El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-03

KANSAS CITY, No. July Sci
N Pasoans have hardly got the spirit
that Stems 10 move the people up this
way in matters connected with the
war While things apparently are
going on in the same old way in the
city-except in the restaurants, where
you can't get a steak except al lunch
con on Tuesday and you can't get
toast except made OF raisin bread
there seems 10 be general desire to
contribute just as much as possible
20 winning the war and even men Of
means are doing mental tasks that
the war may be won. Bankers are
going 10 the harvest fields on their
vacations; so are the bell boys I'm the
hotels Farm hands are short but
the man power Is not. and the men OF
Kansas City are doing their share TO
harvest the wheat that must needs
be gathered 10 feed the soldiers. Even
the women are going 20 the fields to
help save the crop. Here is an ex-
ample:
Twenty four Of the members or the
Kansas City Athletic club, one Of the
exclusive clubs OF the city. went out
last week for harvest work This
The first batch OF men were as
signed to the 5000 acre ranch OF NJ.
~ sherman, near Crawford. Rice
county, Kansas, said TO be the largest
ranch i'm the world under fence.
seven thousand acres are planted 10
wheat
Twenty four men. who had been
swinging Indian clubs and running
and jumping. reported, eager for the
fray After six hours OF work one OF
the men dropped out. 10 was the heat.
D.
anoIher said he couldn't stand the
bending over required 20 shock rye
and oatS-the wheat wasn't ready for
cutting then-And that left 90
]. :. West foreman Of the ranch,
who vas in Kansas City and told all
bout IL, said he waited for the rest
% hear the call from "Bl ghty-' But
nothing happened. The second day
the % gained their second breath
they worked harder than before. They
returned 10 the house al night sing
ing
Before going TO bed they would
play their musical Instruments and
tell jokes. They worked eight hours
a day. At so cents an hour, it might
be said pareuthetically.
You know West said. "I think
those X C. A. c. men are a bit OF all
right Keep right at 10 and never
give up One Of the men in the bunch
earns 500 a day while in Kansas
City. I learned.
The p men in % hours shocked $50
acres Of rye and oats. They engaged
i'm a contest, the men being divided
into two teams.
Tn other war work, the Kansas city /
people are Just as enthusiastic. They
nave fitted up a magnificent club on
alnut street for the soldiers ana
sailors visiting the city-and one sees I
a lot OF sailors here-and they give
them everything THEIR hearts desire. 7
Here's what the Kansas City star f.
SAYS OF il;
When the war is over and the SOL
diers come back hundreds OF them
who might have returned 20 Kanlra-|
kee, Pine Bluff Pueblo or the fertile D
plains Of Iowa, are coming to Kansas /
city ana settle down in the quiet life
of kltcleuette or a cottage. This /
prediction energies from the SAFEST
nook in the whole realm OF proprecy-
n erlticatlou may be had any day by
the person who does not run too fast
10 read as he passes the soldiers
and Sailors Community club, 1905
Walnue street
Everybody knOwns the boys are
nelng taken 10 ride over the city ana
10 adjacent points, but the practices
on the busiest days, Saturday and
sunday has never before attained the
perfection reached this week This
Phase OF the good work that aims to
make the boys regard Kansas City as
4 second home, and later on as a final
nome, is being done by miscellaneous
iLlIen6, men and women. and by va ]