Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — John Walker Now At Tucson, Ariz. December 29, 1917. [ARTICLE]

John Walker Now At Tucson, Ariz. December 29, 1917.

Mr. L. H. Hamilton, v. - Rensselaer, Indiana. My Dear L. H.: WiH you kindly have the address of my paper changed from here to 40 South Stone Avenue, Tucson Arizona. I have resigned here, ant will open a general reporting office at the above address, for the purpose of doing all kinds of shorthand reporting, and also some other business that I will engage in. I have been here for twelve years, and am tired, and want to get into business for myself, and can do so this way. Our litigation here has gone down very materially within the last year, ana there is hardly any work in the way of making transcripts, while there I would transcribe ninety per cent of the notes taken. The Federal Court is located there, and I have the promise of all the work for the Phelps Dodge corporation, the Southern Pacific, the El Paso & Southwestern, the C. & A. Mining Company, .and others of like importance, and know that I am going to be busy all the time.

There is no news here. Everything is about as usual. We had a very pleasant Christmas, the weather being warm enough to go out without a coat, and be comfortable, and it is still that way. We have had no rain or snow at all this winter, and, in fact, no rain since about the middle of August, and the cattlemen are in pretty bad shape, and the ranges are being emptied, and the cattle being shipped where there is some-pas-ture, but that is pretty hard to find in this whole western country, for it is all about the same. With best personal regards, and wishing for you and yours a happy and prosperous new year, I am, very sincerely yours, JOHN W. WALKER.