The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23

principally mining and stock raising
country. Arizona is about the same. My,
what deserts through this partl You can't
see anything but sand and cactus trees.
These trees are from six inches to two feeb
through ] guess. They look fully that
large. IL was so dusty in the sleeper we
boys came near suffooating and all we
could see in the way OF buildings was lit
tie adobe huts. These huts are about ten
feet high aud made out of mud. Some
look very nice. l imagine these people
would very near starve. but they are like
the Chinaman. don't take much to do
them. California is a very beautiful
country in some parts. Some was very
level and it is great fruit country,
There are parts l don't like not one Bit
We crossed the Rocky mountains and
they were covered with snow. We went
through many tunnel and 1t was very
dark at these places. We passed through
snow shed for thirty miles. This was
not very pleasant. for you couldn't SEQ
the large timber for the snow sheds.
These sheds are to protect the railroad
tracks. Parts OF Mexico aud Arizona have
the warmest climate ] ever saw. The
hot winds were very severe. We had 10
stay in the sleeper. Haps We certainly
did enjoy ourselves on our trip. We went
near Santa Cruz. Cal. where our dear
Hap. Guy Pagan, passed from death until
life / did want 10 stop In and see that
noble writer. He was very dear writer.
In California you can see all manner OF
fruit. oranges, apples, pears, bananas, ap-
pricots and all kinds or vineyards, san
Francisco is very nice little place. |
guess the population is 0000 You can
see here every nationality in the world
almost. | must close this or IL Will find
the waste basket. Excuse me this time
and | will continue this II 1t ID approved,
Your loving Hap. John u, Davis,
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pany 4.
Logtown, La.---Dear Haphammcr: I
made proposition in my last letter
which seems to have remained unoticod
by all. with the exception OF a very few.
| think it a good thing. so will repeat II,
and hope to hear from all the members OF
the club on that subject. 1t is this, that
each member OF the club be taxed o
/, cents per month SO as to always have on
, hand large enough surplus fund to give
help when IL is needed without any de-
, Law Miss Bula Powell seems to think
we have enough tax to pay already. She
, saws that the purpose of the Happyham-
mer organization is not TO burden its
members with taxation Tell me, kind
: readers. are we burdened with taxation?
was not aware that We were taxed at
all. A fund for 4 benevolent purpose Is
raised at times. and those who want TO
contribute do 80. but none are compelled
: to. Therefore. / don't consider that we
:, are taxed. The paltry sum OF cents
: alone Is nothing, l don't believe there is
one OF us but what. within month 5
!. time. spend four or Ave times that
amount for what we really do not need
/ mean by that things that it would not
Inconvenience us in the least to do with
b out. II the boy who smokes VIII deduct
only one cigar from his monthly supply
u dtar 10 10 liz rFith
> any trouble. II you do not smoke you
L can save the amount Just as easily some
!, other way. II the girls will deprive
themselves lust once OF few bonbons or
other sweets they will have their cents.
I or course we do not have to deprive our
selves 10 do this, but l am sure we
would not mind doing II. for we have
b the consolation OF knowing that even by
!, 30 small a sacrifice we help to mako
8 somebody happy, or perhaps bring sun
II shine to more hearts than one. Five
d hundred and forty-two dollars Is quite a
= nice sum for our club to give each month
and. dear readers, lust think, 1t Will
z. only cost each member cents. That
e paltry sum OF cents. how IL does rise ID
Q value when multiplied by the number II
G our club. / am only boy from Louis
e lana and / know that the money Will not
It benefit any one in my State. but Gael
State has It's cripples to look after and
Is would lust as soon see Texas get lh'
II benefit OF 1t as any other State. ] hay'
e taken up more space upon this subject
d than I realized and guess. too, that the
e HRps are tired of It by this time an!
|. way. Well. Haps. what shall our mex
Il contest be? | hope you have not forgot
IL ten the one mentioned about voting 10
y or against the tax in my other letter
is but II we do not have this one ] thini
n that a good one would be this: "Shoul'
n the Philippine islands be annexed to the
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