Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-12-06

extra ticket he would like 70 give
us; so we bounced upon same
with many thanks and bought the
other one between us.
Game was punk. After the
game we went into bakery and
each bought a 6-cent pie for sup
per. Evidently the proprietor no
ticcd looks of great financial
stress, for he gave us another
big pie---lemon-and we took
SAID pie out and sold it to an
other fellow for 30 cents. which
paid our carfare back here. Some
high finance. eh?
To-day we had detail again
loading big boxes of tires i'm cars
for shipment to France. Loaded
$50 big boxes that averaged about
$50 pounds. Got to do ii again
tomorrow. Not bad for change.
| though. That brings the events
up TO date. Didn't do much last
week.
No, didn't see whore Dad
lived i'm Reading Was all up and
down Sixth street. though. Prob
ably didn't know where il was.
Halls live ON that street. 342 n.
Sixth. She told me where Grand
ma lived. Got a letter from her
the other day Wants TO send mo
something cake. candy or books.
she suggests. | am going to
write her post haste Am going
over some week end She told me
to bring somebody along il /
came. Very nice lady.
Yes, think we will be here all
winter. We all think that now.
If Miss Baker wants to send some
candy, for goodness sake. send
her my address. don't see Har-
Ian much. His section has been
out on hike most of the time.
suppose these letters do
sound like all we do is have a good
time. but not so. We know we
are in the army all right. but we
look on the good side of cvcrv-
thing yet. We don't hesitate to
say, though, that if they have am
other war. somebody else can ,join
The army. We certainly wouldn't
he satisfied ii we were not i'm il.
though.
Oh, yes! The city Y. M. G.. A.
opened again couple of days
ago. III had been burned out since
before we got here. Most of us
took out membership, dollar a
month. We get a locker and all
the usagcs of the place. Joined
mainly for the hot showers. Can
take as many as we want for moth
ing now. Nice!
| We like our now quarters fine
Awfully handy, except the Kitchen
is small.
Am about run down. Every
thing is fine Weather pretty
chilly, though, but as said. we
are getting used to it. That's all.
With love, HERMAN.
November i3, 1917.
Dear Folks:
Here we are again. Guess
wrote to you Monday last, so I'll
begin the usual chronicle of
events. We loaded boxes and
stuff all day Tuesday again.
Guess didn't do anything that
night. "Wednesday the section
went out for days hike. but
was lucky enough to be room
guard again and got to stay in
Went To a picture show Wcdnes-
! day night and went to a picture
show as usual. Got another de-
tail Thursday Juggling supplies
T around the storehousc. Went IL
1 a dance Thursday night. Nothing
, out OF he ordinary Friday. Went
! to another dance.
Was i'm Philadelphia over Tho
L WYNN Nilu. -Ntul ~ tNtINDOuN III
a camp went. We had passes from
q 5 p. m. Friday till 6 a. m. Monday
a Our football team played the Ma
/ rine team down there. We lef
here Saturday at S:l5 IL. m. ant
8 got down to Philadelphia abou
q l0:l5. on the steam road w,
:, walked around a bit and then wen
to the Hotel Bellevue for lunch
! one of the SWEETEST hotels i'm TIN
city. We flew high had SOM
), blue points, a club sandwich
y some raspberry pie a la Bellevue
. and tea-very light lunch, I'd say
q but the bill for Whit and cam
"a to $3.50, including Tip. som
!, style, though, and service. TIL
!, Colonel OF our camp and MajO
h General of the Marines had a ia
- BILE close TO ours, but we didn
pay much attention to such com
), mon folks. They can't step to
VI high for u.s. Then we went GU