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[Letterhead] Hotel Albany
B. R. Westbrook,
Proprietor
Albany, Oregon

in Alameda society — nit! I
wonder if Daff still dreams dreams
of Gertrude Emmans. I had a card
from Dallas, but that was the first
I had heard that he was in the
far south.

I suppose you are grinding away as usual,
and hope that you are feeling as
you should, again. I am enjoying my
work up here and meeting with many
new experiences. Incidentally, I am learning
something pertaining to insurance.

No, Ed, I have not got "them" all lined up,
so to speak, but am having a fairly
good time, at that. Have really seen
nothing that can touch our San Fran-
cisco talent — even though we do not
appreciate them, as we should. I am already