The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-01-23
.ROBT. D0AK'SLETTERS
Interesting Description Of People
And Places.
San ninrn. California

Herald ReaderS and ManaSka coun
ty friends who visited the coast last
summer, | will say we are having the
same kind of weather we had wher
you made the visit last summer. with
shower of rain occasionally, mostly
at night, and which mas not interior
ed with my work. 4here was good
rain Monday night the 18th, and
heavy thunder and lightning. The
sun shone brightly Tuesday by 300
a. m. and has been nice and warm
ever since arrived, Nov. 4th, 1907.
| made trip yesterday to La Mesa
Springs, town eleven miles distant,
that the land agents are booming as
second Pasadena to San Diego as
Pasadena is to Los Angeles.
All expenses on train and driven
over the little soon to be city in good
rigs that are in waiting and through
orange, lemon and guava ranches,
where we were permitted to pluck
and eat of its fruit We were shown
where fortunes could be made should
we heed their advice and when the
noon hour arrived we were unloaded
at the hotel, where a sumptuous din.
ner was in waiting. to which a party
of fourteen men and women did am
pie justice Dinner over we drove to
the fine strawberry ranch of Mr.. Haw.
ley's. The rows were lined with large
ripe berries nearly as large as jen-
hitting apples. plucked and ate
from the vines these berries on Jan.
Is. then bought box to eat on the
road home, as did others of the party,
the box containing twelve berries by
heaping them up, and we paid 20 cents
a box. Those we picked ourselves
were not counted.
In this party were Chas. OFT, of Des
Moines, formerly of Hedrick, KeoKuk
county, and his son, w. F. OFT, Of
Hedrick. There are many of the
Herald readers who will know these
parties and will recognize the COM
pany / associate with.
South San Diego is another boom
town on the beach. My fare has been
paid there twice. but no free dinners;
that'e what knocks.
DR.. o. H. Breeder, of Des Moines,
Iowa, is engaged IN protracted meet.
ings at the Christian church here and
is having very good success. The
church is not large enough to accom-
modate the people. The subject from
which he based his discourse last
evening was where's Hell?' and for
tonight will be, Where is Heaven
He has no use for the Bible, as he
gives it all from memory.
j. B. Harris contemplates soon to
leave for Redlands, Cal. He made a
trip this week 20 National City and
visited with William Johnson, an old
time friend from near indianapolis
Iowa.
A Letter From Home.
The Heralds daily visit is a source
of great pleasure to me. They come
very regular now and only four days
old and all the letters from home, and
to any of its readers would say,
don't fail to have the Herald for.
warded to your address should you
make a trip" | read the letters and
news and many of the advertisements
and even my own letters.
The orange peddlers are getting
thick and their wagons are to be
seen standing on every street corner
and they sell at 10 and Is cents per
dozen. There are many kinds OF
fruits and vegetables in the markets
and many l never heard of until
came here. have plenty OF lemons
oranges. tangerines and guayas in my
room that | brought from the ranches
There were 80 to 100 bushels of fruit
on some of the lots offered for sale
at La Mesa Springs.
met Duncan MacGregor and he in
quired of Oskaloosa and told him
his son. j. R. McGregor, was in the
advertising columns of the Herald.
There are many heated arguments
here on the Plaza every day on so
cialism and infidlity, but the more
one listens the less he knows. News
is scarce, SO goodbye, and will write
again soon, IL this don't go in the
waste basket Rob- DOAK.