Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-05-29

sweetheart, OF father, and hug an
kiss them regardless of police. On
said to me, "We might as well be q
home as here, as all they want is
kiss and hug somebody"
The boys went to Funston at twelve
and back the next Wednesday. TIL
] following eX-Mexico boys were wit
them besides Lawrence: Clyde Gas
| per, Don Matthews, Guy Holiday
Lawrence and Don were with the Is
Am. Co.; Clyde, 1877; and Guy, II
Signal Corps. The boys all though
they were to come through Mexico
but the Burlington took them throug,
Hannibal; about seven trains. Al
this travel will come through Mexic
when the Burlington is extended on.
Then came the 14Oth Saturday,
weeks ago. | did not get to see tn
parade, but a number told me it wa
the best they eve saw-simply grand
There were 100 and 8 abreast, ant
Mr.. Gibson said assorted" every gu
carried the same; no break in line; no
a head turned; and beautiful costlr
flowers were thrown in their paths 4
one place, to walk over. There wa.
only n Mexico boy in this, Renfrt
Gibbs. His father and mother mus
surely have been proud of him.
There is one sad thing about this
war-not the dead or crippled or gas,
sed-but the large number of "cig,
arctic fiends" it has added to the al,
ready large numbers.
Lawrence's wife told me as quick as
he got home she would get him out OF
the soldiers clothes and into civilians,
and to work-which she did. And
see where she was right and all others
who did likewise.
We are all going out to Lees Sum-
NIT where they live, and have another
reunion if the weather ever warns
up and WI will have to have Brother
Wallace too, I guess, as all tell me out
there is his home and they love him
a fine good man.
| read with interest the article by
j. c. Greenman in your paper, about
when the first C. & A. train ran into
Kansas City, as l meet this man every
time l go to K of P. meetings, and he
tells me about boarding at the Ringo
forty-two years ago. He says, before
| was born; but | surprise him when
l tell him of remembering things and
people in Mexico forty-two years ago.
He says Mexico must rebuild the
I do not know how all these autos
Gre going 10 get by each other in a
Little while. They are all right yet III
til they forget and try to run over a
street car OF truck. | saw one u I'D on
Twelfth in the door of a saloon across
the walk and the street car hardIv
felt the jar. And these trucks, they
call them 2-ton, but they put three on
them-of all the sights | have seen
here or St. Louis l like best to watch
that big fellow at Twelfth and Grand
in the middel of tghe street. He not
only is doing two things at once bit
watches four directions end sees that
all going two, don't go, and all going
the other two do go, and they sure
stop when he says stop and go when
he says go. You need him at the JEFF
Street crossing with "Ill" Law
on the trains.
l am at the Campbell Dairy, help
ing n9ndle thousands of gallons oe
ELK and ttrmmings-pdr,9, too. # al
small places used as pure milk as +hIe
city does there would be little sickness
from milk. I am working for Mr..
Casper and rooming with Tom Gibson,
wife and Russell. If it were not Cor
that and getting the Ledger every
day | sure could not stand it, for until
| came here l had never been away
from Mexico over two weeks at a
time.
Across the street from US is Il NJ
E. church, and every Sunday when
they close it takes me back twenty
five years in Mexico. l can see tbs
Haskells, Kimballs, Corners, Norrises
Heads, Trimbles, Keaths and all the
old church crowd in others. Same
class of people, except now all have
autos instead; others buggies, etc.
attend League and night service. Their
on Monday or Friday, K. of P. lodge
and Wednesday or Thursday, NJ. w,
A, and balance picture show, unless
something special" on. So weeks
soon so by.
Last week n night Russell took
us out in his Ford by Electric Park.
Looks like last years birds nest yet;
but is sure lovely at Swope Park and
Paramount. Two hundred and twen-
thousand dollars ives spent
last year at Paramount.
am told Kansas expects to cut
eight crops of alfalfa this year; one
already being cut. That with wheat
is making her sure enough rich.
Mexico should have a big treat for
all her soldiers the Fourth of July,
and a homecoming in the fall for every
body. The daily each day at four is
like a letter from home.
E. F. KUNKEL.
IT is hard to believe that 4 sweet
girl graduate could ever become a