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FULLY ORGANIZED
FOR BUSINESS
Close of First Week Finds Iowa Law
Makers Fully Organized for the
Business of the Session
GOV. HARDING IS INAUGURATED
Prohibitory Amendment Adopted—
—Those Voting Against Measure
School Legislation Is Uppermost
DES MOINES, Jan. 20—(SpeciaMo
the Review)—The close of the first
•week finds Iowa law makers fully or
ganized for business. Alter the in
auguratlon of Governor Harding and
Lieutenant Governor Moore, Thursday
both houses adjourned until Tuesday
at which time committees will be an
nounced.
The events of the first week were
full of interest because of the variety
of the work that presented itself.
Lieut. Gov. Moore called the senate to
order and Hon. J. B. Weaver of Des
Moines performed a like service in the
house. In the senate a chaplain from
Camp Dodge offere4 prayer while in
the house Dr. Medbury delivered a mil
itant prayer seldom surpassed in elo
quence and diction.
Arch W. McF^rlane was presented
by Mr. Weaver as the unanimous
choice of the membership for speak
er and upon assuming the chair thanks
were tendered the body for the honor
conferred and the confidence mani
fested and he hoped that the session
would close as harmoniously as it had
opened.
After each house had chosen its
force of clerks and assistants the joint
session convened for the purpose of
listening to Governor Harding's bien
nial message. A committee brought
the governor before the assembled
law makers and he read in a clear dis
tinct voice the document that he had
prepared for the enlightenment and
guidance of the general assembly. The
governor made clear his "attitude on
numerous public questions but the real
foreword and aggressive outline of
public duty was reserved for the in
augural address delivered before the
joint session and a large gathering of
visitors in the house chamber Thurs
day afternoon.
In his message and in his inaugural
address the governor made prominent
the following:
State aid for home buyers by means
of state sale of town lots on easy
terms.
Housing regulation, insuring light,
air and sanitation to every Iowa ten
ant.
No foreign language schools and
foreign language taught below the
grade of high school.
Elimination of food gamblers and a
statewide marketing and crop census
department.
Higher wages, 12 months salaries
and long time contracts for teachers.
Surfaced roads, financed by county
local option bond issues originally,
and in the last instance largely by in
creased taxation of motor vehicles.
The equal suffrage amendment and
while this is being brought about, pri-
Vf?"" mary suffrage for women.
jfey Memorials to Iowa's war heroes.
ML* Closer co-operation by all state de
•v"*,, partm^nts, with the executive council,
in state government.
1 jt-C Retention of the primary, at least
a a a a
executive officers.
Centralized control by the execu-
tive council of all tax equalizations.
Immediate ratification of th^ federal
ftrv amendment. (Already accomplish-
•V ed.)
Appropriations to buy acreage near
Iowa prisons for convict farming.
Development of the custodial farm
at Clive.
Elimination of all private employ
ment agencies and development of a
statewide free employment agency, un
der the state department of labor.
Vote for Governor is Canvassed
At the joint session, after the gov
ernor had delivered his message, a
canvass of the votes at the last gen
eral election for governor and lieuten-
V& ant governor was made. Tellers were
•Ctf appointed and a number of clerks with
1" adding machines were on duty while
Clerk Ramsey read the vote cast for
each candidate by counties. The re-
js suit showod that at the November elec
tion 190,262 votes were cast for Gov.
W. L. Harding and 178,815 for his op
popent, Claude R. Porter. This gives
Governor Harding a plurality of 11,347.
jJT Votes of 8,005 and 1.025 respectively
vK were cast for the socialist and prohi
bition nominees, giving Governor
J§" Harding a slight majority of all. Lieut.
Gov. E. R. Moore had a total vote of
207,765, as compared to 13S.641 cast
for his democratic opponent. Frank
Whitaker of Hillsboro. Moore's plu
rality was 69,124.
^Prohobitory Amendment to the Consti
tution Adopted
The amendment to the constitution
of the United States making it unlaw
ful to manufacture, sell, keep for sale,
export or import intoxicating liquor
passed both houses with but little op
position. By political parties the vote
against ratification was as follows:
Republican senators: Frailey, Green
ell, Kimberly, Thompson.
Democratic senators: Broxam, Hor
chem and White.
Republican representatives: Becker,
Griffin, Hansen, Lake, Oertel, Julck.
Democratic representatives, Miller,
Neblker, O'Donnell, Powers, Rogers,
and Sayers.
Republicans 10 democrats 10.
Salaries Are An Important IGSUB
•At every turn the members of the
legislature are confronted with a de
mand for higher salaries by state em
ployees. The first bill to pass was one
to repeal th& law fixing the salaries
pi all of
the clerloal force of the leg
low
MOINES
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islature. This means that a new
schedule will 'be prepared. In his
measure Gov. Harding submitted a
revision asked by the executive coun
cil for the elective and appointive
officers who are looking after the
state's business. The list follows:
Members, board of control, $3,000 to
$5,000 a year.
Members, railroad commission, $3,
000 to $5,000 a year.
I J. A. Taake, insurance commission
er, $3,000 to $5,000.
R. E. Bales, secretary executive
council, $2,400 to $4,500.
Charles E. Witt, secretary to the
governor, $1,800 to $4,000.
A. L. Urick, labor commissioner, $1,
800 to $3,000.
B. W. Garrett, clerk supreme court,
$2,700 to $3,600.
W. B. Barney, state dairy commis
sioner, $2,700 to $3,600.
It is proposed to raise the two first
assistants to the attorney general from
$3,500 and $3,000, respectively to $4,
000 a year each. The first deputy
auditor of state wants $2,700 instead
of the $1,800 he now draws. Forrest
Treat, secretary of the board of con
trol, asks a $500 raise, to $3,000 a year.
The deputy insurance commissioner
desires $3,000. He now receives $1,
800. The assistant secretary of the
executive council asks $1,000 more
the secretary of the railroad commis
sion, $1,300 more the deputy secre
tary of state, $900 more the chief
clerk of the motor vehicle department,
$500 more the deputy state superin
tendent, $500 more, and the state vet
erinarian, $1,800 more.
The exact appropriation asked for
the two year period totals $19,980,888.
This compares with $16,858,542 which
was appropriated for similar purposes
two years ago. The board of control
estimates are $7,242,402, more than a
million dollars higher than in 1916
17. The state university asks $2,480,
000 and the state college at Ames $2,
858,000.
School Legislation Uppermost
In mingling with the members of the
general assembly one hears more
about school legislation than any oth
er one thing unless it be highways.
There is a strong sentiment for a law
providing for the compulsory consol
idation of schools. In many. rural
districts the attendance is even less.
Hon. C. V. Findlay, of Fort Dodge,
serving his second term in the house,
is president of Tobin college and he
has been giving much thought to rur
al school condtions.
"There are many places in Iowa,"
said Rep. Findlay, "in which a rural
school has only four or five pupils.
These cases are unjust both* to the tax
payers and to the pupils themselves,
who lose the grdat educative effect of
intimate association with larger bod
ies of pupils.
"The present consolidation law is
seriously defective in that it provides
no control over the boundaries of con
solidated districts. Local personal
prejudices and neighborhood fights
can and do creep into fixing of boun
iaries, creating and fostering bitter
ness which reacts unfavorably upon
the whole proposition of consolida
tion."
The sentiment of the legislature
seems to favor the repeal of the law
providing for the selection of county
superintendents by presidents of
school boards and returning this duty
to the voters. With the governor op
posed to the pensioning of teachers
and the general opposition to this
measure among the membership of
both houses it does not look like this
measure fathered by the state teach
ers' association would get very far.
The governor wants teachers elected
and paid for a twelve month period
ind he also insists that the wage be
made commensurate with the import
ance of the duties performed. It is
very evident that some legislation will
be enacted touching the salary of
teachers.
The Youthful Member
Hon. Will L. King, of Hubbard,
Hardin county, is the youngest mem
ber in the general assembly. He is 21
ears of age and was a student at
Drake at the breaking out of the war.
He returned home and at oine be^in
to fight pro-Germanism, of whMi
there was a-plenty in that county. He
held meetings, organized the different
communities and took a prominent
party in the liberty loan and other
drives. He is an eloquent speaker and
he soon had his whole county aroused.
He was nominated by the republicans
at the primary for representative and
was elected by a big majority. He
was serving in the army at the time of
the election and wears his khaki uni
form while on duty in the house. The
oldest member in the house is Hon. W.
J. Sayers, of Iowa county, a farmer
and canner, who is 71 years of age.
Foreign Born Legislators.
In the house Mooty, of Grundy, was
born in Ireland Parsons, of Calhoun,
was born in England Stuart, of Em
met, was born in Ireland. In the sen
ate, Price, of the Monroe-Marion dis
trict, was born in South Wales. He
came with his parents to this country
when he was 6 years old. the family
coming direct to the coal fields near
Albia 37 years ago. The father being"'
a coal miner the son followed in his
footsteps until ambition prompted him
to become a lawyer. He entered lay
school and passed a successful exam
intion upon his application for ad
mission to the bar.
An Old Timer
One of the unique characters in the
general assembly is Hon. M. L. Tem
ple, of Clarke county. He was born
in West Virginia 70 years ago and has
lived 45 years In Iowa. He is a law
yer. He served in the 26th, 28th, 29th,
30th and 31st general assemblies and
now he comes back for the 38th. He
is the author of the famous Temple
amendment that figured in Iowa pol
itics extensively some years ago. He
WAS appointed district attorney for the
southern Iowa district by President
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i* JY?'
COUNTY SCHOOLS
NOW AT WORK
The Trouble is Not As Serious As
Early in Winter and Late Fall—
Thirteen Schools Closed
HAYES TWP. IS PAYING $80(00
Crawford County Boys and Girls Have
Done Their Share in Helping
the Government
The schools of the county are gener
ally in session. The flu trouble is nof
as serious as earlv in the winter and
late fall.
Thirteen schools are closed because
of the^ shortage of teachers.
We have held seven examinations
3ince June 1st, giving all who cared
to take a chance to get a certificate.
Five teachers left our schools and
went to other counties because of bet
ter wages.
In September the wages paid in
this county were better than the aver
age. Since then other counties have
raised the wages until ours do not look
so good so we are losing teachers.
The best wages paid in the county
are none too good according to the
prices teachers must pay for necessi
ties.
Hayes township pays $80 for first
grade certificate, $70 for second grade,
$65 for third grade and $60 for a pro
visional. They are paying more for a
provisional certificate than some are
paying for first grades. It looks now
as if the shortage will continue for a
year or more unless something is done
to attract more to take up the work of
teaching. Good salaries are the only
solution of the problem.
Our state legislature is now in ses
sion. We expect some new legislation
that will be a decided help in making
our schools better.
The minimum wage law needs revis
n.
A teachers pension bill. should be
A stricter compulsory attendance
law.
A stronger child labor law.
The consolidated law needs to be
amended so that it may be used.
The high school normal training aid
should be increased.
The aid to consolidated schools
9hould he increased.
Encouragement should be given to
bills aiding the teaching manual train
ing, domestic science and agriculture.
More state aid and provisions for
more supervision should be given by
law to aid our rural schools.
The county superintendent visited
the Denison. West Side and Vail
schools and found the work in sreneral
way very satisfactory. The loss of
time caused by flu has caused the
work to be partly broken.
The boys' and girls' poultry club of
the West Side Consolidated schools
had an exhibition of 54 birds at the
poultry show in Woodbine. The man
ager compliments them very highly
on the showing they made at the
show.
Crawford county boys and girls have
done their part in helping our govern
ment in buying bonds and thrift
stamps and war saving certificates.
Not all of the schools have reported.
The following have reported:
Soldier Twp., $161.35: District No.
1 $35 No. 2, 27.25 No. 8, $40 No. 9,
$59.10.
Morgan Twp., $704.50: Dist. No. 2,
$53.25 No. 3 $200.05 No. 4, $42.75
No. 5, 180.25 No. 6 $145 No. 7, $32.75
No. 8, $50.
Otter Creek Twp., $289: No. 5, $2.50
No. 6, $156.75 No. 8, $49.75 No. 9,'
$80.
Stockholm Twp., $299:50: No. 2, $60
No. 6,' $79.75 No. 10, $159.75.
Jackson Twp., $80.25: No. 5, $48.25
No. 8, $30 No. 9 $2.
West Side Twp.: No. 1 $65.50 No.
5, $80 No. 8, $16.25.
Milford Twp., $474.25: No. 1, $175.50
No. 3, $50 No. 4, $76 No. 6, $172.75.
Goodrich Twp., $497: No. 1, $131
No. 5, $270.50 No. 6, $95.
Hanover Twp., $514: No. 1, $3.25
No. 2, $1.25 No. 3, $120 No. 5, $39.50
No. 7, $327.50 No. 8, $3.50 No. 9,
$19.
Charter Oak Twp., $789.45: No. 1,
$351.20 No. 5, $218.25 No. 9, $220.
Willow Twp., $240: No. 1, $41.50
No. 4, $13 No. 5, $70.50 No. 7, $107
No. 9, $8.40.
Paradise Twp. $427.50: No. 2, $105
No. 4, $140 No.'5, $52.50 No. 6, $25
Kenwood school, $105.
Denison Twp.: No. 1, $14S.50 No. 2,
$57.75 No. 3, $235 No. 4, $36 No. 5,
$178.50 No. 6, $15.
East Boyer Twp., $208: No. 2, $117.50
No. 4, $35 No. 7, $30.50 No. 9, $25.
Hayes Twp., $597: No. 2, $2.50 No.
3, $13.75 No. 4, $91 No. 5, $40 No.
7, $72.50 No. 8, $230 No. 9, $147.25.
Iowa Twp., $1600.75: No. 1, $343.50
Wo. 2, $590 No. 3, $76.85 No. 4, $111.75
No. 8, $364.25 No. 9, $115.
Nishnabotny Twp., $1039.80: No. 1,
$86.25 No. 2 $230 No. 3, $t95 No. 4,
$88.50 No. 5, $94.55 No. 8, $30.50
No. 9, $215.
Washington Twp., $1634.32: No. 1,
$208.75 No. 2, $213.57 No. 3, $85.85
No. 4, $210 No. 5, $10 No. 6, $179.50
No. 8, $370 No. 9, $205.25 No. 10,
$151.75.
Boyer Twp., $881: No. 1, $123 No.
2 $15.25 No. 4, $24.50 No. 7, $37.24
No. 8, $180 No. 9. 501.08.
Denison, grades, $6078.58 Deloit,
$651.76 German Parochial Hanover
Twp., $158.58 Aspinwall, $425 Vail,
$993.75 Kiron, $296.75 Manilla, $4,
172.75 Charter Oak, $1333.45 Dow
City Con., $4761 Schleswig, $2577.50
Catholic school, Denison, $332.50
Catholic school, Vail, $460.34 Luther
an parochial, Denison, $1157.50.
Total for all schools reporting—
$33,422.12,
THE DENISON REVIEW
THE PAPER YOU TAKE HOME
DENISON, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22, 1919.
We have fifty rural schools that fail
ed to report as asked to do and a few
other schools.
We think this a good showing for
some townships and schools and an ex
cellent showing in others.
One great good is coming out of this
saving—our boys and girls are learn
ing to save and to invest this savings
where it will bring interest.
Our government is asking the
schools to encourage our children to
save and buy stamps this year .the
same as last year. If all parents and
teachers could realize the great value
of this habit more would take an in
terest and encourage their children to
earn and save and invest in these
stamps.
The spelling test we sent out did not
prove to be as good as it should be.
The broken months this fall gave little
opportunity to get pupils ready for the
test.
Averages for grades in cities: 2,
84 per cent 3, 94 4, 98 5, 99 6, 100
7, 100 8, 94.
Averages in towns in county: 2d,
grade. 83 3, 90 4, 88 5, 90 6, 91 7,
88 9, 89.
Averages for rural schools: 2d grade,
68 3, 84 4, 95 5, 91 6, 94 7, 93 8,
88.
Twenty words were given in each
of (the grades from the first to the
eighth inclusive.
The October examinations that were
ent to all of the rural schools could
not be given as we wished on account
of so many schools being closed.
The January tests will be sent to all
schools some time soon.
The regular teachers examination
will be held January 29th, 30th and 31st
The regular normal training exam
inations will be held the third week of
January.
The rural and town children are col
lecting old clothing for the Armenian
relief. This is a part of the Junior
Red Cross work.
F. N. Olry,
County Superintendent.
Denison, Iowa, Jan, 15. 1918.
BETHELGOIN DIES
AT PRIMGHAR
Angel of Death Enters Home of Mrs.
Eva B. Goin and Claims Miss
Bethel, Second Daughter
DEATH MOURNFjPb. BY MANY
Deceased Was Born in Charter Oak
on Jan. 23, 1897—Was An
Ambitious Young Lady
CHARTER OAK. Jan. 20—(Special
to the Review)—The angel of death
entered the home of Mrs. Eva B. Goin
at Primghar on Saturday, January
Uth, and claimed Bethel, the second
daughter of the household.
Bethel was born in Charter Oak,
Jan. 23, 1897. She attended the pub
lic schools and graduated with honors
with the class of 1913. She entered
the State Normal school of South Da
kota and completed her course at
Drake university. In the fall of 1917
she accepted a position in the New
Albin public schools. While here an
illness came upon her that baffled the
skill of the best physicians obtain
able. She returned to her home and
for- weeks her life hung in the bal
ance .but with the same indomitable
will that characterized the struggle
of her father, the late G. B. Goin, she
fought to live and she won. In July
she was taken to the Mayo clinic at
Rochester. Here she realized her mal
ady was incurable, but she set a goal
for herself—she would live to see her
big doctor brother in France whose
return she anticipated this spring.
Since that time she seemed, to im
prove until Friday morning when she
became suddenly ill and passed away
Saturday evening.
Bethel Goin was an ambitious girl,
endowed with a brilliant mind. She
was a great reader and a careful
thinker and her prospects in Jier chos
en work were unusually bright. She
was a conscientious christian girl with
a character pure and unsullied. She
was baptized and confirmed in the
Episcopal church but she did the
work her hands found to do regardless
of creed. A popular member of the
younger set, she enjoyed the pleasures
of youth but when fate decreed she
must relinquish these pleasures she
accepted the decree without a mur
mur her sweet and cheerful submis
siveness to the inevitable has been an
inspiration to those who knew her. In
times of greatest pain with a sunny
smile she spoke words of assurance
to the loved ones who ministered to
her.
Last summer the Goin home was
moved to Primghar and in the new
environment while making new
friends she spent the last happy, con
tended months of her life.
Bethel is gone and many mourn her
departure—but she is at peace and
those left have the beautiful memory
of a noble, unselfish girl whose short
life was filled with good deeds.
She leaves her mother, five broth
ers and three sisters: Dr. Lowell S.,
X-ray specialist, A. E. F.. France
Fae, teaching in Fort Dodge Mildred,
at Spencer Neil, Helen, Robert, Don
ald and Ward at home.
Services were held in the First M.
E. church at Chatrcr Oak Wednes
day afternoon and the little pain
racked body laid beside her beloved
father. Services at the grave were
in charge of the Eastern Stars, of
which order she was a loyal member.
The sympathy of hosts of friends
goes out to the grief stricken family
in their loss.
After laughing at T. R.'s big stick,
the American people have just paid
$20,000,000,0W to acquire one.
.,-efeSL
GET GLAD HAND
FROM EVERYONE
Returning Soldiers Arriving at Camp
Dodge Being Royally Received,
Once Return is Known
CAMP DODGE TO BE PERMANENT
Dispatch From Washington Says That
Dodge Has Been Selected As a
Permanent Station
CAMP DODGE, Jan. 20—If the peo
ple of Iowa and Des Moines had only
known the time of the arrival of thou
sands of men from Erance there
would have been some great recep
tions planned for the past week, be
cause train loads have been arriving
by day and by night without the pub
lic knowing very much about it. Most
of these men come in solid trains and
these are switched to the interurban
railway at Highland Junction, a sub
urb of Des Moines, consequently peo
ple are in ignorance of their move
ments. But at Camp Dodge their ar
rival is no secret and they get the
glad hand from all quarters. There
are several thousand men at the big
camp who were there when the 88th
division left for France last summer.
.They came to the camp at the very
beginning of war activities, but
their assignment to service has been
such that their work kept them at the
cantonment taking care of the new ar
rivals throughout the year and a half
of their incumbency. These men wel
comed their former comrades with
cheerful shouts and impromptu re
ceptions were everywhere. At the Y.
M. C. A. huts groups gathered and
rough and ready experiences were en
tertainingly related. Some of the men
were grievously disappointed that af
ter getting to France they were not
permitted to see active service. Thou
sands of them were near the front
and within a week would have been
in the thickest of the fight had not
the armistice been signed. But all
are glad the war is over and old Camp
Dodge looks mighty good to them. It
takes about four days to obtain a dis
charge after reaching the camp so
the men are coming and going all the
time and this keeps up an unusual
interest because it brings new men
constantly to the camp.
While the men are returning from
overseas the various other camps in
this "country are sending men here for
discharge. The other day 1,400 men
came from Camp Funston and it was
about the jolliest bunch that has put
in an appearance. They reached the
city in daylight and after forming in
line marched through the down town
streets and with lusty shouts aroused
the whole business section of the city.
Along with the rugged and robust, the
jolly and the jubilant come the poor
fellows crippled for life or suffering
from some of the infirmities that come
from trench warfare. The base hos
pital at the camp and government
hospital at Fort Des Moines are both
crowded with the sick and wounded.
Transfers are frequently made that the
men may be closer to the home folks.
Soldiers in wheelchairs, on crutches,
walking with canes or supported by a
comrade are common sights upon the
streets of Des Moines but with all of
their misfortunes the men are cheerful
and jovial. God forbid that as a peo
ple we will ever refuse to contribute
to the happiness and comfort of these
brave men who sacrificed so much in
lighting for us.
A large percentage* of the money
which will be subscribed to the fifth
liberty loan will go toward the re
habilitation of wounded men. The
United States government is resolved
to do its utmost to restore every
wounded American soldier and sailor
to health, strength and self supporting
activity. He will not be discharged
from the hospital until all the medical
and surgical treatment necessary to
restore him to health has been given
him, ander the jurisdiction of military
or naval authorities, according to the
branch of service he is in.
Want Men for the Navy
As the men are discharged from the
land forces an opportunity is offered
them to enlist in the navy. Benjamin
H. Shelson, chief machinist's mate
who has just been discharged from
service of the United States coast tor
pedo boat No. 17, reported at the Des
Moines naval recruiting headquarters
prepared to take charge of the navy
recruiting offices to be opened at
Camp Dodge this week. Shelson, who
iias seen eight years of service, wears
a gold service stripe denoting ser
vice in foreign waters during the war
period. The torpedo boat on which
he was stationed is the ex-Tingey.
Presented With a Medal.
Over 8.000 men participated in a
ceremonial demonstration the other
day, the occasion being the presenta
tion of a distinguished service cross
for extraordinary bravery and daring
in France. Sergeant John B. Garner
was the hero of the big event. He was
the fir«t soldier to be decorated at this
cantonment. The soldiers were drawn
up on the drill ground. Maj. F. M.
Miller, the division adjutant, read tho
citation and this communicated to
each regiment by the commanding col
onel, Gen. Simmons made the award.
The citation was as follows:
"For extraordinary heroism In ac
tion north of Clemery in Lorraine,
France, on the night of August 16-17,
1918. Although wounded in the face
and hand he went fifty meters up a
road in the face of fire from two Ger
man machine guns and exploding
grenades to rescue a lieutenant who
lay 100 meters within the German
wire, so severely wounded as to be
unable to -jjiove without assistance.
Sergeant Garner put the officer on his
back, crawled through the enemy's
wire and tram there carried him 500
meters across open ground, under fire,
to safety."
Sergeant Garner was a member of
Co. F, 125th infantry. He is recover
ing from wounds received in France at
the base hospital here and is now at
tached to the Second infantry at this
cantonment. Lieutenant Hazelwood.
who commanded the patrol of which
Sergeant Garner was a member at the
time he distinguished himself, accom
panied the division commander at the
presentation.
Ordered Away
The entire sanitary train of the 19th
division at Camp Dodge has been or
dered away on detached service. Or
ders to proceed to a destination not
made public were received Saturday.
It is intimated that the train will be
engaged in transport service. Troops
will move early next week. All kinds
of disappointment resulted from this
order. Many of the men were expect
ing a discharge at any time instead of
an order for continued service.
Former Camp Dodge Unit in Germany
The 313th engineers of the 88th di
vision, formerly stationed at Camp
Dodge, and commanded by Col. R. P.
Howell, were cited in ordprs bv Ma.i
Gen. Robert Bullard of the Second
American army in France. Lieut, juuh
Mac Vicar Jr., of Co. A, 313th, has writ
ten Des Moines relatives. MacVicar
details that the regiment was within
a few miles of the Swiss border and
near Metz when the armistice was
signed. The organization had seen
hard service in constructing railways,
under fire. It is now with the army
of occupation. Col. J. P. Harbeson of
of the military police, when the 88th
was at Dodge, has been mentioned as
having taken the best care of animals.
MacVicar encloses a copy of a pamph
let dropped from a German airplane,
advising Americans to desert and be
free boarders in Germany until the end
of the war. Several days jvfter the
propaganda was dropped the armistice
was signed.
More Overseas Men Coming
During the next two weeks a large
contingent headed for Camp Dodge
will reach New York. Upon arrival
there they are detained by quarantine
regulations for a few days. Something
like 2,500 men will reach New York
on four transports. One hundred
seventy-three officers and men are
from Camp Cody organizations, while
the remaining 2,064 troops are artil
lery of the 337th and 339th regiments
trained at Camp Dodge.
The following report has been fur
nished by the war department as the
names of transports and military
unites.
The WilhelminK l?th,
will carry 109th sanitary train troops
as follows: Train headquarters, thir
teen men field hospital, No. 133, six
men field hospital, No. 134, six men
field hospital, No. 135, seven men
field hospital. No. 136, six men head
quarters ambulance section, six men
ambulance company 133, nine men
ambulance company 134, six men am
bulance company 135, seven men am
bulance company 146, seven men di
vision medical supply unit, eight men.
The Rochambeau, due January 20th,
337th field artillerymen as follows:
Field and staff, two officers ordnance
detachment, one officer, seventeen
men medical detachment, one officer,
twenty-one men supply company, one
officer, eighty-three men Battery F,
two officers, 182 men.
The 339th field artillery as follows:
Field and staff, two officers, ordnance
detachment, one officer, twenty-three
men medical detachment, two offi
cers fifteen men supply company,
five officers, eighty-six men Battery
A. five officers, 208 men Battery B,
four officers, 201 men.
The General Goethals, due January
Jlst, 34th division troops as follows:
Headquarters 34th division train, two
men 67th infantry brigade, one man
68th infantry brigade, one man 109th
infantry headquarters and military po
lice, one officer, four men 125th ma
chine gun battalion, 1 man 126th ma
chine gun battalion, six men 127th
machine gun battalion, four men 133d.
infantry, one officer, fourteen men
134th infantry, one officer, sixteen
men 135th infantry, one officer, six
teen men 136th infantry, two officers,
fifteen men.
The Sierra due January 20th, 337th
field artillery troops as follows:
Headquarters field staff, ten officers
headquarters company, eighteen offi
cers. 224 men Battery A, four officers.
l!)8 men Battery B, three officers, 203
men Batterv C, four officers. 189 men
Battery D, four officers. 180 men Bat
tery E*. four officers, 177 men medical
detachment, two officers,-twelve men.
Officer Dismissed
First Lieut. Jonathan A. McMillan,
804th infantry, Camp Dodge, lias been
ordered dismissed from the service by
a court martial board citting at the
cantonment. Approval of the sentence
was received at the camp Monday
from the judge advocate general's of
fice in Washington. It. was charged
that McMillan struck a private.
338th Field Artillery Here
After an absence of fiv^ months in
France the 338th field artillery re
turned to Camp Dodge for demobili
zation. Upon arrival of the organiza
tion at the cantonment its commander
Brig. Gen. S. M. Foote, assumed com
mand of Camp Dodge,'relieving Brig.
Gen. B. T. Simmons of the 19th di
vision. Simmons has received no or
ders for transfer but is automatically
relieved of supreme command of the
cantonment, as Foote is senior in point
of service.
Camp Dodge to Be Permanent.
A dispatch from Washington says
that Camp Dodge has been selected
by Secretary of War Baker as one of
the training centers that will be re
tained as a permanent military train
ing center after the peace treaty has
been signed. The secretary has rec
ommended that the cantonment site
nowv held by the government under
lease, he purchased and kept up per-
(Contiaued. on Page Two,)
Don't Borrow This Pa
per. Buy It—You'll en
joy reading it all the
more. Buy it now.
Mrs. Millie Ryan, Formerly of Vail,
but Now of Omaha, Telia of
Thrilling Experience
WAS UP IN THE AIR 4,000-FEET
Says There is No Better Nerve Tonic
in the World Than Flying
Advises a Trial
Many of the Review readers of Vail
and in Denison will read with interest
the following, written "by Mrs. Millie
Ryan, from Los Angeles, to the Omar
ha World Herald:
Mrs. Millie Ryan, well known Oma-"
ha vocal instructor, who is taking her
first winter vacation in sixteen years
in Los Angeles, became so interested
in aviation after being invited to wel
come the aviators going from Rock
well field to San Francisco to map out
the new mail route ,that she decided
to try it herself.
Accordingly, the opportunity was
given her, and she was taken up
over Santa Monica in a Martin plane
of 250 horse power, and over the
ocean, going up 4,000 feet the .first
time. Since that trip she has taken
several trips and writes of her ex
periences as follows:
"I can not describe to you how
wonderful it looks to see the air full
of planes. When they are flying high
they can not be distinguished from the
many sea gulls flying over the ocean
and around the beach here.
"A week ago Saturday we welcomed
the aviators on their return from San
Francisco on their way to San Diego.
Captain Stockwell said they made a
record trip. My! what wonderful
motors and planes these army aviat
ors have to fly in. If I ever get rich
my first investment will be an air
plane. I became so interested in the
flying that I decided I would try it
myself.
"I did and now I am convinced that
there is not a 'better nerve tonic in
the world. I don't think the danger
is near as great in an airplane as in
an automobile. I have never learned
to run my own car through fear, yet
I do not experience the slightest fear
four or five thousand feet in the air. i.
"During the first 200 feet going up
there is a little motion, but ^fter you
get above 500 or 1,000 feet I can only
describe the smoothness in ltycenins,
it to a swan gliding oh the water. Tbu
hear tlie engine, but don't feel the
lightest movement. You just soar.
You do wonderful spirals and only whbn
you dip the nose of the plane suddenljj^
can you feel any motion.
"While one is learning to handle a
plane or in trouble, it would be easy to
keep one's head, but flying a distance
with everything favorable and being
an expert in handling the plane, I think
one might fall into this strange quiet
ing condition I experienced which is
almost like dreaming. It is a sort of
feeling 'I don't care if I ever come
down.'
"I have taken nerve tonics and rest
cures for nervous breakdowns after a
long hard season's work, but have nev
er found anything so restful and yet
so stimulating. For nervous people I
would suggest spending a month or
two here in the aviation field and I
will guarantee no more nerves."
Mrs. Ryan returns to Omaha to open
her studio about April 1st. ipt
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GOLDEN WEDDING
Fifty years ago Tuesday, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Richardson, of this city,
were married. Their children had
planned a celebration of the event at
their parents' home but bad weather
and sickness forced them to alter
their plans. Charley of Vail, was the
only one to spend the day with hia^
parents.
J. A. Richardson was born in Eng*'
land. Feb. 26, 1833, and came to Amer
ica when a lad of 9, his parents set- $
tling at Connnanche, Iowa. ss
Mrs. Richardson was born in Eng
land in 1840 and came with her par
ents to the United States when three
years of age. They were married at
DeWitt, Iowa, and some time after
the.v came to Vail. There they resid
ed on a farm owned by Tom Clement
for 27 years and on another for 10
years and then moved to Odebolt.
Eight children are living in this v&i'sS
cinity, they are Mrs. Ida Dixon, Char-^
ley and Mrs. Ada Novotne, of Vail
Mrs. Maude Anderson, of Deloit Mrs/
Gertie Braska, of Denison Mrs. Clara
Fortson, of Elberton, Ga. Mrs. Nellie
Clausen, of Shaller, and John B„ bt
Clarinda. besides twenty grandchil
dren and three great grandchildren.)
A beautiful brooch was given -to
Mrs. Richardson and a heavy gold
watch chain to Mr. Richardson, both
solid gold, by the children as a remln-
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FLYING GREAT
NERVE TONIC
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der of the occasion.
Probably rto two persons in Craw**,
ford or Sac county are better known
tfj
than Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. They
hold the respect of all regardless of
age. The latch string is always out
at their home to their friends. The
News congratulates this worthy cou
ple and hopes that they may enjoy
many yeafs yet in their cozy home.—,
Odebolt News.
By the news from the state legist
latures it is feared that the casualty
lists will soon report Tom and Jerry
as missing.
There is a feeling among many mo*
torists that if they can nearly run over
everybody, no one will be able to read
their number.
The people who figure that the bank
ers are rascals, haven't urged any ob
jection to their handling the sale of
$20,000,000,000 Liberty bonds without
any commission.. ,-v
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