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Show 1'iIK SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FOKK, UTAH Hill'll illillllii LETTERS FROM THE SOLDIER BOYS The following loiter from the front was a great trip. We were jammed wua when one bullet went through In Franco, dated November 25th, has in ao tight that ot night threp or my coat. been received here by Mr. mid Mr. four of us would have to stand up w foUKht we C0llld ,ong jUBl Joaeuh II. Jones from their son Karl: to aleep. Dut we could not export our8'',VC8 ,n the wo wottW ' Dear rarent- .:thing other than that for the M, Out au , had with for night. Just a few line to let you know government over here at that time that 1 am well and feeling fine. The waa moving men from one place to ua was wnnt we carried on our nacsa war Is over now, sad I am walling another where they could do the we were wet through from the for the time to return home. We are moat good. Also where they did do second day for it rained all the time etlll at the front, whore we ha vo been the moat good, becnuae we have the'ind kept ua wet, but I am feeling since uJly Cth. We were In the big thing over with now, I am dlvorg- - fine now In pplte of that. Now 1 will tell you just how Ijgg drive ot Chateau Thierry and als the lug from my subject somewhat and one In the Toul Rector and we went will hasten back to It. After three got mine. We drove them out of 111 to the Verdun front. days and nights on the train we got tho woods Into a field about a inlle,g We have boon here for two months, off at a little pluce called Cbattcllon. wide and they were running to get In gg ao you can tell we have been In some It was raining very hard here. Still to the next wood. 1 was on the left gjg of the thickest of tb fighting. You we were glad to get out of the box front and the last man. Tho wind jgs an Imngln the great excitement we cars. That afternoon we walked was blowing In the same direction brve had over here. about ten miles In rain and mud to that we were going. So the Per-- . g "We have toured Franco on the a little place called Chaufurt. Here mans threw the gas shells just be- - fH trucks of the big guns, which are we stopped for six weeks working hind us. Tho wind would carry the H pulled hy tractors. We have 4 big very hard getting in shape. From gas over onto us so that Is the way ' f h Chaufurt we hiked two more days to I got It. runs In each battery. They are I did not know at tho time that rifles and weigh 17 tons each, a place I have forgotten the name ot. ao you can Imagine the size of them. There wo got Into our good old box was gassed, but about two hours lat- - l "I have seen the boys who are in cars again and rode all night. I or I knew It for It began to work g the 348th Field Artillery, Farl Whit- just rant recall the name of the and made me sick. I was out on taker, Frank NelHon and Darnell Han- placo, hut we stopped there thro' guard that night with two more boys sen and the rest of the boys that left dnys then our real hike began. We it rained all night on us and the when they did. They pulled up here hike at night and lay around mans shelled us ronslderablo.. Three gj In a the' woods during the day. We shcllfe which came over us covered juat few days before the armistice waa signed. They have the same size did this until we gotto the front us up intlrely. Just ibefore day- - gQ where we were going to, the Verdun break the next morning the Lieuten- guns as we have. Front, or In other words which are ant In charge of the Company, (he gs We weretwas the only one left) came around The following letter has been re- right, Argonno Woods. In reserve for about two weeks, then to see how we were. I was In charge ceived by Mr. and Mrs. J. D, Hughes our game began. It was on Sept- -' of the fellows and ( told him we were from their eon Rawlins: , ember 26th, hut the night of the 25, ell right. But the two other boys We soldiers nnve thcr privilege of we moved up right behind the tren- - told him I was sick. He asked me writing home a letter that will not chcs, at 2:30 a. m. on the 26th dur and I told him what had happened be censored We can also tell you artillery set up our bombardment and he sent mo in and told me not aome of the joys of life In which and It was surely, a great one. It to stop until I got to a hospital. On g we have had a share since being over lasted until 5 oclock then we went my way back through the woods, J here. over the top. I toll you, we went ran accrcss a German who had got g? We left the States on July 6th. some that day. About six miles and overlhe lines some way In the night. We landed In Glasgow, Scotland, on had a good many German prisoners, I saw him first and told him to halt. g July 17th, a date which I shall never without any losses on our part to He was about 200 yards from me js forget. We took the train and went speak of. Tho next day we did not and he did halt. I made him move on gg Into England, arriving at Soutliham-to- n go quite so fast as they held us at until I got his gun and 1 would have jg aftpr a very beautiful ride. We a stand still all that day and our liked to have kept it, but I w;as to left Southhampton and sailed oyr losses were very heavy. If you re- - weak and' ill to carry it. So I Just to Le Havre France to a reet camp. member, father, the Larson boy from, took him prisoner and went on my We stopped there two days and they up the canyon, who got married and way until I came to where the Mill- we got on the train (some trains came tho same time that I did? He taryPolice were and'turned him over they have here too. There are four was one among a good many more to them. Rut on our way we found IS classes. The rich men ride In No. 1, who got it that day. The next we an American soldier who had been j the man with not so much money drove them back with not as many shot in the leg and had lain out all rides In No. 2, and the poor people killed and It continued that way as night. I got on one side of the j ride In No. 3.) The American sol- long as I was on the front which was wounded man and made the German diers have them beat, though. We six days and seven nights. On Sept- - get on the other, end we took him ride In box cars, eight horses and ember 26th, two Germans began to the first aid station and I went to forty men I tell you it Is a great firing at me and they were only ten the hospital. Well, I could write you a letter way to see France. We were In this yards away, but dso as they were s. It the nearest' they came getting me ten times as long as this one. bu pj train for three days W 111 iiiiiiiuiiii niiiiin, ..Happy New Year.. After -- Inventory Sale ls David We have to announce that all short lots will be closeH out at cost and below. alx-5c- I(3 Gcr-wou- cr, has Council it thd A Spanish 0 ld S Salem, iyra, It wtl whicl y jd geth yvery ti trmy, J trmy 1 It will pay you to come in and look around. jj pi L win) nfl by ii whlc Idlvldu , XUI g giv which t We wish to thank our patrons, and. we sincerely hope that we will continue to merit their' patronage for the new m s eervlce, ot aervh oluntei and ad cai n She nan he Inf ' p gf g g 1 N J It la ates v Jiat an iie aer Jie rec year. jraft b yy tha to s kl h each pj J. Gold Merc. Go g and-night- w Readjustment for wait to tell you tho rest cf my experience when I get homo. Praying God to bias you at all times and wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. I am, ' . Your son, time.. Reconstruction - yU- j j j LANDS OF THE UKRAINE. Now Is restored to the speech of men the term Sicilian vespers," U term of horror from iuedleval times. The people whose genius conceived the sack of Louvain, the sinking of the Lusitania, the spurlos policy and the systematic spoliation of Belgium and northern France is the same - that now charges the 'Inhabitants of the Ukraine with a plot to mns- sdcre Germans, a plan to leave no German alive in the richest wheat, province of old Russia. The technic of subjugation has neyer been shaped Into a perfect system even by the efforts 01 ull conquerors whose deeds are recorded In the annals of human exploitation. There Is a successful method of extracting honey from bees without r?tullntlou from the bees, but the plans of ruthless Germany for taking over the foodstuffs and the government of the Ukruiue In one coup consti- In the Matter of the Application ol, ?ailab the Salt LakeAnd Utah Rallrew f Company, for authorization to raie Its rates on Milk and Cream. Cast w,hlch ' at unj . No. 116. cord. NOTICE OF HEARING. ; be takt t this re s Notice ver-sen- kt n, DURING the great war now closed except as to diplomatic telephone wa3 privileged to play a conspicuous part. 'That it served so capably and well is due in largo measure to. the patriotic of the public. es in France: Dear Uncle: Just though I would write you a line today, as this is a day that we are to Vrite a letter to Dad for Christmas. As I have no father to write to, I will take the opportunity jto write ot you. . "I have sure had tome experiences while in France. I have learned vhat it is to get along without many of the comforts of home. Still, I value my, experience very much now that It has turned out so well. I hav-n- 't spent much time on the front line but I took par in one drive that was a final blow to Germany. It is sure a funny thing about the coolness and bravery of a man under fire. I thought we would be all excited, but we didn't think of things that might happen to us, but the men went forward laughing and talking. When we would see one of our boys fall, It would only put that j ' Now post-wa- r conditions are beginning to influence thought and action. The reconstruction period i3 at hand. Industries by the necessities of war will begin to expand. The energies and "capital directed toward the winning of the war will be diverted re-tard- to the channels of peaceful pursuits. Reconstruction will involve the readjustment of plans and s. It will require no less aggressive thought and energy and action in the business of building for peace than ft did in the preparation for and the waging of war. pol-lcie- In the readjustment of business and the reconstruction of industry the telephone will again be an important factor. It will serve as the line of communication between the general headquarters of thought and the front lines of action. The demands upon the telephone will be tremendous; butthe intelligent, considerate use of the telephone will multiply much more fight in us. May we hope for a continuance of the helpful which the public has shown us in the past, that the very best result! may be obtained from our efforts to serve you satisfactorily. Are you making good on your W. Si S. Pledge? J ' The following letter has been received by Bishop John Johnson of Benjamin from his nephew, Ed.John-sowho is with the American forc X V GERMANY PLANS HOW "TO EXPLOIT RICH Ill RAWLINS S. HUGHES V & T,,E PUBLIC UTILITI! mistake commission of utah' rmat I do not wish to tire you at ths The Mountain Slates Telephone and Telegraph Company ill I tute an experiment', that has few entirely successful prece- dents. Nations may be exterminated, but a people cannot he permanently enslaved. The German authorities are exercising their hateful power to the great hurt of t .e Ukrainians, much as earlier S.i tha r they starved Belgium end Poland to feed Germany. Oppression continues to T:vp pace with tho forces of the I nlser. cant help oaccer, hut laugh when I think of when 1 was shot. 1 suid to myself. Here Is where I get out of a lot of misery, for I thought I was hurt a great deal worse than I really was. I lay there und was given first aid, and I began to feel a little better. I and several more fellows who were wounded got together and it was 36 hours before they could get us to a hospital but I have been in the hospital and have received first class treatment I have been classified in I) class and expect to be leaving for home soon. All men that will not be able to do hard work will soon be home. I was shot through the left chest with a machine gun bullet. I am nearly well now. just a little soreness left. Your nephew, ED. J la hereby given that U 1 application of the Salt Lake a nt Utah Railroad Company, for thp auth ) v orization of the Public iJtilities Coe ' niiBaion of Utah to raise its rate' Ru Cream, will be heard bcrlab jon the Commission at the office o!, f 80 joro well , tho Commission, Salt Lake City, Utai t on Tuesday the Seventh day of 1 uary. A. D. 1919, at Ten oclock frjr f ! M. (v.son n By order of tho Commcssleu Dated at Salt Lake City, UtaUor-me- n v this 26th day of December, 1918. ,r T. E. Banning, , Secretary., j J . . - i f iTnpt o LOYALTY IN LITTLE i,n1n 8Ue THINGS LAST PROOF OF PATRIOTISM; iCui tElfi Americans without murmurtng cut their sugar allowance from four L rk 1. pounds u month to three and then na F, , long as need le to two pounds for loy- - S1'0?1, Xaftoo . alty's sake. , laches f . .. g Food Will Win the World. ' . - .r- Vn fplil my America earned the gratlitide of at- - Hrae. lied nations during war hy simrlng fcf oo rood. America under peace itm? win rest at 0HJ B Kd W,U b 8uvl" ,0 al abarfc i5hrab Shave I 1 THE UTAH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WILL RE-OPE- N tHE i , rldi TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1919 Seniors in fulL standing may graduate upon the comple tion of the winter and spring quarters. A full year's work may he secured hy all attending the winter, spring and summer quarters. Special consideration will he given to men in uniform. For special catalog address The PRESIDENTS OFFICE, Utah" Agricultural College, Logan, Utah! -- 149 COURSES WILL BEGIN JANUARY 14th-- 'PUylr , 5or I.Hi: toei al hi ire !g it Sit. Tie ' ha lej 5' i s. i a en Price M f |