ONE MORE HOPEFUL LETTER
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Mr. Peattie's Course Is Not En-
tirely Through Lands of
Destitution and Woe.
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He Finds' Some Sections Where the
People Are Able to Take Care
of Their Own Poor.
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The Lesson of the Futility of Trying to Farm
on Stock Ranges Taught—Irrigation
Means Prosperity.
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(Still another letter filled with hope and
chronicling good cheer is the seventh of
Mr. Peattie's communications. Mr.
Peattie writes from Cheyenne and Kim-
ball counties, where things are in happy
contrast to the situation elsewhere.)
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Sidney. Cheyenne County, Neb., Dec.
19.—This county has but one person in
the poor home, and is taking care of six
families, by issuing warrants to them
for $4 or $5 per month. But few have
left the county within the past year, as
the note November showed about the
same number as was cast at the pre-
vious election. The relief work al-
ready done among the farmers and
ranchers who needed it has been distrib-
uted largely by the Rev. Bir. Albin, the
Lutheran minister, who was made a re-
lief agent here by Chairman Ludden.
He was greatly assisted by the ladies of
Sidney, principally members of the
Ladies' guild, the Good Samaritans, or
the Woman's Relief corps. Mr. Albin
said:
"I have received no supplies from Mr.
Ludden yet, but I am advised that
they have been shipped. we are tak-
ing care of about fifteen families. They
have received some clothing, a little
provisions and so forth, and I believe,
are fairly comfortable, There is really
not much distress in Cheyenne county,
and I have no doubt that we will be
able to amply take care of our poor."
NOT SO BADLY FIXED.
The Rev. George A . Beacher of the
Episocopal chruch, who was just re-
turned from one of his e xtended tours
as far north as the Burlington road and
as far west as Burlington road and as
far west as Gering, in Scott's Bluffs
county, reports that the settler in the
region he traversed appear not to be
as bad off as they were a year ago.
