The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-08-08

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qulth my friend from the commission's
headquarters in New York. | mean
the A. c. R. N. f. headquarters.
had never heard of any of the others
The Presbyterian man was the Invest
and sanest one among all the others
hey had been sight seeing in Pales-
tine, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem
etc.
Every little while | look at my
diary for year ago when | was so
busy at Camp Fremont. 1t was Just
a year ago that Mr.. Jacks decided to
put me in charge of one of the larger
buildings. Those days seem a long
time ago as does California seem a
long way off.
often used to look at people who
had travelled in Turkey or the Holy
Land as different from other people
and used to wonder how the mission
aries lived in this country all the years
away from America. This life here is
different all about one but his life
goes on day by day with his duties
and pleasures and he hardly realizes
that what he is doing is not the or
binary thing, in the ordinary way.
The last mail brought to me an En-
deavor World and four Independents
Believe me they looked good. The
latest Independent was March p but
very, very good here where we get so
little news now of the outside world
and our homeland especially | have
had few English papers but they are
not like America.
| have had chance to read some
stories here and most of them have
been by English authors and with that
viewpoint and telling of scenes in
England and the colonies and even in
the Levant. These glimpses into other
lands have all been welcome as has
the other viewpoint.
Some of these parties left a Geo
graphic magazine, some Literary Di
gests, and Saturday Evening Post.
All look good to me.
All through April and May we had
lot of rain and cold weather but the
first of June and the new moon
brought real summer time. Nice
bright warm days SO that one does not
want his heavy clothes which | have
worn until June 8.
l have had few cherries and some
radishes from Adana and when l was
in Konia | found some fine lettuce and
cucumbers. These taste like home.
June %. 1t is Sunday evening and
a different sort of Sunday. | will be
glad to get somewhere again where. |
can go to church once in a while.
Sundays and all to work when needed;
trunks have gone over and this after
icrhf a
to Chifti Kahn for good hot bath.
While there some British officers
came in to inspect the place; one of
them We were told was Gen. Howe;
here there are some East Indian
troops who make good soldiers. Sat
urday we loaded all our trucks; 10 in
all-quite a convoy, and is all to go
to Harpoot. Gle tells of large num-
Der of old and new associates coming
in the day before, one with train of
l9 loaded cars of supplies, and were all
to leave in various directions the next
morning.)
Tomorrow morning we start for
Sivas; expect to reach Talas Tuesday;
| am to drive light REQ truck; can
you beat it? | may make the trip to
Harpoot; they say it is a great coun-
Try. L expect however VIII stay d
Sivas and get into work there; | have
been told | am to have charge of the
thousand acre farm and grist mill, etc.
May be | am, but I'm afraid my hay
fever will interfere; have had little
here lately, taking the form of stopped
up nose most of the time. However
Mr.. Partridge missionary in charged
is a fine man to get along with so |
will have no trouble.
My days at Oulou Kichla are num-
bered. | have been in charge here but
now B. will be in charge of this base,
the supplies and all transportation;
and things, l think, will be different,
and SO l am not sorry for the change;
he is nice fellow, but self-centered;
he was lieutenant in the American
army transport service, and knows
automobile transport quite thoroughly.
He is like all these men who work on
the road, seemingly rough or making
themselves out to be, which is much
the same; they drink and swear and
talk. get along well with them,
for leave them alone, and yet jolly
with them. The train from Adana ar
rives at a. m, we eat at 7 and leave
at 8.