The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-07-29

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where IL was. Asked me II IL was in
.hat neighborhood. / told him / did
not know anything about his neigh
borhood, but wegot the map and
| found the direction, and we went
down through town until we came TO
Mason street, turned up for or 6
blocks, there Wa drove up in front
of beautiful home. where wife's
aunt lived. We made ourselves known
although a surprise to them We were
received with the most cordial well
come. IL was about o'clock In the
afternoon. We took a good rest until
next morning, then they drove US
| through Camp Travis which covered
about 5000 acres OF land and was
quite a sight TO US. can't describe II
in this letter, but you can imagine
everything you can and then you
wont be started on IL. They drove US
from the camp TO Breckenridge park
where we saw everything from a rat
TO a zebra, every kind OF fowl up TO
the ostrich and he was some bird, as
tall as / am.
Resuming our trip we crossed the
river at Oakville about noon, aimed
to stop and eat dinner, il was the
4th of July and the boys and girls
were all in the water and laying
around under the shade trees with
their bathing suits on. but wife said
that didn't look like Scurry county
people to her. dressed that way so
she prevailed on us TO 90 on. We ran
on to another creek and ate our din
her. then cranked Old Betsey and
went on through Matthews, on
through Alice and camped at little
Ialce 10 miles Of Falphuris, drove
through Falphuris earnly next morn
ing and on through dry level coun-
try for miles and miles, not thing
growing that amounted to anything.
all at once we ran out OF desert look
ing country TO where the corn was
10 or - feet high and creeks were
everywhere as | thought they were
but they call them canals in this
country.
At Danna We inquired for our old
friend 7. r. Kelly, got directions and
drove half mile north OF the railroad
about three and half miles east.
with house on almost ev ry 10 or
l12 acres. with the first yard and
walks. drive way, lined with beauti-
! full flowers, there We stopped and
walked in on Mrs. Kelly, to her sur
prise She was so glad to see us. We
Toasted there for or 9 days and it
was a feast too. had everything TO
cat thought. But they told us that
ve came at The wrong time OF the
year. We went on to the lake the
II 1t day fishing, could see tish
jumping up all on the lake. We went
to Sunday school and church on sun
day Monday following We went out
east of town to Burton Kelley's and
took dinner. Went to another lake
that evening fishing. whore they say
the water is supposed TO be 40 or so
rset deep in places. The boys went in
bathing. saw a large hotel standing
on the bank OF the lake for a winter
resort. we LETT that lake and went to
another TO spend the night. Next
morning all went back to Mr.. Kelley
staid out that day. They had quit
work and showing rs time when
we sure appr ciated. We LEFT Mt
Kslley's the next morning for san
beuito. travelling through town after
town. came through lIarlingen, turn
ed south to Sanbenito, which is
miles There they arr building con
crete road between the towns W.
drove into Sanbenito which is beau
: tiful little city of $500 inhabitants
: There We enquired for our old frienc
&c. c. Wood, which was easy to find
: for everyone knows him. We drove
: south to the river about 10 or Il
miles, with houses as il we were II
: almost a town. We ran up on hin
: down on the Rio Grande river, VIII
; a beautiful home of Gao acres Of
: level land and between and hun
dred acres in cultivation. To his sur
: prise. He sure was glad to see u.s. W.
: find he is one of the directors in th'
: Farmers state Guaranty Bank, als'
: Director of the Chamber OF Commerc
: belongs to the Rotary Club OF san
Lsnito. aside from all of this h still
: loves the farm and lives out on
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