Who is Traft Martin from Hattie Big Sky and what is their importance?

Recently having become a part of the Dawson County Council of Defense, Traft is now part of the group that is supposed to be encouraging people to follow the rules regarding food and to buy Liberty Bonds. He is a handsome man with a smile that only increases how good he looks to Hattie. He can't be much more than twenty years of age and rides a horse called Trouble.