The war scene displayed depicts the type of warfare in World War I and is the work of Edward Haight, salesman at Northern States Power Company. Mr. Haight, who was a Supply Sergeant in World War I, served in France for 21/2 years with the 34th Division.

The terrain pictured in the scene is taken from the Meuse Argonne sector, in which Mr. Haight was serving, and is an actual setting of the warfare there early in November 1918.

It is interesting to note the difference in warfare of 1918 and today. So many horses are pictured whereas, today, warfare is almost entirely mechanized. There are also the trenches which, today, have been replaced by foxholes.

To the left of the scene are shown soldiers on patrol, advancing toward the enemy lines, protected by the men in the trenches and the heavy artillery back of a wall. A group of soldiers, shielded by the woods, is also shown protecting the advance patrol. There is also shown the commanding officer, in his post, working on his plans. A soldier is shown communicating by short wave with a signal man back of the trenches. There are the farm homes that have been wrecked by warfare and, in the background, a wheat field where the shocks of wheat are standing in neat rows. Mr. Haight says there has been much comment about this, and he remembers them as being just that way, as the scene is an exact picture of the battleground as he saw it. There is also pictured the first aid man crawling through the barbed wire entanglements to rescue a disabled soldier. There are two soldiers shown, releasing carrier pigeons, a form of conveying messages in World War I.

In the left background are shown the aviators and the searchlights playing on the sky. There are also pictured the reinforcements advancing over the bridge in the background.

The window has received much favorable comment from men who served throughout the last war who feel it is an exact picture of past warfare and an excellent piece of work.

Mr. Haight made the scene entirely, using dampened paper towels as a basis, out of which he formed the background. After the terrain was mapped out of the dampened paper, it was allowed to dry and was then shellacked and sprinkled with sawdust, which gave the ground a natural look. It was then painted with oil paints. The trees Mr. Haight made from an evergreen funeral wreath, and the houses were made from corrugated boxes. As all the houses in that district had tiled roofs, these were effectively pictured by the corrugated paper. This was also used to effect the corrugated iron roofs which were part of the first aid receiving stations and the officers' shell where plans of attack were mapped.

When it came to collecting the soldiers for the scene, it proved quite a problem. Friends of Mr. Haight in New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis helped to supply the figures he was unable to get here. Because different manufacturers paint the figures differently, each soldier had to be re-painted so they would all be alike.

The work on the scene took two months of concentrated effort each evening, and Mr. Haight was so interested in the project he would "burn the midnight oil" each night.

This remarkable picture is worth a trip to the Northern States Power Company Building to see. To Mr. Haight goes a great deal of credit for creating such a truly remarkable picture of World War I.

In the background is Eau Claire's Master War Bond Roll Call, posted in the lobby of the State Theater, where it will bear the names of thousands of people who have signed smaller scrolls in various city issuing agencies, as evidence of extra bond purchases this month.