The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1916-11-11
FROM MRS. KNAPP.


promised to write you of our trip, l
will try to fulhn my promise now.
We arrived Monday morning, but
I've not been well enough to Write be-
lore. For some reason no copy of eth
er Colville paper has been received yet.
I came, 1 saw, L was conquered by
this country. Surely no lovelier coun-
try ever existed and no kinder people
can be found than are here. / do not
mind the colored people as 1 had ex-
pected to. They look a you in a dumb
animal sort of way or in a timid,
pleading way, or most of them do
1t Is mostly a farming country with
stock cattle and hogs in the lead.
very few sheep in here.
1t surely is a prosperous country
with great fields of grass, oats, corn
and patches of cotton. And we see
the loads of cotton passing to the gin
with happy drivers, for load of cot
ton means from 500 to s115 to the
planter
What amazes one here Is the amount
of dew on grass and roofs i'm the morn
ing, as wet as in June in Washington
The days are absolutely delightful
hut the nights are cool now with such
heavy dew and nearness to winter and
to the gulf.
The soil is a sandy loan, red on top
and redder down where cuts are made
in the roadway. Looks like iron rust
There is surely oil beneath this coun-
Try, a scum on some springs and
pocket of gas was struck near here
lately that blazed up and roared be-
meath the surface. fine country for
a prospector geologist or botanst to
roam in.
Surely no lovlier forest growth can
lie found anywhere. Massive trees of
beech, oaks of all kinds, sweet gum,
pecan, hickory, walnut, pine, magno-
liza, dogwood, ash, wild oranges, plums
and I don't know how many others
All these are not large trees though
Yes, we also have the palm and UNI
brella trees.
There are some fine old mansions
around here with the fine old families
still living in them-and some beauti-
full grounds-never any lovelier any
place. And so many niger shacks or
cabins in some places with their small
gardens or COWS. 1t is interesting to
see their cotton patches with a stalk
of corn in various places They think
it is economical to plant corn in the
cotton fields.
We saw pigs digging peanuts where
the tops were cut for bay. Have not
seen any rice yet
1t was interesting shopping today.
Prices are much lower on furniture,
hardware and groceries. A large all
cotton fine mattess is Sc, a brass bed
stead (smalD is S., Rice is &c, sugar
SIC, etc.
Land is selling rapidly. Seven men
here this week bought land. One wo-
man bought 5000 acres to transfer
a great herd of Herefords and Short
horns from Iowa and long winters in
to this ideal feeding and breeding
ground.
new creamery will soon be started
and other industries are springing up
all over the south. The milk is most
ly shipped to New Orleans from all
around this country, and very profit
able it is too. Those who have been
shipping are increasing their herds
right along.
One of the greatest advantages of
this country is that one can raise two
crops a year on the same ground. For
example, oats are sown in october or
November and harvested the latter part
OF May. linen Inefe Is plenty Oh IlIle
to raise a crop of corn, cowpeas, pea
nuts or other crop and have it ma
tured by October l. Oats soWn in the
fall furnish fine pasture during the
winter months, as the ground is never
frozen or covered with snow.
We had ride through a lovely
country on the way south and east.
In wild and rugged grandeur the Mil
waukee" goes through the most famous
country in Idaho and Montana and in
Wisconsin the scenery is ideal, homes
and dairy plants. Most farms have
silos and green pastures and great
barns. In Dakota there are thousands
of tons of hay stacked, and they were
beginning TO bale as we came through.
We saw very little of Illinois, as it
was dark when we left Chicago. and
we were in Tennessee when daylight
came We enjoyed the trip through
Tennessee, but saw none of Mississippi,
as it was dark again when we entered
the state, and we arrived at Centre
Vile in the wee small hours" The
first thing we saw when daylight came
was a beautiful rose garden. We
w ere welcomed here with genuine
southern hospitality. We have found
a very satisfactory and pleasant home,
and will move in tomorrow. With this
we bid your patient readers a good
bye till next time. Sincerely yours
Mrs. Geo. f. Knapp