Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — FORMER RESIDENT WRITES FROM HOME IN CALIFORNIA [ARTICLE]

FORMER RESIDENT WRITES FROM HOME IN CALIFORNIA

Dinuba, Calif., April 13, 1918. Editor Republican:—No doubt you think me slow but we are no slacker out here in California. I have intended to write you a letter but am very slow in so doing. Will only write a sort letter, as time is all taken. We can not get along without your paper. It comes as a letter from home and we especially enjoy the letters from the boys “Over There” and feel a great interest in all news of your paper. I must tell you we are. doing our best to help win the war. We have-taken government bonds and bought stamps in our family to help our bit, and the Red Cross of our district meets at my house once a week to sew and make Red Cross also I am knitting at every spare moment. The long dry winter has injured the peach crop and we will not have a half crop, but cur grapes are sure fine and we hope lo have a good crop of figs, but it is too early to tell about figs. However, we will get very high prices for our crop. Mr. Porter has signed the crop up at 15 cents a pound and two years ago they were only 5 cents. Raisins are also higher this year than two years ago. The raisin crop is also signed up at 5% cents, which is considered a good price. On the 20th of this month thjre will begin a Red Cross drive and every land owner is espected to give 50 cents for every acre of land he owns, and laborers ar■> expected to give one day’s wages. As a rule we meet with no difficulty getting money for the Red Cross work, but meet a few slackers. I think my letter is getting quite lengthy, so must close. MRS. I. W. PORTER.