The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-30
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WRITES FROM
CALIFORNIA
LETTER FROM FORMER PASTOR
OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH TELLS
OF CONDITIONS IN PACIFIC
COAST CITY.
ICIIMATF IS DEL ICHTFUI
Cost Of Living About the Same as
Here, Rents Higher, Plenty of
Work for All At Good
Wages.
CLIMATE IS DELIGHTFUL


George Voreis and family of Culver
from the former pastor of the
Christian church in Plymouth:
1873 W. 39th ST., Los Angeles,
Nov. love arrived here Oct. 10
and so far, during the day, the
weather is as warm and beautiful
with sunshine as the most glorious
days of September and early De-
tober in Indiana. While reading of
Your Is inches of snow we are bask-
ing in sunshine. sometimes a little
too hot The nights are cool. need
IL from one to three covers, but as
soon as the sun rises we are In the
summer land once more.
They tell me that they sometimes
have rains a dav or two each week
in November and December, but not
as general thing. The rainy season
is in the latter part of January, in
February anG the first part of March
1t rains then a day or two part of
the time, more at night than during
the day, then quits for several days.
During the autumn or winter rains
it is Geld and disagreeable, but as
soon as the sun shines. no matter
at what time of the year, it is as
warm in the sunshine as it is in
summer or fall back East. During
the rains a little fire is needed, and
in the winter a fire morning and
evening. but whenever the sunshine
gets into the house, no matter what
time of the year. it is warm; and
whenever it does not get IN. no mat
ter what time of the year, it is cool
or cold-cool in the summer and cold
in the winter. We have burned only
paper so far, but one or two cloudy
days we felt little cold. Tt takes
about one ton of soft coal "a year.
hut it costs nearly twice as much as
in Culver or Plymouth. Of course
there ate variations from this, when
it is excessively wet or dry at the
wrong time. but I speak of the rule
and not the exception.
The prices of some things are
much higher here than there; some
things are a little hioher. and some
the same or lower. Eggs are from
40 to 60 cents according to age
butter is 40 cents now; milk is 10
cents, but We use condensed milk for
our Postum: potatoes are 2 cents per
pound, being, guess, $1.20 per
bushel; apples are very high Every
thing sells by the pound except eggs
and punches of fresh vegetables.
Furniture is perhaps 20 per cent
higher; meats about the same as
back there Rent is high. but it is
great city We pay $1S for four
nice rooms on the ground floor of a
nice house 40 blocks out from the
center. Clothing is as low or lower.
Oranges. when first ripe in Deem
Der, are dozen for 25 cents, and
cheaper as the season advances, the
picking season for one kind or an
other lasting six months.
Orange land near here is very
high, from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
1t Is cheaper at some distance, from
500 uncultivated to 200 in orang
es, but it is rising very rapidly as
this will be the center of the uni
verse by the opening of the 21st
century. Corn will grow here, but
the land is too high-priced to raise
1T on. 1t looks good to my eyes in
some of the gardens. Some was
raised here IA feet high with ears
accordingly. Thy "dry farm" most
ly around here, but it means with
out irrigation, just like back there.
So they farm a crop during the
winter rains. Whenever they can
they irrigate with mountain water or
with wells and pumps. Of course
the orange groves are generally irri-
gated, but they raise considerable
wheat by dry farming during the
winter rains.
As to work, there is plenty, and
also plenty of people looking for
work. The pay and living expenses
do not harmonic as we'll as back
there, but the climate is so fine that
one can enjoy on less than he would
demand there One should come with
800 or more to assure him a living
while he is looking around.
In building, most of their walls
are tinted and painted, not papered.
They stain outside a great deal in
stead of painting. The houses are
mostly one story or bungalows. They