TELLS OF LIFE AT
FORT DOUGLAS, UTAH
lB OUJiwajr Writes Interentlnfr Lt
trr to HI Mother j to
Like the Serrlce
Mr. A. Oiuway. 210 Kaat Third
treat, Is in receipt of letter from
bar dud, Private Lee W. Ottawa, Co.
O.. tOtb Regioaent, who la etatioued
1 Fort Douglas, Utah. The letter
arlll be of intereat to many as It de
tails the work the boys at that place
tare been doing. The letter follows:
Monday, a:30 p. m. Thought I
would write you a little Btory of what
am doing tbia week. The first
thing wo did today waa to get up at
ff:46 to atand reveille. We atood re
veille then came back and awopt up
round our bed. If we get done with
hat before breakfaat we lay around
on the bunk until we bear our belle
ring. Then you ought to aee them
feop around here, waahlng their face,
omblng their hair, for breakfaat.
Then we all try to get Into the meaa
kail door at the aame time.
Then cornea the big feaat. After
breakfaat we police up (clean up
round the barracka, In other
words). We work about 30 mlnutea
on policing up. Then we go back
and lay around the barracka until
drill call, which la at 7:30 a. m.
Then we go out and drill until 11:30
a. m.
When we got out there thoy gave
us exerclaea. We took them for 30
minutes. Then they put ua Into
trench digging. We worked IB mln
utea and lay off for an hour. So
(here lan't much to do. Well, thoy
kept ua at that until 11 a. m Then
Then we came in and got cleaned
P for chow (which ia tho name we
call our meal).
By the tlrao we got in from drill
and get cleaned up It la time to eat.
We atarted out at 1 p. m. for drill,
toot did not go out with our rifle and
pack on, but went out with ptcka
and ahovela, Just aa we did In the
Morning. We only drill two houra
la the afternoon from 1 to 3 p. m.
Juat aa Boon aa I got in I rounded
tip all my dirty clothea and gave them
good waahlng. By the time I had
any clothea waahed it waa time for
retreat, which la at 6:45 p. m. Then
right after retreat it la time for chow
gain. Juat aa soon aa I got chow
I went over to my bunk again and
rounded up my clean clothea and took
a bath, and when I waa done with
that, that waa the end of the day's
work
From 7 n. m. we fooled around
the barracka. aome trying to alng,
ome boxing, othera wrestling. That
ia the way we put in tho evening at
fort Douglaa.
Tueaday waa the same aa Monday
it waa a little cool in the evenins.
Went out on a little hike thia after
oon. about 3 mllea up one of the
Aftor 1 sot back I went
tn town and took in a ahow.
Wednesday we got up aa uaual. but
it waa aure cold. They have ua in
mdiB barracka. There are
cratka in It big enough for a fellow
to crawl through. Yoo ought to aee
the boys anap out of It when we get
mm After reveille we ail warn inio
the baaement of the brick garracke
There it waa good and warm. It waa
are aome Ja mwhen about 100 fel
lows rot into u room about SO x 30
After breakfast thoy took ua out
and ran ua for about a mile nnd buck
On returning thoy took ua into the
brick barracka into tho squad room
ad had ua pile bunka on top of each
ember to make more room for drill
tag. Wo had bayonet oxc-rclae. Wo
had on head and body scabbard, bo
we wouldn't hurt one another, and
also had thick glovoe on bo wo
wouldn't hurt out hnd. Wo sum
had fun wntchinK aomo of the other
fellows fighting with tho bayonet
About 11 o'clock It started to snow
bat did not last long, for it waa too
pold to snow much
Aftor dinner wo went on not her
klko down to Liberty Park, which 1b
about X miles. (Jot back nhout
'clock, st til looking for a warm place
t oplay cards in
At 3:30 p. m we had to go out
for regim ntal parade up on tho 20th
Regiment nnrade grounds. lasted
about 30 minuter;.
After that we went up and watch
ed thorn give guard mount. After
guard mount is retreat for tho rest
of the regiment After retreat ia
time for it-sb. wliu h nobody missed.
Then after supper we ran around tho
barracks to keep warm. I will call
this the end of another day
Well. I Bjrveat' much to sny about
Thursday only It was tho Mine aa
Wednesday except that we had a pa
rade. Tho parade wb for Secretary
f tho Treasury McAdoo That is all
for today. Will write another letter
later on Yours as over.
Your son.
LEE W. OTTAWAY
If anyone wishes to write mo from
there I wll laend my address Pri
vate Ixe W. Ottawa. 20th Reg.. Co.
Q., Ft. Douglaa. Utah
up thb following with your road com- I am feeliat goon ana use it nn
I ii..bi at a Ua a mi havl na ntn
nittee at one I bv- " -
la your city and Morrill county weather, warm, but not hot, with
ntereated In fixing toe road through cool mountain brasses. The moan-
from Bridgeport to Alliance? There j tain ranges look beautiful wnen tne
Is only one bad place In Box Butte1 sun gats a certain slant each day.
county and we have repaired tbla at i no not auppoee iumrm a
throe different time and also about noaunrui piace in me couniry. mco
Ave miles In your county at our ex- ' company has an incinerator to ourn
n..nM when I went through Snl all garbage and waate. There are no
ney the other day. I talked to some mosquito and practically no files, so
of the hotel and garage men and they If one gets sick It Is likely to be his
informed me that there wasn t a day own fault.
that soms two to half a doten tour- I We get up at 6: SO a.m. si the first
lata didn't inquire concerning the call of the bugler. The buglers (34)
roads to the potash fields, but when jail turn out and play revalue ("can't
the found thev were in such bad got 'era up) at 6:40. At 6:46 roll
shape most of them gave up the trip,
hlcb means a loss to ua and un
doubtedly to your garage and hotel
men and othora.
If a committee of your business
men will go up tnrougn Morriii
county via Angora I am quite euro
hut they will realize that tho present
roads are a disgrace to any commun
iy and that there Isn't any doubt but
that Bridgeport and Alliance have
been receiving a great deal of abuse
and a great many tourists are dis
gusted with the roads we are aaking
hem to travel. A good many of ua
are interested in aecuring industries
inatead of Improving our own com
munity first and our road committee
ia more than willing to aaalBt your
organisation in lining up a good road
between the two towna. When I waa
secretary of the Alliance commercial
club some two years ago the roads
wore very well marked and we are
willing to co-operate in the 'marking
of the roads again, or, In fsct, do all
he work ourBelvoa If necessary; but
I personally am aahamed to mark
another In Its present condition.
I will try and be In your city wlth
n the next week or ten days and wish
you would go into this matter and
f poaalbl try and arrange ror two or
thre auto loada of your business
men to make a trip over this route
and if you will let me know when
you will come wc will be glad to
arrange a little dinner nnd talk thla
matter over.
Honing to receive a favorable re
ply from you at an early date I am,
evry reBpectruuy,
W. D. FISHER. Sec.
In the foregoing letter Brother
FlBhor drnwa the long bow to a cer-
ain extent, but back of It ia the fact
that Bridgeport has go to wake up
on the rond proposition or we win
soon be isolated from croaa country
traffic There is a plan on foot right
now to build a highway from Sidney
to Bayard by way of Redington.
which would cut off what few tour-
Ists are now coming here from Sid
ney; and if thla should bo followed
by the building of tho Platte Valley
highway on the north aide of the
river, wo will be left entirely out or
i he highway proposition.
It ia true that we have had our
hands full with affairs of great im
portance the Red Cross and Liberty
Ioan drives, and have established a
reputation In theae thinga; but we
will have to give attention to the
roads, cost ua what it may. A meet
ing should be called at once and aome
definite work ahould be done on the
highway matter. The offer of Alli
ance to help ahould receive immediate
response, and we ahould make use
of all the help we can get from that
town, or any other place, to get our
roads In condition. There Is yet time
to do some good work on the roada
thia fall, if we "get a move on"; and
(t has reached n point where we have
trot to do It or be put off the map.
EVERY DAY LIFE AT
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
iH-tt.-t- to the Home Folks Contain
Many items of Interval That
Dcwerve Publicity
While the newspapers, particularly
tho dally press, are teeming with
hum ier ueiiiK i mi ii uj rafwwi m
i i i '"
tiuu l t'stn,ii i i-iiiiin t-'i tuuniuuu-
enta, many of the moat interesting
Items that are written are contained
In letters written by the aoldier boyB
themselves to their friends and rela
Uvea. These letters to the home
folks contain a human intereat not
always found in the ordinary newa
paper Btoriea.
Tho Herald dOBlres to print ex
tracts from auch letters that will be
call Is taken and each company has
setting up exercises for fifteen min
utes, and breakfaat at 6:16. Our
regiment drills from 7 to 11 a. m.
The bugle corps has practice and does
not drill with the company. I was on
guard yesterday and cot able to at
tend services at Y. M. C. A.. Our
chaplain is a Salvation Army man.
Oct. 1. The Sixth Nebraska Is a
regiment of the past. Our battalion
(Companies K. F, O and H) has been
transferred to the 109th Engineers
Corpa.
I have been playing baritone for a
couple of days with the band. We
gave a concert tonight farewell to
the Sixth and the cloalng number
waa the "Dandy Sixth March." It
went fine and the band boya, who
ought to be the beat Judges, espe
cially like It. I want to hear it my
self some more and revise It before
sending to a publisher It will be
dedicated to Col. Phil Hall. Prof.
Webb, director, wants a copy sure for
the band.
We move to another part of camp
tomorrow It will be a hard doy, so
I muat be going to bed.
October 3. eW are now in Com
pany F of the 109th U: 8. Engineers.
There was much weeping and fare
well speeches and presents to officers
when the Dandy Sixth ceased to be.
We moved to new quarters and fin
ished grading our company atreet and
cleaning out weeda today. We have
200 in the company now and wer for
tunate enough to get our Captain
Godaell and First Lelut. Cochran,
two of the fineat offlcera I ever knew.
The boya of the company were going
to tranafer to other branches of the
service, but when we learned we
were to keep our captain well, the
country for miles around knew It
also. If I Btay with the company I
may drop the bugle, for the work of
the Engineers appeals to me.
The camp now covers about 25
Bquare miles and Is quite a city.
Wo have beautiful evenings and
sunsets. Last night it rained about
sunset and the mountain range to
the south looked boautirul through
the rainbow.
October 15. I received the cake
and preserves In good shape wish
I could tell you how much I appre
ciated them. The cake waa aure fine
but it did not last long.
If the war were over and we were
discharged I would like to spend the
balance of the achool year at the
StaRte University and live at home,
but I suppose my real school days
are over, but I am atudylng French
and reading things worth while, and
expect to always be a student.
Last Sunday we had service on the
parade ground. The Chaplain preach
ed and the Iowa cavalry band played.
After the service. Neal Daaley and
another soldier boy and I took our
knapsacks with spuds, bacon, canned
tomatoes, bread, apples, sad a pail
of water we haven't our canteens
yet snd walked to a mountain eight
miles away, climbed to the top and
had dinner. It was aome climb. We
rolled big atones down the moun
tain rocks that we three could bare
ly budge lots of fun.
The soldiers are not to be pitied
for Uncle Sam takes good care of
hem better care than many had be
fore enlisting I am getting fat
also a moustache.
1 a marranging a couple of Brigadier-General
Harries' favorite songs
for the band, at his request. Am
too busy to get homesick, but cer-
appreclated that cake.
Lovingly,
PAUL.
Co. F. 109th Engineers,
Camp Cody, N. M.
FARM AND STOCK FOR SALE
On November 5th, near Hemlngford.
Mr. L. L. Price is retiring from farm
ing and Is offering his whole works
for sale st suction, consisting of
i nearly one hundred head of cattle
m 1 I . . .. , ,i . , ...Ml I ... 1 . .
Ul 1 eiii'l .11 mieieni HIIU I UOl win UCI i J J JOA l,. ,. J
. , . , .,,,, and horses and 4 80 acres of Improved
to arouse enthusiasm and a patriotic . , ,,,. ,
spirit Preference will be given to
extracts from letters written by boys
land, seven miles southwest from
Hemingford, which has over $7,500
worth of improvements. For further
particulars, write the First National
47-2t-8766.
THE L!c Of- Wfe TOWN
ukiih.I roiu WILL -
l'l t;. l I . ON
KOA1M4
( Continued from page one)
Tho county commissioners have kept
the big road grader going where it
baa been needed the worst, but, be- ; Santa Fe from Kansas City
from western Nebraska.
Bk S is- rwyt ... L. I.. A
nun v . i nmiias, wim is now m rL- mi.W(,1i
Camp Cody, is from both Alliance B?,nk0.LHfmlngford
and Chadron, having lived for a num- j
j ber of years in this city where he i
' graduated from the High school, and
more recently in Chadron, where he
wa sinstructor In music at the State
j Normal school at tho time of his en
llistment last summer. The following
(extracts from letters to hla parents,
j Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas, give
i briefly an Insight Into the soldier
boya' experiences after leaving home
, and before arriving at the battle
I front :
Sept. 19th. Wo left Chadron
Thursday evening, the 13th, and ar-
I rived here Monday about 10 a. m.
Wo stopped only for water and sev
eral times to get out and exercise
and drill a little. We took the Mis- j
souri Pacific from Omaha and the
cause of the fact that the county is
rossed both north and south and
oast and west by two great highways
the north and south highway cross
lag the roughest territory of western
Nebraska, the limited funds in the
bands of the commissioners have
been wholly inadequate to make even
fairly good showing on the roads
a a whole.
Alliance and Box Butte county
bare been suffering from the aban
donment of the north and south high
way by tourists, and Secretary Fisher
of the Alliance Community Club
snakes a proposition of co-operation
bet ween Morrill and Box Butte coun
ties la the following letter:
Alliance, Mebr., Oct. II, Itlf.
V rotary Commercial Club,
Bridgeport. Nebr.
ear Sir:
I will appreaists it U yoa will take
We came through the big oil field
at Eldorado. Kana. Thouaanda of
oil towers for miles, also miles of oil
cars.
Camp Cody is a couple of miles
from Deming, which Is about the
slse of Alliance. I believe. This la
the most rocky, sandy, forsaken look
ing country I have ever seen, but
several mountain ranges within fifty
miles give us a sky-line and improve
the landscape quite a bit. The alti
tude is 4,1 SI feet
I have been over to visit Company
0 aad the band several times.
It has rained ever since we
they say September Is the rainy
son. The morulas are quite cool.
Bach company haa a street to keep
clean and use for assembly. A regi
ment occupies a apace about Mock
aad one-half square aad the sompaay
treats run atohshottasHy.
This busy goat Is a Booster and the
Life of the Town. Without him and e
few others, the Old Burg would be as
Dead aa a Doornail. He's Jerry on the
Job for the Public Good sad his name
heads every Subscription paper ta
Raise Mosey far anything. We couldn't
may be Wave I
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A Carload of It
Bought at a Low Price
Will be Sold Cheap
Buffets, Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Library Tables, Dressers, Chiffoniers,
Kitchen Cabinets, Cupboards, Kitchen Tables, Book Cages, Office Chairs,
Wood Rockers, Fibre Chairs and Rockers, Rockers with Upholstered Best and
Back, Large Overstuffed Comfort Rockers, and many other articles for the
home, will be sold.
Hold off buying Furniture until this sale opens.
Full Announcement
will appear in this paper next week.
If you needed a Library Table, could you resist buying one made of Solid
Oak, at $4.66, or a Round, Solid Oak Pedestal Dining Table, at $9.95, or an
Upholstered Rocker at $4.95?
Show this to Your Neighbor
And Watch This Paper Next Week.
