Stationery from the Hotel Graver, Fargo, ND.

Easter Sunday*

Dear Daddy and Mother Lewis,

Dr. Wakeland (Mr. Roberts’ boss) and I arrived here by auto about 4 o’clock. We have conferences tonight and with our supervisors tomorrow at the college. Yesterday we met with the extension folks at the South Dakota College at Brookings. We drove to Watertown, spent the night and arrived here this PM.

April 9, 1939

Small grain (oats, wheat, barley and flax) is coming up and during the past 3 days we have had some general rains. If it rains about 3 weeks we will not have so many hoppers to poison. The diseases develop during rainy seasons.

We are shipping bait materials in most of the states now, and after Mr. Dorward and I go into the Northwestern states we will ship up there. Dorward arrived Sat. and will meet me here tonight. I expect to go with him to Salt Lake City about the latter part of the week.

The birthday gift was appreciated very much and I want to thank you for sending it. It happened that I needed just what you and Ina sent and I’ll wear them soon.

With love,
Walter.

* To determine the date of Easter for any year, you can use the Easter date finder at Ancestor Search. It’s handy when transcribing correspondence from people who weren’t very good about dating their letters.