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IN A MORE HOPEFUL VEIN

Mr. Peattie's Sixth Drouth Letter Tells of an Oasis in the Desert.

A Part of the County Where There Was Plenty Water and Where Things Are Better.

Just a Little Flash of Light in the Gloom Which Hovers Over the Starving Sand Hills Country.

(The World-Herald's special envoy into the drouth country, Mr. Robert B Peattie,
writes more hopefully today, he having apparently struck an oasis in the desert
This is Mr. Peattie's sixth letter A better idea of the actual situation which exists in the land of poverty cannot be obtained than that given by a perusal of his previous correspondence)

Chappel, Deuel Couty, Neb, Dec 19—For the first time in my wanderings I have come upon a county where the destitution is not general This county is not generally stricken, although but few crops were raised, none at all on the table lands. The valley along the Platte river, where irrigation is being practiced to some extent, raised some corn, a little wheat and a small quantity of alfalfa Here and there small patches of potatoes and other vegetables were grown where
wind-mill pumps were utilized, and on these articles the farmers will subsist
during the winter months. Seed will have to be generally distributed in the spring The farmers out here are better able to stand the present pinching circumstances than some people, for the very good reason that they have never known much better times.

Of course there are a good many who have applied for aid of the county commissioners,

IN A MORE HOPEFUL VEIN

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Mr. Peattie's Sixth Drouth Letter
Tells of an Oasis in the
Desert.

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A Part of the County Where There
Was Plenty Water and Where
Things Are Better.

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Just a Little Flash of Light in the Gloom Which
Hovers Over the Starving Sand
Hills Country,

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(The World-Herald's special envoy into
the drouth country, Mr Robert B Peattie,
writes more hopefully today, he having
apparently struck an oasis in the desert
This is Mr Peattie's sixth letter A better
idea of the actual situation which exists in
the land of poverty cannot be obtained
than that given by a perusal of his pre-
vious correspondence)

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Chappel, Deuel Couty, Neb, Dec
19—For the first time in my wander-
ings I have come upon a county where
the destitution is not general This
county is not generally stricken, al-
though but few crops were raised, none
at all on the table lands The valley
along the Platte river, where irriga-
tion is being practiced to some extent,
raised some corn, a little wheat and
a small quantity of alfalfa Here and
there small patches of potatoes and
other vegetables were grown where
wind-mill pumps were utilized, and on
these articles the farmers will subsist
during the winter months Seed will
have to be generally distributed in the
spring The farmers out her are bet-
ter able to stand the present pinching
circumstances than some people, for
the very good reason that they have
never known much better times,