The Newtown bee., 1898-03-18

voir which will take three years TO CON-
plete, and will be
THE LARGEST RESERVOIR IN THE WORLD. |
South of Otay the country is barren even
to the Mexican line. South of the line
is a little village of small scattered
houses and custom house. l inquired
what they could raise for a living, and
some one answered, ''beans.' 1t is called
Tia Juana, the Mexican for Aunt Jane.
A wide stretch of sand between the rail-
road and the town is called the Tia Ju.
ana river. 1t was perfectly dry, but
they assured us that there were times
when it could not be forded. On knoll
east of the railroad stands granite mon
the United States and Mexico. 1t has
four polished panels, two inscribed in
English and two in Spanish. 1t is sur
rounded with heavy iron pickets pointed
at the top, to guard against the vandal-
ism of relic hunters. Returning we
stopped at Olivewood, the residence of
Mr. KimDall, between Chula Vista and
National City. A complete forest of olive
trees surrounds the house and orange
orchard. 1t is one of the many beauty
spots of Southern California. On the
return Of the train from San Diego we
took the cars for the great S@eetwater
dam. 1t is well worth a visit; 80 feet
high TO the flow line and 100 feet to the
top; it appear much shorter than it real
ly is. The area of the reservoir is 700
acres and holds six billion gallons of
water. Returning tired and weary to our
hotel, we were greeted by the boom of
the solitary sunset guu from the arma-
ment which Uncle Sam is erecting at the
entrance to the harbor, and retired to
rest feeling that ours is as good q govern
ment as exists on earth and that there is
might and msgnanimity in the arm
which protects us. Next morning at 8
o'clock we started for La Jolla, u miles
up the coast. At this place large sand
stone cliffs face the ocean and the waves
have worn the rock away,
FORMING LARGE CAVES AND ARCHES
several hundred feet in iergth, under the
cliffs. We were fortunate with regard
to the time Of our visit, as the caves can
only be entered at the times of extremely
low tide. The cliffs are from 20 to 100 feet
high, and at one point is a rock called
the Cathedral, from it's resemblance to
some OF the cathredals of Europe; an
other is named Alligator Head; another,
Goldfish Point, said to be the only place
on the coast where goldfish can be seen
in their native element. remarked that
the fish appeared larger than any / had
heretofore seen. The conductor assured
me that it was due to the refraction of
light and that they were not as large as
they looked. The water here is very
clear, and small objects ON the bottom
are clearly seen. We entered several of
the caves (there are seven large), and
many smaller ones. They are all of the
same type, showing the different strata
of the sandstone, layer upon layer. As
the surf came rolling in we left, and on
our return stopped at Old Town, where
the first Catholic mission In California
was established by Father Junipero Ser
ra, in 1869, and called Cosey. The old
mission bells are hanging to crosse bar
between two posts, in trout Of the little
church. We went through the building
with it's old tile roof CHOW a ruln), In
which Romona was married, and viyia-
IL recalled Helen Hunt Jackson's work,
"Old Town Folks We returned well
pleased with our trip, and resolved the
next time we were told that locality
was not worth visiting we would accept
the statement. with many grains Of allow
ance. Respectfully, en-. 4. BeardaleY,
Los Angeles, Cal, March A, 1898.
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