The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-17

stan'ls the home and the old "Moun
tain Sentinel office. / had a good
home and a dear mother and ;
brother by whose side l worked a
the printers case. On Sunday after
noon l visited the Silent City of the
Dead-that lovely cemetery where
for some years our mother ha;
rested and where last March that be
loved brother was laid to rest by
her side. u.
Three special tickets had been
sent for to Portland for Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Pursel and myself. They
did not come until Sunday morning
wren we drove to the depot and
signed for them. The extra ticket
was sent for on the chance of my
coming, and the agent telegraphed
to Portland for an extra berth fol
me. On Sunday my brother, e. S
McComas' wife and daughter cam
to see me and on Sunday night my
dear old and only remaining brother.
E. S., came to stay over night at
Sister Mollie's where l was.
On Monday morning we were off
and glad to get started. Superin
tendent Hunter of the Rock Island
came from Portland to Salt Lake to
look after the comfort of the G. A
R. people and their friends. The
car in which we were was a specia
tourist, the seats making into 6
lower berth at night. We found
that lower berth had been reserved
for Mr.. and Mrs. Pursel, but 6
strange gentleman was to have the
upper berth; however through the
kind and patient efforts of Superin
tendent Hunter ere night he hat
changed the gentleman to another
and given us the whole compartment,
myself the upper berth. We arc
quite sure the G. A.. R. party have {
very grateful, recollection of this
gentleman, who, ere leaving the ca.
at Salt Lake City, presented ever!
lady of the party with a box of
choice bonbons.
At Salt Lake City we were to lay
over day, as other delegates joined
us there from California, Nevada ant
Utah. We were met~there by a dele
gaticn from the city, taken on the
street cars through the principa
streets, and had it not been we were
two hours late, they had intended
us to visit their fort; were takei
to the tabernacle to a grand organ
recital on that fine pipe organ, alst
listened to a beautiful singer, on,
Emma Ramsey Miller; thence to {
grand spread at the l. o. o. F. hal
where for souvenirs there was lai,
by each plate their state flower, the
Sego lily; attached to it were loni
white streamers on which was print
ed, Salt Lake City, 1909," thei.
city being a candidate for the G. A
R. encampment for 1909. After din
ner we were taken to the Saltairt
Beach where we were turned loose
to view the lake. take in the amuse
ments of that beautiful resort unit
4:45 when the train was again il
readiness and conveyed us to the
depot. l have omitted to mention
that the music furnished for us OIL
the street cars and to the lake
was played by a band of eight ladies
! dies and it was fine. From Sal
Lake there were three special car
of G. A. R. people, nine cars in all
But as l am making this too lengthy
will close now, by saying l am her
with relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. j. W
Lindley. The lady being my moth
er's brothers. daughter, we are cous
ms. Her sister, Mrs. Angie Turner
who happened to be here from Green
.own, Howard county, Ind, is ais,
my cousin. They are just lovely
o me, and later perhaps l may tel
you how Angie and / took in the
great, noisy, crazy city of Chicag,
.ogether. ... @.