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Charles E. H. Bates Family Correspondence, Aug. 1899-Dec. 1917

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and while we were there Ned Henck got up in back of me and the horse began bucking at a great rate. I thought we would both go off.

They had a couple of pretty good races there Saturday. Alden Burrell raced against two of the Flying A cowboys but got beaten, and then those two cowboys raced with two others with shaps [chaps] on and mexican saddles.

We are getting up a vaudeville show and it's going to be pretty good I think. I'm going to be in a play called "Mrs. Oakley's Telephone", and then in the chorus of the Yama Yama song. Marion Baillie, my room-mate sang in it a show in Tacoma, so she is going to be the Yama girl and Phyllis, two other girls and myself are going to be in the chorus. Then I'm going to play for a song and dance stunt that Marian Rodolph and Garret Winship are going to do.

You seem to be managing everything lately. I know you love to manage things.

Yep, we have hash for lunch sometimes and its awful, but thank goodness they draw the line when it comes to breakfast and dinner. We get pretty good eats here sometimes.

Some Valentine you sent me too. Oh yes, I still love you in the same old way.

Marian and another girl, Adalene Hatch from Oakland, send their love to you.

Good-bye

Doris (Alias Montie).

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coming down on the train last tuesday night. All the same bunch who had gone up together were on the train except one of the boys, and then there was a new girl, Beth Stark, from Oakland, who is very nice.

Three of the other girls, Alden Burrell and a fellow that was on the train, and I went out to the observation car and stayed until we were kicked out. Then we stayed longer and had lemonade and ginger ale. Gee we had a swell time.

We had to get off the train at 6:25 and there were two motors to meet us.

It seems as if we had been down here for months all ready.

Last term I didn't have a

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