Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-01-24
MRS r. II. CLARK WRITES
LETTER FROM SUNNY SOUTH
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. Is, III

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. Is, II.
Editor Sheaf:-
We left Warren on Monday even
ing. After we had passed st. Paul
the snow was in patches and weather
warmer. Arrived in Chicago at
9:30, on warm and pleasant even
ing. Enjoyed good nights rest
in Chicago. When I looked out Of
the window on Wednesday morning
the ground was covered with snow
and storming hard. Left Chicago
at 9:2O on the Illinois Central rail
way Lake Michigan looks dark and
cold and rough. Did not see any
thing interesting until reached Eff
fingham, when I saw a Ford. It
is a nice, clean looking city, the
land Just rolling enough to drain
we'll. The next station was Kind
mundy, Ills, 1862 miles to New Or
leans. Du Quoin is coal town
trains of cars loaded with coal on
the track. Macnac Lake was where
the palms grew along the the
swampy track. When daylight came
I was in Louisiana, where green
onions, radishes and often an acre
of sweet potatoes were seen growing.
New Orleans was reached at 9:AO
Thursday morning. Left for San,
Antonio at 11:30. The conductor on
the train said he owned a farm six
miles from Grand Forks. What first
interested me was Atchafalaye river
at Moran CITY, La It was beau
tiful sight. To see green garden
truck and enjoy warm, balmy
weather in January was indeed a
change for me. I enjoyed seeing
the old plantations and the darlzies
planting sugar cane. They raise from
81 to II tons per acre. They re-
plant only every three years. They
use narrow guage railroads to haul
the cane instead of mules as in olden
times. The mill makes between six
teen and twenty million pounds of
sugar in one season. At Liberty
station I saw the first orange trees,
both green and ripe oranges hang
ing from the branches. eW saw oil
fields and 25 miles west Of Lake
Charles is the largest sulphur mine
in the world. In Louisiana they do
not have counties, they call them
parishes.
! At Houston q soldier got on the
train and ] asked him if he was
in Camp Wilson and the First Min
nesota regiment. Then he question
ed me and I told him where / was
going. That is one good thing about
soldiers, they will help one another
as if they were relatives. When we
reached San Antonio he helped me
check my grip and then we started
for Camp Wilson. This soldier was
a regular, going back from his fur
Tough, having been home to see his
wife and children. He knew all
about Fort Sam Houston and we
took a jitney as the camp is five
miles from the station. We rode
within mile of camp then we walk
ed. We saw the soldiers coming on
an eight-mile hike. The first who
came was Co. D. I heard someone call
out, Hello, Mrs. Clark. It was Clin-
ton Winchester. After they passed
in first ranks, I saw Allison (my
SOM. l forgot where I was and
everything but him and made one
jump. guess it was the first time
Co. E. was ever held up, for I saw
Capt. Anderson hold up his hands as
a sign for the company to stop anc
then he said, "Clark, fall out line
We went back to camp and the cook
came over and invited US to have
lunch and coffee. We rested while
with the soldiers, then took lool
around camp, then went to the city
until dinner time, when we went
back to camp and had dinner, con
sisting of roast beef, gravy, greer
peas, soup, mashed potatoes, ho1
doughnuts and coffee, and everything
tasted good. The top sergeant came
over to greet me and said, "Why
Mrs. Clark, We have been looking
for you for three days." Then hi
invited US over to his office ane
gave Allison a weeks liberty tt
stay with me. Sergeant Mohoney in
vited US to his rooms to meet hi!
wife, and then we passed the after
noon and evening together. The rel
atives of Co. E. soldiers are welcom,
at their camp to meals and to visi
when off duty. We attended a mill
tary ball on Saturday evening. Will
decorations and the soldiers uni
forms it was a pretty sight. I sure
lv did receive a royal welcome from
Co. E.
Mrs. r. H. Clark.
Attorney A. N. Eckstrom returne,
this morning from Thief River Falls
where he attended tha term Of dis