F. C. PUTNAM 
W. T, PUTNAM 
P, G. PUTNAM 
W. T. PUTNAM, JR. 
MAIL ORDERS TAKEN FOR 
DRESSED POULTRY, FRESH 
EGGS AND OTHER FARM 
PRODUCTS 
Xntermount J?amt 
INTERMOUNT FARM BUTTER, 
CREAM, CHEESE, SAUSAGE 
AND FRESH PORK 
,T> 
W. T. PUTNAM a SONS 
"THE MAIL ORDER FARM” 
lUfce Cusifjman, ®2Uagf). 
Jan. 19P1. 
My dear Mr. Deane:- 
Yf.iu. are a goer!, patient, 
friend/ and it is too tad that you have been sc neglected. First, 
May all the good things of life be yours and r y you live to sec 
your -work completed, r. kno- nothing which gives one greater Satis¬ 
faction- And no- 17 for ourselves. We are all alone, the toys having 
left us yesterday and they are no- steaming over the Cascades be¬ 
hind two Dig locomotives on the N. P* • * 
You ash about the Jacona project. I had a phone yesterday 
telling me that the courts had lust rendered a decision in our case 
giving the city the right to condemn, mis is the first step. On 
the other hahd the city is bankrupt and cannot sell her bonds, and 
under the circumstances I do not see what good it will do her.Lt is 
no- up to them, as it stands '"acona is psying 8.4 on a property 
valuation higher, in the ease of unimproved residence property, than 
-cat the property will bring. [ -ill let you know from time to time 
ho- the matter comes along. 
I can hardly tell you ho- T appreciate l he kindly interest 
m us and our ai fairs, and the best I can do ull be to tell you 
—hat I can about ourselves and the progress —e uve made. 
Thfc boys are all in college, the State College at Pullman 
on the border of Idaho, m -hat is kno-n as the "Palouse Country” 
The two older cues are Juniors and the youngest a second yeax ’Prep’ 
This Prep course is a High school course for those "ho have no 
high schools, common eno igh in the backwoods, me oldest boy is 
