Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-04-29
CALIFORNIA.
Interesting Letter from the Far
West.

LEMooRE, CAL, Apr. Is, 1908
EDITOR CKREpo ADvANcK:-
Once more the far West beps ad.
mittance to the social corner of the
ADVANCE.
After several very warm, sultry
days, tonight is almost cold enough
for frost. There was q .light sprin-
kle of rain this morning ut 5 o'clock
which over.joyed the ranchers,
thinking q shower would follow !:
but alas! all signs fail in Califor.
mia: There has been no rain here
since about the middle of February.
but plenty of wind; therefore every
thing 10 very dry. The ground can
scarcely be plowed and wheat crops
are burning considerably; - there
are thousands of acres of wheat on
the west side it means something to
the grain men as we'll as cattle men.
The shepherds are moving their
bands of sheep from the lake lands
In search of pastures new. Some
of the bands have three or four
thousand sheep and lambs. They
usually bring $3.50 per head.
Quite number from this neigh
borhood went hay-riding to the
"Jacobs Ranch" to witness the
branding of two hundred cattle.
They had fine chicken dinner,
camp style, on the ground near an
artesian well. The COW BOYS aud
girls did some fine riding in real
Mexican style.
Miss Mary Wills and brother in
law, Il. &. Payne, enjoyed pleas.
ant surprise when about thirty
young and married folks came in TO
celebrate their Dirt hdays in playing
games and pleasant conversation
til about eleven o'clock p. M. when
cake and coffee were served.
We believe that in a previous
letter we mentioned that apricots
were failure. Since the warm
weather the trees blossomed and
trees are now full of SCOTS" There
is also fine crop of peaches and
prunes. The grapes are not far
enough advanced to tell anything of
them as yet.
The sulphur question has been
settled for this year. The ranches
will use the same amount of sui
phur as before in curing their fruits.
The Nevada "gold fever" Is very
high in this community at present.
People are striking 1T rich every few
days. Mrs. Davidson, a widow of
Hanford, sent her son TO the Raw
Hide mines with a grub stake.
promising him one half if he struck
anything. The young man leased a
claim, dug a small hole striking
quartz that essayed 81, 500 to the
ton, which meant n very rich mine.
They sold this little hole in the
ground for $3.50, 900. The Good
Enough Mine" consists of four hun
dred acres in the gold region in
Nevada and embraces twenty claims
1t was Incorporated in January,
the stockholders selling shares at
25 cents each TO raise the funds with
which to develop the mines. The
prospects are fine and those who
bought shares are living in hopes If
they do die IN despair. The air is
full of castles. If they were real
there would not be standing room
for miles around. Ha! ha
Our proposed street car, from
Hanford to Lemoore, seems a fail.
ure. The county made Mr.--a
present Of $4,000 franchise.
After having secured this Mr.
demands that the people be taxed to
raise money TO build the road
which means thousands of dollars.
Now where would Mr.-haye any
interest in IT? The people decided
if they had to do this they had Just
as we'll own the car line and leave
Mr.--out Of the question entirely.
We may come again some day.