Letter From Charles Manson.
Camp Funston, Kan,, Aug. 5, 1918.
Mr. D. H. Cronin, Editor Frontier,
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: Will you kindly change
the address of my paper from Chas.
It. Manson, Head Quarters 2d Train
ing Unit, 164th Depot Brigade, To
Chas. R. Manson, H. Q. 3rd Regiment,
164th D. B.. Camp Funston, Kan.
In the change from one office to
another I have lost a few issues of my
paper, and a fellow’s home town paper
means a whole lot these days. The
last address will reach me alright, and
I hope to get next week’s paper. I am
well, and also doing well. I seldom
see any of tue home boys, as every
one is busy with his own particular
work, and if I do see any one, it is just
an accidental meeting.
This is surely a dry and hot country.
The last two weeks have been ter
rible. The thermometer registers
around 112 degrees every day, and it
doesn’t get cool at night like it does in
Nebraska.
Prospects for corn here are poor.
Fields are almost as dry as in Novem
ber and no relief promised yet.
We sure like to get the good reports
Hail home, for after all Nebraska is
good enough for most any one.
Thanking you for the favor I’ve
asked, I remain,
Very Respectfully,
Chas. R. Manson.
H. Q. 3d Regiment, 164th D. B., Camp
Funston, Kansas.
From Leonard Kirwin.
Camp Humphreys, Va., July 17, 1918.
Dear Folks: I received your last
letter just after we came back from
our hike. We went down to another
camp called Accotivk, about six miles
from here. We walked down and
hack and carried all our equipment on
our backs. I thought it got hot in
Nebraska, but Virginia has it all over
Nebraska for heat, but that’s all. I’ll
live in Nebraska any time. The day
I left home I got into Omaha about
ten bells at night, and stayed at Hotel
Edwards. Next day we left for Fort
Logan at 4:30 p. m., we rode the rest
of that day and all night and got into
' Fort Logan, just outside of Denver, at
9 a. m. I was examined again that
day and given a shot in the arm and
also vaccinated. I was there about four
days and then left for here. We were
three days and nights riding to get
here, and went through Denver, Kan
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8 p. m. Do not blame us if you are
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WHAT CONSTITUTES THRIFT?
Hoarding money is not thrift.
Spending it wisely is. Getting the
greatest return for every dollar in
vested, whether it be in merchandise
or service, is true economy—true
thrift. A great many men otherwise
■ shrewd and thrifty, overlook a bet
when buying clothes. True they look
to it that they get good fabric and
good workmanship when they buy—
but, they stop there—and when they
do, they don’t look far enough.
For the greatest economy in clothes
buying, and wearing, lies in an extra
pair of trousers. That extra pair
doubles the wear. There isn’t a man
living who at some time or other, has
not discarded a perfectly good coat
and vest because he hadn’t a pair of
pants to wear with them. And with
many of us it’s a continuous per
formance. We’re doing it all the time.
If you haven’t already awakened to
the money-saving possibilities in an
extra pair of trousers, you had better
“get wise” to it now. An extra pair
of trousers will enable you to w'l'ing
the last drop of service and wear out
of your clothes, and in these times of
strife and stress it behoves us all to
practice these economies wherever
and whenever we can. A word to the
.wise is sufficient.
We offer Royal Made-To-Measure
Suits and Overcoats at $18, $20, $25
and $30.
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SELLS FOR LESS
sas Ciy, Kansas, Kansas City, Mis
souri, St. Louis, Missouri, Cleveland,
Ohio Dayton, Ohio, Pittsburg, Pa.,
Harrisburg, Pa., Richmond, Ind., In
dianapolis, Ind. Went through Wash
ington, D. C., and stopped for a while
ir. Washington, and our next stop was
here. We walked from a little town
named Accotivk, six miles in n rain,
and slept two nights without blankets,
but that was to convince us that the
army wasn’t all “grapes.”
I was in Co. C, 3rd Regiment one
week and was then transfrred to Co.
I. 4th, where I am now. I climbed the
Washington monument and was over
to Washington’s home, Mount Vernon.
It is three miles from here. We are
about one-half mile from the Potomac
river and build Pontoon bridges on it.
Company I broke the record on Pontoon
bridge building. Co. K had it before;
they built 210 feet in 42 minutes and
tore it down in 17% minutes and Co.
I built 225 feet in 36 minutes and tore
it down in 16 minutes. All the rest of
the companies and regiments are try
ing to beat it, but haven’t so far. We
got back from Accotivk this after
noon and were all wringing wet with
sweat. We are using the Enfield rifle
made in the U. S. by the Remington
company. They sure felt funny to
handle after I drilled with those
Springfields with the Guards, but that
drill sure helped me. I am going to
the non-commissioned officer school
here now and am going to make good!
I got the assignment last week. You
don’t have to go to Africa to see
jungles, they have them right here in
Virginia. We build bridges out of
trees, learn how to tie all kinds of
knots, boat rowing, gas mask training.
We have ten seconds to get our masks
on before the gas comes. Digging
trenches, bayonet exercises, hand to
hand fighting, and are on the go a1!
the time. My vaccinated arm hasn’t
fully healed yet but is getting better
fast. I am getting The Frontier
regularly from you and sure enjoy
reading about the old home town. I
haven’t found any Nebraska' fellows
yet; most of the fellows here are
from Pennsylvania. They are going
to build this camp up to take care of
35,000 men. A big bunch of Rookies
came here today, about 3,000. They
are coming in every day. We get up
at 5 o’clock and go to bed at 9 o’clock.
Stand at revillee.eat breakfast atOand
go out to drill at 7. Eat dinner at 12
and go out again at 1. Stand retreat
at 0 and then go to supper. The fel
lows who go to the non-com. school
have to go from 6 till 9, so you see
we don’t get much time to write.
They have church every Sunday at K.
C. hut and Confession every Saturday
night. The Red Cross sure does a
great work and every soldier appre
ciates it. We wash our own clothes,
and I’ll bet you’d laugh to see me
scrubbing them up. It’s some job too.
Vfe have inspection every Saturday
morning and our guns sure have to be
shined up. We have to have our faces
shaved good, clothes clean and
bayonets and everything so you can’t
see a bit of dirt on them anywhere.
Our every day shoes are made of mule
skin and have hob nails in the soles
and balls. The army trucks are going
and coming from here all the time. I
was on guard duty last Saturday from
noon Saturday to noon Sunday and it
sure poured down rain Saturday night.
We have to get a pass to go to Wash
ington or anywhere out of camp. We
go swimming in the Potomac river and
wash our clothes there too. There’s
lots of visitors out at this camp every
Sunday. We get off Sunday unless
we are put on K. P. or guard duty, but
every soldier has to get a little of
that. I was in K. P. only one day so
far. I peeled spuds and scrubbed and
cut wood. We are going on the range
for a couple of weeks soon, and then a
little more gas training and trench
digging and Co. I will be ready to gc
across.
Well I will close now. Write soon.
Your Loving Son,
Leonard.
From Harry Kadaker.
(The following letter was received
by Joe Harrison from Harry Radaker,
for many years operator in the North
western depot here, and who went to
Camp Funston with the Holt county
draft boys last fall.—Editor.)
Somewhere in France, July 8, 1918.
Hello Joe, how is the old boy?
Thought of you today and now hav
ing a little time this evening will do
what I can in tellingyouof my trip. We
had a very pleasant voyage coming
across the water, and only twelve
days crossing too. Was only sick for
one day, but oh! my how I did heave
up Jonah that day. Passed through
England; it is a very beautiful country
with towns nice and clean and the
finest public roads I ever seen. Also
France is a pretty country, very pict
uresque. It reminds me of Pennsyl
vania, my home state. I cannot
make myself believe I am in Europe.
Crossing the pond just appears like
a big dream.
Everything is very strange in
France. All buildings are built of
stone. Absolutely no wood buildings
at all. Houses and barns are all in
the same building. The best of roads
hfere too. The people in towns get
their water at town pumps and every
morning and evening they gather
around to gossip. They also have
public wash houses to do washing in.
This consists of a large stone vat
with running water in it and nearly
level with the floor and here the
women and girls, also the Sammies,
gather about and do their washing
on their knees, by scrubbing the
clothes with a large brush on a large
stone. In this country and in villages
where a stream passes through they
wash in the stream.
I was at Catholic church Sunday.
The church is a stone building and I
am told it was built in 1472. Some
age.
Farming over here is queer.
Horses are hitched in string teams
from two to five horses in a team.
Saw them plow with five horses hitch
ed in this manner. Four wheeled
wagons are but few and the box on
them is on the front wheels. Most
all wagons are what we would call
two wheeled trucks.
The girls are not driving me wild
here. Have only seen a few that
looked any way good and I could find
fault with them if I was really look
ing them over.
We have lots of work over here
and there are a lot of us over here to
do it and a lot more of the boys com
ing over. They are all full of pep
and ready to go. You will soon be
seeing big headlines in the papers
that war is over and that we are
coming back. Secretary- Baker says
five millions will be here by January
1st. This sounds good. Our old
Uncle has been doing some great and
wonderful work over here. You
people in the states cannot realize
what he has done, and he has only
got a nice start.
Am bunking in a billeter which is
a big stone barn. But it h5s not been
used as a barn for a few years back.
Has a stone floor in it and it is nice
and cool these hot days. My, oh, but
it is hot. It is hay making and
| harvest time over here now.
Well this will be all for this time
Joe. Write to me and give me all
the news from there. Be sure and
spell my name right, also put the ad
dress on it correct too. So many
times you don’t spell my name correct.
Give Bill and his wife my best re
gards..
With best regards,
Sergeant H. E. Radaker.
Co. B, *14 Field Signal B. N., A .E. F.
“Reed Surprises Convention.”
“The change of front on suffrage
and prohibition was caused by Willis
E. Reed, when he surprised the con
vention by making a clean-cut demand
for a suffrage and prohibition plank in
the platform.
“ ‘I am for woman suffrage,’ he said.
‘Women are erttttled to vote, not only
as their right, but because of the
splendid self-sacrifices they have
made in the war.’
“The applause from the convention
prevented Reed from continuing for a
time.
“ ‘Ratification of the national pro
hibition amendment ought to be the
first thing the next state legislature
docs,’ said Reed.
“Delegates rose to their feet cheer
ing and waving their hats. Almost at
the same time National Committee
man Mullen, James C. Dahlman and
other leaders told I. J. Dunn, A. A.
Lamoreaux and other men that they
had urged the resolutions committee
to include suffrage and prohibition in
the platform.
“Licked, and Knew It.”
“ ‘They saw the handwriting on the
wall,’ said Lamoreaux. ‘When the
convention cheered both measures as
it did, the last ounce of fight went out
of opponents of suffrage and prohi
bition.’ ‘They were licked, and knew,
it,’ said I. J. Dunn.”—From Omaha
Daily News, July 31, 1918.
The foregoing is taken from the re
port of the Omaha Daily News, of
July 31st, respecting the action of the
democratic state convention, and is of
special interest to the public, in view
of the fact that Willis E. Reed is a
democratic candidate for United
States senator.—Advertisement. 1
The Keith Red Cross will meet with
Mrs. Willis Barker on Wednesday
afternoon, August 21. Everybody
welcome.
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WILLIAM B. ROSE
JUD6E OF THE SUPREME COURT
CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION
Eight years Assistant Attorney
General. Ten years Judge of Supreme
Court.
Clark Perkins, the well known pub
lisher, in speaking of Judge Rose,
says: “He has weighed every ques
tion on its merits, formed his con
clusions fairly and expressed them
courageously in his written opinions.
An analysis of his record will show
that it compares favorably with that
of any Judge in the land.”
Three judges of the Supreme Court
to be elected. Each voter may vote
for three. - ,
Primaries Aug. 20 • Election Nov. 5
Charles W. Pool
Hyannls, Nebraska
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESSMAN
SIXTH DISTRICT
NOW SERVING A 6ECOND TERM
AS SECRETARY OF STATE
I homesteaded 640 acres in Grant
county in 1913 and have voted aud
paid taxes in Grant county since that
time. I spenc^ as much time in my
home county as my official duties will
permit, but our State Constitution pro
vides that the Secretary of State must
remain permanently at the .capital
during his term of office. I have been
a resident of Nebraska for more than
fifty years and believe that I am fa
miliar with the needs and wishes of
her people.
The one great question before the
American people at present is that of
winning the war. If nominated and
elected I pledge to President Wilson
my most earnest and loyal suport In
his every effort to bring about that
result.
If you believe my past official rec
ord and pledges as to future action
Justify your support, I shall be grateful
for it.
Primary Election, Aug. 20th; General
Election, Nov. 5th, 1918.
T. F. Nolan
A Life Long Democrat
Born and Raised in Holt
County
Candidate for
Demoeratic Nomination
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Your Vote Will be Appreciated
Primaries August 20
Y ii
T. D. HANLEY
DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK
Democratic Candidate For
County Clerk
YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE THOROUGHLY
APPRECIATED
Primaries August 20
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this profit was earned on
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a half billion dollars —or *
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