The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-03-17
III SEES THINGS
J. A. Caughren's Eyes Wide Open
While in The West
ILLS ALL ABOUT IT
Writes The Herald Another interest
ing Letter Concerning His
Travels Out There
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the number of acres it contains, states
nCw many acres are under cultiva-
ton and how many cattle and horses
cstcd at once.
We arrived at San Diego at Ito
Bt sses by the score were there to
inject cur train to take us to Coro-
nado. Tie hotel is located in the
/ Coronado Beach We crossed the
ferry that runs day and night, just
about he same as the boat between
Oakland and Frisco. Coronado is
suppo sed 70 be the greatest winter
ard summer resort on the Pacific
coast The hotel is a wonder and
the grounds are beautiful. They are
able to handle about $500 guests and,
it's done in great style. When the
buses arrive, which is at every in
coming train, both managers are out
/ to receive the guests, the bell boys
are lined up on each side CT the pas
sage way in numbers the band plays
and makes you feel that you are re-
| ceiving a great welcome To the ex-
/ IRENE fastener, who has been in the,
habit of squeezing the eagle, it makes
him feel like loosenng up at once.
! In fact, it is continual round of
MI fCr yho
to take it all in. While the weather
was beautiful all the time, the ocean
breeze was too cold and raw for me-
Still, Coronado has them all beat on
temperature as it varies but little
between winter and summer. Coro-
lnado is built on a peninsula extend
ing out into the ocean about miles,
right parallel with San Diego front,
which forms a bay and is one of the
best harbors on this coast. The wa
ter is very deep and the entrance is
narrow A great many government
boats remain here the year around on
account of it's safety. There are 9
torpedo boats there now, besides a
lot of government boats.
San Diego is supposed to become a
great city when the Panama canal is
done, On account of it's harbor, while
now it is quite substantial place of
about $4,000 inhabitants. They have
three national banks, two savings
banks and two trust companies and
| three state banks, all of which are
lin a prosperous condition Their de-
pests in 1905 were $4,117,00O and
have increased in 1908 to STOPS, 900.
During the so-called panic of the
early months of 1908 when almost ev-
cry city of Importance in the nation
used scrip as legal tender for the
stood out alone as the only Pacific
coast city, which continued to do
business with gold and silver and ma
tional bank notes.
| The upper end of this Coronado
| peninsula is about two miles wide
| where the town is located, the bal
ance of the peninsula is not over 200
| feet wide, reaching about five miles,
where it connects with the mainland.
One would think those terrible break
ers. which are much higher than any
other place on the Pacific coast, would
| wash it all away in one night, but
| instead of that. it adds a little more
sand every day. They have a high
| tide there twice in "a hours. The
| beach around the main part of the
town is all riprapped with rock 20
| feet high, which has been hauled in
many miles by rail- On account of
| the quantity and the long haul, it
must have been at a terrible cost.
Everything has been done to protect
and beautify the place, but it looks
like a dangerous place for tidal
wave, for | don't think any of the
ground is above 20 feet above the
water.
While at Coronado, We made a
couple of trips to different places of
note. One was to Point Iona, the
headland west of San Diego Bay and
the city called Point Iona, which
is a landmark of no mean proper
lions. It is stretched forth like a
giants arm protecting the bay city
and Coronado nesting at its base.
The safety of the bay as an anchor
for the ships of the world, is due to-
great extent to this majestic prom
ontory, which braves the winds and
storms and smiles in the. sunshine aa
conditions may require. North Is
land overlapping Point Iona, forms
silver gate of California and gives
to San Diego right to boast per-
fectly landlocked harbor A trip to
Point Iona is one that will profit
much to anyone.
Most of the visitors go overland
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