The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
STONERS DELIGHT
Ed WITH new HOME
In CALIFORNIA
Clair StOner. In Letter to DIR.
York. Tells of Trip Out and Ex-
periences There Since Arriving,
and Interesting Facts About
OOuntry-Met Several Old SHEER
idam County Folks.

Clair Stoner, formerly represen-
tative in the legislature from
Sheridan county for two terms,
and pioneer homesteader and far
mer of the Outlook country, who
left Plentywood with his wife and
children and took up his home in
Great Falls couple of years ago
when he was the Montana repre-
sentative of the North Dakota
Wheat Growers Association until
the latter part of August when he
severed his connection with the
Association, sold his property at
the Falls and went along with his
family to California where he had
bought a piece of ground and plans
on building himself a home, in a
letter to his friend, DR.. York of
Plentywood, tells of things as he
finds them in his new home. He
also tells of several old Sheridan
county people he has met in the
west.
Because of the fact that Clair
Stoner and family are so widely
known in Sheridan county and
have host of friends and many
relatives here all of whom are in
terested in them and their new To-
cation, DR.. York handed the letter
to the Producers News for publ
cation.
Tho Ia4+o,. fo11o,,,c
Gerber, California.
Nov. 10th, 1929.
Dear Friend Ed
"Wel, | will try TO answer your
letter of October 21st. l really
should have answered it sooner but
you know how it goes.
1--WE had considerable bad wealth
er on the road until we got into
Oregon, but from then on it was
fine.
I'VE arrived here the last DAY of
September after spending about
ten days on the road. We stopped
at Spokane and visited my sister
Minnie Merrill. l think you re-
member her. She used to live.
near Bill Reed. We also had a
good visit with Henry Wunder-
ich. They have a nice family and
nome. Also called to see Ed. Aid
er and family. Their children
nave all grown up now but old
Cd looks just like he did the first
lime l met him.
Speaking of this country: We
ike it fine and do not think II
.ould have made better choice
t l had seen the land before buy
ng. The land is nice to work and
here is beautiful building place |
'ordered with big oak trees. of
curse there is a lot of work to
10 to get it in shape. There are
bout 80 oak trees scattered
bout over the work land. 1t is a
hame to cut them down-some
t them shade half an acre. We
ave sawed down about 20 of
hem now. We expect to have
lost of the land ready to seed to
Italia by the first of March.
Gust to show you how produc-
we the land is: my neighbor adj
'ining on the west, cut his alfal-
a a little over two weeks apo
Or the seventh crop this year.
annot begin to tell you the diff
erent fruits and vegetables that
row here-one has to see and
experience to appreciate things
and chickens also do
ell. w
I'VE have eaten water melons
the dozens since we arrived
] we have to do is to pick then,
'e helped pick corn and the
elds were full of volunteer mel
IS. We have also picked IN CON
derable figs and walnuts. and
ave a lot of fruits that I do NOT
call the name of.
Speaking of onions: Onions do
ell here, but the market is like