The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-09-03

in time to participate in the Elk.
Reunion, which was being hele
there, and the two days and nights
spent with the Antler Tribe, and il
viewing the sights of the city, wa.
enjoyable beyond comparison. Th,
Elks Ball at the Long Beach Vir
ginia Hotel, the different sources o
amusement given complimentary t.
us at that famous resort, the grant
street parades the next day an6
night, participated in by perhap!
$4,000 of the "best people On earth,
were each events which we shall al
ways remember pleasantly and fond
ly.
THE GOLDEN GATE CITY.
Reluctantly we left Los Angeles
for San Francisco, where we spent q
full day touring that noted and i'll
fated city in tallyhos and autos
While the construction of magnif.
icent business houses and residences
has been marvellous since the great
earthquake and fire which almost
demolished that wonderful city a
few years ago, large numbers OF
buildings which were crumbled to
pieces in that great catastrophe
have not yet been rebuilt, and there
remains the cruel evidence of the
awful vengeance that Providence
wrought against that great city.
We toured the vast enchanting
parks, stopped at the famous Cliff
House and viewed the seals and seal
rocks from that picturesque and de-
lightful shore of the "briny Deep
returning to the city via the U. S.
Army Reservation and Fort, getting
glorious view of the gorgeous
Golden Gate at about sunset, and
that brilliant scene will never es-
cape our memories. San Francisco
is wonderful city the temper
ature IS perfectly delightful and re-
mains practically the same the year
round. The breeze is always cool,
bracing and invigorating, and the
citizens are boosters from Boosters
vile. They enthusiastically pro-
claim that theirs is the only city in
the world from which you can trav-
ell distance of thirty miles and find
any sort of climate, and that to get
exactly the climate you want all you
have to do is to come back to San
Francisco We took in all sections
of the city-including Chinatown,
where we found a very intelligent
class of Celt stials, conducting first
class and well-kept business houses
of all kinds; they were very decent
looking and extremely polite and
courteous.
The country below Los Angeles
and from that place up to San
Francisco is valley almost equal
to the land which we read about
flowing with milk and honey"
Fruits galore - oranges, apricots,
peaches, plums, cherries, prunes,
etc, are produced in this God favor
ed section, and the residences, with
all modern eonveniences, dotted here
and there, indicate that the people
are not only prosperous but con-
tented Grains of all kinds pro-
duce splendidly also in that section,
and the climate is all that could be
desired all the time. The fruit
bearing farms are valued at from
$500 to $4,000 per acre, and it is
said that five acres in fruit, proper
ly handled, will support a large
family handsomely.
BEAUTIFUL SHASTA SPRINGS
From San Francisco and Oakland
we went to beautiful Shasta Springs
Cal, where over half day was
spent viewing the superb scenery oI
that famous resort. and in admiring
the towering grandeur of sky-scrap
ing Mt. Shasta, which is IA ,445 feet
above the sea level, and completely
capped with snow at all times.
THE CITY OF ROSES.
Portland, Oregon, 'the City O
Roses" was our next stop. We ar
rived there Sunday morning ant
spent most of the day riding ovel
this lovely city-taking the electri,
oor line ,y,o <ho h,a,,t,f,,i o:%~ o-l