American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-06-07
13-YEAR-OLD ROY BOY
BUYS 800 LIBERTY BOND
Is Also Thrift Stamp Investor and
supporter of Red Cross, Making
Wise Use OF Money Earned.

supporter of Red Cross, Making
Wise Use OF Money Earned.
There are very few farmers IN Pow
er county, in Idaho, and in the nation,
who do not realize that it is positive
ly necessary TO till every available
acre to grow food to sustain our army
and the armies of our allies. who are
engaged in the task of freeing the
world from brutal autocracy. There
are few people in Power county, in
/ Idaho, and in the nation, who fail TO
appreciate in fullest measure the ef-
forts the farmers of the land are
making in behalf of the lighting men
at the front in Europe. The forego-
ing is said with reference to the till
ers of the soil who have reached the
estate Of manhood What follows is
said in appreciation of what a lad of
thirteen years is doing in backing up
the lighting men at the front-the
men of France, of England, of Italy,
of America, and of the other nations
who are participating in the struggle
against the mad dog of Europe
Up at Roy, about a mile to the west
of the postoffice, dwells Mrs. Daniel
Reimann on a ranch of 800 acres. Her
son, Henry, is operating the ranch and
as his assistant has engaged his broth
er, Paul thirteen years old. This lad
is regularly engaged as a farm hand
at a stipulated wage, and goes at his
work day after day like any man does
Early in the morning he gets his saddle
horse and gets the string of work
horses in from the pasture, feeds them.
harnesses the bunch, and then takes
them out to the plow in the fields and
starts the days work in earnest It
is true that with some of the larger
horses the little man has to step on
; box to swing the harness on them
I Being of a philosophical turn, the lad
remarked one day to a visitor that the
[ only remedy in sight for this state of
affairs was for him to grow taller as
J. he had noticed that horses rarely grew
= smaller. When anything goes wrong
= with the plow or one of the horses now
and then he has to go for advice and
7 help to his elder brother Minor mis-
9 haps he attends to himself. and he al
= so gives a helping hand in the sharpen
l. inging of the plowshares in the black
/ smith shop of the ranch every other
y evening When the days work in the
l. field is done he brings in his string
OF horses and attends to the unharnes-
n sing himself Other chores incident
20 the farm work take up an hour or
er so, and then comes supper time for
il the little farmer. another hour is
K whiled away in play or reading and
er then the sandman calls and he is off
to sleep.
is When the Third Liberty Loan was
d announced by the government Mrs
Sc Reimann gave Paul $50 and out of
e his wage the lad is giving an equal
10 amount. and he will be the proud pos
p SCISSOR of 500 Liberty Bond of the
w third loan. In addition to the bond
OF he also owns several war savings
T. stamps. bought with his own money
ne In the Red Cross campaign he contri-
II buted his So just like a grown up man
sll and helped to put Roy over the tor
first of all districts in Power county
es incidentally. it may be mentioned
ng right here that from the household oi
ny Mrs. Daniel Reimann the Red Cross
ne obtained 500. which gives an average
ID. donation of So for each member-th'
S. mother. Henry Catherine and Paul
an Miss Catherine also owns a numbe
ID. of war savings stamps, purchased witt
no her earnings.
la' Some time ago Mrs. Reimann re
~ marked to Paul that perhaps sh
As would reside in town in the future an
a. asked him how he would like to live il
~. some town instead of living on
l'e ranch. The lad refused TO entertai
so' the idea for a single minute and dis
=" missed the subject by saying: "A
TO- my brothers are farmers and now yo
want me TO 90 to town and be tramp
didn't the paper just the other day sa
10 that the governor had said that a
c,, loafers in the towns have to go to wOr
"E right away. l do not want to be
loafer and a tramp and l am going
stay on the farm and work. Tn
inu opinion expressed by the lad regar'
au- ing townpeople is not excessively fla
on tering to the dwelers in town or cit
iul- but take it all in all it shows that Pa
IN is made of the stuff which builds nj
tions and makes them strong and e
Vas during The Press wishes for him q
lhg the success there is in this world al
PM hopes that his example will be Il
MI. lowed by every boy in the land.
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