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Belt, Montana.
June 29, 1921.

Dear Mr. Stefansson:

Thank you for your telegram of a week ago.

It is regretable that your plans will not materialize this year.
However, I am confident that the things you are working for will eventually
unfold themselves to you.

As I told you in my telegram I am very desirous of going North
with you. I would be glad to serve in any capacity you may see fit to
place me; either with exploration party or developing commercial enterprise
you mentioned the day we met changing trains. The prospects for future
of such a proposition look promising.

Several weeks ago while in Oregon I was the guest of Knight for
a day and enjoyed a pleasant visit with him and his people. We talked
over our ideas of the North and decided we would like to go North together
if possible. Knight is a likable fellow and am certain our team work
would be congenial.

You may be interested in knowing about the films. It was not
until Mr. White took charge of this circuit that I was able to get any co-
operation from the office. Up to that time we had had four managers. It
seems the substitution of slides for films did not meet with satisfaction
with some of our audiences and as a result our manager at that time had
already made arrangements for my leaving the circuit when Mr. White took
charge at the eleventh hour. As soon as he learned the trouble there was
a machine and competent operator furnished me. Since then everything has
been going along very nicely and the films are going over "big".

As for the rental of my slides, I asked $20.00 a week during the
four weeks they were in use. I considered this a fair price in view of
the fact that quite a few were broken through having their inexperienced
crew men handle them while operating lantern. It seems Mr. White and I
can not arrive at an agreement on this as he is willing to allow only