The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-04-01
AfRIC'S SUNNY FOUNTAINS.
Chris. NeuenSChwander Lost a Friend in
One of Them.
AKIN, Gold Coast, Afric;

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most every word of it. including all
1t is like a letter
from home and succeeds in making
me long to be back in Redwood,
which seems like home to me and
will always have a corner in my
heart. The GAZETTE reaches me
just about one month after publlca-
ton, so has a strange way of max
ing time pass rapidly for me. When
we are having Christmas. or at least
about it, The GAZETTE tells
me what my dear friends at home
are going to do Thanksgiving. In
this way the interval between seems
to disappear. This week, for ex-
ample, it announced that the holt
day vacation was over and that
schools had re-epened. and still |
know that next week the schools are
to celebrate Washington's birthday.
So in a sense for me the term be-
tween the holidays and Washing
tons birthday is only about week
in length.
The 18th of this month | will have
been here eighteen months, and yet |
the time seems very short. | think |
the last time | wrote to either of
the home papers | was acting as
paymaster. However, with the close
Of this month [ will have completed
a year as manager Of one of the
company's logging camps. In No
vember, owing to the money strin-
gency in the states, the company
closed all camps. But one other
manager and | were sent with full
force of men again after being
closed two weeks and instructed to
go on logging. The rest of the
camps are still closed.
My camp is between 40 and so miles
up river from AKIN, on a small
river in which | land logs. This
river has so much fall that during
high water it is absolutely impos-
siple for the best native canoemen
to paddle a canoe up stream and
gain Roadway. My friend, who
came out here with me, was drowned
last spring through trying to pass
down in a canoe during high water.
The only time have been at AKIN
since taking charge of this camp
was when | took his body there for
; proper burial. That was Septem.
Der, and | didn't see a white person
again for more than three months
and have seen only three persons
since. However, | manage to keeE
cheerful and contented.
| am very much interested in m.
, work and am evidently making good
as | received handsome increase il
. wages last September, and have al
ready been asked to stay on afte
my present term is completed, Jul,
) LIST. | do not know yet whether
? will stay on longer or not. | shoul'
like to stay on till about tbs tim
! next year, but I know that if | d
efforts will be made to have me sta
on through the big rainy seaso
which comes the middle of May
and in case consented | would no
have a better time Of year to leav
than by going this fall. My healt
, remains almost perfect, and as ia
S as that is concerned | would be wi
= ling to stay on almost any length c
$ time. | feel, however, that it is nc
is the best thing for person to kee
k away from all social intercourse an
J. civilization too long at time. Th
le custom with English firms doin
business out here is to hire men fl
# two years, but to give them fol
is months vacation at the end of the
IL first year in which to visit home.
is think this a good plan; but do NJ
plan on coming back out, so want
le stay as long as I enjoy myself viii
w here.
III | am interested not only in 10!
10 ging mahogany, but am doing
a little experiment work in farmin!
III In my opinion this country has wo
I'd derful possibilities in it's soil. Ev'
t. since | came out here | have BET
iii interested in the different thinl
is grown and methods of cultivatio
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