The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-02-13
A TRIP THRU CALIFORNIA

The following letter is from STANDBY
Moffat, a son OF c. W. Morfat OF this
city, who is a law student at the Uni
'versity Of Chicago and enjoying trip
through the extreme west with the
Carpenter family OF Chicago, serving
as tutor 10 the Carpenter boys. Stanley
Moffat is a Florida boy. some years
ago lived in Ocala: i a graduate OF the
John b Stetson University and is a
young man OF promise The letter is
worth reading. interesting and instrue-
tive:
Pasadena. Calf, Jan. p.
| left Chicago on the most luxurious
train in the United States. II was the
California Limited on the Santa Fe
road. 1t was a solid Pullman train
with buffet smoker. barbershOp car,
palace sleeping cars. compartment car.
/ observation library car. 1t was beau
! tifully lighted with electricity and
I steam heated throughout. The road
: bed was rock ballasted, double tracked
/ and oil sprinkled TO prevent dust. The
1 locomotives west of Kansas burned oil
so there was no smoke or cinderS. Can
YOU beat that Tor a palace train. My
( fare out was $50. Sl+ for the Pullman
and $12 for meals. a little matter of
$S4 expense to my employers. He told
me TO give the usual tips to walters
and porters also a his expense. SO |
have been going about with the air of
a millionaire for some time now. II
feels good.
stepped at the Grand Canyon of
Arizona a night and day Cupon the
advice and with the consent of Mr..
iCarpenter) and really ii was the great
est experience of my life. Beside the
grandeur of that wonderful canyon.
Niagara sinks into insignificance.
had my first horseback rde-rode
down five miles of narrow, steep trails.
5000 feet below the surface on a mule.
II almost scared me to death for the
first half hour those mules have the
curious habit of walking on the out
side edge of the trails when we looked
down 5000 feet TO destruction. The
canyon * thirteen miles wide. $500
feet total depth and 2l7 miles long
with the muddy Colorado river flow
ing at its bottom.
The next two days l spent at Red
lands. Calf. with my old sweetheart
She didn't however revive those emo
tons which she aroused in me in those
younger years, and so now I'll have to
look elsewhere for a wife.
Pasadena is a beautiful place-with
its pretty streets, neat shops. splendid
electric car system and Snow-capped
mountains all around.
l am very comfortably located here
at this hotel, ''LaCasa Grande." where
1 only pay S10-a month board. The
Carpenters are stopping near here a
the Raymond, which is like the Poin
ciana and costs minimum Of $50
Mr.. Carpenter said if | would save hin
J. this hundred dollars here I shall pu
up at the same hotels with them a
San Francisco, Santa Barbara anC
Monterey. This hotel is a little bette
than the Palms at West Palm Beach
and there is a very agreeable GROVE
of young people here. l teach the boy:
two and a half hours every mornin:
and have the rest of the day TO my
self
Yesterday the Carpenters took me T.
Los Angeles in their six thousand dol
lar auto and back-a nice little tril
of - miles. They brought this car on
: with them Tomorrow l am goin.
with them to one of the canyons 70
an all-day picnic in the same auto.
When we leave here we are going L
motor all the way to San Francisc
: 500 miles in the auto if the roads ar
good. This will certainly be great 70
, me I never did have enough auto
, MODELLING before. VS.. VI.