The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-03
LETTER FROM NAL. DoLLARD.

Santa Monica, Cal, Feb. IL, 10
10 the Citizen Republican
and Other Friends:
While we get the
Citizen Republican every week and
thus keep in touch with our old
home friends | can not resist the
temptation to reach out through
the columns of the Citizen occa-
sionally to keep alive Jul acquain-
lance. From the information we
have it seems you are passing thru
some such a winter as we had in
1690-61 when we we're shut off at
| Scotland from railroad communi-
cation with the outside world from
early in January 1881, to early in
April thereafter, which made the
"tenderfeet'-and that meant us
feel We did not desire a repetition
, of the experience. If anybody in
our old neigbborhood feel like COM
ing to California because of the cold
winter | would advice them that
such winters are likely to be long
time apart and the better way is to
stick to the old home and friends,
and come to California occasional.
ly for a winter visit, rather than
pull up stakes as we did, and break
the ties of friendship that are far
dearer than any thing California
can offer in return. We too, have
had cold weather since your winter
set in. No skating on ice, but plen-
ty of frost, and they say that is
unusual, which is a great crop in
California-this crop of unusuali.
ties.
In our new home we have a fur.
mace, and " bod of soft coal q day
keeps our seven room house warm
from chimney top to foundation
stone. Most of the time when the
sun shines-and that is not unus-
ual-a little fire in the morning
and the same in the evening is
enough. II | had to take my choice
between burning kerosene oil, gas
or newspapers to keep warm by
the fire Of, as most people do here,
| would much prefer the warm
homes of Dakota heated with an
thracite coal fire IN a Stewart stove
or other good heater, for the cold
at 80 above here and no fire seems
to me as uncomfortable as 80 be-
low in Dakota with it's we'll built
and we'll heated homes.
We are looking forward to great
growth and expansion here soon
and closer and better connection
with Los Angeles, which has a
building record at the present time
second to no other city in the coun-
try, and we expect to grow fast
enough and far enough to BIZ taken
in during the first quarter Of cen,
tnry. Our town and Los Angeles,
at nearest borders, are but eight
miles apart. The big city is tax
ing in towns nearer, and between
US, and no one doubts that it will
some day be city of a million
people. The more people come out
here, and are comfortably housed,
The greater the sentiment in favor
of living here, when one has the
price aud a disposition to be dead
and conscious of the fact.
MIR. Busch, Of Anheiser, Busch
& Co Of St. Ionic keeps up N
establishment here that is a fine
exhibition of art and industry, but
everybody who comes here and
thinks he would like to live here
does not own a brewery or have a
million or more to work for a good
income, and Mr.. Busch has plenty
of company who come here when
the weather is too severe for them
east Of Che mountains and keep up
their Adjustment the year round.
Another type Of aristocratic peo-
pie here are those who are land
lords who rent the dwelling on the