Willmar tribune., 1908-11-04
BIG ONION CROP
Johu F, Mossberq Writes An En-
tertaininq Letter From the
Lone Star. State.

Santa Maria. Texas. Oct. 26. 1908.
Willmar Tribune.
Dear Friends: Enclosed you will
find check for $3.50, payment on
subscription for your paper, which
/ could not very we'll do without.
We have been having some very
fine weather up to yesterday. which
brought US good. heavy rain and
it is still raining. Of course we
are glad to see it come, because
now is the time when everyone puts
in his paying crops. such as onions,
cabbage, celery, cauliflower, etc.
l have ten acres of Crystal Wax
onions in the field and seven acres
Of cabbage, and from all indica-
tions will have a splendid crop.
The Rio Grande Truck Growers AS
sociation offered me 81, 600 for my
crop Of onions as it stands in the
field today. But l will trust to
good luck and see if cannot hold
on until time to market them,
which will bring me at least as
much as they brought last year, and
that was from $1.75 to $2.25 per
crate. Hope it will not yield less
than 300 crates to the acre in this
part of the country and one Mr..
Chapman raised 500 to $50 crates
on the same land last year. This
may sound big, but will show
some of the Witlmar people receipts
from my onion crop next June.
when intend to make a visit at
home.
have been very busy this sum-
mer clearing up land for Minnea-
polls people who have bought land
in the same tract that am located
in. Up to last Saturday evening l
have cleared up 740 acres. Have
had gang of 80 to 120 Mexican
Greasers working all summer.
This means a commission of $3.50
per acre to me. No man but a
Mexican could do this kind of work,
because the cactus and every bush
has thorns on it. I have enough
work ahead of me now to last me
the greater part of the winter.
am thoroly convinced that this
is the coming country for all kinds
of fruit, such as oranges, lemons.
dates, grapes, etc., and l hope my
luck will keep up few years the
way it has been doing and Jchn
will have an automobile to go
out to the Interalchen Hotel for a
day or two outing, same as some of
the other Willmar thorobreds.
Don't know how much you will en-.
joy reading all this hot air. But
it is the kind we have down here.
Never gets cold enougq to wear a
coat.
Tell Martin E. Tew l will talk
Spanish to him when l see him.
This would be a good place for him
with his lectures, etc. The Mexi'
cans are good spenders and he
would do we'll.
Anyone wanting some very fine
Mexican drawn work for Christina:
presents can drop me line and tel
me what thew wish and I will senC
it to them very cheap-at about
one-third the price paid anywhere
in the United States. Ladies
beautiful waists, made of the fines
goods, for from $3.50 to $3.50 .
piece-well worth three times tht
money.
l think had better close thi
time, as there is nothing more fo,
me to tell about myself, and I an
the only one l can think Of thi
evening, unless it would be Pete
Bonde or Ralph Stanford. l woul'
give them a vote if I could. l
they could put me in for one, l
would be glad, because l don't &c
a vote anywhere this year. Pet
doesn't answer his correspondent
very we'll, especially to people wa
down south. Outside Of that he
a good fellow.
Well, goodnight, and keep o
) sending the Tribune. Yours yer
truly, Jno. F. Mossberg.