The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-06
E CALDWELL TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919
BEATTY WRITES TWO
INTERESTING LETTERS
Visiting Points Famous in Song and
Story-Now Located at Coblenz
in German Territory.

Mr.. and Mrs. Swain Beatty are in
receipt of two letters from their son
Dick, who is now at Coblenz. These
letters are dated May IL. They tell
of visiting two famous places and
are quite interesting. They follow:
"As it has been some time since l
have written you will drop you a few
lines. D am sending you a program
of new theater that opened Sat-
urday, which no doubt you will en-
joy, providing you can read it. Git
is printed in Germany
"We are with the Goats on the
Rhine, having come up from Luxem-
burg a short time ago. ,Coblenz is
very pretty place and is one of the
leased areas for the American army.
Between 5000 and 10000 men visit
this city every day.
Big Army Show.
Last week the army staged its big
show which was on the whole about
as exciting as fiddle de wink match.
Everything is very quiet and there
is not much excitement. Once in
while a German insists on singing
Ode Wacht am Rhine" and he goes
to work for the U. S. government, as
this is under military law. A few
as l mentioned.
"The. people as a whole treat US
very we'll and will go out of their
way to accommodate US. From what
/ can learn the Americans treat the
| Germans great deal better than the
French or English.
Red Cross Feeds Thousands.
"The Red Cross has a station here
where they feed between $4,000 and
10000 people a day. Everybody has
a good word to So for the Red Cross.
There are a number of beautiful
parks and walks in this vicinity,
among them being one known as the
Walk Along the Rhine. This reminds
me of the Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco.
among the historical places are a
ndmber of churches, the Oldest being
built in 812 and the newest in 1852;
the Mosel Stone bridge which was
built in the 18th century: the mu-
scum which contains a number of Ro-
man relics; also the largest statue
of horse in Europe. The horse
stands 40 feet high, with the figure
of a man sitting 8 feet high. This
statue is of bronze and was erected
by the late kaiser in honor of his
grandfather"
Letter to Mrs. Beatty.
The second letter was inclosed with
the foregoing and was addressed to
Mrs. Beatty, as will be seen by the
text:
"As this is Mothers Day l suppose
you will be counting the days till
you receive this from me. l sent you
Ia description of the Rhine and some
of the castles on the Rhine. You
remember the piece you used to re-
cite, "Bingen on the Rhine" for
have been to Bineen; yes, Bingen or
the Rhine. l am at a loss to under
stand where he got his inspiration, as
l can see very little difference be-
tween that and some other Rhine
towns. In way it is beautiful, but
not as I thought it would be.
"The Columbia. river has the Rhine
beat in a thousand ways when i
comes to scenery. The Columbia i:
"a great deal larger and the gorge!
deeper than those. of the Rhine. Thu
vineyards along the Rhine are bull
| in terraces and some of them hav,
taken. years to construct, as the eartl
is very rocky and the slopes yer,
steep. The French occupy most o
the territory The river has a fal
of about 10 feet to the mile, l shout!
Judge. The legends connected will
the Rhine are very beautiful and in
teresting. The French in 6S8 de
stroyed a great many towns and cas-
ties along the river. Some Of then
have been rebuilt and some are tn
/, way the French left them.
Other Visits.
. "My next trip will be to Cologn
if I can make it. That area is oc
, cupied by the English and 1t is yer
!. hard to get a pass. also want I
a go to Trier, where one Of the world
most famous paintings is.
Z 81 think there is little show OF get
: ting home soon. and ! would like t
D go to Berlin and see what is there
Death of Mrs. Marian Kyle.
Il Mrs. Marian KYLE died Saturday Z