Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
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Letter from California.
p KlNosBuRG, Cal.
IS. Jan. 10, 1905.
Editor Wtllmar Tribune: -.
1nolosed please ind q 50 for a
years subscription to your valuable
paper. It Is very Interesting to see
the news from my native county.
We are getting along fine here, and
have what We called the finest spring
weather in Minnesota. We have roses,
and Christmas morning We had q big
bouquet Ia church that was picked
from rose bushes outside. * Here are
some kinds that are blooming once
month. The palms, orange trees,
cedar, encelyptus and red gum trees
and rose bushes are green Ill through
the winter, and when I think Of how l
bad 1t In Minnesota in the winter,
used to say, 20 this beautiful Cali
fornia." And it ts indeed. We can
eat fresh fruit ne arly the year around.
In June the apricots come In: In July
the Early Imperial peaches; then the
Tuscan Cling peaches; then the Ell.
berta and Muir and Orange Cling
peaches in August; White Feat peach
% in September, and In the first par
OF September We pick the grapes for
raisins. OF the drst and second crop
OF grapes We can eat for three months
In December the oranges begin to &c,
ripe. Some of them will keep till
spring. We had few Dukes on our
own trees, or else used to buy them
for Is cents . box (l50 to 20( J, that is,
OF what they call Guile, which are too
big or too small to pack. They pack
only the medium size, for which they
get $l.00 = box. There can be as
much 40 II boxes on one tree, some
times.
We have good roads. In two years
in Minnesota l rode 100 miles on my
bicycle. Here l have ridden 500 miles
in little over two years.
have been blowing In the vineyard,
and there are no stones to drive
against. have not q single stone on
ny land, Except small ones from
graveD. We do not need to have any
ilynets on the horses in summer, and
ny horses have not got more than
halt q sack of feed stree came here
only alfalfa and water and sometimes
grain hay. have cut the alfalfa five
times year. Have had feed for two
hCrses from one acre during the sum-
mer. The butcher comes around twice
q week in the winter and three times in
the summer, 50 We get fresh meat.
Had two grocery men coming once q
week; in the summer vegetable man
once week. We have free delivery
and now We get the telephone too.
Ia my first letter the names got
mixed up, so it looked as II it was my
mother and myself that bought the
place. But it was my brother.in.law,
Mr.. 1ofvep, and !. One year ago
bought his halt interest here and be
bought another place. The 16 acres
on this place have brought nearly 800
10 the acre this year. Here are nine
acres more that will come in bearing
soon. Lofven hss sold for $1,000 on
the 10 acres he has in bearing. His
farm consists of 3l@ acres. The peach
90 brought . very good price this year
-Sl10 ton. The rsisins were not 20
geod. But We had the most peaches
on our farms, and that is what helped
u. Here are some that have con-
trscted their green peaches for ton
years to get go q ton for Il inch and
up.
I have heard there was . rumor in
Msmre that we had . lawsuit here
when We bought tho place. That was
not true.
Now I wish to send my best regards
TO ell my friends in Kandiyohi county
aud wish you all happy and pros
porous year and "a nice weather as we
have in this beautiful California.
Very truly yours,
J. E. NELSON