The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-23
THOMAS
New Resident

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
New Resident
Ezra Kunz of Beru, Bear Lake
county, Idaho, has purchased; from
Mr.. jackson, of the Hendrie Imple-
ment company, of Blackfoot and P.
J. McManus of Thomas, the Castle
Hill farm, half mile south of the
Thomas store, and is putting it all
into crops. He is putting 1T in
heavily to beets and potatoes. MI.
Kunz is an enthusiastic admirer Of
this part Of the country. He says
that in his search for a new home, he
knew that Blackfoot was the place
for him as soon as he saw the town.
His mother, Mrs. Louise Kunz of
Beru, who assisted with the moving
here, and has spent several weeks
visiting here and in Rexburg, re-
turned to her home at Beru last
week. Among other friends and rela-
tives she visited with her two neices
Mrs. Paul H. Alfred and Mrs. B. E.
Briscoe.
Phillip Dance Sr. has recently
erected a splendid barn on his farm.
It is a land mark Of credit to the
community.
Mrs. Birdenia Oregon of Salt
Lake City is spending a month here
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bell. She has with her the first and
only grandson, and just now he has
a job as boss Of grandfather's farm.
Ave Goodwin, our genial Sunday
school superintendent has purchased
a new Ford car.
Followed Mother
Orlando Kunz, one. of the famous
western division, who had seen some
hard service over in France, returned
a few days ago to his home in Beru,
Idaho, only to find that mother whom
he wanted SO badly to see, was over
the hills in Thomas, helping her son
Ezra and his family get located in
their new home. Stopping only for
q hurried greeting to the brothers
and sisters at home, he called his
brother at Thomas on the telephone
and said, Meet me in Blackfoot.
am coming to mother" So Orlando
spent four days of last week in
Thomas visiting with his brothers.
family and his cousins Mrs. Paul
Alfred and Mrs. B. Briscoe. This
young trooper tells Of some interest
ing experiences, but in SO modest
and matter of fact way that he
seems to be telling of some farm job.
When the writer said, Were you
wounded" he replied, ooh, not"
And when asked why he was in the
hospital he said, +" Oh we'll, you see
we were seventeen days in the
Argonne forest cut off from our sup
plies and we had very little Of any,
thing to eat, and l was little sick
after, but it didn't amount to much"
And thus this young trooper, who
was at the rooting-out of many am
pushed machine gun nests, describes
those scenes that are so terrible.
Coming from the train to Thomas,
while passing the cemetery he said,
There is rest camp. We had a
lot of them in France" When asked
as to the fear soldiers have of battle,
he said the first three days are ter
rible, but after that they are seized
with the determination of getting the
enemy Mr.. Kunz said when he left
the Argonne the Huns were running
good, and all that could be seen of
them was the machine gun fire which
was being directed on the allied
forces. From another Bear Lakes
young heroes comes little story con-
corning young Kunz, which he did
not tell. The second lad tells, how
upon retiring one night, to rest
quarters, in the rear, and himself on
the verge of exhaustion he stumbled
in the darkness, upon fallen COM
rade, and STOPPING to see if he could
render any aid, she'll flashed and
revealed the upturned face Of his
school-mate, whom he had not seen
since entering the army. Dropping
on his knees he called to the fallen
man, Orlando, wake up" After
several calls, the uncontious man
staggered to his feet, only to reel
around in a circle, In a bewildered
way and call the name of mother.
1t was the beginning Of that little
sickness after seventeen days Of
hunger in the Argonne. Well, he
took mother home on Friday morn
ing. He wants her to have her six
foot fighting Drawn all to herself
for few days.
Wedding Reception
Milton Wood and Vera Goodwin,
popular young people of this place,
who were recently united in marriage
were given wedding reception at
the home of the BRIDES parents last
week. Relatives and a, few friends
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