Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12
Letter From Joy Dewell.

Dearest Folks
Well, since I last wrote we've been
to Payette to visit the Madsens, but
before tell you about that l want
to tell you of our visit up in the hills
where Florence used to teach. We
left Payette Lake early Friday morn
ing and came down to Banks and
took the auto stage over to Garden
Valley to see an old school chum of
Ftorence's who had invited us over.
1t was beautiful ride along the
river. Some places we We're down
close to the river and others we were
hundreds of feet above it looking
straight down big cliff.
Beautiful! After couple of days
we went to Crimes Pass to see an
other friend where Florence stayed
while teaching there. The Williams
came for us and took us to their
home. There is a big power dam
there and Mr.. Whitan is Superintcnd-
ent. Honestly, that is the most
beautiful place you could ever ina
CINE. The south fork of the Payette
is in the valley between beautiful
mountains and the Whitan home is
located just above the dam in a grove
of pine trees. The house is modern
in every way and is beautifully and
artistically furnished. I'd just love
to live in a place like that and /
know you'd love it, mother. The con-
slant roar of the dam is just like
music. We were at the Williams ten
days and it was some ten days, too,
for they took us around with them
everywhere. One night we all went
over to Quarterburgh and went down
into a gold mine, 500 feet down.
Climbed all around on the different
floors and saw how "them things can
be did," It was awfully interesting.
Now about our visit to the Mad
sens. We had the loveliest time
there from Friday morning till Mon
day morning. The time just went so
fast and every minute was crowded
with something interesting to do.
We hated to come home but just had
to come or we'd never get in right
with the folks here. The Madsens
have the incest home just little
way from Fruitland and only three
miles from Payette. They have most
every kind Of fruit imaginable. l
picked some cherries, apples, grapes,
four kinds of prunes, and three kinds
of peaches from the same trees.
tree.
We had canteloupe and watermel-
on, fried chicken, tomatoes, cucum-
bers, corn, and goodness knows what
else all from their own place. That
is certainly the kind Of ranch to have.
Katherine is great tall girl now,
and she's getting prettier all the
time. She met us at the station
with their Ford and whizzed us out
home. She's a regular little driver.
The first night we went over to
Ontario, Oregon, to movie. Saw
Mary Pickford in Rebecca Of Sunny
brook Farm. Saturday Mrs. Mad
sen invited Lenora Huff and another
girl, who is going to Ames this fall
for dinner and of course we had a
jolly time, and it certainly was fine
of Mrs. Madsen to have that little
dinner for us. That evening we went
to Payette to movie. Sunday the
Huff's invited us all in to Payette
for dinner. Oh! it was good. We
just ate till we nigh to busted" I'm
getting fat! My face is like a full
moon. You won't know me when I
hail in.
We called on the Billy Fouts fami-
" Sunday evening; they live quite
near the Madsens. Guess they have
a good place, but we can't testify to
that as much as we can to Mr.. Mad
sens ranch, cause we've eaten Of
their produce and know.
Las night Mrs. Anderson invited
q few Of the neiehbors IN TO help Us