Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
THE PUTNAM pAT,<Io5 February 1909

tain water for fsee and hands, and to dry them on towel that k white or fairly white for about five minutes af- ter t is pal on the foli.
 The town is lacking in much that would msse II q plessant aDtding place for a stranger Imagine '.the p4rsom E obliged Io seek shelter in a pool room where the smoke was sO thick you could eai ii. and the language so pro- fane that sulphur wouldn't burn be- cause 0f the fumes Of the stronger ele- nens. 1 did, however. find Sunday school or rather a service that they called by that name-i2 children, leaders and two adults making up the company. By invitation talked 10 the children and by way Of intfodue- ton, asked them fl they could gHees V where my home was2 One little fei- low piTed up: T think you are from Kentucky What there WAS about my face to suggest Kentucky l'ii leave to your imagination. have been out Tn the sun for a week, and my nose K rather red, and like that class ef people
 se read of LII the Scriptures, no razor has touched my face or head for more than that length of time.
 The town is noted for al least two things. one is the yasi stretches of de cert lands. and The other is The range of mountains on the north. Just now there is great eraze asef the neas that gold has becn found OH one of the hills nearby. Pre-peetofs by the hundreds have rushed to the mountains and fah- uious tales are told of the finds of gold. 9ne maa left here three weeks ago, 70 pear that be had to beg a meal ol sic' taals yesterday he was in town with -e much gold tn his pockets as you could hold in your two hands. He could nol tell where he got 1t, but .'he Ind tbe goods all aght.E Last evening he was drunk enough to walk on tso sidewalks and in the middle oi the stieet Al ths same lime.
 \ feN years ago there was prosper oas town iuss north of here, with I'o-
 pulatlon of k s.tasl people most of whom
 were interested in the mining of -ilsefi but ihe piiee of silver dropped so to~ thAl ii did not pay "a mine |, and now the piace k deserted fewn. Nothing alive can be seen there but coyotes aad mountain wild eats. The houses, saloons. Eotels and public places sitil remain. but for this il k as deserted as | the town itself.
 The valley k a possibility Of fertile gardens and prosperous population l Those who claim to know what they ate talking about do not hesitate t0 say l that within fixe years this whole val. ley will be populated by thrifty farm ers, and that villages will spring ID in I every five miles on the line Of the rail road. \ few days ago we surveyed ! I ranch of u acres for two young men I who came from Oxford. Mass. san
 born and Franklin by name. They l propose ta prove up on land which i'
 now barren of every growing thing ex eepi sage bush. grease wood and mns 1 auiIe. Jack rabhits abound and coyote
 aai,s afc to be ss.ru m every direction fliis iaad ts given by the goyetnuiesg
 ta aHt citizen ef enlitonta of to aas American Whe popases ie make t'alI fanaa his ns!isnee rhe tolloN les
 conditions. however, nasi he comrEie9 WIh 25 cents an acre masi De nald E.
 a aUBs ige. NHef ihai lns each # thfes
 Years. sl must he expended Iof eael
 4ege fn Improvements and al the emu of laaf Nrars si aa aege must te pHit
 b the government, and oee eighth o
 the N toie aefe acreage must he IT ent
 tisait ln. and lhe whole ee ditched @ili
 water fof Irrigation.
 Mes>ls& Nagtlcld X Parker are pro noting d lfact ef this desert iand and have alseads induced quite I number te file claims amounting to aboal : ,sts
 acres NcsleedaS l pulled the chain | over a mile square nf territory, W hieh
 nr. rna>>er, ei Los Angeles. is to tt, upon. This land k 10 represent town ship. and the making ef the town k largely in his hands Fo an Fastener or tendetfeot, lhe pFapo,itie. to te- claim these desert lands seems serious eEr, but With water aaa sunshine tho people hem claim that The problem is practically solved Sanital wiit ge, fhe atey and eea mill give lac sun. ~hlne. So that, with cap1tei snd Prov idsaee lalnlns hands, Inc ds>etl N ill soon bud and nie>~om as the fose, aud teemaS towns MI seon take fhe plaes thas new sevms l9e=elupied ha ihe ees- ole and Che jack tselAl
 But ihe san ts shining and 'he eall |. to lAe ileld again.
 The Men'S League lar Nomaa's ~uf. ffase, a new movement ,n laNof ot ths ,.atsS,A NsaS fss3 fn GhIeaE{1 iaSi