Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-06-26
AN EXTRACT FROM A
SOLDIERS LETTER


Below we are publishing an
: extract from soldiers letter, from
a clipping handed us by one of our
, subscribers The sentiment in the
article we think is worth reading:
|, We always watch eagerly for
, every copy of the dear old News al
!, tho it's usually about month old,
the news it contains seems new to
us. my copy sometimes comes in
, the Battery Mail, when it does, the
: first, he opens it and reads it, then
sends it to me. If / get it first !
read it then send it to him, we don t
let rank count for much where there
is news from home is concerned
Well, ! received a copy few days
ago dated February 14th, the Ser
geant beat me to it-usually does
Il when / got it he asked me to let him
have it when finished as there was
La clipping in it he wanted, when |
returned it to him | told him to get
his clipping and then burn the darn
thing that | was ashamed for any
one to see 1t as l considered that
piece written and signed cold Tim
er" a disgrace to any enlightened
community I don't think we de-
Iserve that kind of advertising--nice
little ad that will make too, Mr.
i Stafford, bring lots of progressive
people into the community few
old moss backs like that are the
cause of our little city not being any
further advanced than 1t is today
i'm bet that old boy grows whiskers
/ and chews FLAT terbaccer
much trouble to shave-and takes q
bath almost every sprng-tf the
sign is in the feet--I'll bet his wife
enjoys pulling water UP with that
old dollar and a half wndlass many
few French Francs that if you had
his wife's private opinion on the
matter it would make food for nice
little argument between the two of
| them some nice quiet evening after
supper I don't agree with the gem
tleman as to its depending altogeth-
er, on how fellow was raised,
! think it depends to some extent on
what fellow has learned after he
has been raised. / presume from
the gentleman's talk that he let the
fo;tbf,,I x,,;fa oo,.r,r ,yatar from tho
spring only a half mile away Ma
turally she didn't mind it-no one
would its true we can get plenty
of water by digging down few feet
It's also true that much OF that water
is contaminated and causes many
cases of typhoid every summer
which the doctors can verify which
causes not few deaths. / suppose
old timer would say, well we
can't die until our time comes, what's
the use combating nature, some
folks don't seem to believe much In
sanitation It's true drummers will
keep coming, it's also true they will
advertise our town in way that's |
not good for it-and they are pref |
ty good medium for advertising too
probably old timer doesn't mind |
that but people that have the vel
fare and progress of the city at
heart should know it's not Good
bushes" In mentioning fires old
timer doesn't mention our boys who
have served so faithfully on the little
fire department who deserves conf
siderable credit, they haven't cost
the old timer anything with their
untiring vigilance and loyalty, never L
asking reward, it's never been brot Il
home to him properly 1 suppose. He !
also doesn't seem to realize that
water works will cut down the rate |
of fire insurance-which he probab-
ly doesn't carry, depending on his t
neighbours tin bucket-as for the t
road he mentions, well it's almost t
to believe normal I
man would put up such an argument
rs he has any one knows the benefit t
If good roads. / wish he could be
over here and take a few lessons I
rom the French on roads, altho i
hey are far behind us on most t
Kings they have far outclassed us
III roads, even their by roads out in o
he country are rock surfaced and 0
hey pull larger loads with one horse A
han we do with two. Why should t
IT the farmers drive to town and {
lave certain day of the week for
market day ETC., il they like e
which would be mighty good thing =
we are not living in 1875 but in :
919 and why not keep abreast of
he times and il we can live more
happy and healthier
ives why not do so-who could BE- y
NY, fcrta blo and bonnv n.idiOQ Oyar &,