The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-29

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They were away in Kansas harvest
ing. When l went in Franks wife
was in bed groaning, Vernon looked
like humble bees had stung MN all
over the face, Mr.. Elliott was sitting
there with bloody head and Mrs
Elliott was vomiting and sorry
sight. Mayme thought her back was
broken. The doctors auto soon
came. He made them all more COM
Portable and found Mayme's back was
not broken. Frank was driving MI.
Elliott's team and wagon when we
met him. Frank and ! went back up
to his place and found one OF ms
horses killed, although we knew II
before as a neighbor came Tor the
doctor for an old couple that got
hurt and told us about the horse.
Mrs. Elliott and Franks had been TO
town so she was at their house, SO MI.
Elliott and all of them got together
soon after it happened. Frank ana
| picked up a few groceries they had
got and MIXED his COW. | ate bite
and walked back to Jalke's, arriving
about 3 a. m. Franks had eaten a
little of their supper He noticed his
car starting to roll and ran out to
stop it. Just got back to his door as
the house started. He never got IN.
# picked him up bodily, Strengthened
him out and threw him about 20
feet, l suppose, through wire fence;
AS he went he grabbed the wire ana
held on. The house jumped their
cave hole, also the fence and Went
to pieces in the lot. A part of the
corner held big side section up
about a foot off of the ground ana
Mayme crawled from under that Her
clothing was almost torn Off. Vernon,
Stella and Mrs. Elliott picked them
selves up from various places, all got
together and sheltered themselves
from the rain and hail with stray
niece of bedding. Frank said the
wind blew SO hard for 20 or 80 min
utes they did not dare move or let
loose of each other. His car was not
hurt. but the magnetic was drowned
and he could not crank it, so they put
Mayme in, got Vernon at the Wneei
and started to push the car down hlll
to Murphy's dugout, but vernon got
it in rut, SO they had to walk part
way. All of Franks valuable papers
were lost. We found his folder winch
held them about three-fourths or
mile away, but it was empty. Al
their furniture, except maybe chair
or so. was totally demolished.
had anchored our stills so the floor
did not go. Our furniture was an
broken but most of it can be patched
I'D to do service again. Wlndmlil
can likely be Strengthened up as 1t
is a steel wheel. Jake thinks we can
splice up the tower too. 1t is rather
badly split up though. Franks are
at the dugout, having
found bedding, dishes, stove, etc. we
have moved part OF our stun 10
vacant house mile away and nope
TO set up housekeeping tomorrow.
Eva and Mrs. Jake and Virginia
went to sit up with Mayme tonight.
Two good neighbor women sta1d yes
terday. Mr.. Elliott's, also Virginia s
heads are tieG up like mummles, bu,
they are pretty jolly now. Stella did
not get a scratch, l guess. Mayme is
black and blue more or less all over
and her nose is cracked on one SIDE.
A Lamar doctor, one of the best, was
out Yesterday treating the injured.
He said silver might possibly be
broken off the back bone, but the
spinal cord was not injured and 1t
was only matter of time and good
care till she would be all right. They
offered to take her to Lamar If Frank
wanted them to, but the doctor told
Frank they could take just as good
care of her themselves. That was
Yesterday. Eva will have word
about her condition when she gets
back in the morning, and will add a
line then. Paul, Ruth and l are stlil
at Jalke's tonight. The postmaster
and groceryman at Plains sent me
check for $500. Two Buttes expects
to raise $500 they say, to divide
among the victims. No one killed.
Mayme, Mrs. Lacey, Lacey's baby and
that old couple were the worst hurt.
Elliott's house was untouched. Mrs.
Elliott was still in bed yesterday
when we went over, but think she is
not very bad She must have been
doubled around something a little.
Our supper table landed on edge IN
the north room, the baby's high chair
was dashed to the floor in pile OF
stuff. We had that chiffonier on one
side of US, folding bed on another
ard big pile Of wall board on an
other, making little pen which pro-
tected us. It looked afterwards as