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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1919

Congressman-elect Victor L. Berger

of Milwaukee, and four other social-ist leaders, who were recently convict-ed in Chicago, guilty of conspiracy to

violate the espionage law, were, onThursday, sentenced by Judge Landis,to twenty years each in Fort Leaven-worth federal prison. Another warn-ing to men who come to this greatcountry of ours in the belief that itis a free asylum to breed contemptof constituted law and order. In thevery face of warld war Berger andhis cohorts spread their propagandaof treason to government in the timeof dire calamity. His case is themore aggravated because he is a manof education and refinement.COUNTY COURT—IN PROBATE

CO' KT CALENDAR FOR TUESDAY,MARCH 4. ISIS

Kntal. lUchrt Anderson—llrarin* claim..F.tat* I rank ISritlirh—Her.rin, claim*.Kwt.le o. A. Henricfcaon—Hearing claims.Fatal, i.ecrae (irowintn—Hearing-clairm.Fatale Jamca Ounterhont—Hearing claim.Fatal. Anna Botlda —Hearing ciaiir.a.Fatal** .lohr Jciiaor.— Hearing claims.Katate Frank Hart—Petition for administra-

tion.Fatal. Martin Rcot—Petition for administra-

tion.Fatal. Anton Olson—Final account.Katate Ben F .Adams—Petition for letter of

administration. March 25.

OBITUARYBenjumin Getter died at hi* home near

Retreat, February 17. Mr. Getter was a Civilwar veteran ;rame from Sthoharrie N.Y.. withhis parent* when nine years of age. He issurvived by his widow, one son and threerfauKhu.s. Samuel, the son, lives near Foun-tain City, Minnesota. The daughter* are Mr*.Randall Gorrell of Viroqua, Mrs. August Sny-der of Retreat, Mr*. Carson Green of Webster.There are also two brothers and three sisters:Wm. of thi* city, John of Rathbun, Idaho,Mrs. Willard Bowman of Viroqua, Mrs. v Al-bert Hawkins of Minneapolis, Mr*. 11. J. Horn-by of Beem-in, lowa. Mr. Gel ter had long beena sufferer from heart trouble, passing fromthat cause. The casket was draped with theflag that in his younger day* he helped tosave. He was seventy-two year* of age De-cember 9, 1918.

Mr*. Johannes Stafelien Role died at thehome of her daughter, Mrs. C. J. Stafslien,in Coon town. She was born February 11,1831, in Gulbrandsdalen, Norway; died Febru-ury 11, 1919, aged 88 years. She wes marriedto Morten Stafslien, December 28, ’856; hedied June 23, 1883. In 1900 sh* irsrriedPeter Role. In 1912 he died. Since then sheha* made her home with her daughter Mr*.C. J. Stafslien. She immigrated to this coun-try in 1867, settled in the town of Coon in1868. She has lived in Coon oyer 50 yearsand has seen the wilderness of the southwestpart of Coon grow into productive farms withmodern building* and equipment on them.Four children from her first union nur*e theIos* of a dear mother, namely, C. M. Stafs-lien of Coon Valley, I*. M. Stafslien, NorthDakota, Mrs. C. J. Stafslien and Mrs. A. T.Ilofslien of Chaseburg. She leave* 30 grand-children, 42 great-grandchihlren. She was bur-ied in the Middle Coon Valley cemete y Febru-ary 15. Six grand-sons acted a* pall-bearers.Rev. Sovde officiating.

Aunt Wealthy Crandall passed away Feb-ruary 17, at the heme of her son James, inJeflVrsqn near Newton, aged 90 yey*. threemonth* and six days. Mrs. Crandall was bornin Canada. Her husband had preceeded herin death many yeara. By request of the goodold soul. Rev. Shane came from Stoddard andconducted the aervice Thursday at Newton.

Jemima Dowell was born in Berwickshire,Scotland. March 25th, 1834. With her motherand two brothers she came to America in 1866.In 1872 ahe waa married to Chauncey W. Law-ton, who preceeded her to the Great Beyondfourteen yeara ago. To thia union four chil-dren were born, three of whom survive: Mr*.Caroline Proctor, and William E. of Viroquaand Alexander E. of LaFarge.

Grandma Lawton, as she was known tomany, came to Viroqua four years ago and hasmade her home with her daughter since thattime. On the 2nd of last November she felland sustained a broken hip, which held herbed-fast until death called her February 21 st.Fun-ral services were conducted by Rev. Tolfat LaFarge, February 23rd in the Adventistchurch, of which the deceased has been afaithful member for the past thirty years.

CHURCH NOTESCHRISTIAN CHURCH

Church at study 10 a. m. at worship II a. m.Subject of sermon “The World Program of theChurch.” C. E. at 0:30; preaching service7 :30. Sermon illustrated by atereopticon views“Winning the Jungle Peoples of Africa to the(lOKpel.” Thursday night 7 ;30 Itihle study andprayer service. Friday afternoon at 2:30monthly meeting of the Missionary Society atthe home of Mrs. Frank Johnson.

SMEBY’S CHARGEEnglish rontiimnnlH meet in the church at

9 and the Norwegian at 10:30 next Saturday.Kev. hofstead’s English confirmants will

meet in the church basement next Siturday at1 :30 p. m.

The annual business meeting of the Kicka-poo congregation will be held n.xt Monday,,March 3, at 1 p. m.

CONGREGATIONALSunday school at I<\ preaching service at 11,

hteme. “The Troubling of the Waters.” Sun-day evening 'lndy club at 6:30. The publicis cordis 1 !/ invited to attend the services ofthis church.

VIROQUA CIRCUITServices next Sunday at Springville at 11,

His iop Branch 3, Liberty Pole at 8. The pas-tor is anxious to see all friends present.

METHODIST CHURCHThis church stand- for the whole program

of Jesus Christ. What i* that program? Mr.Harris is ready to tell about it as he sees it.It is a vigorous and virile program, and canonly be carried out by pe<H>ie of devotion andfaith. Those who want an easy way to gloryhad better not attend this church, for the pas-tor has not a single word lor them. Jesushad no word for such people either. All othersare invited, t ome out next Sunday and yo iwill receive a hearty welcome. Sunday schoolat 10, public worship at 11 r.. m. and 7:30 p.m., Epworth league at 6:30. Midweek serviceThursday at 7:30.

JACOBSON'S CHARGESaturday the conflrmants meet at the par-

sonage at 1. Sunday, aar. ro* in Zion at 11,and a! Immanuels at 2:30. Monday the con-tirntanu of Zion meet at 1

DOINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

N iroqua. Wisconsin, * ebruary 18. 1919.Regular meeting of the nmun council call-

'ed to order by mayor. Member* present Al-i dermen Deter*. Thumps* , Anderson, Nelson,

t Rogers and {.arson.

Minutes of previous meeting read and ap-| proved. Following aev.-unts were read, ap-proved by the finance committee and uponmotion allowed. Roll call of members all vot-ing aye.

Accounts: Standard Oil Company 515.15,C. E. Powell S2O, Sam LePage $1.65, Ed Norris$1.20

Upon motion the council adjourned.E. J. OLDER, Clerk.

Fir - 1 publication February 26. 1919—5PRORATE NOTICE

.Notice for admit, fatration and notice toC’editors.COUNTY COURT—VERNON COUNTY,WIS-

CONSIN—IN PROBATE.In re estate of Benjamin F. Adams, deceased.Notice t hereby given, that at the special

term of said court to he held on the fourthTuesday of March A. D. 1919. at the CourtHouse in the City of Viroqua. County of Ver-non, and State of Wisconsin, there will beheard and considered, the application ofAdams for the appointment of an adminis-trator of the estate of Benjamin F. Adams,late of the town of Kickapoo in said countydeceased :

Notice is hereby further given that at thespecial term of said wort to be held at said

| Court House, on the Ist Tuesday of July A.JD. 1919, there will be heard, considered andadjusted, all claims against said Benjamin F.Adams, deceased .

And notice is hereby further given that allsuch claims for examination and allowancemust be presented to said county court at theCourt House in the City of Viroqua in saidcounty and state .on or before the 27th da>of June A. P. Itt9 at be barred.

Dated Feb. £4th. 1919.By the Court, D. O. Mahoney, County Judgehroith A Moec, Attorney*.

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NOTES OF TRIP FROM FORT STEVENS.* OREGON, TO CAMP EUSTIS, VIRGINIAfJoel A. Hagen of Chaseburg entered the ser-vice April 2, 1918, and went to Ft. dtevens,Oregon then to Ft. C an by. Wash., where hespent most of the summer: he was again sentto Ft. Stevens, Oregon, s few days and is nowa Sergeant at Camp Eustis, Virginia.]

At 1:15 p. m. October 27, 1918 left FortStevens, via Oregon Short Line. Our dinnerwas served immediately after we got started,spirits were high ar.d near kin to bedlamreigned as we passed through Astoria andnumerous smaller towns and villages alongthe Columbia river.

Arrived in Portland. Oregon, at 9:30 ortlureabouts. Delegates from the Relief Corpsthere, met us at the train and distributedcards and cigarettes. After leaving Portlandall went to bed and awoke at Pendleton, Ore-gon, at 5:10 on the 28th. Had passed throughthe fertile and rich Hood River valley. Thisvalley is celebrated the country over for itswealth in fruits. At 7:45 a. m. passed Ka-mela, Oregon, on top of the Cascade moun-tains. At 10 a. m. arrived at Huntington,Oregon, where ve rate had a royal treat fromthe Relief Corps. Were treated to doughnuts,card* apples and magazines. Situated in nicefertile valley. More r.pple orcherds were seenhere. The grazing of cattle and the raising .of small grains seemed to be the chief indus-tries among the farmers. Got off the trainhere and marched around town for exercise.

At 4 :‘)0 p. m. we crossed line into Idaho.Travelled along the Snake River Valley througha wide fertile valley. Saw some of the larg-est apple orchards I’ve ever seen. Looke * real •nice planted ir regular intervals and rows. |A number of large cattle and sheep ranches Iwere keen as we neared the foothills, or low ;range. Land through this valley is slightly*rolling and in most places irrigated. ISoads |of the bait that could he looked for.

Towards dirk we arrived in Wcktr, Idaho.*Crermery here gave U, pound butter to eachsection or every Z m.n—some tree!. We were !ag:*.n treated re;.ally by the Relief Corps, jPairiy loaded u* vith apples. A fe v stavesilos vere seen in that vicinity. lair.d liessort of in benches or shelves. English pop- !lars were prevalent all over in this valley andseemed to be used a great deal for windbreaksfor orchard*-,. In nany places rows of themwere planted along the highway and presenteda beautiful sight in their autumn tinge. Apai-ries were frequently seen throughout this val-ley. Honey is a large product of both Oregonand Idaho. *

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On the 29th we crossed into Wyoming andtravelled along the Shoshone River. Immenseherds of cattle were seen in this section. Sawfirst snow here, although only on mountainsand higher hills. A heavy frost though andair was was quite chiPy. Vegetation scarceand mostly mesquite ar.d sage brush with theexception of the portions which were irrigated.Hay seemed to be standard crop, great highstacks dotting the country around. Ate break-fast just before we entered Montpelier, Wyom-ing, a division point and quite a railroadcenter. It is situated in a wide level valleybetween snowcappd mountains. To the eastof Fossil}, Wyoming, (name suits the sur-roundings) soundings and drillings for oil hadbeen made.

Stopped at Green River, Wyoming, anotherrailroad center, for an hour and a half. Gotout here and had some exercise, and walkedaround a bit. Nothing but Bad Lands wereto be seen around this town and niesquite andsage brush seemed to be the only thing thatwould grow. Tough looking country, thoughinteresting. Saw the entrances to severalbig coal mines at Rock Springs, Wyoming.Arrived at Cheyenne, Wyoming, in time forbreakfast on the 39th. Railroading seemed tobe the big industry in this city. Quite a num-ber of women were seen here working aroundthe yards. Land to the east of Cheyenne isslightly rolling. Looked as if crops must havebeen very poor. Section was very sparcelysettled. Was snowing quite a bit in Cheyenne.

At 8:10 we crossed the Wyoming-Nebra*:kaline. About one mile out of Pine Bluff, Wyom-ing saw, what I should judge, the first realfarm buildings here, that is, in line of barns.So many of them had been shacks or none atall. Stock in many places having to shiftpractically for themselves for shelter.

Passed through Kimball, Nebraska. Landaround there is mostly irrigated and slightlyrolling and soil looked good. Better dirt roadscould not be looked for in any locality. Wideand well graded. Ore certainly has to handit to the west for roads. Sugar beets seemedto be the main product in this section, acresand acres of It to be seen. People were atwork in fields digging and loadi* g. At sta-tions and sidings farmers were busy loadinginto cars for shipment to factor. *B.

At noon wc ‘ passed Julesbur ..Nebraska,

and at 3:30 arrived in North Platte. Got offhere and marched around town for exercise,which we sorely needed. After a short timeof that, felt quite rested and ready to roll onagain. A chapter of the Relief Corps cameout here to meet us and we had hot coffee andsandwiches. Sure were a well fed bunch ofboys. To the eastward, land is level to rollingwith hills to the southeast. At 7 p. m. wepassed the first grove of trees we encounteredfor the day. From a number of miles to thewest of Julesburg until almost dark about allwe saw was hay land. Hundreds of haystacks, especially to the south of us. Landon north of track did not seem fit for muchof anything. Also passed several large herdsof cattle. Mostly Hereford* and Shorthorns.

Trajns were traveling westward at very closeintervals all day. Between 7:30 a. m. and7:30 p. nt. counted 28 trains excluding pass-enger trains. Transportation of coal and re-frigerator cars seemed to be the biggest item.

At 8:30 p. m. we entered Grand Island,Nebraska, a town of a population of 20,000.This city has a real swell depot and what wesaw of business section appeared very pros-perous.

Time again prompted us to go bed and bythe time we awoke again and were throughwith our breakfast we got into St.Joseph. Mis-souri, at about 8 a. m. During the course ofthe night we had passed through Omaha.Nebraska, and crossed over the Missouri Riverinto Council Bluffs, lowa, from where wetraveled on the Burlington route down alongthe Missouri River. St.Joseph is some railroadtown. Smoky! Also has a lot of factories.Anti-Hog Cholera Serum Laboratory, flourmills, foundries and brick kilns. At 11 :30 wepassed through Hamilton, another good sizedtown. By noon we were at Chillicothe, Mis-souri. Our next stop came at Brookfield,which is a railroad division. Quite an inter-esting place. A large hotel here carries ashingle emblazoned thusly, “Hotel Evans.”Almost thought I was in Westby, Wisconsin.A statue of Lee. in one of the streets, was aninteresting sight. Wide streets and cars pari,cross-wise in renter of street leaving bothsides open for traffic.

At 5:30 we arrived at Ilannihal. Missouri,another railroad center. International shoe !factories are located here. Employees were jjust leaving shops as we entered the city, and ’I’ll say we sure did let their know we were jcoming. In fact every city and town that j

i we passed enroute got its cheer as the train’rolled along. Big lime stone quarries to thenorthwest immediately out of town.

Entered the suburbs of St.Louis about 9 p. |m. Too dark to see much of town as to itsbuildings etc., hut what we could see of down-town section was nothing small. All build- ,ings were lighted up and many vere severalstories high. The prettiest sight we saw was ,in front of the Express offices, over n*-ar theUnion Electric Plant. A big sign with thewords, “Welcome to St.Louis**, at the topand “Union Electric” at the bettem withvari-colorcd lights operating successively inin a circular manner.To the top of it was an

' electric lighted American flag appearing tobe fluttering in the breeze. Railroad lie*along river front for quite a distance. Wefinally got on the elevated, that is, while goingthrough St. Louis proper t util we crossed theMississippi and for quite a distance throughEast St. Louis. A number of bridges both fortrains and vehicles cross the river. The bridgewe crossed over on, was high enough for allriver boats to pass under. River presented areal water carnival with its numerous boatsof all sizes: lights flickered all over. \\ estayed at the station for some time and whilethere the Red Croat Canteen workers passedout to us cards, cigarettes, coffee and cake.This happened at about 10* o'clock,' a fewmoments before we proceeded on our journey.Took the Big Four route from here to Coving-tan, Kentucky. One thing I noticed the mostof all was the exceedingly narrow afreets.In many streets 1 doubt very much if three

I vehicles could travel alongside of each other.On Friday, the first of November, at about■ 6 a. m. we found ourselves in Terre Ilaute.

i Indiana. I was on guard, thus happening to{ be around and about at the hour. A notice-able feature here was a good number of thestreets had a nice wide boulevard in thecenter. Coal mine* are located in the nearvicinity. Had the chance of seeing a trainload of miners about to leave for the mine*.Appeared queer in their small caps with alittle tamp fastened to each one. Many

seemed to be mere boys, at least not over 19or 17 years of age. At this point crossed theWabash River and the Illinois Central tracks.

While busily eating our breakfast, rolledthrough Lena. Indiana. Land see me*, good

in a wav. Soil being dark with a clay andcm* el subsoil. Timber mostly hardwood.Much land in the vicinity is not cleared offand in many places trees and stumps are in

the fields. In a few instances buildings

seemed to be up-to-date, but the most seemedto he run down through neglect, winterwheat doing well, in most sections being seed-ed in corn fields, that is, corn shock* werestill in fields and seeded in between them.

At 9 a. m. we arrived in Indianapolis, atrailroad terminal and manufacturing city. Inthe center of one street leading to one of thedepots, the Statue of Liberty could be seen.On elevated all the time. Leaving the city weheaded for C incinnati and passed through agood farming section. Corn appeared to be

the staple crop. Timber mostly hickory, whiteand black oak will* an occasional map e to beseen. Good macadam roads throughout al-though narrow, being mostly ?w*L2rtvarietv. Abou* 10 we came to Cincinnati,

•flrr having frllo.nl the Ohio Rwjr v.llrj-

for some dili ro. Hore l *>m* •* n*'*T”finest scencrv to i* seen. Low hum smjuif*row valleys similar to country around ft.

FlcwrKmmn'a 7ut factories are located her*One very deplorable ,i*ht to aee in this city* pester stretched across a street froman upper story window herring the slogan.

“Vote No On Prohibition**. Expect one of thereason*, for this is the splendid opportunitiesfor bootlegging in Covington. Kentucky, andvicinity which is just across the Ohio river.At 1! a. m- we crossed over into Kentucky.The Ohio river was just yellow with mud.Missouri hsd nothing on it in that line.From our train we could see the Chesapeakeand Ohio Railroad bridge, a most magnificentstructure. What we saw of the residencesection was nothing much, looking decidedlyrun down and old fashioned. In the distancewe could see a large cathedral of very impos-ing build. Passed the United States AutoCompany’s plant where trucks for the use ofthe army were made. A large number wereparked outside in yards and street ready forshipment Saw a real Colonial house at oul-akirts of Cincinnati. Stone chimney and ailthat sort of thing. As we passed along upthe river we saw many apple orchards awayup in the hills. Saw one tobacco field on anunkeiieveable hill. Looked to be mostly graveland so steep that it seemed impossible to becultivated at aiL Had more fun this after-noon it seemed than on whole trip. Our car,number 1225 wu a scream. Mnyville, Ken-tucky, put pep into it. Coens, oh man, ohman. v

On the morning of November 2, woke up tofind ourselves at Ronceverte, Went Virginia.Found that we .vere not very for from wherewe had been at 11 o’clock the previous even-ing. Train No. 1, that was ahead of us hadbeen wrecked at Captain Creek Junction. Luck-ily nobody was hurt, aithuufh many wereshaken up c.uite a bit. Every one was in bedand sure gat some surprise. During the after-r.ocn travelled through the Sbrquehanna Val-ley i;i tie Dine Ridge Mountains. Passedthrough 8 tunnels, although most of them wereshort. In among mountains came upon La-moor, Va., a large railroad town. Coke andblast furnaces here. Iron mines around theimmediate vicinity. A iot of coal both mov-ing and standing on tracks along whole tripespecially in tMe east.

Abc.pt 9:30 cr so we came to Clifton Forge,Virginia, whote sole business eeraed to be rail-reading as there were big shops there, fctawa number of >2 and 16 wheelers there. Crop-pings f iron were to be seen in rocks alongthe tracks. Away up high in the mountainsv e came upon* Millboro, Virginia, a beautifulsummer report, ISO miles from Fort Mor.roe.Scenery throughout the Blue Mountains hasbee*.: something wonderful.

At 1 p. m. we came to Etaunton, Virginia, anice city of 15,000 population. Farm lands inthis vicinity similar in type to those of Ver-non county. Fruit farming seems to be larg-est occupation, there being aelea of trees tobe seen in all directions. Homes here are orthe typical southern style. A few real barns.Some of the most beautiful residences. To-wards evening we came to Charlottesville,Virginia, a large town, but it looked so old.Very few new buildings to be seen at all. Alot of timber in this section and the farmsseem small. At any rate the amount of acre-age under cultivation was not very large.Condition of buildings and alto of crops spokefor themselves for the slovenliness of thesouth of which so much has been said.

About 10 p. m. we arrived at Richmond.Virginia, but have written yon before aboutthis metropolis of the south, so there is verylittle more .to be said, except that I’ve foundthat there is sure a lot of both good and poorland in this country of ours of which I’ve sconquite a lot having covered over 5,000 milesof it by this time. No one knows how manymere before I’m through riding around.

WAS IN MANY FIERCE BATTLES|By Corporal John A. Burnard. (to his sister,Mrs. Edward Turner) Battery B, 16th, Somewhere in Germany, December 18.f

My Dear Sister: I will try and answer yourletter of October 31, which I received sometime ago. I have been moving so much that 1

had no time to write to any one. Wehave at last reached a stepping place, at leastfor a few- days, so will try and write to all of>ou back home.

As censorship has mostly been done awaywith 1 will try to write a little more thanheretofore. I think 1 wrote to dad about thedifferent battle* I was in, bu, *a you may bemoved to your new home before he gets theletter I will skip over them for your sake.When we left the training c&mp at Bordeauxwe were sent to Chateau Thierry to help outin the drive which was going on there. Wewere in reserve and just followed up the moreadvanced artillery until the 6th of August,when we went into position on the line. Westaid there until the 16th when we were re-lieved and went back to a little town somedistance from there. We staid there for a fewdaya and then started for the St.Mihiel front.We were only there a few days during thedrive of September 11th and 12th, then wewent up near Verdun and took part in thedrive which started September 26th. We staidthere almost a month and then we went backfor three days, and then went right back intothe line again and took part in the drive ofNovember Ist, which turned out to be the lastbig drive. We left that front the 10th of No-vember, the day before the armistice wassigned. We went to a little town near Corn-mercy, France, which is near Toul. We staidhtere a few days and they started us for Ger-many. We started the hike on November 20,and finished it yesterday, December 17th, butof course we did not hike every day. Wehiked 16 days from Commercy and 4 days be-fore we got there so that makes 20 days sincewe left the front on the 10th of November.

We are now in a little town in Germanyab< ut 50 or 60 kilometers (between 30 and 40miles) from Coblentz. I thought for a whilewe were going to Coblenz, but we did not.We came through some beautiful country onour way he.--' Nicer than any I saw inFrance. The people here treat us fine, too,that is most of them do. I am billeted withsome German people now and they use mefine. I have a bed to sleep in and they givesomething nice to eat most every day. This isthe first real bed I have had for some time. Isuppose you hear lots about the Germans beingshort of food, and of course they are, but theyappear to have more than the French didat that. One thing you don’t see here iswhite bread, but in most places they seem tohave plenty of the dark bread. Fats andgrease of any kind are very scarce and buttervery high priced. Kerosene and such stuffis very scarce.

I don’t know how long we are going to stayhere but we will be here for three weeks atleast, 1 think. Will stay here until after the7th of January and then I don’t know whatwe will do. but I hope we start for home.When I read your letter I got to thinking howodd everything will seem when I get home.There will be new people on some of theplaces and lots of the old faces gone and Iwon’t know where anyone lives The flumust have been pretty bad back there from

! all i have heard. I was sure surprised and! sorry to hear that Dr. Stormont was dead. I

1 guess there are some rases of the flu over here,’ but not many that I Gave heard of.

Only one week till Xmas. It sure makes aI fellow think of home when he is so far awayat this time of year and no way of gettinghome. 1 didn’t have much of a dinner onThanksgiving day, but hope to have more forChristmas but nothing like you will have I

, know . I would sure like to get Home of yourpies right now.

December 19. It snowed a little this morn-ing, just enough to make the gound white bufit is all gone now. That was the first snowwe have had. We had a few days of freezing

weather the last of November but since that ithas been damp and rainy most of the time.Well * am out of paper so will close for thistime. Write soon.

ON FOUR FRONTS[From Bandmsn Sslmer Kjo*. Divrdorf, Ger-many, January 16. |

Dear Friend Neil Nelson: I intended towrite yen lon* before this. It is always bet-ter late than never, so please pardon a* >ounotice 1 am now in Dierdorf. It is a town of1500 population .located about 30 kilometersfrom the Rhine east of Coblentz. I have gonethrough some tough places a* you might imag-

-1 ine. **'ure have reasons to thank my lucky

star that 1 came out on top. Me saw- actionon four big fronts. I wouldn’t mention Al-sace because it was nothing to the war down.there. The first of August the 12Sth Infantrywent into action at Chateau Thierry, nearSergies. I and 8 other band boys went overthe top with the boys at 4 o’clock that morn-ing. Neil I was so darn scared I didn t knowmy name. Possibly someone else will say itwas fun. If he does say so he isn’t speakingthe truth. Talk about hell, this waa it. Thenwe saw action at Soisson, Argonne and theMeuse. Say, do you remember Bradley ? Hewas our trombone player from Mauston. Hewas killed on the Argonne front. Seven oreight other from our band are still in thehospital. Just when we were relieved fromthe Argonne front I was sent to an officers*training school at LaValbonne near Lyon. Ihad just about completed my course when thearmistice was signed. An order came outthat no more commissions would he grantedand the school was closed. Right here iswhere I started oat on a real rampage. Ivisited some of the largest cities in France.Stayed four days in Paris! Then my moneygave way and I landed in a casual camp atLeMona. One day in the mess line there Imet your brother Harry. I was sure sur-prised to see him. F'rom this place I wassent to Toul. Here 1 met Adolph Heinz. He

j was adjutent there. Someone had met M adeHarrington just a little ways from there. Thesecond day Christmas I left Toul for Germany.I went through Met* up the Moselle Valley

creased the Rhine at Coblenti and op thecountry to Dierdorf. The people here treatus fine. The weather is gmtt, not at all cold.There is no snow, and we get our share ofsunshine.

Each regiment has a sh** troop now. Eachman is picked from the best talent within therespective organization. Each regiment ex-changes with another. The 125th is now play-ing in one of our towns, and we are playingin one of theirs. We are on the go almost altthe time. We played in Harkausen last night.

“Gov.” Color cergcam *irw~n, Fred Raoviea

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In New and Better QuartersAttorney J. Henry Bennett desires

to announce that he has removed hisoffices to larger quarters, on the sec-ond floor of the new Farmers Bankbuilding, Viroqua, where he may befound all days of the week exceptingSunday. 88-tf

LETTERS FROM OUR KHAKA-CLAD WARRIORSsends their beat regards. We have a bunch ofnew men in the hand. I think ‘4Gow**and Fredare the only ones you know. We would liketo know when we are going home. The ques-tion stands. I hope it will not be long. GiveOtto my regards when you see him. I re-ceived his letter while on the Soisson front.Shall answer one of these days.

TELLS HOW COMRADES WERE INJURED[By Theobold Blium, (son of Mrs. MitchBrown; A. P. O. 701 Sauney frand. c)o Amer-ican Red Cross Hut, December 17.]

Dear Sister: I got your letter today andwas sure glad to get it. I also got mohter’sletter dated October 15, the same day. I nevergat those pictures you sent. You sure didwrrite a nice long letter. Those are just thekind of letters 1 like to get. You told me towrite just why I am in the hospital. 1 amhere because I got the Spanish flu. but thereis not anything wrong with me now. I nevergot gassed or wounded, so you tell mother Iam all right and let her read this letter so shewill believe it. You told me that you tradedfor a farm. Where in the devil is Disco?Let me know so I will know where to go whenI get back. Tell mother hello and kiss herfor me. Tell her I have a lot to be thankfulfor this Thanksgiving—not wounded or gassedand in good health. I hope this letter willfind you all O. K. and toll Bill I would liketo take him on for a round, for I think I havelearned some fighting lessons. I will tell justhow Young and Fish are. There is not athing wrong with Howard Young, only thathe got hurt leading a horse, but is all rightlow and working at Camp hork 4. WillieFish got hurt qui.e badly. He was shot in thehead, but is getting well now*. I know for 1was writh him when he got hurt and helpedcarry him from the field. Well I will closefor this time.

SAW RUINS AFTER GUNS ARE SILENCEDIBy Arthur P. Jasperson, Selles-sur-Cher,France, November 23.|

Dear Molher: Your letter was receivedsome time ago, but as I’ve just returned froma trip during which it was impossible to write.1 havn’t had a chance to answer before. 1made a trip to the front with troops, and gotthere just after the curtain had dropped ontbx? last act of the great /drama. 1 saw theefcects of battier very recently fought in ruin-ed towns, guns, broken equipments, etc., butail the guns were silenced—l suppose forever.On my wey back here f came through Parisand visited many interesting place* there thatI've always wished to sec some cay. 1 was inthe cathedrals of .Noire Dame and San Chape!.I visited the Palace of Justice, the Invalides(in which is Napoleon’s tomb), the pa’are inwhich I.ouh IX and his court lived and severalolhcd places, hut not have time to see it all.

Of cour** now that the war is over, you’llhe wondering v hen I’ll ccqu none. There isa lot for us to do over here yet and there areso many of us to get back across the Atlantic,so I don’t expect to get back before spring.Of courfe the looner the tetter, but we can’tall come home at once. I am perfectly well.Love to all.

HOT ON TIIF TRAIL OF THE GERMANS|By Private Raymond L. Eir.eit, Cos. C., 121stMachine Gar. Bn., 32nd Division, Am. E. F.,November 28. |

Dear Folks: It is some time since I wroteto you but it has been pretty hard to do any-thing of that sort lately. We are now in Lux-emburg, following the Germans to the Rhine.We are at present only four kilometers fromthe German border. We stilt have about sixtyor eighty kilometers to get to obr destination.Then I hopi—home again.

1 was right there to see the wind up of thisaflair, and maybe everyone wasn’t happy.About a week after we started following themup and we have covered about one hundredtwenty kilometers already. We are restinghere at Lellig, but will soon he moving again.Luxemburg is a very pretty place but every-thing is very high priced. I bought some milkand it cost a murk a quart. Eggs are a markapiece. We had a pretty good Thanksgivingdinner today. Beef, spuds, bread, coffee, andjam, which is considerable!)' more than wehave had lately. We’ve had hordtack and corn-edbeef most of the time. This ought to be areal Thanksgiving in the States. 1 know it isover here.| From Floyd Hamilton, Drerdorf, Germany,December 16, 1918. |

Dear Folks: We arrived at our destinationand 1 never remember of taking such a longwalk in my life before. Some days we didn'tgo over fifteen miles but once in a while itwas all day, and one day we hiked 35 miles.Don’t know how far it was in all. but musthave been over 200 mi 1 ?*. We crossed theMooselie River into Germany December firstand crossed the Rhine above Coblenz thethirteenth. We are billeted at a nice littletown of aboutl,Boo inhabitants, twenty milesnorth of Coblentz. Very nice scenery on theway from the river up here. Lots of summerhotels and they say it was a great summerresort before the war. We are billeted in atheatre and have a real bed to sleep in and itreema mighty nice, so am well satisfied tostay here until we are shipped back to theUnited States and home, which we all hopemay be soon.

Things in Germany are about the same asin France only don’t show the effects of thewar like France. The people don’t use us badlyat all; wouldn’t know we were in enemy ter-ritory. Hevf received a lot of mail since wearrived here and am glad you escaped the fluso afr. Tell Rhode Fred is all O. K. I justtalked with him this evening and he said heis writing as oftei as usual but the lettersmight be delayed, and for them not to worry.Havn’t heard or seen any signs of going homeyet but think we will be back by spring atleast. The bunch of us are well.|By Private Charles H. Morris, 37th Division,Military Police Cos. A. P. O. 763, Alencon,France. |

Dear Brother: Just a few line* to let youknow I am still able to put my feet under thetabic and eat a good square meal and hopethis finds you in the same condition. I wouldhave written you before but while I was at theother town we expected to leave any day,therefore no mail went but now I am a longway* from there and the mail goes out again.I don’t think I will write many more lettersover here as I expect to be in the states be-fore very long. Well John I wanted to seethis country, but I have seen all 1 care to. Iam ready to return and be satisfied. Aboutall I talk now is F'rcnch so you know how itwill be when I get home. Only one great in-terest I took was learning how the Frenchpeople dance. Its more fun than a bushel ofmonkeys. 1 got a letter from Otto Wrobelyesterday. He’s in a town called Andiily. 1went through there on my travels after theHurs. I also received a letter from HarryPennell. He is in the Base hospital. Mustanswer his letter also write to Willie, Johnand Charlie Britting. I am off duty today. Idon’t get much time to write. 1 suppose theythink 1 don’t want to write but my time isscarce so will run them a line soon.

Well John, I balance the scales at 177 atpresent. I got a letter from mother a fewdays ago stating they were all well but awfullonesome. Well it can’t be helped as I wantedto come and do share and did and here’shoping 1 can get back alrighfc which I think1 can.

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When Viroqua Citizens Show a Way

There can be no reason why anyreader of this who suffers the torturesof an aching back, the annoyance ofurinary disorders, the pains and dan-gers of kidney ills will fail to heedthe words of" a neighbor who hasfound relief. Read what a Viroquacitizen says:

Mrs. Kbert Mehlum, N. WashingtonSt., Viroqua. says: “Five years agoI suffered from the effects of kidneytrouble. I tired easily, had bad painsin the back of my head and at timescould hardly turn my head one wayor the other...My kidneys acted ir-regularly and caused me much an-noyance making me so nervous Icould hardly sit still. I used a boxof Doan’s Kidney Pills and felt betterright away. One box gave me greatrelief and put me on my feet. I cer-tainlv have great faith in Doan's Kid-ney Pills.”

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NOTICEThe town of Harmony will extend

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BY ORDER OF TOWN BOARD.

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