Letter: Raleigh, North Dakota 24 December 1926

Dear Editor:

Although I am not quite familiar with the circumstances involved here, I would like to send in a little report for the newspaper. I am also enclosing $2.00 for a year’s subscription.

Winter has finally come, and I believe it will be a tough time for us farmers since there is no fodder. There are no signs of straw bales anywhere and the stables are too cold for the livestock without straw. The little fodder we have in reserve will soon be gone, then what? I still don’t understand why there is lease land available by putting horses up as security. The poor creatures are walking about more dead than alive.

Last spring many a bale of hay was burned. I wish we had it now!

I would like my siblings’ children in Estevan, Canada to know that we are still all well and alive. We would like to hear from them either directly or via this newspaper. It’s always nice to hear from friends and loved ones, as the newsman well knows, as this gives him some work to do.

We should contemplate a little more, this close to the celebration of our Savior’s birth. Just imagine what He has suffered for our sake, and ask ourselves whether after all that He would really let us perish now. Faith in the Lord and onward, trusting in Him, for He rewards our faith.

I will come to a close now, wishing the readers, editor and staff a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year in the company of family and friends!

With a faithful German greeting,

Your friends,
Max Winter and Wife