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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

Liberty Bonds, and fines and ct cetera
are paid for, on foo'ishly expensive gifts.
Do not buy any old French chateaux
and arrange to have them transported.
stone by stone, to "the States" as YOU so
charmingly put it. Do not buy your girls
\any French farms, either outright or on
the instalment plan. Modern women
you know, simply loathe having to work
on farms, and the charm and fascination
Of even nice, ruined French farm would
soon wear off
Do not try to buy the Eiffel Tower for
them; it is not for sale. And do not
waste your money en- expensive jewelrv
and oil paintings of yourself!
A simple photograph, with very SIM
pie background for your very simple face,
will be all that the yearning heart on the
other side of the water could possibly
wish for, dear composite" doughboy
(lsn't that perfectly !ovely word?).
Save your hard earned money and send
1t to some reliable real estate dealer in
your home town, and get him to buy YOU
part interest in little lot where Won
can build little home of your own, for
you and 1.-THE" girl. BY the time the war
is over you will have saved up enough to
buy the very best corner lot in the place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
FREE ADVICE FOR
L0VEL0RN LADS
BY MISS INFORMATION
Conducted for Suffering Doughboys Far
Removed from Their Affinities
HEART-TO-HEART TALK No. .

HEART-TO-H HEART TALK No. 9
Dear, loyal, trusting boys! hope YOU
don't mind my calling you "boys," be-
cause you are all "boys," you know. to
me. How | wish l could "mother" YOU
all; for, from the letters you write me,
asking me to untangle the travelled skeins
of your affections, you seem to me to be
gerry fine "boys" indeed.
| am going to tell you something that
perhaps only a fen of you have been
aware of. 1t is this: Your faithful
sweethearts at home do not expect you to
send them expensive souvenirs of France
all they ask is your continued love and
regard in your wonderful, avonderful let
tiers.
Send them letters, dear "boys": lots
and lots and lots of them. But do NOT
spend recklessly all that money that Won
have left over after your allotments. and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

They was some statutes, too. l went
around looking at them, and the first
thing l know l ran into the Statute of
Liberty, only smaller
HELL" says |, 81 was boob to come
over here. l saw that in New York Har-
Dor; what do I want to see it again for?
Besides, it isn't as good as what it was
there. 1t must have shrunk some with
the salt air or something. coming over"
Trailing the Bombs
So l beats it out and goes roaminp
down the Boulevard Saint Michael #
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

what came out and sang. There wasn't a
joke in it anywhere that l could get. And
the music? What do you think they
played for new and zippy stuff? "Alex-
ander's Ragtime Band" "The Merry
Widow" and every Little Movement!
It's a fact!
l went out when the show was about
half over, figuring that l wouldn't get no
vaudeville, but only more ancient history,
if l stayed. The next morning l paid
my hotel bill. slung my bag over my
back and beat it for the railroad station.
Nope, take it from me, DO, there's
nothing to this Paris leave There's
nothing new there. It's just like New
York, and I've seen New York. So
what's the use?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
The Official
Newspaper
of the A. E. !
The Amy;s Poets
LITTER SQUADS

LITTER SQUADS
They tell of the doughboys' wonders
work
On the crooked firing line;
They tell Of the pluck of the cannonssl
AS they work in mud and slime;
And once in a while you may even hs.,
Of the engineers doing tier bit:
But what puzzles me-Tm green 70,
Is: Where do the Litter Boys fit,
Oh, it's plugging away in the battere,
trench
Working in water and goo..
Carrying a litter in mud to your knees
Trying to pull Bill through;
Ducking the low places here and there
Hearing the bullets whine,
But the glory is lacking, and so is III.
backing,
For these Litter Boys of mine.
They tell of the work Of the Signal Corn,
men,
Sticking close to the wire;
They hand it out to the courier scout.
Making his run under fire;
And once in while I hear them saw.
"The @. MS coming fine"
But what puzzles me-I'm green. YOU
Is; Where do the Litter Boys shine
Oh, it's creeping out to a shell hole,
Hugging close to the ground;
Swimming along in mud to your eyes.
Wishing your heart was sound;
Making fast to dead one,
Dragging him back to the lines;
But the glory is lacking, they need more
backing,
These Litter Boys of mine.
You read of our boys going over the tor
And piercing the Huns third line;
Of the box barrage that helped them out
And the fifty-eight twos so fine;
They often speak of the plucky lads
Working the typewriter gun;
But what puzzles me-Tm green. VOL
See
Is; Where is the Litter Boys fun?
Oh, it's the picking up the pieces,
Logging them in on litter;
Nosing around through filthy ground.
Hoping you'll get sitter;
Dragging them out of the dugouts.
Guiding the walkers and blind;
But the glory is lacking, and they neet
more backing
These Litter Boys of mine.
H. W. 7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

the side of a big park, which is full of
statutes of people without no clothes on
They is one with three guys all holding
out their hand at something and strain
ing after it, think it was probly put up
to celebrate the opening of the first free
lunch counter
Well, / went into the Lux. I thought
when that Aussie officer told me they was
good pictures there that it was a
movie" palace, but it appears it ain't
They's nothin' but stills in it. But they're
in colors, so that helps some.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

front behind me when we liked back
from Looneyville. Are they bringing the
front down here SOS won't be lone
some for it while I'm on leave?"
NO." he told me- "That gun is good
seventy miles away-up at Anizy, as
near as we can figure"
Cup at Uneasy?" says l. "Well, it
makes it plenty uneasy down here,
don't it,"
That one was little deep for him, so
he just says Indeed" Anyway, l reck-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
Is Your Sector
Quiet? Then
Don't Play
Paree

Yes, l got my pink ticket, l did, and
went up to Paree. But that's all the good
it done me. Take it from me, guy, if
they offer you a choice between a pink
ticket and white one, take the white
one, every time!
You know how it was; we had just
come out of that "quiet sector" up
Looneyville way, where the whole damn
regiment sat up on top Of the parapet
playing cards all afternoon, with the
Huns looking on and laying bets on the
heft of our colonel's hand. We was as
safe up there as we would have been in
mid Kansas; nothing to worry about, no
work to speak of-nothing.
Well, l come down to Paris on weeks
leave. The first thing | know when I'm
turning over, enjoying my first real
sleep between sheets in eight months
BANGO! Then-brrrrr-um BONN!
brrrrr-um! Boom! all right under my
window.
though at first was dreaming was
up to the front, and turned over again.
But, no; lot of whistles and horns and
things started footing, and pretty soon
somebody came rapping on my door and
said it was a alerte, whatever that is,
and had got to get up.
Down to the Rathskeller
Well. l got W, and got downstairs In
the hotel where l was staying at. "A Ia
corve!" the landlord shouts to me, and
pointed at the cellar.
"What's the good Of going down
there" l asst him. "Is it a rathskeller
or something you want me to try?'
But he couldn't compree for a sou.
They're dumb lot these foreigners.
even when you speak their own language
at them.
| finally went down there, and they
was a lot of people there in all sorts of
dress and undress, but nobody seemed tc
mind. Over in the corner they was
Australian officer what told me, all in
English, that an air raid was on. That
was the first time l knew they spoke
English in Australia.
"Air raid?" says I, looking at my
wrist watch. "This is hellova time to
NC Pu1A1HS tHdI PoSC VIII &C III
the morning!"
II know it," he says, "but there's moth
ing one can do about it, now can one?"
That was too deep for me, so l just
says, "Ye-ah" and let it go at that. After
about an hour and half they blew some
bugles out in the street to show the raid
was called off on account of wet grounds
or something, and went back to bed
And Then Those Drums
But / couldn't sleep. Along about S
o'clock they began drumming out in the
street, and all the church bells began to
ring Then, right in the middle of that
l heard another BANGO! So, as it
seemed to be the thing to do, got up and
dressed
Down in the dining room l ran into
this Australian officer again. SIS it an
other air raid they got?" l says. "If
they try that in the daytime, they otta
be in for a awful kidding, they'd be 50
easy to spot"
NO." says he, cts that beastly long
range gun of theirs, you know. 1t fires
regular, every twenty minutes all day
long. But they never hit anything, you
know, except few houses"
"Say," says l, II thought l left the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
ONE EXPLANATION

Private Blinkum Whadda thew mean
not allowln' us to wear no more leather
puts?
Private Blankum: Why, didn't YOU
read in the papers as how they were
goin' t increase the number O. marines9
They're probly tryln' to save leather for
their necks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
OF to See Some Pictures

But he didn't harbor no resentment
Ae asst me if | knew my way about, and
told me they was a lot of good pictures
in the Luxembourg galleries over across
the river That was new one on me;
| always thought Luxembourg was coun-
try, or something, but it appears it amt
Anyway, he showed me how to get there
and went. This Luxembourg place is on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
PRAYERS
A Mothers PRAYER

. God. look down upon my sen
In distant France, now serving The
And save him from the frightful Hun,
Whose gas and shell destroy the free
But if, 0 God, 'twould end the strife
When | should offer Thee my son,
Then plunge Thy sacrifcial knife;
shall not weep when Thou hast done
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
OUGHT TO BE VIVACIOuS

Our artllerymen always have nick
names for the guns they serve. The
French go US one better. They have
names-formally painted on the gun bar
rels. One of the most highly descriptive
caught our eye on the road up to the
front the other day. 1t was christened
"Gaby"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14
A Soldiers PRAYER

y God, protect my mother dear,
Who tolls and suffers more than l.
Her love of country sent me here;
That she may live | will to die
I'm ready, Lord; take Thou my soul
A hostage; let the past be made.
Twas she who urged me to the goal,
A partner in this last Crusade.
THOMAS f. COAKLEY, It,, Chapla
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

Should socks be worn inside the pants
Or out? There seems some doubt
For though I find wear mine in.
always wear them out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-14

oned / was getting even for the one he
pulled on me in the early morning.
, 1918-01-24
RED CROSS PLEDGE CARDS.
Is a Poor Patriot. Indeed, Who Re
fuses to Assist in This Movement
For Aid of Red Cross.

large attendance was present at
tho mems meeting held at the Red
Cross hall last Friday evening, when
a plon for monthly donations to the
Red Cross work was discussed and
odontcd. BY a vote of the assemblage,
thc pledge card system was adopted
and n committee was appointed to pass
the cards among all male citizens Of
the valley. BY this plan it is proposed
TO supply sufficient money each month
for the local chapter to carry on its OPP
erations without recourse to suppers,
| dances and other unnecessary work i'm
order to get finances for the puchase
of warn. linens and other materials re-
Quired.
According to one of the committee
men. he finds the Red Cross soliciting
ceive," and his cards are rapidly fill
Ing. The procedure, he says, is gener-
ally about like this:
Solicitor: Say, Bill, what is the
CllulCp TOT u mOHIllly uOIatlOn from
you?'
Bill: What for?"
Solicitor: Red Cross
Bill: Sure! How much?"
Another of the committee reports
having encountered a couple of citizens
who refused point-blank to give any as
sistance whatever, although they were
known to be well able to give ten times
as much as many who signed up for
their dollar a month willingly and
eagerly. Such men are rare exceptions
to the general run, however, the great
majority being found more than wil'
ling to sign up for all they feel they
can afford to give.
1t is estimated by those in charge of
the movement that a monthly income
of about $4,000 will thus be pro-
vided for carrying on the patriotic
work of the local Red Cross chapter.
The soliciting committee is composed
of Glenn T. Scott, e. L. Gould, VIM.
Mace, and Roy C. Peck.
, 1918-01-24
Registration of Alien Enemies.

AS will be noted in a government no.
tice printed in another column, all Ger
man alien enemies residing within the
United States are required to register
during the period from February 4th
to 9th, inclusive.
Under the head Of alien enemies, ac-
cording to the registration instructions
issued by the attorney general of the
United States, come all natives. citi-
zens, denizens or subjects of the Ger
man empire, or of the imperial Ger
man government, being males of the
age of IA years or upwards, who are
within the United States, and not ac-
tually n~aturalized as American citi-
Zens.
The postmaster of each town is the
duly authorized registration agent for
his community and has full informa-
tion in the matter. Walter L. Larsh
is the chief registrar for the state of
Wyoming.
, 1918-01-24

Chas. F. Price and family are pre-
pairing to leave tomorrow for st. An
thony, Idaho, where they will make
their future home, Mr.. Price having
accepted a position as assistant cashier
of the Commercial National Bank of
that city. For several years he has
been employed al bookkeeper and as
slstant cashier of the Saratoga State
Bank and his all-around competency
as an accountant, his pleasant and
courteous manner in dealing with the
public and his thorough knowledge of
all the intricacies of the banking bust
ness and methods, have made him in
vaIuable to his employers, and account
iof his promotion to a larger institu-
'lon and at n substantial increase in
salary. The Commercial National of
ST. Anthony is also owned by the Cos
sAff interests.
Mr. Price is a Saratoga product, hav-
ing resided here for twenty years. He
, 1918-01-24
Now to Get That 'POssum.

Robert Corpening, who recently de-
parted for the south with a ca ,ad of
horses and mules, writes The Sun from
Shawnee, Okla, that he has about ON
pleted his business s%ojourn in that state
and will o o be on the way to old
North Carolina, where he will make an
extended visit. In his letter, dated
January II, he says:
Il received two copies of The Sun
today-just seemed to me that l was
back in Saratoga.
'One thing lacking here-no foot-rail
to rest my weary shoe on-bone dry
here forever. l I'm getting used to it,
so l will be able to stand it soon in
Wyoming, for it is sure coming.
Il am sorry to hear of so much sick
ness in the valley, but glad lone of it
has been fatal. 1 guess you people up
there think the sun shines down here
all the time, only you have another
guess coming. l have been here over a
week and it has showed most all the
time. The thermometer has registered
as low as s below, and il is that cold |
can hardly be out. So after all, and
of all the places l have been, l had
rather spend my winters in Saratoga,
, 1918-01-24
Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers.

The Sun is in receipt of a letter from
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank White, who recent
ly went to California for a several
months stay. They are located at Up
land, where Mr.. White has several rel
atives. The letter contained a bouquet
of ~violets, which came through in nice
shape. A few extracts from the letter
are given herewith:
I'VE arrived in Upland O.. k. on Jan
uary It'll, and found everything nice
sunshine, fruit and flowers. The
weather is warm and nice-too nice to
stay in the house. We sleep with all
the doors and windows open.
I'VE are nicely fixed for housekeep-
ing. Have three large rooms, all fur
nished have lights Inc water, a large
bath room and clothes presses, and pay
$16 per month rent. We cook with gas
and have gas for heating.
Living is quite cheap here. AS for
meat, we get the best cuts for 25c per
pound, get large punches of vegetables
for &c per bunch, ripe tomatoes three
pounds for a dime, sweet potatoes
seven pounds for 25c, and Irish pota-
toes at about the same price they are
there.
I'VE are having a good time. Have
two brothers who have cars and we
are on the go about all the time. Even
with all that, we still have time to
think about all our friends in Sara
toga, and hope these few lines will find
them all enjoying good health"
, 1918-01-24
SARATOGA, CARBON COUNTY, WYOMING, JANUARY "a, 1915

received his education in the Saratoga
public and high schools and the wyo-
ming University at Laramie, and has
grown up here from a ~four-year-old.
For several years past he has held he
position of city treasurer, and no mu-
nicipality ever had better service in
the handling of public moneys than has
Saratoga during this time. His books
have ever been up to the minute. with
never n penny lost. strayed or unac-
counted for.
While the community as a whole will
regret h departure of this estimable
family, yet their many friends are glad'
to see the young man receive deserved
promotion, and the best wishes of all
will accompany them to their new
home.
, 1918-01-24

(Rawlins Republican,


The Republican has just recently
learned the reason for the government
sending w Carbon county drafted
boys to France several weeks ago as
sharpshooters.
Morgan L. Johnston of Encampment
and Richard A. England of Saratoga
went to American Lake with Carbon
%county's contingent. Shortly after
reaching the camp the government or
dered a rifle-shooting contest, as sharp
shooters were badly needed in France.
In this contest Morgan Johnston took
first place, with Richard England sec
ond. Considering the great number
taking. part in the contest, the fact that
the Carbon county boys took first and
second places is indeed remarkable.
Those who watched the departure of
our fine young men to American Lake
felt sure that they would be heard
from before the war is over. However,
the record established by these two
boys shows that our young men begin
to distinguish themselves and prove
that they are above the average before
they scarcely get established in camp.
Use Saratoga advertising stickers.
, 1918-01-24
ANOTHER OLD-TIMER GONE.
John McFarlane, a Resident Of the Val
ley for Over 30 Years, Died Yes
terday at His Ranch Home.

John McFarlane, one of the early
settlers of this region, passed away at
$ 90 o'clock yesterday morning at his
ranch home down the river. II few miles
from Saratoga. His death was indi-
rectly due to hardening of the arteries.
n malady now to physicians as ar
arterio sclerOsis, from which he had
been II sufferer for several years. \
severe cold contracted n short time ago
by Mr.. McFarlane developed into II
form Of pneumonia and his so aggra-
waited his chronic trouble that little re-
lief could be given by his physician.
Mr.. McFarlane and family located
in the Platte valley in 1856, nearly 81
years ago, and had resided here con
tinuously since that time. They emf
grated here from Canada. Deceased
was T3 years of age and leaves n wife
and two sons, Arthur and John, all of
whom reside near Saratoga.
The funeral, according to present
plans. will be held at . 100 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. and Rev. L. ID. Jar
rad will conduct the services. Inter
lei will he in the local cemetery. the
services ut the grave to be in charge
of the local Masonic order, of which
the deceased had been a member for
many years.
, 1918-01-24
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting
of the stockholders of the Saratoga
Commercial Company, of Saratoga.
wyoming, will be held at Stock Grow
ers State Bank, in Saratoga, Wyoming.
at ) O'Clock p. IN. on Tuesday. the 9TH
day of February, 1918, for the purpose
of electing officers for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of such
other business as may legally come be-
fore said meeting.
Dated the 22nd day of January, 1918.
c. c. HICKOK,
Secretary and Treasurer.
, 1918-01-24

even though the evening star does have
to hunt me "A bed sometimes.
THE horse and mule market is good
on the good kind. Now / will soon be
off for the Carolinas for the long
wished-for Don and 'possum hunt, with
the niggers and the lUng-eared hounds
boyhood sport. Il wonder if the
old copper water refiner is still run
ming up on Old Slough Branch, over in
the Old North state?D
Give the boys my best regards. and
the sick have my sincere sympathy.
Good wishes 10 all,
Robert COrpening.''
, 1918-01-24

The American House Manager is
today a member of the army that
is fighting to save democracy in
the world. More than 100000
managers of American homes
have enlisted for the duration Of
the war and pledged themselves to
support the fighting men by the
way they buy, cook and serve food.
Food will win the war, and these
women will help to win 1t. Amer
lea must send food to Europe.
The armies cannot hold out II we
fail to send It. Only certain foods
, 1918-01-24

The Sun can furnish you with the
rinest of engraved stationery, calling
cards, business cards, etc. Call and
see samples.
, 1918-01-24

Use Saratoga advertising stickers.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

Is tho way wars has always bceu
run IN the past and which b. also
the way that Germany tx running her
end OF the war az present. ana that
don't mean that | think soldiers and
statesmen has got anything on busl-
ness men when It comes 10 brains
neither. II soldiers and statcymtn
was To attempt To run tho bufiucss
OF the country now Nn 10y the bust
ness men, Abe instead ~ 20 per
cent failures We would have 90 per
cent and the remaining, per cent
wouldn't be such biz successes
neither"
"Ruuning a business don't call for
so much sumptiuu as all that. Nav.
russ" Abe said Lots uf PEOPLE
In running businesses and making
big money at It too which amt so
good acquainted with the English
language y understand, that II they
could only make a cross instead OF
writing out their names. MlWttisE
II would save them from three "a
five minutes on signing one check
alone"
sure, know. Abe. but not even
Senator Cham mberlnin wants that
kind OF a business man" Morris