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flllL, LUiiU I xllU UI iUUYVIiiMr, and Mrs. Phil Cullen, Who Are Spending Winter at Bakersfield.linkers field; Calif., Jan. 2S. ‘''-•ear Friend Branagan:; think any more of what they v doing tluin as if they were pure!in I? shoe iuces.As I have written you at slt; length. 1 must finish this letter, and Mrs. Terence Cullen join us sending best wishes to all our I Alto relatives and friends.Very truly yours,Fhilip CuiiMrs. Cullen and I arrived lust fall safe and sound and we have since been enjoying the best of health. We hare had sunshine ever since, I never saw liner weather.Kern county, in which Bakersfield is situated, is a very fine section ofcountry. We have grand scenery.urn! f *»*»:« .. n v.u.j— ij--*v ttIJ oxiLVi CglLCUALUn*products arc crown in iiMih.io«nn—u.iuutiVV.My brother Terence was building a house when ,vcame. It is finished now ami we are living in it. it has all the modern conveniences and makes them a comfortable home. Terence finished seeding his lawnHr. II, If. Ozamie in Tows.Dr. IT. H. Ozanne came from I Moines the last of the week and vi ^ ed over Sunday with his many !o . friends. He has not yet gone to C ifornia but may take the trip t month. He is thinking some of eating ia Des Moines. He reno j that rooms in the new Fault able ini j ing are renting Cor $2.f)Q per mot j per square surface foot. This is so' | dearer than Emmets burg rates. ] : Oxantie came from Des Moines by lt;j but, on account, of the storm, ho h i to leave it and return by train.*yesterday.The four of us have taken many drives through the country. My brother has a Studebnfcer car. He. knows nearly every road in the state. ! He also understandsahow to get over' tbetu. One day tve went to the Fortes j vil)e Linzy citrus frurt country, i winch is 110 miles from here. If l ! were told that there was such a j country, I would scarcely be he Ye it. jWe traveled through hundreds of ac-I M. DYER FORIF.ATE SEMATflD. N. Luse Asks for Nomin tion of Clay County Fanner,Editor Democrat: I believeIf,01 ‘em011 fnd °’’ange orclianls-j the farm organization will make aj o.,i olber hilld ot (mit „jnri,iske if they talI [o Ese thc.rblown in this localitv Qt*a j ,■ liere aie flueace to secure the no.miuationm i f aCfeS °ransC aDd Iem’ George M. Dyer, President of oiciai 4 near Bakersfield. The j Farmer Grain Dealei'i-'associationrntir n a r a » n ^ •is a real dirt farstate senateor. He has n.JH' actively engagedcity has targe packing houses. Farmers in this section have, during the past couple of years, planted large tracts of different varieties of grapes.Art Theile, formely of Emmetsburg, ...... jo ^ ^ ^raised 23. tons of raisins the past j ire vVm* Pv^i-Sanne. and is hie year on 20 acres of ground. Aside j GC1 with a rare trait of common set irom this, he shipped two cars of j He is not a seeker for office but I grsea grapes. He has charge of a live that he will accept, if we do «farming for over 30 years and is n living on a farm of a section not from Dickens. He is a man of atlarge business her*. The ecmpsr.y that employs him is one of the largest m the state. He attends Verv closolvpart and draft him. It is one of most important offices -that we ht the opportunity to fill at the next elto business and is entitled to the j ton, and it is up to the farmers to-cure- the nomination or a mangood position' tfcsi-is-holds* He is'wetr known here and has .the good knows our needs’ and will stand fo will of everybody, I have taken sev- square deal on 'every proposition p 6 s 11,15)5 wltIx ht’m- j seated to the legislature. We oujMy brother Terence lias a 40 acre j to name the man who can sml m ranch at Shatter and he has a small look alter pur interests. Now is ttime. Don't wait until somevineyard. lt;He had five acres o£ calla cotton. He sold the crop of cotton seeker gels the nomination andof eight bales for $1,200. Five acres ; kick 'because we have a lameot pink beans brought him $500. The nominated.Shafter disttct is about 20 miles from J Yours truly*BaKersneid. It was aeulyu upuur- iU. IN. Lu• r? vi-iA.-- uVS rc5.ro.ir. j. - » ■ ■■itiuai, tn xjictfarmers are Germans. The land is : Files to (live Keynote,exceptionally good atld will false any- j j. r. Files of Fort Dodge hs be thing that is tried on it. Many ipota- j chosen temporary chairman of ttoes were shipped to market from Shatter. The number of cars marketcoming democratic state conventii He ..is scholarly and oratorical.U'.ac tllrt Stn ixltrla frt_*»*-“v- vy u tuuu’juai^ • fiX.'Ted two years ago was. 800. Pntar.no*yield from BO to 100 sacks per acre, j nor two years ago. He should I was vary much surprised to see j named one of the Iowa delegates the large Quantity of cotton that was j large to the national convention, raised here last year. The grade is ! —•--the best in the world. I went through some of the large cotton gins. The j!U:'AYVAY HITS' MAIL 1VAG0Ss*' ;--- c’ ’ jfarmers own them. The immense | Elmer Hough of Mallard Had Tlir: number of cotton bales that are i ing Experience Friday,stacked up and ready to ship repre- jsent a great neai of money as prices j (By our Mallard Correspondent) are high. Alfalfa does well in this j Mail carrier Elmer Hough of tl part of California and sells for ?25 place had a serious accident. Frid per ton. It is a very profitable crop, afternoon, when the big black te: We had a very .delightful trip com- j owned by the T. .1. Flynn family ring out. We cossed the mountains 50 ; away. The horses were hitchedmiles from Bakersfield. It was the most crooked route that I ever saw.We came over , the Southern Facific road and came head on into I road. At one place the train circled j Hough's team, as he was oil his wa wagon loaded with manure. • Th left ..the barn yard and ran into ta mountain coming out under the track it went up. At another pointW(* mu j d loril.' lt;-*»i f r\* ri,» ...... —•- -j -V44V VU 1 U tllLlim 13znd sot1 the front end of our train.9•**' nii'ir C*iiw batik lu wiitri'c I i a*delivering mail. He pulled into t ditch as far as he could hut. coi not get out or the way. (.me of 1 horses was thrown about 20 feet a 'ire uiiiur uue was knocked under tmail wagon. Both were injured, ositting and grabbed me. She thought another train was running into us. quite badly. The harness was co The automobile road runs close to the J pletely ruined. The wagon tone track. Terence drove us up there i and double trees were broken in pii one day and wo saw the great loops j es, but the wagon istelf was not da. and tunnels on the railroad. There J aged much. Mr. Hough jumped wh are cement roads all through this the saw the horses were going to : section, They run nearly up to ev- j him and aside from getting wet a erv farm home. I do not see hw tho; muddy, lie escaped without injurv. county gets the money to build so: .Jlcr. P, A. Johnson SnudftyRPV. 1 A lltu-nn f*T n«t -- * •*. i * ir V LAW J1 VI kJ i LOKiny of th?m.Hftkerslield is jn a vtry larao vallovmu\ is surrounded by mountains. One ; retarv of the Congregational' ronfr uay we drove up onto the Los Angeles j once of Iowa, will occupy the pul] riuge which is 40 miles from Bakers-1 of the local church next Sunday. Iat'ld. A SoOO.oO^t hnt.^1 mi ni^ ! !»ji »..._______• * • •* * -* Mv it ur. tn »* * Jtl till V i S rof the- higji peaks. .(! is as flu« a f preacher on the occasion of the BO building as 1 have over seen. T asked j anniversary of the church a year a« my brother what fool nut: up such a | last October. Ho is oho of the rotilbeautiful structure at. such a high, brilliant preachers of I ho slate. J..■I,.vntion. and lie said it vms Dnrmit, . Bsvivlnr.iVn Vriiif'.siir.uu* nh'Ul. Pom (J'Ulivn ...... _____I I *); i r:i I ■ NV Tlir- I'/v.al' n [su J.r;I vf[i'yoin it Fmui^{o Lo?*: • \^j(.^'[fit- (::i Ti:Im.-.;ry h-.-jr- ji ^Mtfi-'rfjjbihas .t Li:\\clt; i;nviil\-r im'-ts. '\ h-‘Vr ;|V,I IV -klSVh* nnbi in (hnrn SI Ap I !l*» :.;iip Of itSMlslirv ,'Pr:|■ Sil'-S bn/ :**•**)■ * oiw in ,n]| po= ;iv.!-f- 1. '! |1 ]! I i’x:; 1 i' Sc Vs'H i fi-js \/ J j | ji .A*il l. ‘r;u- lb*' A! \ rh/r. 5l11' .- it: :! for, , r -vi ruMis in loc’.iI Ijimli ?\?ro!jr'ii*.of' i ij -.. I I I
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 06, 1924
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