The Dickinson press., 1909-03-20

ID, a summer resort and the large number
of cottages show, that 1t is well patfo-
.nlzeh.
W. stopped at Long Beach several
days ana took a swim every day l wal
thers This ID. also a fine summer re-
sort and l ran across a number of
I Dakota l!sl D.oplss salere.
! San Pedro iss five miles from Long
Beach and 1 saw lots Of large ocean
vessels unloading. At this place the
government Is putting in SEVERAL. mil
lions Of dollars for defense and q har-
boz. San Pedro is. twenty odd miles
from Los Angeles and the fareSis IS
ceptA l took in the North Dakota
picnic in Los Angeles at East, Lake
Park and over IS. 600 people registered
there that day, but we were not in it
with Iowa as they had over IS. 600
people out their day and Minnesota
very nearly that many. -
met a number of North Dakota people
there including John Mead but the most
were from Red River Valley r visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead tie ext day and
found them very contented, although
John says the pr1diries at New England
look good to him and he would be very
we'll satisfied here il. il, Was not for our
long winters and wind. In MI. Meals
nelghborhood are the finest places Gin
Los Angeles and it would be- hard to
find their equal in the United States.
l went to San Diego and down into
Mexico to a bull fight and guess there
were at least 1000. Americans there
that day. You have read descriptions
of bull fights so l won't take your
time. "'
We also visited in Santa Ana where
we have relatives. This is a very
pretty town and there are some very
fine orchards here worth from 81, 600 to
So, 600 per acre. Rev. Secimo. our Con-
gregational minister's son from South
Dakota, has a large church here and
is also one of the finest preachers on the
coast. l wish were able to describe
some of the beauties around this town.
1t was here I Jaw oranges. lemons and
grapefruit all growing on one tree.
This makes me think of MIR. Burbank.
the greatest CRATER. or rather horticul-
turist, on earth, who lives at Burbank.
He is as wonderful in his line as Nh.
Edison in his and it is a question which
is doing most for mankind. l saw a
number of his works and among them a
cactus without thorns which is claimed
to be the coming stock food as it cansbe
grown 100 tons to the acre and is;;much
[relished by all, stock and also very fat
tening.
In the way of vegetables, you can get
fresh strawberries. tomatoes. cucumbers,
radishes, onions. cabbage. etc., all the
year around. 4
want to tell you of the tourist clubs
at Pasadena as well as at other places.
Most of the towns here have tourist
clubs at which: all tourists are well
coined. l was walking around and
happened, by this place and saw a
number, Of men pitching horseshoes and
also. in a nice COOL house on the same
grounds, possibly Is couples playing
chess and checkers. AS l strolled by
one of the number said Hello stranger,
where did you come from?".I. of course.
said North Dakota and he called out to
another man by the name of Mr.. Gemmel
to come over as he had found another
North Dakota man and introduced u.s.
and he, in turn introduced me to Messrs.
Morton. Stone, johnson, Stran& and a
number of others from North Dakota.
After we had compared notes. l found
these men all came: from east of the
river and were out to get away from the
cold weather. They do everything at
these clubs o*make it pleasant for one
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another and my wife said when she did
not know where else o'ind me she was
sure to locate me at the, tourist clut..
The North Dakota men have the repuI
tation of being the best checker players
there but an Illinois man said, mo
wonder, you have 10 months Of; winter
to practice in" Il often thought: of Tom
Evans and wished he was there to get
a reputation for the west slope and think
he might have found his match there.
We spent two very pleasant months
there and were very sorry to leave. My
wife bought a pail Of oranges from a fruit
peddler there for 10 cents and as there
were so many l toldsher to count them
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