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Show RAILROAD NEWS KEEP YOUR EYE ON MILFORD WATCH IT GROW Trainmen's Board Line Up Sept. 27 West End Crews Conductor Holmes, Brakemen Dawson and Barnett. Conductor LaTourette, Brakemen Dondonville and Kelly. Conductor Wheat, Brakemen Bry-ans Bry-ans and Dickinson. Conductor Dodd, Brakemen Sexton Sex-ton and Markle. East End Crews - Conductor P. J. Evans, Brakemen Isaacs and Williams. Conductor Gleeson, Brakemen Snyder Sny-der and Richardson. Conductor Berkhimer, Brakemen Rinehart and Blunt. East Local Conductor O'Hara, Brakemen Bo-dine Bo-dine and Thompson. Day Yard Yardmaster Tullis, Switchmen Yeager and Thomas. Night Yard Yardmaster McCafferty, Switchmen Switch-men Russell and Grout. Laying Off Stoyell, Manning, Martin, Allen, Brooks, Ernst, Brown-son, Brown-son, O'Rourke, L. Evans, Canutson, Lichty, Calhoun, McDonald. Boynton. There have been several of the younger boys in service as trainmen who have been released by ("he company com-pany during the past week on account ac-count o light business. Several of the former Milford trainmen have slipped back Into Milford from Salt Lake where business busi-ness was so poor that they could not connect up with the high cost of living. liv-ing. They never fail to retiyn to return to their first love. Milford. Trainman McDonald is in the Holy Cross hospital at Salt Lake for treatment. treat-ment. Conductor Gleeson with crew, am; Engr. Herron and Fireman J. White deadheaded west with Condr. Holmea to bring Condr. Wheat and crew who were caught by the sixteen hour law early Friday morning this week. The former lobby of the Union station has been made into a rest room as well as a room for debating rules and regulations. Soon as the seats arrive, this room will lie used for a reading room this winter. The same old complaint prevails as usual, no houses to rent, no rooms suitable for light housekeeping to br had. And this is why Milford does not advance. The tearing out of the conductors' register booth at the Union station certainly makes it fine for the operators oper-ators who must work In a direr: draft. It also makes it nice for ih-conductors ih-conductors who receive train orders and messages as the draft will scatter scat-ter their orders very nicely. Former Switchman F. W. Luedtke has arrived at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and he advises that he has been outfitted for overseas. When the flash comes that the Americans have taken Metz there will no doubt be a slight disturbance in Milford. Especially if it comes during the night. This is a warning for all to properly secure all windows-and windows-and doors or they are simply going to fall out from the shock which wii sure as fate happen. Our friend, Jim the barber, has branched out for himself. In an interview in-terview with Jim he advises us that he has made application for one of those cards which will soon be displayed dis-played in his window. Nuff said. That long looked for U. S. post office mail box has arrived and will be placed at some convenient poin: at the Union station where U. S. mail may' be deposited and it will be collected col-lected from the mail box by the mail clerks for all trains. The following letter was received from Sergt. Walter G. Hull, who was formerly a telegraph operator In Milford during 1908 and 1909, who no doubt is well remembered by many Milford people. Until and up to time of enlistment "Mr. Hull was agent for the Great Northern at Ely, Nevada. Mr. Hull states that the kaiser was running on a schedule order Berlin to Paris, but that on his arrival at the Marne his orders were annulled and he was immediately ordered to carry green signals and return to Berlin, but on account of there being a Yank special which was following the kaiser's train in the rear, tiir kaiser uncoupled his engine from the train, ordered all lights out and left a message for his followers to trus-in trus-in Gott, but hurry to Berlin. Mr. Hull says it was all very wonderful won-derful and yet so awfully horrible i-all i-all its realities, says that it all started start-ed at midnight July 14 and IS, when I the first shell hit them. They had been under fire for two months and thought it was awful, but that no j ever realized what a barrage was un . til then. For eight hours it was I "plain hell." He says it seemed ini-i ini-i possible for even a bird to live through it let alone a human being. When the barrage lifted the Huns came across in droves, but never got very far. The river ran with blood of the thousands slaughtered. In the retreat, guns and ammunition of all description was left behind by Huns. Mr. Hull states that one does not know how scared he is until it is al' over. At one time there were five German planes coming down on them with machine guns and bombs. says that the Huns are yellow fighters fight-ers the yellowest in the world. Hp says that Fritz sure keeps them in shape for being a mole i account of the aerial bombs. (Inmost (In-most feared destrovers of all. That i one battle in part was In wheat fields land that after the battle the French j people returned to harvest their wheat but found the dead bodies of' Itlie Huns from one to even seven deep laying on the unharvested w heat. |