Show FORMER DELTAS DELTAN GOING unprepared TO LAS henry D hansen former deltan who has been at las vegas long enough to have established himself there and become known writes las vegas egas nevada sept 21 1931 mr air frank beckwith delta utah dear mr beckwith we received the paper you so kind ly iy sent and thank you tor for remember ing us it was like a visit to both ferron perron and delta which was enjoy ed very much so glad you made the trip to ferron perron and vicinity and that yon fo found und it interesting and profit able wish we could have been with you henry had promise to taken me over and called several times to do so but each time I 1 was busy and couldn coulden t ait gilt oft off I 1 wl ivri are getting along in a way but not getting rich still we have po no room tor for emo plaint as many are far ar worse ott off these days when we see the scores and hundreds ot of idle men on the str ets lets and in the parks here it makes one wonder how many are hungry which many are no doubt there are so many more men here all the time than there are jobs that thal it mak 13 any kind of employment a premium and cuts wages very much anyone coming here to work would do well to he be sure ot of a job before coming or else have enough reserve to live on while job hunting and to boid on att r giving it up which most of them havet to do it is true there is quite a lot of activity but everything is everad over ad vertiss and always more people OB on hand than can be used thanking you again tor for the paper we remain bours mr air and mrs henry D hansen to which henry adds in his own hand mrs hansen had written the foregoing P S dear friend mr beckwith I 1 too enjoyed reading you paper tor for we try to keep in touch with up there as we still aia very much interested in delta and millard coun ty As the wife states things are very bad here for anyone looking for em the contractors are tak ing advantage of labor on account of it being plentiful aers have had a cut in wages from 12 to 8 and less carpenters are working ton 2 or 3 up to 6 and 8 corn com mun nion labor is almost as good as skill ed only there are so many more of them for myself I 1 have been quite fortunate in keeping in work but sui have to spread the mud to make anything now I 1 would advise anyone looking for work to stay away as everything is high and wa low with work hard to get most people come here and leave what they bring with them and then depart poorer than when they caeli wishing you success in your la bors and hoping yet to take that trip at some future date I 1 your friend henry D hansen las vegas nevada |