The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1913-10-17
A LETTER FROM
THE SOUTH

The following letter appeared in the
| last issue of the Brodhead (Wis.) In
dependent Register and is from the
/ pen of A. T. Barber, a travelling rep
resentative for a hardware firm ard
makes regular visits TO Kadoka, be-
ing well acquainted with many here.
The letter is a most interesting one
and contains valuable and useful in
formations:
Grand Island, Nah' sept. Il, 1913
Gentlemen: l have just returned
/ from trip through the south and for
the benefit of those who have not
gone oyer the route, will relate my
experience.
/ Tuesday, Sept. ., / left Omaha,
Nebraska, with a party of twenty in
private Pullman ear, "shary" on
an inspection trip TO McAllen and
Mission, in the Rio Grande Valley of
| Texas. D'he car was fitted out with
neat kitchen and meals were served
Oh board, dining ear style. Every
thing was kept in order by four negro
servants.
Car was stopped at San Antonia,
Corpus Christi, Brownsville and Nc
Allen, Texas, for side trips
| AT San Antonia took an auto ride
about the city. Saw the Government
Fort where many soldiers are station
ed. A wireless telegraph station is
also located there,
We visited Albert Fredrich's collec-
tion of mounted heads and horns, the
largest collection in the world, among
which was a Texas deer head with
horns with seyenty-eight prongs The
head was perfect. We visited the
ostrich farm, ana near this was the
Hot Wells pouring out sulphur water
into a swimming pool. Many people
enjoyed this which they claimed very
beneficial ti their health. The San
Jose Mission, an ancient building
stands near by. We saw the Alimo
building in which history tells of the
battle being fought. When crossing
the san Antonia river we were told
tsat it was the largest for its size in
the United States and that the water
was wet,
At Corpus Christi we found many
places of interest. 1t is located on
the bay and quite winter resort.
/ Ia h,tl hag,gal x1vith EItarnl
water for shower baths after being in
/ the salt water. There seemed to be
at that time an unusual lot of Jelly
/ Fish near the shore. Fhe largest be-
ing the size of a peck measure be-
sides many small ones. The swim
mers do not always sec them and
were struck on the arms by the outer
circle of the fish and it left mark on
the arm resembling bee stings.
The Mucous Hotel On the beach
with its large sun parlor is one of the
finest in the south. The proprietor
stated that his guests were able TO go
in the bay Every week last winter.
Brownsville, the most southern city
of the United States, is quite an in
teresIing place. 1t looks as though
the oldest part must have been built
by the Spaniards, as the streets are
narrow compared with the new part,
We saw the buildings in which the
people were injured at the time our
negro soldiers shot up the town.
As l was leaving the Miller hotel,
| met an elderly lady with five others
which proved to be her daughters.
held the door open for them to enter.
They were dressed like American lad
/ les, out their complexion was some
darker / met Judge GlasscocE with
in snort distance and be informed
me tnaJ the ladies were General
! Blanco's mother and sisters.
The Judge related some inJerc. ing
stories, as an eye witness. from the
roofs of the hotel, in regard to the
battle that was fought June 3, just
across the Rio Grande river at the
town MatamOros, Mexico.
They knew of but one stray bullet
! that came across and struck an auto
! in the street below him.
The federal troups were stationed
at the town but out numbered by the
constitutionalists Several hundred
were killed. The musicians of the
mounted federal military band went
charging down the river bank pursued
by the enemy. Many were wounded
while others had their horses shot
/ from under them. They went into
the brush, threw away their instru-
ments, tied their suits of clothing on
their heads, waded and swan the
river. AS soon as they landed our
people put them in Jail where they
are now. They are being fed by the
Mexican government until they can
be turned oyer TO them.
A party of us went to the river
bank With the intention of crossing.
Coma tur, oil booU phpSp nf no Wb