The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-29

souls since time began Is yours. i
am satisfied with what have done;
that my abdication in your favor is
for the very best interests of hell
in the future l am at your majesty's
service.
i Affectionately and sincerely,
Lucifer H. Satan =
Letter From Soldier Boy Now at
Madison Barracks, New York.
Mrs. s. H. Little, of Decatur, has
letter from her son, Golden Little,
who has been transferred from Fort
Logan, Colorado, to Madison Bar
racks, New York:
naar ro,F Friday Ma Novi as Is 1877 81 the
We ate It n our supper at $40 e They
gave us gO-Way-bags (they are made
of canvas; they are something like
a Buitcase). We put our clothes in
them and check them through.
There are about five hundred OF us
eavng Eort is oclS %a w sWfch ws
hour. Some Of the fellows girls
were there to bid their sweethearts
good-by. We are through switching
now and 250 Of us are on special
train speeding toward New York.
We are on the, Santa Fe railroad;
see far out the windows. Now it is
nine o'clock and we have just left
Colorado Springs. We are in fine
Pullman cars and some of the boys
are already in bed, so | will make
my birth and crawl in. Fred and /
are sleeping together in the same
birth. ~
Ill &C., s,1rr Sofy 1Y1n q
18th, and the boys are feeling fine.
We ate our breakfast at eight O'Clock
which was three slices of bread, but
ter, Jam, slice of canned beef and
a cup of coffee. We all took our
mess kits and went in the mess car
which was the baggage car. got our
grub and came can oaek 70 ws onf G own
hard for us to do. The most of us
brought some eats of our own along
in case they didn't give us enough
to satisfy us. 1t is now 10 O'Clock
and we are at Hutchinson, Kansas.
There is lots of corn through here,
but it doesn't aE look yeEy good see I fne
miles. A good deal of the corn is
cut and shocked The farmers are
in the fields husking, and there is
lots OF winter wheat and it looks
good. We have seen a number OF
oil wells. 1t is now about IL O'Clock
and we have just ;, left Newton;
around town for exercise. We were
there about thirty minutes. Now
the land has begun to get rolling and
the soil is getting darker. Tne crops
consists mostly Of corn and alfalfa.
There are quite. number. OF apple
small town where the women and
some of the men ran out and gave
us pie and sanwiches. There, was
one Old man VINO ran in the house
and brought out a great large nag
and began waving it and said: Go
get him boys, He was sure pa
triotic old fellow. 1t is; now two
dinner, which was two slices OF
cup of coffee. Dick is reading a
book and Fred is looking out the
window. There are three fellows
in every double seat Fred, another
fellow a and are adp in aow Ssaf are G ns
Pullman car. You would think that
we were millionaires instead OF Sam
mics The country has begun to-
look something like Iowa. Now 1t
is rolling and quite bit OF timber
Now it is twenty-five till four, ana
river. 1t is a pretty large stream.
We are now entering Kansas City
What we can see of it now looks
like solid mass of railroads and
factories. 1t is sure large rail-,
road city. We see another special
train Of soldiers: They are yelling
main part Of the city now and some
of the boys have got their tongues
sticking out reading the beer signs,
but they can't get off the train. We
are moving slowly through the city.
We just passed large hill Where
the street cars passed under 1T
through a tunnel, and nov; now we We nave ave
leaving the bright lights behind us.
it is Six O'Clock and it is so dark
we cannot see from the car windows.
Now it is nine O'Clock and we Just
left Chillicothe, Mo. We stopped
there about forty minutes; You
know that is only about thirfy or
on1y have known that we were going
to be there you folks could have
met me there and we could have had
a nice visit. We saw a bunch OF
girls there and had quite a long
talk with them. 1t seemed nike we
had known them long time, be-
cause they lived $50 So hd near 1;na he sa
will make up my berth and go to
bed again. Goodnight.
It is morning now, Sunday. The the
18th, and we are in st. Louis, Mo:
Our engine is taking water. we
were here about an hour and now we
are moving through the outskirts OF
the city and are nearing the Miss
Der of steam boats and large ferry
boats. There is a large quantity of
bailed cotton on the dock and we
see lot of colored folks rumaging
arund. 1t is seven-thirty when we
crossed the river into Illinois. Here
we see acres and acres of corn and
it looks fine and we see large bunch
es of hogs, like is frequently seen
in Iowa. it is now 10 o'clock and
we are eating breakfast. about
1890 we stopped at town by, the
name of Matoon, H., for our daily
exercise; that we did by marching
through the town and back to the
train. Now we are leaving the sta