The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-02-24
FROM THE FAR WEST.
John {. Penn Writes an interesting Let
ter from The Golden State.
San FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. /

san francisco, Cal. feDs -.
Editor Leader IL am floating
around on the wave Of circum-
stances. accepting the hospitality
of the people of the Golden State"
70 say ! am delighted with the
Pacific Coast would not half ex-
press it. | spent ten days in and
around Los Angeles, the land of
sunshine and flowers. = It seems
to be the garden spot Of the United
States. The climate at this season
ct the year is mild and pleasant.
Fruits of all kinds seem in abund-
ance. Vegetables are plentiful.
Los Angeles is large city, said to
have a population of three hundred
thousand people. It is situated in
a valley with great, huge noun
tains east and west Of the city.
The mountains on the east, some
forty miles away, are covered with
snow. These mountains are six
thousand feet high. While you can
gaze on the snow-topped mountains,
at the same time you can see the
orange orchards full Of fruit, beau-
tiful flower gardens with rare and
fragrant roses in full bloom on all
sides.
Los Angeles is situated 16 miles
from the Pacific Ocean, with num-
erous railroads running out to the
coast towns. These coast towns
are beautiful. The buildings are
perfectly grand. Many of them
are large and of ancient architec-
ture. The hotels are magnificent
structures and are "up-to.d date" in
every particular. Some of these
towns have a population of $4,000
people. Stores of all kinds, banks,
theatres, schools, churches to be
seen on all sides. Visitors are what
keep these coats towns up. They
come from all over the United
States, especially the Northern peo-
pie, who are anxious for a mild
climate during the cold winter
months in the North. Pasadena,
an adjoining city to Los Angeles,
is where neary all wealthy people
of New York, Chicago, st. Louis,
have beautiful homes where they
spend about three months of the
winter. A great many of the
wealthy people of Los Angeles have
beautiful houses and reside there
altogether. 1t is the most beauti-
full city on the continent. Electric
displays artistically arranged in
among the flowers with colors
blended, make the flower gardens
of Pasadena a paradise It is i'm
possible for me to describe and dod
justice to the little city.
/ have been in San Francisco a /
couple of weeks. 1t has been rain.
ing so much nearly every day that
T have not had chance to take in
this city. I have visited some of |
the places of Importance. The
Golden Gate Park is a beautiful
sight on the ocean beach nice
walks and drives all kinds of flow
ers and evergreen. The Art |
Museum is full of interesting col
lections from all over the world,
some quite expensive. having been
donated by people who have abund-
ance of money. The Park contains
very nice ''Zoo" all kinds of |
animals, birds, fish, etc. quite an
Interesting place to spend couple
of hours. This is a very hilly city,
lots of hills and many Of them very
steep to climb. | invariably take
a street car to get around the city.
The streets here are very wide and
nicely paved. Hundreds of new
buildings are going up. Some of
them are "sky-scrapers." In
couple of years more. the city will
be built up in more substantial
buildings than before the earth
quake It is a wide-awake, pro-
gressive city. The stores indicate
lots of business. being thronged |
with people all day.
Now, Mr.. Hobbs, if retain my
health and my money holds out, ii
may give you few more dots on
this wonderful CITY, .
Yours,
JOHN E. PENN.