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Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
TRAVELLING MAN SAYS
THOUSANDS OF RETURNING
SOLDIERS STRANDED IN N. Y.

Sam Morris, quoting a reliable
travelling mar who makes Mexico reg
ularly, said Friday that old New York
is filled with stranded American Sol
diers. This is not the Governments
fault, according to the visitors. It
is simply the young soldiers desire
to take in the bright lights of the
big city before he returns home.
Thousands of these soldiers, he told
Mr.. Morris, didn't get a good look at
the old burg when they went through
it on their way over seas and some
didn't even go through New YorA.
Now as they return, they all want to
take in the city. The travelling man
told Mr.. Morris. they sold their over
coats, clothing and railroad tickets in
order to have enough money to re-
main in New York a while. The peo-
pie of New York he said, purchased a
large hotel to accommodate these boys
but it is inadequate to take care of
them and there are thousands of them
penniless and unable to get out of
the city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
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that no commission had been given
after the signing of the armisticc.
He has been located lately in a desert
ed French village, Armaville. Here
he said he had a good room, with
stove, bed and sure enough electric
lights. He spoke of the fine dinner
he had Christmas. He says Turkeys
are $1.40 a pound and eggs $1.65 a
DOZEN.
He writes in a later letter, that he
is again abllited in a house with a
feather bed though in the room next
to him are kept the family stock. He
says they milk the goats and eat the
rabbits. They work their horses IN
this section instead of the milk cows.
He hopes it will not be long before he
is back and wishes to be remembered
to all his old friends. The following
letter from the cold man" in whose
house he is staying, written to Mrs.
Carter, was translated by a high
school teacher.
Madam: l pray you rest easy con-
corning the lot of your son; he is with
good people who regard him as a child
of the home. He sleeps in a good bed.
You will see him soon, in the best of
health. We love him dearly; he is
very attractive to us all. My wife and
l wish you good health.
Respectively,
A. LEDIN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

very beautiful. | was there for seven
days on leave. While there 1 visited a
place where Harry K. Thaw visited in
France. / also bathed in sulphur
water which was very fine and
free of charge. l had never seen the
firing line but just as soon as I return
ed to my company we were called to
the line. You can imagine what
thoughts raj through my mind. From
all of the guns 1 could hear seemed
like the world was on fire. Men we're
charging, shells were falling and poor
me lodging through the woods half
scared to death. Well this lasted for
Y hours without stopping. This was
in the Argonne Forest, my first ex-
perience. But later on | became rec
Gnciled and did not fear the noise very
much.
Later on the roads were very crowd
ed with autos carrying wounded to the
dressing station, some with legs off,
some with arms off. You could find
any part of a man you wanted to if
you would go to the line. Most men
were killed with shrapnel fired from
large guns miles away.
You don't have to see a man
to kill him. You shoot indirect
by means of a map and kill him just
as well. On my second trip to the fir
ing line l was there nine days. This
was where we lost heavily and l ex-
pected every minute to be my last:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

Leo J. Hines, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John Hines, formerly of Benton City
now of Jennings, Mo-, has returned
from France, after having received
three severe wounds from shrapnel
Young Hines enlisted in the sigma
corps when he was only 16 years old
His 18th birthday came while he wal
in France.
He sailed for France last April. Or
account of his unusual height for n
so young, Hines was an easy mark for
the Hun. When he left Benton City he
was 6 feet A inches tall and weighed
210 pounds. A shell pierced his left
wri t, a piece of %shrapnel tore the flesh
from this same wrist and hand and
another shell injured his right hand.
Hines was wounded again in his leg.
1t was thought for a time that his left
hand would have to be amputated, BUT
Hines begged so hard for the physi-
clans to wait just a while longer that
they agreed to his wishes and today
he is able to use this member.
During the time he was in Benton
City he was learning t~elegraphy and
it was through this knowledge that he
was able to enlist in the signal corps.
He was a left hand operator and this
was another reason why his left hand
was so valuable to him.
He has been home for the last two
weeks and since his first days arrival
his many friends have been flooding
his home. Hines is an only child and
when the father heard that his son
was seriously wounded he remarked
he might never see his boy again but
he was just as proud of him as a pea
cock was of its feathers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

Mrs. Louis Boeger, who lives four
miles east of this city, has received
the following interesting letter from
her son, now in Germany:
Dear Mother and ALI
Coblenz, Germany, Jan. &c, 1919
l will write you a short letter this
Sabbath morning, to let you know I
am still enjoying good health and
waiting my turn to go home.
Although we have fine quarters
here, this is one of the finest artillery
parks in Germany on the outskirts of
Lutzel, just across the Moselle river
from Coblenz, and over sixty acres has
been transformed into an automobile
and motor truck overhaul park, with a
personnel of sixteen hundred men and
forty-five officers, a capacity of $50
800 cars daily-easily enough to take
care of the whole Third Army. The
park, which is surrounded by a high
iron picket fence, has five huge build
ings, each 700-60 feet and two stor-
les high. Upstairs are Jul quarters,
and there are a number of smaller
buildings. These, after being emptied
of the mormon quantities of artill-
cry stores they contained, will be am
pie it is believed to take care of the
army of occupation motor needs. In
cidentally, there were such tremen-
dous quantities of stores in those
buildings, that American ive-ton
trucks made $500 trips to haul
away the supplies belonging to the
Germans.
The park is occupied by the 80 Mo-
tor Repair Supply Unit, which landed
in France on the ninth day of Nov
ember and came to Coblenz in Liberty
trucks. We, the 310th Unit, may
be here for many weeks or months.
Mother, 1 mailed to you a small box
containing a few souvenirs. l will
depend on your saving them for me,
if you ever see them.
l guess 1 will close for this time,
Army, A. E. F., Via N. Y.
all well. 1 remain as ever.
Your loving son,
PRIVATE WALTER E. BOEGER,
M. T. C. Unit 80, A. P. o. opt, Third
Army, A. m. E. F., Via N. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
Respectively,
A. LEDIN.

"Beaucoup Bosche AlIez, finiee la
guerre, finiee Paris" (Too many Ger
mans, Allies. 1t is the end of the war,
the end of Paris.)
A tall, rather pale faced Marine
stood in the center of a little group Of
interested men and boys at the Hotel
Hoxsey Sunday morning. He was
telling the story of the U. S. Marines,
the Devil Dogs" in their memorable
and heroic fight at Chateau Thierry
last June. This interesting speaker
was G. ". Rupert, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. Rupert of Cedar City. He md
returned to this country a few lays
ago and was a guest there of Ruhc
Maxwell. Rupert has had a wonder
full experience. Witnessing the sue
cess of the Marines at Chateau Their
ry, he went through the hottest fighting
at Scissors, Ballicourt, RHEIMS and
but for injuries to his ears as a result
of being gassed, would have had a part
in the great Argonne Forest affair.
81 guess it was just as we'll that |
didn't get into that part of the game"
he said as he paused to wave his hand
at the crew on a passing Alton freight.
You see, Rupert had been a brakeman
on this same road before entering tde
service and not even the experiences
of the war could take his mind off of
railroading. The crew passed. Turn
ing again to his little audience he con-
tinued: eyes my luck might have
changed if they had let me fight at
Argonne. But anyway I had my share
and I am satisfied"
Rupert was with the Second Div
ision which was brought up to the
Chateau Thierry to reinforce the
First Division and assist the French
and British.
I'VE met great numbers of French
and British retreating" Rupert said.
'They were going back in quick order
from the front as we were going up.
1t was while passing the French that
they told us there were too many Ger
mans. We were ordered by the French
to retreat and our commander, Col.
W. B. Catlin's, characteristic reply
was: Retreat He'll. We are not
tired and we didn't retreat. Shells
were screaming over our heads. AS
far as we could see in front of US were
the Bosche, but that didn't stop us.
On we went, Indian fashion, up great
hills that overlooked the pass through
which the Germans were swarmine.
We took shelter behind the trees.
large boulders and began pepperirg
the Hun below us. They passed is:
got in our a Presently we were
almost surrounded by the enemy. Ac-
cording to previous experiences of the
Germans, it was u time to surrender.
But we didn't have that word in our
army dictionary and you can guess
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

christmas has come, Christina:
has gone, will / remain here forever?'
This is the salutation in a letter under
date of December 90 from Sgt. Roy
| Greasy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mason
! Greasy of Mexico, Mo. Parts of his
letter follow:
Dear Dad
Camp Richart, Near Verdun, Dec
ember 90, 1918.-We still remain an
! chored to this "God Help Us Spot"
and l see very little chance of our NOV
ing, even though there is talk of our
going to Commercy and her to lie
Mons, some distance southwest of
Paris. Be that as it may, 1 want to
| get away from here and become STRAIT
ed towards the best spot on this battle
torn earth.
We have been re-equipped with
horses, harness, saddles, guns etc. So
something is in the air, possibly smoke
but l can't see through it unless it
means Hunland. l haven't acted so
much the fool over here and have my
salary for September, October ard
November and soon will draw my
December pay. l have only spent
about 500 since coming over here ana
at present have GAS francs on my per-
son which amounts to $117.50 and will
dray $3.50 or 204 francs more in Il
few days. Haven't done so bad after
all have 1? To buy anything over
here means daylight robbery and I
wont stand it unless l need it bad.
When the French see an American
coming, up goes the price list about
400 pere cent. Really it is a great
life. I have tried their wine, but no
more. 1t isn't fit to drink to my no.
ton. Is half water and it is ONLY
8 francs a bottle, $1.60. They should
be glad to give it away instead of
charging $3.50 for vinegar and water.
We Dad 1 am hoping and praying
for a speedy return home and the
sooner the better.
Take the best of care of yourself
and don't try to do all the work in one
day or week. What you can't finish,
I can.
Am enclosing a small map of my
~wonderings over France. Follow the
ink lines and you will sc the location
of our efforts. Small in the amount
done over here but helping.
Wishing you the best of luck in the
coming New Year, l am as ever.
ROY GREASY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
HAROLD HOLT.

Noah Hickerson of WellsvilIe has
received a letter from Sergeant Hay
A. Dilluon telling of the death of Mr..
Hickerson's son, Ledlie F. Hickerson,
who vas killed in action in France.
Parts of the letter follows:
81 thought you might like to know
the particulars and Ledlie was in my
platoon and as I was with him at the
time maybe I can help you. In the
first place I want to tell you that
Led1ie never suffered, death came in
s~tantly and I doubt very much if he
ever realized what struck him. We
had just finished breakfast and were
sitting down beside of the dug out
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

that Fritz was surprised and oh,
ed when we didn't hoist the
flag. We had already made it tt
for him and the French and B
seeing our success, were coming
assistance. They were a brave ]
fellows but had just had too mu
it.. They realized for the first
what the Americans were able t
So the German drive faltered.
lines wavered and finally they
brought to a stand still. Flushed
the result of their successful fgh
Marines, French and British were
satisfied with letting the tide Of b,
rest at this point. They must not
stop this furious onrush of the
but he must be driven back. Well
all know the rest Of the story, how
big counter drive was started I
spelled the doom of Fritz and brou
the wal to 4 close. But it was a gi
sacrifice for our boys. Out of 81,
boys who went into that fight, 4,
survived. New recruits added to
command brought our division b:
to $4,000. We went into the trenc
on the Scissor front with that nj
Der and strange as it might see
came out with 4,017, identically
same number that survived at Oh
eau Thierry. But they were not
the same faces" And here Rup,
dropped his head for a moment.
It was while at Scissors that RI
ert was gassed. His mask protee.
him from breathing the gas but
soaked through his clothing and VIII
they we're taken off, part Of his Ac
came with them.
When asked whether he had talk
to any German prisoners, Rupert sa
he had talked to several. He exhibit
4 postal card photograph of a Germ;
sergeant and a private. They we
brothers, their names, Fred and Hen
Ralu. "These mel could speak
good English as you and l." Rupe
said. zone of them, the private, hi
been a meat cutter in Chicago for nil
years. He told me he wasn't era.
about joining the German Army b
t was either that or get killed SOL
other way as he was a German ST
'ect. So when the war was declarr
he went back to his old home and joi
ID the German Command. He W;
ylad he had been captured by Anne
cans and wanted to know all about t!
States"
Rupert also exhibited an iron Gro
which he had taken from a Germt
who had been made prisone
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
LETTERS FROM OUR
F SOLDIERS BOYS

The following letter has been re-
ceived from Sergeant Percy Gay, a
Mexico colored boy now in France. He
is a son of Annie Donnelly of this city.
Dear Mother
LASSEY, France, Jan. 3, 1919.-
While thinking of you this lonely day,
l thought l wSuld drop you a few lines.
l don't see why Mother l haven't
heard from you. l wrote you some
time ago and Sent you a picture. At
that time I was in Atlesbaine, where
the snow can bee seen on the large
mountains. The Elks mountains are
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

David J. Hartegan is in st. Amman
da, France, and in a New Years let
ter which he writes to his father Mr..
J. W. Hartegan, he says he enjoyed
the day playing cards and doing tricks
He also tells of having attended a
show given by five women. They
played different kinds of musical in
struments and cracked several jokes.
It was pretty good, he says:
Well, l hope you all spent a Happy
Christmas and New Years, he writes.
We had a Christmas tree and gave
some presents to the French children
of the town. There were 90 of them.
They sang US some songs, but l could
not understand them. We had some
dinner too: duck, goose, coffe, pudding
potatoes, gravy, cake, oranges, bread,
candy, nuts, cigarettes. A box was
given US by the Y. NJ. C. A. 1t con-
tanned a bar of chocolate candy cigar
cites and a can of Prince Albert smok-
ing tobacco. After the French had en-
t~ertained us, we had a little doing.
Some songs and some dancing. There
was some snow fall and the hills we're
white. The next day the band was
here and gave a concert.
| am going to school again. This
school is to teach us how to be good
shots with u rifles. There are fif-
teen privates and five non-commiss-
toned officers from my company going
to the same school and each company
sends the same number. The classes
are held in the next town from here.
l saw Winfield Stuart. He is look
ing fine and healthy but l didt get to
talk to him. He is attending the same
school l am. l was on a hike some
time back and saw Virgil Mimic. He
was a lot fatter and looked as healthy
as could be. He said he wasn't doing
much. This country is sure noted for
its rain. Has been raining here for
the last three weeks.
Some of the boys were ready last
night with rifle and pistol and shot
the old year out and the new year in.
l have just been showing some of the
French people with whom l live, some
of the pictures I have with me. They
were very glad to see them and show
ed me some of theirs, also gave me
some Of the cakes they were making,
something like u doughnuts.
Well will close for this time,
Your loving son,
PVT. DAVID ]. HARTEGAN.
Co G. $40 Inf. A. f. F. A. R. @. 795.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

Attached to the U. S. DESTROYER
Kimberly, which has been officially
credited with sinking the German sub
marine, U-91, A. H. McClintic, Of
Laddonia, is home on leave after hay
ing spent eight months overseas seek
ing the Hun stingers. He was sta
toned most of the time near or at
Queenstown, Ireland, and passed many
times over the grave of the L~usitania.
Life on a destroyer, especially IN
rough weather, when the seas are
high, is anything but passive and
quiet. Coming home from Ireland. in
a severe storm, his ship rolled at an
angle of 62 degrees and he says the
navy authorities state a destroyer can
roll at IS degrees and right itself with
out turning turtle.
The Kimberly makes 80 miles an
hour at full speed. 1t is over 300 feet
long and a little over forty feet wide
and in war time has a crew of over
100 men. McClintic on the Kimberly
was in the convoy that accompanied
President Wilson into Brest and saw
him wave to the men of the fleet from
the bridge of the George Washington.
While in Brest he saw Garrett Barnes,
of this city.
When a destroyer rolls in "a storm
it is practically impossible to sit at
the table and eat. The food flies
through the air and frequently the
men in the crew are thrown across the
floor and in danger of receiving SER
ious injury. 1t is built for speed and
for that reason does not ride the seas
very easily.
McClintic is a son of r. II. McCEn-
tic and says he is glad to be back to
the States. He denies the report of
the beauty of the Queenstown colleens
and says most of them have a part or
all of their teeth missing. He went
to the rescue of thwo ships that had
been torpedoed and was called to aid
the President Lincoln when she was
sunk by a submarine.
Young McClintic says the n
in which they located the U-91 was
through listening in with the radio at
night when the submarine was re-
porting by wireless.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
COLDS INTERFERE
WITH BUSINESS
DR.. Kings New Discovery
relieves them and keep
you going on the job

Fifty continuous years Of almost
nnfailing checking and relieving coughs.
colds and kindred sufferines is the
proud achievement Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery.
Grandparents, fathers, mothers, the
Riddles all have used and are l,sinp
It as the safest, surest, most pleasant-
to-take remedy they know of.
Bold by all druggists everywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

lowing Mexico letter from France tell,
ing of seeing Mexico boys there. He
is a son of William Holt, of this city
and was formerly connected with TIC
Orpheum theatre.
Dear Mother and Family
Convalescent Camp, Moves Berlcy.
France, A. P. o. 798.-Today is the
Goth and 1 am telling you we hal a
very nice Christmas. You can't i'm
agine how glad I was to get what
did from the Red Cross.
l will begin to tell you we had an
old tim Vuas. Our presents were 4
pair of socks; and in one were TWO
boxes Of cigarettes, and a box of mat
ches, a handkerchief, a box of candy,
package of gum, and plenty of mixed
nuts. l am eating some of the mixed
candy now. l was tickled to know that
our boys were not forgotten and that
somewhere in the good old U. S. A. the
good people of the Red Cross thought
of the great army, and III tell the
world that they were good to me, and
l shall never forget my first Xmas.
in France. How could / forget
ever. Well, I know that Old Saata
came at home all right, and I'm just as
happy over it, as if I were there TOO
spend it with you.
Mother, I'm not with my company.
l have been sick and Of course went 10
the hospital and had swell treatment.
1 was suffering with my back, but l am
feeling fine now and have seer a great
deal of France. Will tell you when I
see you again, and I don't think that
it will be very long. don't get home
sick like I did when I first came over,
but Mother, it's just like 1 told yol at
home-that l was not the only moth
er's son over here and that's how I
content myself. Oh, Mother, you
can't guess what boy from home IS
here with me in this camp. l see him
every day and he is sure good to me.
He gives me money, and ofcourse that
makes me feel good to know that out
of two thousand men there is one frcm
your home town, and his name is Mar
vim Carter. He live in the country
and says papa has cleaned house for
them many times. His fathers name
is Sterl Carter. Father knows him.
There was another one, Charles Pulls.
He was u mail carrier. He is also
a fine young man. He has gone now,
and that leaves only Marvin Carter
and myself.
I have never seen Charley Pigg. 1
wish I could. I miss his little sayings
very much.
Well, kiss all at home for me. Tell
Dad and sisters to be of good cheer
and make all the money they can.
Answer oon Many kisses.
Your son,
HAROLD HOLT.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

George Carter, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. C. Carter, of this city, who is in
France with U. S. troops, in a recent
letter home announced that he had
received his promotion and had been
transferred to Headquarters Co., but
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
Garage Burns Friday Night.

Late Friday night two garages, a
Stephens automobile and hen house
belonging to C. W. Street in the east
part of Mexico, were destroyed by
fire. Mrs. C. ". Street answering an
inquiry by phone regarding insurance,
said the loss was about half covered
by insurance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
SHOE CONSERVATION

". H. Kelley, a lumber salesman, of
Omaha, found Neolin Soles 50 tough
and durable that one pair of soles
served on a second pair of uppers
after the first pair of uppers had worn
out in ten months of hard walking.
And he says. Those same soles will
stand another ten mouths OF constant
daily wear" =
This is unusual service even for
Ne6lin Soles but Mr.. Kelley's experl-.
ence should indicate to you a method
of cutting down those rising shoe bills
O have to meet. Simply make sure
the new shoes you buy are Neolin,,
soled and have worn shoes repaired
with these soles which are scientifically
made to be comfortable, waterproof
and exceedingly long-wearing. They
are made by The Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, who
also make Wingfoot Heels, guaran-
teed to outwear any other heels.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

Minor Bolts and wife, of Chicago,
are visiting friends and relatives in
Mexico. Mrs. Bolts was Miss Lulu
See, a sister of Mrs. L. M. White of
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

if Won will Just touch the corn or
raJiIs with a few drops of 'Gets-It.'
What a blessed relief it gives to
corn pains, You won't limp any
more; you can enjoy the dance
ayery minute. Then to see how
h a corn or callus will come right
Of Complete, like a banana peel and
without the least pain. is just won
derfuL. 'Gets-It' is the biggest seller
among corn in the worId
today. simply because it is so won
d~erfuily simple and always works.
Be sure you get 'Gets-It-'"
"Gets-It," the guaranteed, n
back corn-remover, the only sure way.
costs but a trifie at any drug store.
MfdbyE +. Lawrence Co, Chicago, III.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06

Word has been received of the death
of Mrs. Willard Herring, of Laramie,
Wyoming. Mrs. Herring was form
erly Miss Ola Douglass of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
'Gets.lf''-2 Drops ;
Then to the Dance!
Goodnight to Corn Pains-Corns
Peel OFF With "Gets-It."

"Say, girls. you can laugh at
tight shoes. or damp. corn-pulling
weather, big bunny corns, calluses
on the soles of you feet, cornS be-
tween the toes, hard and soft corns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-03-06
Keep Bowels On Schedule

Late. retarded functioning throws
the whole days duties out of gear.
Keep the system cleansed, the appe.
tite lively, the stomach staunch with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, Mild and
tonic in action. Sold everywhere,