Cañon City record., 1909-07-29

JtSOA U6NtbJ OEAuvvU
the cOAST. COUNTRY
The following letter from -Our
Jack" will be Of intsrust to many Of
the Daily Rserod readsfs:
left ConAon, Oregon. June 18th.
bound for Baksrs0eld. Cal. The
scenery from Arlington to Portland
WAS grand one. All the way along
Tie banks OF the Columbia river. lots
Of watsr falls. Ash wheels and locks.
"ThA Bridayi Veil" falls were he
nicest In my opinion. They TALL %
far, and hang like Q veil. in their de-
SCENT. Ths .Arst thing ! saw on arriv-
Ing at Portland was . number of large
ocean -stsamsrs. and tAey certainly
we're . grand sight b ma
Portland IL . beautiful city Of 11S-
900 inhahitantS, and many new b1ild-
ing in coar6e Of erectioA. saN some
buddinss fiftssa Ssories high. We
made only short stop hsre. aaA he
trip tArough ooathern oreeoa I saw
sonss nae valleys, especially aIoag
ths Nngus river. ! nOticed many aios
towns aAA me fArns.
catt3s and sAssp country. I soAsld
eattlS and shsep country sho1ld
3udgG TAsre were sons MICS littjs
valleys cANs 20 ny visv fFoR tAs caa
window. bst look rather dry. We have
,ysat thrDag some pretty scessry. All
ths nsountaias are covered Nth tn
bsr. We came ovsr both the Sierra Ne
vada and 9isliyoa nsountain passse.
Many nice eosntry towns and viae-
yards in California. a. vs % On. We
had to lay over At Shasta Sprinss -
hours On account Of = wreck Mt
Ghasta b Q beaattful sight, somsthiAg
like our Fixes Peak. shasta 0prinSs
10 . great summer resort There are
springs. fountains and waterfalls all
around and ane scenery.
We stopped over night In sacra-
mento. the capital OF California. and
visited the capital grounds and saw
all ! could In the short time had.
and can only say II was Ane.
have seen orange. fig. date. palm
and lemon trees. and many others I
cannot name.
did not take the ship as intend.
ed to do, but came en- with my aunties
to help with the children. by rail.
shall also miss the Yukon exposition
at Seattle. but have plenty to make
up for that / think on the trip down.
We arrived a. Bakersfield Sunday
morning. June goth. and found II
rather warm here. but cool nights.
something like Canon.
The Southern Pacific runs into
Kern Junction. and has new depot.
and the Santa Fe runs into Bakers
Geld. Th1 two are connected by a
street car line and only a few Chinese
gardens between. Mos, OF the busi-
ness Is done In Bakersfield.
Kern has many nne residences. We
are In Kern. My uncle has propert,
here. There seems to be plenty Of
money and wages are high. Many
buildings are going up and mechan-
les wages are high.
I have seen some irrigating bitches
here twice Is large as the Arkansas
river--pretty big ones to me.
II very seldom rains here during
the summer and fall. and you never
see cloud in the sky. The Kern river
gives plenty OF irrigation water from
the SHOWS on the Sierra Nevada
mountains.
10s degrees In the shade was the
hottest day since came here.
weighed 50 pounds to-day without
my coat. I weighed 76 pounds when I
left home with my coat and heavy un-
derwear on besides So you see I am
gaining In the coast country. have
eaten figs from the trees, but can't
say I like them. The Century plant
Ia beautiful plant, also the pepper
tree
There are 1000 oil wells not TAR
from Bakersheld and machine shops
and many other plants OF al kinds to
employ labor. I have worked two
weeks picking prunes at el.5o day
like It all o. X.
Strawberries are high here. pint
boxes. 8 for Is cents. They have been
on the market since April. Tomatoes
are 16 cents q pound and string beans
10 cents. Vegetables and fruits are all
high.
Friday. July 16. nnds me at Long