The broad ax., 1906-06-16
San lose and santa Barbara, Cal
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OF everything on these cars, the most
conspicuous among these was the car
of J. H. Moore of Chicago, the multi
millionaire railroad magnate. He has
two private cars. one for his wife and
friends and the other for himself. Mr..
Geo. w. Miller, 1916 Dearborn street.
has full charge of these cars, who
employs FIVE other men when out on
the road. Mr.. Miller is Mr.. MOOre's
right hand man, and very ably at
tends to his effairs when out on these
cars. Mr.. c. NJ. Johnson owns a very
handsome home; he is chef at the
Hotel Potter. His daughter, Miss
HalIy, a very intellectual young lady,
has a position as telephone operator
al the Hotel Potter. Mr.. A. B.
Thompson has charge and very ably
attends to all the real estate Of Mrs.
West, a wealthy lady Of Santa Bar
bara. He also owns considerable rea,
! estate. Mr.. Dan Adams owns some
valuable properties. He holds a
prominent position at the Potter
hotel. There is no Colored church,
olly a mission by the A. M. E. Zion
There is very little business among
the COlored people, one secondhand
store and one restaurant is about all.
While rustlcating on the shores OF
the great Pacific and bathing in theiI
deep plunges, 1t has a tendency to
change one and think after all there
is a place we can go for recreation.
While in Santa Barbara l was persu-
AIDED to take a mountain trip. Being
victim OF heart trouble was re-
luctant in going, but finally | went.
After travelling horseback for a day
We got to the foot hills Of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, called the Yosem-
tie Valley This valley is about fif-
teen miles long. II was through this
valley we rode horseback. The Mer-
Cedes river traverses the valley in a
general direction from east to west;
the scenery is famous for the number
less masses of picturesque rock for
nations and gigantic water falls. For
striking heights and deep creek val
leys. On both sides the Mercedes
perpendicular heights Of granite, rep
resenting Ell Captain, 3,4OO feet high,
Cathedral Three Brothers 1000 feet.
and Half Dome 400 feet. The most
celebrated OF the waterfalls are the
Bridal Falls. There is the Yosemite
and the Nevada Falls. In the eastern
part OF the valley is found Mirror
Lake, a beautiful sheet Of water.
There were in our party four men
and three women. When / came to
the foot Of the mountain looked I'D.
as they had previously told me tina:
we were going to camp in the noun
tains. / did not think 1t meant ON
the mountains, but it did. then pom.
uered about how was to get nm
there. feeling my heart at intervals.
but all my friends would say was.
leave 1t to us, so they had me dis
mount from my horse and they
Drought forth a burro, better known
as donkey; they had me mount and
they began to strap me to the burro.
sat and looked on, and to my sur.
prise 1t was very artisticaIly done.
ieit practically safe, so we proceeded
10 climb or scale the mountains. the
others binding themselves together
by straps, and a guide walked up and
began to ride up. How surprised
was to see how easily II could he
done. My horse or burro was sure-
looted and when 1t was necessary to
Jump a precipice he did so with agiI-
ity. l reached the top of the moun.
Tain In safety. We pitched our ten.
ana proceeded to keep house. The
second week of our stay in camp we
were disturbed one night by a STAN
Pede among the horses. One of our
rarity had with him a carbon bicycle
lamp. He turned the lamp in the d.
rection Of the disturbance. Behold.
there stood a mountain lion. He had
been defeated Of his prey by the
stampede OF the horses. I felt re-
paid for going, as 1t was the first
Wild lion had ever seen. We spent
our two weeks fishing and hunting
and returned the same way we
vent, but much wiser from what we
had seen and heard. We spent 4
glorious time avoiding snakes and
other insects. The best protection
we had from ell reptiles was a hair
rope We spread around our tent
Nothing that crawls win cross this