Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-03-19

the sea level, Is III BY In miles, The VA.
Ter icing very clear. Of greenish hue,
and = per cent pure salt. For quite
distance near the lake The ground i
white, and there are numerous salt
beds near by The bathing is very IN
MIGRATING il one does mol remain IN
the water too long. bne cannot sink,
tut the danger from stfanguiation Is
great. and one dfopiin the eye causes
exerneiatinR pain. The Pavilion here
Is the largest in the world, is OF Moor
ish design. and is utilized for dancing,
one being held every week day night,
~ Brighanl Young greatly encouraged
ii amohe his followers. on this par
lienlaf sunday Il bicycle race was adj
vertised.
Crossing The desert came next, aud
certainly It was like n furnace. Oil is
used Il run the engines, and j. poured
ON the mounds of sand which some
times dll the track like drifts OF snow.
Al one station We stopped AT il was
l0a in the shade, and only three days
before IL. No one perspired. II WAS
dry burning heat. For miles we saw
no liVtsg thing, only sand and cactus.
All windows were kept closed, and one
gentleman, who with his wife was en-
route Ia China a. missionary, Invested
himself of coat, vest. collar and tie, so
the other men followed suit. We con-
sidefed ourselves fortunate however
when we learned that the day follow
ing, owing TO cloud burst, several
hundred feet of track were washed
away, and trains were kept on the des
ert IS hours without food or water, on
ly what was in the dining car. Tow
ard shutdown We reached the Promised
Land rs 1t is called. and the noun
tains in the valley Of San Bernandino,
passing the famous Arrowhead Hot
springs, having temperature OF la
degrees, twice a. high as the Hot
Springs of Arkansas. Eggs are boiled
hard in few minutes. An arrow i
seen on the mountain side, a freak of
nature. 1t is n great summer resort,
having n large hotel and sanataFium.
a stop Of four days VAS made al Col.
ton, tai, with Mir. and Mrs. George
Gleason, Who removed from Charlton
ten years ago. Mrs. Gleason WAS for
merry Addie Frost aud lived in East
Woodstock during her childhood. The
country here was certainly very oeauti
ful. Orange, lemon. and olive gpses,
palen, pepper and eucalyptus trees,
grape vineyards, and the oiled roads,
made driving n pleasure. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gleason gave their whole time 10
sight sewing, summer being their play
time. The groves are irrigated once a
month and cultivated. The Nalencias
were just ripening. also grape fruit.
oranges were picked from last years
crop, They often remain on the trees
for a wear or more. Each orange has
IL he eal oil separately. 50 some time
Is Consumed in gathering the fruit
from one grove. Cotton has tiNc large
packing houses having an oatpat Of
one thousand carloads Of oranges an
nnalls.
About one-haif mile from Mr.. Gilea,
son : i a moanlasn u nar0le called
slower mountain. rising fioaa a plain.
It Is - sees in ssesSat. one-hAlt mile IN
length. oae-qaafteF in width. Ne
walked lo she sop, also aroand H. Two
skNseEalef> ia SAIL Francisco ia pssev>>
a erection are tsias siassssd ia tie IN
terror Nth this saasesS, Which has
ssseln 81 easssfs and easN. On he
north side ase sessSss tas Portland -
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barrels useash
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