Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-07-04

crops this year, as they are need
ed so bad to help, win this war.
How is papa's crop and everything
out on the dear old farm?
We heard this morning that
we're going to have permanent
passes to go to all the neighbor-
ing towns sight seeing. That will
be grand, if we can do that.
hope can go up where Gene is.
| want TO see him so bad and |
intend to go up there anyway be-
fore come home to see those
wonderful, il they might be called
that, sights.
Folks, | don't think the end of
the war is far off if it turns out
levery day like our work did yes
lterday, even if the Germans did
capture three towns. We heard
tof all the damage the subs were
fdoing on the Atlantic coast to the
U. S. But never mind folks, we'll
get their goats, and | don't think
it will take long, after once we're
started in full blast.
I'd give anything for a dish of
ice cream from home. This
would be a good day to make
it and we'd have some if | was
home. They say it isn't to be
bought in France.
Prince Albert tobacco is 6 cents
here, and cigarettes are four
cents package, but l quit smok-
ing cigaretts.
/ There are going to be lots OF
grapes here and / expect to fill
Eup on them.
1 go up town every Sunday
morning, just like did at home
only go TO church here.
How is Hugh? My, how I'd
like to see him. Send me all OF
\ his letters for | sure like to know
something about him. Maybe he's
non his way over here. Wish
knew.
buy little paper every even
\ ing to see if there are any names
4 in the casualty list that | know
i was shocked when saw Julius
Muller's name. In last night
\ list, there was a boys name
Ii whose home is in Council Bluffs
K We get SO much more out o.
our paper than our officers will
Tell US.
\ | am sending a clipping | Gu
\ out OF last nights paper Will
\ my knife. Now folks, | hope thi;
h gets through the censor all right
\ l think maybe it will, I'll try i
l anyway
h This clipping describes every.
i thing right here where am now
II You will understand it better, thar
tif ! tried to explain it all to you
hin a letter. Read down to wher,
Nit says, the troops and workmeI
Ion the job are quartered in ;
bcamp at one end of the yard, thi
camp is where | am.
\ This clipping is full of interes
\ to me, bectuse | know all abou
\ it and | know you will get lot
Efrom it.
b This is the busiest place l eve
Isaw in all my traevls through
| France, but | guess there aren'
many places but what are bus,
now over here. Some have no
made the progress we American
| have right here in this place.
i It's wonderful. No part o
France is so pretty as England
but when you make a trip t
France don't go by way of tn
: English channel. Those water
were the toughest was on. Eve
our Captain was sick.
1 hope above all things tina
!, this letter with it's contents get
through the censorship.
| wrote Vera, telling her l wa
sending you clipping, so yo
!. let me know whether or not yo1
received it.
Folks, don't worry about me
I'm getting as fat as a pig. II
tell you boy doesn't know how t
appreciate his mother and fathe
until he's away, like l am now
and think if everany coupl
aneeded rest and a little pleas
ii ure you two do. | expect you t
have it too, when | get back.
II Write me every day for I sur
Hove to hear from you.
Tell everybody hello and t