The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-10

heavy artillery fire with which h,
was constantly in contact durins
the four years Of service.
The story as we understand it is
this: The Stewart family were livine
on the Valentine ranch which was the
original homestead of I. A. Parsons
on the west side of Snake river, about
f1ve miles below Blackfoot. The
young man, Farley George Stewart
who attracts our attention at the
present time, was good boy, but a
little wild and in 1898 he ran away
from home. He secured a Job as
neWsboy on the passenger train
operating from Pocatello to Butte.
and when troops were passing thru
from Montana to San Francisco en-
route to the Philippines some of the
soldiers took a fancy to George and
proposed that they take him along
as their mascot. Like a careless.
curious boy he was willing and
anxious to go and Mrs. Stewart later
received some sort of message from
the company saying they wanted her
son to go with them to the Philip
pines and asking her permission.
However they did not wait to receive
her permission, but went on and on
taking George with them. 1t seems.
that he got separated from the com
pany before sailing for the Philip
pines as he later sailed on the British
steamer, the Narcissis, bound for
London. Whether he enlisted and
fought in the Boer war is not quite
clear at this time, but he enlisted in
the British army on the fourteenth
day OF August, 1914, under the as
sumed name of John Charles Single
ton. For more than four years he
saw the ups and downs of the English
army, fighting the Germans.
Since he has been placed in the
hospital the Red Cross society have
the task of helping him
20 find his people and a letter ad-
dressed to the postoffice at Black
.oot, Ida., a good while ago, brought
1im no desirable information. It
s a part of the rules of the postal
department that post master shall
give no information to such injuries
'ven tho he know just what the
writer wants to find out. If the in
lulrer receives any reply at all it |
s printed notice saying In effect.
III you have any mail for delivery
o the person you ask for and will |
end 1t to this office it shall be de-
Avered to him If we know where he
s."
When George Stewart, alias John
;harles Singleton, could find out
lothing thru his home postoffice he
ssumed that the Stewart family had
one from here or that the postal de-
artment was not interested in ac-
ommodating its people or the SOL
iers of the allies, but George did
OF give up the search, but
'rote other letters, one addressed
chief of police of Blackfoot. Chief
William Drew and Fire Chief John
'oice soon located Mrs. Stewart at
ava Hot Springs and lost no time in
citing the message to her, with the /
esult that Mrs. Stewart and her i
lster. Mrs. Wall have already cabled
ohm Charles Singleton in care of
ne Red Cross society at London. He
as a brother in the aviation corps
Europe, but of course he did not
now it and probably does not know
ct where he is George received a
eekly pension from the British gov
of Is Shilling and Is Sterl-
lg, equal to about 1915 in Amcri-
IN money.
Mrs. Stewart has lived at Black
'ot and American Falls most of the
me. She has dry farm near Amer
an Falls and lived on that for
,veral years before coming to
lackfoot, where she conducted the I
,ewart roomine house over the First Y
ational Bank. She moved out K
lily a few months ago to 20 to t
ava Hot Springs. Her daughter t
eomia, Mrs. G. G.. Briggs, lived
ith her mother part Of the time +
ter the San Francisco earthquake 8
Id Blackfoot people are familiar L
ith the sad circumstances attend t
g the loss Of her mind due to the I