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Show ME Ml LIKES THE FRENCH "CHICKENS" 1 P 11 Effi . - OGDEN GIB CHERRIES The importance of Ogden industries rendering aid in the war by the furnishing fur-nishing of food supplies has been reported re-ported many times. Ou several occasions occa-sions have boys from Ogden in France found that they have been eating food products of various kinds that came from their home town. It has, the boys declare, caused them to feel that the folks at home arc "on the job" In the matter of backing up the soldiers "over thorq." One of the latest cases of an Ogden boy eating Ogden grown fruit put up by Ogden people v;as reported re-ported by Uobcrt..M. Nelling, a brother broth-er of Mrs. G. N. Coffin, ?! C Twenty-first Twenty-first street. The letter to the sister from brother broth-er "Bob" was written on the Inbels of cans of cherries from the William Craig canning factory at Five Points. It is as follows: "Somewhere In France, July 2G. 191C. "Dear Sister: I am writing this on the train, sitting on the front seat of a Pierce-Arrow truck loaded on a flat car. The labels on which this is written writ-ten came from cans of cherries we had. Do they look familiar to you? We passed through Paris before noon today. All the fellows were waving at the 'French chickens.' Those that were near the auto horns on the truck joined in the reception and salutation to the girls. Wo were not able to get a very good look at, 'gay Pareo but It was a little better than no look at all. There certainly arc some pretty en in Paris. From what I could . I would like to spend a little there. "We have been on the road no!l hours. Where we aro going' 1 doat know and. if I did. I couldn't tell roc' "July 29 Now I will finish the U ter. We are at our destination, have left the B. E. F. and are novfHj the A. E. F. Everything is America, here. Wc have one of the best billet I have ever seen. It is the toi'M of a big barn and house combine A French family is living down staW We have plenty of light and ventl tion and the place is absolutely dry. "The countrv we passed through oa ( our trip was varied. Wc saw thre different styles of French vILM Those around Paris did not look udiu any that you might see in mcrl"; and it Is needless to say th1 tho prettiest. The village that arv , in is about half way between closed In villages of Picardy and wtj open ones around Paris. "We had quite a little rain on oj&j trip here, but it was a good one th"l' tell vou, the French flro have some speed when they v J use It Tho French here have tf , lect somewhat different from thoejH the north and a great many spe w man. Well so long. Love to an. " write soon." |