Warren sheaf., 1920-03-17
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MarNsville, Wash: Fer g. 1920
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L thought would drop you-a few
lines TO inform you that we are enioy-
ing ourselves fairly we'll out here in
washington. This winter. 80 far. has
not been very rainy and fegyy. less
ram than usual, they say. We arrived
here New Years Eve, and since that
time there has only been two or three
nights 1t has frozen the ground slightly.
one light fall Of snow went off during
the day. We have a fine view of the
snow capped mountains when the day
Is clear. We have been workinssr roanah
Ill the orchard and yard withaat taseeafs
all the time. We are sklI hamlss
with ourselves, to think how. we: GOT
away from your old fasflionasI ri infer
1 hear You are having hI fhe valley.
me sheaf comes weeklysan
that you are having pleir4Ys of d RI. e,
beautiful SHOW. 30 and 4o=sisat tiier:5s.sy
Just please excuse me. have sikS5
doing for me in ssnisi
country. We planned on spins to~e ALI
Iorna but stopped here so long now
that hardly think we will get there this
winter. This little town ef: NIarysyille.
OF about 1900 or HOO people.sis only
three miles across from Es4rett in.
direct line. but the !dissanGe aby.st the
Pacific Highway is eleven miles..esAuto
stages make the trip; every hour. be-
SIDES the train service. -Four saw mills
here and two logging railroads haul
logs from the mountains. 25 to 80 miles
out. This is Il slow country. the people
are in no hurry here-have plenty Of
time. Our orchard tract is Just out
side the town limits about two or three
blocks. We have about 100 bearing
trees. consisting Of apples, cherries.
peaches. plums, prunes and pears. all
i'll bearing. Have been pruning and
expect all kinds of fruit this season. so
when our Warren friends come out to
visit us, we can fill them on fruit of
the above varieties. They claim to
raise good fruit here, but from my
observation think most orchards don't
have the proper care that they should
have-not like the care they give them
in the Menatchie country. where we
visited going here Dairying and
chickens are what most of the small
ranches do for a living. Their farms
sure look small to a person coming from
Mmnesota-5, TO-, 15 to 40 acres. The
people here, seem sociable and friendly
of course, miss the usual greetings Of
Hello, Bill''. every morning when get
ting my mail as in Warren, but you all
know I am a pretty good mixer and am
getting acquainted. go to church and
I %. O. F. Lodge. There is a very
active and busy Lodge here, 12S mem
ibers, live bunch. The order is very
strong on the coast here, II Lodges in
this district. 4 new one was instituted
at Lake Stevens 10 miles from here.
I went out with the boys. The Grand
Master from Seattle helped, and four
teams from different Lodges did the
work, $50 were in attendance-an all
night session. Some crowd to feed
had some fine feed. Every little town
and hamlet has an I. o.. o. F. Lodge
out here.
Washington is greatly Interested in
good roads. $4O,O0O.000 road fund.
There is a concrete road 20 feet wide to
be made past our place this summer.
Autos and trucks are everywhere in
seEidenee and PowelFs tin Lizzies are,
here as usual. All hard roads are con-
crete and seem to stand up well.
see that sales are going to be num-
|erous this spring in my old territory,
but my worthy successor, Col Scheie,
will be calling, "How much am I offer
led? Fair warning, third and last call
and gone y instead of me-. No more of
the strenuous life for me. I will close
with Mind regards to all nay friends.
w al. Dixon.