The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-07-31

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produces from one ton to a ton and a
half per acre. Nearing The suburbs
of Los Angeles we noticed the i'm
mense sized pigeon farm having some
thirty thousand birds. the farm has
been especially arranged for raising
squads, which furnish an elegant and
delicious meat. for Is cents each.
Men were just gathering the young
fat SQUADS. which had never ventured
from their nests, to be marketed and
slaughtered for immediate use.
At the depot in Los Angeles we
were met by Mr.. Moves Schacht. and
my brother, Julius. l also met Chris
CRUDE of Manning. Carroll county,
the worthy eX-supervisor. Both con-
template making this their permanent
home hereafter. Also visited Rudolph
Wiese our former Aspinwall towns
man. who owns. and conducts drug
store and soda fountain. met H.
D. Radcliffe Manning's noted son of
nature who was the lone Iowan dis
satisfied with city life. He said cit
makes me tired to constantly look at
things human hands have built, m
going out in the country to see what
nature has accomplished on much
finer scale. probably to travel in the
desert to prospect for precious
metals
In Los Angeles the most of the
streets are very narrow. and zigzag in
every shape. which creates. some aw-
full short thoroughfares. of only about
100 feet in length. Her marvellous
inrerurban electric car system con-
Meeting with the surrounding ocean
beaches and valley towns. gives her a
passenger traffic second to none west
of st. Louis. The depot is NAM
moth structure. being nine stories
high and having eleven acres of space.
IT is the central station of this Won
derful interurban system. and its i'm
lnense waiting room furnishes COM
modious and comfortable quarters for
passengers waiting for the cars. Fully
50.0 COO people pass through the gates
each day. The space is divided off
for different places. so to handle the
assembled crowds. There are 400
trains or cars coming and going around
the new invented circle each day. At
first hundreds were not only aston
ished at. but ridicuied the audacity of
Mr.. Huntingdon daring in projecting
electric roads into undeveloped dis
trlcts. But as towns sprung up as if
by magic all along the electric roads,
built by Mr.. Huntington and his as
sociates. the sound wisdom they dis
played was demonstrated and people
became convinced of the business
foresight possessed by their benefac-
tor. There are hundreds of miles of
streets graded. with cement curbings
and side walks built by real estate
firms who are booming their respective
plats. Should building continue in
the next decade. as the past one. with
the territory annexed to the city, she
will be 40 or so miles long. Her
parks are covered with millions of
flowers, roses. cactus. shrubs.
trees. and all kinds of palms. beyond
my power to enumerate. These com
prses nearly all known varities
grown in co.d or mild climates. The
large century plant has some interest
being principally raised by Mexicans
for its Intoxicating beverage. it
derives its strange name. from bloom
ing only once in hundred years and
then decaying. The blossom is
nipped on its first appearance. The
juice is gathered as maple syrup. the
liquid produces the same dazed effect.
as liquors. which Mexicans pronounce
their favorite drink.
San Pedro is the main harbor for
Los Angeles. Ten million feet of lum-
Der arrived the day we were there on
ten vessels. brought from Washington
and Oregon. The government is
building an artificial bay by construct
| ing a breakwater which is done by
dumping carloads of rock into the
ocean, to protect vessels from the
never ceasing waves. Two miles of
this dam is already built which has
cost several million dollars. and it
will take years to complete. Near
Santa Monica is Los Angeles wharf
nearly mile long. the longest in the
world. Beaches and pleasure resorts
being all the craze there | will give
description of one representing the
modern beach of Venice This is
built upon piers in the ocean. Here
are Oriental and European displays.
| The Oriental far exceeds any display
held at the Trans Mississippi fair
some years ago. A boat hotel built
precisely as an ocean vessel is an
unique feature. There is a remarkable