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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1918)
THE ARMY 1 and THE NAVY Communications will be answered promptly. Interest ing news each week. . RALPH JOHNSON TAKES SHORT REST Write to l';ir nts in Wlil1 ( Willi CnrapejCj In k -i Btlletn" iin k ii Battle Lisest Ktilpb JokDtOB, well known All i ance hoy, sun of Mr and Mr. M. K. Jolinmm, of Alltunrr, wrote to hiB parents from "yonicw ln-rr In Kranre" on Jtily 2 wbHe With liis cooapeay recuperating in fret) btlleta" beei f the battle liBeS after t;iHinK part in the fighting going on. Kalnb'H letter is lnennely iBtefeStlBI aad reads hs follows: "Somewhere in France, w July 2, 1918. Dear Kplks at Home: Your most welcome letter of .Mine 4th received today and was sure Rind to ret It, also your cablegram arrived aeveral days ago. It was sure thoughtful of you to Bend nnd I lire appreciate It. I would have re ceived it sooner, but have been on tho move so they had to wait till we got settled before they could distrib ute It to us. If I had had Nate's addresB a while back, would: have gone to see him, as I was in the same town he was. bat as I didn't know he was in France, didn't look for him, and don't think that I will be able to run across him again unless by accident, because he Is In another division, and we will be located in different parts of the country all the time. We are now in rest billets, as we wore relieved from the front, but uo telling how soon we will be on the front again. Am Rind my letters not through in good shape. I have been unable to wri-te for a couple of weeks, but will try and write regular, as I can. Yes, I will, no doubt, ruo across Frank Caddis quite often, as we are along In the same vicinity most of the time. Those flowers were daisies and dandelions. I djd not send them on account of the species of the flowers 1 know I took a sort ofia chance vlien I went there DIM I was curious, .ind went up so 1 could see some thing new. Viere was a Herman niper trying to hit us, but was un- Me to as we .all kept Jretty low. I only had to go about ten miles. Not far, was It? 1 urn glnd you pot my insurance policy O. K. I make the payments very month, so there Is nothing for vou to do but to hang onto tho policy. 1 wish I couldtake out ten thousand ore but can't, as I have all they al low, hut that makes mo -twelve thou sand insurance anyway. We are entitled to wear a service chevron for each six months of for l un service. The time starts TTOBI t'e time we left the U. S., so on the I nth of October, I will beentitled -to v ar two. Hope I wont ever have ftror of them to wear. The place we are now is sure some place, not an inhabitant within miles. Our weather Is still good, and f ilrly dry. Haven't nad much rain lately. Fred and Oral are both O. K. We are not running a hospital at T'-esentt but are, getting intensive tiaining, gas mostly, but we are Itaefe to start a hospital any day now. Our company handled the greater fori of the ceetasmea of oui division while they wre en the front. W defi kept pretty Busy at tinea, an i f Dme of the slackers there could h.ive ; see the atnbolabtf i coming in, ti' . would sun have realised thai were at war. Vo get all the white bread, ;Ugarj nnd Jams We want; in fact, we an eating very Rood. I wlh you folks could have toOiC of our IrhrtS bread, as I Uaderethttd you can't Ret a bit of wheat Hour there now. Hope this' thing din'; lust much longer, for II know yon people there are mint: wilhou. much rood and other tliints in order th;t we might have every-! 'hlng. We BOW, gel an ISSttd of tobaCCO so it won't he necessary rot you to send It. They issue Durham :ml rise tobacco, so we are fixed all ! right, alao chewing tobacco. The 1 army Is well supplied with tobacco DOW, Where we are at present it is impossible to buy tobacco of anyone, solt Is a good thing for us they Is sue It. I have some pictures ?f the entire company I will send h me as Boon as I can. They are prv.ty Rood, so I will send them as .soon as possible. I suppose you have heard of the "cooties" we have over here. They are surv some pets awfully easy to get and worse than that to gei rid of. But we are getting so used to them we don't mind thm a bit. In fact they say a fellcw hnan'' done any woldlerlnR in France unless he has had cooties. We sure have 3een .iomi most beautiful country while traveiinR around. Seems like every time we move we Ret to a more beautiful place, rsltho the camp we are In now reminds a person of a desert, but the surrounding country is pretty. Yes we are still figuring Cl our snld furlough but 11 dWesn't look much like we are going to get cne, as we were supposed to get one every lour months in France. Bad as we have been here over eight months and no furlough, guess WS won't get one. at least it doesn't look like H. but I would rather get my furlough all at once and keep gelnu as we have been and end things up and then go home and be thru alto gether. (am sure gelling tanned up. These overseas caps, you know, have n. bill on them so WO g-t the full benefit of the sun right on our face. I have seen one ,f Prance's largest cities, anyway n real hoaest-tOgCOd-BOM town with Strafe cms. ,nd erery thing citified. It sun- mide one think of home, but WS wMl all be back be fore long. I -think, as report! now sound the best they bare ever sounded. I have beep swimming In one of the fa mi-us ". Ivors iii France, i only Went in so I could say I swam in tt. Canals hero -,re very numerous. It is n common sight to see a boat coming dovn il.e cannl pulled by a team and go thru the iocks and along on Itfl journey. They sure take care c f the c. nals tc .-. thj banks and roadways along them are very I did not have much of :. celebra tion for my birthday, so will make up for it next year when I celebrate It at home. I am enclosing a service stripe so i you can see what they are like. We j wear them on our left sleeve, the , right one is reserved for -tho wound- en cnevrons. I hope I don't get any to wear on my right sleeve. The days are sure- long over here, nut at that the time sems to ro pret ty fast. It dam not seem that we have been over here nearly nine months. Hope this reaches you In Rood shape, and finds you ill well and healthy as I am. As ever your loving son, , RALPH " Pvt. R. K. Johnson - ' lfiRtli Field Hospital Co., 117th Sani tary Train, 42nd Oivlsion. A. E. F. France via New York. sat KjfATK INtllt WILL CHIiKBRATE ITS SIIMM KNTKNNIAI. Will theft Be a state fair this year? Has tin state fair boon discontinue. I becaBSe of the war anl war condi tions? These are questions that have been frequently ;'skod of late, in s pedal bulletin from the Nebraska date board vof agriculture one of whose functions ir, the management of ths state fair we have tho definite a SSI t a nee that there will not only be a fair but thrt, burring inclement I rather the fair should go over with new attendance record. Kviiy reason, it was stated, justi Sed such a conclusion. In the BfSl place the fair will be made more at tractive than ever before by securing bigger, bettor and more costly amusements, Further, the exhibits, Judging from early season inquiries and bookings, will be more varied and in great numbers. In 'ihe third place, the state fair has inaugurated a great national service campaign by which Nebraskans will he encouraged toward an even bigger production of foodstuffs and conservation of every available resource. Thus, whether pleasure loving or serious minded, the state fair patrons will find in the semi-centennial of the Nebraska state fair the finest to be had of their respective interests. The success of any enterprise Inrgely consists in giving the people what they want. In the infinite va riety of interests centered in the Rtate fair nnd with an enormous ex penditure to secure the best, Nebras ka people, reRardleRS of tastes, have a treat In store for them in the semi centennial of the state fhlr.' A little girl made her appearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Newton W. Jeffers, on Tuesday morning of Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast a Splendid Habit Open sluices of the system each morning and wash away the poisonous, stagnant matter. V Those of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise; splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, lame back, can. Instead, both look and feel as fresh as a daisy always by washing the jioisons and toxins from the body with phosphated hot water each morning. We should drink, before breakfast, a glass of real hot water witli a tea spoonful of limestone phosphate In it to flush from the stomach liver. kidneys aud ten yards of bowels the. previous day's Indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans ing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary tract before putting more food into the stomach. The action of limestone phosphate and hot water on an empty stomach is wonderfully Invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for breakfast and it is said to be but a little while until the roses begin to appear In the cheeks. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate will cost very little at the drug store, but Is sufficient to make anyone who 1b bothered with bilious i.ess, constipation, stomach trouble or rheumatism a real enthusiast on the subject of internal sanitation. Try it and you are assured that you will look better and feel better in every way snortiy. iiiiiniiiiiiiiiiuiiuimmuimmiiniiiimiimimiiiiii mn nun Miniiiiiiiinii'"mtiiiiiiiiiiinimnm All Kinds of HAYING MACHINERY Including the famous Loosbrock Stacker ajid the celebrated Bain Wagons De Laval Cream Separators Farm Trucks Gas Engines Dayton Airless Tires Lubricating Auto Oils and Greases syT ! The Farmers' Union Alliance, Nebraska a ' if n mi Old Timer Ml.eourlsn Writes of Pe riod When Game Was Plentiful Where New Cities Stand. Snmuol Cole, who came to central Missouri a boy, told these hunting stories : "When I was about twelve years old 1 started one morning to hunt for game. My brothers had an old flint look rifle, which I carried with me. It was a large nnd henvy gun, and was so heavy that I could not shoot It without using n rest. I cntne up the rlv-r, keeping nenr the bank, until I got to wheTS the courthouse now Stands In IMea elite, I'ndr the trees, which then cover. l the ground In the COttrthonee yard. I saw five deer stand ing together. I selected one of the finest looking ones nnd tired. At the ir. - t; of my gnu he fell; but when I trOBI Hp to where he wns, he Jumped to nil feet, and would have follow d the other deer towards the river. Bad I not rushed up and ce.ught hold of him, putting my arms under his neck. Be pawe d DM With his sharp hoofs nnd horned BSC his hoofs making an ugly gash In my thigh and his horns strik ing DM on the forehead The marks of both hoofs and horns I carry with me today, I held the deer unty my dog came up. I then loaded the gun and hot him again, this time killing him. This wns the first deer 1 ever killed, and nlthough It was a dangerous un dertaking, the experience only spurred me on to Rather trophies of a similar character. "I kilted Ave benrs Just below the town where Boonville now .tand and killed twenty-two bears In three dnys. I killed four elk In less than one hour. There were a few buffaloes In the country when I came, hut these were soon killed or driven further west ward. I never killed, a buffalo, hut cnught Ave cnlves of a small herd nenr Pettis county line. I have seen as mnny as thirty deer nt one sight nt Prnlrle Lick. One day I went out upon the prnlrle. In the spring of the year, and saw about twenty deer all lying down except one; this one wps a sen tinel for the herd. I approached with in three hundred yards of them nnd then took my handkerchief, which wns a large red bnndann. nnd fastened It to a Stick, and shook It a little above my head. wlteQ 'Jiey all sprang to their foot nnd came toward mo. A doer has much curiosity, and they were determined to find out. if they could, what the rod handkerchief menu'. When one of the largest of the -.lumber tamo within gunshot distance I shot nnd killed It. I often repeated tho handkerchief ruse with great success. I have killed nnd carried to th - house three door before brenkfdst." From "Mlsnnurlans of rtns Hundred Tears Ago," by Walter IV Stevens. HnniirPfls of pOD)e Use THE HKRAITVS want an column. n noil nr hnv omrthlng-, to And something- that may have been lost. In fact some people have boen known to secure a faithful, hardworking: wife by advertising- in want ad columns. ttmtTmrrmtmmimmntrmHMimnnmmtmtm Terms Strictly Cash iminiininiiimgmm FROM NOW ON umuwninniiininic Those indebted to me please call, settle -and start over on a cash basis W. L. Carroll, : : Blacksmith CORNER SECOND AND LARAMIE, ALLIANCE itKttiiniitittittiitttttttutffintttttttauur8attttttuttttaiuttttttt Bible Stops Bullet. When that hmerlcan Sunday school scholar gave his nickel for a Teats meni for a soldier in Europe he did iht know that the Testament would slop a bull -t within an Inch of a French soldier's heart and save his life. P.ut Kugene D.ifnll. that gallant French soldier whose life was saved by that Testament, knows It, and he will always be grateful to some un known American Sunday school boy, or It may be a girl, who that Sunday hack In America did his bit toward the 1,200.000 Testaments and Gospels which have gone to Europe through the co-operation of the World's Sun-, day School association and the Amer ican nnd other Bible agencies. This new Testament was given him nt Dleuleflt. the first camp In Dau phlne, Uy the French Rlhle society. On January 10, 1917, he was carrying It on his chest In the Schonholtz wood,' before Altklreh (In Alsace), when a bullet from a mnehlne gun glanced from a tree or rock, struck him on the breast and entered the Testament. German Soldier Slang. The first attention attracted by Roche soldier slang was enlisted when they dubbed the 420-mm. gun "Big Ber thn," says the Bulletin des Armees. The machine gun Is "stottertante" (the aunt who stutters). They also say "the organ of death," "the colic can non." "the old chatterbox." When the French machine guns are In action the Boche In his dugout exclaims: "There's a Franzman at his sewing .machine." The casque Is the "tulip;" the knap sack, the "monkey;" epaulettes are "soup plates;" noncorn stripes are "ct" cumber parings." The various arms have their sobriquets. The Infantry man la called the "sand- hare;" the chausseur Is the "green frog;" the trench digger is the "mole" or the "dltcbman ;" the white cuirassier, the "flour bag;" the uhlan, the "lamplight er," and the green hussars with yellow trimmings are "the egg and spinach." Food Consumption. Studies of the monthly per capita consumption of wheat, meat, fat and sugar In the United States and in Eu ropean countries, show that, In gen eral, people In the United Stares eat the most per person. The German sugar ration for 1916-1917 was hardly more than one-tenth of our consump tion and 1b meats ve consumed almost glx times as much as the Germans were allowed. France is oa a slightly more liberal diet than Germany, yet the French sugar ration is only 1.1 g senBs per month per person, as com pered with T.4 pounds In the United States. England, though commonly considered a country of hearty eat en, noes even lees fat tbaa France, and is about laid way between France and (fee Una ted States as regard meet and eeaanapt u 17 T C If THE RIGHT TIRE r JLDJV n. . . . Right in quality, in price and mileage, with the right pol icy back of it. The dependable, economically-priced automobile tire. 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