Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-11-28
From Claud E.. Russell.

Dear Sir and trlend-AS have Told
you before / would hate awfully to
have to do without the weekly let
ter" from home. Nearly every issue
contains the name of some one used
to know and have lost track Of. ]
may be considered foolish, but l am
interested in everybody that l ever
knew in dear old Iron county, and
especially those who resided in
Arcadia Valley. We all seemed like
one large family, and being almost
shut off from the rest Of the world
we had so much in common.
Pm glad you did't continue to use
the new headlight didn't look
natural.
| had been waiting, too, before
sending my check for time to write
about a very pleasant trip | took in
August. | haven't time now to tell
you all about it, so will mention a
few items connected with it. ! was
| elected by our County Convention as
| delegate to the State Convention OF
the Farmers Educational and CO.
operative Union Of America, which
met at Richmond, Mo, county seat
of Ray.
From there ! went to Rockford, III
via Chicago, to see our son II his
wife aud two children, whom had
never seen, also to meet my better
half, who had gone there 9 month
before to help them through theii
second "trouplen Rockford is about
the most beautiful city I've ever seen
So much attention is paid by almos,
every one to identifying their homes
with flowers and well-kept lawns
And the trees! On account of them
Rockford is called Forest City.
Camp Grant Is 4 miles from the
city, but was closed for ten days
while l was there, 80 l was deprived
of the pleasure of going inside tht
camp. Most of my travel was during
the night, except about All hour and
half through the west part OF the
state, (Missouri). where corn seemed
to be the principal crop, and was sui
fering for the want OF rain. Enrout'
to Chicago the Missippippi river wa
crossed at Fort Madison as daylight
began to appear, and from there OF
the crops were simply great, and sue
crops OF small grain l never saw The
wheat had been about all threshed
and the oat crop, which was all In tn
shock was Just begun on, as the gov
eminent requires the. wheat to b
threshed fret. From Chicago +
Rockford 10 q great dairy region an
It certainly looked like farming !
earnest. Every farm has a large barr
and from one to three silos. Whea
Welded 81 bushels per acre and oat
, rs from S. to 80.
On our return We had about. y hour
in Chicago, which we spent yer
! pleasantly at the Zoo and Aviary
Lincoln park, and on the bridge owe
The Lagoon, from which one has
beautiful view Of the lake, which WI
very rough at the time on account {
j a storm having just passed over qui
' A way out. The shore OF the lake ",
for miles alive with with bather
mostly children. We came fro
Jackson steet or an auto bus to LII
coin park, and after spending as mu'
Il time az we could spare, we tinish'
the round trip on the bus, going
. the northern limits Of the city alol
y the shore OF the lake. This being y
- aristocratic residence section the eli
We spent several days in st. Lou
nj, and saw quite q good many. Of, t
" old time vallegians. At the Lindsa
N we met brother John, whose wife b
1t been operated on at the Baptist Sal
tsrium the night before for some d
:. order Of the liver. W. also nj
=, Myrtle, one Of Abby's daughte
Up whom we had not seen since she v
little girl. Myrtle married = son
~ an old schoolmate, Fannie Hu
" daughter Of one Of the first settlers
Ironton, A. N. Hunt. Rosco a
az Leo Lindsay and Myrtle's husband
to Wsomewhere In France" Mrs. Hu
in. nee Lizzie Allison, came out lately
visit with her youngest daughter "
," has q country home near us, and
had the pleasure Of seeing her.
s.Ii h 80 years old, but 10 carrying !
~. wears we'll. Rosco has .. daugh
years old staying with Grand
~ Lindsay.
on We made ourselves at home y
Nv sarah and Ida In Carondelet. "