Arizona republican., 1909-09-25
SUMMER OUTING OF
 REAL VACAT|OA|sTS
Mir. and Mrs. J. O. A. King Had a Well-Earned Season of
 Recreation.

Mir. and Mrs. J. o. A. King who returned few days ago from an out ing trip of five or six weeks. probably had about as fine a summer holiday as anybody who left Phoenix during the past summer. This was not be- cause they saw wonderful things that nobody else ever heard of, but be- cause their outing was an outing for one of their annual routine duties. For MT. King, at least, it was the first one ever taken. He has done a deal of travelling on business at one time and another and has tramped over large part of the United States, but never in his life before did he set apart a big chunk of the summer time in which to do nothing but travel, spend money and have a good time. And he did all of those things this year
 Another thing that made it espe- cially pleasant was that he met lot of relatives that he had not seen be- fore for seventy-three years. The lot is made up as follows: A sister who lives in Spokane, whom he had not seen for twenty years. and two brothers he had not seen before for eighteen and thirty-five years re- spectively. total seventy-three years.
 They also visited other relatives. among them being nephews of Mrs. ,l-s.. asyo of dry farming at Krupp, Wash. They have 500 acres of wheat land, on which they secure crop every other year. The settlers there tried farm ing their lands every year, but found that a big crop every two years was more profitable the and lying fallow one year. absorbing moisture for the next crop. The farm was equipped with splendid machinery. including combined harvested and thresher. drawn by thirty magnificent horses. Twenty bushels to the acre is the usual crop expected every two years. And it is dry farming sure enough. for MT. King says the dust and dry ness of this valley is nothing com pared to it.
 The itinerary north was through San Francisco and vicinity to Seattle. thence to Spokane to see relatives, and being in town with nothing to do Mir. King attended the irrigation con- gress in which he has a natural in- terest, as his orange orchard and some other property depends very I materially on successful irrigation. He enjoyed the congress. of course, but all that has been written about before They went from there to Krupp. then back to Seattle. saw the exposition and took a ride up to Vic toria and back. The exposition had some fine features. and some might 1 easily be criticized, but altogether l they enjoyed and appreciated it. | From their experience they found that hotel rates and other public service was reasonable in price. good in quail | ity and ample in quantity. They had no fault to find. Some of the expo sition buildings were not up to ex- pectatibns. while others excelled their preconceived ideas.
 From the fair they went to Taco ma, Portland, Sacriamento. down the coast to Los Angeles and. Pasadena, where they visited Dr. and Mrs. Ford and Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Ford. ! The doctor and MT. King spent one day in a trip to the Soldiers Home at Sawtelle. where they stumbled acci- dentally upon Senator Warner. an old Kansas City friend. who was engaged in a personal inquiry into the conduct of the home. and so far as Mir. King knows found things quite satisfactory. Anyhow. he met one old veteran there 93 years of age. who seemed more youthful than many twenty-five years his junior. and who seems to prosper on the home comforts.