Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-10-04

! l think of you ladies at Love.
land, miss you more and an
more homesick to see you then
than at any other time. fear
my thoughts are more of you
than of the work | may be do
ing. The ladies here are just
splendid, though, and | like
them very much but "Thc
heart has many a resting place,
but only once a home
Inglewood is really a suburb
of Los Angeles and about md
way between that city and the
beach. We can take a car fo'
either place every forty min
utes, so you see we can hav
the advantages of city life an
vet live in a quiet little town
We have about 1000 inhabil
ants, three churches, Meth
odist, Presbyterian and Dunk
ard, and no saloons. We al
tended the Dunkard church on,
evening and | was much i'm
pressed with the simplicity Of
their service. The ladies of tn,
congregation wore small blac'
bonnets, homemade, and a.
alike. Underneath the bla' k
bonnet they wear a little whi e
prayer-cap. Some removed tn
black bonnet during the ser
vice. They wear the prayer
caps at hone also durinc
prayer. | just could not hell
thinking there would be NJ
craning of necks on Easte,
Sunday in that church to sec
who had on a new hat.
Soon after coming here | saw
a notice of a church social
which read: "Chicken-pie So
cial tonight. Four bits to the
couple" Not being near enough
to observe closely, | read if
"four bites to the couple. "
Thinking of our awful appetites
acquired by change of climateC}
we decided not to go. After
wards, we learned to our dis
may that "four bits" mean.
fifty cents.
There are some Chinese and
japanese here, and a great
many Spanish and Mexicans
Many of the Spanish peopl"
cannot speak English, so on
really needs to know something
of their language. Mr.. Friend
and | have been trying to mas
ter some of it with a real Spar
ish lady for our teacher. O
the windows of the large de
| pastment stores in Los Angelo.
are these words: "Aqui 8
habla Espaniol," meaning "W
speak Spanish here"
Our town boasts of one mill
ionaire who lives in a beautifu
home called "The Castle" He
once Owned all the town-site Of
| InglewOOd and all westward
four and a half miles to the sea-
Hatfield, the rain-maker, also
lives here and has just returned
from a trip to Alaska, where he
caused a successful downpou
which was used fer hydraulic
mining. He came home tho
richer by several thousand
And we may navigate the all
later on as another citizen j.
engaged in building what hr
hopes be be a successful airship
We have had no rain here
since the first of May but th'
eucalyptus and pepper trees
stay green and beautiful with.
out irrigation. The lawns are
kept green by irrigation, q
course, and the roses are still
blooming as they were in Feb
ruary when we came Itseeme'
50 strange at that time to SCI
the flower venders sellin.
orange blossoms, roses, an6
acacia blooms on the street
corners. We may expect rain
however, any time from Octo
Der LIST until next spring. Their
everything will be at its pret
tiest and lest. About twic'
during the summer the roads
are sprinkled with CT rlde oil
which packs co n in the dust
and in a few days becomes al
most equal to ruE ber mating
| fine for autos and there arr
plenty of them here.
; Things are not "done b,
halves" in this great west. II
illustrate: If you are looking
for property, go to real estat,
office in Losa Angeles and yo,
will be given a free ticket owe
any of the electric lines to tn,
town or beach resort YOU wisl