CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1908-09-17


miles long, and its limits extend eight
or nine miles on north of La JollA- !
have heard that this Is the largest
city in the world in point OF area. tho
1 do not know that statement to be a
fact.
. La Jolla is town Of cottages.
There are many furnished cottages
for rent and you can get them for q
week or month. The rates are reas-
cottages renting for from
$40 to $40 the month, according to size
and location. Light housekeeping II
very easy as about everything can be
bought cooked at meal time at the del
icatessen. In the summer time the
town is filled with California and
western people principally. and the
eastern people come in the winter.
People come here for a visit and every
body takes his time for everything. 1t
Is not noisy or crowded being out Of
easy reach of the big cities and in
this respect Is much nicer than the
crowded beaches on Los Angeles.
All this surf bathing business Is new
to me for I never before spent much
time at a seaside resort and there is
a great deal Of interest and strange
ness about it. My observations are Of
course the observations OF green
one" The funniest thing Is the way
the people go about without any
clothes on-or that is without very
much on. The cottagers all use their
own bathing suits and they put them
on before leaving home. Then they
walk down through town to the beach
Some men wear an overcoat. some
short coat and many wear nothing
extra. Some ladies wear a shawl. some
a pink or red or Japanese kimona
but most of them wear nothing but
smile and a japanese umbrella in ad-
ditjon to the abbreviated bathing suit.
Nobody In La Jolla wears . hat, ex-
cept those who live and work here.
Yesterday I Witnessed . most thrill
ling rescue Of a drowning woman. In
most places the coast is very rocky
and there are pools that are danger
ous to swim In on account Of the un-
derhow and outward currents. A man
and woman were swimming In one
of these places when they found them
selves being drawn out In the ocean.
They battled against the current and
heavy waves as long as possible then
cried for help. There were only wom-
en- on the beach but men were soon
summoned and q life line brought
Two men swan out to the woman who
by this time was about exhausted. and
now the chief difficulty was to land
the exhausted swimmers, owing to the
rocky shore and high waves. They
first clung onto . rock. Aalf sub
merged and were several times wash
ed OF by the incoming tide. Then they
got to another rock and next to . big
nat rock a hundred yards from shore.
A physician with his medicine case
and many helpers swan out to this
rock taking stimulants fresh water.
blankets, etc.
After the woman returned to con-
sciousness and rested . little she and
the man we're brought to shore. where
all four were given restorative treat
ment and carried home.
1t was . narrow escape and book
like rescue.
To a green one" It seems . wonder
that many do not drown here, yet
they say here that NO bather has ever
been drowned on the coast Of La
Jolla- There have been a number OF
narrow escapes but no deaths
The climate OF California is very
nice but for the year-around climate
L. doesn't appeal to me SO much as
sunny Colorado, and II had to live
in California from business reasons, I
think I would enjoy a month OF rest
and recreation at Canon City fully
as much as am enjoying few weeks
here now.
@. U. H.
La Jolla, Calf, Aug. 80, '0S
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