The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-12-01

business operation and the scientific
application of good farming methods
to place themselves among the ranks
of the capitalists. By careful study
and hard work they have brought their
farming properties to a point where
they are yielding an independent in
come, and the owners are now in that
fortunate position where they can
plan, after their years of unremitting
effort, to get little pleasure and en-
joyment from life during their leisure
moments.
There are two times when the farm
er feels that it is most incumbent
upon him to be at his farm or place of
business. The first is in the early
season when the crop is being planted
or the fruit trees are being prepared
for the season of productiveness. The
other is at harvest time, when there
are many matters demanding his at
tention which he cannot usually leave
to the care of subordinates. Between
these two periods there is a long in
terval of summer months when the
work is all mapped out and can be
readily attended to by a good farm
manager and a force of employees,
leaving the fortunate farm owner in
position to spend the summer in the
full enjoyment of his leisure. or
course, there are many farmers who
have not been able to build their
farms to so profitable a point as this
vet, and these men must be on their
farms during the greater portion OF
the summer. But even these men are
able to get away for week or two
during the months when the weather
in the irrigated districts is too hot for
comfort, and if they are not the time
is coming in year or two when they
will be more independent and will be
looking for these same opportunities.
The question arises to the farmer
who can afford a summer vacation as
to where he will take his family. In
the first place he desires a place
where he can have respite from the
heat. where the climate will be cool
and equable. In the second place, he
desires a place where there will be
quiet, because as rule he wants
peace and rest. In the third place, in
spite of the fact that he wants quiet
retreat, he also looks for place where
there will be some means of enjoy
ment. and where the hours will not
drag along monotonously for himself
and family. In the fourth place, he de-
sires to visit some place which is en-
tirely within his means and will not
require too great an outlay of money.
Along the shores of Puget Sound,
the summer climate is considered the
most ideal on earth. There are no
warm days, and yet the weather is
balmy and comfortable. The sun
shines from April until October, with
only an occasional shower to settle
the dust. And the country itself is
beautiful beyond the dreams of the
Eastern pleasure seekers who go to
Europe for their scenery and down to
tiresome. formal Newport or Atlantic
City for their watering places.
In a beautiful nook along this shore
of the American Mediterranean, half
way between Seattle and Tacoma,
stretches the now famous Redondo
Beach, beautiful not only in its en-
chanting surroundings, but also be-
cause of the natural beauty OF the
place itself. Redondo Beach, because
of the beautiful foliage and its charm
ing location on Puget Sound has
earned the name of the place, where
woods and waters meet" For many
years it was a favorite camping
ground for people from Seattle and
Tacoma, and hundreds of picnic par
ties lounged in the shady groves dur
ing the long summer days. 1t was
considered the Garden of Eden among
all of Natures many beauty spots on
Puget Sound.
For years people have ben trying to
buy homesites and tracts for summer
camps at Redondo Beach, but have
been unable to do so, as the entire