Hillsboro, Oregon. 
My dear Mr. Deane:- 
Box 65, Route 5. 
jam 26, 1924. 
T had your little note a few days ago telling 
me you had received the Oregonian. I had forgotten all about it. I 
had gone into Portland luring the holidays and the newsstands all 
had the issue wrapped and stamped and all one had to do was to 
address them and leave them on the stand- I thcught you would like 
t(. see something of the country, ^he western papers all print New 
Year's editions showing the progress of their cities and states and 
it is good advertising. 
We have enjoyed the book on the President. It is a very 
pleasant, intimate summary of the man. He seems to be the original 
of the story told by our late Representative iron. Washington, Frank 
oushman, the man who could keep silent in seven different languages. 
I have been greatly amused by your illustrations. I wish 
I could do that sort of thing, but I fear you might not be able to 
recognise hhe subjects, t did study for a while over your picture 
of the Shenandoah- You said « the Shenandoah went over your house* 
T knew the river had not wjwdered down into Massachusetts but thought 
you possibly had a place in the valley where it belonged and there 
had been a freshet, ‘^he big airship I thought must be a manna cat¬ 
fish with h&r family out for an airing and you were observing them 
from the front yard. Pretty wet down there. You see I have been 
accustomed to freshets Stud besides, ! am very ignorant of the six 
navy sc you must lay the blame on my ignorance, not on your illus¬ 
tration. 
T hings here go on pretty much as usual. We have had a 
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\ eautiful winter, ©niy an inch of snow and a few quite days, 
-"hen the mercury went down as low as 10 or 12. Most of the time 
it has not frozen at night. i saw pussy willows a few days ago. ^e 
are hard at work plowing and getting ready for the spring, but the 
