Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1918 — NEEDS HIS LAST SON VERY MUCH [ARTICLE]

NEEDS HIS LAST SON VERY MUCH

Tunis Snip, of Keener township, was in Rensselaer Tuesday. He has a son, Tunis, who is now in France, also another son, William, who is in Camp Custer, and he has one son at home. Mr. Snip has a large farm and has a great amount of work to do yet to take care of his large crop. He has a large amount of cabbage, onions and must fill his silo. His last son has 'been put in class 1 by the district board, but it does not seem right to require this home to send three boys to war when not a single one has gone from other homes where the sons are not as essential to the proper handling of the farm. Mr. Snip is willing for his third son to go to war, but it will make it very difficult for him to take care of his crops and continue to be a valuable producer of food.