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Show CEatiittg i CAKTIJi DALK. PfAH. tATURDAT. lgC AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN FRICTION IN CHANGE IfiO transition In county official accomplished in Emery county with none of the fuse Iggt Monday sometimes characterises the which of office. turning over of the reins The personnel of the board of countThe We wfti commissioner remains unchanged of Commissthrough the ioners 0. R. Gillisple of Green River and D. Heber Leonard of Huntington. ho, however, were .elected for transp- ar osed terms, Leonard getting the four-yeterm and Gillisple the two-yeIsaac t last November's election. Allred of Emery, the holdover commissioner, was made chairman of the ar board In accordance and will act in that coming two years. with past custom capacity for the d Peacock . jr., attorney to take Ihe place of who moved to Price B. W. Dalton, some three months ago, seemed perfectly si home in his new role having:, ai county elerk, been depended upon for advice of by the commissioners more or less legal nature at various time during his term as, clerk and . newly-electe- G; W. county highly satisfactory results. J. Ben Jewkes of Orangeville, who was elected to the office of county clerk, assumed the office with good with having secured considerable valuable experience as deputy to Clerk He is a painstaking and Peacock. grace young man who is well the honor shown him by giving him the lead of his and is sure to make a good conscientous deserving of the voters in ticket, officer. Levi ud ' - ,. of Huntington is the guardian of the peace of the county, and chief cus-- tour generally empty county Howard quiet of not without valuable experience as an officer of the law, having served Huntington long and well as town marshal. He retains the service of O. W. Sitterud, former bastile, and Is sheriff, as chief deputy, so that we are not to lose sight Of the latter as an official. He served the county well both as sheriff and as chairman of the draft board. W. D. Thompson J of Green River was again appointed ideputy.for Green River and Woodslde. I Peter E. Johnson of Huntington, who was elected to the office of coun to take the place of ty representative L. Williams, was not present at jNephi jthe official for the pimple reason that he pays his re"higher up" at no other place jects I than the state capitol, where also W. T. Lamph of Cleveland, newly elected istate senator to take the place of Don OnUon of Pdebut Vernal, will also make his t next Monday when the legislature begins its grind. And Emery joounty should be well taken care of jwith Emery county men filling both f irst time the senator has gone thi office-changi- ng Hoping against hope, relatives and friends have anxiously awaited some word which might prove erroneous the sad word of the death of Sergeant Basel G. Lake as a result of wounds received in action. The word came as an official telegram from the adjutant general's office at ton and, ordinarily, should notWashingbe questioned for a moment, but In none of the many letters written by him to relatives and friends since the termination of hostilities, is there even a hint of having been wounded. And letters written up to within a week of his reported death have been received. Neither is there a word of being in hospital. Instead, he was apparently with his battery and had access to the battery typewriter, which he had fre- quently used in writing. Basel enlisted May 8, 1917 at the Price recruiting station, one of the Dale's first three volunteers, and was mustered in at Fort Douglas May 11. He was transferred to Fort Russell, Wyo., where he was affiliated with Troop A, 25th Cavalry, until he, wth five others were picked from the troop and sent to the national army artillery camp at iCamP Dix. N. J., where he was made corporal of Battery B, 307 Field Ar tillery October 19. 1917. He was promoted to sergeant December 14 and was made top sergeant In May, 1918, leaving soon afterward for overseas. His further experiences are vividly recounted in father's day letter which is reproduced elsewhere. Bazel G. Lake was born February 2, 1895, in Mt. Pleasant, but grew to young manhood In Castle Dale, attending the local schools and taking part ln every activity. He was an athlete of no mean ability, being known for the grit he displayed in both long and short races. He was a "good sport" in the best meaning of the word, and had a host of friends. He appeared fully appreciative of the tender interest taken in him by his parents, and wrote them lovingly and exceptionally frequently, barely a day or two elapsing between the writing of his letters. He had taken out a $100 Liberty bond, and carried the full $10,000 Insurance, a portion of the latter being taken out and in the names of four sisters as beneficiaries. He spent the 1917 holiday, season at home on furlough from Camp Dix, and will be remembered for his striking appearance In uniform. The following letter was the last but one so far received from Bazel and was written on Father's day. The last one to be received was written to his mother and, though not of such general interest, was full of tender thoughts. posts-f- X m as Letter To Dad. county for some time, Bishp France, Nov. 24, 1918. Verdun, Aionzo Brinkerhoff of Emery having j been the last Emery county man to Dear Father: November 24 is appointed as FaiSambol about the upprecincts of the per house. ther's Day and that day ail Americans I Peter Tolboe, soldiers In the A. E. F. are to write recorder; 'Louis W. home to dad and ln that letter they are uymon,, treasurer; Joseph Hanson, allowed to tell him whatever they iMsessor; and E. O. Anderson, surveyor, were given second 'terms in their want So here goes. , elective offices at November's vote-it,- ri For a week before May 25, 1918, we were working at Camp Dlx, New and 80 were not inito required ept finer ready to sail for tiate any other than their respective knew we were going but ln the lntrcacies of France. their jobs. njSn rfntnWewas unknown to us. We made good records during the nnntlnued to aet ready to leave until 8ucl 'were 7 years and n m Mnv 25. and still ' we didn't the strenStn 1 they developed know the time of departure and we .StIons: opponents in the elec-- C AtAn't trnnTO what time we were to ,And a11 are better fitted than until 11 o'clock that night. Then leave tne hIt.l0,Be7e PePle Blnce they we were told we were to leave at 12 'win J&!nei valable experience that and at 12 o'clock we o'clock midnight, .f tnem even better Ulcers left the oldi barracks we had uvea in d second terms. for just about a year. We were loaded on the train at to rn-BOUNTY DADS and went from-ther- e fomn CONFIRM New York of outside Just City. Jersey Hobo- DEPUTY APPOINTMENTS Prnm there we went by ferry to loaded were we there and N. ken. J., a hin Hedrlc (an English ship.) We lay over there for two days and The board . . Snot then At sail to we didn't know where commissioners wumy. ''tmZ i y Monday morning as or- - and never found out until a few hourss. Wnr we landed In Liverpool Junethen There we unloaded and paraded, mere p erDLma"he" a"d adJo"ed until af- - took a train to Southampton, A than .1 .x ........ tnok ana we gave anotner Kanlzed with"loy reconvened Commissioner Allred a boat across the English channel to no chan8e, except In J La Havre. France. we went, iruni rmt h?n' Wi..!; "avlng been made in tha rmn De Meucon. arriving board. Ithlre June 12. There we went through i ZL! a very hard course of training forjusto 'nctoffir Heveral county and straight 1 Were aPProved as were about two months, then Toul front Toul and then on to the W 8ch001 sector MlWel board members. better known as the St. I was directed to big Wnd, make de-- h and held that sector until the We lost r transi- - drive of September 12 started. cuntle ttock of some men In that drive and a lot 'Mart t OctoHuntlngton'was re-- i. horses. We fought there rtitll tZnT ?' and sent N p0i county road commissioner. ber 4, when we were relieved ChamWers was reaDOolnted demit to the Argonne forest or the nn- we fought at there and Oreen a .,rney River at pagne sector, taWt '10 a a D. as W. cupping end. of Green mntn, Rivr - - Thomp- i" the o,h.v will tell you, and 7Kth Division are !" L..:,heriff at tsn m,K " . r. fell, onerlff 0. w Kit, K...nh hnrracks in Verdun, 11 any day !imllar appointment looking to move Hon't care. We nave r deputy 'clerk at Green j had our share of fighting nd h was reap- - been In the worst of it. and I am glad f'tate Z 'u Emma Hlc at 40 month forlof It, !hU other 5 I met Chester Chrlstensen the month r " rem "!onin" ana None of those ieuuw front They were on their way upI Lord, Catin4 ea Pace I) when It stopped. Thank the jhv. W CT iS X ... piue . rnr.tk. pre-fcoB- fl. llt? T! " ".. tk Hit. .w of your town (principal of during the week beginning January 20. Let there not be a single in Emery county of the specified whose name Is not upon the national roll. Official recognition of all such boys will be made by the United States government. The government is anxious to recognise every American boy as uniting In the production of the greatest amount of food-stufpsslble this coming year. We must, as . true Americans and as true citizens of a humanitarian nation, hearken to the cry of the starving millions In Europe. ft is a matter of education with the youth to be onnected with a work of so great patriotic and unselfish interest. Government farm craft lessons in connection with a course In practical agriculture will be conducted in each of the larger towns of the county. This course will commence as soon as Influenza conditions will permit. To enroll in the Boy's Working Reserve doesn't mean that he must leave one's own farm to work abroad. A boy may be serving his country as well on his father's farm, or in his father's factory, or in some other kind of business, just as efficiently as by going from home. The purpose of the organization is to mobilize all the available boy power of the country. If there Is no work ln the Immediate vicinity, then by ap plying to the local director, the idle boy may be put ln touch with fields of labor elsewhere. The local director Is In touch with the state director, who is ln a position to know the neeTls of the state at large. In Utah there are not many large cities as In states lh the east. As a result the number of boys available to go away from home is not relatively large. And yet the number of boys actually at work on farms and other useful vocations Is as large- - as In other states, but the statistics do not show it. Utah boy power Is at work, but not as members of the Boys' Working Reserve. In many Instances boys have refused to be enrolled because their parents feared they would be called away from home. This is a very great error. It has militated against the organization of the reserve in many . districts. .. The .government has adopted a special uniform in order to distinguish its members of the Boys Working Reserve; consequently every boy will be known by the khaki he wears. In all the principal cities and towns of the state official agencies are established by the federal state director. These agents are forbidden to sell any one one of these uniforms except on written order from the state director, countersigned by the local district or city director. The cost of the uniform: khaki cotton, $9.75 (this includes hat, shirt, .coat, breeches, and leggings); wool, $19.75, Including the same pieces. It Is not the purpose to wear these uniforms during work in the field or shop. They are rather to be worn ln school or on the street. Utah is entitled to full recognition fs "' f 'Vl ' . "I ,- . -'A .- FIRST SERGT. BAZEL Battery B, 307 G. LAKE lleld ArtUlery Officially xeported to have died ut December 3 from wounds re ceived in action. half-brothe- rs jirom 11, officer DIES FROM WOUNDS OF COUNTY OFFICIALS y JAXPARY did and didn't miss the fun. I wouldn't have missed It for anything in the world. There are thousands of allied pris oners coming from Germany and go ing to their homes who pass through here every day! They are dressed all ways and will trade anything for some thing to eat and wear. How Is everything at home now? I haven't heard, or rather have only had one letter from there for over a month. I guess you are wondering when will be home. Well, don't look for me until you see me coming, because it might be July before, we leave for home. Of course some of the fellows will leave before that but no danger of us being among them. I hope you are not forgetting to write me this date because you are supposed to write me the same as am supposed to write to you. In other words, it is a letter from dad to son and from son to dad. We had a church service this morn ing in honor of the men of this' regi The ment who have been killed. band was there and played and the services were very good. I guess Cecil will be home by the time this letter reaches you any way. I hear they, are discharging the men very fast In- - the states and he will be among them. It Is very cloudy here today, I sruess It Is going to rain some more. We have had about a week of dry weather which Is something unusual for us as we are used to tramping around in the mud all of the time. Have you received my Liberty bond of a hundred dollars? Well, my newsstand has run dry. Hoping you are writing me .this date too. I remain, yours with lots of love to all and wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Tear, your son. tery Baiel G. Lake, 1st Sgt., BatF. A., A. E. F. B, 307th URGES JOINING OF WORKING RESERVE (By Wm. T. Reid. county .uirecior.j If you are a boy between the- ages nf twelve and twenty yvu.r w your government of the United States s calling upon you u euui m Boy's Working Keserve. mm .4 4atiniriiished service, and with your vivacious aid and vitality In the work of production this summerbe-thousands - relieved of starving people will rrom famine through your services. It is an enrollment of every boy in the United States for united activity; for No matter icticity with a purpose. Mother you work tor lamer, your 4o.hhor. or leave home for work; duty to to report to the enrolling - TEAR ing to make her sorry she was a oner. - Then, besides, there is no place like home anyway. But she has re-bturned to our town and found every-ag- e hody glad to see her. pris-schoo- ls) oy i men but all th. th n.v.r tlrely cease to be your baby boys no matter how old or large they become. fust let them go from home a few months and see whom they first run to see. There is one (and we don't doubt they all would have done the same if their mother had been under for when Myron Robert-so- n reached his old home ln the night, he went to the window, tapped, and called oat, "Let the blind up, mother; let me see your dear old face for here is your baby boy back from the war, r ' honorably released." Two more of our town boys safe and are at Camp Merrltt, N. J. Leroy Luke, also Ray Humphrey, sent telegrams last Sunday morning, saying they had landed safe and were feeling tine. A few days later their people received cards given to them just before they landed and bearing the inscription, "Well done, boys, America greets you the land of the free and the home of the ; have-lande- brave." f ; reported that Leroy Taylor and Miss Ella Cox of Ferron are soon to be made one. Leroy seems to be pretty busy and says there is 'a great deal more than the flu to be excited about. Miss Lulu Jensen of Ferron seems to have made a hit as a fine nurse here among our people. But look out! Some of the soldier boys 'will be Imagining they have been shot and nurse will be more popular than ever, , Miss Aita Luke, Mrs. Earls and Miss Reta Reid have all returned to Salt Lake City after spending a month with their people. . It Is : ' Mrs. Luclle Reid is now able to be out after her illness. Mrs. Julia McNeil was suddenly called to Provo to her daughter, who Is very in. Leslie Hickman, has .been in town paying the insurance claim of Harry Reid, who died recently. ' CLEVELAND ' -- (Continued on page 8) (ounty form IIUI?rP The flu epidemic Is somewh . abatIn all it has been ln about twenty homes but out of that number only four families have been in town,' There have been only two more cases reported during the last week. They are at the home of Oliver Jensen and Forest Gilson. Dell Madsen and' Lee Smith and Mrs. John Richards are still ln a very serious condition but all others are about well and all the first families ; have been released frvm ' quarantine. Mr. and Mrs. Parley Allred recently welcomed' a newcomer at their home. Both parents were down with the flu when It arrived. Mrs Win. P. Stokes recently gave n babe and in this birth to a case the father was down with the flu v at the time. It seems that Mrs. Jane Stokes is having her share of trouble; Only last spring her husband was called by death and now herself and family Is Just recovering from the flu while only a few days ago she received word that her daughter, Mrs. Mary Anderson, had died In Washington, where she was located with her husband, who was employed by the government as I ing. " - still-bor- ship-builde- r. Jennie Lamph left last Sunday for Price where she will be employed In the hospital as nurse and stenoMiss ...............J' ORANGEVILLE ten-to-o- Address ra '' grapher. ': Mrs. Ertck Erlckson is also on the IfW list and we understand aha has hopn taknn tn thn hnanltal fnr treat- - John K. Reid and wife of Oranre. i Senator Wm T. Lamph left a few ville passed their- - fiftieth wedding i days ago for Salt Lake City where he milestone on January - They were will spend the next two months helpmarried In Payson, Utah, January 6, ing to make the state laws. 1869, by Bishop John B. Fairbanks. They have passed forty years of this time as pioneers of Emery county. ROCHESTER They are the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom are living and are residents of Utah. They are the 1 Just few lines to let our neighbors living chil- know that we are alive and glad we grandparents of forty-tw- o , dren and the of are. three living children. Owing to the The stork visited our town and left epidemic of flu that is rampant in the a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. county at the present time, it was John Funk. The mother and babe decided to postpone the gathering of are O.K., and John has strung his the family until a later date In the traps out to try- to catch enough furs season when all can get together to before the winter is gone to make the celebrate the occasion ln a befitting boy an eskimo suit as ltfis awful cold manner. J. X. and wife' Elizabeth are out here. both hale and hearty and although We had a call on Christmas from a they don't expect to see fifty years of sports from the north pole. more of wedded life they do expect to crowd went to the school house, where They can see anyone some live as long as they our ladles had gathered to else living. Their youngest son, Clair- - have aof social, and spent the night-On- e mont J. Reid, Is in the U. S. army and of pur leading men here happened is a first lieutenant, Srd Training bat- to be awake and got up and quoted talion. Signal Corps, at Camp Meade, them a little homemade scripture and A from late him report Maryland. soon on the retreat Come were they com demobilization would states that boys, but wait until the ban is mence at that post January 5 and he again, or we will give you a cold bath. raised expects to be in Utah about the first The health of the people is good exof February. Miss Delphia Allridge just came on cept for a few light eases of chicken-po- x and we don't know from whence a little pleasure trip to her old home Pro to spend the holidays. She had hardly they came unless through the ' arrived when the town marshal called gress,.around and told her to stay home for Our school is running with a good hours. But she didn't mind attendance and with Jesse Beat of forty-eigthat one bit for there was nothing do- - Ephraim a teacher. - ts " ht " , |
