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wttwii tif ltd 55TH YEAR. OREGON, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919. NUMBER 23. THE INQUISITORIAL UODY. Holt's Grand Jury Return Twehe True Hill Something About The Jurors. The grand Jury which was called met (or business on Wednesday of last week and adjourned Friday, having found twelve true bills, and do you know not a single member of that In lulsltorial body would givo anything away as to the nature of their find ings, only to say that they nosed In and around the various county offl ers, and found things in fine shape, the officials ready to show their Looks and extend every courtesy pos sible. They made a trip to the poor .farm and found affairs there In an exceptionally satisfactory condition. The grand Jury was mado of as -.splendid and representative a class of -citizens as you will find unywhorc on this good old earth of ours, and they did their work In a most thorough manner. Sheriff Crouscr is to bo congratulated on his selections for the 1019 grand jury. John Slater, of Ulgelow, was the foreman; rhlllp Schlotihaucr, of Lew is, sheriff, and George Young, of Ilcn--ton, clerk. It was composed of tho following: John K. Slater, foreman, was born in Kngland, in 1854, and has therefore .started towards his CCth mllepost. In Mnrch, 1870, he and his wife came to Holt county, locating In Ulgclow town ship, on the A. I). Wclton land, and if you call at his home you will still fiml him on the old place. George Young, who acted as the clerk of tho body, was called from llenton township, and he was born In Nodaway township In 1874, and was raised on the farm. Tiring of this, lie went to Mound City, and engaged in the mercantile business, selling horseless vehicles, etc. I. A. Iddings, who represented Clay township, was born in Nodaway town ship In 1854, and has ever lived in the county. In 1875 ho went to Clay town khln. where he Is still fanning. J. A. Mllno Is from Forbes town ship, where he has been tilling the soil lncc 1880. when ho located in that township. He was born in Itoss coun ty, Ohio, in February, 1870. James Shumate, of Forest township, was bom In Harrison county, no., in 187S. and came to Holt county in 1895. He Is In the produco business st Forest City, and lie is a nusiici. Hen F. I'ra swntcr enmc on earth over In Andrew county In 1850, and when ten ycutu old came across tho Nodaway Into Holt, und the family located In Hickory township, where Mr. 1'rnlswatcr Is atlll on the job of farming. Kd Wehrll, of Liberty township, was born in that township In 1863, and has lived In tho township all his life. He is on tho old homestead, which his father, Peter Wehrll, used to own In I860, in the Hons Grove district. Philip Schlotzhauer, who was the jury's sheriff, was born In Atchison county In 1850, and when eight ycurs old came to Holt county with his par ents, and is farming tho old homo farm In tho Illuff City district. Charles K. Hankers, another of the native born, cumc into tho woild In Lincoln tuwnshin in 1870. bcinc a son of tho Into Henry Dnnkcrs, one of the pioneers of the county. Ho -bus lived on tho old homo farm near Coming nil his life. On the side ho has studied taxidermy, ami has ono of tho finest collections in tho state, If not the very finest collection. Gcor.ro Minton represented Mlnton township on tho jury. Ho is a son of the lato Henry Mlnton, a pioneer of that section of our county, and wus bom In I860, on the old Minton home stead, and which is one of the historic spots of Holt county. Georgo never got far away from tho old place, as lie lives on a farm adjoining mo old home farm. He says when he quits farm llfo In that section ho will bo too old to go anywhere but to the celestial city. N. L. (Newt.) Planalp was on the jury from Nodaway township, and camo to that section of our county from Ripley county, Indiana, In 1874, wncre lie was born in loiu. wniio me farmer has his ups and downs, Newt, says he likes the job and will likely stay with it. Emmett Gaffney, who represented Union township on tho jury, was bom in Lincoln township, but his father. James Gaffney, one of the original .stage drivers over tho stage routo from St. Joseph to Council Illuffs, has lived In Lincoln township many years, while Emmett moved over Into Union township when quite young and there ho has rcmaineil ever since. Emmett's boys are running his farm, while ho manages tho Farmers' Elevator at craig. Entertained. Tho Ladlcs' Ald society of the Pres byterian church met at the homo of Mrs. A. 11. Greene, on last Thursday uftcmoon, In honor of Mrs. It. S. Keevcs, who has moved to Kansas City, and Mrs. T, A. Claggctt, of St. Joseph, -wife of our former pastor. The society turned out in full attend .ance, and all had a joyous time, and no ono knows better than Mrs. Greene how to make every one feel it was good to be there. She wus assisted by Mrs, J. L. Greene, Mrs. Ben Morgan nnd Mrs. Charles Ruley, and after a few hours of social talk and music by Mrs. Walker, wife of the patter, the evening drew nigh, and all bade Mrs. Keeves good-bye with many good wishes and an abundance of luck In her new home. There wore 21 pres ent, Including the hostess. During the afternoon excellent refreshments were served, which included two kinds of .cakes, ice cream and coitee. i sssssT 1 - ABBBBBBT DON U. MARTIN, New Postmaster of Oregon. SEVENTY-NINE YEARS. Get Your Copy In. Wo must request all correspondents and others having news items for fiubllcatlon to get their copy to us not ater thnn Tuesday noon of each week, In ordor to norm it us to nublish It the same week. Many get their copy In at the last hour, and consequently we arc compelled to leave out much that we would otherwise nublish. Every- body will please observe this request, us wc win not gunrnniec publication of anything reuchlng us after this time, Tuesday noon. IIU Lu-t Cull. Mnrlon Wilson, an old resident of Forbes, died lit the homo of his sun. John, near Forbes, on Monday of this wceK, Sept. -J, ugeil 7. years. Ho was born In Fleming county, Ky in 1847, and came to Holt shortly after the war. He scivvd in the Union army, ns a member of the Gist Ky. Infantry. He is survived by two sons, Roy, of Kansas City, und John, of Foibes. Funeral icrvlccs were held Tuesday, Interment being in the Forbes ceme tery. Left A Will. The will of the late Daniel Fuhr- man, who died September 6, 1919, was filed for nrobatc lust week. Tho will was executed April 11, 1UU, and wus witnessed by Lave J. num. Win. r, Schultc and Edward F. Fuhrman. Alex Vunlluakltk was named us execu tor. but by reason of his non-rosl- dence, Edna '.. Fuhrmun, duughter, and Albert Nucllsch, u sondn-luw, will become administrators with will an nexed. Ho bequeaths 92 acres of his land holdings to his wife, Mury Ann Fuhr mun, tor life In lieu of dower. The remaining 80 acres of his lunds, ho requests to be sold and proceeds to bo divided equally between his lour cnn dren: Mrs. Albert Nocllsch, Florence, fc.dna .. und Roy U. I'Ulimiun. o A Pleasant Meeting. In February, 11)01, l'uul llrogg was born, und the following Cth of May, Richmond Cobum wus bom. Thcso two, now young men, begun their pri mary school wo ik tone I iv r in the uro- gon school. In courso of time, Prof. A. R. Cobum, then at tho head of our school, went to Chllllcothc, where for several ycura he wus the superinten dent or the schools there, and Rich mond attended tho schools there, and Paul stayed on tho school job In Ore gon. Doth these young men graduat ed this spring from their respective high schools, and both entered the State University tins fa 1. Ono day, last week, having entered tho ranks of the military cadets, their sizes being so near tho same they were ass gned side by side, and In a lew minutes they found thev wcro the same fellows that were primary schol ars at urcgon, and nro now solid chums in tho University. They had never met since tho Coburns left us. Was Horn Here. James Hart of Mound City, was here, Wednesday of last week, und we were truly glad to meet him. Jim was bom hero In 1869, over on the place recently owned by Judge Harry M. Dungan. It was here, while a child of a year old, that ho fell from a chair, which resulted in his being a cripnlo ever since, Dr, M, Seville attended him. He is a son of James Hart, who was ono of Oregon's early day harness makers, and who died in Mound City. Juno 4, 1914, where the family lived for many years. Mother Hart, now 92 years of age, is still living, enjoy ing excellent health for ono of her years. Her boys aro devoted to her, and they are of that class that bcllevo "there Is no one like mother." Never Grows Old. William R. Lipps, of Craig, ono of me "old kius" or mat section is bacK home from Columbus, Ohio, where he attended tho recent National Encamp ment of tho G. A. R. Although he is now 94 years of acre, he seems as active as the average man of 50. air. l.lpps was born m Cloy county, Kentucky October 30. 1825. In his early life the family came to Pettis county, near Sedalla, this state, where he enlisted In Company E, 5th Mo. Cavalry, serving three years. jonn aianier anu wire, uavid Brooks and E. J. McCown and wife also attended the encampment, and all have returned home safely. Don II. Martin Commissioned Post master at Oregon. The Office 79 Years Old. On Wednesday of this week, Octo ber 1, 1919, Don II. Martin became the 26th postmaster of Oregon. The original office was established ut Thorp's Mill, down on Mill Creek. In mil, and In 1840 R. II. Russell, then postmaster, decided to change the lo cution, and loaded up the postal ef fects anil moved them to Oregon, and then told the department what he had done and why he did It. Mr. Martin was recently confirmed by the senate, and his commission ar rived last week, and on October 1st he took official charge, succeeding Mr. Earl Wilson, who acted as postmaster, owing to the resignation of the post master, Hugh G. Harsha, who was up- Pointed In November, 1915, vice Geo. I. Allen, resigned. Mr. Harsha resigned to tako up the plow and his bondsmen selected Mr. Wilson in order to relieve Mr. Harsha, and Mr. Wilson took official charge In March, 1919, acting up to October 1st, and he has mnilc us on exceeding ly efficient postmaster, and while wc regret his retirement wc arc fortunate In having Mr, Martin tako up the Job. Ihcro will be no embarrassments to the patrons, as Mr. Martin served as assistant to Mr. Harsha from Novem ber, 1915, to April, 1918. If!.. I I 1 ''Lnl.l.A. 4UI.B UUIl'll tllUVlllll, 1MIUIIIV1 J. Dr. und Mrs. J. T. Thutchcr. will be Mr. Martin's nsslstant, and she has been in the office some little time with Mr. Wilson familiarizing herself with the routine work of the office. She Is a very capable young woman, graduating from our high school, class of 1915, and has tuught scvcrul terms of school In our county. uur new postmaster, won n. Martin, Is the son of James 11. nnd Emma Dibble-Martin, nnd was born in Ore gon, January 30, 1891 and is u gradu ate of our filch school, class (if 1912. He served us deputy county collector under Howard S. Ten re, November, 1013, to Murch. 1915; nsslstunt post muster under Huirh G. Harsha. No vember, 1915, to April, 1918. He then served ns clerk with the hnrdwnic firm of Tea ie & Ruley In this city from May, 1918, to August, Win, when ha revered his connection with this ilrm until he became our postmaster, which cumc to him through u civil scrvlco examination, willed Is the tint up- pointmcnt under this system In our county. He is now In his 2Cth year, and wo believe is tho youngest postmaster of our county. Ho is n member of tho Christian church, and I. O. O. F. nnd Masonic ontrrs. He muirlcd Miss Katie Fields, June 27 1917, und they have a baby clrl. Beginning with the creation of the postoffiro ut Thorp's Mill In 18.19 and Its removal to Oregon In 1840 by It, II. llusel, as postmaster, the follow. lug Is the roster of our postmasters following .Mr, Russell! William Zonk, January, 1842. John C. Normnn. Junuury 17, 1813, Geo. W. Kellcy, December !, 1845. John Dozler, Februury 7, 1818. Galen Crow. March 19, 1851. . Hcnrv W. Peter. December 5. 1853, W. II. Williams, DccemU-r 23, 18511, James J. Ruley, January 20, 1H, II. J. How en, Februury 20 I860. John P. Hnlhach, Januury 2, 18G1 Hownid T. Combs, May 11. lhCl. W. II. Sterrett. March 16. 1802. Wm. Hawkins, February 24, 1SG5. II. r . rotter, April 2S, muo. S. P. Jewell. Murch 10, 1809. Mrs. Kate G. Holtz, March 10, 1871 E. I.. Allen, November 14, 1881. Mrs. Kate G. Holtz, July 1 1885. D. P. Dobyns, July 1, 1889. Henry Shutts, November 30, 1893 Tom Curry, November 15, 1897. George II. Allen, April 30, 1907. Hugh G. Harsha, November, 1917. Earl Wilson, acting, March, 1919. Don R. Martin. October. 1919. Of these 2G postmasters, only Messrs. Curry, Allen, Dobyns, Harsha Wilson and Martin are In the land of tho living, all residents of Holt coun ty, excepting Mr. Allen who resides on n rami near r.mngnam, Kansas. Tho Oregon postoffice Is ono of the handsomest and most completely equipped of Its class In the Platte inirctiase. Third Call for New Members. The American Red Cross is making an appeal to ull former soldiers, sail ors and marines In Holt county to join mo nrmy or tho iced uross vol unteers who will aim to put the Holt County Chapter of the Red Cross drive for members, November 3 to 11, has been received by J, R. Colllson, tho county chairman, and Wm. A. Rich ardson, local campaign manager. The call is Issued by Edward Hidden, of St. Louis, Division Campaign Director. Ono of the most important things to receive your immed ato attention to make this a big success Is organiz ing all tho former service men In your community to uccome workers in no talnlng Red Cross memberships. These men all have a friendly feel Ing for the Red Cross, and doubtless every one of them will be a boomer for the coming drive. Will you not, therefore, see the most prominent service men who ore near you and get them to aBslut in this drive in their immediate vicinity? Mr. nnd Mrs. W. C. Swarner an nounce tho birth of a little son, Walter Crockett, Jr., Friday, Sept. 26th. Mr. Swarner Is the county agent of our county. ievl Schulte has on exhibition at tho Variety Store a Hubbard squash In a good state of preservation, which he stored away in bis cellar a year ago. R. II. RUSSKI.L, First Postmaster of Oregon. American Lesion. A meeting of those members of the army, navy or marines of the world wtr, in called to meet at the court house, on .Monday, October 0, 1919, ut t p. m., lor the purpose or taking the initial step looking to the organiza tion of a Post of the American U-i'lon. It is hoped that evciy man having un honorable discharge, residing in this section, will respond und enroll their names lor mcmiiersiiip, o Farewell Parly. A fan-well party was given by the Aid society of the Methodist church to Rev. and Mis. Hand, nt the home of Mr. utul Mrs. Andrew Tochtermnn, Tuesday evening, Sept. 23. Quite n lurgu numncr or people attended, and the evening was given over to convei sntlnn ntnl music .Mr. ami Mis. Hand sang u duet, und .Main I l.ukens sung a solo. Refreshments weio served ut a Into hour, after which the company (icpuitt'd for hime. with the best wishes und success for the Rand fum- lly In their new home. Some-Trophies. Prof. Carl llr, nf uur school stuff, saw service, over In France, and com ing home he munugeil to bring a few souvenirs, nnd he has hud them on display In the milliard & Ensor show- window. In the lot are n 75 French shell, a 1'ivnch one-pound shell, u pair of French tieusnnt shoes, wood soles nnd leather tops, un American ens musk und helmet. Tho French shells uro handsomely decorated and curved, the work of Mr. Hose person ull)', und we don't know which ho should have been un engrnvi-r or u tcuchcr. A Had Accident. A Mr. U-nt, living neur New Point, on Thuisdny of lust week Sept. 25, 1919, wus ussisting Mr. Will Teiry nt his pluce to make sorghum, und Mr. Lent wus feeding the cune mill, lly some means Mr. Lent's light huiid wus ruught In tho crusher in such u way us to so badly crush it that umputntioii wus found to Ik- ubolutclv necessary only the thumb of the hand being returned, He wus huirieil to Forest City by Mr. Tcriy, In his cur, nnd Dr, llullock, assisted by Dr. Chandler, rendered tho necessary piufesslonul services, und Mr. l-nt Is doing us well us could bo expected. allV VMIHl .111.' UMI. Friday Sept. 26, the Oregon Camp li'lp.i (!lrl iiniikuml 11 ulv ..'liil .lln.inv a.w ...,n .IIIUJV'I M . WV.VVft .......V, lit till. Iinm,, nt lnlVilnnn fti,n,Knlt ino dinner wus a grand one und tlin onttm Pnmii nt.. until In mlunr. WM..I H.V ...... ... IIIIFV.jl hlnnnr vi'tiu fnM.tu'fxl lit. n muni mo lawn, men u snort business meet Mr. Campbell took tho girls and men Kuunnun uul " nis car. 1'hf Prlil.iv nr.-.,lln,- tliti M Vl . - 1 ,...vt...B v.. .a .. lel. niter tr-pntlm- ttm Imnfli t.. ln cream, loaded them and their baggugu Intll It IL'tii.nn tin. I tn.tls IUm n Will Hanna farm, whero they spent uiu mum ami neiii mcir nrti ccic mnnliil tn.i.itlm I1n ...,. t,, II.. ..I.l .1 . In the house. Supper und breakfast wv-rv cuokcu over me camp inc. in uiu morning mo cuiup nixed 10 lown Will You Ite.enllHlT Aro you thinking of rc-enllstlng In tho American Red Cross? Third call will bo from NovcmLer J to November 11. If you havu not decided, ask these questions. Ask uny womun or girl who has taken tho Red Cross course In Homo Nurslm; und cure of tho Hick. wnemcr enc nus been bcncrited by it. Ask tho service man or any of his family what they would liavo done without tho Red Cross service. Ask tho wounded fighting man, who Is still In a camp hospital, what the Red Cross is doing for him. Ask tho 35,000 Americans who nro guarding the Mexicun border if the Red Cross Is u comfort to them. Ask the hun gry, the weak, the homeless, tho sick, the Borrowing, tho suffering, to what they look for future aid. Ask thcso 3uestions. Then ask yourself, shall I rop the Red Cross or shall I place my name on the enrollment list and do all I can to get others to do tho same? Every person will bo asked to join the Red Cross or renew their member shin for tho year 1920. Won't you volunteer? Leave your name and dollar with your treasurer or any omcer oi your Chapter, and save solicitors a lot of t(me and hard worn. . i ours truly, J. K. COLLISON, Chairman Holt County Chapter, LLX'KY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. What Various School Districts Get Out of the School Appor tionment. County Clerk Kunkcl has been on a "figuratlng" job, assisted by his dep uties, to usccrtaln what umount of money was due tho various school dis tricts out of the moneys coming from tho statn nnd other sources, and we published this in our Issue last week, and from it wc learn that the total money apportioned wus $21,183, This sum came from the following sources! State funds $15,481 County funds 7,913 Township funds 785 Total $24,183 The avcrngc rate per scholar Is Jfi.Ill, and the total real estate und personal tux Is $104,809. The total number of children of school ugc enumerated In 1919 Is 1,832. In 1890, 23 years ago, wc had 5,779 children enumerated In our county. Our records show that In 189C wc hud 109 teachers, und the total paid for wnges that year wus $30,797, an uverugc annual compensation of $338, while .Mr. Kunkcl's annual report to the slate superintendent shows n total of 139 teachers, who received a total of $80,406, or un nvcnige of $578. The table published Inst week shows that the following rural districts rank. rd ns follows us to the uverugc dully uttemlunccs Summitt, 31 out of 40 pupils, Richvllle, 33 out of 58 pupils. Forbes, 40 out of 01 pupils. Oak Grove, 33 out of 42 pupils. Of the Consolidated districts, the average daily nllcnilunco was; No. 3. FortcKi'c. ICC out of 214 nunlls. No. II, New Point, 118 out of 1(52 pupils. No, 1, Minnesota Valley, 1U3 out of 128 pupils. Mi. -', iiigoiow, out oi ii;i pupus, The nvcrtiL'o dully attendance of the special districts wus: Mound City, 373 nut nf IB. pupils, Oregon, 301 out of 307 pupils. Forest City, 180 out nf 221 pupils, Maltland. 183 out of 218 pupils. Craig. 1159 out nf 199 pupils. Cuming, C5 out nf 90 pupils. As to tho valuations of tho districts, the fnllnwing tuko rank in the rural districts: lllnlr $217,700 lonesome 18(5.280 Lincoln 181,180 Summit 173,170 Consolidated districts rank ns fol lows: Nn. 1, Minnesota Vulley $629,910 No. 3, Fortescuo 479,200 Nn. 0, New Point 460,520 No. 2, Ulgclow 388,700 The special districts take the fol Inwinr rank as to valuations: Mound City $826,350 Oregon 804,'lfiU Malthinil 464,870 Craig 376,150 As to the tax levies, Montlcelln Is the highest nf the rural districts, $1.75; Forbes, $1.50; Richvllle, 85c; Culp, 80c. Of the Consolidated tllstilcts New- Point. $2.6(1; lllgelnw, $1.50; Fortes, cue. $1.50: Kelso. S1.50. The tux levy of Multlund Is $1.90; Mound City, $1.50; Coming, $1.50, und Oregon, $1.40. In the apportionment of the school moneys, Chambers district will receive $302, $200 of this is from state aid; Forbes, $338; Richvllle, $240; lone some. $270. Consolidated No. .'1 receives $1,356; No. 6. SOC'.t: No. 1. $968: Nn. 2. $916. Mound City leccives $2,911, of which $153.25 Is state aid; Oregon 2,838 $153 stute nidi Forest City, $1,909, $013 state aid; Coming, $l,tu, o After Forty Years. After nn absence of more thnn forty years, James Cook, of Speurflsh, S. I)., is back here, visiting his brother, Henry, nnd other relatives nnd friends. This is his first visit hack to the old home since he left here foity ycurs ago, last June. Ho says there are few left thut he knew when ho left here, nnd those that aro left left nro very few, and while ho remembers them, their faces aro not familiar to him. In fact, ho says he finds the names of many, more than aro now living that ho used to know, on the momumcnts over in tho silent city. Jim is looking well, now In his 71st year, but he hus changed In looks, so that the few remaining friends left fall to recognize him at tho first look, He has now disposed of soma of his Interests In tho West, and will take a rest, going to California, where he will pass the wintor with his brother, William. They were just on tho cast em eileo of tho dry belt, consenuently did not Buffer from tho drouth as se verely as those west of them. Well, wo aro awiui gind to novo mm dock with us, and looking and feeling as well as he docs. o Took French Leave. W. II. Ncwland. who was broucht here from Falls City, last week, and lodged in jail on tho charge of issuing bogus checks, has gone without leav ing his P. O. address with tho sheriff. Wednesday morning of this week. Oct. 1, 1919, he went out to bring In a bucket of water; not returning ns soon as he should, in about five min utes, both Mr. and Mrs, Crouser be came alarmed and on looking out to the cistern, ho could not be seen, and Mr. Crouser at once started on his trail, and Is now after him with the aid of his deputies. Newland had not been gone to exceeu live minutes be fore the sheriff was on bis trail, The Great Gulf Storm. We arc under oblleutiona to I. J. Crain, Route 2, of this city, for the Privilege of publishing the followins; letter, which was written to his moth er, Mrs. M. E. Cruln, of Shelby county, by his sister, Mrs. Pope Dcmmltt, of St. l.ouls, who with her husbund, hai nrrlved In Corpus Christi, Texas, bo fore the great storm visited thcro tliey were in that city at the time, nnd sno gives a very interesting descrip tion of the storm and the havoc wiought by It. Mr. nnd Mrs. Dem mitl have a section of land near Fal- furrlus and were go ng down to look after their Interests there when tho storm overtook them in Corpus Chris- ii. following is the letter: "Corpus Christi, Tex., Sept. 16, 1919 "Dear Mother: It v the time vou read this letter you wll have hail a wire and know wc nre all right. Pnpo is out now trvinir to tret word to vou ull, Well, wc have hud nn uwful ex perience. The storm cumc up nt 2 u. in., Sunday, and ut 3 p. m., Sun day, we left our house. (I mulled you it letter Saturday ut 6 p. in.) Fivo young men guided us through about six blocks to the court house. When wc left home the wuter was up to our shoulders, but wc walked; the current wus so great, the wind blowing und so much timber floating, no one could swim. We sat up Sunday night. fho storm was utmost over bv I a. in.. Monday. Tho churches, high school, court house und other large high buildings uro hous ing the people, and the city and Iteil Cross nre tecding us, Frances and I went to the hospital, on thild floor, fitted up Monday, us rest patients Inst night, both on u single bed, und we were to leave If they needed tho bed during the night for sick, but it wus nut needed, so wc rested well. Pope slept on u table. He went out homo this morning. Our trunks and things that were upstairs weic all right, but ono new- suit case, with hit ntnl my best clothes, wc hud down stairs to bring out with us, wus full of wuter. Our first floor had wuter up to the table top, Well, wu arc very happy that wc me nil well and sale. Frances and 1 still huvu on our bath ing suits. We have nut taken cold. although wo ull had to keep on wet clothing. Wc will Ii-um- hen- us soon us It Is sure. Will be some time be fore wc cun get bagguge nut nf hoUM. San Antonio sent two curs of men this morning to help clean up thu streets, three curs of Ice and food. All the hotels, warehouses uial gioc ry stures nro under wuter. All of Wuter street gone. 200 bodies found In some little time. 60 or C5 peoplu spent the night, Sunduy, on top of a brick drug store, with nothing but u few boxes to put their heads In, A baby glil born hero this morning ut ten o'clock. 20 dead bodies in thin basement (In the couit house). Mr. l ord, tho man we rent from, has not found his mother und sitter. Ono man here lost all his family. Ho is taking caro uf u littlu boy that cannot finds his folks. I just stopped writ ing to look out the window ut tho boxes for tho deu.l, und some lire out ut thu side uf the building putting tho dead in boxes. They will nut let folks huvu bodies, but tho city Is taking charge, of everything. ou have to have a pass to go every place. Tho llttlo stores that ure left uic not al lowed to sell anything, thu people be ing fed by the city. It is very sad, but we uie so blessed. So many people nre homeless, with nothing hut u few wet rugs, which cun hardly bo (iried out us there is so much salt wuter in them. The city water, gas iiiul lights ure all out. Every one in town has to register today. About 100 men urrestcd und held for steal ing from dead bodies und tho homes lett. They nre just turning the water on this floor, lots of dislntectunts be ing used. Wo will go to Fulfurriusns soou as it Is safe to leave town. "Wcduesiluy, 0:30 a. m. " "Wo nro very well this morning. Pope has gone to the city hull to get a pass out home. The city is under stute guurds. Nobody can leave or comu in. Any one trying to move uround town is shot. Two or three people wcro shot on tho streets last night; they would not halt so much stealing, finding so muny deud bodies now, they will not bo brought here, but tuken out und buried. They can not be identified now. It Is now ruin ing, I was In the kitchen this morn ing helping with breakfast, and will iro down at 10 o'clock and help with dinner. Still have on my bathing suit. We may get out to tho house and get something to put on ufter dinner. About 100 cots were brought in hero just night, and 20 doctors und nurses camo In this morning. They are Just calling u train out for San Antonio, at 11 o'clock. We hear so many things, will write some more later. Do not know when wo will get to mall this. "Thursday morning. "Still ralnlnc. some people leaving town, u few trains gono out. We may not get out until tomorrow, as we want to take our baggage with us. I'opo is Just leaving to get a pass out of town. Eight men were shot Tues day night for stealing. Wednesday uftcrnoon a Mexican was rescued alive seems wonderful, all his family lost. You can not Imagine oil tho suiter ing. We are doing fine and keep well. Frances Is down in Red Cross room, helping to give out clothing. Pope slipped by with a suit case as wo came from home yesterday. He had to have a pair of overalls, the Red Cross sent out for them. We cannot be away irom hero niter seven o'ciock. "Lots of love. Will write again and let you know our address as soon' as wo have one. '4" "Lovingly. Your Daughter." , til li ;Af