The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Letter from Mrs. Lois Kier.

The following letter written by
Mrs. Lios Kier to her parents, MI.
and Mrs. Sylvester Millsap, of near
Decatur City, will be pleasing news
| to Mrs. kier's many friends, and
especially so to the many friends who
| remembered her during her long III
ness with fruit and flowers:
Strassburg, Colo, June %, 1916.
Dear Folks: Il will write you
few lines this morning. Eliza and Don
are not up yet. got up and dressed
myself and had notion to start
breakfast but thought maybe | had
better not Don woke up and found
me gone and think it kind of scared
him. Well, we had a nice trip out
here, all enjoyed it. ! think everyone
was SO nice and seemed so willing TO
do something for us. One fellow car
ried our suit cases at Osceola ana
another brought wheel chair. We
went to hotel just across the rail-
road track at Osceola and got room
and layed down until train time and
of course that rested me quite bit.
And they had my bunk made up so
| got to- bed as quick as | got on the
train. Our car was the very last
one on the train. The train was so
long that our car was way down
tie line and the conductor had the
train pull up and stop for us SO | did
not have to walk down there. The
porter let us eat our breakfast in
the car the next morning. Don told
him | was not able to go to the din
ing car so he fixed table for us and
| was just as nice as could be about
| it, | lay in my bunk nearly all day
| and. just before we got into Denver
| here came the porter, brushed every
ones clothes in the car. The hunks
cost us $40. The conductor had
telegraphed ahead for a wheel chair
at Denver and it was not there yet
when the train pulled in so the por-
ter told me to just to sit down and he
| would let me know when it come. 1t
was quite ways across all those
tracks to the depot. Don hired cab
to take us to the Loveland hotel. 1t
cost us $ and our room So. 1t was
on the fourth floor and had two win
dows opened on Main street. 1t was
very interesting to watch the people
down below. Don went down to get
us something to eat and run across
Howard Bennett, Ann, Bonnie and
BERTHE. They were going to come
right up and see us but Don told
them we were tired and he would
rather they would not come then.
They told him they were coming out
to see us and sure wanted us to come
and see them. There are the most
trains along this road, there has
been two since | have been writing.
| think | will count them today and
see how many there are l can't
hardly look out but what | see car
or train. There seems to be lots OF
cars out here. 1t does not seem near
as lonesome here as it did out at
Glenn's. l suppose the trains and
town makes the difference. You and
daddie must sure come out this fall.
1t will be fine trip for you. have
not seen the antelope yet. 1t is a
very dry place here. Don said his
oats were goners and the wheat is
not very much good, but the corn
and beans look fine yet but if it does
MT rain before long | am afraid they
wont do much good. How are those
brothers of mine. l could not help
but cry when l saw Warren up at the
depot, poor little fellow when we
came out of the depot he could not
keep from crying and turned his
back and that got me. | did not
get to tell him good bye. Tell him
| wish | could send him the coyote.
1t is awful cute My cabinet and
wardrobe are very nice l think our
house looks pretty we'll for 2 rooms.
Don's hip is bothering him quite
bit. | will close for this time, hoping
you are all we'll. With love,
Lois kier