The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06
Letter From w. S. Brown.


". s. Brown, who with his f1mi.y, has
been spending the summer in California.
has come to the rescue of his friend, MI
Walker. whose veracity he believes is
endangered by the fish story contained in
last Sundays issue of the Eagle He
writes an interesting letter from Los An
geles. dated August 26. and says:
have just received my Eagle" of
Funday, August 23rd. and in the home
gossip column 1 see an account of where
George Walker caught some fish; also
the same article seems to carry some
doubt as 10 Mr. Walkers veracity when
r. comes to fish stories. Now any one
who doubts him viii have to settle with
me when I get back home, for 1 believe ne
caught the fish With my family. 1 spent
a week ct Catalina. and while 1 did not
catch any fish nor try TO. ! saw dozens
ef them brought in weighing from 80
60 800 pounds each and yellowtail alba
core. weighing from . 10 60 pounds each
are brought in by the hundreds. 1t is no
uncommon sight 10 see a ton or more of
fsh hung up on the racks at a time, and
while each brave fisherman takes pride
tn having his picture took by the side
IF that kind done while l was there and
! kept pretty close watch. ! saw a sea
sun FISH towed in that weighed over 1850
pounds. and they had to cut it up to
weigh it. as they had no large scales. It
was the largest fish that had ever been
caught AZ the island. We also saw two
whales that must have been from 60 to
100 feet lons disporting themselves Just
mt the edge Of the bay. If this vindica-
ton Is worth anything TO Mr.. Walker
in business way, he viii please drop a
ton Of coal in my cellar on. North Mar
ltet street to square it0
This IS a great country and city. and he
who fails 70 visit It misses much. Los
Angeles is growing by leaps and bounds.
Pasadena avenue. the main thorouehfare
from Los Angeles TO Pasadena. ten miles,
will soon be built solid with homes. many
OF them expensive and beautiful and they
seem TO be trying TO annex everything
that Joins them in every direction. So
much building I never saw before Bust
ness property In the heart OF the city.
practically vacant. is held at $2,ooo to
SEQ per front foot and many steel.
frame. fire-proof buildings are being
erected. costing from S2ooo W.
Huntington is erecting steel building
So feet square. 9 stories hi1h as head
quarters for his electric car lines II WI
cost over two million dollars The cleo
trio car system here is. or viii be. soon
as lines now building are finished. the
best in the Emitted States. Il IS simply
immense. radiaung in every direction 70
al towns within ~ miles. some Of TIE
cars now travelling sixty miles an hour.
and / am told they are having some cars
tuilt with sharp ends u cut the wind u
make a sreel Of . miles an hour. There
are L resorts on the coast. ranging from
Is 10 % miles from Los Angeles. and
thousands upon thousands Of people from
all parts Of the country are there.
one thing that iapresses a Kansas Is
that the towns here are away ahead Of
the country. The ranches are mossIg
small and the Improvements avers sc
very poor. The farming country does not
Cook prosperous. and IL is plain 70 he seen
that the tourist crop IS the best they
have. bur 4 Is a sure one. and suppose
VIII grow better You tel an angel =
(as they call themselves that he has 10
back country. but mountain and desert
h viii answer. the whole southwest Is
our back country Another one. who
has overheard the conversation viii ster
up and say: My friend, YOU are too mod
est. The whole United States IS oar bacs
country" And 1 guess that is 50. fol
you can now see thousands q 9. a r
excursioaists here They are here from
everywhere. Living Is more expensive
A here than IN Wichita Nearly al con-
modities are a little higher. excepting
fruits. which are cheap. Strawberries
are continually IN market At cents L
~ cents per box. and other berries and
fruits IN proportion. Butter sells 81 8
cents and eggs at 80 cents. Rents are
high an paying SO per month for s
broom furnished fat and II IS worth 50
as We could only get it q month o- two