The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-28
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your greatest hope for improve
ment lies in getting her out of this
country for a while where she can
have the proper kind of diet
plenty of rest and amusement to
avoid the mental strain she is un-
der.
1t would be my suggestion that
as long as you are making rep11-
lar trips west for fruit, etc. that
you take her and the family there
for the winter. Don't leave anv of
the children here for her to worry
about. / think if you can see YOUR
way clear to do this you will no.
tice quite change in her bv
spring or early summer.
Drop in and let's talk it over.
Sincerely
G. M. Hall.
So Hurshel acted upon this adj
vice, and arranged his affairs ac-
cordingly. He took the matter I'm
with the Union Central in regard
to the cows as it had a mortgage
on them, telling the company that
he was taking them to Washing
ton for the winter. There was no
objection.
The affairs about the farm was
arranged for the families absence.
A deal was made with Art Hagen,
a neighbOr, to look after the prem
ises and keep his eye on things in
return for pasture the next sum-
mer. And "Mom" was taken in the
car to Sunnyside, in the Yakima
Valley, Washington, from where
the Galatians trucked fruit and
vegetables, where they rented a
place for the winter. The bows and
the rest of the family came in
trucks. Furniture sufficient to
make them comfortable together
with the cows and chickens were
taken from the farm and the rest
left in the house and so the Cal
lahans moved into their temper
airy home at Sunnyside. And as
the doctor ordered the whole fam
lily went. 1t was convenient for
there was no reason for any of
them to stay on the farm that
winter. The arrangement was con-
venient for in the supplementary
business of trucking fruit east, the
! Galatians now had western head
quarters at their own home
where one of the boys could ar
range for their fruit supply.
When the Galatians went west
for the winter all of the farming
outfit, with the exception of thu
trucks and the car, was left OIL
, the farm. And in the house wa
left flour, groceries, meat, sugar
some vegetables, and over 2OI
quarts Of canned fruit. This wa
left to be used in the spring whel
Hurshel and the boys returned t,
resume farming operations, whicl
would be as soon as the season Op
ened. ~ IsE
The Galatians had no plans O
abandoning the farm as all tn
! facts prove. They did not evel
dream of any difficulty with tn
company. In fact Hursheps min
was entirely at ease as to tina
2 point, for he had made a solemn
and binding agreement with tn
Union Central for the payment Q
all their claims as soon as he GO
his federal loan, which he did no
doubt getting and which he eX
il pected at any time. The Compan
o had not made any demands cor
t trary to the agreement, and HUI
!, shell did not even dream that tn
y company had any idea Of cancel
ing his contract-he honestly tho
i that everything between himsel
/ and the company was settled.
J. RUMOR OF ABANDONMENT
z STARTS TO CIRCULATE
But the Galatians had hardl
e gotten settled at Sunnyside, whe
D, surprising events occurred. The ri
J. NOR was circulated by somebod!
IS interested and wontonly, that the
L had got discouraged with the
deal at last, and had abandone
lie the big farm, and moved ava,
ID and that they would not return
lie The hidden hand was at work. A
ID Hagen heard the rumors, but pal
~ vey little attention to them, the
were en- preposterous. and he dI