East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-02
IIBCAL BOY WAS IN
RECENT EARTHQUAKE
William Myers, Son of Chas.
Myers, Tells of Army
Adventure.

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ing expfzssnre during the earthauaSe
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ron shaughz spu lhAa nOEed Or
aanHth5nE and 1 WASN'T sure Of ycn
getting a.
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is1 an4 aas asas miserable huse4 We are
rasAz rs1 iaze beach ard ake szz35 blows
aM 1Fer eEszzzairg. fa1 we 90 swim
z1e eEH-T sunday rsghr cut il the Pa
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and 68Hsu'a taste EHzF good tat We
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thrs1Eh ahsrn and WHEN fhH MsfeT Is
4 an sszzz we fznd ozrzsares n alout 10
4 a1ehss q saEra un the p1hsr side n
/ SIRE i Ers2z EpzrT and TNu don't
kEsaz h5w za1ch Toa have rnsssrd by
tzn1 -ninE 70 a beach il fhe hDf su-n-
ns- We are onlF nsnes FROM the
aEaxscsaz herdsr here and the place we
E#zE i rfgAz On the baTlar- Last
SUNDAY zae MexiraEss were an Tired up
zsuBg zh4 baaeh harIzE nane fun
NaachanE rs thsn we Esre swiming
1ruzn The W-sy tAeT acted
We haz an hunns1 - goodness
sar1agzaks hsrs sssasr1ag- j shook
shEzss up an rhe waF frem here TO
SAB Dseso and = sire RAISED cain
theTx frozn Eazt I hear TIE Hossl u.
& Esrana- zha EdErgaz building in Sar
Dsasn Was cracked up rhe middle and
ihs har ruzgs and a. hazf cement stA-
ainaa Was cracked 1n ssFo 50 spu can
see srurr thaf rarzr il Nas a pretty
rpoa shake auf asavs17s ted Eou the
f-nnF Far1 q II vet There were six
q rs asa7 On a pr5n1 where Es 90
sz7arz rzl1nr and We were snsz getting
| dressed when an Al ones a big wave
/ came fna-n tHle ocean ss5s and the
4 tsank E,sEan u cave eff ca tlae SIDE
Eas Ezeza sitting On 50 zua can imagine
I what bind a a pred tgslrsEut We were
in The z5fa1e Tsoiut sue were On be-
1 gan 10 r@ck hack ard fcETh snst like
Rsas1 Cne fessow szzEshS up with
l zlushinz ON hu1 has un5Hgwsn1hes and
shs resi- oT ms clCshes lz MS hand and
SAD. Jesus Cfrasla Lets ezz out of
har-s- This damn Eznec IS EuzuE 10
sd1E-r zn5 lhag r1s z1E las We saw
/ CT bazrd e.f ht-n unEa Ne Eet - camn.
cent Ehfnk ever lu@Ehed 80 Enuch
In all -zrF HFs as I Esd when zhat gu.
Started dazn the E5sach and E0u would
Eaare zazghed toe II Kusa oeuad have
seen 1T No nlaater hpsF scared. vnu
Wonss tss- laughed until the tears
cznee ra uv eyes and ne were All
scared until ws Wsre white as sheess
zfter We rFaaazs-5 the danger We were
in for 4 Thai tang uould have lasted
r1z1ure I woal5 never have hesu
here 70 aE.EEsr Tuur lsi1er- II laste3
ra zsuoa8 ns IL was ans IN that time
asoz1 - feet q -he hark r4ved OF
frs1c h5E bunch Of auiek sand and
the OCEAN came almost over 2; from
ths osHar s5Ge The quake came NJ
fha uassa from Nsxico.
AZ sure glad 10 hear that every
cne up there are doing their hif for
Ezre Er1 du51g mine ! have bought
.alree Liberty h6nds myself Viii
have them riai5 for By July 81 and
then ca1 probably ccrne home on a
fur59uEh II nothing happens IN that
time 70 keep me here sure wish
Eou cDuld come here and see me for
you could sure hnre a good time be-
s3aes s~a5ng a 8oa q the country here.
| have Sexn All Of California now from
na-1h "a scuih ard Il ] ever Eet out n
the =rZr an giving 10 nTe here
When went 10 Los AuEt1es 10 see
T--ese Charley ssE all the S5n-slss
/ o.IzHre olchards- The trees ugcrc just
1uallt,d Htfh TSrse oTanEes and I went
IN and picked uP 3 pounds of
nrarEs.s cff the ground and went up
10 slhe glsrFinE hCnse 10 pas for thcm-
TIE fslsuw ] saw susi threw them on
Ifhe scales and said l5e please They
uura lots f.e1teT than the ones 1ou bus
% there fer - a dozen for thcy were
.russe1ss q sikht On the trees
TIE trees are pretty good sizcd and
theF haFe ripe fruit On thern ali the
rHa- aruu1d-
-Anaiher thiur that grows plentiful
ssrH zs raifsL The people have date
trees - - r frcus sands for shade.
rhrr zrc Ehe klnd of lees they sgt
fbass big rssl1n 8eaf fans frnm and the
iezrsss are surr tdE too. Thc hiEgcst
q tbern are frcm Is 10 - inches
atrass
Hzu have 20 closc noW and write
TIhs1zna a 8si1sr fer eve her one. .
uau aeud u IN 1his envelope fer Z only .
have ere stamp to mg naUe-
Prom Eour LOVING Bruther.
WILLIAM A. MYERS.
Ca y z1s1 Iufaatrg. Imperial Beach. "
CaEf- Eamp LaNrenue J. Hcarn.