The San Francisco call., 1897-03-21

BLUE CANYON Cal, March 1, 1897.
Dear Editress and Readers Of C. r. c.: was so
glad to my last letter and puzzle in The
CALL. shall try to make all of my letters in
teresting 1 noticed Genevieve Sengstacken
writes an in nteresting letter from La Jolla, in
which she tells of many things not seen by us
1 am going south some time to visit my aunt,
who lives in Monterey County. then maybe l
can write something interesting from there to
THE CALL But as 1t is at present l shall tell
you what can of this town. Blue Canyon is q
little place OF about 100 inhabitants. We have
nice schoolhouse, two hotels, section-house,
sm all repair shop. AS this is an inspecting
station the telegraph office, the post and Wells
Fargo offices are combined. Sixteen families
live here. Some of the men are miners and
| others work for the railroad company. My
papa is one of the inspectors. The railroad To-
comotlves take water here and the water is
purer than any in the county. In sum mer
| great many tourists visit this place for their
health. As for me like the idea of having a
roll of honor" and shall work faithfully for
place on the record. Your constant reader.
RETHA WALDAN.
SIERRA CITY. CAL. March 3, 1897.
Dear Editor: In this letter 1 have some
more to tell you about snowshoes These are,
consider, one of the best things TO travel on
in the mount tains. These are generally about
8. IL, 16 or 1S feet in length. My snowshoes
are about feet long and my brothers are
about ga feet. Dope for the snowshoes is
made in different ways: one of these for dry
snow is to take piece OF beeswax about hall
as large as the palm of your hand, an ounce of
camphor, piece of resin as big as the bees
wax and q teaspoonful of coal tar. These are
to be melted and then let boil for two or three
minutes. Next pour it into can or a glass
to cool. This is pretty fair dope for dry
snow. Dry snow is light and is bad snow to
travel through. This is all l shall say this
time about sIowshoes. 1 would like TO see
long letters from members of the C. R. C.
about large cities they live in, as this is q
small village. Your reader.
THEODORE Joos, &c. R. C.).
STOCKTON, Cal. March Is, 1897.
Dear Editress: have not seen any letters
from Stockton published in THE CALL. so
have decided to write. 1 should like very
much 10 join the C. r. c., SO l SEND few
original puzzles for you 10 print. If they are
accepted and become mem ber OF the club
will send you short story that have written.
Fearing that my letter is growing too long, l
close, and remain your constant reader,
II. FROST KEYEs
PANocHE, March 8, 1897.
Dear Editor: l have not seen any letters
rom Panoche, so I thought would write one.
l live in the country and go to the pubic
school, Our teachers name is Miss Wigmore
Ny father is a sheepman, and has about
5000 sheep. have tried TO solve some of the
puzzles, but do not know i: they are right or
not. like to read the Childhoods Realm
take lessons on the piano from my sister Josie.
l should like to be member or the C. r. c.,
so will send rhyme and some ans wers to
The puzzles. From your reader,
MINNIE ALICE VELLADAs.
p. S.-My mamma has been taking The CALL
for long time and likes it very well.
CoRINNE Utah, March z, 1897.
Dedr Editor: As have not seen any letter
from Corinne yet, thought would write
am little girl Ii years old, and enjoy read
Ing the children's page very much. 1 20. to
school and am in the seventh grade. / have
several pets, calf, dog and some lovely
pigeons. l must tell you about the esrth-
quakes we have been having. A farmer who
lives near town saw some smoke rise up into
the heavens, and he thought at first it was a
sheep camp on fire, and then he discovered
that it came out of the lake. The farmer is
convinced that 1t is an active volcano 1 fear
my letter is getting too long, so 1 shall close.
Hoping to see IL in print, am your little
reader, DoRA KE1Jrp
FULTON, Or, March 10, 1897.
Dear Editor: This is my first letter to The
CALL. l have been reading many letters in
your paper from all parts of the United States.
but have never seen any from Fulton. have
awhlte cat; IL has one blue eye and one vel
low eye. We call it SNOWFALL. 1 should like
to belong to the C. R. c.. If you would acce Mt
me. Now my letter is getting long so she'll
STOP 1our friend, BIRDIE TERwILLIGER
UKIAH, CAL March, 1897.
Dear Editor: As all The other little girs were
wrltlng 10 you thought I'd send you a letter
too. am 10 years old and wish to ioin the
c. R. c. To-day l have the toothacbe. NV
tooth is filed, but 1t hurts awfully. NV cat
mas been poisoned, but it did not die. Nv
doggle mas not been poisoned yet butt think
he will be. for he barks at every one who
goes by. His name is Fido. / call nv mss
Kitty and my dolly Bessie. My little dog is ?
years Ola ana ne likes to play with me. He is
Dlack al over, and 1 love him dearly. NV
Ait.y Is Just year old and 1t is black and
white. like 1t very well, but 1t has fits. Nv
dolly Is year old and has very prettv
white Dress. have nice time PLAYING with
:" Aoufs truiy' ALICE ]. JOHNSON.
KAIsEN, CAL, March 6, 1897.
Dear Editor: wonder what all of our litt,e
CALL friends are doing tonight Well. what.
ever tney may be doing hop. they are we'll
ana as nappy as children should be- What if
II mas been raining nearly every day for over
month"; Well enjoy fair weather all the
more when II comes. How beautiful nil
nature is after the rain! The trees and the
grass are already of the brightest green, and
the beautiful wildfowers are beginning to
bloom. Among the pretty things which 1
nave seen OF late are eight cute little rabbits.
We Kept them until they were quite big but
nnaily, much to my regret they sickened and
dieo. l know, however, that we cannot al
Ways nave things as we should like to have
them and so will try to forget my disappoint-
ment think our Children's Page is getting
more and more interesting each week. Neither
II IL 1UleraSfIno a NJ ohi