Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-21

Came to our household a few
days ago letter in which it was
stated that little family of three
in a little town in Illinois, near st.
Louis, had 25-pound turkey for
Christmas.
N. c.
Now an ordinary 25-pound tur-
key is not so much of a turkey,
after all. Why, the late Horace
Nose of Westerly, r.. l.. used to
send the president of the United
States, every Thanksgiving, a tur-
key much weightier than that.
once, l recall, he sent the presi-
dent 49-pound turkey.
N. c.
Nevertheless, that 25-pound tur-
key which the little family of three
in the little Illinois town shared
with some relatives and friends on
Christmas day was, in some re-
spects, the very biggest old turkey
gobbler you or anybody else ever
heard of or probably will hear of,
neighbor.
N. c.
VI lllOlt W as very 1tluGll lllOlt
to that turkey than the white and
the dark meats, and the delicious
dressing, and the gravy that made
your mouth water Yes, a great
deal more indeed That turkey
represented the love of II sister for
u brother; aud it stood for pure
and pathetic hope; and ii had
grown big and hefty and waxed
fat upon the SLOW, sure waning of
that hope.
N. c. ..
And when that hope died. that
turkey followed suit.
N. Ct
First, take off your hat, and then
listen to this (and don't YOU do
any crying for the time being, for
If you do | can't go on and tell you
the story reckon maybe Pm just
about as human as you are); 4
N. CT
Do you recall having read in the
papers a month or two ago that all
the men Of our overseas forces
marked missing except two, had
been accounted for by the war de-
partment? Then do you recall
little later. that the war depart
ment sent out a statement to the
press that every missing man had
been accounted for and the record
was closed?
N. c.
Well. one of those missing men
unaccounted for i'm the first notice,
and still unaccounted for to his
so far as any notice from
the war department goes, was Ar
thur Heberer of st. Louis. His sis
ters and his brother called him
"Artie." l knew him personally. |
He was a fine, splendid, high |
idealed young man of about ~,
by day and studying law
in a night school when he volun-
tered for service.
IN. c.
No youth of more glorious prom |
ise ever have i known than was
"Artie' Heberer-clean in mind |
and in body, devoted to his family |
and TO his friends, faithful to ev-
cry trust, a thorough American |
born of German American parents. |
He volunteered, remember, and he |
was sent across in the summer of |
1918. In September of that year |
MS sister-the one who cooked the
Christmas turkey fifteen months
ater-received from the war de-
)artment a message that Arthur
was wounded severely
And that was the only message
ever received from the war depart
nent.
IN. c.
When his regiment came home to
st. Louis. in triumph the sister re-
paired thither and interviewed Ar
les bunkie. who could tell her on
y that, in one of those terrible bat
les, the last he saw of Artie was
hat he was wounded and was down
~ hands and knees. The bunkiei
rad to go and forward with the
Wild wave of battle.
m. c.
Now, as TO the turkey. The sis
or bought young turkey and be-
Fan fattening 1t for Aries Christ