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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-15
February 20.

February 20.
Dear Sister and All:
Will drop you line this even
ing to let you know that got your
letter and papers today, and l sure
was glad to get them. Getting a
paper is just like getting a letter;
there was a great lot of news in
them and hope you will send some
more.
Well, things are going fine. Was
back to the office and worked a
little while; sure enjoy my work.
They had a very fine program at
the Y. M. C. A. last night; the band
played and they had quartettes and
solos and French violinist Ia wo-
man,; she was fine. They have
several women working at the "Y''
now, and quite a number at the
Red Cross. The Red Cross has a
building; they have a library and
magazines, and they serve cocoa
and sandwiches, so one can get
something to eat most any time
saw It.. L. G. Andrews address
in the paper, so am going to write
him, for I sure would like to hear
FROM him. I have not heard from
Jeff or Joe lately. I see Ed. Dav-
export most every day; he is in the
postoffice now; he is sure one fine
fellow. You asked about my bunkie;
His name is William Hustled; he
does not sleep with me, but just
across from me; we each sleep
alone. The hunks here are very
fine. they have canvas on them and
we have ticks which we have filled I;
but in San Antonio we had steel
cots and they were covered with
wire,. and when we got up in the
morning we looked like a Paige
fence.
You guessed it about right about
the Germans; they are prisoners.
The French have as much use for
them as Carrie Nation has for q
cigaret holder. The French people
drink very little water; they are
great people for wine, and that is
what they drink mostly. We had 4
fine dinner yesterday; mashed po-
tatoes, gravey, coffee, bread and
butter, and raisin pie, and the pie
sure was good.
Well, I am sitting here behind
the stove on the coal box, writing
this letter, so you can imagine the
position l am in. l broke my foun.
tain pen right in half, and went
uptown to buy one; it was a Wa
terman and they wanted so francs
that is about $40 in our money
and right away I said, nothing
doing; am using a borrowed pen to
night.
I think we will get paid tomor
row and will send some more money
home, so you can keep on the look
out. / have not heard from Joh1
Connin or Lew Sidner, either, a:
yet, and have been almost too bus!
to write, but will try and drop then
a line soon.
We have a lot of fun learning
the French language; l have go
most anything that l want.
Well, we get three daily paper
and one weekly paper; the dali.
papers are The Daily Mail, the NeI
York Herald, The Chicago Tribune
and the camp paper, The Plan
News, which is very fine. Accord
ing to the papers, they are sur
popping it to the Huns from tn
air and on all sides; it looks YER
good, and the Russians coming bac
again.
Well, I will have to ring off fo
this time and hope to hear fror
you soon.
From your big brother, with lov
to all.
NEWTON E. SMITH,
435th Aero Squadron
Air Service
American Exp. Forces
France.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-03-15
TUESDAY CLUB
March Nineteenth

Roll Call. News Items
Australia
Girl Life in Australia. .......
...............M .Maude Hartman
Reading-"A Specimen of Austria
liam Literature. a.. Emma Spring
Hostess-Sarah Blake
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-10-18
Garden Army.

Garden Army.
2. Twenty thousand acres of un-
productive home and vacant lots have
been converted into productive land.
This will release an equal acreage
now used in truck gardening for the
production of other foodstuffs more
important for war purposes. 1t will
also relieve transportation congestion
through home consumption of home
produced foodstuffs.
8. Fifty thousand teachers have
received valuable instruction in gar
dening through the garden leaflets
written by experts in this office and
distributed from Washington.
A. Boards of Education and other
civic organizations have been in
fiuenced to give financial and moral
support to the school and home gar
den movement and to pay extra sal
aries for supervision and teaching.
5. Hundreds of thousands of par
ents have become interested in the
Egarden movement and are working
with their children in home gardens.
In Salt Lake City alone $500 mothers
representing sixty-two parental as
sociations are actively supporting
food production in the schools.
6. Thousands of civic, commercial
and patriotic organizations have be-
come interested in the movement and
are giving it hearty support.
z. One and one half million chill
dren have been given something to do
this summer: something that will
help carry the burden of their coun-
try in this struggle for freedom,
something that will help them to
build character and something that
will appeal to and develop their pat
riotism.
8. Home and vacant lot garden
ing in cities, towns and villages have
been dignified and made popular to
degree that practically insures
them prominent place in the school
system of our country. It would be
difficult to estimate the educational
and material value of such results.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-10-18
Peculiar Need-Red Gross Met L

American Red Cross agents who in
vestigated conditions in the mountain
province of Umbria, Italy, with a
view to aiding the families of soldiers
had an experience both interesting
and amusing. Out of dozen little
villages visited, in which the people
were found to be in comfortable cir
cumstances, there was only one re-
quest for aid. The town officials, at
one place, after admitting they had a
favor to ask from the Red Cross,
asked time for further elaboration
before putting in the application.
The seriousness of the officials con-
vinced the Red Cross workers that
the town was going to ask for large
supply of necessities. Imagine the
surprise of the latter when the town
officials submitted this request with
great solemnity:
1--WE would like the Red Cross to
give us donkey and cart. 1t is to
be used to bring the children living
at some distance from the town to
school. This will enable the mothers
of these children to do their farm
work without interruption"
Needless to say the unique request
was granted by the Red Cross.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-10-18
THE UNITED STATES
SCHOOL GARDEN ARMY
Purposes and Plan Of the Organiza
ton and What Has Been Accom-
plished this Year

The United States School Garden
Army was organized in March Of
1918.
President Wilson set aside $4,000
from his National Security and De-
Tense Appropriation to promote the
work for the first six months. He
has since appropriated $200,00O.00
more to carry the work through an
other ten months.
Two main purposes prompted the
planning of the United States School
Garden Army: (a) Increased food
production and (b) training of school
children in thrift, industry, service,
patriotism land responsibility.
The necessity for man power was
being felt. This was especially true
in agricultural pursuits. Not alone
were the drafted young men going
from the farm, but great numbers of
farm employees were being attracted
to the cities by higher wages offered
in other industries. If the millions of
city boys and girls could be induced
to give their leisure time to cultivat-
ing the thousands of acres of un-
titled land in front and back yards
and vacant lots of our cities, towns
and villages, it would result in a
substantial increase in food prOduc-
ton and an improvement in the quail
ity of our coming citizenship.
The Bureau of Education under
took to accomplish this through the
organization of the United States
School Garden Army. 1t is an educa-
tiona1 problem and can be solved
with economy and efficiency only by
the schools.
The plan of organization involves
(a) a general director who is re-
sponsible for organization, propa-
ganda, and administration. (b) Re-
gional directors who are charged with
the responsibility of writing instruc-
tions upon gardening that will en-
able supervisors and teachers to take
garden company successfully
through a season, even though not
expert gardeners. These instructions
have been put out in leaflet form and
sent from the central Offices to all
who applied for them. (c) Assist
ant Regional Directors who work un-
der the Regional Director and whose
duties are similar to those of the Re
giona1 Director excepting that OF
writing garden leaflets. (d) Cooper
alton with State Council of Defense
through a State representative ap-
pointed by them. (e) The Army plan
of organizing school boys and girls
into companies of $50 Or less under
the direction of garden teacher, q
caption, first lieutenant and second
lieutenant. (f) An insignia for each
enlisted soldier. A double bronze bal
for the captain, single bronze bal
with two stars in the border for the
first lieutenant, and one star for the
second lieutenant, and a combination
bronze and black ename1ed bar fol
privates.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
1. One million five hundred thou
sand boys and girls have responded
to the call of the President and en-
listed in the United States School,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-10-18

Your visit to the Twin Cities will
be more enjoyable If you stop at this
Famous Hosiery. Excellent Cuisine,
Hotel Radisson, Minneapolis, Min-
nesota, 400 rooms-275 at $3.50 to
$3.50. adv.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-10-18
FARMERS CASH MARKET

TOP PRICES paid every day for
Chickens. Ducks; Geese, Turkeys, Cream,
Dressed Calves, Hogs, Mutton, Wool,
Cattle Hides, Horse Hides, Pelts, Furs.
Muskrat, Skunk, Beans, Rabbits. Get
our price list before selling. Make more
money by shipping here. Write us now
for quotations, tags and how to ship.
THE r. E. COBB CO.,
ST. PAUL, MIMI.
Licensed by u. S. Government
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-02
WEST HALIFAX.

+. D. Sparks is moving to Whiting
ham.
Charles Wilder has moved to Vernon
where he has position.
Leon Cutting is selling off some of
his stock as he is planning to move out
of town.
In one day the first of the week some
Bratteboro men were out here and cot
$1,000 in subscriptions for the third
Liberty loan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-02
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At all dealers or sent on receipt of
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-02

the heroes was Harry A. Kelley of
New York an oiler, who swan to an
overturned hfeboat and dragged up on
the bottom OF it four persons who were
in the sea. He held them
there until they were taken off bv a
boat from the French cruiser.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-02
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN

tor whatever fall short of voyand there
halfway house between victory and happens
us This Every relation understanding, every decency
which civilization has been anxiousy built up will go-w
washed because will have been proved unable The
whole idea OF dmocrac-whh at bottom what the Hun fights
against be dismissed from mems minds because will have been
shown ncapabeo maintaining itself against the Hun will de- and
will die dsceded together with every belief and that based
throughout the world Under that dpensaon will become
the natural body and goods of his beaed
Women will be the instrument for continuing the breed the vessel
OF mans lust and mans cruelty; and labor will become thing be
knocked the head dares give trouble and worked death
does And from this order of life there will be appeal
possibility OF escape This what the Hun when he says
intends to impose German Knurwhih the German
the world This is precisely what the world has banded itself
together to resist will take every will
the naked SOUL Our trial will be made less by the advice
and suggestions that should compromise which
defeat put forward by Hun and conderates among
hey busy in that direction already But be this Nothing
nothing have endure will weigh feaherweight
compared with what shall certainly have suffer for
fail of victory
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

If every citizen in Arizona who
believes in supporting the ad-
ministration in the war, and
wiping out the criminal I.W. W.,
was to file as a candidate for
governor, there would be no one
left to file for all the other state
and county offices. The war is
being used as a new ambush for
the corporations. They are try
ing to suspend the constitutions
and laws of the state as a war
measure, and now they are hop
ing to get a lot of their hench-
men elected to office by having
them run on war and patriotic
platforms as the only issue. Sid
Osborn's alleged platform was
probably dictated by the at
torneys of the corporations, and
that is the reason he thinks he
had a copyright on the war issues,
and it peeves him to think any
other candidate would claim to
be a patriot.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17
Commission Legal.

The state supreme court has
decided that the law creating the
commission on public institutions
is legal. This decision was rem
dered in the suit brought by
Lamar Cobb, the outgroWth Of a
democratic family row, in which
the legality of the passage of the
act in the legislature was raised.
No one seriously doubted the
law would be declared illegal,
as it would mean the prying
loose of three good democrats
from fat salaries, and in these
war times and the high cost of
living an adverse decision would
be a calamity if not a crime. The
placing of the management of
state institutions in the hands of
a board of control, or commits
sion, is simply done for the pur-
pose of placing the responsibility
on other shoulders, and at the
same time putting the controlling
power in the hands of the gov
ernor. The governor appoints
the commission, and it requires
very little gray matter to arrive
at the conclusion that the insti-
tutions are to be managed as he
directs or the appointive heads
will fall in the basket. In other
words the commission earns it's
salary simply for acting as a
buffer for criticism directed at
the management of the institu-
tions, and saving the face of the
governor. If we are to have a
commission the members should
be elected by the people; but a
commission is not necessary, and
it is a criminal waste of money
from which the people derive no
benefit. Rather. their money is
used to defeat their own rights
in favor of the corporations.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

1t is expected that at an early
date Director General McAdoo
will order an increase in passen-
ger rates for the double purpose
of increasing revenues and dis
couraging useless travel. In view
of the fact that railroads, are un-
der government control and op-
Grated as a unit, the new passen-
ger rate should be uniform all
over the United States. There
is no just reason why rates must
be four cents a mile in Arizona
and a few other western states,
when the rest of the country ev-
en- after the raise will not be pay
ing to exceed three cents.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

There is no good reason why
Larry Quinlan should not file as
a democratic candidate for gov
ernor. He is strongly supporting
the President in his war policies,
firmly believes the I.W. w. and
all other traitorous societies and
organizations should be crushed
out, and goes Sid Osborn one
better by insisting t n at the
Kaiser should be hung as a COM
mon murderer. Sid must put an
addenda to his platform or he is
lost.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17
Seventy Car Law.

Recently the supreme court Of
Arizona, in the suit of Arizona
VS.. Arizona Eastern Railroad,
upheld the constitutionality of
the act known as the 70-car law,
and now the railroad company
has gone to the federal court for
an interlocutory injunction re-
strainlng the state officials from
enforcing the provisions of the
statutes during the term of the
war. The alleged basis of their
contention is that it will speed
up the transportation on all lines
if the operation of the law is
suspended, and we are somewhat
surprised to find that two affi-
davits supporting the contention
of the railroads are made by
Dwight B. Heard, of Phoenix,
and T. A. Riordan, of Flagstaff.
Is this war to be used as the
basis to suspend all the consti-
tutions and statutes of the states? F?
The 70-car law was passed as a
safety measure for the railroad
men, and the federal court will
hardly go so far as to annul a
statute on the slim pretext that
it will speed up transportation.
The way to speed up transporta-
ton is to reduce the size of
trains so they can be put over
the road at a decent rate of
miles per hour instead Of making
the trains longer as a heavy drag.
The long train and tonnage
hobby of the railroad managers
was not worked out as a means
of expediting transportion, but
the schemes were hatched as a
means of cutting the train crew
service, and reducing the freight
cost per ton mile, as a showing
of efficiency in operation.
There is no federal question
involved in this matter, as the
state has the constitutional right
to pass any legislation to con-
serve the health or reduce the
physical risk to life of employees,
but if the railroad can get some
federal judge to assume juris-
diction and grant an interlocutory
injunction the question can be
tied up in court and the law
practically annulled until such
time as it is finally passed upon
by the United States Supreme
Court, which will probably be
several years.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

The Phoenix politicians who
are building platforms for the
candidates are going to make it
necessary for every patriotic citi-
zen to file for governor, because
if he fails to file he is sure to be
listed as a pro- German, and not
loyal supporter of the war. To
be on the safe side the editor of
the Winslow Mail declares he is
a candidate for govern or because
he is in favor of the war to a
finish if it takes all our men and
all our money; he also believes
the world is round; and believes
in the authenticity of the Bible.
He also believes in the laws of
gravitation. On this magnificent
platform of self-evident truths
we shall expect to get hand
some vote in the primaries.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

The news comes from the front
that Won Hindenberg is dead.
We are sorry if this IS so, because
we have always wanted the salts
faction of having him taken alive,
and let court martial order him
hung as a brutal murderer. There
are several more Huns over there
we hope will be spared to fall
into the hands of the allies.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17
"Much Ado About Nothing

In a recent issue of a Phoenix
paper a letter appeared written
by one Sid Osborn, who is at
present secretary of state, and
thinks he is a democratic candi-
date for governor, complaining
that the editor had shown his
communication setting forth his
alleged platform to Mr.. Thos.
Campbell, and allowed that gen
tleman to write a platform for
himself as a prospective repub-
lican candidate for governor, and
published the latter's communi-
cation first. We doubt if the
editor was guilty as charged, but
even so why raise so much noise.
Neither platform is worth the
paper it is written on as a clear
cut declaration of principles. and
any thoughtful person can easily
discern it is simply a lot of
patriotic piff1e to camoufage the
real issues on which the cam
paign this year will be fought,
and upon which they hoped to
dodge taking a decided stand.
Mr.. Osborn's wailing reminds US
of farmer shearing a hog,
where tn ere is considerable
squealing but gathering very
little wool.
Mr.. Osborn is not the only man
in the state who believes in
standing by the President in the
war, nor opposed to the criminal
activity of the I.W.W., and want
the war speeded up to the high
est efficiency. He advocated no
new, or progressive ideas, but
with the cunning of a politician
shouted loud his alleged patriot
ism from the. housetops as his
declaration of principles as a
prospective candidate, and if he
has his ear to the ground he will
not catch the faintest sign of ap-
plause greeting his bombastic
twaddle about his loyalty plat
form. People in these times are
thinking, and they are not going
to lose sight of important state
issues because some candidate is
trying to obscure them with
prating about his brand of loyal
ty, and proclaiming there is no
other issue but the war. The
man who undertakes to be a
candidate on that kind of plat
form ought to be defeated in the
primaries, as he can safely be
listed as a tool of the corpora
tions and a rank demogogue. He
is using the war as a cloak to
cover up his real purpose in seek
ing nomination. The voice is
Jacobs voice, but the hands are
the hands of Esau."
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17

If Mr.. Thos. E. Campbell ex-
poets to be a candidate for the
republican nomination for gov
ernor he should set forth his po-
sition on all the live issues affect
ing the welfare of the state. His
statement that he is a patriot,
and heartily in favor of pushing
the war to a successful issue, is
a good foundation, but all Amer
can citizens without regard to
party entertain the same idea.
A candidate for governor might
just as we'll try to run on a plat
form setting forth he believes in
the constitution of the United
States, or that he believes and
will defend the theory that the
world is round. The state of
Arizona, through the acts of it's
last legislature. and bearing the
signature of Mr.. Campbell, as
acting governor, passed an anti
gambling law and red-light
abatement law, which were held
up by a referendum signed by all
the gamblers and prostitutes, and
the profteers from these callings.
These two questions will be voted
upon at the coming election and
the people are interested in know
ng what attitude the several
candidates will take. They will
want to know if the state funds
are to be continued as the private
graft of certain favorite banks;
whether the corporations will
continue their strangle hold on
the state, the corporation com
mission, the tax commission, and
other important official positions,
escaping their just portion of the
tax burdens, and robbing the
people of their rights; what the
candidate thinks of the rotten
initiative and referendum law
that was passed by the corpora
tions under the guise of being a
remedial law to benefit the peo-
pie, but which put in the hands
of the corporations and their
allies, the criminal element of
the state, the power to thwart
the will of the people as ex-
pressed in the legislature; what
about the crooked election laws
that are disgrace to the state
and our present day civilization.
These and a score of other mat
ters, are the things the people OF
this state will be interested in
this fall when they are voting
for state officials, and silly twad.
die about the war, and patriotism
will not hide the real issues.
The Winslow mail., 1918-05-17
Friday, 80 May II, 1918.

Col. Alexander Brodie, who was
territorial governor of Arizona
from 1902 to 1905, died at his
home, Haddonfeld, N. j., last
FRIDAY.