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Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
SEEING FUNNY THINGS
IN DISTANT FRANCE

Somewhere in France,
Dear Friends:-
guess you will be surprised to hear
where l am. We had very good trip
across the water; it was only rough
for two or three days. OF course
got little seasick while it was rough,
but it didn't last long. The only thing
/ don't like about it is that fellow il
so hungry when he first gets over that
he can't get enough to eat for q week.
The towns over here sure look queer
to US. The buildings are mostly out
of concrete or stone, and the streets
are awfully narrow; they are about
one third the size of our small town
streets, and as crooked as a snakes
back, and they run in all directions.
The railroads are the limit though.
The engines look like the pictures you
see of the ones we used thirty or forty
years ago. The freight cars hold
about as much as a good sized trunk,
and everything is coupled with link
and hook couplers. The coaches are
all divided into compartments of from
three to five compartments to the
coach. There is . running board
along the side and q door into every
compartment,an and il you want to go
from one to the other you have to 60
outside and along the running board.
They don't have anything that looks
like q caboose; they don't know what
that is. They sure have good tracks
and roadbeds, and their wagon roads
are not so bad either. But l have my
first wagon to see with a tug in it;
they all have shafts. Once or twice
have seen three horses abreast, one on
each side of the shaft, but generally,
they have them strung out one ahead
Of the other. Their wagons are most
ly two wheeled carts. Once in while
they have four wheel wagon. They
sure haul some loads though. I'don't
see how they get such loads to stay
- bgt Try don't seem to have any
trouble.
How is everything in Gunnison :
Have they started the second draft
yet? One Of the first boys I saw
when landed was one Of the Andrews
boys. He was looking pretty good,
but he left the second day after we
landed and have no idea where he
went to.
Well, I must close for this time.
Hoping you al are well and that I
hear from you soon, remain,
Your friend,
CHESTER L. EATON,
Provisional Bn., A. e. F.
Via New York.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
o o 900 900 o o o o. 900
Q VULCAN 8
o o o o 900 o o o o o o o o

News-C champion Correspondents:
Wednesday, May /.
Five men came in last night 70
work IN tie Good Hope shaft
Mrs. Jess Dunbar left Sunday to
spend a few days with her people.
Frank Rockefeller was up recently
saving . lot Of lumber for the big
mine.
The weather seems to be getting
over its crouch and We hope for some
warmer dayh
Will Warrant has gone up to his
Rock Greek ranch, to help his brother
Jim for . while.
Jess Dunbar has taken Q contract
to haul the logs down from the War
rant-Ferguson camp.
Mr.. King has left camp, but Mrs.
King still retains the boarding house
and will remain for awhile.
Fred Miller pulled out with his
freighting outfit Monday, as the roads
have become good enough for the big
truck to operate
M. and Nrs. Curtis Osborne came
in Sunday from Gunnison after the
things belonging to Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Wilt, the health Of the latter gentle
man not permitting his return for q
while.
The Sawtooth mining company is
steadily at work, and the roads are
getting in pretty good condition, but
there are some pretty big drifts along
the line yet.
Mrs. Jess Ferguson is spending a
few days in Gunnison with friends.
Jess returned to Spencer Sunday and
is trying the delights of bachelorhood
once more.
Vulcan is still on the map, although
several people have gone away. I'm.
Cliff and family moved over on the
Cebolla to the Davis ranch, which Mr..
Cliff and Richard Allen recently pur-
chased. Jess Ferguson and wife have
located in Spencer for the summer.
Fred Foster moved them over last
week.
The NJ. G. NJ. & r. Co. have been
making a number of changes, the
most important of which has been q
new boarding house to be opened up
soon in the Brunton building, the
company having secured this and fit
ted it up in very convenient and tas-
ty manner. It was much needed
Improvement
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents Worth
of Mercy and Relisf for
EvsgyWar Fund Dollar.

Your Red Cross dollars-every cent
Of every Red Gross dollar-actually
relieves suffering--actualiy goes a.
you give II. for war relief Not one
cent Of any contribution goes into
Red Cross administration expenses
the overhead Of War Fund admins
tration 10 more than covered by the
interest accruing from the banking Of
the funds. All relief work not per
tanning to the war IL amply covered
BY the normal revenues Of the Red
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanity's cry
your donation to war rslief-inciudes
not only the care and restoration Of
the wounded. 1t 10 4 mission Of mercy
to the famished. the homeless and
helpless, the lame. the halt and the
blind-all the victims of war that ap-
peal to the heart OF mankind.
The relief Of invalided soldiers. re-
lief Of the mutilated and blind. train.
ing Of crippled soldiers for useful pur.
suits-relief service for the care and
revival of soldiers on furlough from
the front-relief of children through
out devastated territory-relief of de-
pendent families of sOldiers-relief to
prisoners In Germany-relief among
repatriated people returning to France
-children's refugees and hospitals-
these are among the divisions Of or.
ganized work that carries practical aid
to Its every object in = wide ield Of
activity. Its scope embraces Russia.
ROumania. Serbia, Italy and Armenia
besides the great field Of France.
Your donation makes this great mis-.
sion Of mercy your own.
The Red cross carries 100 cent?
worth Of aid for every dollar donated.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
MOTHERS PROMISE
TO HER SON
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

Ny Dear One-I'm writing this very.
very small and on the thinnest Of pa
per. 20 that tightly folded II may slip
into one Of the olive drab pockets Of
your new uniform without encroaching
for the tiniest part Of an Inch upon all
the new things that you must have
there-the passports and identifies
hon slips and photograph, the knife
and pen and writing pad. the lists
and numbers and names and ciphers,
the address book and the thin manual
you have been studying 30 hard and
the slim little Bible, for this letter is
q part Of your. equipment, too. or at
least like 70 think that 1t ID.
I'm going to tell you In It Just one
or TIVE Of the things we've been try
ing not to say In these last days You've
said to yourself. haven't you. that
there were possibilities that l, thank
God, hadn't seemed to think Of.
You've marvelled gratefully, haven't
you. that could say goodby With
dry eyes and talk about what we
should do when the war Is over. Ny
dear, there is nothlng-n0thing-
can happen to you that I haven't fore
seen In every detail since May, since
the very beginning of 1t all. I know
that some Of our men are not going to
come back. know-as ! write this
In the room you love-that your fin.
gers may tumble for this little piece
Of paper in some dreadful hour. q
month or two months or six months
from now. just to read It over once
more for the last time. just to feel
In your fingers ont there In Q shell
lighted battlefield something that
have touched-for goodbye.
And thinking of all this for almost
. year while you've been getting
ready to 90 I've been getting ready to
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
WHEN A CUP OF
COFFEE TASTES LIKE
A MILLION DOLLARS
He Got His Cup and Then
Went onto Death.

Through the establishment Of the
line Of communication canteens IN
France the American Red Cross il set
ting records In serving hot coffee, CO
Goa and sandwiches to the troops. One
of these refreshment units made an
other new record recently. serving
more than $1,000 meals In one week.
At another q cup of coffee was served
every ten seconds for b period ef two
consecutive hours.
In 4 single week these lines Of com
municati0n canteens often serve $1,000
American and French soldiers.
seIdisrs In Dsx Cara.
Do our soldiers and their allies real.
ly want this form Of Red Cross serv.
ice7 A letter from 4 young American
aviator. 1917 graduate Of Princeton
University. u probably typical. II
might be added that this man has since
been reported killed after bringing
down 4 German Taube. "A 80 mile
train ride over hers" hs said, ''instead
Of taking . few hours may take days
When We stop at Red Cross canteen
you can bet that cup Of coffee tastes
like q million dollars"
1t 10 not always possible for 4 reZi.
ment to provide suflicient food and hot
coffee on these long journeys. where
the men must often be packed stand.
ing into unheated box cars ordinarily
used for carrying horsea So imagine
for yourself the warmth, the cheer, the
comfort that piping hot coffee and
good sandwiches bring to our boys aft.
er q night on such q journeyi You
can just bet that 1t stiffens q mans
courage. Your Red Cross Ii handing
out this renewed courage BY the piping
hot cupful.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

stay. Just a. you planned planned,
and said to myself: "When the time
comes for u to part shall make him
q promise" Dear one. this Ii my
promise. and ! make 1t for the term
of your own-"for the duration Of the
present war"
promise you that while you are
away, whether 1t is months or years,
nothing except what ! can give you
and give all the others shall fll my
life. promise yov that l shall do
vote myself. here. in safety, to the
work Of making what you do easier
and stronger and safer for you.
promise you that I shall give-and
give and give-for the Causei Not
the money ! can spare, not the time
I have left when everything else Ii
done. but all the money. all the time.
all the energy havel
Your whole life has been altered,
has been set to sterner and graver
music So shall mine be. You viii
know self denial, privation and fatigue
while the war lasts. So shall know
them. Even II black news comes. even
II the blackest comes, ] shall remem-
Der that against your brave heart this
promise u resting. and l shall 60 on.
And while there IL one man among our
million and among the millions Of our
allies who needs clothing and nursing
and comforts and solace for rour sake
] shall not fail him.
Perhaps In Gods goodness this note
will come safely back to me II the
olive drab pocket, and We will smile
over 1t together. But. remember, until
that hour comes shall be always busy
filling my own small place in the great
machine OF mercy and ~ truly under
the colors over here AZ you are over
there God bless you'll
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

Chas. Mergelman was among the
ranchmen who transacted business IN
our town on Monday.
Never did Samuel Gompers make q
truer statement than when, in Q recent
speech at Cleveland, he said: "There
b No sueh thing - IN American So
ciAlist party. The American Socialist
organization Is merely . branch Of the
one in Germany. It is . part Of the
German propaganda"
Pitkin Miner:-Frank Dice and fam
ily returned on Tuesday from winter
spent in Texas and other points. He
says there are some things about the
south that he likes, but Colorado has
them III beat. His brother I'd Dice
II In Denver and II associated with
the Barnes Cushion Tire Company.
The funeral of Marx HirIh tock
place IN Denver ON Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Hirsh will be remembered by
many Gunnison people q IN old red
dent Of Cunnison county, being inter.
ested in the Grand Prize mine ct Ohio
City for many years. Il has been
only recent1y that he made quite :
etnbe b IL eil Aelds IN Wyomins.
HIS deatA enle vsRy s191n1y; eano61
~ . oeto1e q 0pop1exy.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
OUR J1rNEY OFFER

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with cents and mail It to
Foley and Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave-,
Chicago, ILL.,, writing your name and
address plainly. You will receive in
return q trial package containing Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds, and Group; Foley's Kid
ney Pills, for pain in sides and back;
rheumatism, backache, kidney and
bladder trouble; and Foley's Cathar-
tis Tablets, . wholesome and thoroug-
bly, cleansing cathartic for .eonstipa-
ton, biliousness, headache, and dug
Walkers Drug Store.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

~k.ep Bowel fsso-en.rf Regular
DR.. Kings New Life Fills keep You
n 4 healthy condition. Rid the body
ct Poisous AL waste. Improve your
complexion tv keeping the Bowels
Regular. Get i pottle from your
druggist to-day. Effective but mild.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
THIS IS THE TRUE
RED CROSS SPIRIT
A Little Story With . Big
Thought IN Il.

month ago the Red Cross chapter
in Bay City. Mich, received q hurry.
up call for 15O dunnaEe bags. Troops
were about to move, and through an
overnight their equipment was not
complete. The bags had to be made
and sent within - hours. A request
for help was sent over the town, and
the stores were searched successfully
for the right materialA Among these
who quickly responded and came TO
the chapter workrooms to help were
two little girls, sisters. about ten and
twelve years Of age. each eager to lead
Z hand and do something for the boys
who were going to the front All day
long the fingers Of the women and
the little girls were fairly dying. Bag
after bag received the last stitch u,,.
I'll scores were piled mp ready for
shipment Closing time came. and the
woman experimenting the making of
the bags counted those completed aud
announced that II every one Of the
workers could come early the next
morning and work all day the bags
would surely be finished In time for
shipping by evening. Two crestfalleA
little girls, the little sisters. were wait.
ing for her at the door ~ she q.
parted.
Red crsss ounnass Daea
Eve are awfully sorry. ma'an," sail
the elder Of the two, "but We carr
come back tomorrow. You zee tomoF.
row we have to-" And, without d.
ishins the sentence. she looked back
wistfully At the pile Of bags.
1T IL too bad you can't come back
said the superintendent, "but I want
to thank you. and We all thank you.
for the work you've done today. You
two have teen Q wonderful help. and
that pile Of bags wouldn't be nearly 90
big II you hadn't been here. Good
night"
The next morning when the supes.
intendent came down to unlock the
workrooms for the day she was aston-
ished to see the two little girls stand
ing In the cold BY the locked door.
"Oh, I'm % glad to zee you r. she
said Il thought you said you ceuldn't
comer
-Oh. We knew those Red Gross ban
just had to b finished for tie col.
diers," exclaimed the little sae, With
slistening eyes, "and We got up &c
three o'clock this morning and Tot the
washing done early I"
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
The Only Exclusive
Machine Shop
In the City
Automobile
Repairing
A. O. Brooke
r0lncM AVE
AFTER THREE YEARS
TO1uCW AVE

Many men and women are sick and
doat know K. Some never discover
they have kidney trouble unit they
appiy for life insurance. The kidneys
sxe working Ill the time. altering the
poisonous wastes out Of the blood
6tream, and when they become weak
Sned or deranged, baekaehe, pains IN
tism, languldness, swollen joints, and
0Rden, Ark, writes: sFo3sy's Kidney
troubles Of three yeary standing"
Dr. Walkers Drug Store.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
suPply,sa rsENcM no.p,rALA

. Ths Red Cross hsspitai sappay ssrv.
ics In FRANCE Aas 1e wassAousss Glleo
With DRUGS ns1ieines. surgical inse1o
nents ~ drssl1ngk Il seeveD N4D'
EseaxA milimxy hoaDiuAA
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

1r. and Mn. Toan Dean aad NJ.
~ 1lrE ". 4. &s1asa - - Mo-
~ fer nn1aWtn vAeso 1Aev Nfn b
r. oo0o t1no vfG1ting 1lfh Ooansb
rorune1, 1Gr.. anA Nm. zn6oxuon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
A Greenwich V iIlaae
Tragedy

SGT 1GHT of my life," began the poet
IL the enraptured pagan poet, 4
adore you. I've been adoring you for five
years now, and that's long enough. Let's
get married."
"Married?" asked the very puzzled
adored one.
married" said the poet, simply, and she
could see that he meant it.
But my dear poet" she protested, "vou
are all that I have on earth. Why should
l marry you, and take a chance of losing
you? And why should you want to marry
me? can give no more than l have al
ready given. Body and soul, poet, l am
yours, yours only. Then, too, what would
Greenwich Village say? To live here and
to be married is bad enough, but to be
married to the man you love! Impossible!
l couldn't show my face in the Village
again. The people would laugh at me-"
But the pagan poet knew his Village
better than that.
"On the contrary" he replied, "if you
and Just like that-and for no reason at
all-get married. the Village would call it
damned Originally"
Perhaps" she cooed, as she gave him
her lips, perhaps you are right. But poet,
dear pagan poet, if I marry you-it-it
won't be for long, will it? PROMISED"
The poet promised, and they were we'd
And the tragedy of it was that they re-
manned happily married to each other to
the end of their lives! JOHN BAER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
isiom can see the light through the

vision can see the light through the
night.
IN 1776 colonies of settlers avere
set free. A nation is born IN 1917.
Romance, horror, love, pain. sac-
rIfce, tears and sorrow hover over
the cradle.
One man has to speak for one
hundred millions. One man has to
shoulder the responsibility.
Freedom for the oppressed!
Balm for the hart.
Justice!
And then Peace Oh Earth.
joy for the u7aiverse; victoru for
the nation.
A teacher. 4 student. The func-
tons of q nation are outlined IN the
history Of its past. The ideals of
the past are safe guardians for an
ideal future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

And reckoning;
And dark mounds move
Like half-dead Holsters
Crawling away.
BY Marguerite Alexandra, Columbia Uni
versity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
W0Odv01v Wilson

n STUDENT. A teacher. The
past lives IN the present.
History and life are closely linked.
A quiet Observer of life, q0ho reads,
aOho listens, aUho lends his ear to
euery Voice. He eOeiGhs his oaUm
observations against the theories
OF a0orld, against the aUorld's
most brilliant minds. Adverse
camps inside the nation send their
urglng advisers but his
decision is always his oaUm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

IN the ca"azy-Quilt of American
history are strong red threads aOith
a0hich Uere stitched together the
patches of all nations: Strong
stitches they are, sem By firm, con-
fdent hands. Faith, humanity,
set-reliance-sublme forces guid-
ed these hands. Patches aOedr out.
Others cam be had for the asking,
so long as there is thread to SEN
them, so long as there are stromg
hands to guide the needle.
only q man of convictions and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
The Pagan

stT HE PAGAN" is "a magazine for
l. Eudnmonists" - whatever that
means. Unlike some of the so-called
Bohemian literature it possesses the vir-
tue Of coming out according to depend
able schedule. This is the legend:
"Hang your lantern in yon nook,
Drink and laugh at priest and Shah"
It contains each month two or three
very excellent etchings, and is otherwise
unadorned. Here are a few examples
Of it's text:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Of Course it Isn't Posi-
bic Always to Stick
to English
Felicite
E ME rcgarde
Toujours au balloon.
Et m'asseois
Toujours au balloon
Avec ce n9ud veloute
De ma sombre ceinture.
J'eventaille
Mes cheveux ef1leures.
Eft mes portailles
LIE printemps
Went m'offrir
lie bonheur ct l'amour.
Je tisse
Les doux reeves
Dams lie palais
LIS lllluslon. --SYLVETTE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
North

4 GLIMMER1NG stretch of ice
L "A Melting into the horizon,
AS water dashing over a fall
Mixes with the stream below;
Far to the north the rugged foothills
Sprinkled with the green Of pine and hem-
lock;
Looking M the eve beholds
Great snow-capped peaks
Outlined against the sky
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Like some giants hand,
With fingers pointing up
Toward a cold, bright moon
Which sails low around
The giant fingers,
Bathing them in sparkling glory;
The VOLTS call.
by Hardin Masters, Aviator School.
formerly University Preparatory.
Before Dawn
on y0nder road the light is beamine,
Across the snow its fingers STREAMING
Stretching far away:
And there the gloom the brirhtnsss
chasing
From off the trees Of interlacine
Boughs-defies the day.
By ELIZABETH Chiffon.
Knox School, Tarrytown.
Sitting
GASP for breath.
Il Breath of the silent pines. breath ~
the sombre dusk
The city clogs;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

that it represents sincere attempt to
stimulate creative ability amid the stu
dent class" It is not, the appeal con-
tlnues, "a business enterprise, everything
above maintenance being pledged to a
war fund. TO be a success. however ;ts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
TliE bsns5TE ~ NIT

\ MAGAZINE bearing this interesting
"A title is being published in Chicago.
1t is called "The Magazine of Youth" and
contains on it's first fyleaf "An appeal to
Young America-its Parents and it's
Teachers" calling attention to the fact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Senses grow clammy.
Mind-life, safety, complexity,
loathe.
Rampant virility pals, futile activity, in
sensate intellect.
AHA long drawn "ah!" for the feel of a
moment Of silvery quiet, a pent-up
hush, an isolated nothingness.
Mystical silence, not even birdwhir.
A breath of peace
by Velona Pitcher, Columbia University.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Getting Away From the
Superstition About
Green Cheese

r WONDER if the moon is Gods monoclc
l. through which he looks down in blase
boredom at our globe . . or is it the
dead eye of some huge fish who is placidly
swimming through space, with the stars as
high lights on his scales? MOI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

enrolment mul include the names Of
anoltlous young people from every sec
ton of the country"
AS matter of fact, probably. "The
waste Basket" doesn't fall under the
classification here implied. It is not Re-
nemlan, surely, in the sense that 'Brunos
bohemia" or "The Quill" or any of the
numerous other Washington Square pub.
llcatlons are Bohemian. Still, it prints
the ardent unconventional, super-oriri.
nal type OF literature which is scarcely to
DC found IN the conservative magazines
with which the average reader is fan,il-
lar' The Waste Ba sket" is printed on
very good quality paper, and the tvpoo.
raphy is especially attractive. Stories
articles and verse are used. Here are
few examples of the sort of verse con-
trlbutors to "The Waste Basket" nro-
duce:
The Fields of War
THE World is mad
Red like n scalped head;
The skull has been torn off.
Showing the brains
Muddled;
Like porridge mixed with blood
There shapes
Like chilled monkeys,
CibberinG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

The humanity of q teacher, the
vision of q statesman, the deter
mindtiom of q man.
The Leader of his Nation.
-GUIDO BRUNO.
In Bruno's Bohemia.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
NEWS ITEMS
 AND TOWN TOPICS.
AT SONS OF THE NORTH HALL

Al oONS OF THE NOhIH HALL
 Thero will be Social Dance a: the Sons Of the North Hall, Satur- d;y, Jan. 12, at g P. M. Every body invited. A good time guaran- teed. COMMITTEE.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

You'll see it first in the Worker.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10
LAST CHAPTER OF
 THE IRON CLAW TONIGHT.

Claw" is on the bill at the Dream Theater tonight and the identity of the real Laughing Mask" will be known. Who do you suppose it is? A funny Vogue Comedy featur- ing John Stepling and Carol Hallo- way in Willie Van Dusen's Muddle" and a late "Pathe Weekly showing many interesting scenes about the world will conclude a most interesting program. Tomor- row night, Charlie Chaplin" and the "Bostock Animal Pictures.
 WEATHER REPORT.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-01-10

CARPENTERS AND JOINERs.
 Local, Union 17sS. Carpenters ana Doiners of America, meets every Fri Bay at Al Orland's shop Front st.
 Carpenters Headquarters. Teder- Al,Labor Hall.
 At . p. m.