The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-03-13
A Letter From Warrington.
Burlington, WASH,
" March I, 1919.

Burlington, WASH,
- March /, 1919
Dear Editor.
| We, left Butler Saturday, Feb. IS
at 1870 a. III. and got to Kansas City
at 2 p. M, left there at 6 p. M on
the Burlington, headed for the West
1 We had to 80 through 4iiHeelF5 AAeeb
We landed there at a. IN. Sunday
morning and had to wait there on the
train until two engines and snow
plows could go west of Lincoln and
clear the tracks of snow. Then an
other engine coupled onto our train
of Is coaches at o3o a. IN. Sunday
and the two engines took us sailing
through the snow stricken part OF
Nebraska. The snow wasn't so bad
on the fields as it all blowed onto the
railroad tracks. When we got to
| where they cleared the tracks the
snow was piled as high as the
coaches. Some sight.
During our wait in Lincoln 2 we
visited my wife's brother and wife.
They are both in the best of health
and Herman has fine position as
machinist drawing good salary and
thinks Lincoln is the only place.
When we got to Grand Island.
Neb., some of the coaches and one
engine left us.
ave travelled through Western Ne
bfaska at night and went across the
southwest corner of Southern Da-
kota, through Wyoming. We got to
Gillette, Wyoming, at o:4o a III. Mon
day. 1t is very nice little burg;
also Sheridan, a nice town. Saw
Devils Tower, 1000 feet high, apd 70
miles from Moorcroft, Wyoming. 1t
is natural monument We also saw
the Black Hills and the pine ridges
were something we enjoyed seeing.
We travelled through Montana, the
eastern part, in daylight. Saw the
Custer battlefield, in Crows agency,
where the battle was fought June IS,
1876, close to Crow Agency, Mon
tana. Lots OF Indians live all around
there. They said it was something
strange not to have snow in Eastern
Montana. We got to Billings Mon
day evening at g O'Clock. Changed
trains and left on the Great North
ern. Got in to Great Falls, Mon
laid dt udy iiSut 1uSsudy HUI ming.
1t is nice city. At noon the same
day we stopped in Glacier Park, in
the northwest part OF Montana, and
all got off and viewed the mountains.
1t was beautiful sight. The high
est part of the Rockies was at Eu
reka, Montana, 52o2 feet high. No
snow on the mountains to amount to
We left there and saw
some large saw mills and quite lot
of snow in the foot hills in north
western Montana. We got in to
Spokane, Washington. We never
got to see any OF Idaho, as it was,
dark. We followed the Flathead |
River for 90 miles into Idaho We
stayed at Spokane from II O'Clock
until 8 o'clock Wednesday morning.
We left there for Mount Vernon.
Spokane is beautiful city. We got
to Everett at 7 o'clock, ate supper
and stayed all night 1t is nice
town. We left for Mount Vernon
Thursday morning at o:3o 4. m. The |
Cascade mountains were covered
with snow, more SO than the Rockies.
We also went through the Cascade
S miles long.
Well, l expect you are tired of
.eading nonsense. We like this
fine. We have bought a
.anch of 40 acres and have some nice
,ows and are selling milk to the Car
mtion Condensary at Mt. Vernon,
Wash. 1t rains here quite lot, but
people don't mind it at all Is a
great dairy country.
Please change our Times paper TO
Burlington, Wash. i;
We have fine mountain snow water
md are two miles from the bay. The
DOT hills and Mt Baker are on the
last and the bay is on the west OF
is. The Skagit River runs through e.,
VT. Vernon. They dump lots OF logs {
n this river to go down to the saw
Mill at Clear Lake, and are sawed in I
o lumber. We are feeling fine and /
ike the country the same. = II
Well, we will elese.- Pfcase-z=rt
'ur next weeks paper out here,
Yours truly, L
Chester Hubbard