Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-25
BOYS TAKE HOLD N.
GOOD OLDAMER|CAN'
way, SOLDIER SAYS.
nardships Ignored, Wounded Man
Tells Mother DON'T Let Them
Hinder Your War Work

From . hospital somewhere IN
France . wounded American has writ
ten to his parents:
I'VE are going through hardshipS
but the boys are taking hold In the
good old American way"
What . message for those Of "
who have remained at home. What
challenge to the vast army OF men
and women Who are in the home
guard. carrying ON In the thousand
and one ways that the exigsncies oi
war have brought upon US.
We are going through hardships.'
We can believe that. when We ~
call the dAuntless charges which our
boys have been making over there
and the daily lengthening casualty
lists which are resulting from theii
fearless devotion to the task that ii
set before them.
We know they are going through
hardships. when we stop to think Of
the hundreds upon hundreds who arr
wounded. and who for the time bs
ing Il least need care and attention
FIENDISH ENEMY
ADDS TERRORS>
OF course they are going through
hardships. those boys from your
home and mine. Hardships are Q
pert Of war. They are the inevita bic
result Of state OF war. And when
war is wagsd by an enemy 20 skilled
In all the nendish devfltries In
which the Germans have indulged,
they are the inescapable portion Of
every soldier participating.
But hardships are not the part Of
the war these soldiers OF ours ara
thinking most about. They are but
the incidents In the days work.
The boys are taking hold in the
good old American way"
Could there be better statement
sf their manner of facing what comes
10 them? Could there be a more def.
inite oourSe Of action prescribed for
those Of us 1t homo during these
days which test the nettle of our
ooulg?
The time for our message to the
boys has come AGAIN. The Fourth
Hbsrty Loan 70 10 be our response
b this wounded soAdisr's challenge.
MAKE YOUR
ANSWER NOW
Are ve SONG to take hold IN the
good old American vsyf"
We have not had to 90 through
hardships,-ours have been an easier
part. We have known little Of sacri
ice or deprivation Compared with
The Offering Of our boys, we have
done nothing as Jet And now. here
is tho ehaIlense sounded to ~.
The Gpod Cd American way Is al
that d sszsd Of us. What IL thai
vy?
You muss frame the answer, moth
ers and sistsry II the west. Your
II an important part in the reply
which the nation will mako TO tn,
boys oveTseas There is mot one o.
us who would not spare her son 4
she ! oo1hA-yea, even spare somt
other mothsTs son the pain ant
hardship he must bear. We are no
asked to DO that. We could not
though we would.
But we can make his part easier 4
bear, we can 60 with him throusl
the hardships, by lending completed,
Of our money.
There Il no longer need to explaal
what Liberty Loan IL. There Il
no moro necessity for pointing ou
reasons for participation in II. Thil
u the day when but to hear It's cal
10 to- insure It's heartiest support.
September 2Sth is the date set fo
our concerted reply through tn,
Fourth Liberty Loan. Let us TAX
hold In 'the good old American way
What fs the very most you can DO u
make that advance Q smashing sue
I cess Nike the boys over there Al
making?
To buy Or Not 10 Buy b MOI ~
ovsstlon-euy.
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