The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-08-14
From Simon Goodman.

Minn. but not on pleasure trip
| was there eleven days; is feeling az
good, as could be expected consider
and also removed gall bladder; ia
| able to walk around some, but In
! pretty. weak and sore yet Doctor
said she was doing fine but will stay
and have wounds dressed for awhile
yet. ,-Yfi
Rochester is sure human repair
shop. People say that they average
| operating on about 40 people each
day, and you would think so if YOU
could see the people come and CO.
| saw people from China, West
X{TgniS III oGar Ganaqa a. Te9a Texas il
where they, examine people is Z.
large building six or seven stories
and it's jam full from top to bot
tom all the time. Each person ia
examined with about seven different
tor for. decision then they send you
to the hospital as soon as they have
room. Mrs. Goodman was in st.
Mary'ss hospital; it's large build
ing about a block one way, four
| people waiting. Some will have to-
wait for week or more and there
are several more hospitals, large
! ones, and they are all full. There
are people by the thousands wait
ing to get through the clinic. Ro-
shade trees l ever saw in a town
and more of them. Nice buildings
and well put up. They have 25
hospitals and rooming houses and
are building four or five more, one
is million dollar hotel, and you
| n9n't hQ r61v find D1ono fo iyS
houses out Of 12 that either rooms.
or rooms and bed. Rochester is a
city of about $1,000 and there are
from two to 1000 visitors there all
the time: ! went out on sight
the town several times; went out
to State hospital and insane asylum
where they have 800 inmates and
have 1900, acres Of land and they
tend their farm and keep $50 to 200
COWS eoWs. III ! was was t through ,; the dairy
it's true, this barn is kept cleaner
than one-half of the houses. l was
| there about half past 10 and it
didn't look like; there. had ever been
COW in this barn, but there were
calves in the barn while was
there It's white washed twice each
day and ! don't think l saw dozen
awfully large buildings for the
people that they have there and are
building more. They raise every
t@ng at theX eXKarey qSs on Masos fas farm farm was
about $500 acres. in one body; his
home is about three miles out OF
town, built on the northwest hill
side and the brush so thick cow,
can hardly get through. You can
only only f get 6a close So9ss enouER to ue see na the
close to st. Mary's hospital on q
hill so high that their water tower
sets on the ground close by; he has
a million dollar home and there is
brush in his back lot that a dog can
hardly get through. but there are
hsIth their scho9l HOG !; house coyers SH9 h block in
about seven stories high and the
Mayos occupy part of that for oper-
ating rooms, In, fact, the Mayos
was one day last week that they
said that there were 1900 register
ed at the clinic and awhile back they
said that there we're $4,000 people
there in two weeks. Just like bees
in hive, going and coming, all the
way is wide enough that they park
their cars in the center of street
marked off in white, place for each
car, and there is room on each side
for three cars to pass and have
plenty of room. Thirteen years
ago Rochester was just little town
and IA years ago they didftheir
first paving and are putting in lots
of it this year, but 1t don't look like
our paving. What they put.m IA
years ago is lots better thans ours
a bit, could write lots more lint will
| ring off with best wishes tOsall.
Yours respectfully, n