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Soldier Boys Letters
Camp Kearney, Calf
Ian 13 1918

Jan l5, 1915
The People of Cheyenne Wells:
I will take this opportunity to
acknowledge the receipt of the
Merry Christmas from the people
of my home town. 1t gave me
great pleasure to think and to
realize that the people at home
are sometimes thinking of the
boys at the front. Life in the
army is so different from life at
home, to really comprehend what
real army life is. and an express
sion of appreciation like this from
the people at home to the boys
at the from for the work they
are doing, goes a long way with
a soldier. Well, maybe you are
interested III what we are doing,
we have learned to soldier pretty
we'll by this time, but it takes
two years to make a real fight
ing machine, in comparison we
are doing pretty well.
The part relating to what they
doing are have omitted.
AS far as l am concerned, I
like the army pretty well, that is
now after have learned to SOL
dier. but 'oh, you rookie" before
you learn it. Talk about a fresh
man and his green cap in college
he has a soft and easy job conf
pared to a rookie. There is an
old unwritten law in the army
that says. we will either drill you
or kill you, and the man that in
vented that expression was no
liar. We are getting so much of
this soldering drilled into our
systems that we are afraid that
, when the war is over we will be
unable to follow the side walk
without somebody to yell right
and left turn" to US. l would
like to say to the boys that have
not yet been called, just hold
your horses awhile. They are
preparing a place for you right
now. 1t is almost finished and
you are next. And. ''oh, you
! rookie" for five whole months.
We have one more lesson to
learn. Nothing is certain to the
private soldier. he may move in
the morning and he may not
move for a month. he little knows
and he little cares. / know this
letter is rather late. but soldier
can't write when he wants to. he
| must write when he gets a chance
l wish to thank the people of
Cheyenne Wells for remembering
he boys at the front in this way,
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FOR SALE-2GO acres Kiowa
county, legal description. north
200 acres section 10 township II
south range 43. opposite school.
Cash price. $1,000 VIM Leslie.
Anaheim. Calf. 443t
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The presidents peace program
as he presented it to congress on
January 9th, will repay the most
careful study.
like the way the president
marslia!ed his terms. emphas;z-
ing the essentials-the things
without which we cannot have
an enduring peace:
First-The abolition of secret d.
piomacy.
Second Freedom of the seas.
Third-Unrestricted trade among
the nations.
Fourth-Disarmament.
There are ten otherl but the
above are the foundation stones.
Without them wars may he post
poned but can not be prevented.
With them Civilization and Chris
tianity will have an opportunity
10 Go li,eif beneficial work among
all races of mankind.
Rotten diplomacy, brutal mill
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an extra equality and conscript
both for the defense of the nation
TRAINING SOLDIERS
WIDOWS.
The British government an
nounces that it is preparing a
scheme under which widows of
soldiers and sailors will receive
training in occupations which
will make them partially, if net
wholly, self-supporting.
This is an excellent idea and un
doubtedly will be adopted by this
country should the occasion de-
velop. We have the most gen.
erous pension system in the
world, but something more is
needed.
The British plan provides that
"the training must be for the
best interest of the applicant,
regard being had for the pension
to which she may be entitled and
her domestic circumstances. De
termining factors will also be her
age, education, previous ocupat-
ion and apparent adapta5ility
ana her prospects of success in
augmenting her income. A
course of training will not be con
sidered advisable where there
are children under 16 years of
age unless adequate provision is
made for their care during the
mothers abse nee.
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RECOVERING NIAGRA
FALLS.

<AAA1N0s
The Secretary of War has an
nounced that he will commander
all the power plants at Niagra
Falls nd use the power for the
manufacture of munitions.
This calls renewed attention to
one of the boldest steals in the
n.s.ory of this country. Great
Britain and the United States en-
tered into a treaty by which acer
tain amount of water in the Nj
agra river might be diverted for
power purposes. The water d.
verted on the American side be-
longed as matter of course. to
the American people.
Certain powerful interestsl Sc
cured a Temporary permit" to
develop the power. They did not
agree to pay penny for the priv
Hedge and when the permit ex-
pired they cajoled the secretary
Iof war int renewing it. Then
some one pointed out that the
secretary was without authority
| to grant further renewals. This
was something of a shock but. the
power companies quickly recov-
cred and proceeded to calmly
take. without shadow of legal
right, the most valuable power
site in the world.
Now the government comman-
deers its own property and will
probably pay a handsome sum
for the privilege of using its own
water. Isn't that a pretty situa-
tior?
THE STEEL TRUSTS LATEST
Judge Gary, head of the Steel
Trust, announces that in order
to win this war we must import
hundreds of thousands OF. Chinese
and Japanese coolies to work on
the farms and in the factories.
Already members of Congress
are beginning to. receive appeals
urging favorable considerations
for Gary's suggestion; and will
be surprised if certain newspa-
pers and magazines do MT join
in the propaganda.
Gary and his associates want
cheap labor. Just now they are
compelled to treat their workman
with a great deal Of consideration
and pay them generous wages.
OF course their net profits this
last year exceeded five hundred
millions. but they are not satisfi-
ed. They want more. and in Or
der to get it they are willing to
fill the country with mongolians.
l do not believe Congress will
listen to Gary but it is just as
we'll that the people know what
J,1v,oa .rop tlopoon orE. Dlannino
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Washington Letter
BY Edward Heating

Congressman from the third Colorado
district.
The Woman's suffrage amend
ment swept the house Of Repre-
sentatiyes or January 10th by a
vote of 274 TO 1876. A change of
two vo would have defeated the
amendment, which under the
constitution required two-thirds
majority.
Forty-,iyht hours before the
vote was taken those who were
leading the fight for suffrage ad-
mitted to their friends that the
issue was in doubt.
I'VE must have ten or fifteen
more votes" they said. ''The
south is standing like a stone
wall against us. Who can break
through the barrjer?"
President Wilson was known
to be friendly, although he had
always urged action through the
states rather than the nation.
The women appealed to him to
make public declaration of the
views he had privately pressed
and without hesitation he COM
piled.
The presidents action was not as
effective as many had hoped it
would b.. The great majority of
southerners refused to come over
but a sufficient number changed
front to give the Suffragists VIC
tory. The amendment now goes
to the Senate and with the presi-
dents assistance the wome II
hope to win.
A WONDERFUL FIGHT.
The success of the suffrage
movement is one of the interest
ing phenomena of American poll
tics. Five years ago I saw mobs
of. loafers endeavor to break up a
suffrage parade on Pennsyl-
vania avenue while the police
stood by grinning their approval.
Within the last few months have
watched cabinet officers elbowing
senators and diplomats in their
,eagerness to do honor to the wom
en- who are leading the movement
The change in sentiment is due
the splendid work of the Nation
al Woman's Suffrage association
led by DR.. Anna Howard. Shaw
and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
They have labored under severe
handicap. The greatest of these
was the band of wild women who
insisted on picketing the White
House The officers of the natl
.onal association repeatedly con-
dem ned the militants and pointed
out that they represented a very
small fraction of the suffragists.
It seemed impossible. however,
to make members of Congress
understand. The moment one
mentioned suffrage they would
begin harping on the idiocy of
picketihg.
The situation would probably
never hive been cleared mp if it
had not been for the president
and the members of his cabinet
The foiIie, of the 'pickets" new
blinded Wilson for a moment to
the jus ice of the suffrage cause
and " hen the psychological nc
ment" arrived he acted.
EXPLOITING PATRIOTISM.
During debate in the House
a few days ago it developed that
an army officer had patented the
service flag" which is being dis
played from thousands of homes,
churches and business institut.
ions.
Every time a service flag" i:
sold this thrifty warrior collects
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S@sA 't'''i .Nfihs. x fNSuf NOiAtASa SieAA
ism az me vile trinity response
bic for this war. Ali may be des-
troyed if the Presidents program
is satitisd ~ the belligerenI ma
tons.
The revolutionary government
of Russia performed a great work
when it mabe public the secret
treaties entered into by the g
zar's ministers with the repre-
sentatives of various nations. No
ruler should be permitted to bar
gain away the lives and for
tunes of people without the
Knowledge and consent of those
affected. The treaty which can
not be published should never be
signed.
LIBERTY BONDS MANIPU-
LATD.
Patriotic" Wall Street is man
ipulating Liberty Bonds so as to
compel the government to pay
a higher rate of interest. just
now the bonds are below par, al
though they are drawing four per
cent and are backed by all the
wealth of this country.
This state Of affairs should not
be tolerated. Various remedies
have been suggested but one of
my friends in Colorado has sent
me a plan which l believe would
place the bonds at par and keep
them their indefinitely.
make the next issue of bonds
legal tender, writes mj corres-
pondent, and fix the interest
rates at A per cent-the interest
feature being operative only
when the bond is deposited and
registered in Federal Reserve
bank for period of not less than
ninety days.
Under this system, the man
who owned Liberty Bond could
use it just as he would bank
note of the same denomination,
for it would be receivable for all
debts, public and private. When
he used it in this way it would
not draw interest, 1t he wanted
the interest he would register the
bond thus withdrawing it from
circulation.
The only argument against the
plan is that it. would lead to in
1l;ttion but that objection has lit
tie value. Bond issues, as now
financed. caused widespread in
fiation, for purchasers may bor-
row at least,l5 per cent of the
face value of the bond. Under
my plan the bond holder would
lose his interest when he used
his bond as legal tender and bus
mess prudence would lead to the
registration of the bonds.
1.-The big thing is, the bonds
would never be below par. Wall
street could NOT depress legal
tender bonds any more than it
could force twenty-dollar gold
pieces below par"
tn E DOLLAR AS A SLACK
Err.
! The suggestion is well worthy
of consideration. The problem
of financing the war is becoming
increasingly diffic'1lt and the dol
lar is displaying more and pore
of a disposition to play the part
of a Stacker.
Wall Streets agents in Was h.
ington insist that we must not
impose more taxes on wealth and
they continue to demand bond
issues on their own terms.
We are told by the military au
thor. ties that we must send at
least 5000. 000 men to Europe.
There they are to fight and per-
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Congress will probably enact a
law providing for a service flag
which cannot be patented and
which. like the Stars and Stripes
will be the property OF all the
people.
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Notice to appear for
Physical Examination.

The following AIMED persons
are hereby notified that they are
hereby called for military service
by the Cheyenne county local
board for physical examination
on January %, 1918, at 9 A. M.
Ralph Hill
Sidney L. Wilson Jr
Peder J. Johnson
Chester Anderson
II v Smart
Roy E Ashley
John o Gahagen
Hugo Lenz ..na
Carl L johnson
L L Eldridge
Chas. r Ayars
Roy Hill
r NJ Lenihan
Vim A Peterson
Earl Schloterback
Guy Hatcher
Jacob ,Hollander
Ernest johnson
On January 20, 1918
At 8 o'clock, A. NJ.
d L Graham
q G Schenck
Leo w Cummins
II Z Ross t- -a.
Clifford Grove
jus. G Sealey
Robert r Padgett
Earl + Clossen
Archie Wilson
Jas. j. Benton
Arden L Richards
Ulysses G Collins
VIM. B Wood
J. X. J. Hayes
Anton Simonek
John j Piper
John f Matthews
Homer H Huffuker
Carl f Klitzing
Jesse Waddle
Leander l. Schumacher
VIM. w Walker
VIM. a Olin
Clifford G Cummings
Pablo Martinez
Jacob Hope
Lewis Marolf
y X Hutchison
Jake VIM. Priddy
Enos Vim. Bunker
Joseph Reuste
lewis ] Schenck
Robert + Dick
Mario NJ Zickefoose
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place the man and the dollar on
an extra equality and conscript
both for the defense of the nation
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BUY WAR STAMPS AND SAVE.
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or the battle front in France
The boys are certainly doing some
eecd shooting Some Of them arr
making exceptionally high scores.
There seems TO be quite a friendly
rivalry between the different com
ponies. regiments and brigades. both
Z markmansh,- and athel,ic sports
There are two brigades at Camp
Travis. l7sth. known as the Okla
hcma Brigade" and iSoth as the Tex
brigade
The records seem to show that the
Oklahoma brigade is in the lead in
tsrget rractice as well as athletics
Company c. which is part of the
Oklahoma brigade. has led all other
com aanies which makes It the cham
p'on company OF the camp. Most
cf the boys from Logan county belong
10 this company, which is quite a dis
tinction considering the record It has
made Potawatomle county Is also
we'll repre- 7entel in this company
Trey are certainly fine fellows and
We should be proud Of all OF them
The soldiers are lavish in their
praise OF the commanding Officers and
especially was this noted in the case
o. Captain shelton in command Of
Comrany {. who seems to have won
the hearts % AL the boys and they
are ready to go over the top for
him on any -roposition,
Much has been said and written
al out conditions in army camps but
q far as ! was able 10 observe do
rot see how they could be improved
very much II Is true the tents out
on the rifle range are a l'ttle crowd
90. but as the boys are only there
for short periods and the warm wea-
iher admits of plenty of ventilation
there need be no fear of any serious
results
The food at both camps is the very
best, well cooked and plenty OF IL. |,
ate real white bread and il tasted
mighty good to me after living on
half and half.
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EFFICIENCY is SLOGAN OF TIE
LOGAN COUNTY BOYS AT cAmo
TRAVIS
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Infantry, and who ike number OF
othor boys from Logan county and
other parts Of the United States rs
doing his best TO prepare himself for
the task OF helping WIN the war
Camp Travis is three miles out from
San Antonio and at the time OF my
visit the boys were out on the rifle
range.
A dollar paid for a reserved seat in
Ford and was soon on my way
over 25-mile stretch Of macadam
and asphal, road to the rife range in
the hills, The road Is built BY the
government. Here | found the boys
doing the things that make them real
soldiers.
They thought Il a joke and didat
think ! could stand the trip. when |
proposed going with them marching
here and there through the hills as
tl.ey worked out the different Trob-
lens in target practice In this they
we're mistaken for at seven o'oolck
when We arrived in camp was still
able to hold u a mess kit. as stood
In line TO receive one Of Uncle Sans
ratlons.
You see made this trip to sec
-Tmy life in a training camp and in
9rdor 20 get the proper viewpoint
; ate. slept and marched with the
cys and Il seemed 10 please them.
There were eighteen companies al
ractice when they all got into ae-
m. A person could imagine he was
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GRAPHIC STORY OF TURKISH
oUTRA6ss TOLD BY ussHer

CONTINUED FROM FACE oSED
con yesterday and was quizzed by the
Rotarians
In his address last night ne related
narrowing tales OF Turkish outrages.
how mea. women and children were
killed: how girls OF eight and women
Of - were violated: how Armenian
girls just home from the college.
were stripped naked and marched fo-
hundreds of miles in below zero weath
er XII the Christians was tae
Mshometam cry. And while the bar
barities Of the Turks was bad enough
the outrages OF the Turks under Ger
man officers vas worse
DIR Usher said six thousand Ar
menian orphans we're now herded n
a field eating grass For these be
asked relief from America
We must e; millions of men 10
the vest front a. once sid Dr rssa-
er I'VE can never win the var unfl
he Huns are driven back to the Ger
nan borders predict the war VII f
as. two years longer During the I
'ast two months America has rusN.a i
hip building and our men are going
'ver. u viii take Americans 10 wia /
he war
Dr. FISHER told the story % Turkish 4
directed by German off,
srs. a. he witnessed 4 in Arner.,.
nd 70 raise funds for the relief os a.
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ncr a Northern state but one Of tn,
states Of the Union Its ring shoulc
.e true Ame-icanism Its educ atlona
r'i houid not De sectional but Na
oaal.
That we pledge to the state Repub-
hcan central committee our loyal
sur Or In the coming campaign. with
shs injunction that harmony prevail
IL the coansels Of the mighty. for
without harmony there car be no re-
sui, other than Democratic majorl,ies
nd resulting misgoyernment
That we endorse as the Republican
candidate for governor our fellow
tcwnsnan. Senator John Golo5ie.
knowing hat III this momentous per
led OF the worlds history We must
have az the governor OF our state
E,an OF great yiiion and high charac-
ter for the grave responsib llties Of
that office.
That in local county affairs we urge
upon Republican county officials the
duty Of continued efficiency and care.
ful economy in the office which they
conduct That 81 may be A perpetual
example 10 the citizens OF the state.
as compared with the extravaganza
of Democratic state officials: the
making of as low estimates as posi-
ble for the carrying on OF county
aCyeTnment so that any surplus funds
no, necessary for taxation may be
used In the support OF the war. and
that the burden Of taxation may be
rhtened on the 7eople
That We endorse nation wide prohi
aii on during this war in order to
'ateglard our soldiers and sailors and
re homes for which they are fight
ag
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HUN GETS A MEDAL

Amsterdam, May l4-Professor Ha-
ber- head OF the chemical research
institute Of Berlin. has Just been
awarded the Bunsen medal for a lee
ture on the Relation hip Of the Ex-
act Sciences to Militarism." The
medal. It is stated. is no longer made
Of gold but "ot the best German
steel. as IS appropriate to the times "
The lecturer argued that the war
has established the necessity for the
closest cooperation between men of
science and military organizers and
leaders. He said that this co-orer-
alton will be necessary as long as
war remain necessary. and that will
he for a long time"
Describing the development OF the
use OF gas In warfare. Professor Ha-
ber said: Gas attacks arose on both
sides out OF the requirements Of the
situation. Throughout history. at
iempts have always been made 10
smoke out the enemy when a war has
become stationary The reason why
the use OF gas / d'slikad by our enc
niles IS that the use of projections
against gas attacks calls for a special
measure Of discipline and intelligence
n the common soldier"
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San Francisco. MAY 1.-THE Saints
b. praised For the Saints may
preserve u" after all At the Ma
rre barracks. Mare Island. Cal. five
rien with saints names for cogno-
Z ems are bearing arms and present
five good reasons VIII the kaiser Is
. the wrong
These men are Arthur G 81 James
o. Denver; Edward 81 Luke OF Chey-
enne, NTyo Oryille 81 John Of Seattle.
Wash Henry r 81 Peter of Kansas
City. No. and Arthur T ST Matthew
oi Spokane. Wash
Each of these men Is considered a
lucky buck" in the marine corps. ow-
i.z 20 their names
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side. and the Caucasian Tartsrs are
making unfriendly demonstrations on
the other British forces are still TOO
far south 70 be % any aid. aud there
Is nothing for /. TO do Or Ussher says
bui to fight fer themselves as best
hey may without equipment or men.
Should the combination or the Turks
and Tartar forces be effected success
fully. there is no hope for the futher
existence OF the Armenian race. Us
sfer's talks are challenge 20 the
practical Christianity OF Armenlans.
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BIG RUSSIAN DEFICIT OF COURSE

New York, May i4-Announcemeni
that there would be a deficit Of sew
eral hundred million marks in the
prussian budget tor 1915 was made in
the Prussian house OF deputies re-
emily by Minister Of Finance Hertz.
sccording 70 the Cologne Gazette.
Our people must fully realize the
seriousness % the situation he aid
The restoration Of the railroads will
cost billions. canal proecis are being
discussed which also involve billions
! will not indulge in absurdities. Tax
retes Of - .er cent have been men
toned. I con sider tax rates Of -
Der cent 10 . per cent as absolute
Is unbea rabie~
He said that talk that incomes
would be taxed 45 per cent had csus-
ed great alarm through the country
AID tha; he deemed such rates a.
absurd.
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100000 destitute Armenians, who, he
says, are dying daily OF starvation
Thirty million dollars IS needed o
keep these people alive Dr Ussher
says, and only nine million have beea
raised to date.
Four hurired thousand Of these
starving people are orphan children,
and the remainder mostly women ana
children without male suppon.
Two hours after Dr USHER left his
home in Van, It was blown TO pieces
by Turkish guns His books and his
household goods were all lef, as they
were. SO urgent was the haste OF tha
family to escape
Or USHER states that the Turkish
civilian population is in every way
friendly TO such Americans as are n
their country, and are themselves as
ssssrlg in the work OF restoration
among the remnant Of the people
whose men they massacred and wno,e
Young women they carried into siav-
ery Only the army. differed in large
part by Germans. and controlled who.
~ by German policy. continues its
work Of destruction and raplne.
Fear determination Of Race.
At the present moment there Is
great fear amgg the Armenians ami
Syrians that the remainder OF the race
will be exierminated completely. The
Turks are pressing forward on one