River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-31
From Sunny California.

| by the courtesy OF Mrs. 4. u.
Parker the JOURNAL is favored with
permission to print the following
letter from Mrs. w. P. Marshall:
San Diego, March, II, 1904.
This beautiful day, but almost all
the days are beautiful for that mat
ter, makes me think of you, and
wish that you and Mr.. Parker were
here enjoying it with us. Notwith-
standing the fact that a recent paper
began an article in this way: "With
tourist grumbling at meridian heat in
southern California" etc., believe
we do enjoy the climate. Mr.. Mar
shall congratulates himself in season
and out of season on having escaped
the rigors of the winter you have
been experiencing-and, well, pos
sibly enjoying. BY the way it is
amusing to note how many little
hits the tourists get. One paper
says: "The fog, which we Cali
fornians welcome as a delightful
change, and which the ladies con-
slider SO beneficial to the complexion,
seems not to suit the tourists, who
expect and wish for eternal sunshine
when they come to San Diego"
They don't know how one tourist
has longed for clouds that would
bring rain and would even welcome
a Wisconsin blizzard if it would
leave few inches of snow on the
ground to melt and sink down into
the earth which needs the moisture
SO badly. We had a good rain,
however, last Thursday night, not
enough by any means, but sufficient
to show that it could rain. 1t SEEM
ed to me the most delightful music
and the last thought in my mind be-
fore going to sleep was, ooh! the
blessed rain" That's heresy though,
it isn't living up to the California
idea of the tourist at all. But sup
pose there are some unreasonable
ones, they say there are 1000 of us,
and they ought to expect to find
among so many few who aren't
angels, and then, too, they shouldn't
quarrel with their bread and butter,
to say nothing of their pie, cake and
jam, for | don't know what San
Diego would be without the tourist. I
1t certainly wouldn't be much.
We are very pleasantly located.
Our room has south window. Now
a south window here in San Diego
is supposed like charity to cover a
multitude of shortcomings, if not of
sins. We also have CRATE, and
this is supposed to atone for any
deficiencies not covered by the south
window, but if by chance, there
should be anything left to be desired
it is expected to be fully blanketed
by "view." We have the view
too-and it is beautiful.
The bay with its sparkling wa
tiers, with the Silver Strand reaching
across from Coronado Beach to the
Mexican side. Beyond the Silver
Strand are the Mexican Islands,
while to the right, grand old Point
Iona stands like second Gibraltar
guarding the entrance to the bay.
This is said to be one of the most
perfect harbors in the world. To
the left are the mountains of old
Mexico and farther north the noun
tains of California, among which is
dear old San Miguel. The bay is
beautiful, and the ocean is grand, but
/ think the mountains appeal to me
most. They go right to my heart,
the mountains with their ever
changing colors, their soft, tender
blues and grays, pinks and browns.
81 will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills" and "How beautiful upon the
mountains" come to my mind al
most every time | look at them,
which is very often I assure you.
Mr.. DAILY, a former Hudson man,
who lives here, invited Mr.. Burnett,
Mr.. Hatch of Hudson, and Mr..
Marshall to take drive out around
San Miguel. They went, and all
voted it day long to be remem-
bered.
I haven't been up to the noun
tains yet, but we are going soon.
We went to Old Mexico, going by
way of Coronado and the Silver
Strand and returning through the
lovely and famous lemon groves of
Chula Vista. | thought of you and
what you had told us of them, but
you would be dismayed to see how
many ofthem are neglected and dy-
ing or dead for want of water. The
one great need of the country is
water. It seems to re that it would
be good thing if the blessings
could be equalized little; say part
climate and part water. l, for one,
would be willing to have less eli
mate. That Chula Vista country
is so beautiful though and National
City with its wide avenues shaded
with trees, and it's beautiful views.
By the way, they sell views here. |
heard of man the other day who
wanted to buy some city lots, no
uncommon occurrence, and the real
estate agent Everybody is real es-
tate AGENT told him of block in a
desirable part of the city that could
be had for $1,000. Now this sound
ed very alluring, and the man i'm
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