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f, JANUARY IS, 1917.NO 4 $Interesting Letter from J. A. Jekins.Cheyenne Wells, Colo.Dec. 17, 1916. i Dear Sam Ball:! This is a shut-m day in eastern Colorado. A fierce “northei nsr”1 is on, and only those who are | driven forth hy sheer necessity' | take the road in snch weather. We have had two or three such spells since winter began; other-| wise the fall has been ideal. We i have had no snow as yet to lay on more than' two days. The one I falling now may stay. Cattle j roam on the rtnge and live with-I ou further care, but a deep snow puts us to the task of sheltering and feeding stock.Crops in this particular section were light this year. Most farm ers tho raised sufficient to carry them thru the winter. We feel the pinch of high tost of living but no more tha se, ms to prevail everywhere. Everybody fromthe farmers to the factory,— thence back through the various avenues of trade to the farmer, each is anxious for too much profit. The war gets the blame for much of these murderous prices.“Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long,” is not so applicable to social conditions now, as practically expressed by Goldsmith in his less covetous times.We thank you Sam Ball for the very kind message you sent by Grover Calvert. That was a gen ^erous item in your paper and it is appreciated at this end of the mail route. Grover has arri ;ed at his home in Colorado and expresses supreme delight with the cordiality of friends whom he met in Clark county, Missouri. People who never wander away from the endearing home associations, can never know the hearty welcome that those experience who go out to see the world and in after years return and renew the hallowed friendships.We do not feel altogether expatriated out here. Besides the numerous good people who helped to settle this part of the West; coming from the various states, there are a good lot of good Clark county people adjacent to us.Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mayfield, who spent most of their lives near Chambersburg and their sons, Oscar and Lee Mayfield andtheir iparried daughter, Amy Boyack, are about ten miles from us. George Mayfield has been county Commissioner for four years, time expiring Jan. 1917. He fill--ed this office creditably. Near Mr. Mayfield is J. N. Snider and wife, they were from near Revere We frequently see them as their automobile brings them this way as they go to Cheyenne Wells.Nearer to us, about three miles is Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wolf and son, Donnie. They were life time residents of St. Francisville Mrs. Wolf js a sister ot Cal Frost and all of whom were school mates of the writer in the middle sixties. They are not behind in helping to develop this countryIn the thriving little town of Arapahoe, is Mrs. Lenna Howard and Mrs. Lela Dickson, they are daughters of Mason Sherman, of your county. Mrs. Howard’s husband is the leading hardware merchant and Dr. Dickson beside conducting a general store is a successful practioneer.Joel Abernathy and wife are about five miles of Arapahoe, and has a well stocked ranch and quite alone now since their children are all married and away doing for themselves. Their daughter, Charlotte, recently married a man by the name 06 Claud Shriner. She has been con ducting a real estate business in Arapahoe. You will also recognize them as former St. Francisville people.John Snyder, who was familial y knownjjack in Clark county as “Lightning rod Snyder” after selling out here two years ago and locating in Roger Mills county Oklahoma, sold his land there at a tempting price—came back here this summer and after traveling for many months in quest of an ideal place to make a final settling down, bought 890 acres within three miles of where he pulled up stakes in this county and says he has them all skinned for a good ranch. John is a hus tier to say the least of it.You will remember Billy Owen of near Ashton, lie lives within five miles of Arapahoe, and has a well stocked cattle ranch and he an - wife are enjoying better h- than when they firstc-.iroe o lt;i-i country. Their son, Johnis with them and he besides dealing some in stock, makes a side line of selling automobiles. J. H Nelson, Mr. Owen’s son-in-iaw, has served two terms as County Assessor and retires from that office the lUSt ol me jrcm. tie was also an efficient officer, he was also from near Ashton.Harve and Grover Horton near Luray, are among tiie stayers of our vicinity and are helping to make things go in a business way. Grover Horton recently had the sad misfortune to lose his wife, leaving several small children, one an infant. His sister, Mrs. Briggs, from Medill, Clark county, came out and took the children back with her to tempor arily furnish them a home.E. B. Mason well and favoi-ably known to you is working for Uncle Sam on a tri-weekly route at Arena, this county, wliile his family is heroically running Mrs. C. W. Stewarts ranch near Cheyenne Wells. E. B. takes a lively ipterest in the farm tho spending Sunday and some off days at home.Robt. Schaffer has a ranch six miles south of Cheyenne Wei s and is giving that his undivided attention now. During the incip ient stage of his homesteading he was in the employ of the U. P. railroad. „Wm. Pritchett owned a small ranch joining me on the east but sold it and now is quietly spending his time in town.Jesse Mattley, who lived near t! e Scotland county line in Missouri, has a good ranch 8 miles north of Cheyenne. Wells, and deals largely in stock. His sister. Mrs. W. C. Schultz, lives in town Her husband is one of the cattle kings of this county.Do you know that our newly elected Democratic Lieutenant Governor. James A. Pulliam, married a Clark county lady and well known to all of you. She was Miss Florence Lewis, I believe the youngest daughter of I. N. Lewis. I never met Mr. Pui-liai.. but he is an able and popular man in our state. Judge Gunter, the Governor, also a man of acknowledged superior ability These and other able It aders in our great state make us very hopefukof a wise and jiifoicious administration. 1This letter is getting too lengthy. There are many things I would like to say but will wait until next time.Mrs Jenkins and I are well and we constitute our family at home I have written of these good former Missourians because I felt that many of your readers would read of them with deep interest!We wish your family and office force, as well as all of your readers a merry Christmas and a hap py New Year. Fraternally.J. A. Jenkins. Kahoka (Mo) Gazette-Herald.SO THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW.Denver Colorado.January 2nd. 1917. This is to certify that we hold nocharge of embezzeiment against Mr. C. A. Yoakum, who for u period of five mouths has been testing cream and shipping to us from the Station controled by the Farmers Union at Cheyenr.e Wells, Colorado, and all shortage that has occured during hi t i his been settled tully. toihi sa -isfaction of Toe Frankt vr» Creamery Company, and tha1 ’ * is free from all obligations or indebtedness to us.Franktown Creamery Company By H. W. Dewitt, propr;-- r.
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