Suddenly his "king jumped all three of his opponents and the game was over." That is the way of our western boys: They treated these narrow escapes and the tragedies lightly.

At home the bond drives and all the other drives went over the top in record time. The farmers were producing wheat and sugar-- two of the much needed elements of war -- in record quantities. The council of defense and the home guards, the Red Cross and other organizations were working fine.

A. T. Shumway was the only local man who went overseas for the Y. M. C. A. and "Pop" as the boys called him, made an excellent record according to the high standards of others directly or indirectly in the great World War from this part of the west.

Robert G. Simmons born and raised in Scotts Bluff county has been singled out for the distinctive honor of state commander of the American Legion, an organization created by members of the great American Army.

Individual mention of the hundreds of Scotts Bluff county boys that each performed his duty so well would be impossible.

The ability of the local young men to handle horses put a number of them in line for that work: Dan Ingraham, Joe Sanford, the Hiersche boys and a number of others. No matter in what particular department they were assigned there was always the splendid fidelity to duty and service that marked Scotts Bluff county as one of the brightest stars in the story of the war.