The Newtown bee., 1904-04-01
R. R. Train, Arizona,

R. R. Train, Arizona,
 February 12, 1904.
 We left the Grand Canyon at nine this morning, and got to Williams about noon. The ride has had little of interest, the country growing more barren and desolate as we neared the desert. The Indians have grown more frequent, appearing in numbers at every station, most of them women, with babies strapped on their backs, with baskets and bead work for sale. At one place an old man appeared who might have been 80, or 18O so far as appearance went. His lower half was attired in pair of old blue r6veralls, one leg torn of part way up, and it's frayed ends hanging about his leg in picturesque fringe. The other trouser leg, as though to make up for it's neigh bors deficiencies was so long that even though turned up, dragged on the ground at his heels. His feet were dressed in some sort of buckSkin slip pers, of native manufacture, Most of the upper half of him was concealed by a blanket while his coarse hair streamed over his shoulders, from be- heath the remains of what was once a soft black hat, tied down like bonnet over his head with string. Hewent the whole length of the train, holding up his skinny, dirty, claw-like hands toward every window begging for to- baccO. A trainman offered him cigar cite, which he refused with gesture of the utmost contempt, and then to explain what he really did want, he. went through the motion of pulling an imaginary plug of tobacco from his pocket, cutting off the end, and put ting it in his mouth, working his huge tOOthleSS jaws with an expression of supreme satisfaction. Then he made some queer gutteral sound of disgust toward the cigarette, and went through a second pantomine of filling pipe. I don't think he was successful in ob- taining tobacco, but I saw one fellow fling him dime, which he pocketed with satisfaction. The styles of build ing here are even simpler than they have been previously along the route Most of the families along the track seem to be living in discarded freight cars. The wheels are in some cases re- moved; some set flat on the ground and occasionally one is raised on stiltS. We have just gone by what would indicate an owner of considerable taste and cash. The car roof is covered with that black tarred roofing used so mucn on old buildings in the East, while the rest of the building is painted snowy white. l have been regretting that the journey across the desert is to be made in the night. We bave seen from Colorado, but beyond here they assume gigantic proportions, many of them the height of trees, and are georgeously lowered. If it could have been managed we would have gone through it in the daytime, but there is nothing except the limited that does that and we could not make con- nections with it in any way.
 Los Angeles, Cal,
 February IA, 1904.
 We woke up yesterday morning, just at the summit in our last climb over we were in the beautiful valley of San Bernardino, running over an almost level track, between orange and lemon groves, while farther away to the right and left, we were completely shut in by snow capped mountains Here we saw our first oranges and very beautiful the fresh green seemed after week of the most desolate brown stretches of country to be found on the face of the earth. However, wfaiiiic- the trees in themselves are beautiful, the orchard as whole is not particularly fair. In most of these orchards thy ground is leaf of any sort is to he seen, and the orchards for miles and miles stretch as bare and as brown as the house. Most of them are supplied with irri- gating ditches, so that the novelist who sets his lovers to perambulating beneath orange groves, in this country, would either have his heroiEes' shoes filled with dirt and sand, or else if re- gently irrigated she would probably get her skirts muddy, and cold in her head. The vineyards are still less at tractive at this time. of the year, for the vines are all trimmed down to stubs about foot high. It is evident ly spring here, for everywhere men are blowing and cultivating and getting ready for work. There is occasionally team of mules, but most of the work seems to he done by horses, and good big fellows at that. The gardens here are full of flowers. I have seen nearly every variety seen in the East and many more that are entirely new to me. One occasionally finds a helio- trope, clambering over veranda, and one low cottage saw in the outskirts was almost entirely covered, roof and all, with naSturtiumS. Roses are every where and pansies, mignonette, fuchsias, carnations and geraniums are to be seen on every hand. One of the most striking plants not common in the East is poinsettia. It is a peculiar flower of one of the most vivid reds l ever saw in flower. We went to church this morning, and it was one with here. We went to the First Methodist church, and as we were ad- vised to get there ::early, we went at 1O.3O, services to begin at Il. When we got there we found almost every seat full, and it was not easy to find place. Still, for the next three-quarters of, an hour they kept coming, till every seat was taken. Chairs were put in the aisle, extra chairs were put inside the choir gallery, the steps that led to the pulpit were filled, and peo- ishing thing is that they tell us this was was an ordinary audience, and it is like this Sunday after Sunday. The seating capacity is something over 2OOO, but is utterly inadequate to meet | the demands made upon it. The ser mon was a good one, but nothing eX- traordinary.
 Oranges are plentiful. They run from five to 200 dozen; the very largest about 25 or BOG. The tive-cent grade are about what you pay 25 fol in the East. Those a little smaller run still lower, and from 20 to 35 o1 these small oranges can be bought fol | five cents.
 R. C.. Spencer of Botsford Hill has
 moved has moved his family to Bristol
 c. D. Stillson, in company with B 0 Hnl1 Of RriduanOrt started for