Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-03-07
Tacoma Letter

Tacoma, WASH, Feb, 20. 1906,

Tacoma, WASH, Feb. 20, 1906.
Have just spent week up at Halls Pas
sage, with T. Blom, Ole Blom and other ac-
quaintances along the bay.
Here are few figures showing what can
be produced in this country from a small
patch of ground: A Mr.. A. w. Samuelson
got 400 crates of Strawberries from one acre
of ground which netted 81 .O5 per crate a to-
tai OF 1920; from six square rods Of rasp-
berries he netted 500. He also showed me
Is boxes of apples raised from one tree, net
81 go per box, and IS boxes from eight trees
nine years old, each box weighing forty
pounds, and rs crates from a quarter of an
acre at $1.25 per crate.
Fred Overholm, native Of Stockholm,
Sweden, for eighteen years resident of Ia
coma, disappeared on January II. On Feb.
10 his body was found in the bay by fisher
men who. got him ON their hook and brought
the body ashore. Foul play is suspected.
Terje Ellefson and his widowed sister, Mrs.
Hong, whom I called on at Falkland not
long ago, have both died since then. Mrs.
Hong's grewn-up daughters, Amalia and M a.
ria, both died last fall from typhoid fever,
Maria then being Mrs. Swenson,
Chris Farup, wellknown Willmar bow.
once clerk with Rice & Manning, and now
editor of the South Tacoma Star, disap-
peared a week ago. He had been drinking
heavily, and while he was in an intoxicated
condition his boy tried to get him along
home. Farup started to lick the boy with
stick, but the lad finally got away and es-'
capped on street car, the father being un.
able to follow him. Some men who saw the
brutal attack on the boy told Farup that if
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would "knock his block off, He then said:
II better throw myself in the bay" He has
not been seen or heard of since.
am at present putting up at the hospit-
able and pleasant home of E. p. Truedson of
Puyallup. The Puyallup valley has the rich
est soil have seen on the coast and Puyall-
up Is the Oldest place on the coast with act
ual settlers. It has the reputation of being
the starting place Of the Coxey army which
marched to w ashington in 1894. The place
is well equipped with sawmills, has the finest
fruit and hop ranches in the country; and all
other business is progressing nicely. Miss
Ida Stene of Lake Andrew is at present here
sewing for Mrs: Truedson.
/ At the starting point of my trip told the
readers that the trip was made for the bene-
fit of my health, and it may be OF some inter
est to near how l am getting along. My
standard weight has never been over 1855
pounds, and when I arrived at the coast ON
Jan! weighed 14s pounds. Today, Feb
20, weigh 173 pounds-eight pounds more
than I ever weighed before. So L am doing
as well as could be expected, feeling well,
and have not had sick day since came
here. At first was very cautious about be-
ing out in foggy weather but 1 soon found
that that was mistake, as the more am
out in such weather the better feel. 1t is
the salty atmosphere from the sea that has
such excellent healing power. Any one suf-
fering from throat trouble, catarrh, bron-
chitis or lung trouble will never regret trip
to the coast ,sAs will be seen I have gained
20 pounds, for which gain would not take
$500 9 pound, not making the trip. g.: 81 H..
SE% . +:3 4. = IN. LAKE ANDREW ScR1BBLER.