Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-08-23
TARGET SHOOTING HONOR
OUR BOYS WIN PLACES AMONG
TROOPS IN SOUTH
Band is Finely Favored-Will Tramp
Back to Tonic Visits from
Former Viroqua Boys
CAMP LEON TEXAS, August Is.

NAMH IEON IEAAS, august ID.
FRIEND MUNSoN: We are still at
Leon Springs, finishing up the shoot
ing course. Lieutenant Buffers has
charge of the targets and they say the
work is so hard he has caused a ham,
mock TO be erected so he can be more
comfortable as he reads the letters
and papers from home. The band
will shoot tomorrow. From the Mount
ed Orderly section Cowden was one of
the high men of the regiment on the
preliminary shoot. Costing and WEIGH
made sharp shooters in the finals,
Heinz, Flemming, Griffin and Porter
made marksmen
Last Saturday evening the band
iourneyed to the city OF Buerne, about
ten miles from here, as the guest of
San Antonio merchant by name of
Kordowsky. The occasion was a car
nival or fair for the local civic society
and held at the country residence of
Mr. Kordowsky, who paid all the ex-
penses of the band. The private park
consists of 80 acres on two hills 1t
contains about. five miles of walks,
ten miles of auto drives, all electric
lighte j; foot bridge connecting the
two hills is 600 feet long and 81 feet
high AT the center. Many of the most
beautiful features axe just az, furnish
ed by nature. They operate their
own electric light plant and water
works. There is q high observation
tower, two large residences and bum
galow used as a private school for his
children and large pavilion used for
dancing and entertainment, which Is
open to the public on certain evenings
and used on other evenings for private
parties. 1t takes seven automobiles
and several Fords to run the ranch
and the people say the proprietor is a
natural spender. The band can't find
out why he picked on our bunch, but
we must have made good as they got
us back few days later for ball
game.
There will be one of our boys pre-
pared for business when he returns
home. Fred Rhodes has the exclusive
right to do all the ironing for the out
fit. We have purchased gasoline
iron and Fred has learned to be so
skillful that no one attempts to COM
pete with him. We have to do our
washing. The laundrys are too ex-
pensive, and they shrink the wooden
shirts SO much, they are soontoo small
even for Larry,
We received a letter nom Albert
Solverson few days ago enclosing a
nice check for the boys and 1t has
been duly deposited In our mess fund.
Our latest property is a canvas
water bag, which holds about barrel.
1t is supposed to keep water cool and
pure. There is a slight evaporation
all the time, which process aids in the
cooling. Water is drawn from The
bottom through several niekle plated
fawcets and IL was no sooner suspend
ed than Happy" got a stool, pail,
and seating himself sang several
verses Of Il Want to go Back on the
Farm
Skip Rice and Koss Everett came
over Sunday from Houston. Both are
holding down very fine positions and
look prosperous. Skip has an offer to
play clarinet with Arthur Pryor's
band, one of the best known bands of
the country.
The boys viii dislike moving from
this camp, as we are all enjoying
great health and appetites. One Of
the old residents here remarked that
''people never died in this locality.
Once in a while some one gets killed,
but no one is ever sick
The United States Reservation at
Leon Springs consists OF over $4,000
acres and is being made into an ex-
tensive camp. Wells are being drill
ed at many points. They have to go
over 1000 feet for water. Roads from
the city are perfect and the reserva-
tion roads being brought up to the
same standard.
The band expects to leave for San
Antonio Saturday morning. o.G.B.