Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-03-30
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LAMANDA PARK. CALIFORNIA.
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LAAANDA PARK. CALIFORNIA,
March Goth, 1899.
Friend d. Nj:
Well, here am finally started on nv
journey to SanBarnandino and Elsinor
Mrs. Pierce and Minnie came to the
Santa Fe depot with me, then Minnie
returned TO her music, and Mrs Pierce
and l, after securing my railroad tick
let and checks, returned to the city to
have a Check cashed, for 1t takes cash
and lots of it to keep two lone women
in California From there back to the
depot, and then away, as if on the
wings of the morning, and soon we
reach Santa Anitee, second station
from Pasadena, close to the foot of the
mountain, and is quite pretty little
place.
My health is not very good and per-
haps prudence would dictate to me the
propriety of remaining in doors, but [
had promised to make friends visit
before returning to Iowa, so came to
redeem my promise, but here is Mon.
rovia-the car is full this morning, and
have seat with fine looking gen.
tleman, but l think he is a married
man, and have quite bad cold, so 1
shsn't talk to him-would you?
We are now going through the San
Gabriel river bed, and 1T is q most des
olate looking place; rocks all pounded
up fine aud scattered and piled up in
every direction among the sage and
chaparral brush; the rocks are as white
as bone, and l can only think of the
bleaching banes of past generations,
and feel an awe as pass, as it were,
over the graves of the sleeping dead.
| Here is Azvsa, and rain this evening
and night, and storming in the noun
tains, the clouds whirl, and fall and
catch upon the crags and mountain
peaks as if they were afraid to come
down to mother earth, and in the dis
lance, "Old Badly" rears his head to
see, as it were, what is causing this
mighty commotion. can think of
nothing unless it Is "Uncle Sam" try
ing to see what his children are doing
on the isles of the ocean; but here we
at "North Ramona"
have been reading the Los Angeles
Times therefore have not written be-
tween stations; but here we are at
/ Claremont and q crowd of college bows
and girls are at the depot to meet some
students, and they gave the college
yell, but could not catch the words,
they got it off however and IL 1 did
not understand it they did and that is
sufficient. The young men had on
/ light cclored plug hats that looked as
if they had been sit down upon and
then Strengthened up again, and the
young ladies black gowns with red
vests and black mortis brade caps, and
theyl'ooked very pretty indeed.
| North Ontario, a pretty place, and
have some dear friends here and il
they knew l was going by wonld not
like it but must pass now.
| 1t has cleared up and the clouds are
away, and so has my good looking man
and now have the seat all to my self
and feel much more comfortable.
| Here We are at Cotton, nice little
place; l have been reading tho papers
and find the rain has been general all
over southern California.
Here is Riverside. the great orange
belt, and there is a beautiful little park
here at the depot, it has kite shape
flower bed, LAID out and Glled with the
most lovely flowers, and is intended to
represent what they call the kite she
ped Railroad tack frc'- =
up to Rad'~- =. LOS Angeles
-..nus, and is called the kite.
A There have been several stations In
between these points that l have not
named, as loaned my pencil to lady
who forgot to return it.
l reached Eisinore last Monday, 18th
inst, but have not had time to write
as I have been talking or riding, and |
feel happy here only / regret to say my
dear friend here is in very poor health
They live on small ranch, but most
beautiful place, and it runs hack to d
very pretty lake called Lake Elsinore
it is about three miles wide and seven
miles long and rests in the land like &
beautiful sheet of silver.
n hope to return home soon; in al
my wanderings, even in this land oil
sunshine and flowers, there is no place
|, so dear to me as my Iowa home ant
the memory that cluster around "Tht
Cedars." Mrs. r. G. r.
Items From the Missouri Val
ley Times of March %,
1879.
The farmers are sowing their spring
wheat