Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-06-22
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Cher men to defend her against an enc.
my, or to uphold her; but these coun-
tries have the armies and are willing
to fight this war to a victory, but they
need munitions and food. They can't
fuse many more troops than they al
ready have, but they can use the food.
So loyalty TO our allies will be to feed
their armies and starving people at
home.
Pardon me, but l am worried about
you at home. I would hate to see you
go through what we are seeing here,
and you don't need to if you start to
guard against starvation. Prophesy
teaches us that we are to have a fam
inc, and we are on the verge of it. |
have lost all my surplus fesh-about
IL pounds-and the president has lost
25 or more. That looks like it, does
mt it? (joke) My cold took all my
fat off, but oh! such an appetite as |
have now. l can't get enough to eat.
We are just getting our green vegeta-
bles-radishes, asparagus, rhubarb.
ETC., New potatoes are selling at 20
cents per pound. What do you think
about that? Could you imagine such
a thing. We don't buy at such prices,
not us. We will wait until they get
to be 8 cents if they ever will. W.
are expecting a bread shortage soon.
Everywhere you go are posters to the
a windows, on the wind shields of
autos, ETC., Eat Less Bread" They
are trying every means they can to
provide against the shortage of flour.
Our baker told us the flour is made Of
oats, some little wheat, beans, corn,
ground bone, rice, etc. One company
was sued for putting sawdust in their
bread. So you can see why | am anx-
ious about planting all the crops you
can.
Historic Places Of Interest.
l must tell you about my trip. 1t
was one of the best trips | have ever
had in my life. / should say the best,
for before have l seen so much
to interest me in so short a time.
There were eight elders in our party,
including President Richards, and on
Monday after our conference we left
Nottingham and all walked up to the
Robin Hood caves, where the famous
Robin Hood and his band of legend
airy outlaws escaped from the king and
Normans. Saw the tournament
groups spoken of in Ivanhoe, where
Ivanhoe fought alone with the Black
Knight; saw the under ground tunnel
through which they could go from the
caves in the forest to the old castle,
where the great battle was fought be-
tween the Sarons and Normans; saw
Sherwood forest still standing, where
Friar Tuck lived. In Nottingham the
street robin Hood Chase" is along
the trail where Robin Hood and band
travelled back and forth to their caves
and haunts in the forest. 1t is a
crooked street and you are made to
draw on your imagination about the
days Of long ago. We went through
the castle and our guide told us the
history of places and scenes where
many crimes were committed that fig
ured in ancient history in the days of
Oliver Cromwell, etc. We spent all
day looking over the places of inter
est in Nottingham and at 4:30 p. m.
we took the train for London, arriving
at 1880 p m. We saw many beautiful
sights along our way. The weather
was grand-just like our June days
at home. The green meadows, bord-
cred by green hedge rows, quiet little
hamlets and villages every mile or so
added to our interest and broke the
monotony of train travelling. Farm
ers were in the fields, factories were
belching forth great clouds Of smoke
from their towering smoke stacks; all
interested us along our journey. Soon
we were in the famous city of Lon
don and it is indeed a great city, COW
Vi a. al oIOa VI ~ iiAS oiNNAN'
People moving every way, in buses,
street cars (trains) and with every
conceivable conveyance imaginable,
from a donkey cart to an underground
railway. We were dazed for a few
minutes, but soon we regained our
senses and started for the London
conference headquarters, where the
president and elders gave US a hearty
welcome and furnished US a fine sup
per. Next morning President Mckay
outlined for US a program of sight
seeing, which was first to the famous
London Tower, where all famous peo-
who were royal prisoners were
Saw where Sir Walter Raleigh
was imprisoned for many years;
where Queen Mary was beheaded and
many places too numerous to men
ton in this hurried epistle. will tell
Won the rest when coma home if we