Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-13
GENERAL QUOTATIONS..
California Letter.
KINGsBURG. CAL,

Editor WILLMAR TRIBUNE
AS there were so many of nv friends that.
asked me to write to them when I came to-
California, I will send them a few lines
through your paper. Should have done it be-
lore this but have not had time,
We left Pennock Oct. 81, stopned overona
day in Willmar, one day in Atwater. and in
Minneapolis six days. visiting relatives and
friends. We left Minneapolis Oct 30, in the
evening on the Mps. & ST. Louis R. R., had a,
special G. N. sleeping car, and we didn't need
to change cars until we came to Turlock.
mere was big range so we could cook coffee.
potatoes and anything we wanted
Arrived at Colorado Springs the second dav
at noon, and in the evening we were 1O, 900 feet
aooVe tne sea. There was snow on the noun
talns Went through the nice scenery in COL
orauo IN oaytlme, came through Salt Lake
Clty ana saw the Mormon temple at dis
lance; stopped at Ogden, Utah, 3 hours.
Arrived at sacramento, Cal, o'clock in the
morning on the 5th day. Then our car was put,
on SIDE track until II a. m. So we went to
see the CT y; was up in the dome of the State
Capitol, which is very high and had fine view
over the city. Around the Capitol is the
finest park have ever seen There were alb
nAnuo VI e1CCS duu uOWcTS.
Left Sacramento IL q. m. and arrived at
Turlock half past p. NJ, Nov 4, and we
had very nice trip. We were sixteen in
company, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Anderson and fam
lily (8) J. E. Nelson. Mrs. A. G. Nelson, Alice
Nelson. Mr.. and Mrs. John Lofven and family.
Theodore and Emanuel Linden and John
Lofven and family.
My mothet and stopped at Turlock four
days. Then we left for K;ngsburg, where we
bought the orchard of Rev. A. Hallner LISA
nice place, eleven rooms in the house with gas
light. 1t is only about ten rods from the church.
five miles to Kingsburg and Selma; three miles
to Parlier six miles to Reedley. We got piano.
and furniture, farm implements, two wagons.
surrey. one horse, about l25 chickens, and ten
bee hives with the farm. It consists of
twenty-nine and One-fourth acres, with vines,
peach, apricot, almond orange, prune.
apple and pear trees. They have got a bonan-
"a crop this year around here. A neighbOr
here had fifteen and 0ne-half acres OF vines on
which he got nineteen ton of dried raisius for
which he get $50. 90 per ton, 8, $780, second crop
about Is tons, for which the price is S1l 90 per
ton, but he sold them to the Japanese and
didn't pick them, SO he did not get so much.
One around here, who has 40 acres claims TO-
have sold for go, 900 and had $500 expenses.
Our nearest neighbor sold raisins and grapes
OF second crop for 90 per acre. We sold
three and one-half tons Of grapes which were
on the vines when we bought the orchard.
At 6 o'clock in the evening when we came
to Kingsburg there were so loads OF grapes to
be unloaded at the winery with from two to six
tons on each load. They haul six tons with
four horses and it is common with two tons
for two horses. They pick the grapes in boxes
averaging fifty pounds then they haul the
small boxes out of the vineyard on truck to
| the big wagon which they have on or near the
road and dump them in the big wagon box. At
| the winery they unload them with forks and
shovels. The other day we were at Rev. J. r.
Ginberg's. He has a fine place. There We
could eat oranges as much as we wanted. He
asked me to send his best regards to his friends
in Kandiyohi county. -
We purchased some land in the Hilner
colony at Turlock too. There will be very
nice country in few years. BIB
And last but not least should tell you Of the
| nice weather we have. 1t is just lovely,
Mamma Is feeling well and is glad and happy
will now close with best regards to all our.
friends. Iremain, yours truly,
| r. Route 1. '.:-- j. E. NELSON