#Washington, #YakimaValley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from #Bismark,NorthDakota. "Come to #Washington three years ago in that #Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had #480acres back there..."

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#Washington, #YakimaValley. Drought refugee, aged sixty three, from #Bismark,NorthDakota. "Came to #Washington three years ago in that #Chevy coupe you see over there and twenty-five dollars cash. Had #480acres back there. I dried out after thirty years, lost it, and walked out." With help of #WorkProjectsAdministration WPA) and supplementary work on ranches is buying three quarters of an acre in shacktown near #Yakima, has it nearly paid for, has good garden. "On my own place I can't starve."

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