Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-19

city, and has made his home in
Los Angeles for some time, being
formerly resident of Ridgeway:
Los Angeles, Calf.
June z, 1918.
Public Opinion,
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Dear Editorial enclose herewith my
advice to your valuable paper and
will add a little of the. happenings
of the writer in the past few days.
Last week Tuesday with my wife
and two doctors and their wives
we drove to San Jacinto.
The distance registered some over
one hundred miles each way and
was made coming home in about
five hours, as it rained for over
two-thirds of the way home A
regular old fashioned Iowa thunder,
storm. The trip afforded us a good
opportunity to see what the earth
quake did for Hamet and San Jacin-
to, and the work was a finished job
as relating to the brick structures
of the two places. At Hamet a
novel sight was to see fine brick
bank leveled all but the vault, which
stood up all ready for business
with its time lock and finishings
glistening in the wind and rain.
The floor was broken down in
places and the brick had been
gathered and piled on the ground
outside.
San Jacinto suffered much the
worse of the two places ass much
of the town was brick and it was
left in a heap of broken brick, NOR
tar and the lumber in the frame
work all promiscuoucly mixed up.
The writer's purpose in visiting
the place mainly was to see the
ruins of the Congregational church
there and see what the church ex-
pected to do in rebuilding and
learn of their ability to go on with
the work. Nothing stood Of the
church but the wood entry which
seemed to look down on the ruins
in scorn. The Sunday school room
was not injured as it was all OF
wood and this affords the congre-
CATION a place to hold services and
store what was not ruined for future
use. Quite a portion of the iron
frame seats were not crushed, and
the piano got off with crushed in
top and was so they are using 1t
now.
After consulting the Benevolent
Board we decided to give them
$500 with which to assist them to
rebuild. They propose to invest
about $4,000 in the new structure.
Today with two doctors and four
retired business men we made a
trip to Long Beach, San Pedro, Fort
Macarthur, the government coast
guard, and saw the outside OF the
entire works but no one can enter
any of the government places. The
city of tents is a sight of itself
and the ship yards with over one
half dozen in the water and the
building sections with boats In
various stages of construction. A
busy place, with soldiers standing
guard at every place of entry.
A party last week did not heed
the command of the soldier and
was determined to scale the en-
closure over the fence. He was
warned not to try to go over the top,
but did not heed the warning and
soldier shot below and above him,
but he still persisted, and then
shot him through, killing him dead
Last night heard one OF Will
sons four minute men speak and
he warned us that our country is in
danger and emphasized the part
more strongly that heS"Morale' OF
the nation was likely to be affected
and gave us the best of advice to
stay together.
Never have such thrilling pictures
of happenings in the war move
ments have ever been made passiple
and the end is not yet.
We are beginning to gather IN
some berries here and ! picked
enough for us to use on the table
yesterday and more will be ready
tomorrow. In rambling about IN
my machine | find much OF the
farming not worthy the Ssttention
of /. good Iowa farmer, However
it is not all so, as ! was on the
twenty acre farm of the husband
of an old Ridgeway girl at Pomona