Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-03-19

'Ss' ouI WIlcu WORKING
they are away from home, and nj
heavy expense ut the other end OF
the line, and after paying house rcnt
grocery, phone, light and fuel hills
at the end of the month, there is hui
little left for shoes. and clothing
Coal, the cheapest that is worth any
thing, is $10.40 per ton dumped on
the side walk, you can then put it in
your basement. or hire some one 10
40 1t. Wood, If you get good fir, is
Sll.76 per cord, before the war il
was $3.50. Good rich milk was then
. cents per quart bottle, now it is II
cents with little dab of cream in the
neck of the bottle. All the milk used
here IS stcrilized or pasteurized, ms
they call it. and the higher the price
the less cream and more "Bull rum
water you get. The city gets its sup
ply OF water from Bull Run Lake Mt
the base of Mt. Hood 65 miles distant
and that is the one thing we get thnt
is really good. We are on n meter and
pay S1.60 every three months.
wish you could see Mt. Hood.
especially on hot summer day. II
can be seen from most any part of
the city on clear days where the
buildings don't cut off the view, is
nearly due east, bcween HOO md
l2,oOO feet high, white as the eternal
SHOWS can make it and blazes like
ball of fire when the setting sun
rays strikes it. 1t is very difficult TO
climb. Mt. st. Hclcns in the state of
Washington is another snow clad neol;
about the same distance and shnnc
OF Mt. Hood, and back of them both
ike white thread is the eternal snow
capped SUBMITS of the Cascade rnnrc
Mountains. These mountains are what
makes the east winds so cold. nnd
disagrecHble here, and when ever they
come they bring bad colds, GRIM
pneumonia and most any old thing
with them. They arc going the rounds
now, but the flu is much mil,lcr tbnn
last year, but they are much strictar
IN dealing with it. All cases have To
be reported to the health office. under
heavy penalty for failure, and thcv
quarantine against it like thew do
smallpox, of which there are about
50O cases in the city. There are about
!5oU registered cases of flu. and n
lew over 80 deaths from it. The most
Oh the deaths recently have been from
pneumonia. This is n peculiar climate
around here. Rainy weather, with The
WINDS from any direction but the east
Is the best, but just let it clear up.
frosty weather comes, and winds
from the cast and then you want To-
stay IN side and be good. 1t commenc-
ed showing on the night Of December
y and showed for SO hours, with the
east wind blowing gale, and oh.
Doy, you ought to have seen this citv'
Eignteen inches of snow fell, and the
streets were drifted from knee deem
to high as your head. The street cnrs
lines were tied up for 3 and A days
ana trucks and wagons could not get
tnfough the streets to deliver fuel.
ana owing to the coal strike being on
ht that time nearly everybody was
OUT OF coal. Even wood was scarce,
ana working people from tho East
sue OF the river could not get home
ior nights or longer All the hotel
peas were filled up and they sat in
tne eating places and hotel lobbics
at night. The business part of the
city, which is on the west side of thc
willamette river, was so congcstcd
that they hauled the snow to the river
and dumped it in, and men were mid
81 per hour to shovel
Just about the time they got traf-
nc started it began to turn cold, with
the wind from the east, andthe mcr-
curry, fell to degrees below zero.
whlcn IS about like "a degrees below
Mt Tazewell. The Willamette and
great Columbia rivers froze from
Dank to bank and all boats were tied
up: l. think all the peach buds were
killed, as there is not n bud left on
our two trees. In addition to the
other troubles the frozen pines and
stove boilers commenced to burst and
you ought to have boon here. IF every
pluber IN the state had been here he
could have gotten lob, and the
plumbers only charge SITE per hour,
only three of our pipes burst. Only
those who had their houses heated by
furnaces, and plenty of fuel on hand
escaped. We live on corner, and I
had about $50 feet of side walk to
shovel off. and some Of it rs high as
my shoulders. and whilst doing that
and monkeying with the burstcd pipes
l got my feet wet several times, and
got bad cold but considered got
off mighty well. We have had an old
time winter, but these do not come
often, and the winters are mild and
the mercury seldom goes lower than
a degrees below frceking, and upon
the whole is n good healthy climate.
81, ! was the worst home sick old
mortal for Virginia than any one
ever saw for long time, and if |
had had the price of return tickets
God knows | would have beat is back
as fast as the iron horse could have
carried me. But with the regaining of
my health which is as good as it ever
was, tho / am not stout, and never
will be again, and the marrying of
my daughters. and their being per-
manently settled here, and the COM
ing of my little grand children all
together makes me little better re-
conciled, and l reckon | am here for
the remainder of my life, and I reck-
on when the last great day comes
when Gabriel blows his trumpet, it
will not matter whether / answer to
the call from Oregon instead of dear
old Tazewell, but should live to be
as old as Methuselah the memories
of Tazewell and my friends there
will always be dear to me. still play
the fiddle ond hntfnr thor 7 ouor j;,I