Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-06
MARJoRY At NEW ORLEANS.

On Wednesday we took an excursion
steamer down and then up the river
and returned. We had all the points of
interest pointed out and explained to
us by a man on the forward end of the
boat, who called them through meg
aphone. We left New Orleans then for
the western part Of the state Of Lou
sianana and stopped at place called
Jennings, where we visited an ac-
quaintanee and friends of my father.
My sister and I attended school one
morning and enjoyed the experience.
We next visited Lake Arthur and went
across large lake in launch to visit
at the plantation home Of John Mac
donnell who formerly lived In Ottum-
wa. We ate oranges from his orchard
and l shall not attempt to describe the
difference between them and those we
buy In the markets here. I'll
we next VASlIeu Lake CHARLES. this is
truly d northern tOWM anu Tue ia ST one
we nau 'seell slnce leaving A>.ils..S NA.y.
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pnur mines LulItee4l .nIl.s neSl. tA..s
steam Is Aorceu nluny uuuer ti4e
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aha pulApcu ~ The SURFACE Where II as
run INTO utdAu eA-AUsu =. A.u..y
the DUaiu enLioauAe As tUin uUwn ..ilu d
sollu uAuch u suipAluis 90 pea cent p..ie
STATUS 10 ~ 1vv Aeet AllSl.
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the train lOad.
MY tatner nau a letter OF introduce
tlOli ~ Lne IIaAaser WAC showed us
nlany couA testes aI4u Explained many
Things 20 US. LtIlS Is Lile IaA SeSl suapuur
plant in the world.
We returned to Lake Charles and the
next morning went by raIlroad So Inl.vs
70 hluder Wnere my farners farms al.
AOcate0. We spent SUNDAY lAele aud
Went 10 SUNDAY school. we I4au u A...:
farm dinner at the mouse OI .Af.
Beagle who lives on one OF lay IalAeI
FARMS but VINO formerly Hveo In tt.1-
pello county. Tney seem TO AXE Ire
climate ana country anu are getting
along nicely. 8
From Kinder we went to Beaumont,
Texas. Here we took an autolno.l.s Aor
the DAY and after driving over .4Io' Guy
went past the famous opinule .op Gil.
NEEDS over the she'll road 10 fo4l
Arthur Here we had dinner and 4eIl
for Sabine, Is miles below on the Gulf
OF Mexico. There had been Storm ~
sea and the sea guils were coming l4.to
shore in such numbers tnat lney iool>eI
In the distance like great WnAte cAouuS
across the horizon.
AT Lower Sabine we went aboard all
oil vessel belonging to the Standard
Oh Co. They were unloading oil
brought from the Mexican Oil tieIds and
the oil was being pumped to the re-
finery through pipe lines for distance
Of Is miles. We were shown about inc
vessel and taken to the officers room
and were served refreshments.
While at New Orleans we visited the
docks and went on board eight or ten
vessels of foreign countries. A vessel
just in from Norway, an English ves-E
sci, German liner, a sugar boat from
South America, and a war vessel whose
crew had participated in the carnival
parade.
We saw the hydroplane that featured
in the river events. We were invited by
the owner of one of the steamers to
join him and his family as their guests
on an excursion trip.
At Port Arthur we saw the John w.
Gates farm, model dairy, orchards, etc.
Here my sister and picked cotton. The
first we had ever handled in the pods.
We had seen some from the train in
the fields but here we picked It.
We returned to Beaumont in the
evening and after eating hearty meal
prepared for our homeward journey,
leaving that evening for Kansas City.
We arrived in Kansas City where my
father had arranged to spend few
days studying with DR.. Dewey who is
one Of the foremost men in the world as
an orthodontist or a doctor who does
nothing but straighten teeth. He and
my father made appliances to regulate
my teeth, some of which are beginning
to come in crooked. am now wearing
these appliances and will have to do 80
for many weeks yet but my teeth are
getting lined up all right. While In
Kansas city we visited at the home Of
NV mothers sister. Her two grown
sons and daughter gave us fine
time. We returned to Ottumwa all tired
out but think it was the best time we
ever enjoyed and will never forget 1t.
We were away almost three weeks
and can hardly believe we were away.
1t almost seems like a dream or a
fairy story to me and hope you may
all enjoy reading about It.
Marjory Creath, age 10,
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