Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-10
LIE TER FROM WOMAN
IN RUSSIA REVEALS
HORRIBLE CONDITIONS

A letter which he had received from
q sister, who Is 4 native of Russia
was sent to the office of the indie.
pendent this week by John Bohlender
a farmer residing IL mikes south Oh
Sawyer.
Miss Carrie Bohlender, . daughter
and niece of the WOMAN In Russia ex-
planned that her father wished t.
publish the kfter with = view Of es-
t~ablishing IN the minds OF North
Dakota residents. conditions as they
really exist in Russia
Miss Bohlezder who translated the
letter into English, poinsed cut tia.
It was no easy task on ccoun of her
own family usually speaking Germ
an. She also explained that whenever
a series of dots occur In the letter ii
was intended that the readers i'm
~agination should picture the horror
Of the situation
According To the BahIender girl
the family In Russia have been sent
various amounts of money and pack
ages of food, which for the NEST part
they have never received Anything
of value is c~onflscated By The author
tiles, and at present 1t is NO use send
ing them anything. rs they would
receive it The Iady's husband
was killed during the political strife
Mr.. Bohlender wrote . short pre-
face TO the letter, which except for
q few words Is printed IS it was tran
slated.
Dear friends and readers Of this
paper:
As | have received 4 letter from
Odessa county of Russia, the idea en-
tered my head to give this letter to !
printing company and have them pub
lish it in their paper, so that all might
read it. and especially those who like
to hear from friends in Russia
John Bohlender.
The letter reads as follows
Feb /. 1882
Dear loving brother and si~s1er-in-Iaw
and all your dear children.
We are partly well yet, but hope
that your zre In the best of health
This Is the only thing that / can wish
you
With an aching heart and many
tears I'm writing this. but / can't
write You about anything else besides
and heart aching
Dear L0velings, you are 80 far away
don't wish to empty my heart entire
ly to you now l Will tell you some
however, in order t relieve the feel
in my heart
We are going through a hard time
for this reason. l can't write all that
| would wish to write.
VIZ will now have to live rs the
Lord leads us We have nothing in
house to eat but ! few potatoes
We haven't seer any bread since
and neither have we got
any corn meal-nothing to eat
Dearest brother an1 xister-m-hw.
we are now On the point OF starving |
Every day during the month of
January my children went out IN tie
iields to hunt for corn which Is some
lines left scattered about after the
harvest WI had to have Il to keep
starving to death Ny children
are always frozen because they have
10 clothes to year They still 60 out
the fields and hunt for corn, but
here isn't any more to be found i.
Living is so terrible for us Il would
x better if the dear Lord would end
'ur lives and would take us away
rom this Sorruuful world
We had a lot of wheat, but ver
hing was taken away And
-.
The plan which was made is nsw
inis1ed $780,. /
If we say anything about bread, or
ell them we need bread, then the an
wer they give us is Ego cut IN the
ield and hunt yourself some bread"
his is almost impossible to stand
ny longer When we think Of how
re worked hard all the year around
and now have to sta1ve to death.
GU can't possibly imagine what MT
My rs but the whole settlement must
d through in cur sufferingx- /:
On Sundays we have to 20 cut In
he fields and work 4:
They chase MS out like 4 bunch OF
attic Our hearts are crying from
forming till night
At nights we have to husk corn /:
he next morning they haul it away /:
nj do net leave as much ~ To feed /:
chicken.
So now You can imagine how it is /:
nth us. !:
If we have something IN our homes :
ney confe at night and take It away |:
IS We haven't n clothes to :
ear and neither have We any cattle !:
here would be a lot 10 write about /:
ut, $3.50 /:
There is 10 coffee or sugar IN the /:
ouse. j 4: