Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-03-12

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e man existence and employment
, winter home in any of these cities
D with a cottage or tract on the beacl
e a few months in summer ought to sat
/ isfy any mortal Of ordinary ambition
, for comfort. E. HoFER.
March S.-Monday we took the
Santa Fe railroad from Los Angeles
to San Diego. Across the oil fields
south and through the orchards Of
orange country is a beautiful morning
ride. The country is all irrigated
from the foothills of the great val.
lsys reaching into the interior. while
the frowning heights Of the Sierra
Nevada mountains seem to loom
higher as you ride away from them.
At Capestrino we cross the range
OF low hills. leave the ruins Of a won.
derful old Spanish mission to the
left and come out onto the refresh
ing blue ocean. Then for hours the
train bounds along over the sand
dunes not a hundred feet from the
breaking surf. The waves are sew.
eral feet high and occasional rollers
twice as high A gentleman in the
seat with us from Massachusetts,
speaks Of II as the restless Pacific
and said that, while the Atlantic was
noted for it's storms, on clear. quiet
days Il had no surf. but the waters
were as level as a billiard table In.
stead OF going across a desert TO San
Diego. as so many persons seem to
expect will be the case, the Santa
Fe road Is a delightful surprise, and
we seem to see more beautiful and
more perfect fruits AMI flowers as we
go siuth.
Passing one bay we rise over some
hills and round into San Diego bay
shipping anchored in the immense
land-locked harbor betokening com.
merce AS a residence and hotel city
there is a quiet restful atmosphere
everywhere. Almost no factories
and no oil wells give clear pure air
and with the bright blue sky over.
head. this is an ideal resort One
feels that here is the last and best
place to conclude ones earthly ca.
reer. and a feeling of perfect willing
ness to stay comes over the senses
A coach takes you to the Robinson
hotel, Fourth and Fir streets. the
largest and most homelike resort no 1
tel in the city. The great beach Ho-
tel de Coronado, named after the ,
Coronado islands, enghteen miles to
seaward, is a palatial affair where
iressy people and the smart set most
10 Congregate. We left old Iowa
friends at Los Angeles and Pasadena
and few into the arms OF some more
1t San Diego. One of the first trips
The tourist takes at San Diego is 10
he heights four miles out past
the St. Joseph's Sanitarium, large 1
Catholic hospital. and the State Nor
nal school, TO the pavilion overlook.
ng the San Diego valley. Overlook. '
ng the valley are Sisters Indian
schools; within the grounds are the {
adobe ruins OF the oldest mission in {
he state. The normal school is an /
CD AFFAIR about the '
iize Of the Oregon state house with.
'ut the dome, but constructed Of vel. s
ow sandstone, with scores Of solid 4
'ut stone columns forty feet high. II I
win cost completed about quarter
II million. The building is in the
.hape OF cross, and the last fourth
vas built last year al cost OF $50. r
100. Il is not yet finished A splen.
lid street car system enables one 10 I
rayel miles and miles for cents. I
n respect TO means OF transportation n
fan Diego Is the cheapest city we a
ave visited, From Mission Gins 10
'oronado beach is about ten miles. /
nd one goes for 8 cents By land and fl
more across the ferry,
A day spent at Del Coronado brings
ne into contact with what the hfteen c
orporations are doing. at the head OF
'hich is Mr., John d. Spreckles. There
the Coronado branch railway. the i
otel, the ferry, the bath houses the ;
ity OF i've thousand tents. the palm 5
uts and the 25 mile sea branch ;
rive The dining room win seat a.
lousand. the casino Ave thousand. Z
nd all Is on the same scale Of mas. q
ineenoe Mrs George Gould was al >
le house tho day We were there. oc.
apying "a apartments. but We aid
% meet them. she is travelling with "a
Or four children and makes Mr. n
ould shoulder the responsibility for A.
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