The Gushman House 
LAKE CUSHMAN, WASH. 
a nd if they Keep at it,H may be some time before the matter o ernes 
up again. 
And you h&ve been having a blizzard? I was stuck in Bos¬ 
ton during the 88 blizzard, from Sunday till Thursday, and I know. 
Here we have had a wonderful winter, a great deal of rain which 
did much damage in California and ^et us considerably, but only a 
few nights when the thermometer went belcr T 32. A month ago I saw 
the red cur-ant in blrm in Seattle and here in the . ountains the 
geass is as green as in summer and many flowers are in bloom. 
1 saw dogtooth violets a few days ago several inches high. 
Mrs. p. had a pretty serious attack of pneumonia in 2an. which 
lasted through the entire month and I i/had my hands full. The boys 
are still at Pullman and counting the days till they come home. 
If I ever get a chance to- go on the hill I will hunt up that fern 
for you, I dont often gfet the chance. There is plenty to do at 
home and “hen I am idle I am tired. Its time I went to bed n»ir. 
I am going to send you some advertisements of Oregon which we got 
in anticipation of our having to leave. We were very much taken 
~ith the Co-os Bay country, I think next ye ay we shall send the boys 
to the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis, get out your map, 
as they do net like the dry climate east of the Cascades, and Ferdie 
the older has a throati-trouble which it aggravates. I think these 
pamphlets will interest you ahd perhaps you may be induced to come 
c t and settle in Cod's country. I hope ypu and Mrs. l)eane are well 
we are all well here. 
Very sincerely yours, 
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