The Dickinson press., 1903-03-14

pie are frequently injured by being
struck by them.
1t was dark when the party reached
home and separated to dine and spend
the evening with friends and receive
messages by wireless telegraphy from
those lett at Catalina.
Friday morning saw our party and
some ten of our Los Angeles hosts and
hostesses en- route to Pasadena and Mt.
Lowe. At Pasadena the entire party
were the guests of the board Of trade
and the press and after inspecting the
new Raymond hotel and enjoying the
profusion of flowers in the beautiful
grounds, we were given a two hours
tally-ho ride about the beautiful city
which is the winter home OF millionaires
like Cudahy and the refuge of the con-
sumptive. Frosts two weeks before had
injured the more delicate flowers and
plants, but there was an ample supply
left upon which to feast the eyes. Re-
turning from the drive. the party wa
taken to the Maryland-an elegant new
hotel in Old Mission style and but re-
Gently opened-for lunch. After lunch
con we continued the trip to Mt. Lowe
in our special car, changing as the way
became devious to shorter cars. At the
base of the incline we changed again to
a cable car. The incline is 5000 feet
long and the rise in that distance over
1900 feet,the steepest grade in the world.
Every %precaution is taken to avoid acct
dent and it is claimed that should the
cable break, the emergency cable would
be automatically grappled. The cars
run on an endless cable, operated by
machinery at the top, the two cars start
ing at the same time and passing half
way. At the top of the incline is the
Mt. Lowe observatory containing the
largest s%earchlight in the world. The
trip up the mountain was continued in
an electric car and for five miles we
wound around and up the mountain, the
entire coast country spread like an i'm
mense garden at our feet and canyons
yawning thousands of feet on either hand.
The charming Alpine Tavern in the
| quiet of the forest marks the end of the
railway. The elevation is 5000 feet.
Beyond this the bride path leads to
Inspiration Point, 5000 feet above sea
level. The view-as the name implies
is grand beyond the power of words to
describe.
Saturday the Santa Fee road rendered
an excursion over its ~kite-shaped track
through the heart of the fruit country
with stops at Riverside and Redlands
1t may not be generally known that
Riverside is the home of the lave
orange. An orange tree was brought
from the Bahama islands and n~urturec
in the agricultural gardens at Washing
ton, D. c. From this a slip was take1
to Riverside and grated upon a native
orange tree. The fruit proved to be tn
seedless navel orange and all the nave
oranges trees came from this n tree a
Riverside.
The South Pasadena ostrich farm i
an interesting place to the tourist.
contains 500 birds. We saw here "Maj
Mckinley" president Roosevelt" ane
81. Pierpont Morgan" a single plumag'
feather from either Of these birds beinl
worth from S to $50. BY the wa,
Morgan and party were at Passaden
the same week of our visit there.
Los Angeles has a population of 1870
900 and is said to have $4,000 visitors a
the present time. 1t is easily accessible
from many famous resorts which make
it a winter paradise tor the wealthy an
for people of moderate means as wei
In this city we found a number of pee
pie known in Dickinson. H. J. White
has a large jewelry store and has ais
made a comfortable fortune in real estate
c. Y. Smell has become wealthy from hi
real estate speculation. Mrs. w. c
Finley. known to our people as Mis-!
Coleman, the teacher, is pleasantly 10
Gated in Los Angeles. John Mead an
family are spending the winter in tn
city and Charles Mead recently arrive,
to spend a month with his brother il
Los Angeles and his sister, Mrs. w. F
Morse, at her quiet home in the subur
of Whittier. Mr.. and MI. H. J. Schulz
are still in the city, and we learned tia
MI. and Mrs. H. L. Dickinson had lef
for San Diego two weeks before our al
rival.