Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-31

summer. There is every convenience
up there for campers, in some places
there are wooden buildings for those
who do not like tent life.
The Urbita Springs are II miles
from Cotton instead of III as your
paper printed it. The drive from
here there is broad and we'll oiled,
or if one prefers they can go the
other route by taking the electric
line to San Bernardino, 3 miles, and
transfer to the Urbita line ] miles
right to the springs and there it
stops. | have heard they intend
running that line to Cotton and
down to Riverside 6 orS miles south.
And again when / mentioned the sea
moses or grasses in my former let
ter it was made to read "seamud".
Some Of my neighbors gave me
the grasses on their return from Cat
alena Island last summer. They
took the boat at San Pedro, about75
miles from here, and went across the
water to Catalena island, two hours
ride, about % or 30 miles, they
chose one Of the boats that had a
glass bottom, they told me the water
was so clear they could see the bot
tom of the ocean many feet below
and the grasses, weeds and etc.
growing from the ocean bed was
perfectly wonderful. Any one has
to take S days or a week for thor
ough sightseeing in that locality.
From all have heard the entire Pa
cifc coast is vast panorama ofsub-
lime scenery and yet not so health
full especially for invalids on account
of the dense fogs untilnoon and past.
We have had scarcely any fog at
all since last summer and San Ber-
iinardino valley is called the health
/ lest part of southern California and
Cotton in particular is considered
the most healthful as they own, ex-
clusively, artesian wells that sup.
plies the family wants Of her dwell
lers.
So far as / have ascertained since
living here the most any could fine
fault with is what is called the
'Northers" that comes 2 or 3 times
during winter but never during the
summer. 1t is a straight wind from
the north with more or less velocit,
doing no damage outside Of the dus
it brings along. like the winds bacl
east only not so bad as most of then
but these winds are electrical ant
purify the atmosphere like the thun
der showers back east, they las
from to 3 days.
4 New vegetables commenced com
! ing into market some time ago, peas
string beans, new turnips, and etc
) and not expensive either, 5 cts. for
} bunch Of 6 turnips as large as COFFEE
} cups. other things accordingly
Gardeners can do we'll here as the,
can raise so many crops a year O
the same ground, for example, whe1
our sweet corn stalks were cut Vi
after ripening last summer, some c
, the kernals fell off on the sam
ground and sprouted and we lie
them grow just to see what the
would come to, well, the 2lst q
Oct. we had some green corn 70
, dinner, that shows what might. b
done where any one tried and w,
didn't try then either. 1t woul,
seem that fuel was high here, if
remember right it takes from 4 to! !
tons of coal for a winter back cas-
for small house, here about l tol
for a good sized house would last
I, year. Coal, the best kind, has beel
j, $1,000 per ton but they are all TIL
time opening up new coal mines ant
soon it will, no doubt, be mucl
cheaper. Cut wood is $500 an
5 5000 per cord During the sum
' mer nearly everyone uses gasoline
gas for cooking, l am told, does NO
5 cost much, though as never use an
| do not know the price. coal oil
: 65 cts. for 5 gal. A lady said til
i other day "she was afraid 500
}, worth Of coal she got in the fal
i wouldn't last her all winter" so 20
) see though coal is SO high it doesn
cost SO much for fires during til
# winter. In fact there are only a fe
e parlors in town that has a flue for
: stove and / guess there is not an
i kind of store in town that has
l. stove if any not more than one c
: two OF the good many.
1t would seem singular to strans
Q ers coming to Cotton to see so man
II signs 'for sale" all over town, the
n would think every body wanted
d sell out and leave but the facts al
n Some want to sell and build large
home, others have vacant lots an
II want to sell one house SO they ca
ii build another, others again, build
1T sell as there are so many hocking
h Southern California from the ca.
= everywhere, there is very seldom an,
r one wishes to sell to move away.
le Cotton is growing rapidly an
g, is increasing in value very fast. Lo
p that were $50a year ago are no
h 5000. Building lots 50xl50 it. al
y from 5000 to $1,000 according
l. locality. New streets are bein
g opened up and added to the city a
le the time. This is beautiful cit,
is for there is such a variety Of kline
Of lots; what is called the Colto
t. Terrace is very slightly place, an
s, then the lots in the lower part Of IL
Is city are all equally fine. The Ell
.e closed clipping from our little dali
IN paper will explain better than I ca
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