Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-14

moved from Fourth street to Maple
avenue. and from there to Court Hill,
where 1 live now. I have always at
tended the Lincoln school, and am
finishing the fourth grade. i Ike all
my studies except writing and revie"
of reading. 1 enjoy reading stories
history, papers and magazines. l have
a. number Of Ayers books for boys
and whole set OF Mark Twain's
books, and my favorites Of these are
"Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Saw
yer"
| Ottumwa, Iowa.
Bonaparte, Iowa.
i Dear Editor and Juniors:
4 I cannot write very much about my
self that is very interesting to the
Juniors. as / have done no travelling
in my short life.
I was born at Big Mound, Lee coun-
;. ty, July 4, 1898, moved near Bonaparte
in 1898, and have since lived in Van
Buren, county.
!; | am the Oldest of four children.
, have a brother years old, another
brother 4 years old, and sister IL
months old.
II l have never gone to school because
we live so far away from the school
house. I am going to start this fall
: but will have a long distance to walk
study at home, and can read in the
, second reader.
} was years old July 4, and weigh
AZ pounds. l have dark brown hal,
and blue eyes.
This is all can write about myself
i, at the present time.
remain as ever your little friend,
Crystal Miller.
r r. F. D. No. 1.
: Dear Editor:
was born May 10, in the year 1897
in Eldon, Wapello county. I live n
Castor's fourth addition, ward number
two. Eldon has been my home so fai'
3 Eldon is being much improved since i
v has become CITY, and Ed. Bradley
8 mayor He knows how to use th'
! money to make the town look well.
go to Eldon public school. I started
to school when years old. The tirs
. term I missed one-half day. The sec
> ond term one week on account Of sick
ness. The third term ] missed one ant
B one-half day. Bessie Enyeart was m.
first teacher. Miss Tearney was sec
and, and Miss O'Brien, third. I thinl
they are all good teachers. Papa
mamma and / went to visit our uncl
in Missouri. I thought it was nice t
: ride so far They drove in town afte
Q us for they lived five miles out in tn
\ country. I had lots of fun with M
n cousins, their names are Elmer an
e Jessie Stephenson. My uncle woul
: hitch the horses to the sled, and W
II would all pile in, and what goo
s sleigh ride we would have, and lot
Of fun too. We stayed ten days, bu
II I would liked to have stayed Longer
II 1 want to go to Des Moines befor
e school begins, but don't want to mis-
IS one day of school next term.
: Your little friend,
e Ansel Hemm, age 8.
e Eldon, Iowa.
~ Abba, Iowa.
~ I was born August "a. 1896. near F
- Morgan, Ohio. | lived there till I we
: four years old, and then moved to Der
- yer, and lived there one winter, an
- then came back to FIT. Morgan. w
: moved to California when I was
= years Old and lived there year. "
~ passed through the Rocky mountain
- and Sierra Nevadas on our way to Ca
ifornia. In July we left Corning, wher
we lived, going in wagon on pleas
ure trip TO the Pacluc ocean. "
passed through many towns and sa
many vineyards and orchards on OF
road. We went through the coa'
!, range and saw all kinds Of peopl
u, Japanese, Chinese, Indians Italian
"a and white people, all have homes
-, California In Ukiah ] saw more II
- dams than white people We set I
our tent and stayed all night tner
~ and had lots of fun watching the II
-, dams.
~, These Indians are called the Ukiah
i, The Indians like bright colored clothe
st Some wear hats and some wear 81
20 handkerchiefs around their heads.
After leaving Ukiah we found tt
worst roads we had seen. The large
hill or mountain we passed over w
six miles up and nine miles down.
Soon after leaving the mountains '
arrived at the ocean, and the mo
wonderful thing we have seen lies b
fore u.s. All we can see is water, a
all we can hear is the roaring Of t
, waves. We staked our tent in t
1e sand between a high cliff and t
"a ocean. The breeze from the ocean w
cd very cold at first, but we soon got us
.m to it, and then such fun we had cha
ne ing the waves and hunting for shel
sea weed, jelly fish, star fish a
nd watching the people in bathing. \
lie stayed here three days, then went
lar Santa Rosa, where we rented a hot
.be and stayed a month, and mamma a
lar my sisters worked~in the canning fs
r lOTv. WneIl me lOpS SOC TlSnL
In took our tent to the hop fields, and
+ 7 all picked hops. In October we start
Nv back home. AT Petaluma we took I
pc boat. Golden for San Francisco, a
Is went home by another road. In \
vember we started back for Iowa
-hn, the train. We still live in Iowa,
mo l will say goodbye.
Your friend,
INF Lydia Raymond, age 10
i
T I was born in Jefferson county, {
the mile east of Batavia, December Z, is
elf When l was years old, in Februa
1893. we moved 81 miles east fir
ar town. That spring I went with ma
10 ma to Kansas City to see my gr
grandpa, who was sick, and that sa
fall I went with my grandpa 6
J. grandma to Kansas City again.
December 1, 1899, we moved t
est miles northeast from where we liv
vas near school house.
90, When ] was S years old, went
ust school a few days. and when l wa
we'd wasn't absent or tardy. went