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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

n pier and disemharked I had ut.
tanned another one of my ambitions.
l was somewhere In France" We,
slept in the open that night on the side
of the road. About six the next morn
ing we We're ordered to entran.
looked around for the passenger
coaches, but all could see on the sid
ing were cattle cars. We climbed into
these. ON the side of each car was
sign reading "IIommes 10. Cheveuux
g." When we got inside of the cars.
we thought that perhaps the sign
painter had reversed the order OF
things. After IS hours in these trucks
we detrained at Rouen. At this place
we went through an intensive training
FOR ten days.
The training consisted of the rudl-
ments of trench warfare. trenches
had been dug. with barbed wire en-
tanglements, bombing saps, dugouts,
observation posts and machine gun EN-
placements. We were given smat-
tering of trench cooking, sanitation,
bomb throwing. accommodating, listen
ing posts, constructing and repairing
barhed wire, carrying In" parties
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03
HIGHWAY WORK MUST &c
PUSHED AS A WAR MEASllR RE

Every move to lessen the amount OF
highway work in this country is a
move against our ability TO win the
war.
Indeed, every effort Of this kind,
whether done by the National Govern
ment or by others, would be as unwse
as has been the policy of the Govern
ment for many years in railroad mat
tiers, which has now brought about
the collapse Of the railway systems
of the country and their utter inabil-
ity to handle the nations traffic. Rail
road transportation has largely brok-
en- down. II cannot for years To come
be developed sufficiently to meet our
actual needs during the war. 1t be-
comes imperative, therefore, that mo-
tor-truck transportation of freight and
automobiles for passenger work must
be developed on very large scale.
There is no other way possible TO help
TO supplement the railroad situation
so quickly available as this.
1t is true that water transportation
must be developed by barges and
steamers in the interior and by sail
ing vessels and barges and every
other available boat along the coast.
But highway transportation by motor
trucks and automobiles is vital to the
nations existence. This statement,
as strong as it may seem, is neverthe-
less true. If transportation complete
ly breaks down, we cannot win the
war. and transportation is in a les
perately bad way and is steadily
growing worse, for even if the rail
roads could catch up with the present
congestion, they are overworl.ing
their engines, their cars and their
roadbeds, and thus eXhausting their
physical condition.
Highway building becomes more
and more important to national life in
this time of war, and every movement
made by the Government to cut out
the handling of highway mate ais
cannot be classed otherwise Than
shortsighted and dangerous. We
must build more highways of the
most substantial character, and We
must keep up to the highest measure
Of efficiency existing highways, aud
not day is TO be lost in doing this
work, for every day lost viii count
against us.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

came four thousand miles from Ogden,
Utah, just outside of New York, To
fight for your king and country. Don't
be Stacker, buck up and get into uni
form; come over to the recruiting Of
flee and I'll have you enlisted"
He yawned and answered, 81 don't
care If you came forty thousand miles,
no one asked you to-" and he walked
on. The girl gave me sneering look;
I was speechless.
recruited for three weeks and near
ly got one recruit.
This perhaps was not the greatest
stunt in the world, but II got back at
the officer who had told me, ayes. we
take anything over here" I had been
spending good lot Of my recruiting
time In the saloon bar of the Wheat
Sheaf pub (there was very attractive
blonde barmald, who helped kill time
I was not as serious In those days rs
l was n little later when ] reached
the front)-well II was the sixth day
and my recruiting report was blank.
| was getting low In the pocket-bar-
maids haven't much use for anyone
who cannot buy drinks-so I looked
around for recruiting material. You
know man on recruiting service gets
"bob" or shilling for every recruit
he entices into joining the army, the
recruit is supposed to get this but he
would not be recruit If he were wise
to this fact, would he?
Down at the end of the bar was a
young fellow In mufti who was very
patriotic-he had about four "O!d
Six" ales aboard. He asked me II ne
could join, showed me his left hand,
two fingers were missing but | said
that did not matter as 1--WE take any
thing over here" The left hand Is
the rifle hand as the piece Is carried
at the slope on the left shoulder. Near
ly everything In England Is "by the
left" even general traffic keeps to the
port side.
took the applicant over to head
quarters, where he was hurriedly ex-
nmined. Recruiting surgeons were
busy in those days and did not have
much time for thorough physical exam
nations. My recruit was passed as
aft" by the doctor and turned over 10
corporal to make note of his scars.
was mystlfied. Suddenly the cOrpo-
raj burst out with, "Blime me- two Of
his fingers are gone Turning to me
he said, you certainly have your
nerve with you, not 'alf you amt, 20
bring this beggar in"
The doctor came over and exploded,
"What do you mean by bringing in a
man In this condition.
Looking out of the corner Of my eye
/ noticed that the officer who had re-
cruited me had Joined the group, and
! / could not help answering. well, sir,
I was told that you took anything over
here"
| think they called II Yankee i'm
pudence," anyhow II ended my recruit
Ing.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

enlisted. Why don't you join7 Now
Is the time
"Thls argument ought To get many
recruits, Empey, so go out and see
what you can do"
lie then gave me small rosette Of
red. white and blue ribbon. with three
little streamers hanging down. This
was the recruiting insignia and was
to be worn on the left side of the cap.
Armed with u swagger stick and my
patriotic rosette, | went out into Tot
tenham Court road in quest of cannon
fodder.
Two or three poorly dressed civil
ians passed me-. and although they APP
peared physically ut. 7 said to myself,
"They don't want to join the army
perhaps they have someone dependent
on them for support" so l did not ac-
cost them.
Coming down the street saw a
young dandy. top hat and all. with a
fashlonably dressed girl walking be-
side him. muttered, "You are my
meat" and when he came abreast of
me | stepped directly in his path and
stopped him with my swagger stick
saying:
'"You would look fine in khaki why
not change that top hat for stee
helmet? Aren't you ashamed Of your
self, II husky young chap like you IL
mufti when men are needed in the
trenches? Here | am, an American
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

10 his desk. I Immediately followed
this action by throwing the kilograms
into the wastebasket. Then we looked
mt each other in silence. He was
squlrming in his chair and l felt de-
pressed and uneasy.
The telephone rang and / answered
Ii. 1t was Il business call for me, re-
questing my services for an out-Of-
town assignment. Business was not
very good, so this was very welcome
After listening to the proposition
seemed to be Swayed by peculiarly
strong force within me, and answered
IL am sorry that cannot accept your
offer, but / am leaving for England
next week" and hung up the receiver,
The lieutenant swung around In his
chair, and stared at me In blank aston
ishment. A sinking sensation came
over me, but / detiantly answered his
look with, "Well, it's so. I'm going"
And went.
The trip across was uneventful. !
landed at Tilbury, England, then got
into string Of matchbox cars and
proceeded 10 London, arriving there
about 10 p. m. took room in hotel
near St. Pancras station for Ave and
six-fire extra" The room was minus
the fire, hut the extra" seemed to
keep me warm. That night there was
Zeppelin raid, but didn't see much
OF 1t, because the slit in the curtains
was too small and had no desire to
make II larger Next morning the tel
ephone bell rang, and someone asked
"Are you there?' | was, hardly. Any
way, | learned that the Ieps had re-
turned 10 their fatherland so ] went
out into the street expecting TO see
scenes of awful devastation and cow
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

did not matter. on one side of the
disk was Inscribed your rank. name,
number and battalion, while on the
other was stamped your religion.
&. of H., meaning Church of Eng
land II. c., Roman Catholic; W.. Wes-
leyan; T., Presbyterian; but IL YOU
happened To be an atheist they left II
blank. and Just handed you pick and
shovel. ON my disk was stamped G. of
II. This is how | got Il: The licuten-
ant who enlisted me asked my religion,
was not sure of the religion of the
British army. so answered, "Oh, any
old thing" and he promptly put down
G. of II.
Now, just imagine my hard luck. Out
of five religions l was unlucky enough
to pick the only one where church
parade was compulsory
The next morning was Sunday. I
was sitting in the billet writing home
to my sister telling her of my wonder
full exploits while under flrc--all re-,
cruits do this The sergeant major put
/ his head In the door of the billet and
shouted: &C. of Il. outside for church
puradcw
/ l kept on writing Turning to me. In.
n loud voice, he ,ked, 'Empey, aren't
you G. of 81"
l answered, "Yep."
In an angry tone, he commanded,
"Dont you yep me. Say, Yes. SER
gesnt major"
81 did so. Somewhat notified, he
ordered, "Outside for church parade"
looked up and answered, 81 am
not going to church this morning."
He said. "Oh, yes, you are"
answered ooh, no, I'm not But
went.
We lined up outside with rifles and
bayonets, 100 rounds Of ammunition,
wearing our tin hats, and the march
to church began. After marching about
five kilos, we turned of the road into
an open field. At one end of this field
the chaplain was standing in Timber
We formed n semiclrcle around him
Overhead there was black speck cir
cling round and round In the sky. This
was German Fokker. The chaplain
had book in his left hand-left eye
on the book-rIght eye on the airplane
We Tommics were lucky, we had M
books, so had both eyes on the air
Y,ane.
After. church parade we were
marched l.sck to our billets, and playe'
football all aitVnoon.
(To be continued
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methods used in attack and defense,
wiring parties, mass formation, and
the procedure for polsOngas attacks.
On the tenth day we again met our
friends "Hommes 40 ChevenuX g."
Thirty-six hours more of misery and
we arrived Mt the town of =.
After unloading our rations and
equipment, we lined up on the road in
columns of tours waiting for the order
to march.
A dull rumbling could be heard. The
sun was shining. / turned to the man
on my left and asked. whats the
noise, Bill? He did not know, but his
face was of pea-green color. jim,
on my right, also did not know, but
suggested that j "awsk" the sergeant.
Coming towards US was nm old griz-
zled sergeant, properly fed up with
the war, so / "awsked" him.
"Think It's going to rain, sergeantT'
He looked at me in contempt, ana
grunted, "'Ow's II a-goin' ter rain with
the boomin' sun a-shinin'T" | looked
guilty.
"Them's the guns up the line, me
lad, and your get enough Of 'em be-
fore you gets back To Blighty."
NY knees seemed to wilt, and
! squcnkcd out a weak "Oh!"
Then we started our march up To the
line in ten-kIlo tricks. After the first
days march we arrived ut our rest
billets. In France they call them rest
billets. because while In them Tommy
works seven days II week and on the
eighth day of the week he Is given
| twcnty-four hours son his own"
Our billet was II spacious affair, q
| large barn on the left side of the road
which had one hundred entrances
ninety-ninc for shells, rats, wind and
| rain, and the hundredth one for Tom
my. | was tired out, and using my
shrapnel-proof helmet (shrapnel proof
until n piece of shrapnel hits 10, OF
| tin hat, for pillow, lay down In the
straw and was soon fast asleep.
must have slept about two hours, whel
| nwoke with II prickling sensation al
over me. As ! thought. the straw haO
worked through my uniform. | wok,
up the fellow lying on my left, who haC
been up the line before, and asked
him:
"Does the straw bother you, mate
It's worked through my uniform and
cant sleep"
In sleepy voice he answered
''That amt straw them's coolies"
From that time ON my friends thu
"cootlrs' were constantly with me.
"Cooties," or body lice, are the bans
of Tommy's existence.
The arStOcraCy of the trenches yer!
seldom call them Coolies" they speal
OF them as fieas.
To an American flea means a SINAI
insect armed with bayonet, who Il
wont 10 jab il into you and then hop
skip and jump To the next place 10 b,
attacked, There is an advantage IL
having tleas on you instead of "cOOties
In that in one Of his extended jump
said flea is liable to land on the fel
low next to you; he has the typica
energy and push of the American
while the "cootic" has the buldGI
tenacity of the Englishman; he hold
on and consolidates or digs in unit
his meal Is finished.
There is no way 10 get rid of then
permanently. No matter how Otter
you battle. and that is not very often
or how many times you change you
underwear, your friends The Coolies
are always in evidence, The billets arr
infested with them, especially SO /
there Is straw on the floor.
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OVID TIT. TOP
81
AN AMERI(AN SOLDIER
WHO WENT g 3
ARIIlUl GUY E;f[pEsY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING N FRANCE-
From Mufti to Khaki.
CHAPTE I.


1t was In an office i'm Jersey CITY.
was sitting at my desk talking to
a lieutenant of the Jersey National
Guard. On the wall was big war
map decorated with variously colored
little flags showing the position of the
opposing armies on the western front
in France. In front of me on the desk
lay New York paper with big flaring
headlines:
LUSITANIA SUNK! AMERICAN
LIVES LOST!
The windows were open and feel
ing of spring pervaded the air.
Through the open windows came the
strains of hurdy-gurdy playing in the
street, Didn't Raise My Boy to BE
Soldier"
"Lusitnnia Sunk American Lives
Lost !"-"I Didn't Raise My Boy to
Be Soldier" To us these did not
seem to jibe.
The lieutenant in silence opened one
of the lower drawers of his desk and
took from 1t an American flag which
he solemnly draped over the war mar
on the wall. Then, turning to me with
a grim face, said:
''How about 1t, sergeant? You haG
better get out the muster roll of tn,
Mounted Scouts, as l think they will
be needed in the course of II few days
We busted ourselves till late in tn,
evening writing out emergency tele
grams for the men to report when the
call should come from Washington
Then we went home.
crossed over to New York, and q!
went up Fulton street to take tn,
subway to Brooklyn, the lights in tn,
tall buildings of New York seemed t,
be burning brighter than usual, as 1
they, too, had read "Lusitania Sunk
American Lives LOST" They seemed
to be glowing with anger and righteous
indignation, and their rays wigwagget
the message, "Repay"
Months passed. the kilograms lynn
handy, but covered with dust. Then
one momentous morning the lieutenan
with sigh Of disgust removed tn
flag from the war map and returned
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CHAPTER II.
BIiahty TO Rest Bullets.

The next morning the captain sent
for me and informed me: "Empey, as
recruiting sergeant you are wash
out" and sent me 10 training depot
After arriving at this place, | was
hustled 10 the quartermaster stores
and received an awful shock. The
quartermuster sergeant spread wa
terproof sheet ON the ground aud com
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

"Close students Of finance and po-
litica economy see in this campaign
not a plan which will take away from
the banks the money usually deposit
ed there as savings, but a movement
which will ultimately, if not immed-
lately, increase the number OF savers
and depositors," Illinois Bulletin
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

The creation Of an army Of thirty
million new savers, economists, will
result in a yearly increase Of ten
billion dollars saved. Start with q
Thrift Stamp today
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-05-03

SAVE That the boys at the front
may have that they may have food,
shelter, ammunition, medical care
and the few but necessary comforts
the soldier needs and demands.
The record., 1918-01-25
o'DwYER's POINTERS

Car of Oat straw arrives
Thursday morning, the first oat
straw we have been able to get
hold of this year.
New government regulation
grind of Big Loaf Flour has ar
rived and is the same grind that
all flour will be as fast as new
flour is moved in.
A number of horses are sick
with what is commonly known as
the staggers and a few Of our
rancher friends have lost them.
Frank Gaskill advises us to feed
plenty of bran to horses that are
feeding on coarse hay.
Salvaged wheat at $3.50 per
cwt, good corn at $3.50 per cwt,
this makes corn the cheapest feed
and we believe the best for
chickens this time Of year.
Plans are on foot to organize a
company to equip a cable ferry
from the County Swing DFldge 10
connect with the road on the
north side of the st. Joe river.
We hope this goes through so
the people can have access to the
city from part of our best terri
tory tributary to this town.
When you receive a sack Of
grain from us or anyone hang up
that sack, keep it dry and clean,
we will call for them and pay you
sc each.
Potatoes, while they last, 1925
per cwt.
Dr. Kinsolving tells, that two
strangers were passing a bust
ness house Wednesday night,
when one cooked his head alofI
and said, "Tn tell you they have a
good moon in this town, any
way" dyg9
The record., 1918-01-25
THE LIBERTY LOAN AND
GERMANY

The military masters Of Ger
many have maintained an atti-
tude Of assumed great contempt
for Americas war preparations
and Americas participation in
the war. The Kaiser, Hindenburg,
and Hertling have all voiced this
contempt. Yet there are evil
dences in plenty that in fear of
Americas entry in force into the
war next spring Germany is mas
sing tremendous forces on the
western front, is preparing to
hurl masses of men into the jaws
Of death in a desperate effort to
reach a conclusion before the
might of America becomes effec-
tive.
The two Liberty Loans in this
country no doubt had great
psychological effect upon the
German mind. The ease with
which the tremendous sums Of
money were raised, the enthusi-
asm Of the workers and of The
subscribers and Of, indeed, the
whole Nation, and the heavy
oversubscription TO both loans
are evidences that can not be dis
regarded that the American
people are in earnest, that they
are behind the American Army
and the American Government,
and are willing to make the sacri-
fees required and to support to
the utmost our Nation at war.
That money talks is an old pro-
verb, and the voice of the billions
OF dollars representing the First
and Second Liberty Loans was
heard across the sea and carried
conviction even to the Obsessed
Germans.
The record., 1918-01-25
TO THE PEOPLE AND RETAIL
COAL DEALERS OF IDAHO

am glad to be able to advise
the people and the coal dealers Of
this State that in my judgment
the danger of a coal shortage for
the present winter is past.
On Saturday of last week l held
a meeting with the coal operators
and jobbers of Utah and Wyom-
ing in which l was assured that
Idaho would be we'll cared for in
the future. Through arrange
ments made with the coal operat-
Ors in December, the supply Of
coal was materially increased
during that month. Idaho re-
ceived 10000 tons for December
as compared with $4,000 tons for
November. This increase together
with the splendid weather is re-
spOnsible for the present coal
situation in Idaho.
l wish to advise the dealers
that it will not be necessary any
longer for them to comply with
my order No. 2, in which the
amount of coal delivered to any
one consumer should not exceed
thirty days supply. While l am
not ready to advise the people to
store coal, there is no reason why
the dealers cannot deliver to any
one customer at the present time
the amount of three to five tons
if customers so desire.
F. R. GOODING,
Federal Fuei Administrator
for Idaho.
The record., 1918-01-25

Sam Kersey one of the mem
bers of the contingent from this
county selected for service in the
national army, is spending a
short furlough at his home in
this city. He is still stationed at
Camp Lewis.
l. Applebaum, a cattle buyer of
Spokane, has been spending a
week in the city purchasing
cattle in this vicinity. He shipped
32 head to Spokane, which he
bought from E. A. Colvey of the
McGoldrick ranch.
Try Vapor Baths from DR..
Masters, 4t9 Main. 2F
The telephone exchange has
been taken out of Fernwood and
that town no longer has long
distance connection with this
city. The nearest long distance
connection now is at the Black
Lumber company camp on Crys-
tai creek.
have 3-year-old Black Mare
in my possession. Weight about
coo lbs; no brand; strip in fore
head. Owner can have same by
proving same and paying for
keeping and this advertisement.
Ira Fields, st. Maries, Idaho.
Pat Malone Of Bovill, deputy
sheriff of Latah county, was in
the city Wednesday on his way
to Spokane with a man held un-
Ter a charge of desertion. The
imam was arrested at one of the
camps near Bovill and turned
over to the military authorities
lin Spokane.
The county commissioners have
purchased a 8 = ton Mack truck
t0-be used for work on the county
roads. The truck will be used to
furnish the motive power for the
large scrapers which the county
purchased some time ago to be
used on this work and will also
be used for other road work.
Il will result in saving a large
amount of money formerly ex-
lpended in renting horses and will
also greatly increase the eficien-
cy of the road work.
The record., 1918-01-25
st. PauI's EpIscopaI Church

Sunday school, 10 A. M.
Morning prayer and sermon, IL
A. M.
OffertOry duet, by Rev. and
Mrs. Hiatt.
Personal Responsibility" is
the subject of sermon.
Everybody welcome.
]. A. HIATT, Rector.
The record., 1918-01-25
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the people
who so kindly assisted us at the
funeral of our son, Bartel Dear
man. We also wish to extend
thanks for the many floral offer
ings.
MR.. AND MRS. NJ. E. DEARMAN
The record., 1918-01-25

1880 P. M.=Who Say Ye That
I Am?
9:45 A. M=Bible school.
6:30 p. M.-YOung peoples
meeting. Topic: Christian En-
deavor Goals. -
A hearty invitations.S,as,8.
c. J. BOPPEI&s sinister.
The record., 1918-01-25
CITY in Brief

WAsn IN Avery stop at Dads
Place" Tor your meals. Our SER
vice b the best and our prices are
right n
M. A. Rogan of Avery was a
visitor in this city Tuesday.
W. E. Brebner of st. Joe was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Just installed latest vapor
Bath. DR.. Masters, Chiropractor,
4t9 Main Ave.
c. Burley of Harrison was a
visitor in the city Thursday.
Miss Ruth f. Gerhart is visit
ing the school at Fernwood today.
For SalO-Household Furniture,
practically new. Very reasonable.
j. L. Hauptman, Government
Townsite. At.
Sheriff E. B. holland was at
Fernwood Wednesday on official
business.
Rooms for Rent. Western
House. If.
Howard Ebert Of Fernwood was
a visitor in the city the first of
the week.
Born Saturday, January 10, to
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Lukens, a
daughter.
A beautiful Player Piano can
be bought at a sacrifice by seeing
Mr.. Boyson at the KOotenai Inn,
County Surveyor L. f. Purvis
was at Benewah Wednesday on
road work.
W. A. Brackbill of Plummer
was transacting business in this
city Thursday.
For Sale oheap-Good baby
buggy. Inquire Of Mrs. Jack Wal
ters, back Of Methodist church. If
A. Perkins OF Harrison was in
the city Wednesday looking after
business matters.
w. F. Lemke Of Elk River was
looking after business matters in
ehis city yesterday.
The record., 1918-01-25

H. Glinderman, prominent
Mason of Occur d'Alene, was in
the city Thursday to attend the
reception given at the Masonic
Temple in honor of H. r. Taylor