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“"Pue Ftp: all m. '0 an tun-Ilka m alduaou-rad‘dmruuv “what-tip... Mao. days of shortage of men, it pays the farmer to get the best of labor saving tools and tools that are made and dis‘ tributed as near home as pomihle and if you do this you mnot go wrong. Come in and we will show you some regular farm tools. Do not stay in the 18th Century class but buy up-to-(latc goods; cheaper now than ever before, considering the prices you are getting for your grain. Telephone 267a,] ] All!" SCHOOL We handle the heel. line of farm implements. tradem' 3;}. Amy School. plows, wagons. motor trucks and gas engines, made in M New; (3’33: America. Every piece of farm machinery we sell is fully ”m rm: guaranteed and by the heat manufacturers such as ther Rm'myi your mm the mm «.y Deering line. the John Deere and Janeeville; all well ;“"'"""' ""‘ m ' "W M v am" h. Even if «my run Sunâ€" known the world over. {my we .m u m lime u. ourselves .Inmil after 1:”. This min. I m We give a repair service that talks for itself. In thesc‘hel'lng am. uniforms m m. m". lm we lull mder Hill In! re-or- days of shortage of men, it pays the farmer to gel. illewmml w n, m ‘ bl forgotten all About the but! «firth we lrfl. byhm MN II “in H!» \M :- Al “our”: \n‘ sloop-«l III-l not 3 In! a! '1' band from ”to "n! (In. chh only M M M «an. no uny- bnul Inn Nah our Mn vista we have to My .17 m m and R m adv-(v “mt-thtnl-dnnu Mwmmrdkhnwrw ”7“ Dru! Moth-n and Hulk: | jun! ru-n-ivml yum dandy low r In” May 3 and it was hunch-«l to me jam alter I came In (mm a luu any trip, Sound» “h- o“ utufl’ «lw‘n'l it. Mu“ .Hu-r, [his timo‘ I haw: bw‘n Ulurmx Pulm- v54 molar truck. I um an! expert 0w (rip null night bu-fuw his: I an quolu nurpn'ml to harv um 3m! but. mll m- up nml M! m» Hm! l an to so alum u- nn art-«Mun! an. ver ‘0 Nu» lawn of N«-- - fur gamma .V Th: trip shout-Chm Wu: thou! .100 “launder: or 21!) mum fun 1hr mum. trip. I! run mm - Mliqhtful trip We Dad I. [at up u 4 a, m. yr'Mn- nhy mania: uni light an in (M- NM uny boon who-n m- wxM I» lun- b‘I-I II bed. It In pit-"y rhmy on! early m m- morning and way an!" Id! my") goal yuo my br‘ Authmminptpnuyidlo- In; “to Ally drum! up and "w no. ‘And The Stll‘ Spangled Banner Forévél' Shall Wave, O’er The Land 91' The Free and The Home of The Brave." LETTERS FROM | DOWNERS GROVE SOLDIER BOYS EDGAR BOYDSTON WRITES INTER- ESTING LETTER lined evergol'ddny morning from the office of the Downra Grove Publishing Company, Imont and Forest Avenues, Downers Grove. "limits. Downers Grove Reporter pa yner. TSingle copiesjc Entered at the Downers Grove l'ost Ofl‘ice as second class mail matter. Advertising lute! mad; kgown upon application. Subscriptiop rates $1.75 Hawkins 6: Hawkins A FARMER mhshrflttmpunofhkfi growinggnin «0 0mm ' offlnprofinandloasuofgningmwingmysduthe binderiothememachinedmmde “can flat ptofitinthe Imaimuofniaing grain. also melanomnetwhathecouldlmyanyofluhindu‘ {onhemldbuyabaefingbeauadumd Whmnydifiacatfinduofgmin In knowntlntthe Duringwiflhkcweofanypmblan infi‘neincuuingdntit Invetofaoe. do” Duffie" HndddsheeanflzeuMmfor to tee-gunmen seen . an We not 1:!on nonv- four! but Buy a Deering Binder C. H. STAATS. EDITOR May final, I!!!“ ‘H .5! In In» non. W: to! out n! In" About no I. I. mt morning nMrh um this "at... II In that 1:3 9. m. m. We“ In did-t («In wry fut u" «by and look our that and at everything (hon- m } Afmr unotlu-r tvu hours w» wru- “uudml up and u}. we wcn- gutting dlunm'y and about numu-r linw. wr ur- !lung.~l fur tauppI-r u! the Aim-fin"! llaruurks lmnv. WatchI-d a hall uauw Mwm-n mmr colorwl mv'mun aojers un-l wine white boy». 'l‘hal uimgur 1mm cu'cl pitch Chi". Tin-n- m-n- a lot. of the boys watching [ha-m play and how tlwy «1mm wll . Them.- anrh don't Ammpm hll at all. Av bout n p. m. we MIMI M and [on out about M mum Ind park-d for the night. Two mvn ukpt in the my (him and "w othvr (mu 0! m wrm up tn thu howl. Moth-r. I dun" know Whethrr you W!" at I mul Fit-nth but. but they are the “hunt lhiut you war law. Wr ulcpt In» in I mom and the two mon- mt w tom franc-.0 or About ".75 for thv‘ our night. I w“ (oil. In u-II you shunt thr bah. They luv u“ woodw- hnl ‘ntu‘dn‘ Oun happened to hr of «al- ‘nut, Thw bottam cl tlu- UNI Mart.- nbout 4 Inch" (run the floor burl u than 96H *6": [hm or four frnlhc'r but» out rad: up about 4 tutu-n from the «mug. Who- my ya! and l (M. h m- um]: «out about 2 TM uni \w mldn't MVP but. no. Ina lhv flour. Wr" «to you know that lfll‘r Mag mm! to tho» Itrur mun-mm. I didn't who. mutt. . hi» on that ‘ “1- had fllINDPPII out in the vuunh'y and ,«nnn- pan-um woman mmh- us an rm: unn-Hvllv to go with the bh‘ul. and ulhm' Mu" “-0- had. wwyms GROVE 3mm nowynns cwvarmyggg in in a certain part of the at, such in ‘arbumtors, Won. transmis- nion. springs, the repair, or some other part. After receiving the ganâ€" eni course which wfli acquaint them with every part of an aumnobile and the basic principles he will be given special instruction in the line he chooses or for which he is specially danced. in this way one of each of these specifimenctnhemttoa base or camp, or even more, and what out of us. They have a system of fucking that Is hard tn beat. While most everyone km: that a mechanics is not made in eight_ weeks. the length of time this adieu! is suppoaal to m. tho-e not acquainted with the army system. would be surprised to me how.- qniek a man who has never kindled "immobile: can be “light to mph them. Most of the men will special. ‘ No our ix kicking hIN'fl'c-r. they "alive that getting the Rain" should ‘h tho direct thught of every Ameri- can today and they an tut-Ming their energies in that flimtmv We have 1 fine sch-ml hem. Th! oflicent am. I helm-r. as gm! :1 lav in service and are caps-Salty watchful for tho care and welfan of their m. While they .” strict disciplimfiam. anyone doing the right thing will ho treated in the am my. As you probaNy km this school firm to make anomohik- mechanic! TM '1!!th of Unk- son now is Wild“ (main and to am ME I: hen. Our new mm a 5:30: i. the morning wim- (he bugle New; Ind In“ until 9:” o'clock It “(DIM vim w hw- finished 0‘? infantry: drill. Harv- they cram bad. the m- Dunk-a! and tin“ into a hum" heat” until he Innily knows when he Is. { A: for having lime to emu-Ive: ”i hrfly [It film to «have during the: l'4 8. Jun "(MM 0 lulu 'mm Tau-l. l Inn." w low-l. badly about not it“. an In and no anything but iry And I'll hr cm to sun nil ”'le wflh matting mry. Jud "Huh I have Mr Mu III A. no. u I m haul my Hm“ I'll have uh. WALTER S'I'AATS (b. D. “Mk II". Trl‘ Ruth. if you don't M m Mar I ‘11“! below- Chh H! w" you m ”at I am you I um I." ran-r. We'll folk:- l'll do»:- now Wag ymn m m» 0. K. (:lul lo bar 0. 1; Hi. "It ball on "u- 3"! Ubrny W. (3m! Stud! Mn" hm. VI- N. Y. lly IM mu no Invent-l mmr 1 way: ulom; 0w lain- thr. I! am" in I [ml “th from the MIII. Wrflr mo- noon. [.mc'. ”In" to me. One of the boys tool: 24 pil- -tunes of us follows in various out of the way places so I thlol: one of then- jought to be good and I'll tty and satin ‘some. We won» all in tonight on farn‘ving lune about 4 p. m. but “a, 'had a good time and saw quite a bit. ; :We made a bee line (or the kitchnui and found the cook busy making sonu-l great big Hagar doughnuts. Well lj ;to tut it short got away with six the-Ill and two more for 6 p m. muss so wven if I had not hmc Iran-n anything? else, but of course no danger 0! Mn fling anything no. I would hau- haal‘ lots to out. That made the fifth tinw‘ fl have «man today. Now I'm drink f {ink lots of water. I [gm-:45 its bl“ “unev- l lun- to try out our new foun- ;l.ain which was «rm-(0d while I was hour. It i» a big hem-y canvas suck: ol‘ about 30 gnllon capacity and it ham nicklv ”laud funnels, about ‘5 ul' Hum and hollow me it i.» pretty classy. 'l'lu-rt- is on“ thing curtain \n- hflh' um- ol the host bunch of immrdialv olfirm's that G‘Yol' hit llw trail. Y-m 5m- lhty I‘m‘u- ull I’m-n with us from the lirrl .uul will do lulu for us that oll'in-r.‘ lmnsl'l'l'lwl lu us would [:aoh. ululy m‘vrlm-k. 'l‘hlu llw inhalig'ulhm of our .\I. ll. Captain our muss m-ru. was cannml and m- haw u rrul ran» you". now. um- of our formvr «tolu. ‘ Hc- kmm‘.‘ his hamllll‘s» and will gin- u.~ ull thu- law ullowm lh-m-r Unm- (liluKlIllulJ luniuhl. (In our \\:A,\ Inn-l. \"r nu-l lwurh all of lh-- conumny about l5 lllllt's from hvn- at :5 MM" town whn-m lln-v wont to pluy ball will] ll!“ 3'.‘ lln, Tn- d-y my. olm-n'wl u.» a Holiday I»; all C. S. hoops not uluully nnlauml Ind manic-Hy no mu- worked. “‘0 did nol mind driving o-ilhm. for it mt.» prrlty much of u vuumm‘ l mu «In-loamy "'0 or [lun- «ml. which wil ain- you ll raw-l Mr- M that I'v aw. 11w,- may wt 0" Hr unw- Iml I know what Hwy arr and will no! fumvl. 'Iil'icig'fifiéflw ‘ "fit’ANSn-zman m n-I'I n AMI! I I.“ ARMY SCHOOL all. We have one deck on which to get fresh air, watch for whales and Kai‘ yer 3mm submarines. So far wn have not spotted any swim-fins. but some of the boys. whose eyes are ex- tra good. have seen as high as 20 whales. 1 think I saw one, We have 2 mnls every 24 hours. Ind they are extra good. Quite a few of the boys have been getting l have not received the Reporter for some time and sun» do miss It. It might be we did not waive my new «Hm. I M" been an bout-Ii ship one week m.mdlmightbemnmkmon for a" I know. I think we have the whok U‘ 3‘. Army than! ship and most of them no dawn on “G” deck.‘ when my mum". in. The Imh‘ an 3 high on on top of the other» They would be 4 high. hut the ceiling prevents It. :“MIKE” SCHMUlfl-IR Well ‘1‘ an timing 1-m- ml mm- uner rather new and I hope it vi" my thin way (or I whfle. l M? nothennhlotomntomyoflhe hays {run up Grove that 1 km. N I know they I‘ve been «hm-pl an m. by the (an-in in the wood small here. but exp-ct to Inflow then up. We" is just at.“ time for Mann no will have to due. Say H10 '0 all the boys. ADOLPH WINTER WRITES FROM ABOARD SHIP [hm Mr. 8mm: Rec-chm! your pp" this muting AM III n-nl god lo [M IL II in up Mn I have mired than I hw- in» "or how. I bare lmnlom-d to Mary B mu» P. A. and like it I M boner "no "this. (in. lmnmngminnrmp that has he. in “w army '0' 7 yours. his mm- is Hm. "a nil hr yours. his mm is Hm. "a mid hr and to Hu- la the Gun and lu- Ina- mmw.m«ummum. No In in the 3rd Bahry Co. Ll“ wen-k llw m-nllwr hrw w).- wry hot. N)“ in llw b’lll'l' on Am. "a- Mun-n «on- all drinl up and ‘lw [lulu-u lot-km! puny punk la-l all.“ m- lull I Illa uhirlp luml than! all lunar: which l "min" b- uum- cu worth - mllllon Ml."- In “mu-r: l- 0“: par! of llw mnlr)’ le emp- loot ley (cal only Ila-y an maul. Oomnwdlh mud wlll to! not hold-m eon nil on up other mainly um. I can't unit" and ll. W10 Dal wlll but: to clot-r m IM :6" tr“! mow MIL Your son. 3 Ir" thr nthw olifl'mfll mnw. M" (or Icahn. Our captain who hall mu Ito-My yarn 5-1-er in tho- Mullr army. it a gun drill null-- and mu mlu- lhv mam lam 0n- drill Ian-u" [Inn Iny uflnr l Inu- u-r-n working Mm ,wt. l have bu-n uppoinu-d awtinx Sm- gum! and Mull-r uf lln- founh .‘m- lion 1-! our mummy. The mill I by! with umpnny ll. i‘s :uru-Iy mm- Im: in handy and l lmw mu bunt nuvk unn- “'v do out n.- .- mm hm onl) not the foot mo\-.u~mmu A:- thouxh w haw drillfil Ml fur: night. our wmpany in ulrmuIy Imm- in; rirhl 3nd Ion {mm intu Mm nun \Vl- haw hc-rv twenty 0f tln- m-w LEM-my tutu-ks and l’ll‘)‘ :m- some mar chimes. I dun-(- om- up a mwh- Hun was ulmu‘t sllnight up and «1mm lh- ulhcr day uml mmlr it in lhinl spm-J. W0 \\'(-u- out m'lling mud vxw-nimwu. as that is par! 01‘ lhr «when. and mud-- a [rip through Hu- hillu um’th uf Inn-u. 'l'hv)‘ an- l-mt of the hlufl'n‘ of [In- Min-1m“ uu-l n-min-I our of “w (Mark uumnluin-. Th1~ wads un- lll)lhill_', I.» lung hr and [Our math-:4 awful, h A! thus» Libvrty motor: run ulnng an if on u lumlcvunl. one will not know how (u n-puir 1h" other will. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS BUILDING {sum LUMBER, COAL, MILL WORK “REDYBILT” Portable Gurney, Poultry Houses, Cottages, Poultry filament, Supplies, no. On board ship on the Minnie FIELD ARTIIJJ-‘RY POTTER "F’G I: LUMBER G0. PM! 15 3mm" in Frann- Jum 4. "In As "tr, "lib“ SAM-II". “an" l in using {my man outfit to write on and it doesn’t make the bent writ- ing table in the WM”. but I guess you can read it. Got «R the ships this morning, hik- ed a few Milan. pitched tents and an nicely located again. We had a fine trip, I expected to be sick but came throng-h feeling well an the way. WM SHANNABROOK’S FIRST LETI'ER FROM FRANCE Dar Mother: Adolph Winter. ‘ P. 8. Sim I wrote the Ibmv lo" mrlncfis-ednhack.mldlwhhlo grid that we arrived safe in Fraud. and things are going fine. having seen my first“ aewpine fight and hard the roar of the big guns for the first time. job I say. We have some extra luv gunners Alma"! ship, my my our ofthmmhltapmlntsmikx lhopelrisnnduty'mlr. Sub shots up. lam enclosing . copy a! tN- only paper published an the High We" wm, wishing you and all my friends th- hm cf luck. We have .m :Mp drill «an every clay. I an ”signed to a lifl raft. If Kaiser kill stoves n hok in- to our and “nip. 1" I have to do in ”nomad-munmuthe life all until picked up. Some nine 80a. 'lt'v'ouknfloflhonewanf the Athntir Ocean; ‘acay with l Innis. ‘1 m doth and I m Irma Kn: V“. if ya. hm} !1 mini 0'. 30 hr l tom-r hind rudnd "IO. final}. 1".- hoys who uv fading mo “sham! This 5! a very puny coo-Cry h‘ 1bust have not led hope a nu- nip I: wry ail-1m rm u» Sum. Th jot m-rr. 0|" m liar minds out M 3"" “H "d '0'? 0" ’0‘ 0.“ of the Nae of but." has going “*M- lhm u, mun 80x hall prk ”'8' Stove and l have boon Wham 2 minutes In" {My law crawl '0" d u" “n" "d it ~" '9'” I.“ ‘1' nWorMSericsnm. mum“. hawlotdklomhunpur VII-n tv and. our «to: dinner ciâ€" W m "'0“ 'W“" Y'- M pm. mind- m of the My: deck “- at !M Boston stun- an urns- days." We" N'fi ! In mm a I Yard humus: on lint Curtis. street l supp?» you will receive my cards After 6 p. m. phone 83-.) or 894'! Every motorist knuwa how aggravating it is when You are out for a days outing to get stalled on the road. Forestull that amide"! by bringing in your car and let us look it over. _ “A dollar spent in time save mm." mmmmamuumuuyum.m. We are able to supply your wants in ICE CREAM (5' DRUG SUNDRIES Our Rep air DePartment Is At Your Scrv cc! HOUSEMAN DRUG CO. J. MRS GROVE WAEE "PI" IIPMRII. W was: “soun- m -7lm -- OXY-ACETYLINE moms 37m AT mum: nan: umms MW nwmmcoow {Mica-1|. [ fits-w and I have boon min-r and dtktimauflitnnmpdm flame-tuttomhnmr home town alums! whnm-er y. m to. heismremeboy. [midst Mveknownhimbutheasiedmif Iwufmm DownersGmcnndthcn "Manna-tam. And I'm my the American houâ€" pinls sure take good are at the by; I will have to dose and hope to hear from you soon. Wishing you the beat of health and regards to all. your brother, Pvt. Stanley J. Bum, 83rd Co.. 6th Reg. Amax. Forces. Dear Sister: This w.“ my first Why to drop you a fur Hugs. I am in an American Field Rubi. (II with a slight round on my right leg. It Is nothing serious so don't worry.an:ltexpec¢tobehnkwfih my company in a few days. STA \ W0" Mir-r I am who: u a Ionutowhuttowriteumkm we have to b careful that In wrap. Itiamtimbdtimunhpus now (am-ugh that man but 2 o" doth in m tarmac! In lie Shun) an 'm dose for this limo. Hopinyuuflnnuwdluln mdummmt (run you nuln-min Say 1 mt John 1!th hug, and NLEY BARRON IN HOSPITAL IN FRANCE ““0”“ With the Ame: Pal-res 1m 10. 1918. 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