The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-03-13

ter how successful person may be in
new country. or how firmly welded to
its interests or delighted with its eli
mate, it is second nature to retain deep
love of his native state and to desire
to frate!uize with others from the same
section and to receive them as brothers.
\ few incidents Of the theatres here
within few weeks have reminded me
Of Maine. Richard Golden minus
Dora appeared for a week in Old Jed
Prouty. from Bueksport, Maine. and
seemed tollease the critics and theatre
ccrrs amazingly: and only last week
Miss Maud Lillian Berry sang at the oS
Angeles theatre i'm The Princess Chic.
Miss Berry is veil-knowu at home, but
is native californian, and for tins
latter reason seemed great success.
Los Angeles is a city Of life. ON
SUNDAY there are three band concerts
il. different sections OF the city. and
scat, IN street cars are at premium
Is / write, tie salvation Amy IS
palaGnlg Main street with Il band of
sixteen pieces, and a fairly good band,
too. composed Of men and women mu-
sicjans. ] am told that skilled players,
temporarily stranded. Will play III tins
band for 4 while, until some good posi-
ton Offers. meanwhile getting Their
living and keeping i'll practice. one Of
the best bands | have heard on this
coast is the Catalina Island band, play
ing at the Chutes- Washington Park.
They play III Los Angeles all Wlnt T.
and at home ali eHnmer when Catalina
becomes a resoIt"t national repntatlon
This band reminded me strongly, III the
uniforms worn as we'll as in the general
character of the playing, OF our own
band, which it is hoped Will continue
to entertain us and our visitors the
coming season. At Central Park the
Odd Fellows band plays, and at East
lake Park the Los Angeles Military
Band. so that the large population of
the city, having an idle day, with few
afternoon services of the churches and
the saloons all closed. can pass a portion
of it with profit and pleasure. Suffice
it to say that the churches here have
fine congregations of well-dressed. con
tented -appeari1,p ppOnle.-and that al
most every sect of Christpndom is rep
resented. from Catholic to Christian
Science. The latter. bv the way. have
two iiourishing parishes in the city and
have many adherents in all the small
towns Of this section.
The Chamber of Commerce is one of
tie most generally visited of the nnblic
luildinos If is A CITY ENTERPRISE but is
used for exhibits from all the counties
of southern California. and these ex-
hibts are kept complete and full bv
the Boards of Trade whose duty it is to
see that the beauties. fertility and
1roducts of their specia] localities are
NOT lost siobt of Nothing will give
STRANGER so clear an INSIGHT into the re-
sources of California as to spend few
hours in this building. Every variety
of fruit. flour vegetable and berry that
the mind can enumerate is raised in
some district of this fruitful State; all
kinds of grains and wines, every miner
al in abundance; oils and manufactured
products without number, go to make
up the business assets. No wonder it
is rich State. Flowers. fruit, berries
and grain every month in the year;
four crops of hay off the same land in
a season: either an oil-well OF gold
mine i'll almost everybody's back yard.
sometimes it takes all mans fortune
to find out that his oil-well spouts
more water than OIL There were
many extraordinary specimens in the
Chamber of Commerce. | noticed ba-
nanas and pineapples, raised in San
Diego County; pumpkin weighing 100
lbs. sweet potatoes weighing from -
to IT. lbs. and corn-stalks measuring
twenty one feet from butt to tip, But
wonderful as were these natural speci-
mems, the registry book for the entry
Of visitors names ecllpsed them all.
After registering, | remarked to an
attendant that this WAS the most non