He didn't dare open the sale. They would've killed him. Why, you had farmers out there with guns, pitchforks, and everything else. Boy, those were rough days. I didn't go armed, but you always had a gun around the house.
Every farmer does for jackrabbits and deer hunting.
And, if somebody got tough on you, you had a gun. Those were rough days. The whole valley bankrupt. You never seen anything like some of these old fellas who considered themselves the cream of valley. When they had been shipping fruit, these growers had been going around here dressed up and driving Cadillacs.