Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-30
CHRIS STONE WRITES
ANOTHER NEWSY LETTER
Morrison, Virginia,
March 10, 1918.
NV Dear Folks.

Well mama and pa, 1 have at
last arrived to where we are going
to stay awhile and it's pretty close
to the ocean and the weather is sure
fine. 1t is not as hot as it was in
Texas. It's more even here. The
trip was long one and a swell one
at that. We started on Thursday
night of last week and arrived here
this noon, today being Tuesday.
am not tired at all. Had little
headache yesterday but fixed that.
| wish you could have seen some of
the sights here in the east, espec-
tally in Kentucky and also West
Virginia. There we're many ravines
and tunnels, especially tunnels.
| stopped counting them. | got as
high as ten besides the ones we went
through during the night. On this
whole route there seems to be moth
ling but timber land and Of course
there were saw mills all along the
way and in West Virginia we saw
coal mines away up in the hills,
cliffs or bluffs whatever you would
call them. They were about 300 to
400 feet high and the valley was
from a half mile to a mile wide with
a river running along one side. Say,
but there were some bigrocks, some
along the side of the river being as
llarge as most of the houses in the
valley. There were some beautiful
water falls over the rocks in the
/ river. 1t seems to be a rock bottom
!: river most of the way.
i / am going to name some Of the
Estates we passed through, Arkan-
sas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,
| Kentucky and then the Virginias,
and by the way Iowa has them all
skinned for a farming state and also
| the best improvements. Gee, but I
l can't understand how some people
can live in a house that is almost
ready to fall down and then there is
) a very few that are painted.
}, Well ma and pa, like these
!, camps here the best of them all as
we are in a big wall, fixed up so we
can live in comfort and it will be
easier to keep clean. Wela also have
a fine wash house with showers, hot
and cold and also sinks to wash our
Z clothes and also fine toilets. 1t sure
is some change from what we have
been used to.
n Well, mamma, I am farther away
from home now than / was in the
first place and run a very slim
!. chance of ever getting home on a
furlough. Tell May, Caroline and
the boys to answer some of the
Questions have asked them and
don't be afraid to write about any
thing around the farm as it will In
: terest me a lot just to know what
you are doing etc. By the way
don't be afraid that | won't get my
letters for they will follow me where
| go. | haven't received a letter fol
a long time so there must be a lot
to tell, how all the folks are getting
Ialong and how is Pete Jessen, Wal
ter and have you heard anything
about Chris Guide. Has he left yet
And has Jens left yet for Camp
Dodge and have you also heare
from Chri B.? | am up against
Ihow to spell his name as 1 cam
ltfnde his address in my ledger,
fsuppsose thatP. e. is alright b,
this time and working as hard as
Z lalWays Pete Is something like my.
i alself. When / get Job | like, l cam
b lquit until it's finished. How art
d Petersens' getting along? l suppose
4 they have moved to town by thi
r time and all settled down and how
t are Esbecks'? l hope they are al
we'll and pleased with town life
Well mamma, they just finished
! calling out the mail that follows us
up and | think that was prett,