The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-11-09
Oranges and Alfalfa.
waldo County Boy in Southern Cali
fornia.

MONA. I AL, Ocl. ~, 1919. L have
. linking. for some time, that per
YOU, and readers of the dear
rial would like to hear from a Wal
mnty boy, way out here in South
california. | get The Journal
" week through the kindness of
lriend who resides not great
S rom here, and to tell you that we
.ur it is putting it mildly. We
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Of the first page to the last item in
uwer right hand corner of the last
1t is like meeting a dear old
NJ every time it comes into the
EFT dear old Maine in 1897, going to
,arhusetts. and lived in Taunton,
came out here, the 30th of No
last year. | was in Los Ange-
Int a month and a half and then
Pomona, To use slang phrase,
retty near all in when | landed
Angeles. | had been troubled
,latica for a number of years,
blood was in a very bad con-
out thanks to an Allwise God,
,ie such mysteriously beauti-
ntry. with such a delightful
IT, very soon after coming to
aa | began to recuperate, and in
st year have been better than |
the ten years before
told soon after coming to Pc
hat oranges were not good for
r- troubled with rheumatism.
said, will find out. | am eat
where from two to six or eight
and am picking them from the
ySelf fresh every day. and they
j. taste moreish. | am positive
ave done me lots of good.
G going to send you some litera-
at will describe Pomona better
can, but this much | will say:
We beautiful little city ofV, 900
-ants, with everything up to date.
get we have no electric road, but
p IS one in construction, to reach
soon. We are just half way be
Los Angeles and Redlands, 30
q Zach way. We have three trans
ental railroads; two, the Salt
and Southern Pacific, pass di-
through our city, and the Santa
asses through North Pomona,
- miles above here.
S. section is called the Orange
md just north of North Pomona
argest orange grove in the world,
we been told. | remember eros
lie continent in Nevada, just at
80 one morning ! stepped out of
81 and looked back over the track
P r. two rails seemed to meet in the
~, Well, looking between the
1t orange trees in this large or
lie rows seem TO meet, the dis
so great
l.mate is ideal III Pomona, Meth
lot nor too cold. OF course we
ONE warm days; the Warmest so
summer was l05 in the shade.
night feel warm, perhaps hot, to
-ople in the East. Well, it was
the sun, but one does not mind
IA, the air IS so hight and dry. 1t
seldom that we have amy humid
re- ! believe they say there were
TWO days a short time ago when
was a little of old Humid, but |
.ut notice it, having lived on it for
eight years while in Massachu-
- In the warmest days here if one
, he heat too much let them step
the street i'll the shade, or under
tree, and l am sure they will
4 light wrap on in a short time;
he nights, how can l describe
They remind me of the early fall
IS back East. There is never a
out one can go to bed in comfort
INT or nine o'clock and then need
{ and blanket or light puff over
- The winters here are just our
summer weather. Last winter it
ct cold enough to form ice at all,
saw, but a year ago the past
f~c | noticed two mornings as | was
to breakfast that ice formed one
ing about as thick as very thin
Iow glass, and l have seen that
l-n back east il our Indian sum-
IS Along about the latter part of
nber or first of December our
season begins; sometimes earlier,
Usually later. | have seen it rain
~ hard back East, but nothing as
an rain here.
shall never forget the first rain
We had after | arrived in Califor-
t was, ! believe, the first of Janu-
904. 1t was very dry and dusty
ad been for some time and people
f. hoping and praying for rain. 1t
IN Sunday evening. l was at
leh, and when | was on my way to
ron it was starlight and bright. AS
d as ] can remember the pastor
about half through with his ser
. when all at once there was a roar
u the rain on the roof. Well, the
ION stopped right short, and said