The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09

booze once stored In the court house
were sent gurgling into the sewer as
the old year passed into history. But
Sheriff Scott will be on hand to well
come the boys and win go the limit In
seeing that they have a good time, al
though 1t will be dry one.
But here is the letter written by
IChet Howarth in his own inimitable
style:
Congratulations to Scott.
! "Neuf Chateau. France,
December 5. 1918.
MY Dear Friend Scott
ION reading the results of the UNI
official returns of the county and state
election reports in the Press Times,
dated November 6. 1918, | noticed that
you have a plurality of 221 votes over
your opponent, Robert III, Pfeil for
sheriff Of Shoshone county.
Il took the paper over and showed
| 1t to the other boys from Wallace,
who are also in this organization, and
they all enjoyed the good news as
well as myself They were so pleas
ed that ! was Immediately selected as
committee of one to represent them
ine sending their congratulations to
you.
we are all hoping that the official
returns bring the same result and
please accept our sincerest congrat-
ulations and best wishes for very
successful term in your new Office
"Of course, the boys over here
know that everyone in Wallace did his
or her bit to help win this great war.
We also know that you have done
| your bit and will continue to do every
thing in your power to make 1t pleas
ant for the boys on their return. Now
when we dear boys return to dear
old wallace from over here amid the
glory of flying flags and the music of
many bands, we are going to ask one
favor of you.
I'VE are all looking forward to and
planning a smoker to celebrate our
return. You know there is one thing
necessary to make such an event a
! huge success, and that is an abund-
ance of firewater. This is where you
come in. 1t is up to you to see that
this necessary requirement is furnish
ed in great quantities, for assure
you there will be many thirsty ones
among us. So here is hoping you are
successful in capturing bootleggers in
large numbers.
1T Is almost six months now we
have served in the A. e. F., and 1t
will not be long until we are each
wearing a service stripe. In this six
months we all have had many pleas
ures, many hardships and a world of
experience, experience that Is going to
be worth great deal to all of us in
the future.
I'VE are located now in what Is
called the advance zone, but now that
the war Is over we have very little
excitement Although I have not seen
minute of real action, | have been
one of the lucky ones to visit that
portion of the front around St Mihiel,
where the Yanks started their first
made up entirely of western boys,
made their reputation. Here | saw
many things of interest and collected
many souvenirs which / hope | am
lucky enough to get home with me.
1--WE have just received orders from
general headquarters to make ready
to move to a seaport town. This
spells home for me, for | do not think
it will be long until we are back in
the states. In fact some of the Off
GERS In our organization are betting
we will be home by the first of March.
We'll, old boy, / will close for this
time trusting this effort of mine de-
serves an answer, for a letter over
here from friend is worth more to
us than a pay day. With best regards
to yourself and the rest of the bunch,
believe us to be as ever
Your friends.
CHESTER j. HOWARTH,
>"RALPH MARR,
"DAGO HENRY.
"GI.YNN ID. EVANS,
HAROLD SHANNON,
wv. c. PULLMAN,
"MAHAILO VUKAJLOVICH,
PETER GLUNNGLULER,
HOWARD r. LEIGHTY,
"VIDO S. SOLAJA,
WILLIAM WILKINS,
GUY GHIGLAR1,
FIRED HUTSELL,
I'VE all wish you merry Christ
mas and a very happy New Year"