Tony Frugni, Carbon County, Utah, Carbon County oral history project, Nos. 22 to 24, February 17, 1973

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TONY FRUGNI #1 I liked to stay you know. I left Bingham and I went onto Ely and Ely was different because in Ely, Nevada they pay $5.00 a day in those days. It was up a little bit, the war was using, you know. Well, ---?-­- days the seventh day of April 1917 is the first time that they registered to send you from twenty-one to thirty-five. From twenty-one to thirty-five they go to the army. Now, that is a yes and maybe because I was underage, that I was not twenty-one. But a friend of mine, the guy we traveled together and we went onto Ely and we were down there for $5.00 a day but hard work though down in Ely, Nevada. I didn't like it, it was too much for me, I couldn't do it because it was so much, I was to young for that, I was nineteen years old. It was really hard work so then I couldn't stay with my buddy too because he changed his name and he went into the army and I haven't registered yet you know. So I left him, I quit at four o'clock. Mr. Young said every time you come down to place, "If you don't do any better you know what you can do." So I said, "I know what I can do. Work like hell ---?---. ---?--- five. So the next day I come down there and it was hard work, I come down and said to Mr. Young, "Give him my time." "Oh no, no, I've put you back with your buddy." Because 21