Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-06-06
FRorl SPOKANE.
How the West Looks to Former
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How the West Looks to Former
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Spokane, WASH, May 27, 1908
Editor Morris Tribune:
will try and write few lines to
let the people of Morris know that
there is a better land than the land of
Morris. We have the land of milk
and honey and large punches of
. grapes here. think we have as nice
a country here to live in as there is
anywhere. We have been having it
cold and wet for a few days, but the
rain was good thing. 1t was quite
dry but the crops look well. There
will be large crop here this year.
. The fruit must be immense by the
looks of it now; cherries are about as
large as peas now and all of the fruit
is out of the way of frost. Straw
berries are in the market now and all
kinds of garden truck. We have had
radishes from our garden for three
weeks. -t
I don't think that building will hold
upas well as last fall on account of
the campaign, but there is lot of it
. now-more than two years ago now.
They are building good many large
buildings this year-some that will
cost half a million. This town is a
good place to live if any one has
money to use as they want. There
are lots of things to see; anyone can
ride six miles for nichol on the cars
and take in all the city, and some
park on every route. There are lots
a. of attractions in the parks.
The people are a good, generous
people here. They all like to give
every one chance to do what they
can. There was man died here who
was very liberal man, SO at his
funeral they had a collec ton to give
him chance to give once more. But
they are not all SO free.
Things grow fast out here. The
other night my wife got it in her head
that there was something around the
house and she got up three times but
did not find anything. We thought
that it was on the roof, SO in the
morning we found that it was the
vines that were running on, the roof
of the house-so you see they grow
fast. - 1.....s. .@-..-t ,s-
What is the general prospect in
Stevens county this year, is it getting
any better than two years ago? We
like it here we'll and think 1t is better
to live here than in Minnesota, for we
don't have those bad storms here.
But every one cannot live here.
There are five hundred men in this
= town more than there is work for
and they keep coming They had
better stay at home or where they
are than to come out here now. This
wear is a bad one for men to come
here. A man that has a home here
or is in business is all right, but a man
that has family had better keep out
of this town for the next year. tt
will take one year after the election
this fall for the country to get back to
business again, and if Bryan is elect
ed it may take more, as it is sure
thing that he will be if he is nominate
ed. but hope that johnson will beat
him at the convention. Johnson, if
he can be- nominated, will run well in
this town. I think he would beat
Taft here. They don't seem to run
to Taft as I would think they would.
T was at both of the state conventions
here and there was feeling Thought
against him. There is but little said
about johnson but there are lots of
Minnesota people here and if he
could get the nomination and come
out here, he would get big vote,
think, for there are SO many that
think Bryan is in the past here. If
he gets the nomination, he will get
big vote here if the people stay to
> the party. There are lot of strong
men here in the Democratic party.
I went to both conventions and I
looked at the two bodies of men, and
thought now these men are just as
smart as the other lot was, why do
they differ in opinion, all in the same
county, and lots of them holding
offices in the same building. What
makes the difference? I think it is
about as Governor Johnson told the
old lads, there is not much difference
anyhow. I think by the statistics
that the Republican party is the best
represented of the two, and l suppose
that the party has done it o. the most
of ir.
We are having fine weather today
here, but they say that about three
hundred m IS east of US they had a >
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