The Falls City tribune., 1910-04-15

ana plants blu trees, At times IL
seems like yertiable forests, but in
stead of birds in the trees you will
see fish of all varieties and shells
by the hundreds. It is a sight and
a trip to be remembered the rest of
ones life. And of course every tour
ist must 20 TO San Diego. Taking
advantage of excursion rates one
can so very reasonable either by rail
or by water. We went by rail and
it is a beautiful ride OF 100 miles.
You pass through a fine agricultural
distriet-fine groves of lemons, figs
and English walnuts and at times
along the ocean beach with cliffs of
sandstone on the one side in the
most fantastic shapes imaginable caus
ed by the action of wind and water
in past ages. But the city is beautis
full. The streets are all very wide
and run exactly straight each way
and finely paved or graded. There
are two hundred miles of cement
sidewalks. II has a population of
10000 Of 70 1000, fine public buildings
and parks, splendid schools and
churches with adequate car service
to all parts of the city. many costly
and beautiful residences, among them
Gen. Fred Grants. It's great pride
is its harbor, San Diego Bay, which
covers an area of twenty-five square
miles and is many fathoms deeper
than an other harbor in the Pacific
IS said could be anchored there.
An. way it seems great TO a tender
100" | attended the First NJ. E.
chalch the Sunday | spent there and
the pastor used to belong to our
conference in this state and a very
pr, minent presiding elder in our con
fcre &c was there on his vacation,
so "fter services were over they re-
@ei,od the Nebraska tourists at the
Chancel rail with a Methodist hand
axe. Some twenty of us went up,
all strangers yet not strangers) for
We were all from the same grand
state.
This is the country where the ro-
nance o plot of Ramona" was laid,
SO one could take the trip to Point
.eona. On this trip you pass through
Old Town with its quaint adobe dwell
ings, the birth place of Ramona, the
old mission where she a married
and The landing, where il was said
she embarked. OF course, all may
not be true, which the guides tell
you, but in such surroundings one
may imagine them to be true all
right.
y trip into Old Mexico is one we
could not leave out. for having been
to Canada we wished to go onto Mex
lean soil. 1t was a delightful trip in
deed to the town of Tia Juana. We
passed many lemon groves and the
great monument which is the
boundary line between United States
and Mexico. We bought curios and
had to come through the custom
house.
1t was a trip we'll worth taking.
Then | went back to Los Angeles to
prepare for my homeward journey.
its made before ! started and on one
of them | picked oranges and lemons
with my own hands. The crop was
just beginning to ripen SO that |
did not get to see much of it gathered.
There were some places where the
lemons were being gathered and pack
ed, They never waste anything. There
are industries of every kind. The
inferior lemons are converted into
oil of lemon, lemon extract, citric
acid and other by-products. There
are great olive oil factories and
pickle factories and fig eyaporaters
and everything seems TO be used.
You would notice the packing boxes
on their depot platforms were from
every quarter of the United States.
| said to myself though we buy
their fruits. they buy our corn, cot
ton, syrup, lard and dairy products
tbs a fair exchange.
Well the time came when | must
leave the lovely city of Los Angeles
and our dear sister and turn east
ward, 81 on a bright and lovely Mon
day morning she came with me to
the Salt Lake depot and l started
for San Bernardino and Redlands, be-
cause they We're in the Orange belt.
So | took a day for the two cities
and think twas a day we'll spent.