American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-01

80 WNNHAHNHH
.SAaufunF Province.
Ianuay a.. 1917.
Dear Frsenda and Readers Of tho
Press a. have not ~ time %
nfff - aIi rs friends 4 personal LETT
ter. iI1 cali on ihe Prcas 20 help me
eat a. probably saiae Sill N0uder
ehefr : have disappeared 60 That
rueelisn j. EASILY aaiiied The Lord
ired ~ gay 81 CHINA I'm glad %
fetorf az this Time ae are aii Aeii
aNa heDpb TAe station ! aa staying
~ b fhf second largest siafiDn. I'VE
nitalafafife There are "a fhif sta,
fa0t Hf and Mfs schmidt w. aud
MfK Nlsoa aud myseif NJ and Mrs
uito4 have gone through Dany hard
TRIALS sifsaa3 ehich ~ shared eith
thtn Thes iosf their eikhf noatha
Ola Nabg q ions ago
llkt China Tar better than ! e.
peefta rhe people I've ln villages.
aa1 there are from feu a. four villages
81 each srstioa 81 land and each Fil-
iaas has from 20 o. 600 Inhabitants.
apne even more - lhore are from 500
e. zoe Inhabitants % each section
Nhlnfae a. a rals All work, chsiaFsa
Isa and asa yeats Old in tho naid DIS
KinE a. fof flei A the people
are poor thef o. nnt leave anything
ia fhe nsld. ths leaves from the trees
afe uaAsd i4aethef and The stubbie
isnm fhn Geld il an gathered 10 Tor
bafniaE material Thfy have uo IRE
stoves 50 81 warm BY. Wlnter nor
summer They cook their food Ca a
lHtie settle placed 90 az oven Of
sfoncs o. britka They wear aattied
clothes la winter. 80 that they ~ 90
Keep EARN eiihoui d IRE. A working
man's ea9fa aFe from four 10 seven
ftnts q day They live very poorly
and eat very poor food
Nrrnahiea raise everything
ahlfh grows iH America tomatoes ~
large a. DOR largest tomatoes ia Amer.
ta fadiahes ~ large a. BIZ sugar
heeia We have one that weighs I'VE
pcuuda Nhlch Is i1af nice and tender.
Ont c0ald eiah a no better Fruits
80 RAISE almost even kind. peaches
ana pears. apfscOts. piuma and ap-
plfa. a. uiee a. / have seen in Amer
Ifa nash berries Ne hayent got. a.
j. a~onderf0l hos ihiuGs grow here.
ona can hardly believe 10 unless you
see t Large trees from rs 10 30
leef hiEh. they cut ali the limba OF
d transplant them. Ia a little while
te ain see them start tU groa lhsf
even Rr0N pitch forks here They
piAnf tho trees aud trim the limbs
~ they are Just The shape Of q fofk
ieasinR three or four tines on q limb
Nhfn they are large enough they cut
them OF and sell them II surely docs
iook interesting % SEQ al these things
Ina aeeaerf "a most beautiful in
Chlaa Flowers grow splendid. Roses
acre blooming till late la the ial
Iaey ara a. large "a our American
beauties IN America. Then 40 have
me Ncsr Of sharon. a beautiful little
rose. and many other flowers % NUM-
erons 10 mention.
tho tahlnsse are just The opposite
from ~ ~ everything They dress An
black Cor acddinEa, mat ~ tho
po~yror set The rich In all kinds %
esioFs such a. bright rcd or blue
They start 10 coant from their little
~paRers. ~ from tho nrsi anger, and
Ia speakink most generally their sen
teacs 10 lust turned around. SOME
lime aeo ne found . baby Al out gate
guess the mother didn't want q be-
saieo h aaa q Girl We took y up
asa had 90 hire a NOmAp % take care
~ BE- After Il b old enough 80 put
IA Iu the O~fphanaso When children
cas- ihey don't bary them, they thfo"
ihem aeAy in some bush or cover them
ata a nitia dirt when a dos comes
afoaad and nuoa q be eats 81 Win
tle people uoY take special paine
sometimes ulsy dout bury them vifh-
les Hss yrafa You probably will tnink
thai strange. but that n true WnS
fhas fa ihai { dunt kuOe When thrS
die shey believe they just 50 into ah
other eofid a. live. 30 they must
iake huaaea and chairs aud efffy
fhIur a'nne 10 live m These arc hil
made nf paper etieh th0Y burn
Mt4t - tert chetp here We nul
rhlEens fur 3 tn Z cents a pound ava
oittf meats cheaper yet Accortinr
te nuf moueY an che patabie htnsa
ar must buF are very cheap
rhia mission has alx main stations
eHh foreign sorkefa and slkirfn oAi
stttief.s alth evangelist and hinie
eemeu rsao iisien is ca head
4aarters There re have q EiflH uf
Dhanhee aIih t3 Etrls The girls
isarr fo a. fthcf sufk SUCH a4 tti
taf ~eroehefipa knItfins. soNins aud
aest.aF 81 a. go belly make their Hnp
aart Ieey a. splendid eofk iu thf
boys tame there are about 100 hofa
fha bofs iraFu tiiiorcnt trades such