Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-12
Southern California.

AT Los Angeles the day was observed
in a manner similar to that in which
the Fourth of July is usually observed
in Missouri; that is, the celebration
was principally an outdoor affair. The
Masonic fraternity had charge of the
programme. The primary depart
ment OF the Cotton public school on
the day before congregated under the
cooling shades of the pepper, palm
and orange trees which adorn the
school yard and went through exer-
cises commemorative of the Father-of-
His Country.
I've already learned to pronounce
during my short residence in this Sec
tion of the State few of the Spanish
names of places and things in Cali
fornia, and will proceed to show off a
bit: 1sCahuilla," small town situat-
ed in the San Jacinto (..San Husinta'')
mountains, is known among the ma
tives as .Co-we-uh. The desert des-
ignated on the map as the .'Mojave"
is often heard spoken of, but it is diff
fcult to recognize the spelling of the
name from its pronunciation. It is
called ssthe Mo-ha-vy," with the ac-
cent on the '.ha." But what tender
foot would think of pronouncing
"Cajon," the name of pass in the
mountains to the north of Cotton, the
same as the surname of the gentle
man at Fredericktown who is an as
pirant for the Republican nomination
for Governor of Missouri? However,
when speaking of it here. you must
call it the "Cahoon Pass;' that is, if
you want to be understood. The fore
going will suffice to illustrate the point
that in California all things which ap-
pear in print are not what they seem.
When l first saw a young white girl
astride horse, man fashion, thought
it odd. I have since learned that this
particular girl comes to town daily in
that manner. Her home Is on a near
by ranch. and she attends the Cotton
public school. Later, I was not so
much surprised on seeing a Mexican
woman astride burro. Two men
who accompanied her also rode bur-
ros, and two pack animals. we'll load
ed, added to the novel sight. While
going along one of the principal streets
in Los Angeles last week saw a girl
we'll along in her teens ride by at
brisk gallop. Each foot was resting
in stirrups on opposite sides of the
horse she rode. Southern California's
new women are evidently far in adj
vance of those in other sections of this
country.
A visit to an orange-packing estab-
lishment was found quite interesting.
When the fruit is gathered it is dump
ed loosely into boxes supplied by the
packers. On delivery these filled
boxes are placed upon the packing
mouse scales. Inc weight ana name
OF owner are written on pieces OF card
ooaro ana attacneo 70 eacn oox, ana
the oranges are ready for sorting. The
''culls" are first picked out, returned
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quan'ity oe.isereo Dy 'ne grower
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io' nalAes1ns purposes arc
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'ne irui' snus picAeu 70 ~ onos s'a1aeu
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70 nov nau oa .n ~ M
loads into .'the wash" Each tract of
untillable land lying in or near the
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