Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-02-24
FROM The FAR WEST
"A Former Citizen of This
County Writes About
Things in General in Cal
ifOrnia, in an Interest
ing Manner.
L,moore, Cal, Feb. 10, 1908
CEREDo ADVANCE:

the once cat was SO kind as TO not
devour my last missive, | was en-
couiaged TO come agaiu.
The letters from subscribers
througbo out the neightorhood are
Indeed very scarce of late. PrJba.
bly, If l will set the example others
will follow. | Will hope so at
least, for every bit Of home news
is highly appreciated by us and
please do not think because YOU
inpw this and that of the interest
lug things that occur every day
that every one must know the
same; do not hide your light under
the half bushel, but let it shine
where others may see. We wait
with impatience for the ADVANCE
which arrives every Monday morn
ing. 1t is full of good things, but
we would like to see more letters.
Fl would like for all to write me
through the paper, and il any of you
ever chance to roam three thousand
miles from home you will under.
stand the feeling.
This has been such a dreadful.
miserable, lonely winter, cold az
Greenland It'll about the first of
January. The fog was so thick al.
day you could slice it, then al
night would freeze. The trees
were covered with thick ice that
lasted throughout the day. This
was quite curiosity to Californi-
ans. UP until the first of January
there had not been rain enough to
wet the ground; feed could not
grow, causing much anxiety among
the cattle men. The shortage of
green feed caused hay famine;
grain hay went to twenty ana
twenty-five dollars per ton; alfalfa
sold at from ten to thirteen dollars
but since the first of the year ION .
that l cou'd make you understand
how much it has ralned) 1t has
rained almost constantly day and
night and but for tina, beautiful
promise we would certainly think
the time had come and it is still
pouring down (even while write)
the rivers are very high and still
rising. Towns are flooded. Trains
are delayed and if the heavy snow
In the mountains should 90 off with
a rain the whole of Kings vIlley
will be under water. The SHOWS
are deeper on the mountains than
tol Venty years; even down in the
loot hill are heavy SHOWS. We are
entirely surrounded this winter by
snow-capped mountains, the coast
ranges on tn. ives, and the Slerras
on the east. They are over eighty
miles away. AT the foot of these
snow cover, d SIerras and even on
some of them, but of course not far
among them, are the beautiful
orange and lemon groves. These
heavy rains In the mountains wash
out the nuggets Of gold, and men,
women and children are busy
searching for them.
The town of Angels, where we
camped on our tri p last summer.
was visited by waterspout, or
cloud burst we call them. The
water came through the town six
feet deep sweeping everything be.
fore 1T.
The fishing season is now on
When there happens to CON, q
sanshlny day people make the most
oil 1T The river is alive with fine
hsh that have come up the river
from Tulare lake. The river at the
weir Is thick with all sizes and ALI
you have to do is to throw in your
hook and pull "ern out" We
havn't as yet ed our luck but
are going to the first pretty DAYS
that come and will write ycu of
our success in the future.
Last night was lodge night.
(Rebekahs) so my sister and | went
1t was installation, SO we thought
we could not miss the lovely supper
theyWould have We drive four
miles and some nights are 80 dark
you cannot see the way, and one
night--lo. we ran off the end Of a
bridge and broke the buggy shaft
What did we do? We simply got
out, Embarrassed, pulled our buggy
out of the ditch, harnessed again
and went on our way rejoicing.
Got home all o.. K. Aren't we
afraid to drive after nightp On!
no; we are used to it and the Cali.
tornia spooks are harmless, i. e.,
the supernatural ones, anyway.
The only thing that we suffered
any "quanlins Of fear" about i,
that we should happen to meet a
Hindoo, dressed in his native earb.
They are rights.
would like to send the girls a