The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-12-15
FORTY YEARS A SUBCRIBER
Mrs. May.E.fRidde Sends Greeting From Ore.
gon, and Tells}What a.Friend The Re-
B view HassBeen to Her, asatssgsH

/ g view Has Dttu u utI. ESEEEgxsS
Svensen, Oregon, Dec. 9th, 1909.
Dear Editor Review:
see that it is time that was
sending in my subscription to my paper
again and when / send this in it will
make our fortieth year for the Review
straight; only about half year
when we were crossing the plains to
Oregon in 1873. And we got several
numbers Of it that summer, as they
would be sent on to some postoffice
before US. so we would get them when
We came up to it. Now we have been
gone from Denison little over thir-
ty-one years l seem to have kept
along by reading the Review 80 that
really am no stranger there though
l suppose that if l could be set back
there today l would feel some like
q stranger. read of so many of
the dear old friends who have died
and gone from all this worlds care
and worry, so many who were young
while I was young too, SO many years
ago. l so often long for the dear
old home and friends in my latter
years although am satisfied in this
country and and expect to live. here
to the end of my life. But l will
always remember the old Crawford
home. where we knew everybody from
being so many years there among
them. How l like the correspond
ence in the paper telling the news
all over the county where l see SO
many names of friends whom I have
known. suppose those old friends
have forgotten me and if it does
come into their minds to remember
that long time ago such person
lived in Coon Grove it will seem like
a dream while I'm reminded of the
long past each week and treasure up
every word said about some dear
friend, SO it don't seem to me that
any thing strange has happened there
in all these years, but do know tina!
many of the old friends have gone te
most every place in this great broad
country to make new homes.
Many have come to Oregon and
Washington. but none have got down
to this part of Oregon and I'm sure
it is not best for farmer to think Of
coming so near the coast to make 8
home, for it is no good for farming.
Logging in this great timber and
fishing on the Columbia are the bust.
nesses of the coast country. Our eli.
mate is one of our best things; &C
even, ever very cold or very warm,
but this winter is q strange one fol
Oregon. We are having it pretty
cold at times and so much rain. harder
rains than is common for this place
Some of the Iowa friends in Portland
write that it is very bad there. worse
than here. Ice has frozen an CT
thick here on rain barrels and there
has been more hard wind than is com.
mon.
| Well I must really stop now. but
this seems to me to be writing to al
my Crawford county friends, 80
must just say few words about my
self. l sold my old home six years
ago and kept little corner of it tt
make me little home in which tt
spend my old age so to be always neal
the old home. l am very comfortabl,
now in my little new home; have frui
growing and bearing nicely already
have a good garden and nice flowel
garden. live alone, but have neigh
bors all around nearby. can wal,
to the fartherest of six families il
five minutes and am mile and hal
from the station with good planl
road to it.
send Christmas greeting to al
my dear old friends in Crawfor,
wishing you all Heavens kindes
blessings.
ra y Your old friend,
4s's' MARY E. RIDDLE.
~. Svensep, Oregon