ALLIANCE HKRALD. THtTCWDAY, NOV. 1, 1917.
THE PRIVATES LIKE
THEIB OWH OFFICERS
Grand I land Man tilve Interview
Iteftardlng Vendition at
tamp lKdre
Frank John of Orartfl Island, well
known traveling man and high officer
In I. O. O. F. eli r, . vlaltod Alliance
on Thursday of Inst week. Mr. John'
son, Clinton E. John, Is a lieutenant
in Company M. 362nd Infantry at
Camp Dodge, Iowa. Clinton Brut
wen to school in Alliance when the
John family lived here years ago.
His first teacher was Mtfls Lulu Dun
can, now Mrs. Terry Cogswell.
Mr. John visited Clinton at Camp
Dodge on October 19th and 20th.
When questioned by a Herald re
porter regarding his visit, he made
the following statement, which Is of
much interest to Herald readers,
siat. in. in Made by Mr. John
On last Friday and Saturday. Oc
tober 19th and 20th, I had the
pleasure of visiting with my sun,
who is an officer in the National
Army at Camp Dodge, :inl the fol
lowing are the things which I saw
and learned thnt 1 believe will be of
interest to the public who have sons,
brothers and sweethearts in the Na
tional Army:
One thing thai appealed to nie in
particular was the congeniality which
exists among the men. From what
I hud heard in the past. 1 presumed
that the privates who are getting
training in the cantonments did not
have a very friendly feeling toward
the officers, but such is not the case.
I talked to t least fifteen of the
privates who are in training at Camp
Dodge and asked them this question:
"How do you like your officers.?" and
this was invariably their replies:
"We have a dandy bunch of officers
and I believe we have the best offi
cers in our regiment." This showed
to me without anw question that the
treatment and the feeling of the men
was everything that it should be, and
it seems a miracle to me that such
great changes can be made in the
boys of our country in so short a
time of military training.
I had the pleasure of watching the
drill In the field and what is called
the "setting up exercise," and it is
not strange to me that boys of the
age that constitute this magnificent
army are ready for their mess, as it
is commonly called by them, when
the hour arrives for the call.
And another thing that appealed
to me was the sanitary condition of
the entire camp. I had the pleasure
of watching inspection in the kitchen
and dining room of Company M.
352nd Infantry and I want to say
to you that If we could prevail on
our hotel keepers to use the same
methods of keeping their places
clean and sanitary, we would have
more portly men in our country who
re forced to make their homes in
our hotels. Their kitchen and din-
in room is thoroughly scrubbed
every day and once a week is scalled
thoroughly with hot water uud soda,
and you get nothing from this dining
room hut a awoel wholesome odor;
and in connection with this I will
give you the bill of fare which was
served to our boys on the Saturday
of my visit. Their breakfnst hill of;
fare a follows: Hun. mas sod milk,
fried sausage, hash brown potatoes,
bread, coffee, milk and sugar; and
for dinner the following: Vegetable!
...hi. KbItaiI ham :iml hrnu'ti rrnvv. I
boiled potatoes, fresh beets, rlee pud
dine, broad coffee, milk und sugar.
For supper as follows: Macaroni and
tomatoes, sliced cold meat, fried po
Uttpos, hot corn bread, syrup, tea
and sugar, and I believe that I am
safe in baying that the above menus
will exceed what the majority of us
have as a regular diet in our homes.
There Is another thing that appealed
to me under the military rule and
and that, is that every private who;
goes for his mess must consume all j
that he takes away on his plate; he j
can also go back for the second help-
inK if the first does not prove suffl
sient; all of this is thoroughly cook-1
ed and you can rest assured Is en-
joyed by our boys. The officers, of
course, have a separate mess: they i
also tell nie that quite oft. ll they are
known to Blip away from their own
! mess quarters and go over among
the privates for full feed.
A great many questions have been
'asked me. and I have also asked the
Question myself: What is Ihe use of
these mess funds? The following are
some of the uses that it is put to:
To buy dishes, athletic goods, and to
furnish nieasurcs for the men. Ath-
iletic men are inconvenienced by be
i ing aKked to take part in athletics
where the fund is not sufficient to
equip them for proper training, and
believe me, the boys enjoy mess
; funds sufficient to furnish these
pleasures. Their training is irKsome
enough, and they sure enjoy the
time thev are free to do as they like.
which is a portion of Wednesday and
Saturday.
1 also had the pleasure of watch
inn what I am told is the first public
, parade ever given in the United
States by a portion of our new Na
tional Army, which was the .UHtn
Field Artillery, and believe me, it
was some Parade. Hon. William
Howard Taft spoke in Del Moines
Saturday night ami the parade by
this regiment was in his honor, and
I think I am safe in sayine that there
were very, very few, if any, who
Watched these bos u by with their
shoulders thrown out and their chests
i expanded and their cheeks bulging
with enthusiasm, that all felt
proud of them. One in particular,
who we all know well and who is
from our home town is Horsey Wil
liams. He is not the Horsey we knew
in civil life, but a boy chanted from
boyhood to manhood and one of
whom we can be extremely proud of.
.is well as of the other officers of this
regiment. I also had the pleasure of
calling on Vivian Mead, another
Grand Island boy whi Is in the serv
ice.
And one more thing which appeal
ed to me in particular which the
country is hammering constantly to
feel Ihe people to purchase Liberty
Bonds This
Liberty Bond
It Is one thing to leaden some par
ticular thing one year, and quite a
different thing to lead In a number
of things for a period of years. Har
vcj Tope of York. Nebraska, has pre-
ts the way that the 'pared for the Bureau of Publicity a
was handled by the'tHble showing the productivity of the
3f.2nd Infantry: At the time we left forty-eight States of the Union for a
the Camn about 10:30 a. m.. the ! period or twenty years. iHs-iir
regiment had sold up to this time
$101,000.00 worth of Liberty Bonds.
The fourth platoon of Company M,
of which my son has charge, bought
The A km res were compiled from the
statistics of the Felted States Bureau
of Agriculture. They show that for
Ihe entire twenty-year period Ne-
93, 750. 90 worth; there are onlyibraska ranked third in corn prodnc-forty-three
men in this platoon. If jtloa. fourth in wheat production, fifth
our soldiers were doing their duty in oats production, third In the three
by going to war after being there in i combined, fifth In horses, fourth in
training so short a time realise lhecattle, third In swine, seventh In the
worth of purchasing these bonds In value of all live stock, fourth In aver
the prosecution of . the war, why j sge value per farm and fourth In the
should any good American cltlsen average value of all farm property,
who Is able to buy them not buy all I In all these things Nebraska ranked
that he can possibly handle? ; fourth, being excelled only by Illinois,
I would like to see every citlcen of j Iowa and Texas In the order named.
tln Fnited States have the oppor- Missouri ranked fifth and Kansas
tunity to visit one of these canton-1 sixth. Counting zeio HI tin mark of
incuts, and I believe that I am safe perfection, Nebrask scored 42 points
in saving that all of them would be, and Kansas ti3 points Nebraska
is enthusiastic ns I am since my visit
up there.
Clear Your Skin in Spring
Spring house cleaning means
cleaning inside and outside. Hull
pimply skin is an aftermath of win
ter inactivity. Flush your intestines
with a mild laxative and clean out
the accumulated wastes, easy to
take, they do not gripe. Dr. King's
New Life Pills will clear your com
plexion and brighten your eye. Try
Dr. King's New Life Pills tonight
and throw off the sluggish winter
shell At druggists, 25c.
AdT I
winning by 21 points.
THE LATEST DOPE
ON NEBRASKA STATE
The total valuation ol rll property
in Nebraska, as shown by the returns
to the state board of assessment is
$3.7 10.152 7s The levy is upon
less thai on. -tilth of that amount.
Here are s m;h interesting figures of
live stock Number of hogs, 1,619,
393; sheep "IS. 782; hones S92.811;
mules 110.971; cattle 2.732.412;
chickens 87MJ5 dozen.
The roloni.a' ion and industrial de
partment of the In ion Pacific System
is Installing In Ihe headquarters
building at Omaha en etblolt from
each Of Ihe Si.it. s served by that sys
tem. Httge en, dosed cases are being
installed anil In these caiefl will !
shown the agricultural and mineral
resources Of the states. It will be
one of the greatest exhibits of the
kind ever ah.iwn in this count ty, and
it will be permanent, ICach case will
be properly labeled, and a card at
tached showing the merits of the
common.. (-alt h represented. Robert
A. Smith, the head of the department,
has been working this exposition out
for several years and as success ap
proaches he grows prouder every
minute. It has been a strenuous
task. The Department of Publicity
has been co-operating with Mr. Smith
In making an adequate presentation
of Nebraska's claims, and is quite
Bureau and Secretary of State would
be relieved of a lot of work if this
statement of facts could be made pub
lic. bn ike's" lurplns of foodstuffs
this good year of 117 will be some
thing enormous. Carful estimates
show that NebraskH can. after sup
plying her own needs, furnish out
siders nearly 100,000.000 bushels of
corn. 15.000,000 bushels of oats,
$25,000,000 worth of butter, egaa
and poultry; $100,000,000 worth of
meatstuffs, 175.000 tuna of potash
worth $25,000,000.00. 50.000,000
pounds of sugar and 3,500,000 bush
els of potatoes. Nebraska's surplus
products will be worth approximately
$250,000,000. or more than $200 per
capita.
Interesting, but not entirely satis
factory: On April 1. 1917, the asses
sors reported $8,000,000 In banks
listed for taxation. This is on a one
fourth basis, showing $40,000,000 In
bank on that date. Just four months
later the state banking board received
reports from all state hanks and na
tional banks showing deposits on Sep
tember 1 to he upwards of $460,
000.000. This would Indicate finan
cial ignorance or worse on the
part of Nebraskans who have money
deposited in hanks.
The Bureau of. Publicity has on
hand a few thousand copies of a little
Circular, "Know Nebraska," printed
for distribution at tho state fair.
Fifteen thousand of these clreatam
w. i distributed at the fair. It OOsV
talns concise paragraphs about fBjjk
state, snd the facts therein should W
tuirtit to the rhtldrcn of the state
The Bureau will be glad to suppf
copies of the circulars to Nebraefcm
s. hool teachers, free of charge, as
long as the supply holds out. And tf
in .ugh interest is shown in Instruct
.i.g Nebraska children regarding the
glories of tholr own state, the Bureau
may get another and better circular
along the same lines.
When flsb of the deep sea cbase their
rey or rise fr snire reason high
i hove the ocean bed the gases of thb
w 'mining blsdders expand and the?
ecome iigbt
An Old Man's HtomaHl
As we grow older and less actlTe.
less and lee? food la required to meet
the demands of our bodies. If too
much is habitually taken, the stomach
will rebel. When a man rem hes the
advanced age o' 8 6 or 90, you wtfl
find that he is a light eater Be a
careful as ylu will, however, you will
occasionally eat more than yob
should and will feel the need of
Chamberlain's Tablets to correct the
d order. These tablets do not con
tain pepsin, but strengthen the stom
ach and enable it to perform its func
tions naturally. They alno cause a
gentli movement of the bowols.
-Adv. Not.
Will IsL Manpln, State Director of
Publicity, Contribute- Sonic Inter
esting liileiinath.il
(By Will M. Matipln)
On Governor Neville's council table
stands a magnificent nilver loving
CUp nearly four feet high, including
ihe base. It Is the veidence that
Nebraska is the greatest agricultural
slate in the I'nion, for it was the first
prize and the sweepstakes prize for willing to abide the decision of those
the best exhibit of SOU products at wn0 investigate the exhibits anil
the International Soil Products Ex- m;,k,. honest comparisons.
position held in Pi'oria. III., a few
weeks ago Nebraska competed once more the Department of Pub
n gainst several Canadian provinces cty requests the newspapers of the
lid thirty-one states of the American s, ,,, ,.niphasize the fact that there
I'nion and beat them all by a wide jH fn.p an, ln Nebraska available
margin Arnold Martin of Pawnee for boniest ending. It in true that the
county collected the Nebraska exhibit government advertises something like
and had charge of it. And this same ,t;o 000 xehraska acres subject to
Arnold Martin, by the way. is t he , iinmcRload entry .but the government
farmer who is said by the Ultitad ,(,, no( mention the fact that this
States Bureau of Agriculture to be . i.-md is all in small and Isolated
the most successful farmer in ihe tracts,, unsuited to agriculture and
I'nited States. He has achieved fi- worthless for cattle raising purposes
nanelal independence on a farm of because of the smallnes.i of each
tv.enty.-one acres. itraet and the location thereof. The
jfgjirrm wxt ir tanMssy
Put on the Bcvo Classes when you set the
table for the bite you've prepared for the guests of
the evening. As a Biggest ion for a dainty lunch:
Cream cheese end chopped olive sandwiches (on
brown bread) Dill pickles, Shrimp salad, Ice cold
ievo.
Itself n nutritive drink, Bffvo makes en appealing
i.nd delightful addition to any meal hot or cold,
lic,bt or heavy.
Bevo the ll-yeer-"round soft drink.
Snld in hntllm only and M'W mtrlutivrly by
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Personnel
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Bert Anderson, Hog Salesman
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