OT ins sea Cian go. "Patton Courier > Established 1593 Published Every Friday by the STAR PRINTING COMPANY Patton, Pa. W. H. Burd 4.¥. Crago iosnie President | Manager Entered at the Post.Offics at Pat ton as second class matter. A $s Si ST Sl - bi rd - seam SS § Par Pr rar $1.00 per t Year Advanew Advertising # Legal notices $1.50 per inch for | insertions Cards of thanks Se Lg line Resolutions. Political advertiing 10 Ta ptr life oF 10e inch display, payable strict the in Foreign advertising must be paid for invariably In advance No cow mission uid fo sdvertiiingy sponts, es AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE HAS ADOPTED “PAPA” on Joffre Is Mol of Expeditionsry Fores, fo Following lis Visit to the Camps AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR- TERS, France, Oct. 18--Two days’ visit with the American troops and Marshal Joffre departed for home to- : day, his paternity enlarged by nu good | many American sons. “Pape” Joffre is not only “papa” to the pollus now, but the American Sammies claim him, too. The white-hnired hero of the Marne | was tomuittiously , excitedly, and! whole-heartedly greeted by the Ameri. | can soldiers iverywhere On Monday, accompanied Ly Gen | Pershing, Joffre swept through all the | American ennips—and left the whole | gone in a state of almost frenzed ex. eitement and enthusiasm. “Thousands of Samenies glitnpeed the white-haired French idol for the first time when they were passing in re view before him. They gazed steadily im resporac to the ringing vommand, TRjen es" apm owt fare in rod breeches standing by Pershing's side. - Beginning at 10 o'clock in the morn. tng Pershing showed off his first con- ~ tingsnt. Thousands of westher- ~ bunten, perfertly conditioned Amer. fount fighters, their ranks ‘interspersed with flags and bands swept in waves ~ sdross the muddy tabeland und ropped below the hillevest. A moment later they re-appesred momentarily in the valley beyond, where their mud-col- ored ranks merged into the autumn The review was a thrilling pano- sama of bobbing, undulating rows of wheel belmets us fas as the eye could | reach, When the men had all past by, am the wen bh a brief address to the officers. Then he an Pershing with Gens. Bibert, Bundy. and other generals, enteved automobiles. They ~ were whisked nway for miles through @ score of hamlets where women, chil. - and old en thronged the road. aides to cheer the Miracle Man of 1914 and the great soldiers of the United States, | without a siragyle = thronphout the country. ia rely tn PET ard sailors Hiapire Tha § oh ers pose | velop their fAghting spirit Lerease their actual military | Army officers declare that wholesome, | healthy environment in the communi. | ties surrounding the { this, i John N is to will do camps Wi ily R. los and aeroplang | chairtaan of the national committees jon the War Camp Community Recrea- af Toledo, OO, auto. | tion Fund, appointed jointly by Secre ! tary of War Baker and Secretary of |! in a letter stating | = jibe purpose of the fund calls on every | 1 city amd town to “do its bit" in this | | the Navy Imniels, {vitally important war work of help ing to make and keep the army “ft! (to fight” through clean environment The people of the United States | number of hatehi ings thin wpring it Is estimated have tal grouse will should be made to realize, it is rout, the important part they play in helping ts wir he 5 ie Rp NIE printed L 2) the war tors ten, and WY ® angle HES Eg gs entirely to work outside SAMY, 6% | fished from whit is being done | vide eimare-hogy be B nights & A nnd om ike Mr Willys suminaries the ipose of the War Cang ‘ Recreation Fund wher he saya: “The spirit of the arian | army im fo be made © the next few | month. Mere numbers do an army: millions af Plmck the fighting spirit can The boys nits? know that the finest ideals | cof civilization are in their hands: that | {the folks at home are living and fight. | { *65 ye N Wr Aen pot rene Ling in their hexris, ; {| “Imayrine four bay st a camp” he swrs. “Where shall he go! ined what shall be do when off duty? | i The citien, big and little ad jscent [to the camp will do their best: but i without the aid of a national fund it will be impossible to supply the equip. pment and the trained personal service necessiry to make a recreation sys. tem a thorough success “It in planned to farnish enlisted men hospitality in loenl social cireles, to promote wholesome amosement in public places, to supply buildings, Sorts ing pools, ete, and to prevent the exploitation of the boys by com- mercinlized atbrmctions of undesirable sort” President Wilson, in a letter which Mr. Willys onclosed with each of his tommumicntions, says of the commu. nity service: “The spirit with which our soldiers leave America, and their efficiency on the battle fremts of Parope. will be vitally affected hy the charscter of the environment surrounding our mili. tary training cnmps.” Commesting on the Receplance by Mr. Willys of the rations! chairman. ship of the War Camp Community Recreation Fund, President Wilson said; “Mr. Fosdiek tells me that vou have agreed to accept the chairmanshi ip of the War Camp Community Recreation tran ing fy appreciation of your willingness to serve, as well as my hopes that munufacturer, | The | n Amer. | i of Wig at £ . kh Enfigy Ay o i withthe soldiers what retreat | = $A American & pro is FE ated § BROS ARE SCARCE BUT SQUIRRELS hE Jes AE an REL epnrty from the mimantndn districts | @ Fronnay ania, prolecines, repived forest rangers Be ge otherg the jrame whose duties take hem sin tine the PE in evi. indienne that seareity of ruffed grouse, wo fest last wear, will flee he (demed during the hunting season which (opens Saturday. The weather condi. tiotis of the past spring wore distinet. | ¥y unfavorable to the rearing of young | birds and while there were more hatches than last year, the broods were small, in most cases nol excred. (ing seven. The heavy inroads rade! by the hunters into the supply of old | [binds lant fal) greatly reduced the | that Che tisk he over AD por cond y Gi oH wy of the suppby of Een wiv tertainment | ea a i 2 he been ior Vere gHAYSNIeen IRE fall vietim the hunters Owing to the fact that the wil SER WW ro Ghent of Noy will probably be the sami § # TH spsber, the Wil of ait # & 3 he ast With fody years the drafe tal aihle hunters i SEIEELE ETT andl the any gwny woarsity of labor x Hh gions, the amber of hunters th al wl go alteld this yeny i bg) il Ig to terinlly ber of days spent § Put is hunting will be oe-haif, 55 thst per even the binds are seared, fally ReHHOn as there were lant year, In the northern tier, Potter. Mo. Kenn, Tioga, Lycoming, Cameron, Elk, Forest, Clarion, Venango and Warren erly counties, Somerset, Bedford and Faltem being especinly favored by | mont of the bird-hanters adi 1 OLDEST RAIWAY MALL CLERK IN ow ned JO Bn de MEHR “Grand Old Man” of U. 8. Mail! Service Says Tanlae Restored His Vitality Thorana J. Pulton, known as Grand Old Man” of the United Railway Mail Service, in the BO pears of his never found a remedy Taniac, Mr. Fulton is the oldest railway | | mai! clerk in the United States, hav. ingt besn in the service for aver Afty. three years. Mis run iz botweon | Pittaburgh and Cincinnati, apd EVER “The Rratin | dee licres thst | lif he hus that equals Fand, und | am writing to express | P17 along the route knows him. Mr. | Pulton said; the work of you and your collengues | will ment with every success” Prominent mumsbers serving on the and felt bad all over. You must pe | frony | and | IO pd | number of | wrest | : uiatrinl Pita bad mage reduced and the avernge nom. | haps | thers will | be an many left at the close of the | counties, the birds have been reported | as particularly few, and miny hunters | are planning this year to change their | hunting territory to the more south- | BOUYANT SPIRITS | “1 emught a severe coll in my chest | MASTER'S cde sso Bicone A rei foo meen A The First National Banl PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA Capital paid np . . . . Surplus . . ¢ NOTICE Sam fie Lonyt of omar Plas ie ambrin No. 03 September Libel in Divarce Havin i | He g A : | nraate Term, 1917 [vivieny intel Master and suggest 8 decree in the above stated case, notice | (is hereby iver that I will sit ut the | office of Wm. F. Dill, Bug. in the | { Borough of Ba raeshars, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, on Satarday | the Ird J&% of November, 1017. at I? o'clock IP. M, for the purpose of performing the duties of said appoint. | | ment, when and where all persons in. | terested mny appear and be heard a ph testimony to | ESTABLISHED 1893 The Oldest National Bank in Nothern Cambria A general banking business transacted. We invite sonal interviews or porrespondence with firms mdividuals wishing to establish or -. change their | banking relations, INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS Steamship Tickets for all the leading Lines; i % Deaf payable in the principal cities of the world, Safe Deposit Boxes for usi of onr patrons furnished free. | REUEL SOMERVILLE, You should have one or more of our § Saving Banks Muster. | in your home. Will pach the children preatical les- cn ARTER NOTICE | sans of economy. AE A 10.12 3 WM. B. SANDFORD F'rogidont FIiven thist an FRANK L. BROWN Cashier |b IR Co Ce i Dl ce Te es El Bs a et . : : : A little thing —your photograph-— ver. + means much to those who taught you doe love for country. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TODAY Edward. 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