the Editor of the form-Cutna, Dany News Sm—Owing to the continued local drought I fear the farmers here are) infor a very bad time. And in many cases there will be a complete failure of crops. During my evening walks with my dogs I have been rudying the crops especially round about Columbia circle and Hungjao.
Thave been in China a good many years and never have I seen the cotton and bean crops looking so backward.
As so many of the farmers live from hand to mouth I fear their out-Jock for the coming winter is very So mi of us enjoy the country especially the hunting people, and I was wondering if it would not be wise to raise a fund so to enable one to help those in real Recessity. I would be quite willing to form a committee to see that the right people were helped.
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