Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-28
NUMBER 36
From California.
Lemoore. Cal Jn,v - 10

WEST 10 Deg space for few lines. Wa
nave had beautiful summer SO far
Only few real warm days at time.
ana we certainly appreciate it. for last
summer tho thermometer registered
49, and IL lasted nearly two months.
me people have mostly all gone ON
their usual summer trips-some to the
mountains, others to the coast. II ia
certainly ns much OF n fad as ANYTHING
else Tor our weather here is lovely this
summer--considernblc wind but not dis
agreeable. The third aud fourth DAYS OF
the month were cold. On the night of the
third strong wind blew all night and
1t wns cold enough to snow. We silent
on the lawn and we Thought we should
DO blown away, had 10 grasp our
kivers' for dear life. BY the way, we
sleep under double blankets and one
comforter all tho time. Now you can
imagine what lovely nights we have
after the heat of the day.
The warm days in June m slted the
snow in the Sierras So rapidly as to
cause the already swollen river to rise
so fast that the lever broke where the
squirrels and gophers had made holes
and an opening sixty feet wide let the
waters OF Kings riverpour out over the
country. A great many acres OF land
were inundated, some with fine alfalfa
and vineyards. This not only destroyed
the present crops but the vines as well,
will all 10. 81 Al.
them. Tulare lake is still rising and
bids fair to e"ch the mark it did years
ago. 1t overfiowed something like five
thousand acres of grain this summer
and what were nice homes three years
ago now look to be miles out i'm the
lake.
The fruit market is very dull this
summer only 80 cents for apricots and
no offers being made mt all for peaches
and raiSons as yet. The farmers are
waking up after all these years and are
discovering they can form unions and
have their own packing houses and sell
their own fruit and not let tho packers
have all the say in il.
would like to add-"A friend of ours i'm
Kentucky writes: You must come
back here and make your home. We
do not have very bad storms here >"
Now, we do not have storms i'm the VAL
ley, not even thunder and lightning in
the spring. Sometimes when we have
heavy rains away in the east wo can see
en occasional flash of lightning and hear
the distant rumbling of thunder, but
not loud enough to awaken one. We
believe that If "a bad electrical storm
like you have there were to pass through
the valley the Californians would think
the END OF time had come and all
would die of fright. OF course high in
the mountains they have thunder
storms and cloud bursts that do great
deal OF damage. We have consider
able wind here, but nothing like
cyclones. The tarantuIa and deadly
poison snakes that we always thought
were so thick in California you could
not step for them, is all a mistake.
None of my family have ever seen a
poison snake since we have been here.
There are plenty of rattlers around the
lake and in the mountains, but not
near here. The west side or near the
coast range foot hills there are taran-
tulas. They live in the ground and have
the quaintest little hodses that are
hard as cement. Many people travel
all h.
we never hear OF one being bitten by
them. Now we know you will laugh
but we are going TO tell you just the
same. We do not have rats nor bed
bugs in the valley; now isn't that q
blessing for which to be thankful7 But
then we have other plaques 20 make up
for it. The skeeters" are large enough
to be used for carrier pigeons and some
evenings the air is thick until the wind
rises and carries them away. Well, it
Is time to cook and eat again so we
must bid you au revoir and if these few
lines OF nonsense escape the office cat we
may be tempted to come again.
GALA FoRNIA.
p. S.-We do not think the CORES
pondents should be offended at the
Editor for not desiring to publish SO
much about visiting nearby neighbors,
but be gla1 he called their attention to
writing of more interesting things. We
think he did the proper thing and think
there must be interesting things in dear
old West Virginia that the ADVANCE
would be full to overfiowing with-good
newsy letters, telling of marriages,
deaths, births, friends from distance
visiting home, etc. Again au revoir.
Before buying your lot in
| KenoVa see r. T. McDouoal.