mental mel
ody over on the keys. My room
mate, Twitchell. who was reading by
the lamp, yelled out as soon as l had
finished:
Say, Elliott, what is that?"
My own | replied. The chorus
of new song. Like it?'
Bully good thing he replied
Better save that. Who knows, it
may make your name and fortune!
"The latter was said in jest" con-
tinued Mr.. Elliott, "but now I'd
swear by anything he said. To get
back to the story, King came along
directly, and liked the tune so much
that he got an instant idea about
words. Later in the evening he
came back with the finished chorus
and suggestions for the verse.
Il don't consider the circumstances
under which the song was written
half as interesting as the songs de-
velopment. Like all fraternity ban
quets, the one in Boston was like
'Bedlam let loose The comic songs
were greeted with boots and cat
cries, and had it not been for
Brother Bagley's loud voice calling
for quiet, the Trail never would
have been put to the acid test, as
we called the first performance of a
song at those gatherings. When
things had quieted, the Trail was
begun, and after we had finished the
boys wanted it repeated, and they
joined in with the chorus. We knew
we had hit upon something popular"
Then came attempts to get the
story published. But all the lead
ing American firms turned it down.
I'm the fall" Elliott says, II went
over to Cambridge, England, to take
a course at Trinity college. There
was a man in the lodgings below
me who loved music and who used
to bring his friends in evenings for
an hour or two of ragtime. The
Trail was played over and over,
and whenever / hear the song now
it brings back these days. Several
of the boys since have been killed
in action. I even used to play it in
the various music stores, while pur-
chasing music. One day man
asked me what it was, and I told
him. He said that I ought to go to
West e Co., the publishers, because
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-05
BALL PLAYER BUYS DODGE.
Local Agency Delivers Car to Roy
Brown-Se<lan to Percy Stocks.

Roy Brown. an employe of the
Sloan Shipyards and well known
ball player, formerly connected with
the Vancouver, B. c., league team. is
driving Dodge Brothers touring
car delivered to him this week by the
local representatives, the Rose-Nep-
pie Auto company.
The firm also reports the delivery
OF Dodge sedan to Percy Stocks.
1t expects another carload shipment
of the machines to reach Olympia
the latter part of next week. James
Magson, formerly local passenger
agent for the Northern Pacific. re-
Gently with the Tumwater Lumber
company, has Joined this firm. being
connected with the service depart
ment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-05

Four women of the Lacey district.
Misses Myrtus Bagley, Rose Franz
and Nelson and Mrs. Paul Stebbins,
are working as section men" on the
Northern Pacific line between st.
Clair and Kyro, the first women of
the county to become engaged in this
form of work, having started June
10. They are paid $2.S5 for eight
hours work. Two men do the heav-
lest work for the gang, the rest being
handled by the women.
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at reveille; one morning they played
There's a Long, Long Trail For
me it took the curse out of rising
early that morning. i was delighted
to notice that on the way to mess
the boys whistled it. The next day,
too. My bunkie, Ridgley, was most
amusing. He leaned down--one
bunk was over the other-and said:
Elliott, there's that damned tune
again l also had the sensation OF
singing my own song while marching
with the boys. l had the pleasure,
too, of learning that it was pretty
decent march time
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MOST IMPORTANT OF
ALL...GOOO GRUB
EATS" DIFFERENT NOW THAN
IN CIVIL WAR OR SPANISH
WAR DAYS.

We understand better now why
Sherman and his men felt the way
they did about war, for when they
started from Atlanta to the sea they
started without any rations and made
their way by living off the country.
When they picked up lot they lived
well, but when grub was scarce they
went without.
Now today in Camp Lewis every
soldier is given 81 articles of rations
a majority of which show up at every
meal, in addition to the extras which
the Mess Sergeant buys on the side
for the men.
The government has also made
due allowance for the high cost Of
living and is allowing 44.01 cents
daily for each man in camp. During
the Spanish-American war the men
were given the same number of ra-
lions for about 90 to "a cents per
man. That shows an increase of
practically 100 per cent in living
costs in the last 20 years.
There were practically $4,000 men
in Camp Lewis last month and dur
ing that period of time they used:
Meat, $4,000 pounds.
Flour, 421.00O pounds.
Dried fruit, $4,000 pounds.
Potatoes, 100000 pounds.
Raw sugar, $4,000 pounds.
Bread, 100000 pounds.
Coffee, 10000 pounds.
Canned milk. $4,000 pints.
Ice, 100000 pounds.
The last article is not considered
a ration, of course. In addition to
the above, the remaining % articles
of rations include: Baking powder,
beans, rice. onions, tomatoes, prunes,
jam, apples (evap), peaches tevapO
vinegar, pickles. salt pepper. CHINA
mon, lard. lard (substitute), butter,
oleomargarine, strip, flavor ext. of
Lem.
Meat includes fresh beef and
bacon. COttOnseed Oil IS used as
substitute for lard in the bakery.
Corn oil is used for lard in cooking
and 10000 pounds were used last
month.
Now, back in the Civil war the
soldiers had no such luck. The men
then did not get any potatoes. onions
fruits, butter or milk. and only three
quarters of the present allowance OF
sugar. They also did not receive any
extracts or spices. Some of the above
they managed to get when 1t was
taken from the land in which they
were living. but it was always of I'M
certain quantity and came with nc
regularity.
At the present time it is the habit
of the Mess Sergeants to serve large
amount Of extras. The above articles
are all bought through the subsist-
ence branch of the Camp Supply
Depot 1t carries no perishable prod
ucts, however, and such articles are
bought elsewhere. In order to blu!
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ALWAYS SINGING
IN CAMP LEWIS

There is always singing going on
in Camp Lewis.
The men always enjoy it and
gather in groups whenever the OPP
portunity permits and pull off some
of their favorite barber shop"
chords. officers encourage it all
over the camp and in many cases
teach mass singing during setting
up exercises. This practice aids the
men to memorize the songs for
marching on long hikes, where sing
ing is especially important to take
away that tired feeling and keep up
the spirits of the men.
Then there are all kinds of oppor-
tunities to sing at special times such
as at "Y" meetings., church services,
etc. In addition to this mass sing
ing, there are some of the finest So
loists in camp that ever roamed at
large. Everywhere they go they are
greeted with the widest of enthusi-
asm.
One of the finest quartets that
ever appeared on the military cam
pus was busted up just recently when
the versatile baritone left for France
or somewhere in that general direc-
, ton, and the long lanky basso that
could wander off into the most mys-
FERROUS and harmOnizing chords was
discovered by the local authorities to
be less than 81 years Of age and had
through some ingenuity of his own
slipped into the draft. He.was given
his ticket back to Butte, Mont.
There are a host of songs and par
odies that are popular among the
men when they burst. forth in song.
Practically all of the late war songs
with military swing or catchy
air meet with their approval. The
history of one of the most popular
songs in the camp was recently
brought to our attention and since
"A Long, Long Trail is always on
every program where every two or
three gather together it will be of
interest to know how that popular
song came very near never being pub
lished.
"A Long, Long Trail' wasn't writ
ten in the trenches nor even in a
lonesome cabin in the wilderness.
1t was written by lively senior
at Yale one evening when he ac-
knowledged he should have been
examining" just because a song with
heart throb" was needed for a
fraternity banquet in Boston.
Although the "Trail' has achieved
wide popularity as war song, it
was not designed for such a pur-
pose. 1t was written in 1913. more
than a year before the war began,
and yet who knows what uncon-
scious foreknowledge of the coming
upheaval may have inspired the
piece?
1T is the love song of this war.
and its sadness is what makes us
love it, for that is how we feel,
The song seems to understand us.
and as we march along we sing out
our very hearts in it, ready to die,
/ swear, like lovers for sweet
heart" wrote a soldier from France.
Needed Plaintive Note.
The Musical Courier publishes an
interview in which 70 Elliott tells
how he came to write the song
Stoddard King, who wrote the
words, and Elliott had been training
out numberless comic songs. Both
felt the need of song that should
have plaintive notes.
Elliott, supposed to be studying
one evening just before the spring
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-07-05

Twenty-four new members were
enrolled at a successful meeting of
the South Bay War Savings Society
last Friday evening, and pledges
were signed for the purchase of 5000
worth of Thrift and War Savings
Stamps before the end of the year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
Normal School Notes

Professor Eller was visitor at
st. Paul Monday. He is consider
ing enlisting in the navy.
The big event of the week is the
high school contest which will be
held Friday afternoon and evening.
Remember the game with Mac
alester at 3:45 Friday afternoon.
Our b oys expect to reverse the
score of a week or SO ago.
George w. Weldon, a graduate of
t b normal, was recently elected
principal of the Ashland County
Training School at Melen.
President Ames and r eg
Ramer will be in Madison b S
w e k Friday to attend special
meeting Of the Normal Board OF
Regents.
The Hiawatha play by the chill
dren of the public school given in
the Normal Auditorium on Monday
evening, was very we'll attended.
The program was pronounced by all
to be a complete success.
Professor Hayward has been &C.
copied for til e Fourth Officers
Training Camp which is to open
May Is. Professor Hayward does
not know to what post he will be
assigned. His leaving the school is
cause for deep regret on the part of
faculty and students. Uncle Sam
will get good man.
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sion is closed to.all visitors. This ac-
ton was Immediately reflected in
every social organization, while wo-
men Of all classes and occupations
are now busily engaged in r d
Cross work and other war activities.
At the Congressional Club, which
was once an active social organiza-
ton of the city. the wives Of Sena-
tors and Members are engaged sew
eral days of the week in sewing,
knitting, making bandages and do
ing their bit toward relieving the
needs of the boys in service. A
wonderful transformation has been
brought about by the war. compell-
ing general cooperation on the part
of everyone to do his or her part
however small it may be, and it
proves that our people are able to
meet every test whenever called up
on to do so.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
Prof. Hayward to Enter
9Th Officers Training Camp

Professor Hayward, popular in
structor at the Normal school, has
been accepted for the Fourth Offic-
ers' Training Camp which will open
soon. Mr.. Hayward has been given
a leave of absence from his school
duties and will return to his. work
here at the close of his military
service. Faculty and students are
loathe to have Mr.. Hayward go, but
honor him for his choice. He will
make great officer as he has foot
ball coach and teacher.
1t is understood that Mrs. Hay
ward and the children will continue
is reside in River Falls. We are
glad to know that River Falls is
home to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
High School Notes

Miles Badger returned last Mon
day to take up his work.
The boys had a practice game
with the Normal on Tuesday after
noon.
DR.. Dawson promised to speak to
the school last Thursday but was
called away.
State Inspectors of Schools, Mr..
Terry and Mr.. Goddard, visited the
school Tuesday.
The r. F. H. S. baseball team
defeated the Ellsworth team last
Friday by score of to O.
The students and faculty greatly
appreciated hearing Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard play several musical selec-
tions at assembly on last Wednes-
day.
The district contest will be held
in the Normal Auditorium this Fri
day night. River Falls is fortunate
enough to have two representatives
in this contest, Elvira Thompson
and Edwin Preston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
High School Contests Friday

The annual District contest of
high schools, b h Declamatory
and Oratorical, will be held in the
normal school auditorium Friday
afternoon and evening, May 10. The
Oratorical contest will be held in
the afternoon beginning at 2:30.
The Declamatory contest will be
held in the evening at 8:l5. The
following schools will compete in
these contests: River Falls, New
Richmond, Amery, Spooner, Col.
fax and St. Croix Falls. The win
ner of this contest will represent
the River Falls District in the state
contest later in the month. The
contest in the afternoon is placed
at an early hour so as to m e
room for the base ball game with
Manchester at 3:45. The ticket to
both contests will cost Csc. Single
admission to each contest Csc. AS
the local high school is represented
in both contests, doubtless large
general interest will be manifested
in these speaking contests.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
Junior Red Cross Notes

The Junior Red Cross of the Nor
NAL Training school has not been
idle since their drive in February.
They have been adding little by lit
tie to their fund until now it is
$102.53. Sometimes it is a little
more old paper collected, tickets
sold on a commission, Red Cross
tea, or dime earned by running an
errand, which helps to swell the
fund. The latest report is of a cir
Gus in barn, the admission being
money instead of pins and the 55
cents thus received was given to the
Junior Red Cross.
From the first grade up, the chill
dren have entered into the work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09

with splendid spirit, each glad to do
his part. One little girl gave a
Junior Red Cross tea on her birth
day and asked her friends to bring
a dime for the Junior Red Cross in
stead of a gift for her.
In the second grade, besides Civ
ing a benefit play which netted $35,
the children have made and sent to
the children in hospital in France,
Is picture books; they are now max
ing clippings to fill fracture pillows.
One dozen pillows have already been
filled.
Several other grades have helped
by gathering old rubbers, papers.
magazines. etc. The fourth grade
alone sold over one ton of old paper.
They have also knit 165 squares for
an afghan.
Every penny of the Junior Red
Cross fund goes to help some soldier
or soldiers child. Some of the
money has been spent for yarn
which the Older people knit into
socks for the soldiers. Some has
been used to buy material for cloth
ing for destitute French babies.
The girls of the seventh and eighth
grades are making these garments.
The Juniors are now planning to
adopt war cousin, which means
to support one of the French babies
for one year at a cost Of $3.50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
At Camp Grant

The chief diversion of the past
week has been the arrival of the
new soldiers from home, and every
evening there is a general reception
about the quarters where they are
now stationed in quarantine. The
writer had visit with Dave Glea-
son, Gerhardt Kolstad and Chris.
Wenzel of River Falls city, and with
many of the other Pierce and st.
Croix county boys on the evening OF
their first day in camp. They were
rather weary from the long trip,
but cheerful, and in the few days
following they have received their
new. clothes and are now out drill
ing regularly, showing ! o S OF
pep They will be allowed no pass
privileges for awhile, but soon they
will be out with the rest of the boys
as full fedged recruits, n d be
graduated from the depot brigade"
into organized companies.
The 341st Infantry regiment went
on twenty-mile hike to the vicini-
ty of Belvidere Friday, ha Tin g
their dinner along the roadway at
noon. They left here about 1880 in
the morning and returned in time
for evening mess at the barracks.
None of Co. DIS men fell out, and
all returned in good shape, although
the day was hot and dusty and the
route was none too smooth.
D Company's barracks have been
fitted out recently with a special
sleeping quarters for the sergeants,
Mechanic Weeks of Maiden Rock
taking the contract" for the con-
struction of the additionaf>room.
Mechanic Adams returned from the
base hospital just in time to get in
on the job, but as he has spent most
of his time at the base since coming
here, the boys aren't sure yet wheth-
er he is back for "keeps" or just on
a visit. He is looking very well now
and all hope that the last trip was
the third time and OUT
Battalion baseball teams are being
organized and D company has sever
al promising candidates out for the
nine that is to represent this orga.
nization--Heck BaDour of Elmwood.
the Stafford brothers and Corp.
Melaskey of Chicago being the most
promising of the lot. Corporal Me-
laskey is D company's boxing cham
pion and he has brought fame to the
Co. by winning from represent
atives from many of the other regi-
ments.
"Rookie drilling" is the chief oc-
cupation now, and throughout the
camp from morn till night may be
heard the resounding tramp, tramp
of the new men, under instruction
of the officers and non-coms.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
Local Normal School
Graduate Wins appointment

Chas. w. Schofeld, formerly of
this city, who left here March IL to
become a member of the Naval
Band at the Great Lakes Training
Station, was recently appointed to
the Ensign training school in Chica-
go. Previously it has been the Gus
tom to recommend men of Univer-
sity credentials to enrolment in the
u. S. Auxiliary Reserve School, and
to find local Normal man on the
list is an honor to our Alma Mater.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
In Days Of Yore
Items From The River Falls Jour
nal Files of Thirty-Six and
Twenty Five Years Ago
Thirty Six Years Ago May 4, 1882

Chaplin & Stewart have set up a
new portable saw mill on the Trim
belle in the Fargo district.
Andrew Lund is putting up a
building 23x4O, in the rear of his
carriage shop to beused as a storage
room.
Odds & Lords mill at Glenmont
is running day and night, turning
out about $4,000 e>e of lumber
every twenty-four hours. Sixty men
are employed.
John Stiles of Troy, left Monday
morning for Larimore, N. D. He
was equipped with four good horses
and other accoutrements for farm
ing and teaming operations.
]. H. Thompson has sold h i 5
premises on Cascade Avenue to Mrs.
Abigail Loring, who is now in po-
session Of the same. Mr.. Thomp-
son has moved into the T h O p
house on the West side.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-09
twenty-five Years Ago May q, 1898

Fred Healy of this city has Sc
cured employment in, St. Paul as
Street Car Conductor.
Jay E. Loucks Esq. our we'll
known and popular townsman has
rented the Gladstone Hotel for a
term of five years.
The River Falls Lodge 1. o. o. F.
celebrated the 74th anniversary of
American Odd Fellowship in a very
pleasant manner on Wednesday eve
ming.
Miss Bertha Foster leaves this af-
ternoon for Chicago where she will
assist her sister, Mrs. T. Cory
Thomas in teaching a kindergarten
school.
d. w. Currier> has purchased of
]. E. Flint two lots on Cascade
Ave, two blocks east of Main ST.. (,
for $3.50. He has commenced work
ON a new barn and will at some flu
ture time erect a fine residence on
the premises.
MARRIED
Whitcomb- Salis5ury-In Scott n i.
Y, April IS, 1898 by Rev. B. F.
Rogers, Mr.. E. F. Whitcomb, of
River Falls, Wis, and Mrs. Adelia
Salisbury of Scott, Ny