The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-12
Nov. /, 1918.

Nov. /, 1918.
am ali O. k, hope this finds you the
same. What are you all doing to
pass away the time! l am haveing
a fine time now. am on French
leave for few days. Sure is great
here. l am in a town in the Alps
mountains by the name OF, All Les
Baine, and it sure is q ~, oe a. radat
cliffs l ever saw. 1t is the incest
place l have been in since ! have
been in France, and | think l. have
been over the most of it. AS we
came down here they gave US a new
outfit of clothes, all around, and
one of the best baths l ever took and
| feel like king now. ~. l saw Carl
have been over here; he is on a
leave and is in this town somewhere,
but | haven't seen him since we ar
rived. Well l expect you think l
had given up writing but | have
been writing as often as | can. Tell
Elmer that l have started to write
to him but as he wanted a good let
will as soon as l can. l am behind
with my letters until l don't know if
| will catch up or not. l have been
pretty busy all the time. l have
Slip IF paper that a German air
plane dropped to us one day and it
is pretty good. Will send tito you
later when l see an officer and see
right, will send it to Elmer when
write to him. Well l am getting
pretty sleepy and have a good bed
to sleep in, the first one since l
came across Guess l will ring off
and finish in the morning. Well,
this is morning. l will try and fin
ISL my letter 1t is n g9in ag to- to be ana
later more about it. Suppose you
got my letters with the slip to send
me a Christmas package. Did you
get the money l sent you through
the Y. M. G. A.? Has been some
time since l sent it: Have you heard
ton? / have been where there are
several different divisions but have
mt located his yet, would sure like
to see him. Did pa. sell my horses?
expect he has by this time. !
wrote Tom a letter the other day;
don't know if he will get it or not.
Well guess l will quit for this time,
will do better next time, so good
bye, your son and brother,
Pvt. John Muyon.
Nov. 7th.
Dear Folks: How are YOU. |
am o. k. What are you doing? |
am enjoying myself fine. There
was a great time here this evening,
they were haHing parade ira vi aao
Everybody is out and has smile on
their face. All of the Allied coun-
tries were represented, flags, were
flying everywhere About all you
could hear is when we get back 10
good old U. S. A.. l have few
days here yet. Was up on me
mountain once; was wa; grandf 's 81
is 800 feet high. Could see plenty
of snow and Mt. Blanc in the dis
lance, you know that is where
Switzerland, France and Italy meets,
so you have some idea OF where l
am at present. One of the Y. M; e.
A. ladies took us through the his
torical building and through a cave ave
mountain; there is hot spring in
it, the temperature of the, water is
about 115 fir; there are about 2
100000 gallons of hot water comes
out of it each day. They have
large bath house there that is free
to we boys, the best place l ever saw
to clean up. Part OF the hlstorical
was DullL wv ySeIA DNASA ~
Christ. The foundation walls are
more than four yards thick. There
were old coins that were made BE-
fore they learned to mold them.
there we're lots of interesting things
will tell you about later. This is
a summer resort for the rich. This
is where they all stop on their tours
of the country. I am lots better
pleased with my leave here than
would have been II l had gone to
Paris as expect It is like all other
large cities. Well. expect you are
husking corn by this time. Wish tl1,
there to help you. | sent you folks
and also Hurley some views OF this
town and surrounding country and
also a handkerchief in letter. DID
you get them? Did you. get the per-
init to send me Christmas PACK
age? Well, l think have written
enough for this time, so will close
for this time, so good bye.
Pvt. John Munyon.