The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-04-05

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Crawford County Folks in Cali
fornia.
CHAS. BULLOCK'S I'd LETTER
Tells Of Crawford County Folks he
Met and the Pleasant Visits he Had
With Them.
Upon our arrival at Los Angeles the
first consideration that claimed our atten-
ton was to procure satisfactory quarters
in which we would be comfortable during
our stay. This we procured at the Palm
Hotel. o15 Broadway, very central loca-
ton and close to church and places of
amusement. The landlord was a very
clever and accommodating gentleman,
and made our stay decidedly pleasant.
We had elevator. electric light, bath, and
all the conveniences required. was told
in transit that no guest had ever been as
phyxicated at any one of the frst-class
hotels in Los Angeles Upon inquiry I
was informed when one asked the price of
room it took their breath and never af-
terward could they raise wind enough to
blow out the gas.
We did not have that experience Los
Angeles is beautiful city of fine homes
fine business blocks and fine churches and
public buildings. About $50, 900 popula-
ton, cosmopolitan in character. In addi-
ton, there were estimated to be from fifty
to seventy-hve thousand tourists there
during the winter season. New buildings
dwelling and business houses) are going
up by the hundred all over the CITY, 1t
seems to me that they are OVERRIDING
things, still, all are enthusiastic over the
citys future. 1t is largely supported by
tourists and fear if wave of financial
depression should pass over this country
as it has done periodically, thereby keep
ing tourists at home, there would be a
shaking of dry bones that would leave the
thousands who are in debt for property
stranded, and drift them on the shoals of
financial ruin. But it is certainly love-
ly climate, quite cool mornings and even
ings, but in the middle of the day in the
sun it is hot. l would advise tourists in
soliciting rooms to get those with plenty
of sunshine and seme kinds of facility for
heat
During our stay the great Evangelistic
wave waited itself across the mountain
ranges from Denver, not even stopping
with the saints in Salt Lake. We met
them at Oakland on our return home.
We attended their meeting at the
Temple, what is known as Bole Burdette' 5
church. Heard Rev. Burdette number
of times. Some of his old eccentricities
will creep into his sermons. For instance
one Sunday he was talking on liberal con-
tributions when he said he heard of a
church member who had to be taken out
OF the congregation to have an operation
performed. 1t was to get his church sub
scription out of him.
One of the novelties Of the Evangelistic
meetings was midnight parade. 1t rained
that night and was muddy and wet, but
their zeal was equal to the occasion.
Their line of march was published in the
papers, and notwithstanding the inclemen-
cy of the weather, they had about fifteen
hundred in line.
The Salvation Army were the skirmish-
ers, took each side of the street and tried
to pursuade the habitues of such places as
kept open at that late hour to join the
ranks. One bartender observed his m 9TH
err in line. He pulled of his white apron
and says. Boys. there is my old mother.
m not going to join the show. but my
place is beside her to protect her stormy
night like this The crowd applauded
/ and said, Bully for you, Bill yeur heaG
| is level"
There were thousands of conversions at
these meetings. People would congregate
in front of the churches an hour or so be-
fore time to open the doors and when they
were opened there was rush to get in.
Hundreds were turned away. being unable
to get seats or even standing room.
The street car system, under the man
agement of Huntington, is we'll nigh per-
feet. The rails are so joined that they
appear as one continuous rail, and the cars
are equal to any in the country and far
superior to those in San Francisco.
The lines to the ocean beach are all I'M
der the same management and make very
fast time. One train makes the run to
Long Beach, twenty-five miles in thirty
minutes. The regular, making all the
stops, makes the run in forty. five minutes.
We took in all the ocean resorts, Long
Beach, Santa Monica, Ocean Beach, Ven