Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-26
Communication.
1nglewood, California,
Auril 18TH 1906

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located in Inglewood, a pictur-
esque suburb of Los Angeles,
situated about midway between
the city and the coast.
1t is bounded on three sides,
north, east and south, by noun
tains, and on the west, by the
ocean, 4a miles away.
1t seems strange to write by
an open window on Easter; and
flowers, of every descriptin, in
full bloom, beneath it, and
above it, the snow capped peaks
which are about forty miles in
the distance. They appear, how
ever, to be only a few miles
from us, and in this case, at
least, distance lends enchant-
ment to the view"
This burg contains about 1000
inhabitants, has 2 electric lines
and the Sante Fe r. r. From
the hotel where we are stopping
we can take a car every 40 min
utes for either the city or the
beach, town of Redondo, which
is the seaport of Los Angeles.
There is also an electric light
plant and complete water sys-
tenn by which every house is
furnished with water at a mini
mum cost Of $1.50 per month.
Nearly every yard contains
orange or lemon trees, loaded
with fruit and blossoms. There
is a large lemon grove about a
half mile away where the peo-
pie go and help themselves.
There are also several large
groves of English walnuts, but
they do not ripen until early
autumn Some varieties Of
fruit produce one crop a year,
others two, while oranges and
lemon trees seem to bear almost
continuously, there being ripe
and green fruit and blossoms
on the same tree.
They have a queer way of far
ming here, seem to plant at any
time they take the notion, some
of the ground has not been
plowed for corn yet, some are
just planting, and some have
corn a foot high, Barley and
other crops the same way. AS
the climate is so much alike
throughout the year, and they
depend mainly on irrigation,
they can plant and mature their
crops about "any old time"
Los Angeles is certainly a
beautiful and busy city of some
inhabitants, composed
largely of tourists or easter
ners" as they call them here.
A city of wealth. of beautiful
homes and parks. At two of
the parks we visited, Chuts and
East Lake, are SPLENDID collec-
lions of wild animals and birds.
This city claims to have the
most perfect street car system
in the world. 1t must be true,
for they kill or injure several
people every day, and the rest
of the crowd have to run and
Jump to keep alive. The very
narrow streets with so many
cars and hundreds of automo-
biles, makes it difficult to
cross the street without acct
dent.
There is a Chinatown here of
several blocks, but not so extern
sive as the one in San Francisco.
AS we passed passed down the
narrow streets, where we met
none but Chinese, and peeped
into the queer little shops, it
was easy to imagine ourselves
i'm their native land
The restaurants and meat
shops are something frightful,
and we lost our appetite entire
ly as we journeyed through. A
hog is roasted whole and hung
at the entrance at every meat
shop, from which they carve as
they sell. The contents of their
shops ale entirely of Chinese
manufacture, and one can buy
a souvenir from a $1,000 vase
down to ten cent pipe. They
DO most of the gardening and
peddle their vegetables from
house to house. Some produce
as many as five crops a year,
for as soon as they have pulled
up one bed of vegetables they
proceed to plant again.
On Feb. 22nd, we attended
the Iowa Picnic at East Lake
Park. Imagine a Washington's
with people eating
their lunch on the green lawns,
among the beautiful flowers,