World War I Collection

[Imprint: H. L. A. BATES 277 PINE STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ]

June 7th 1923 Thursday 1030 AM

My dear old Sned:

We received your wire yesterday, and were delighted to know that your hard work and devotion to your duties had enabled you to pass all your examinations. We wired you love & congratulations last night. Your message said "am now SOW senior". We suppose this means "LOW" senior. We note that you have had a hot wave and hope that it will soon pass. Here we have hardly seen the sun for a week or more. High fogs are the order of the day, and so cold that we have the furnace going at home every evening.

I got a letter from Les yesterday acknowleging receipt of my photograph and expressing his views favourably regarding it. He wants Mother and me to take a couple of weeks off and come down, but we cannot do it for various reasons. Jack Fritschi has left the St Paul office. He was let out May 31st. Goodwin the manager assisted by MacKay, are trying to freeze him out of his partnership in the automobile Gen agency of which Jack/owns 1/4th.

Ella is worried and so are Mother and I, as it is very hard to get a good paying job in the insurance business, particularly for an official of a company as Jack was. John is going with a party of 50 boys to the Yosemite Saturday for two or three weeks.

Jos is working very hard with long hours. He catches the 630 AM boat from Alameda and gets home about 715 PM. Today is Martha's birthday as Jos and Martha are coming to our