Berkeley, September 8, 1930

My darling Alice,

Coming to work this morning I find your letter and am very sorry indeed to let you wait so long. As I returned from my vacation I had such a tremendous amount of work waiting for me lots of correspondence to take care of, and since I wanted to write the longest letter to you I let it rest too long, besides the new manager is expected to arrive any hour and can you imagine how we worke to make the best impression, I had to put in a few hours at nights last week, all these are only poor excuses however and I promise you I won’t let it happen again.

Got a letter from home to-day, my folks were surprised to hear about my plans with you, father is worried about it, because he thinks that times might get worse, and fears that in case I should be out of work he could not do anything for me. My mother says she is happy in a way and again hates to think that I will not be theirs alone any more, however she gives me a lot of good advice, wants to know all about you, because, she writes: your future wife will become our daughter, and we will want to love her too”. Isnt that just like a mother? I will be very proud to write all about you and I am sure they wont have to worry about me any more of course such brave little girls like you are very seldom to-day if I hadn’t found you I most likely would prefer to stay single. Since I know that you will be my assistant, think like me and help me wherever you can, I have no reason at all to hesitate. So I am looking forwards to the great day that will bring us together forever. I thought that perhaps I could take a week off next spring and drive up to Salt Lake, Fred and his sister perhaps come along, then we could get married in Salt Lake and I take you down here with me, how does that sound?

Enclosed some snapshots from the vacation trip, we enjoyed a splendid time, stayed most of the time with the forest ranger high up in the mountains, abt.6550 feet in the Stanislaus National Forest. In the line of beasts there were: rattlers, rabbits, deer, wild horses, and one mount. lion. We went out hunting, but only bagged three rabbits. There were plenty fish too, we had some for lunch now and then. Swimming too was great in the crystal clear pool, only when to snakes showed up in the water, it became less inviting.

Well Darling the lunch hour is up already, lots of work to do yet, so good by for to day, loving you more then ever, I remain

Your boy in the far west George.