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Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Mrs. NJ. A. Gabler, of Waunita, has
received two letters from her son,
Frank, since he landed in France.
Frank writes very entertainingly of
the trip across, and of the sights to
be seen around the army camp where
his company is now stationed. The
following extracts from his letters
will prove interesting to Gunnison
friends.
France, July 20, 1918.
Dear Folks:
"Over There" at last. l am in the
best of health and spirits. We had
|a great little voyage over. 1t took
US days to make the trip, and Col
umbus wasn't any more pleased to see
land than we were. The 252nd slept
on board the ship the first night here,
and went ashore the next day. As
we marched out here to this camp, the
kids all had their hands out for a pen
NY.
The streets here are narrow and the
houses look queer. : looks as if the
youngest thing here was a couple of
hundred years old. The women all
dress in black, and no one looks hap
py. Four years of war has surely left
its mark on this country.
The fields look good and are well
taken care of. / don't like the brand
OF weather We are having. It's too
much like it was at camp last winter.
1t is a great experience l am hav-
ing. All the U. S. soldiers here are
cheerful lot more than were in the
u. S. This is rest camp that we
are in now. We will move from here
to q training camp.
We passed several punches of Ger
man prisoners on our way here from
the dock. They didn't look very cheer
full. They realize what Germany is
up against.
It is wonderful all the United States
has accomplished in such short time.
The people over there do not appre-
ciate what We have done and are do
ing:
This country is very interesting to
me. ! never get tired looking at things
and asking questions.
I suppose Roy will be sent to Camp
Funston. Tell him to write. l will
write as often as / can. ] suppose it
viii be a long time between letters, as
it is several thousand miles between
here and Parlins. We will have to do
the best we can, and some day we will
have reunion. So with love, viii
close.
France, July %.
Well, here we are again, in the best
Of health and enjoying . bit Of sum
mer weather today. It feels good and
makes the world look brighter. It puts
snap m the boys.
This is certainly busy place. Sol
diers are all that You can see where
ever you look. Everyone is anxious
to get at the job we came over to do.
And they are the boys for the job, too.
After looking over this country .
bit, it is no surprise that war has last
"a four years. The ways Of the peo-
where We hurry, they take their time.
Il won't take rs long to settle this
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
RAILROAD MEN GET AN
OTHER RAISE IN WAGES

Wage increase was approved by
Director General McAdoo on Tuesday
for over 1000, 900 additional railroad
employees. This includes section men
and other track employees, car men,
watchmen, clerks, and other classes Of
railroad employees drawing relatively
ranges from 10 to 30 Der @ cent above
present wages. incidentally, this new
raise will add something around $780,
OO0, 900 to the annual pay roll of the
railroads.
Just who it will AFFECT in Gunnison
railroad circles and how much in
creased pay they will get we are un-
able to determine yet.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

the big wash below Mack was we'll
nigh impossible, it being necessary to
make big detour over rocks and thru
sagebrush to find crossing that could
be negotiated at all by an automobile.
There are other bad roads in Utah, it
is claimed, but the eastern part of the
state takes the persimmons as having
monopoly on the worst roads in the
west. Between San Francisco and
Grand Junction, it is said, the roads
are kept in good condition until Utah
is reached, then it is "grief and hell''
in rotation, said one of the travellers.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
DAN AND GEORGE SUMMERS
ARE AT TRAINING CAMPS

Mrs. Kate Eastman has heard re-
Gently from her brothers, Dan and
George Summers, who are in the SER
vice.
Dan it al Fort Crockett, Galveston,
Texas, in Co. l, at Rifle Range, 9Th
Reg, Marine Barracks. He writes
that they are training very hard, but
thinks the marine branch of the ser
vice best. George w. Summers is with
Co. 8, 18th Reg, End Batl., Marine
Barracks, Quantico, Va. They are
thirteen miles from Washington. He
is delighted with the work and ex-
poets to start for France very shortly.
These boys registered from Huerf-
ano county, but were born and raised
in Gunnison.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENTS
ARE DISCONTINUED FOR
REMAINDER OF We Z

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Volu;-
tary enlistments, except for M
from 46 to Sc years of age, for sts f
corps and departments, was ordered
entirely discontinued by General
March today.
All the recruiting stations were or
dered closed and the enlisted men who
have been serving at the stations were
assigned to other duties.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
MORE YANKEE TRICKERY

New York World
Captain Zimmerman, of the Ger
man General Staff says that we have
been able to send more than a million
troops to France because we put them
in small. swift steamers" that offer
poor marks for U-boats. Steamers
like the German Vaterland, for in
stance. More yankee trickery! We
should build ships of 100000 tons,
running four miles an hour fill them
with troops and advertise sailings in
Berlin. Then We might have a war.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
DISTRICT COURT ADJOURNED
TILL FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH

Only civil cases appearing district
court has not been so busy this week
as usual at the autumn session. The
ditch case of Marlatt VS.. Waters ct
al, involving many Doyleville ditch
rights, has been set for hearing at an
adjourned session starting next week
Friday. At that time a more complete
report of the civil cases will be pub
lished.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Mrs. Herbert Lashbrook and Miss
Winslow left Sunday for LaJara, Colo
rado, to teach there this coming sea-
son. Ashton Winslow took them over
by auto, returning Monday.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Miss Maude Bray and Miss Lizzie
Tarr, went Saturday to Sapinero to be
week end guests of Mrs. Frances Taft
at the ranger station.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
UTAH ROADS A FRIGHT
SAYS GRAND JUNCTION NEWS

Tourists. arriving from the west re-
port the roads between Green River
and the Colorado line in disgraceful
condition. Parties here Monday said
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

To resume her teaching work at
Bowie, Colorado, Miss Clara Haymak-
er departed Saturday morning.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Mrs. Jesse Crooks, of Salida, who
has been visiting for some time with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Wright,
left this week for Sargents, where her
husband is now working.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
JUST AMERICAN

Clipt:-
Just today we chanced to meet,
Down upon the crowded street;
And wondered whence ne came,
What was once his nations name.
So | asked him Tell me true
Are you Pole or Russian Jew,
English, Scotch, Italian. Russian,
Belgian, Spanish, Swiss, Moraviar
Dutch, or Greek or Scandinavian
Then he raised his head so high,
As he gave me this reply,
What | was is naught to me,
In this land of Liberty.
In my soul, as man to man,
l am just American"
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

c. L. Stone, is still in Denver, an,
recovering very slowly from a ba,
case Of bloodpoisoning in his hand
His wife and son Judge Clifford H
Stone are with him.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Gordon Millspaugh, who has enlist
en- in the Merchants Marine Engin-
GERS Corps, left Wednesday morning
for Berkeley, California to enter the
School for Engineers at the Univer-
sity for few weeks before entering
sea service. Gordon is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Millspaugh of our
city, and splendid young man, who
has a brilliant future before him. We
all wish him success.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

While we are getting along with
two pounds of sugar a month, the
French are able to secure but little
over pound month and the Italians
still less. English people so far have
been allowed the same as we are, just
two pounds month.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06

Dick Dean is greeting friends this
week. He is home from the training
camp on a fifteen days furlough.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
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His relatives have received word
announcing the arrival of John II. Ell
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-09-06
FRANK GABLER WRITES OF
ARMY LIFE IN FRANCE

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22

White Goods, Colored Goods for dresses,
underwear, skirts, shirts, etc., for the
whole family, all in short lengths at me
half the actual cost at the mill. .
Sc in. white striped Basket Weave, crepe
effect, cambria, short lengths--.--- 15c yd
Big lot white, dotted swiss, lace cloth,
striped rep, madras, IDENTITY checks, from
27 to SO in. wide, going for Is and zoe yd
Extra good quality, SO in. Percale-- Csc yd
20 in. voiles and 1axons in stripes and
figures zoe yd
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-03-22
NJ E r

Coat Suits-Palm Beach in dark and light
~colors, new styles, going for. SIS and Sc
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Naval Lieutenant Wins Honor.

Although officers In the military
forces Of this country are not allowed
to accept decorations or gifts from for
eign governments, the British admiral
ty has just conferred hOnors upon a
young American officer. To Lieut..
Frank Loftin, U. s. N, on duty on an
American destroyer operating in the
war zone, has been given the distin-
guished service cross. The navy de-
partment announces this recOmmen-
datiOn made through the British am
bassadOr. Loftin was executive Off
Ger of the destroyer, which, with 9TH
ers, was conveying number Of troop
ships, when general quarters was
sounded as a torpedo was sighted COM
ing toward the ship. Sizing up the
situation, he rang to the engine room
for full speed ahead. Getting this, he
altered the ships course and headed
directly for the periscope of the u
boat. Quick maneuvering followed and
q depth charge dropped in the course
Of the submerged enemy sent him out
of sight. Lieutenant Loftin Is from
Tennessee and graduated from the
Naval academy in the class Of 1907.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
BILLIONS WASTED EACH YEAR
That country's Water Power Is So Lit
tie Used Is Reflection or Citi-
zens' intelligence.

In the early days of this country the
grist milL-Was built where there was
water powers and in time other indus.
tries also located there for the same
reason. H. H. Windsor writes in Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine. Many Of our
largest manufacturing cities have
grown up around these grist mills. But
many of the best water powers were
so inaccessible, and the surrounding
country SO unfit for agriculture, that
no mills and towns have ever taken
advantage Of the cheapest mill power
known.
Today, thanks to the electric motor,
transmission lines, and high voltage,
the factory may locate convenient to
transportation and labor, and have the
water power brought to it.
Every "a hours there goes to waste
unused water power equivalent to the
coal energy Of 100000 tons, or $685.
600, 1000 tons each year. At low aver
age of present prices this waste repre-
sents $2,OOO,OO0,OO0 yearly.
Switzerland gets her coal from Ger
many. This year the supply is only
twO-thirds Of requirements, yet Swift
zerland will pay Germany over $4,000
100000 for coal. At the present mo-
ment there are undevelOped water pow
ers in Switzerland amounting to $780,
600 horse power which, with $4,000
horse power already harnessed, would
make Switzerland almost independent
of outside coal supply.
Our own unused water powers remain
undeveloped because the restrictions
our government demands do not appeo'
to private enterprise, which naturally
Is reluctant to invest vast sums under
franchise which may be terminated
ut any time. With the financial burdens
with which our government will
emerge from this war, it will doubtless
be years before congress would feel
justified in apprOpriating the money
necessary to make this development.
1t would seem wise, therefore. rather
than wait an indefinite number Of
years, that franchise Of say so years
should be granted, with privilege Of
taking over the properties at the end
of that time on some basis Of valuation
fair to government and owners. On
such basis development would begin
ut once.
In the meantime the 100000 tons
value Of coal Is rushing to the sea
every "a hours, an absolute waste,
without the slightest benefit to any.
one.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Benefit Of Art Education.

A glimpse at the development OF
.rade in European countries, in which
Industrial art has played such an i'm
portant role, is full of suggestion to us.
When Germany discovered ut the Paris
exposition in 1873 how crude and in
artistic her exhibits were, her greatest
artists, laying aside their easels and
canvases, began designing textiles, wall
paper, furniture and advertisements.
The results of these activities we wit
messed In the German Applied Arts
exhibition held in all our large cities a
few years ago. BY means Of intensive
art education In Prussia the trade
routes Of the world were changed in
favor Of Germany. Trade in toys was
diverted from Switzerland, In printing
materials from England, and in dress
trimmings from France. In France and
England in a similar way trade has
been developed through attention to
art education.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Fish Scale JeWejry,

That there is commercial value in
Inconsidered trifles is shown by a
writer, who says:
"The scales of fish, which are Of util-
ity to the owner during its sojourn in
the Vastly deep, are ignored after cap
ture as good only for the refuse heap.
But it was not ever thus" says an ex-
change. "In days gone by fish scales
possessed a real value, notably those
Of roach, Bleak, dace and whitehall.
solder writer's tell us how the scales
Of these fishes were collected and used
in the manufacture of necklaces, ear
rings and such like ornament. Thames
fishermen used to catch fish, take off
the scales and throw the body back
into the river. A pigment was obtain
ed by treating the scales in certain
fashion, whitehall being the most pop
ular fish used for the purpose. So
great formerly was the demand at
times that the price Of quart Of
fish scales varied from one to five
guineas.
"This treatment Of Ash scales for
making small personal adornments Is
attributed to the French"
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Recalling Early klondike.

Just twenty years ago at this time,
Joaquin Miller, being a true prospec-
tor, miner, and all around adventurer,
as well as poet Of nature, Joined
thousands Of others on the long trail
to the Klondike, and wrote back that,
although his party, was supposed to be
one Of the first to start, on its arrival
$500 claims had already been record.
ed. 1t has always been a mystery how
news Of the discovery Of gold in the re-
motest regions Is carried broadcast
over the face Of the earth. Where
Joaquin Miller expected to find the
quiet Of his own Sierras, he found pop
ulous towns and camps, and was SO
disappointed by the discovery and that
he at once took the long trail back.
The great majority Of those whom he
left behind returned more leisurely, but
they are nearly all back now.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Pity for Unmarried

When we consider the ordinary lives
Of unmarried men, we. must give them
our pity, for they have deprived them
selves of anxiety, says w. L. George, in
Harper's Magazine. Nearly all earn
as much as they need, and nearly all,
in their isolation and purposelessness,
learn to need all that they earn.
Their work done, their pockets full
enough, there is no mortgage on their
time, no compulsion as to their resi-
dence, no demand that they should in
terest themselves in the occupations
or ideas of wife, or child or friend
in anything, indeed, except themselves.
limited field for ones interest, for
soon one can know ones self too well,
and intimacy may breed contempt.
Marriage releases you from the un-
real by giving you many real things
to think about, by satisfying your need
for association with the solid earth.
That need satisfied, your spirit II free
to wander In the unreal, In abstract
thought, in artistic desire, instead Of
being bound by the continual aspiration
of the unmarried to the real things
they do not possess.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
| DAD(Y'S[Y[N1N(|
| lA|RY Tale
TRUE DOG STORY.
s. MAM @ABA1BQ QyveR

'There was once very small dog
said Daddy, "whO was named Trolley"
"What funny name for dog!" ex-
claimed Nick.
did his mistress love to ride in the
trolley?" asked Nancy.
'His MISTRESS" said Daddy, ''lived
far out in the country. In the distance
twice a day she could see the smoke
from the engine which carried the long
train of cars flying past her part of the
country. They never stopped, and they
were some distance off.
1T was about ten miles to the near
est station and If anyone wanted to
take the train a drive had to be taken
first. This was quite few years ago.
"About two years ago big men drove
through the country in automobiles
and they stopped and talked and ask
ed questions of the people along the
countryside.
"'What could it mean?' asked the
mistress of the future Trolley. She
was a little old lady and she lived all
by herself.
"Some neighbors came to her soon
after that and they told her that the
big men were thinking of having a
trolley run through their part of the
country.
at will pass our very front yard
one of the neighbOrs said.
"Now many people said they thought
it would spoil the beautiful country to
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16

tion dates back to Berthold Won Zah-
rigen, who in the year 1901 erected
there a stronghold. Since the early
days Of the fatal month of August,
1914, and especially again in the last
few months, it has been frequently
referred to as "The City of Dlplo-
mats" for there are now more diplo-
mats. special ENJOYS, peace apostles
(and also spies are plentifuD In
Berne than there ever was in any
other city in the world. Berne has
come to be considerd as the most prob
able place for the conference which
will follow the war.
The keen recognition that the coun-
try lay in the midst of nations that
never have, lived in neighborly love
made Switzerland for centuries a mill
tary country, although the conscription
law now in force does not date back
beyond the revolution Of 1S4S.
Even in its military relations the
country is truly democratic, because it
has no standing army, for no canton
may have more than 300 armed men
permanently; yet 1t has a militia sys-
tenn, by which every man between the
ages Of eighteen and fifty-two years
Is in one or another of the. classes
likely to be called to the colors, and
the mere training begins when the
boys attend school, for from the early
age of seven the Swiss boy is taught
to hold rife and to shoot 1t, too.
The value Of the training and the
system which has been in force in
Switzerland since the last military up
heaval in Europe in 1S4S was strongly
shown when war began in August,
1914. It was Switzerland which first
mobilized her troops. She had large
bodies of men on her frontiers even
before France had mobilized complete
ly and even before the German mob
ilization, with all it's perfection of eff
cheney, was accomplished.
For the next six months the forces
on her frontiers were constantly
strengthened until there are now per-
haps 100000 men Of all arms defend
ing Switzerland's democracy.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16
Latest In Artificial Eyes.

To make an artificial eye practically
tndistinguishable is the aim of Brit
ish army surgeon who is experimenting
with a ball made Of cartilage as a
substitute for metal or glass one. A
sphere Of such construction when put
in place establishes connections with
blood vessels and the surrounding tis-
Sues When thus fixed in the cavity
1t Is supposed to be capable Of move
ment corresponding to that of a nor
NAL eye and Furthermore fills the space
so that there is no depression, as is in
variably the case where shell is used.
Although time must yet prove the prac-
ticability Of the scheme, there is rea-
son to expect that the war has brought
forth ansther triumph in plastic sur
gery.-.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-16

Even more than in Germany Is the
army part of the daily life Of the
Swiss.
With this spirit Of militarism a part
of the daily national life there is moth
ing of militarism in the attitude Of the
people, because all the preparation and
system Of training is purely for de-
fense and not for aggression. At the
same time it is believed that the train
ing given boys and men Is of the great
est service in raising the standard Of
the Swiss manhood and in improving
the health Of the whole population.
Nothing Is wasted in this land Ct
thrift, and the old remark of the hum
orist that nothing escapes the Chicago
pork packer but the squeal could not
be truthfully said of the Swiss efforts
toward efficiency. 1t Is doubtful II
even the squeal would be wasted.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1917 has
been awarded to the international Red
Cross committee in Geneva. This COM
mittee has, since the outbreak of the
war, thanks to the Swiss and untiring
efforts of its president, Gustave Ador,
lately elected federal counselor and
chief of the political department of
the Swiss Confederation, achieved such
remarkable and enviable success
that Switzerland today Is generally re-
ferred to, as Mr.. Stovall, the United
States ambassador to Switzerland.
himself said, as the "Good Samaritan"
The most remarkable of all the vari-
GUS humanitarian undertakings in the
world war, organized by this commit
tee, is the agency for prisoners Of war
at Geneva. The huge amount Of work
performed by this institution and
other benevolent organizations In
Switzerland is reflected by the latest
report given out by the Swiss postal
authorities. This shows that since the
beginning Of the war until the end of
October, 1917, 334, ,772,OS1 letters and
postcards and 62,21O,645 small parcels
have been taken over and reforwarded
to the prisoners Of war Of both bel
ligerent groups held In the various
countries.