The Jasper news., 1901-12-05
LETTER FROM nR PAGE.
Write EntertainIy From His Homo
In Michigan.

In Michigan.
HELLO JAsPER;-
How are you getting along now. Hopin.
that all is well with all, will tell shor
story Of Michigan. We have got posses
sion OF our own place and settled in tn,
house after being out one year and clever
months to day. The leaves have al
fallen from tho trees aud frosty morning.
and one or two this mantles Of snow
which puts MS thinking that we are not
inMissouri. We have had find roads here
which comes very acceptable for the
sugar beet raisers to draw their crops to
tho factory. Some had 20 acres out and
turned ID ton per acre 50 you see they
needed good roads. They have been
load ng very heavy. Because some cne
else drawed tons that other fellow put
on 4 and then some alse tried 5 ton and
TO stop the strife it is said that some
young fellow got load part way out Of
the field 30 large that it became over
neated on the wagon 10y being in such a
large pile and it exploded. Wagon and
horses have gone entirely and the driver
sitting on basket of beets at the time
and they took AN upward course and
have not been heard Of except occAsionly
beet com,s down with a message
carved thereon.
promised you l would tell
you something about the process Of
making the beets into sugar Tut | have
not been at the factory yet but will try
and tell in my next. There is company
formed at 81. Louis. ,..Michigan, to build
a sugar factory that will consume 10000
acres of beets each season. This 10 S12
miles from US and the one now at Alma
is only 7ls so you SEQ We will not run out
of work, as the sugar beet comes to take
all the available labor just at corn
skucking time. Out steps the steam corn
shucker and stalk shredder and claims
500 bu for days work. So you see that
everything must move any way. My
health is improving. Have reached l64
lbs and the boy has gained as much and
Mrs r go holds her own well.Small-poxH
| gncss 81. Every little pimple on the
face is catching name. Oh my, there was
a fellow died a long time ago with lnng
trouble and now il was smallpox that
done the awful work.
Well bought a chsice colt coming
3 weighs 1850 for 80 dollars and choice
COW that come 10 last spring and made
6al lbs butter in 7 days and it is not
Jersey either, but a 80 dollars red
Durham. saw by the Jasper News that
G.. Porter, miles east OF Jasper has sold |
most OF his land and will soon bid adieu |
to "Porter's Paradise" and return to
Michigan. He has bought 100 acres of
~ find land here as the sun shines on. |
| was pleased to read about ths big red |
apples that were shipped from Jasper /
and especially those 800 barrels from st |
Johns orchard for / claim a finger in /
hat pie in spraying the orchard last
ear and this also.
Wake up you fellows that have |
orchards and clean them up. Cultivate
them and get you good sprayer and get |
the "Western Fruit Grower" published |
at Rochester, New York and post up and |
il YOU have not an orchard send TO |
c. w. Carman, Lawrence Kansas, for n
catalogue and send direct for your trees
aud save 30 per cent andget choice trees
and set leaning heavy to the southwest
and cultivate we'll.
Yours for this time
A. Page.