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it}! not In {mm m writa- nflrn to Mr mldior hays. Thoy an havr- no * how mvfly their Intern nrv- mud. The rule for supply of nmr unifion to (M firing linn nhouM be 'WM. 80nd (hm ”rm-s as math *â€" 0? lim will WI. If it In" {Mu Qin- m harm do”. llul. in all pr.» ”My an much will hr last or dolav- d um Ippm‘imah-ly the right am» d that appm‘imnh-ly the right am out will mach its dw-«tinalinn who: it in mMrd must m l aw hb- name in Hu- «nullity n hrfi in I-rrh. “tull- hi- Nul- arm w-u not givwn I frnn-«l it vmu W Ind l hww Ital uhm’u-ul. 1 3M" “yn mmombn hum .- l hum: .mrn M. II his gun" ll hnmv. twin:- '1’, and full of tho Immu nl whit d youth. "My“. (h-v fun \h..' lw .I truly J Ind in yarn \w lnmv Mm no. u n mun who dial hi full July. I tMnll 1hr lino-n writhn uvv‘r "u- 'I u n nun who dial 'u‘» full «luly. I 0161le ”It lim'n wrilfrn uvnr “lo runvv- «.1 - fellow m'Ihx-I in r'rnnrv‘ by hi! roan-«km rmmm hr lr-INFOVM a "Think of all I "run wlumM h”. 'h wu "ml." l pwwmr nm vullnga will ho nu) ndivr in all (he work Mr :3" in ”an 07 (hr ‘nr tlu'vnx this mm- ~ nummv. Toll all "I" fnllu at Fditur of llounrm (huruv lln'pmla-r: Ir. (7. H. Smulr’ Evil-ml Slam» l haw thought I'm my m- “in" [km I fight to writt- you a l‘vw limm at hawlcdginx your kindm-s» m srmlinu Inc the local paper. I luu'v l-njoywl it very much. I have bee-n wry busy bring the Int fuvl menu-n learning "I of the many things which an ulcer in durum u! lmopx mun-t know b uu- war. I hut Mu: many ox- pcflcmn. unm- utnnuous. vmw diuâ€" wble Ind mun plenum! on" M make me proud I am In Amer- itn. The Hair“, phyu‘que and Inn- h of the Alum-an 1.00.». un- mur- ML We oflicn-ns un- tlw or') "mm ‘5 mod worry about makm- good. 1v"- b» no much to learn about tlw *My Mud-Hm! 'mu-ulodn of mom-m turf."- nml no litllo- time to lo-m-n it in. llul who-n we In all ntdy M will be Ionwlllinu Ari-z on the 1m! brlicw- m0. l wan [wally shark-ll to warn of 15 death of Alt-x Hum although I w mmwlmi prvpnn-ul {m :1. lxn‘ ‘And The Star Spangled Banner Forever Shall Wave, (Year The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave.” HARRY SLUSSI‘IR BUSY LEARNING SOLDIERS GAME With lhr Am. “V Downers Grove Reporter Timed ever; Friday morning from the office of the Downrs Grove Publishing Company, olmonv. and Forest Awnues. Downers Grove, Illinois. bitervd at llw Downers (iron- l'oxt Ofl'im- uni swcond class mail matte»: Advertising mlvs umdv known upon application. Subscription rates $1.75 per yaer. Singlo- copit-s 5c. Pagg Four Even Cheekâ€"- “International”â€" On 3. Com Planter Means Sink Operation- Accurm Drop- need and In checkout-‘8!!! t unbedoaawidl m Incline. '53:? fireman“ 12.5de In fora-cry Myant With hos! wish-u I am rr-ry truiy yours. , l'mmu, m Flum- ‘_ 0‘ TH. lplil 38, [Mn lntemafiond Com Platte“ 63 So. Mun St. C. H. STAATS. EDITOR m (aunt “Gull" nr scout which I will fly at the final. God willing. Hm if Sir "angina Hail doesn't, quit ern won't hf‘ any mow m ii". it rains most of (In time. but we do not mind for they fly her? ruin m storm. I can‘t say much about Hu- mnrhim- hu! 1 may say I'm attached lo a small slnglv-sontrr hulk plan? l lrrivrd in camp MM slam: um. and am living under I mu. Th" marlmwn um "mile-M. flu- fpllovrs hall-r. and the ramp Idvnl. Wt- Irv Inc-aw in Hampnfiin. near the Me a! Wight. chh we fly over day all" day. Tho \rmuwr is w‘ry "dud" and lk‘amsl Modu‘r Minn: Your [Mlvrs (hm arrivm Inlay from (‘mx l ('ommny and if yc‘u nrvlr nflwnu in rmv of (M Mr lhmnl Hwy aim will nrriw. You may h qur l was urkk-d to [rt lhvm for H was jun Him being with yum. I mupl ('lmu- now am} IN to "rud- quunm for 'my final luumctions. \‘nu know my lnw- for you. draw». I think of you always Ind hope when Hwy urt' balm 10 mm honw onto Mom In ynu. Yum-May I “w“ around town. to thr Tower. Weumlnuer Ind no on. 'l'hc-y na- womkrful. One cannot deu- trlbn flu- Abbey. I mvcr with to mm- a gmmlvr thing; In fut. it would tu- impouiblc. Today I \u-nl lo [Ir-dunno” null n'portml. I go to camp tomorrow and “Ike up my final training. I cln'! my fur nun- how Vlonu I will bl? in En- gland. but it will [w for some: tinw. my a mun". or lwo. ‘ ’ chm-flul from most of "n time. llul lulw N all in all. “'2‘ not ball and lhc- 90on an- nice to a fault. I mum-l claim exemption {mm home- »Icknrm or worry an "n- «lear can an- m fur any. but I try to keep I [U- :u-«- ‘1 .\lu(|lm_: .\l;.' have is m-urly gone mnv and i ‘uq glad 01' it. A: for Lomlun. [Ix-- 0M, hielurir parts an- wonderful but llu- m~u' parts un- just lhl- rumv xu Nuw York and Chicago. only more so. Ilun- not haul a mum” meal since I cumin Fish. now-r t-uy that word again! I can m-w‘r look mother in 1h» :53 v. lhn‘! I»! NW “at now: «war in HM Royal Air Forrv' lhmuliru ('lmp. 'I‘. H. Slussm l.-l M. Infl, \T. S. Waldorf Huh-l. Lomlun. England April 9, I!!!“ 70H- .“mmnmn llnnu. Hap-wt Apn‘l 90. mm. buWNERS GROVE mmmpqgumg GROVE. ILLINOIS Rim Ill-(ling iMn lhr nrr‘w I hun- begun to upon-Mat: liumg-Jny H. .Whlt l II-amwl with ”Wm hn¢ MID!!! m a grunt deal. if not in gnuing :I 'non-rom. warum. it hm in making Mri". MRI-II. Mn. easy mmparwl (u 4‘le 5! M.- beeu on maul 0! HI» man 1 Again thanking you, I am ; Vl‘r)’ truly yours. All» 1;, Marian. 1 SM ('n.. Isl Training lhlulion. 1 mm mm Brigade. . Camp (‘Iranlv Illinois. Miss Clara lawn of St. Paul, Minn, was a visitor last Wk 3! ‘ho home of Mrs. Hy. Meyer. Mr. Fwd Schutt, Sr. was taken to the 01k Park hospital Sunday mornâ€" ing to undergo an Quentin. Latest diam In that he is progressing hvoubly. A meeting of the Red Cross unit. will be lucid on May 3]. A full at- tendance is desired. 70mm!“ _ In overhaul telmph ma. In- der vandal minimum. It In {and that about no mllen In the mutant Mm of aerial wlro that rm he op- erntod by manna of «mu current Rey- llorse upmrntns. The Mglmn por- nlulble voltage In n» In 120. lpol; m- hld a nplemlm lmlu mu] ‘wim "um um! wvn- might) and m-' Khupprnnl to go (a 1M «Input to “nu-h. .nw- trllnu pull in. If on "my um": \fl' should mod Hum-«ma fn-m homn.’ “r might hr lrmplr-l to Alm'l all the [limm iDear Wallcr: ’ Although :11th late. I lulu- thin [opportunity to thank you for (1w Re- ‘porttn‘ (In! you have no"! mr 3nd I can ”sum you they an very wv‘comv. 09:9“:th so during the lime lhlt wn tun mnflnwl in Mnukx or In their 'virinny. M Johnna» and I wow out walking around camp lut Sum‘a). xv wow Illounl lo do no for "In! inc-moon only, nml wr wrn lortunntr In men Rom. Dunk-y and family at lhr do. l h-w been rosy hwy sim'v' rum- In; ow-r haw. a.- hnx rwnovr- elm. bu! [be mnjurfly of ”Ir nu-n Inn.- born workinx at nm- ”um: um! of “It Haw. whilu- I hm hm! about u down dlflewm jobs In In m-ny Marc“. Th‘y fly vnn'vly in tho ppicv no! life. Ind i! "In! in no. I mmly «mum to ho a lively individual nim lumlmx .1 “amp (imnl. lh-uwml, your lr-(lvrn aru- v-y univ salvation. and your sum-t lhuughts pl'('\‘:llll' \lu-m all. I'm pm III and happy 10 [w your ~\un. un-l limp on (lu- straight highway fur your sww-t :nknu ll' war is lwll. us Hm :. it l< \‘.ll)' l llllllk tlu-y nn- wrung. for by firv rut-n are plum-«l and h“. lumlship Imulu- ht-llvr mun lo lulu- up [n - bur» «lvn u! m-lmiltling u hum-red nation. If it should ronw [0 pass Hm I can not be M" thaw. ls um my small Mi one stdne in tlu- now foumlatinn'.’ Will u‘rilv yuu ohm and k 1) you posh-d as to my goings oul a “I my comings in. Must closu with :: lovimp thought for um and llmm- um! ull my; dear friends how- u. [ham all. and a” world for yourself. Keep a 'andlv“ burnlnu for ; I can inmginu hmu'ny nu-n bcditv m .Ju-vt-iz‘on stony: roaring up and do“ n this. pI-m't'ful Country _\'I-llilm. “Hav- at ”WM", vtr. But now tlww an- unly'aiI'pIum-s smoking about. and .1 lot of Hobo and snmkr, As I suit! bol'urv, W1- am lucatwl down how in a lwuuliful spot, " nigh-w, bywa)“ thatched huts, inns \xith old naml-s and now, no sugar, and all lhu awn-«mlmlatiuns of NW far north. man scum that you got it fi' ‘0 han-l. I'm wry happy and “mu.“ with things in general. I heliow' I’m 110- in:; the right thing and i( give ml! no end 0f satisfaction. In a momh or so I will In.- in France. Suites worry ynu. Things are com- ing along fine and I'm proud and hapâ€" py to fight for a country like {‘ngand. Fight. YI- Cod“. Um bunch of van« Ilulx ('allovl (humans have ym ‘Exancv' at all. and ploaw tell any proâ€"Cer- nmn scum that you got it 11' ‘0 han-l. Mmmmm «via-0mm: LACE NEWS Your loving Hm‘ Golda“ (Reid). Camp Grant. I “Mia May [3, 19m passed an act defining the boundries of a new county naming it. DBPIR‘ MGM The first County seat wu located at anervme. June 1839 and the first election for County officer: no held the first Monday in May, 1839. Dow-III Grove. IJ. no” mam-2 130'), This trails-r was wail knmnn |-_\' "w ravly pinnu-n: and {hr toun‘y nnmv mm!» from ihr samv somw Dul‘am‘ was a part of Pi)!» (‘mmig umii January ‘28. 1823. wht-n i! pasc- Mi under the juristiirtion of Fultmi County. its next civil division was umm Peoria County. June 13. 1825. The next changs united it with Cook CouMy bu March I, um. On Feb- ruary 9. 1839 the General Assembly "TM first convoy-m of lands with- in the limits of Dul'nxv Count) Ill made by Hu- l'nlmwtnmi Indiana '0 [hr Unitrd Stan‘s. August 24. mm. This rnnw-yanrr inrludml Listlo town ship and all of anmw firm:- In Si-plomlrr. W33. the Indians sold lh rnlirr- north r-nsl portion of Winok Running (hrmlgh "w l'uumy fl'r' two .«In-ums. kmmn as 1hr Past and “mt bmm-‘z or Mr llul‘az: riu‘a- I‘hrsn r'l-wme look lhni‘ namr {mm a l‘lvm-h hath: who st-Hlml on Nu main riwr bw‘lo“ the forks. prior to [49' us hour fmm some {If our old maiden“. What my ynu mink of 6!? TM {allowing lit".- .du-Irh Irom "r- pm of one of lhr older nm-s will ho of film-mt to muny of our citizen So frw of us know Hu- histmy of our beautiful little vinm. , \ Thv-n- in n mow-mum on fool .n llw villain.- lo (mm I Dovrmsu Gum- Hilwflal Society. whoa- ohjrfl Would he to norm-luau- and rlufrlnh llw his: tory of the (own and umnmmlinx tannin. A! IN! in (Trim-1min] yr!“ 0! our Slaw and (how is no olnnixn- linn of lhu h'ml. il mm: mvlld-ulml‘. fining "Ill wv shnuld m-lanixv far (My puma-v. Thom an muly fun-nu: in; ore-ms and incident: on! will hr Inst sill" of u "w ynn [o by m:- Iou we hum: some means of mull»: them. PLAN TO PRES- ERVE BY-GONE LOCAL HISTOIH Repairing and Uni-older!" Me neatly and promptly. Work called for and delivered. Telephone 30 Day or Night [“5le ”WHERE AID REPAIR W MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS BUILDING SUPPLIES, LUMBER, COAL. MILL WORK “mum" Portable canoes, Poultry 30M 001m foam-y Equipment, Supplies, Be. mam or drop POTTER MF‘G I: LUMBER GO. PHOIE 15 FARM won '. D. GILLESPIE 6: Co. 61 South Main Street (Duplicate Keys Made) Ynnl limnurr ml «Uh-r 6 p. m. phom I13 J or um PIANOS and FURNITURE Refinished and Repaired 1 Let us repair and tune your old Piano and make it just as good as the day it came from the Factoty. Estimates cheerfully furnished Ed. Mackinsworth I You cannotuenjoy a tn’p'unlcss your car is in condilion. Come in and IaIk with us about it. every time we see you headed inJhis direction. lha‘ yog _arc coming in lo luv; you} car overhaqled. ICE CREAM (9 DRUG SUNDRIES unmmcumcmnmlmmmymm.m. 'e are able to supply your wants in HOUSEMAN DRUG CO. hf. WWW-RS GROVE 688665 Ixrln'r nermnma \V mm SWES-DIFEME mssous‘ - GASOLINE- OILS -'nn:s-â€" OXY-ACETVLENE WELDING 5, 510nm: AT Hummus anus [flatmates nzcumssn a ammo tm-Mmmmdc.m Just Naturally Suppose hm Cum“ urea 1)!le m GOODS! f: m7 E GROVE“. We can refer you to Hot Air plant known. The newest. cheapest Satisfied Customers. satisfactory “mac-nah. and most number of Friday, May 24, M15 Telephone 30 Day or Night ' 1918