The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-15
THE K|MSH|P OF THE
new AMERICAN
Aims and Ideals Of the United
States and Canada Will
Soon Be Signed.

The war is over. peace will soon ht
signed. the fighting nations have
shenthcd their swords. and the day OF
reconstruction has come.
Whit OF 1t
Hundreds of thousands OF men, tnk
IN from the fields Of husbandry. from
the ranks OF labor. from the four walls
Of the counting house, and the con
fines of the workshop. taken from them
to do their m,rt, their large part. In
the prevention of the sDOliafiOn OF the
world, and In the meantime removed
from the gear Of common everyday
life, will he returning, only 10 find III
many cases old positions filed, the
machinery with which they were FOR
iuerly attached lislOcntcd.
Are they To become ninlrss wan.
tlcrers. with the ultimate possibility
Of auglncnting an army OF mcnncins
lcnfers? If they do II II liz because their
ability To assist In laying new fnundn-
lions, in building np much required
structures, Is underestimate. Men
who have fought MS they have fought.
who have riskeh and faccd dangers MS
they have, are not OF the caliber likely
to finch when II comes tn the restO-
rntion Of what the enemy partially de-
strOyed. when it comes to the recon-
| structiOn Of the world the ideals Of
| which they had In view when they took
part In the great struggle whose Divine
purpose was To bring about this re.
construction.
Injured to toll. thouglitless Of fatigue.
trnine,l In initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence they will re-
turn better and stronger men. boys
will hive inatured and young men will
have developed.
They will decide Of themselves lines
Of action and thought. and what their
future should AMI will he. On the
field Of battle they developed nleriness
and wisdom. and they Will return with
boil, shedding from every pore.
Action WIS their by-wor'i and 1t will
stnnd them In good stead now That the
din Of the battle no longer rings In
their ears. Or the zcrO hour signals
them to the fray. and II will continue
during their entire existence.
But II they return 10 And their old
avOcntlOn gone. their plnces filed. the
institutions with which they We're con-
nccted no longer exist. new walks Of
life and employment must he opened
10 them. II may i,c that the counting
house. tile factory. the workshop will
have lost their attraction. The return
cd soldier will look elsewhere for en-
plOyIcnt within his reach there * nj
ways the Observation-Disclosures ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy that
will not only take cure Of II multitude
Of those who may not he able I" return
tn their former occupations. Whose de-
sirrS are not {" do 81. whose health
prohibits them from indoor life "r
whose outdoor habits from the past
one, two. three "r four years have
given them such II tnste nnd desire
for II that confinement would he til-
bcuruble. Farm life will thus appeal
TO them. and the Indications are TINT 1t
will bc taken advantage Of by thou
sands. II means much To them Ms well
MS to the Continent Of America That
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