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Show ' ' -- VOLUME XIV KAYSVILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY IIEN !THTI1 TUP '1 wuvrtiu tA0 A DESCRIBES TOE FLANDERS FRONT JAMES MORGAN Somewhere in Belgium. December 13, 1918. Epperson: At last I have decided to write. They am feelsay better late than never. I anxious ing Fine, but getting quite toone month is just for a move. It Mr. day since There I struck Belgium. are three of us from our county here: Crosby, Moss and myself. 1 have traveled over a great deal of the country and have seen many interesting sights. I like this country better than France, yet, where we are located now it is awfully wet. Some of the country here is below sea level. This Flanders front is sure a bad one not a whole building stand-i- n for miles, and the country is all torn up. All the. shell holesi and trenches are full of water. The last hike we made was back over what was for four years. - We had to travel 32 kilometers (20 miles) in order to get billets good enough to stop in. Many of the towns shown on the map were nothing buta rub bish dump. One city in particular appeared n the map to be ,a city ot 15,000 inhabitants before the war, was obliterated. The only way of telling where it was Was by the brick colored mud, the ruins having Jbeen hauled away to repair roads, then having been fought over several times since. Ihe people seem quite happy, working hard in the way, mending their .homes and places where they.can. The women work outdoors the same as the men. The average wage for common labor here is about two francs (40c) per day. As a rule one or two rich men in each town own all the land around and rent it to the people. They live in their chateaux. The ordinary houses are built 6f brick with tile or thatched roofs and have 6tone floors. They have no telephones, elec-tri- e or any thing lights, water-work- s of the kind. They thresh their grain by hand and grind it with those large windmills so often pictured. The Germans h$ve taken all the peoples stock everything they could use at all and barely left the Belgians enough to live upon. The people say the German soldiers had plenty of meat and good things to eat the first two years hut, the last two conditions slowly grew worse until they were only getting a small piece of bread, turnips and soups. The Belgians raise, turnips and grains, together, with the French grapes and grains.. There are also lots of sugar beets raised here. The people claim to speak Flemmish but they talk about fifteen different lingoes. Where we were a week ago the population was almost straight Dutch, and here it is about half French. We run across lots of German sympathizers, but as a rule they treat us gbod. Today we failed to get hay so we turned our horses in a pasture. The owner didnt have any stock, but the madame came out with a club in her hand and turned -- them out and then told us n. whole ' book full, but all we could do was to no qompree. At another place the "Belgians took the handle from the pump so we couldnt get water for pur horses but we are used to those things. Several Belgians claim the Americans saved them. They said that all they kd to eat and wear came from America. Everything here in the soldiers line is awfully high priced. When we strike a town things are only about as high as when we leave. Ive seen prices for butter as high as 15.00, 15c each for eggs, $6.00 a pound for chocolate, 60c for a candle, etc, and one is lucky to get them at those prices in some parts of the country. Some of the fellows said they paid 60 francs lor a bottle of Cognac. Theres lots of extra drill here on account of the schnapps its vins in France, j We are in Belgian barracks now. The boys have the rat holes plugged nth can3 so the rats wont bother us tonight. The rat3 here are as big as " cats. We are bothered with lots ol little things too but we get plenty to eat and wear, so the only thing we want badly now is our turn to cone lor that trip to the U. S. A. Theres nothing official yet as to where we 3 be discharged but its likely we go hack to where we trained.-Wishin- g everyone a Merry Christ-a- s and a Happy New Year I am Respectfully yours, JAMES MORGAN. -- v . . one-fif- th 3 MORGAN' -- oftootiisomexookeiVy Dear Mr, Epperson: Now that the war is nearly over and things look brighter, especially to us boys, I will try and shoot you a line. At present I am in a small town of about four thousand inhabitants, located on the Moselle river, which divides the province of Luxem-botlr- g and Germany The people here treat us fine. We paraded through the city of Luxembourg a few days ago and I was surprised at how well dressed the people were. The streets were packed with sightseers. I dont suppose they had ever seen an American, or at least the greater majority of them had not. They gave us a royal welcome though. Six bands furnished music. They were stationed in different parts ol the town. I dont suppose we made much of a showing for we were all worn out and footsore from our long march. But everyone keeps in good spirits and anxiously awraits the final signing of peace. We will go into Germany in a few' days. I dont knowhow long we will stay, but hope not long. I havent seen any of the boys from home as yet. I met Lee Muir ot Bountiful just outside the gates of Verdun a few days ago. I sure was pleased to see him. Today being Thanksgiving day my thoughts, as usual, wandered back home thinking of what they7 w'ould have for dinner. I sat dowm and composed a little piece, so I gtiess you can tell I w'as hungry as usual. But that is nothing for me, I guess I am always thatVay. -- Appreciation Ill appreciate my home much more Than I ever did beforelhe wrar. I'll be content with all my woi'k Go right ahead and never shirks Oh just to be back home once more, Standing inside the kitchen door. Inhaling the fumes of the baking bun, Hanging around until its done. And if Mother asks for a little wood, bet-1'1- 1 get the way I should; And take my chances on getting a cake Like no one on earth like Mother can ' . bake. I know Im in the army now, Doing squads east and eating chow In a foreign land across the foam. But Ill eat for a week when I get home. Hot cakes, biscuits, mashed spuds and pie! If someone dont stop' me Ill eat till I die; , k back on the days when the drilling was done When we lined up for miles to get hardtack and slunk And if my bed isnt made just so, III take a high djva and hit it low, Stick my head in a pillow and wont I snore! For the cooties wont bother me like they did before. Ill-loo- And as the sun lights the eastern is no reville, so there Ill lie; No machine gun bullets, no shells to fear, No G. I. Cans" to bust your ear.1 But when I hear dear Mother call Ill throw the quilts and out Ill fall. Put on my shoes and slip' on my clothes War is the cure. Ask one who knows. sky-Th- ere - Corp. HENRY MORGAN, P. S. The chaplain just came in where we were all writing and wanted us all to go to a concert and dance held in one of the largest hotels in town. The town is about all turned over to the sodliers anyway. I suppose it will be worth while, especially the music but as for the dance Ill wait until I get back in dear old Utah IL M. for mine. . - FERRIS THOMMASEN IN ROLE OF FIRE-FIGnTE- R - NUMRER 15 1919 i HAS VISIONS Grevenmacher, Luxembourg, November 2$, 191S. You JANUARY ) Epinal, Vosges, November 24, 1918. Dearest Papa: How do you like that heading, huh? Looks like the war might be over, or something like that doesn't it? Well, today 13 Dads Letter Day and we are all dropping a few lines to the old an, and so, far be it from me to overlook mine, and heres old hoping the said letter finds my Ferris, said hi3 son, man as well as as Serg but better known ; Tommy. The censor wont touch thi3 letter but and I can say as much as I wish too is there the trouble is now that much to tell about so here goes Epinal in the aiv&nce section, last July that were in the way of the big bat and immediately took o vermin addition tles. I found out that no matter who you to our own regimental headquarters, American all ate for you cait help but be a wee bit post headquarters exwhile under fire. nervous I had have Since then here. troops I is getting real snappy The can weather and seen that periences things here now! and I rather dislike the idea never see again. Epinal is a beautiful little city about of moving arbund. , With love to all, twenty-fiv- e kilometers from the GerSergt. FERRIS THOMASSEN. man lines and owing to its population Ha of. some 45.000 .people beings about ' twenty-fiv- e percent German, came JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN AND THEY the big fight fairly well through CALLED IT IRELAND the fact that it was never outside of the sound of guns. You Mr. Claud Asher, see the city is so near to Germany Dear Brother: that before the war suppose it came I received your most welcome letnearly being a Dutch town. So, before ter yesterday and also one from moththe Americans arrived on the scene the er and 1 surely was glad to hear from Dutchmen had bombed only- selected you. parts of the town but say boy after 1 am now in Ireland and have been we landed and started to stir things here for about six weeks. I have up, those damned Dutchmen came over been in about that many stations here and just simply dumped their greet- and when 1 was under sailing orders ings where they could. Well, it didnt 1 could not write but I think I am in take long for the inhabitants to start this station until I go back home. I moving out. is hard traveling because so it hope A Britisher said to me one day that in a box car with but one sandwich an attack from the hair was the to eat and little or no water to drink, rottenest bloody thing there is" anU let alone to wash yourself. I quite agree with him. Youve got have beqn nil over France, Englana to take what comes and cantget back and Wales, so I have seen quite a bil at them. Our troops were statione of this country, but take it from me outside the city but our headquarters kid, 1 take the West any time. were in the center of the town. So about four hundred men are Therp one night five of us practically saved m this station, so we rate pretty good. the city from total destruction by We have eight flj ing boats. Each You boat carries eight men for a crew ana turning out to be see little Fritz brought a party over now we go up every day. It sure is about 10 p. m. One of his incendiary great. We cant carry any bombs bombs struck in the center of a large now since the armistice is on. hotel building and soon a big blare guess you wonder w here they have was well under- way. The buildings airplanes so far from the lines. Ita are all jammed in together, so when the submarines we are after and we one gets sfire look out for the rest. are the boys that get em. You see I am 'located pn the Irish Well, after about twentyTntites of fast work the Fritzies went home and sea and that is where tthe subs ah J.he French fire department got on the come and lay in wait for the ships to job. It was very evident, though, that come along and then hell pops. We had a plane lahd at sea the they needed some help, so' part of our headquarters men were detailed to other day and it was so rough that go and dig some people out of a cellar it could not get off the water and of which had been blown in on them, and course the plane was wrecked and we four other fellows and myself went to had to go and get what we could of It was it. When we cam back we stopped help the Frog a four-stor- y building and we succeeded at a house for some water for the in getting three hose on top auto and you should have seen the We were just getting the flames under people run In the house and lock control when Ihe alarm was given the doors and there was no way of getthat Fritz was coming back for an ting them out. That is the way all Well the department soon over here until the people find out who encore. consisted of five American soldier lads. you are. We had an interesting time for the Our camp has been in quarantine next two or three hours and although now for three weeks and we have not we didnt save much of the hotel, we had a case in camp, so that is pretty probably saved the .whole bloomin good. They spray our noses and town by sticking with the hose. An- throats twice every day and. give us other lad and myself fell through a other treatment. I guess you are now preparing foi t, but didnt get hurt much. A couple of days later the French city Thanksgiving and Christmas. I sure officials sent a check for 250 francs would like to be there .with you but to American headquarters as a little as it is 1 am S. O. L. We reward for the They are making up a draft to send turned it over to the Red Cross fund. out soon.. They are going to send half Of course that was a new kind of the station back home, but that wont me for the hangar crew has to experience) for ns so we thoroughly catch but it wont be many months over. stay, all enjoyed it after it was can I before go home. Troops going into action used this The guy that wrote the song entitled place as a kind of last resting place Ireland Must Be Heaven sure has before going into the lines so you can never been over here, or else he was imagine the troop movements I have old Irish whiskey and they seen. Many of the Boche prisoners drinking drives a man nuts.' it that were brought into our headquarters say when I get back that I am afraid I too, a'nd the more of them I saw the will out of house and home, mother eat harder I wished to get in and help as Insure can eat .three big meals a stir em up, so just before the last 1 knows what 1 and h of slum, day big drive I put in a written request To will do to good grub. so that be transferred to the infantry, am I to ask you a ques-tiorgoing Say, mix-uthe but I could get in the Doesa pie plate have two pieces came back Man is more valuable on of it? If you see one that has pie in present organization, so I am not know let by wireless, because 1 a doughboy. However, I have seen haveme' seen a piece of pie for so long not more of it than the average doughboy. that Ill just have to ask you. Daring the last couple of months of Well, I guess that is all for this the big fight I was scouting around time. as billeting sergeant on a motorcycle Your brother, a great deal and as the main tent ' RAY ASHER. was only a few minutes ride, I was up Fa where I wasn't supposed to be sev"SUNSJIINE NAN AT TOE eral times. KAYSVILLE OPERA HOUSE During the past week there has been Ann Penningtons latest Paramount all kinds of Allied prisoners coming A Sunshine Nan, abounds in lines from the picture, Germany. through bunch came plodding into headquar- queer types of humanity which are ters last night who had been prisoners portrayed by a clever cast, including for eighteen months. Some of them Richard Barthelmess, Helen Tracey, fared pretty well but most of them had John Iline, Charles Eldridge and an awful time of it which is easily others. There i3, first of ail. Sunconfirmed by their looks. Have heard shine Nan herself, skillfully depicted g stories daring the by Mjss Pennington, next comes her many past few days of how certain ones loyal defender Dan Lewis, who grows were captured and the treatment they up the be her admirer and later her husband; there i3 Mrs. Snawdor, porreceived afterward. much during trayed by funny MrsIXewis McCord; Well,' I have seen so con-siderin- g - t. 1 I w-i- ll fire-fighter- s. 1 - -- fire-fighter- s. sky-ligh- fire-fighte- rs. , tr p; re-p- ly , hair-raisin- the past three months that nothing under a volume could handle it. The tig show is now over but we still have Borne big jobs to clean up. I do not know yet whether my regiment will go into Germany or not. As for me, I have seen 'enough of the Dutchmen here. However, I would like exto go through Germany and look theh some great Well, after having for country over. ' It i3 one sad sight to of Supply periences in the Service moved to look same of the French cities over almost six months we were now-a-da- ys her husband, a disreputable derelict of a man, which part is taken by Charles Biblyn and others as amusing. Alice Began Rice, the author, will be remembered for her Mrs. WiggS of the Cabbage Patch, Lovey Mary,1 Mr. Opp, and others. Charles Glb-ly- n is the director, while Eve Unsell has been responsible for a good scenario, following closely Alice negan Rices story, Calvary Alley. i 1SSION ERS M FETING On Dmmber 24 the board of county commisrionort met and after auditing the county records., an adjournment was taken to December 28. COM ui uvt vnJ M C A ,VA . -- irt.'ii ft )Wr t At the adjourned meeting the board, in answer to a petition of Amos Bishop and others, the family of Javin Ball of haysville were given an appropriation of $10.00 per month. George Smith of Centerville was granted $20.00 per month, as he has to DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL Tha It t,r S hKi! is the hit; heat neat of in I)vi county. A modern huildinir with trymnauium and nliMidid faeilituw for the education of tha youth of county is located at Kayavillc. H la the Hiuh school for the An able faculty headed entire county 1y I .co J Muir, directs the work of the atudenta have an attendants Bonds of county Officers were apSeth C. Jones, proved as follows: county clerk; John H. Blood, bounty mill of Davis High has The assessor; Iris Jacobson, recorder; J. G. been opening postponed until the influenza Ross, justice of the peace; A. M. Lamb, 'epidemic is under control in all parts deputy sheriff, and Ilyrum Stewart of of theounty. the school board. The petitions in reDr. Kessler of Bountiful addressed gard to the old Bluff road were dis the student yesterday morning at the posed of as follows: Resolved that the petition Of Wal- regular assembly on Prevention of ter W. Steed for the closing of said Spread of Influenza. road, street or highway be and the Following is the enrollment of the same, is hereby granted and the said four c,awwi nd the total number of road or Highway No. 4 as described j students Seniors, attending school in said petition is hereby ordered closed against the public on and after 18; juniors, 53; sophomores, 96; freshDecember 31 1919, or sooner if the men, 60; total, 217. In addition there said Layton Sugar company shall are fifteen correspondence students. have constructed their spur track over The High school orchestra, under said road prior to December 31, 1919, the direction of Mrs. Emily Sitzer, has subject to the terms of the franchise been organized and practices were of the Layton Sugar company, this held during the quarantine. Splendid day granted, for the 'construction of progress has been made and it is exsaid spur track over said street; pro- pected '.that the musicians will soon vider however, if the terms of said make a public appearance. frapehise of the' sugar company are The faculty is with complied with by December 31, in Muir the Principal prevention of 7 19, then said franchise of tho sugar class rooms of The influenza. spread company shall be null and void and are well ventilated and all students the said street as described in the pe- are kept under close observance as to tition of Walter W. Steed declared symptoms of the disease. Every prepermanently closed against the public caution is being used and it i3 hoped The sugar comafter that date. that there will be no further-spreaof is to pany properly safeguard the the disease. property of Walter W, Steed and proA change has been .made in the class culvide and place pit verts for irrigation and other waters, periods this year. Heretofore, 45 minconstruct and maintain road crossings ute periods were .held and. now one and when said spur track is abandoned hour recitations take their place. j d cattle-guard- s, There are eight recitation periods and a twenty minute noon. This new arrangement will eliminate all Saturday work and at the same time more work or franchise forfeited or terminated, the land occupied by said spur track shall revert back and become the property of said W. W, Steed. Another resolution was passed as follows: Whereas under the act creating the Slate Road Commission of the State of Utah, it has been customary for said commission to appoint, county state road agent in each county, whose duty it is to supervise and have charge of road work on state roads, and whereas, the said system as it affects Davis county, has proven very unsatisfactory Now therefore, be it resolved by the board of county commissioners of Davis county, that we are opposed to the appointment of a county state road agent for Davis county, believing that the work heretofore done by said road agent can bebetter and more economl- tally done under the supervision of the county commissioners and district road supervisors. Be it further-resolve- d that a copy of this resolution be mailed to the State Road Commission of Utah ,and said resolution bespread at large upon the minutes of this meeting. The board then adjourned January 6, will be accomplished. Davis High opened its doors for class work Monday morning with a splendid enrollment, a lively bunch, and mighty fine faculty. What more could be desired for a high school ? A number of changes have been made in the faculty since last year and six capable instructors have been employed. They are: Miss Algie Barlow of Bountiful, U. of U. graduate, instructor in English; Mrs. Lelia W. Snow of Salt Lake, French and English; Miss Eva Joy Nielsen, domestic science and art; Herbert J. Pack, formerly instructor at the L. D. S. High school and Utah A. C.. professor of applied aciences and agriculture; Mr. Pearce, manual training and Hom er Warner, U. of U. graduate, athletic coach and instructor of English. In addition to the above-neteachers, Leo J. Muir, Frank B. Muir, Gladys Smith, Ruby Langford, IL II. Robinson, who were members of the faculty last year, arc tiill at the schooL. -- w -- 1919. BOARD OF EDUCATION The Davis County Board of EducaCOTTRELL-KNIGIITONUPTIALS tion organized Tuesday at the office The wedding reception of Miss of the board in Farmintgon. John R. Doris Cottrell and William Knighton Ramp ton of Bountiful waa again electwas held last night at the home of ed president; Ilyrum - Stewart of tho brides parent, Mr. and Mrs; Farmington, Thomas James A. Cottrell. A large number E. Williams of Kaysville, secretary; of friends and relatives were present A. L. Clark of Farmington, treasurer. to enjoy the occasion. The evening The members of the board r.ot holdwas spent in playing games and with ing additional office are John Child of music and conversation. The rooms Clinton and J, Fred Odell of North ' were decorated in holiday decorations Salt Lake. of evergreen. Before the board was reorganized The bride wore a beautiful white the old board cleaned up all old busisatin dress and carried pink and white ness, leaving a clean slate for tha - carnations. new members. Fa. The bride and groom who had been married in the Salt Lake temple earli- PREPARES FOR SUMMER BY REBUILDING CARS er in the day, were recipients of many useful and beautiful gifts. DESTROYED BY FIRE Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. The Bamberger interurban has William Varney, Mrs. G. L. Asher, just accomplished something of a feat Mrs. Frank Bristow and family, E. K. in the line of construction, at its North Wooley, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Knigh- Salt Lake shops in the rebuilding of ton, Mr. and Mrs. Jame3 A. Cottrell, six excursion cars burred in ihe disMr! and Mrs. E. J. Manning and fami- astrous' Ogden fire. Three are open ly, Sir. and Mrs. II. J. Cottrell and and three closed excursion cars and family, Mr. and Mrs. Georgethey look as good as if built in tho and family Mr, and Mrs. L. E, regular eastern shops. The company Gailey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde has been unable to get' any Burningham, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius answer to orders on eastern Laudie, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Lay-to- manufacturers, who have been overMr. and Mrs. Walter Cottrell and loaded with work, dae to the war condiMisses Annie Knighton, Artell Lin- tions, so tha only thing to do was to ford, Emma Odd, Lula Bacon, Leona build the cars themselves. Tha work Wilcox,' Elsie Layton, Mamie and was dona under the supervision c Ruby Rushforth and Messers Golden General Superinten lent V. S. V.dtslo, Criddle, Harold Layton and Carl B. and other cars are to ba built so thnt Cottrell. when tha bathing season eper 3, : fca road will ha suitably cquippil with Subscribe fer The Reflex now. rolling stock. 3 N vice-presiden- t; -- 1 B!a-mir- es ball-factor- y n, ta 4 T f W' |