Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-20

tionally cold spring, but if SO you
are not the only sufferers. Though
II have enjoyed the cool weather i'm
mensely, the natives here have COM
planned of it, especially on account
of the crops a scoolness here invari-
ably means moisture. We had a
soaking rain here on the nights of
June Z, something utterly unheard
of at this season. 1t damaged thou
sands of tons of hay, in the cock,
alfalfa as well as Immature oats
and barley, which are cut, raked,
punched and baled as we did wild
hay. There was over $1,000 worth of
this stuff on one of the ranch fields
rented on shares. -
1t is so cold mornings that the flies
can be swept down as in the win
ter time at home and they scarce
" got warmed up in some OF the
rooms | keep dark, during the days.
The house is well shaded and the
rooms u feet high, SO when the
nights cool air is shut in, they are
comfortable all day. My nearest
Hneighbor on the MESA, above has
adobe walls of sun baked brick TX
II x % inches and the outer door
when open does not measure the
thickness of the wall, A inches. They
are wonderfully polite Spanish peo-
pie, have lived there for generations,
only the children speaking the Eng
lish.: !, 4-#,
On the broad mesa, where Corona
lies. cur market town six miles from
here there are lots of canvas houses
that the inmates seem to enjoy.
There is a great deal of wood ON
this place, and as we have what we
want. as. perquisite, bake my own
bread and find that the greatest
tseat I cal give my visiting friends
IS all they want of this.
Fuel is such a problem in this Sec
ton for though the native requires
little CT it for keeping warm, people
seas here just as The. =. Z; elsewhere
and 5estl..yel man aanaot i've with
.oiIe cooks. Thei.e. are two i,ai,sti.3s
III snecna. yet all tbs sr,t.ries re-
ceiFs two or more hrse f,inaers of
bread. etc, from adjoining cities ev-
cry morning -. issts,satiIt2Ss little
baking is done III the hGme, even in
the country.
Wood, in San Bernardino, is $50
d very small cord; good gasoline
Ss-sso for 5 gal. can, and a cheap
grade Of oil called distillate can be
boEght Wholesale at s cents COLON.
This iat ter can be used in any range
or furnace by putting in an especial
attachment for igniting it. / pre-
sumo it is used about as much as any
thing. but leaves a heavy: SCOT. The
native coal is very unsatisfactory and
dirty understand, though naturally
+ never use it.
TIL, locomotives us crude old, and
il does not hurt my feelings to hear
them grunting UP the steep noun
tain grades or sending their deton-
ating whistles through the canyon,
fer the fireman is not humping him
sell" to keep Up steam, he simply
pulls a ever and ;iies oil Gees the
rest.
# Many of the houses have way of
heating water that think Dakotans
could use One sees an ordinary sky
light on the south slope of the roof,
but below it are several zinc cylin-
ders holding water which the sun,
on rany days will heat to near the
boiling point, and they have a great
deal of sun here
Z Every place has either town or
private waterworks, has to have to
do business. Many of the farmers
around here have pumping plants to
lift the water from the streams to
the highland reservoirs, whence IT
flows through the fields. One of the
things a stranger notices most is the
persistent cough, cough, coughing of
these pumps, day and night.
The alfalfa fields are green the
year around, each new crop growing
up even while its predecessor is be-
ing taken off, some farmers getting
as high as crops per year, accord
ing to location and season.
Our orchard promises great things
for us later Peach. pear and apple
trees are loaded to the limit and
apricots are ripe now
Very nice Strawberries and black.
berries have been In the market for
SIX weeks or more, 4 boxes for go
bits" quarter). / don't know
whether the boxes are supposed to
be pints or quarts, about half way be.
tween. 55 81 I
We have hal self-sowed water.
melons and tomatoes in blossom for
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