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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-01-16
Company A, 1868 Inf.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Lovingly,

Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Janu-
airy -, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Leslie H.
Lee, of Grangeville, Idaho, who, on Nov
ember 4, 1915, made Homestead Entry,
No O636O, for E1a NEA, & NJ SEH =,
Section %, VIZ NWH, & VIZ SWA 4,
Section "a, Township 20 North, Range
] East, Boise Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make three year Proof to
establish claim to the land above des-
cribed, before Hampton Taylor, U. S.
Commissioner, at Grangeville, Idaho, on
the oath day of February, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Walter c. Cash, Frank ]. Buffman,
Alison Vaughan, William c. Lee all of
Grangeville, Idaho.
$50 Henry Heitfeld, Register.
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it pretty easy now, thanks to the arms
tice being signed. Last summer we got
up at six and were kept going pretty
steadily till at night. Now we get
up at seven and are all through at 4 30
in the afternoon and are not going very
hard any of the time. have haI lots
of fun and seen quite little bit since
being in Anglers. l have been on two
trips this last summer. One was on a
furlough and one was trip with some
troops.
1 don't know when we will be starting
home, but it will be quite a while yet
as We have lots of work to'do. We will
be kept busy nearly as long as troops
stay over here, but then the longer we
are away the better home will seem
when we do get there
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year am, your low
ing son.
Sergeant Albert Guthrie,
Company f, 116 Engineers.
A. E: F: France.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Janu-
airy 10, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Walter c.
Cash, of Grangeville, Idaho, who, on
March 3, 1914, made H. E. O52S2, for
S15 NWH, NJ SWH, Sec. II; and on
Feb. 4, 1915, Add. H. E., No. O5949, for
NJ NWH, & SEH sWA. Section y,
Township 90 North, Range East, Boise
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make three year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Hampton Taylor, U. S. Commission
err, at Grangeville, Idaho, in the oath
day of February, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Leslie H. Lee, Frank Byrne, Frank j.
Buffman, o. P. Soderburg all of Grange
vile, Idaho.
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]. FRANCIS GILBERT.
Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
January 3, 1919.
My Dear Friend:
I received the Christmas box sent to
me by the mother IS club. l thank you
all very much. When came back from
France I was in hope of spending Christ
mas in Granyeville, but as you see, I
was badly disappointed. It viii be
some time yet before I get back, for I
haven't had my operation yet.
Mrs. Cone wrote that it was reported
that the boys would soon return. I
surely hope so, not only for their sake,
but I know what it means to you moth
ers. I saw the fellows stationed at st.
Nazarie a short while before I left
France. They all told me to assure you
that they were well, and they surely
are. The fellows never were more
vigorous, nor looked better than they
did when I left. SO with all in favor
of the boys soon returning, I sincerely
wish you all a very Happy New Year.
Mother also sends her best wishes.
Sincerely,
J. Francis Gilbert.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of The interior, U. s.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Janu-
arv Q. 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Frank J.
Buffman, of Grangeville, IDAHO, who,
on November II. 1915, made Homestead
Entry, No. O6102, for E15 SWH, Sec
ton 10. Township 90 North. Range 2
Fast, Boise Meridian, has filed notice
Of intention to make three year Proof TO
establish claim to tn land above describ-
ed, before Hampton Taylor, u s. Com
missioner, at Grangeville, Idaho, on the
goth day Of February, 1919.
Claimant names az witnesses,
Leslie II. Lee, Alvin Fl. Castle, Walter
C. Cash. John L. Herndon all of
Grangeville, idaho
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior, U. 8.
Land Office at Lewiston, idaho, Janu-
arv 9. 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Frank L..
TAYLOR. of Whitebird, Idaho, who, on
July 16. 1915. made Add Fl F., No.
0622S. for SEK NEh. & M. SE1l, Sec
tion IT. Township 81 North. Range 3
East Boise Meridian, has filed notice
Of intention to make three year Proof,
TO establish claim TO the land above des-
cribed. before J. LOYAL Addison. U 8.
Commissioner. ut Whitebird. Tlaho, on
the 10Th day of February. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ralph Russell, Ben Large. Russell Fl.
Rice, Edward s. Vincent, all of White
bird. idaho.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior, U. 8.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Janu-
arY 9, 1919.
Notice is hereby given IL 1T Ross
zehner. of Garfield, Idaho, who on Feb
ruary 10. 1912, made Homestea Entry,
No. 04327 for Lots and 7, and SEH
SWH. Section 6, Township 2s North,
Range East, Boise Meridian, has filed
notice Of intention to make five year
Proof, to establish claim to he land
above described. before J. Loval Adki-
son. T. s. Commissioner, at Whitebird,
Idaho, on the 18th day of February,
1919.
Claimant names as witnesses
Edward T. Shearcr, of Garfield,
idaho; Harry P. Toogood, of Garfield,
idaho; Charles Ryan. of Garfield,
Idaho; George Shears of Joseph. Idaho.
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Go. A, 1868 Infantry.

France, Oct. Is, 1918.
Dear Sister and Folks:
Received your letters all right, some
OF them at a time when they were es-
pecially welcome, namely right on the
very front line trench. We were in bat
te (censored) nights and (censored)
days, ad l wish l could tell you all I
would like to about those exciting
Vcensored) days, so III just tell what l
mink will get through all right. The
battle started at (censored) o'clock in
the morning when the artillery started
and / thought all of hell had broken
loose such deafening roar and the sky
TOT miles, or as far as one could see, was
Just great flashes of fire as those big
guns went off, and it was light enough
10 see long ways around, then at
Ncensored) over the top we went and 1t
was not far to the first German tren-
cues, and to where we saw what those
oig guns that were firing all the time
NNhSt We uIONc Ou anu dDOuO
t"enty-seven hours later had captured a
large hill that had been and was the
Predominating strong point for a long
ways, and it was here that the prisoners
iiled into columns. I think, or was told |
We got over 5000 of them. AS the drive
went on we had taken many trenches
ana dugouts that they surely had fixed
up fine. I guess they thought they
could stay there always. They had fine
Seohe floors, like in the Grangeville
savings and Trust company bank in
"iangeville, lace curtains in the win
Vows, fire places and the best bedsteads
eHu the like in them. 1 guess they were
-Or the Officers, for there were lots of
maps and aeroplane pictures and the
IKE OF that in them, but those things
uiuh interest me so much as did the
'a's as we didn't stop to eat yet and l
vas getting pretty hungry. A wounded
oernan that l helped to bandage up
.ignt at this place told me where to
ina the best of the eats so / went over
aao tound it took SOME along, also
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RATTLE SCENES IN FRANCE DE-
scRIBED BY SOLDIER WHO
LATER LOST HIS LIFE.
HOPED TO BE HOME SOON
Rumors of Peace Were Rife When the
Epistles Were Penned-Killed
Week Before Armistice.

Describing furious battles in France
Miss Freda Hesterman has just received
two letters written by her brother, Pvt.
Henry Hestermas, who was slain in ac-
ton on November 2, just a week be-
fore the signing of the armistice. One
of the letters was written only four
DAYS before the soldier lost his life.
Here are the letters:
October 20, 1918.
Dear Sister: Received your card yes
terday and was surely glad to get it.
went over the top on that morning too
and had not gone far until the big H.
E. shells began to fall like rain and as
| was ducking from one shell hole to
another and those shells coming ever
closer, some only few feet away l
thought several times I was old enough,
but l m still lucky as m still around.
We have some new men in our company
now and of course they want to know
how one feels when he goes over the
top and what modern battle is like
I, for one felt like I had a calling and
couldn t come, and then to describe a |
battle is impossible for I think it is
indescribable. There are of course many |
things that happen that one can tell
about but on the whole I don't think
any one can describe it.
We are in better place now and the
land is more level the cities are not
shot to pieces so much. The Germans
retreated so fast at this place that the
shooting with the big guns was light and
so the damage was not great to the
towns. The houses are of brick and
built on the plan of ours III Merrill and
their barns are better than some peo-
PIES houses I've seen. They did have
lots of stock but that of course has all
been taken back by the German army.
I've been pretty much over the whole
line and it seems good to get in a place
that is not entirely in ruins. There has
been lot of peace rumors, so maybe VIC g
will all be back soon and then we can
tell you more about our times. That !
friend of yours surely had some magma S
lion of what we do over here. I've /
lever seen a dance hall yet. I'm tickl-
ID all over to have a good shell hole \
ometimes. We are in q dandy place t
ust now and hope we get to stay few c
week Is but I'm afraid few days will be 1
bout the size of it. Please write soon. 4
Lovingly Henry,
Henry j. Hesterman,
o. A, 1863 Infantry. b
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took along a dandy box of cigars that
surely cane in handy when tobacco was
getting scarce. 1t was the fifth night
before got any sleep and that was lust
few hours, but after we left the front
IN the (censored) night. l have sure
made up for lost sleep. We are now
back quite ways from the front and
have good rest billets and grub again.
and as l think over the things we did
and the way we went many puzzling
things present themselves. One is the
very small percentage of deaths there is
on the field. Such a hurricane of
sharpnels and bullets we went throuqb
and L would not need to use all my fling
ers to count the deaths on the field of
our company. Some that were hurt in
the first days were back again before
We were relieved
L saw Saw Kennedy twice during the
battle but didn t get to talk to him and
so far as l know there were only four
more from home near where 1 was.
There is lots of peace talk now and if
peace should come and we get home
again III have lots of interesting
things to tell you.
note in your last letter that you are
having a good time and that the folks
ire getting along nicely. didn It know
from the way you wrote if my crop
made more than last year or if all to-
gether made more You know there
vas more land in.
didn't get to finish this letter be-
ore our meal so will do it now I've
written to you several times but could
lot get to mail them so had to carry
hem around till they were worn so
ou could not read them. It is some
ines two weeks before we get mail, but
IN usually lucky and get a few then
The mail is so long getting back and
orth so I wish you would get all the
Olks and the three girls a Christmas
resent and send it to them for me. Be
Ire and get mother a good one. Well
must close. Please write soon.
Lovingly,
HENRY.
ounon, Q69 Trf
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from his son, Sgt. Albert Guthrie.
,)e.'. Is LIS
Dear Father,
Anglers, France.
As l did not write to you last month
when the other boys wrote their Faith
er S Victory letter, because was in the
hospital that day, III write today Civ
ing NOSE of the history of the regiment.
We landed at st. Nazarie and stayed
for about week. The regiment, then
about 1900, strong was broken up and
about 500 men were sent to regiment
at the front. We didn't understand
what this was for, nor could we under
stand when they sent some of the boys
down to the docks to work Captain
Wheeler of our company first wanted
to send Fred, but first asked what we
thought about it. He told us that we
would probably be separated later any
way. We didn t know then that Fred
would never be able to get back to the
company. About 100 boys of the regi-
ment were left with Fred.
A few days later we took the train for
La Courtine, a small town in the noun
tains, in southern France. 1t was an
awfully cold trip because there was
snow on the ground and we had to travel
in box cars. 1t took about thirty hours
to make the trip and we were nearly
frozen when we landed.
We stayed in LaCourtinc little over
a month and didn t do anything except |
lie around. 1t was awfully cold, but |
we had good barracks and so got along
all right. Toward the last of the month
we entrained and pulled north. We
hought We were starting for the front,
IF for place to train just behind the
ines, but we only got as far as Selles-
Sur Cher, which is in central France.
Here we didn't do anything but lie
round. We were billeted in old brick
films and it was some place. 1t was
line weather but a -trifle cold for
leeping in a place with all the doors
nd windows out. II was still a big
lystery what we were going to do. All
hat was left of the regiment was SER
eants and corporals. We couldn I
igure it out because we were lying
round so much. About the 5th of
ebruary we entrained and came to An
ers and then we were shipped bunch !
men from the states to train. We s
lought at that time we would take |
lem to the front with us but as they
ere soon shipped out we learned that r
g were to conduct an engineers train r
II camp. Since then we have been q
tipped thousands Of men to train and s
lie send to the front to replace men
no have been wounded or killed. We \
I've done good work so some visiting b
,nerals have said and we are pretty il
oud of our outfit. Most al of US f
ould have liked to have seen the regi- Il
emit stay together and been sent to the T
ont because I don think there are 81
any regiments that would have done a
tier work than we would. It's GER d
in that there are few regiments that S
)uld have done better work at what a
, are doing than we have done. Only Il
&c did we come near going and that lie
Is last spring when the Germans made %
cir big drive. We were all packed up IL
ady to go. We drilled some pretty b.
lg hours last summer but are getting T
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them to the Second engineers, and We
had nothing left but the officers and
non-coms. 1t was a pretty hard thing
to part with a lot Of the fellows who had
been my best friends, but it had to be
done. Wen, in a few days what were
left of us were loaded into box ears and
we went to the little French town of
La Courtine, where we were quartered
in French barracks.
We stayed there for about month
and % half, and We then moved to Sells
eer-cher, on the Loire river. We were
there for probably two months, and
drilled a little there. It was pleasant
town and was very quiet
Then we left there and were sent to
Anglers, where the regiment is now. We
were made a replacement regiment and
trained men for requirements for all
the engineering regiments in France.
We were quartered in large French bar
racks and had fine accommodations An
gers is a fine town of about $4,000 poo
pie, and a Very pretty place. We we're
among the first American soldiers to be
stationed there, and we were able to get
acquainted with many Of the people.
Captain Kading left the company at La
Courtine lieutenant Bowling came to
Anglers with MS, and was then sent back
20 the states because he had heart trou-
bic He was one Of the finest officers
I ever saw and old Company E certainly
hated to see him leave. We had some
good officers in our company. At pres
emit Captain Johnson is commanding
Company F. and he is a fine chap.
We had too many men arriving to han
die them in six compnies so we organic
ed four or five new companies in the re-
giment. transferred to Company I.
and was appointed first sergeant few
days later. Fisher is first sergeant of
L, Vaughn is first sergeant of
Company z, and Fray is the top kicker
Of Company G. All of the boys have
gone up few notches since we came
over here
7 was sent to the first army school
last spring for a course in engineering.
We had quite pleasant trip and afte,
he course was finished we went back to
Angers All we have done since we
.ame to France is train 5000 or 5000
non each month, working about nine or
EN- hours a day. tt has been a monoto-
lous grind, but it is all over now. The
,eing the GA. f. F. West Point" We
certainly have a fine regiment. Most
# the old bunch has heard the big guns 7
oar. They would take up troops to the
ront and get to see some of The real
trapping for three or four days.
At present am at an officers train 2
ng school. I have been here three r
weeks, and am getting along nicely.
'hree of us were sent here from the :
egiment last month. We do not know
neither we will get commissions or not, T
ecause We understand they have quit a
taking promotions.
7 do not know when we will get back :
. the good old U. s. A., but I expect
, celebrate the 4th of July in Grange
lille. I may be mistaken, but ] hope !
OF. =
7 don t believe that Uncle Sam will .
eep his soldiers here any longer than
e has to. In the meantime We will all n
ave to await the time until we pull into
lc old station at Grangeville. I
With love. q
MACK
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In France,
November 8, 1918.

November 8, 1918.
Hello "sis"
Don't drop dead from surprise at
hearing from me.
Letters have been few and far be
tween for I've been playing the game
called Hunting ire Hun" It's a
very fascinating sport or perhaps
Should say it is the king of all sports.
'Tis u game at which men flirt. with
death and never give it a moment s
consideration. For example the other
day I witnessed an air duel before our
birdmen took part in the fight. The
anti-aircraft guns opened up on the
German plane and we stood out in the
open watching the shapnel burst all
around the enemy.
We all knew We ought to 20 to cover
for at any time we were in danger of
being struck by falling bits of shell, but
we never think of the danger we re
in and seldom stop to ponder afterward.
One Of the most peculiar sensations
of all is to stand in the trenches just
before dawn when the hours seem long
est and night is darkest and not a sound
comes TO you from across No Man S
Land and all at once your heart leaps
with a queer sensation, and you stand
there in a trance For Fritz has opened
bombardmept Then back Of your
own trenches comes the reply from the
Yanks battery.
Then the whole line takes it up till
all the clements are line The firing
is SO heavy that it is as light as day at
nights darkest hour.
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OLD AGE STARTS
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, Janu-
airy 8, 1919. :,
Notice is hereby given that Powell
Gibson, of Whitebird, Idaho, who, on
January %, 1916, made Homestead En-
try, No. O6243, for NWA, VIZ NEA'
.NWl SEA, & NEH'SWA, Section %.
Township % North, Range l West, Boise
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make three year Proof. to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore J. LOYAL Addison, L. S. Commits
sioncr. at Whitebird, Idaho, on the 20th
CAV f Fclrnary, 1910
Claimant names as witnesses:
Fred Yaharns, of Joseph, Idaho;
Henry Nelson, of Whitebird, Idaho;
Clark Gill, of Whitebird, Idaho; Milton
whitman. of Whitebird. Idaho.
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Mrs Rodies and son of Occur d.
Alene are visiting the former $ daugh-
ter, Mrs. Earnest Heates, of this place.
Mrs w. L. Brown has gone to Tahoe
to visit her parents while Mr. Brown is
at Kamiah.
Mr. and Mrs Roy Clarke, and son
and Mrs. Magde Wray and son are
convelescing from an attack of the flu.
Mr.. Wray was called from Occur d.
Alene to assist in nursing his family.
F. NJ and W. L. Brown, A G. Far
ris, c. II. Ruark and John Wilson left
Wednesday morning for Kamiah where
they have a contract for moving mater
ial for railroad at Caribel
r. II. Farris was a business visitor in
GrngevilIe the first of the week.
Mrs George Rough has returned to
her parents home on Battle Ridge to
visit with her brother Walter Pell Of
Wallace, Ida.
One of the worst storms of the year
occurred here Wednesday. The trip over
the mountain was very disagreesble for
stage passengers
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BELMONT DAY.
MACK

This letter received by Miss Margaret
Sasenbery from belmont Day was writ
ten three days before the armistice was
stoned:
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Get your butter wrappers priatea At
the Free Frsss.
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ALBERT GUTHRIE

Page Guthrie has received this letter
from his son, Sgt. Albert Guthrie.
Oe'. Is LIS