Milford chronicle., 1911-12-08

1 ETC., were for sale.
The prisoners are allowed to play
! ball once each day, and the keeper
, said that the men looked forward
for two O'Clock to come-the play
hour.
We next visited the insane wards
and from there went to a sma
green house, in which the prisoners
work and raise flowers.
1t was the end of our trip to Kan
sas.
1t was midnight on Tuesday when
we left Kansas City for Texarkana,
and said good bye to our kind
friends. We travelled via the Kan
sas City and Southern Railroad via
Joplin, Mo, and went to Heavener,
Arkansas, thus striking the edge of
Oklahoma and coming into Texar-
kama from the Texas side.
When we awoke Wednesday
morning we were about Upton Ford,
Mo-, and the country seemed very
poor and not very hilly, but the fur
ther south we went the hills became
higher and higher.
We had breakfast at Sulphur
Springs. From there on cotton
fields were the chief things to be
seen from the car windows. 1t is
nearing the end of the season, but /
many cotton plants showed the balls |
of cotton yet on them, while a few
belated blooms were noted We
also saw lots of cotton baled and
ready for shipping. J.
The houses along the cotton belt
used by the workers, are without
exception the worst l ever saw in
my life. Our stables at home are
palatial to many of them The ma
jOrity we saw were about fifteen or
twenty feet square and not even
whitewashed Many were made of
plain logs laid on top of each other
and dogs, cats, chickens, pigs and
all partakiog of its comforts?)
We stopped at several lumber
camps, and at one small place,
Bunch, Arkansas, we got our first
view of real cowboys and several
Indians with one lone squaw. {
AS the country became more
the soil became rocky, +
md finally down near Spiro, not l
ar from Fort Smith, Arkansas, we
aw lots of slate. We crossed the
Arkansas River at Redland and its =
water was very low indeed n
The ride through the Ozark r
fountains was beautiful. Toward t,
he middle of the afternoon it got
Loudly and l could see the clouds d
Ort of hanging on the mountain e.
ides. Later l saw it raining up the u
while not a drop was ~
llling on our train. 1t was nearly p,
ark by the time we reached De- ci
.ueen. and from there we practi- st
ally saw nothing of the country, W
ntil we reached Texarkana, where
ucy was waiting for us. =
AS yet we haven't seen very much
the city, which has population
approximately 25,0O0, and it is
so the county seat.
Tonight we are going to dance,
I'd then there are several parties
AIMED for. Lucy has quite pro-
am mapped out, which l will be
ore familiar with when | write the
sxt time.
Mr.. Arnold, l understand, is a
ointment lawyer here. There is
lite family of them Lucy has
lother sister near her age and two
Others home, this in addition to a
other and a sister attending school
the east. They have a large,
and nicely furnished
me, and | think we will have a
ie time here with our friends, for
ICY seems to have many friends,
d she has her own team. Mr.. and
RS. Arnold both seem anxious for
to see all there is to be seen, so =
looks as though we will not miss n
ry much.
Thanksgiving night we are going
a large cotillion and guess Ethel
d l will both get dressed up in =
r trains. I
We will probably be here until
,nday or Tuesday aweek hence,
Lucy has made engagements for
until then.
Ethel told me to thank you for
Chronicle, for it has been a real :
Mort to look over the news of L
ler Delaware, as well as to get
letters from the "old folks at -
me-" o.
Veil I really must stop, for 1
lk l have written a small book
t is. Give my love to Marshall,
with lot of love for yourselves,
n, your loving daughter,