Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-04-23
A LETTER FROM
BILLY ENRIGHI
Glendora, Cal,
April 8, 1909.
Fred exile,
WatertoWn, 5. ID.

| try Iull OIL nOIlleu IOddS, iiAo1 N0
and rattle snakes, where the sun
beats down and peels the skin from
your nose in March and the winds
from the desert make one think
that the internal place described so
ably by Dante would make a de-
lightful summer resort; where ev-
~ native of the city called In Jest
the city Of Angeles takes one look
at you, another at your pocket book,
ignores the first impression, but
with the grasp Of a grizzly bear
hooks onto the pocket book. | have
been spending the past four weeks
also the golden cleaning eagles.
The real purpose that brings the
average South Dakotan or Mime
sotan to Southern California is
without question to experience the
delightful sensation of breaking
twenty dollar bills and watching
the returned portion melt in their
hands. Have been to Long Beach
and Ocean Park, where they have
more fakes in ten minutes than
Charley Englesby could think of in
ten hours and that's giving him a
clear head without the handicap of
his generals uniform.
Have been to Coronado Beach and
tried to play swell by changing my
clothes three times day and my
cravat six times because the sign
board in the room Of the swell
Coast hotel intimated thatithat was
part of the penalty for paying them
six dollars a day. Have fshed at
Catalina Islands and had a misera-
BILE fisherman charge nine dollars
a day for the privilege of sitting
behind his chugging gasoline en-
CINE and troll for yellow tails, and
after three days trial 1 managed to
land one. Then he looked me
over, thot he saw soft spot, and
suggested that | remain the bal
ance If the week and try for Jew
fish a term for the black sea bass.
My frequent experiences and as
ISOLATION with Louie Bearman
made me suspicious of my ability
to catch anything that was prefiXed
by the term applied and l made a
quiet investigation and learned
that perhaps if | remained until
July or August and had an unusual
amount of luck that would stand
a chance to catch Jew fish. de-
cided not to wait.
At Redlands the Smiley Heights
were as beautiful as Judge Coun-
tryman's smile and from the sum-
nit of Huntington drive at River
side one catches a glance of the
white peak of the mountain called
Old Baldy-we have changed its
name to Billy Luck. The little
towns are the same as all the little
towns all over the country. a bank
the postoffice, "a few general stores,
twice as many churches as can be
supported, one nice residence owned
by the banker, the usual bunch of
loafers and jokers and the same
bunch of girls that come down to
watch the trains come in and haz.
ard4a side glance from mischiev-
ious eye. Fred, there is nothing
to5ti. The fallacy California fol-
wealth. oranges for health is q
bum steer. Money flows like wa.
ter out here but it flows away from
you and as for oranges for health,
why ate nine of them today while
helping Fred Schiffman nitrate hi:
Citrus trees and vow am not one
whit healthier. ii
When we came in from the or
chard to appease our hunger a
noon time by the aid of a powerful
glass we swept the San Gabrie
Valley and the foot hills. The
view was magnificent-that is one
thing better than South Dakot,
wheat at 1861. Views, the Who'll,
country is long on views but view
= flOIl " JJdy iAGCl cot Sil VI amy SAofS
when bought for 1880 an acre
tho to set joking aside they some
times yield a crop value Of 81, so
per year. Fred has beautiful
place, over 100 acres set right Vi
against the foothills where tn
coyotes and wild cats steal hi
ducks and chickens. He has
magnificent orchard, fine .house
barn and out buildings and h
might if he wished say with the OIL
english poet:
Let the mighty and great roll j
splendor and state
t | envy them not ! declare it;
| own my own lamb my sheep an
my ham,
| weave my own wool and ! wea
= Il
OIL he might exclaim with Whit