The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-03-28

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many friends here. having lived in
Canon for several years. Before join
ing the army, however. he lived IN
Denver
II the censor would have permitted.
be undoubtedly could have filled his
letter with some startling human In
terest fncts because he possesses a
lively style and writes well. As it
is, the present letter Is unusually in
forming
France. Feb. II. 1915
Dear Dad:
A line to let yon know that your
son is still In existence and doing fine
ly. altho now am stationed in the
Eastern hemisphere.
Have made number of wonderful
trips. and have seen and heard many
things which could compile into an
Interesting letter were Il not for the
fact that the Government viii not let
you tell anything in letters that would
give Bill any kind of an idea. should
he happen to get his mitts on the let
ter: and who can write a letter and
make il interesting without giving de-
tails that TO the rightful reader
mean nthing at ali, perhaps. but
TO some others might convey useful
Information We can't lick Germany
If We send him a printed newspaper
of what we are going to do the next
day and OF what we have already
done The world knows that We want
to lick him and have this ordeal over
with.
There's one soldier that is anxious
and very willing to -do h.s bit" as il
is expressed in America. but con-
tained within the same soldier la q
desire TO get his feet planted on coil
that he calls Home"
Our trip across the Big Ditch was
pretty fine ns well as little exciting.
but yours truly never missed chance
to get into that chair Of his at the
dinner table. altho there were times
when il was Just fiftyfifty with me.
whether I should go to the rail and
gaze AZ the bottom OF the ocean and
nourish the fish. incidentally. or
whether to paironize Hoover's motto.
to conserve food.
Can ] talk French Surely Didn't
you ever rec a piece of lead pipe
float. l have four books on How TO
talk Erancaise." No two of them give
the same pronunciation for any one
word. but that is all right. I've never
heard any Frenchnan utter sounds
that we're at all similar TO the way the
book tells ns TO speak. and I'm so
sure that never will hear even a
half witted peasant burst forth with
the phrases that some of these Ameri-
can soldiers calculate so fiueniiy.
But. say Dad. in spite of all their
SHORTCOMINGS. these Frerchies have
one habit that Is bear. WINE,
wine. they manufacture and consume
over here the real article. some of il
just naturally puts your feet to sleep
and makes you want TO get In q cage
with eleven dozen wild cats and Groom
them to sleep. and lay your neck on
their bodies. Il we spend many years
In France I may accumulate to GER
tain extcnt. this habit. but It will take
good many years. I Ike the wine
but not too well.
-Did you know that have a"Sam.
my Backer"? Yea. Bo. Got a letter
today from Mr.. Fred Christensen OF
Sanford. Colorado. My name was
supplied to him by the News. who evil
IDENTIFY got 1t a long time ago. He
I says that he will write to me and
tighten my burden in any way he can,
believe I'll tell him the best way to
tighten tho burden Is send me tobac-
CO that was grown and cured in
America: this French and English
weed is just that. weed. Did you. as q
old reed chair II SO. yoa have some
conception of what French tobacco. to
this connoisseur. resembles,
Our camp is in France. I know that
Is a very definite statement. but these
censors have a mania for cutting out
parts OF letters that give any iuforma-
tion for the reason cited in the first
part of this letter. But we are In q
very beautiful part of Franco. and
have a good camp. tho days are warm
and comfortable. something like Colo
rado in the summertime or early fall