DEAR DOCTOR , 



YOUR WELCOME LETTER OFNMAY 23 CAME DULY, AND WE WERE REJOICING 

 AT THE FROSF^CT OF SHOWING YOU AROUND HERE WKFJ LOl - COKES FATE, ROH 

 UND K ALT AND TELLS ME I MUST STOP MY WORK RIGHT OFF AND "GET OUT' 1 . THE 

 FACT IS, I AM UNUSUALLY USED UP THIS END OF THE SESSION, AND WAS REFLECT- 

 ING ABOUT THE DIRECTION IN WHICH TO MOVE, WHEN ALONG COMES VILLARD, AND 

 WANTS ME TO LOCK UP SOME MATTERS ABOUT COAL AND IRON IN OREGON AND WASH, , 

 AND THA , AS USUAL , • 'AS (tfJlCK AS YOU CAN 1 1 . WELL , IT JUST SUITS MY 

 CASE, AND SO I AM OFF ON THE I5'TH OF THE MONTH. AS IT } AFFENS, I SHALL 

 BE THERE WHEN YOU COME UP, AND EXPECT TO ACCOMPANY YOU EITHER UP THE COL- 

 UMBIA, OR ON PUGET SOUND. MEANTIME, VILLARD TELLS ME TO WRITE TO YOU TO 

 LET HIM KNOW WHEN YOU ARE GOING, AND HE WILL ARRANGE THINGS FOR YOU R 

 COMFORT UP THERE - A THING HE KNOWS PERFECTLY HOW TO DO, AS I CAN TESTI- 

 FY. DON* T FAIL TO DO AS HE SAYS, FOR HE MEANS IT! 



SO YOU WILD FIND MY WIFE, HERE, A DISCONSOLATE GRASS WIDOW, AND I HOPE 

 YOU WILL NOT FAiL TO GOME OVER TO SEE HER. LET HER KNOW THE TRAIN ON 

 WHICH YOU COME, AND MY SON EUGENE WILL RECEIVE YOU AT THE DEPOT AND DRIVE 

 YOU UP. THE TRAINS CONNECTING WITH BERKELEY LEAVE THE CITY ON THE HALF 

 HOURS IN THE MORNING ;7.30 TO 11.30: , THEN ON THE FULL HOURS FROM I TO 6. 

 FOR MY BOISE, STOP AT 1 1 DWIGHT WAY ST«h. f » UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A 

 SPARE ROOM ALWAYS READY FOR OUR VISITORS, SO THAT YOU CAN COME WHEN YOU 

 LIKE AND STAY OVERNIGHT. . MY ASSISTANT, MR. DWINELLE, OR IN HIS ABSENCE 

 MY GARDENER, MR. KLEE ,WILL PILOT YOU AROUND THE GROUNDS *C. BUT I HOPE 

 TO SEE YOU MYSELF WHEN YOU RETURN FRQvi THE NORTH , AS } I .EXPECT TO BE HOME 

 THE SEtO D WEEK OF JULY. AS FOR COMING OVERLANL)/ VILLARD ADVISEDLY WHIS- 

 TLED WHEN |fr I TOLD HIM OF YOUR INTENTION. ; AN$ YOU MUST NOT FAIL TO 

 ACCEPT HIS 1 'EASEMENT OF THAT TRIP FOR YOU, FOR IT IS A TREMENDOUS PULL 

 WHEN MADE ON THE STAGE, WHICH HAS KNOCKED UP YOUNGER PEOPLE THAN YOURSELF 



SO THEN, AU REVOIR IN THE HOME OF ABIES DOUGLASSIII-WHEN YOU GET TO 

 PORTLAND, YOU WILL KNOW WHERE I AM AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE OREGON RAIL- 

 WAY $ NAVIGATION CO., ESPECIALLY OF MR. PAUL SliULT2E,NE BE sliUL T 2£ N DOR ?F . 

 DON'T FAIL TO TELEGRAPH TO ME AT ONCE ON ARRIVAL AT PORTLAND. 



THAT OF THE DIFFERENCE II SUCCESS n F VINE GRAFTS IS VERY INTERESTING 

 AND IMPORTANT! WE WILL TRY IT HERE, BE TORE LONG , ON VITIS CALIFORNIA. 

 YOURS, WITH GREETINGS FROM ALL 



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