The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-12

from r. H. Rudd, of Hope. Wash
and at present is on display in tn
City meat market. This tree of apple
was grown by fruit grower in Wash
ington and sold for $25 piece. tn
proceeds of which were donated to tn
Red Cross chapter at that place. W.
are told that the apple on display a
the meat market will be auctioned OF
at the Triangle amusement hall a
some future date for the benefit OF tn
local Red Cross. ~ts san AN. 80
+. C. Howorth sent shipment O.
three cars of hogs to the Omaha mar
ket Wednesday night. r.; ~
Mrs Elmer Turnlund was up from
Council Bluffs last week Tuesday ant
spent the day at the A. P. Turnlunc
home. a =, -.
Mrs. Alfred Jackson was in Dunlap
Hast week having dental work done.
Mrs. f. L. Thomas received letter
! last week from her son, Merton, who
lis with the army at Little Rock, Ark.
and his many Dow City friends will
no doubt be very glad to read the let
ter, which is as follows:
|, Camp Pike, Sunday, Nov. Is.
Dear Mother: / have thought OF
Iowa and home several times every
waking hour since coming to the rock
wooded camp. They named the town
Little Rock, but l think that they had
better have called it all rock. took
a short walk in the woods. south OF
here and the ground everywhere is
covered with rocks varying in size
from pebbles up to those as big as
houses. The: clay is a red brick color
and must be awfully sticky when 1t
rains. It is not very cold here. You
can see green leaves on the blackber-
~ bushes, but the leaves on the trees
are dead, There are spots of green
grass in the woods. Some Of the boys
who were out walking brought back
some samples of cotton. l saw hun
dreds OF cotton gins on my trip down.
And you have heard people talk about
the poverty Of the tenants that farm
the south. They did not tell it half
bad enough. Your chicken house
would be a palace compared to some
of the ,huts that they live in. One rare
~ ever sees Ford or any other make
OF car on these southern roads. A
negro stability dressed on a poor mule
is the most common sight. Around
Muskogee, Okla, and south of that one
runs into partly range country and
the true western COW boy and broad
brimmed hat came into evidence. 1t
was south of Muskogee that l saw
the first oil wells that I ever saw.
There we're some immense storage
tanks in the far distance. Every train
Of troups has taken a different route.
We went to Kansas City over the Bur
lington by way of Abba, St. Joseph.
Kansas City. Then we took the
Katy road through Kansas and Okla
lloma to McAllister, Okla. and the
Rock Island road from there to Little
Rock. The bunch that came next day
took the Great Western to Kansas
City and then the Missouri Pacific to
Little Rock. The fellows that came
this morning went from Des Moines
through Keokuk. then to st. Louis,
Memphis and through to Little Rock.
You can see how much pains Uncle
Sam gives to avoid accidents that pro-
Germans might attempt to bring about
They lined up the company today and
gave all us.sfellows that had been cor
porals our old job as acting corporals.
| suppose if we suit we will have the
Job again. It will keep me out OF the
kitchen at least. l have not found out
'or sure just what this headquarters
company does, but it seems that they
man the lone pound" cannons, trench
furnish the band and order
lies and the underniners who dyna-
mite the enemy. I saw Dillenburger
He is in Co. D, Saith. He was Ger,
tainly blue. Most of the men of his
company were from Camp Sherman,
O., and he J. thought them tough
bunch. He said that Brasel and Colby
were each in dierent company. The
army always parts friends. l expect
I will get some mail by the last Of this
week. I hope that all of you are we'll
and enjoy fine Thanksgiving dinner.
Your loving son, Merton.
Miss Gertie Schumacher. Of Nebras-
ka, was guest at the G. V. Goddard
home couple of days the past week.
Miss Lille Gibson was among the
visitors at the county capital Thurs.
day. .,
Eric Waldron, who had spent sever
al days here doing some painting for
B. NJ. McElwain, left Thursday. for his
home in Omaha. r., -.
L. w. Powers was business caller
in town Thursday from Denison.
We have been requested to an:
nounce that the Willing Workers So
ciety of ,Denison will hold miscel-
laneous bazaar at the Mckim hall in
Denison on Saturday, December 18th,
for the benefit of the l.. D. S. church
there, Dinner and supper will be
served, of which Is per cent of the
proceeds will be donated to the Y. N.
c. A., and the rest will be used for
the benefit of the church. All of the
proceeds of the bazaar goods will go
to the church, benefit fund. All who
possibly can should plan to attend the
bazaar.
Mrs. Harvey Hamrick received a
the fore part Of last week
that her sister-in.law had suddenly
passed away at her home in Lawton,
Iowa. Mrs, Robert Wingrove, Of Ari-
On, a sister of Mrs. Hdmrick, left at
once for that place.
On account of the lack of shipping
supplies, the clothes which we're re-
Gently donated for the Belgian children
cannot be sent but will be donated to
the orphanage in Council Bluffs in