Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-12
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| Dear Edltor.-As you asked me to
write to the Juniors will tell them of
my trip from Los Angeles to where
we are in the mountains We started
from Los Angeles about 2:45 in the
afternoon. We were not very far
when we began to see acres of oran.
ges, lemons, olives and English wal
nuts.
We rode along by the grand old
Pacific for ten miles. 1t was quite
rough, but beautiful. We also saw
several old missions. Most of them
were falling down.
We arrived in San Diego in the
night, but next morning we could see
the sights. Palms and Gala Lilies
and roses They were beautiful We
saw lovely sights from San Die 10 10
Lakeside. Besides these beautiful
flowers and fruits we saw some cac-
tus. They appeared to grow from the
rocks. They mad little berries on
them. But they were covered with
little stickers. The people here call
them prickly pears. After we arrived
at Lake Side we took the stage for
% miles drive to Descanso. The high.
est place on the road we could look
back and see Hotel Coronado and
Point Iona as well as San Diego bay.
81 miles away When we arrived at
Descanso it started to rain and it
rained every day for six days and was
showing IN the mountains so we could
not get to where we wanted to. But
finally it cleared up and we got start
ed. We were real warm until we got
about six miles away and then we
needed our wraps and by the time we
arrived at our destination was real
cold. 1t was snowy the first week,
but has been beautiful the rest of the
time. We are 4,910 feet above sea
level, but still the pansies and wild
| flowers are in bloom
We went horseback riding Saturday
and saw such beautiful sights of the
desert and Salton sea and also saw a
gem mine. We went fishing another
day and saw the Salton sea again as
| 1t was so clear, and saw. the smoke Of
the engines on the S. P. R. R. coming
back it was moonlight and we could
see the head light on the engine ana
as we were so miles as the crow flies
from the railroad tracks, you can ina
CINE how clear it was
| Our cousins WITH whom we are Wis
liting have gold mine and we walked
over to 1t. We went back into rock
tunnel where a rat had his nest and
bats were living.
| They also have mill and we saw
the way they get the gold out of the
rocks.
| We rode horseback over to an In
dian rancheria. 1t was quaint old
place. At one home there was a wom-
en-, her little boy, her mother, aunt
and uncle. They were weaving bas.
kets. They were very pretty too. The
Indian woman, whose name was
Marian, brought out some drawnworK
she was dong. 1t was beautiful, much
| different from what ! ever saw. Mar.
iah could talk Indian, Spanish and
good English, but her boy, her mother
or aunt and uncle could only talk I'll
dian. Marian had some ollas tnat
they make. She had one that was he.
great grandfather's. 1t was used as
water bottle. thank you for the
beautiful postal caro- you sent me.
| My! | am learning so much on this
/ trip.
1 Wishing the Junior much success.
Your friend,
Beryl Daniels.
| Age ID. Descanso, Cal,
San Diego county.
Dear Editor.-This is the second
time have written to the Courier Jun.
ior. go to school every day. MY
teachers name is Miss Riley. | like
her very mucn. My studies are read
ing, arithmetic, geography, spelling. l
am in the fourth reader. This is all