The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-01-26
SAN DIEGO TO
THEIR LIKING
Writes Interestingly of Our
Southwestern City-Meets
the Sweet Family.

The following interesting let
ter from f. j. Fassnacht, sojourn-
ing with Mrs. f. at San Diego,
Calf, will be highly appreciat-
de by the Globe readers, who will
be glad to hear from them, as
well as from the Sweet family
who are also at that famous re-
s4s.t for the sake of Mrs. Sweets
health:
San Diego, Calf, Jan. 81.
Editor Globe:
January 9th we arrived here
from Arizona and we are not
without feeling an improvement.
For us there are no advantages
in Phoenix that we do not en-
joy here, and, on the other hand,
there are advantages and attrac-
tions here that are impossible
there.
San Diego-the Spanish for
st. James-reached by one rail
road only, the Santa Fe, is the
most southwesterly city in the U.
s., being but II miles from the
Mexican border. Situated in a
commanding position, it overlooks
the pretty San Diego bay which
covers an area Of 26 square miles
and affords one of the finest har-
bors in the world. 1t is a quiet,
growing city of $4,000 people
made up in good proportion of
a rich and well-to-do class who
have wisely chosen this location
as ideal in many respects.
1t is in latitude with Fort
Worth, Texas, and Charleston, S.
c.; and being in the same longi-
tude as Lewiston, Idaho-950
miles to the north-is on the cline
that divides our country in two
equal parts. That is, considering
Eastport, Maine, as the farthest
point east and Cape Prince of
Wales, Alaska, as the farthest
point west, San Diego and Lewis
ton longitudinally are situated
midway.
The great natural resource in
this realm is the equable climate,
unrivaled in the u. S. There are
not ten days in the year that the
sun is wholly obscured. The sun
is life, tonic, an elixir. The
tourist, if well informed, selects
for his apartments a southern ex-
posure, he aims to be in the sun,
and, if it is lady walking and
she has shade over her, it is a
cute, little, dinky disk of para
sol, just big enough to keep
the sun out of her eyes.
The average annual rain fall
does not exceed ten inches. Trav-
cling on the Santa Fe for 600
miles through Arizona to San Di-
ego, the region was droughty in
the extreme. Not a spear of any
kind of fall grain was visible, al
though much has been sown. 1t
is needless to say pasture and
water both were scarce and feed
was high, causing great suffering
to stock. 1t is reported that on
S1he ranch, the "Santa Margar-
la" owing to want of feed the
loss in dying cattle was at the
rate of $500 per day. But Jan.
10th the drouth was broken and
a general rain set in, covering
much of the state. Precipitation
here was 2.14 inches in "a hours
the heaviest rain in five years.
The coolest day this winter was
Jan. IL, at 5 a. M, when the ther-
mometer recorded 81 degrees
above. Since 1871, the temper
ature has not fallen below 80 de-
grees and it has averaged less
than one hour per year above 80
degrees. In the evening, if our
quarters need warming up the
lighted gas jet furnishes suffic-
lent heat, but more usually it is
the oil stove that is pressed into
service. However, it is mistake
to come here to spend the winter
and not have an overcoat and
other warm clothes.
Wood-fuel is 70 cents two
bushel gunny sack; coal is S5
cents per sack; coal oil, Is cents
per gallon. Gas and oil as fuel
are in common use. The South
ern Pacific and Santa Fe fire
their engines exclusively with oil
When wood-fuel in quantity is
required there it is purchased al
$3.50 per load short lengths OF