The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-11-21
Pretty Towns and
Cities OF Iowa
Mrs. Eell Describes Des Moines
And others-Autumn Days In
Country.

Boone, Iowa, Oct. 31-Like the
1rishman's flea that BE jabbers,
when yez put yer finger on him. he's
not there" l also have been hopping
around so lively l can hardly find
myself. After a visit of four weeks
in johnson county, Iowa, among rel
+ atives, kind friends and amid the
scenes of my childhood, we are again
en- route westward.
While in Johnson county-our old
home-friends seemed to vie with
each other in making our stay pleas
ant, and by sending for and taking
thus enabling us to see as many
friends as possible. While with our
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. John France of
Lone Tree, they made UP pleasant
party for days picnic and nutting
on Cedar and Wapsinonock rivers,
ian old Indian name now shoFtened
to ''Wapsy") The date was October
IT; the day one of the clearest, the
loveliest of autumn days for which
no place l have ever known can
eclipse Iowa. We had dinner spread
under the naples and hickory trees
on the banks of beautiful Cedar
river. The afternoon was spent in
watching some of the party fishing
and watching the fish, mostly carp,
some of them from a foot to Is
inches long, jump out of the water.
Mr.. France is authority for the state
ment q cid not doubt it, that they
often catch fish of this variety weigh
ing from 16 to "a pounds. However,
they planned the wrong way that
day, as the fishing was done after
dinner when we should have been
nutting and we went nutting just as
the fish were beginning to jump and
bite well, and did not get many of
either. This year the hickory nuts
have been scarcer than usual and
were pretty we'll gathered in, al
though we found a good many just
as we were ready to start homeward,
and regretted we were not prepared
to camp. AS there are about a
thousand acres of this timber-covered
low lands there we had to be very
careful not to get separated very far
from each other.
The 18th of October was spent at
family dinner at the home of our
nephew and niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Shellady; the evening in visiting
and bidding goodby to friends who
called at Brother Henry Walkers to
see us. Tuesday, the goth, we went
to Digby, Iowa, to visit cousins; Fri
day we spent calling on friends in
Iowa City, where we were due at
dinners-Mr. and Mrs. Pursel with
his orphaned nephews and nieces,
and myself and cousin with other
friends.
On Saturday we left for Traer,
where we visited cousins. 1t began
raining quite hard the morning we
left the Digby station (eight miles
west of Iowa City and as it contin-
ued most of our two days and three
nights stay inf Traer, it was not a
propitious time to see their pretty
town of about 1850, although cousins
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Dennis had plan,
ned an auto trip for that purpose
However, Cousin 81. B." took us
about the city Tuesday forenoon, ant
we found it quite pretty-when one
did not look at the mud.
We left there that day for Nevada
this state, where we have cousin
of the tribe of McComas,. Here we
were met by a fine-looking, robust
elderly gentleman, the cousin Tom
. we'll known in days gone by, who es
corted us to his home, where we me
hearty greeting from his wife and
y another friend once known to us wh
chanced to be at his home. S. A
|| and Esther only remained here til
Wednesday evening when they wen
y on to Boone to visit the friends
4 am now with, for as they had sever
Y al visits to some of his relatives ant
Y others that 1 do not know so well
preferred to visit longer with these
Nevada Qa.) cousins. These cousins
being devout Advents who just re
Gently moved from Traer to engage
4 in church work here and expecting t.
purchase home near the site o.
the new sanitarium on which work /
begun there. We went with then
Y to look at their prospective purchase
"a lovely home-and to view the
city. The day was pleasant and We
Y judged Nevada to be very nice
y place. 1t is the county seat of Story
\ county and numbers about $500 in
Y habitants.
AS Mrs. Nc. expressed a desire tt
see their daughter Bessie who is il
Y the Iowa sanitarium at Des Moines
y in training for a nurse, said to heI
Y "Well, let's go, was born in Iowa