[Letter] 1891 May 15 Portland [to] Dear Brother [manuscript].

              Portland May 15 71
Dear Brother, I received your letter was very glad to hear from you, that you are well, but sorry to learn that your crop was a failure.  it seems hard to loose all of your years laber it seems that cal. is fated and it is much to be regreted there are a great many coming here from there seeking homes they tell pitiful stories on account of the drouth.  if you had some of our oregon rain, which we could spare very easily.  I suppose it would be acceptable as we still have occasional showers, and all get very tired of it.  but then it is natural for us to complain no difference how well off we are.  but it does seem a great misfortune to Cal.  this county seems to have taken a start at last and is building up a good and substantial population which has been long needed  evry place has changed so much that you would not know where you are.  you can judge for your self when you come up to see us