The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1919-08-22
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5 g. r. Pake, who for many years
resided in the vicinity Of Bowbells,
but who 1S months ago moved to
the coast country where he has been
living since, writes us the following
interesting letter. which we publish
for the benefit of Mr.. Pake s many
friends here: 3,
Raymond, Wash, Aug. 10, 1919.
Friend Steff: / will after a long
silence pen a few lines to let you
and the rest Of my: old friends know
how am getting along in this land
OF peace and plenty. We are get
ting along nicely, health generally
good, plenty to eat and plenty to;
wear. am working in a shingle
mill at fair wages; I started at $500
per. day and house and fuel free,
house rent and fuel Is quite an
item here as both are very high.
-Lignite coal is $500 per ton de-
livered and the coal comes as cheap
as wood from the mills at $500 per
load. Since i commenced work for
the company the 18th of March they.
have raised my wages twice soc per:
day each time SO that now I am
getting $500 per day. They are
fine fellows to work for and appre-
.ciate what a man does. To give
you IN idea of their appreciation,
not long ag6I had day and a half
more than my regular work and
when received my pay check they
payed me $1.66 per, day extra. My
work is easy and: I have good boss
or n might say no boss at all for he
never comes around where am
saying anything about my work. I
do not like this city for a place to
live but for employment it is great
as is all manufacturing tLwns. The
monthly pay roll here is $4,000 SO
you can see there is something 90
ing: Raymond has Is miles of
water front. Ocean going vessels
load at Raymond mills for all Pa
ciflc ports. There is o great deal
of the out put shipped to Europe.
Two vessels were loaded here re-
Gently for Japan, they took on one
and half million feet on each ves-
sels 1t Is quite interesting to see
them load. The great crane picks
up one or two thousand feet at once
and the men on the boat place it..
No time to tell stories while this is
being done. There iB now strong
talk of building boats here again.
Lumber ' showers. 1T could q cut
freight rates on lumber to the east
Sern points. Rates aons lumber from
hers to st. Louis by ran Is $4,000
per ton, BY boat It Is i. 90 per ton.
There are SIX saw mills In operation
which cut 4 900, 900 feet Of lumber
] in an eight hour run. There are
four. shingle mills, two veneer
plants, bow and basket factory and
another large veneer plant Is under
construction. s 1t Will ttbe 146x200
feet. Everything tn the way Of
living Is very high here. 18 pounds
Dotatoes for one dollar, cabbage six
cents per pound. I paid 10 cents
as my index finger. Not long ago
II thought could buy some cucum-
bers. picked one up about stx
inches long and asked the price.
He told me Is cents. Well sir, you
know tainted and when they
brought me ont Of the dilema told
him I would wait until the novelty
was on. Coffee was taking quite a
Jump got Ito 65 cents per pound here
4 so I sent to Tacoma and purchased
q years supplyt for 4 S cents. Then
2 boat came In from Japan with q
fine lot Of tea and rice. S.ss I succeed
ed in getting good supply of fine
just elegant uncolored Jap tea for
So cents per pound. If ! had been
in. North Dakota I could not have
taken advantage OF. such bargains
because would not have had the
money. Why do you know II
had staid In North Dakota one more
year and automobiles had been sell
ing for $16. 90, each#I could not have
bought the whistle, I am satisfied
to stay right here. The climates
5unexcelled. have passed through
S67 winters and last winter Is the
only one without seeing snow. /
cannot give prices on fruit only
i that i berries; VI Strawberries $3.50
! Per crate o. 14s quart Is raspb berries
and black berries lat 8 Q cents per
pound At the escanners.ssS$W We get quite
I @l0ne1Ome sometimes to- see the old
! friends back IN North Dakota but ]
do not want Ito astg0 back lin the win
ter to see them. was sorry. to
hear OF Jamess Beck shAytnK buch M
Close, call while at Grand Forks. /
am getting Wpeasys 1h0uts HIN. It
sissa wonder some OF TIL hose fair ones
did ,not capture HIM and drasss him
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