Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-23

Having landed in Oklahoma City or
their homeward journey, Mr.. and Mrs
George p Woollett, who left Ottumwa
several weeks ago on an automobile
tour throughout the west and south,
have written another of the interesting
letters to the Courier, telling of their
trip, and 1t might be mentioned, their
auto troubles. They are now on their
homeward way with about 600 to 700
miles to make before they reach Iowa
soil and this they cannot cover too
quickly, as they sta.e they are longing
for sight of the good old state.
Their speedometer registers 1900
miles at their present stop. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woollett seem to have found
former Ottumwans at every stop. The
letter which tells of their travels is
as follows:
Oklahoma City, May 16, 1911
Courier, Ottumwa: Well it is long
time since we wrote you from Los
Vega and we have been going so fast
we have hardly had time to catc'' our
Dreath-or any thing else. We left
the car at Albuquerque and took the
n.
During our short stay in Albuquerque
we met Mrs. Laura Gardner, formerly
Of Ottumwa whom we found very we'll
thought Of in the city where Mr.. Gard
ner died, less than year ago, after
eight years residence.
Our next stop was at Gallup N. Mex
where we visited with Miss Florence
Burnett, formerly of Fairfield and came
across Bonnie and Elmer Wilson for.
merly Of Ottumwa and there were 9TH
ers there whom we did not meet. Our
sightseeing trip through the beautiful
San Bernardino valley was merely a
repetition Of that Of thousands of
others who have attempted to de-
scribe its wonderous beauties, which I
shall not attempt. At San Diego we
boarded ferry to visit one of the
battleships at anchor in the bay and
on the ferry met w. H. Heating of Of
tumwa his brother-in-law, a Mr.. Orr
formerly of Ottumwa and several
others. In San Diego we met Harry
Taylor, former Ottumwa druggist,
now In the same business there, DR..
Shelton formerly of Bloomfield and
others too numerous to mention.
At Los Angeles our time was so
taken up visiting the various resorts
that we did not have time to look up
the many Ottumwans there whom we
heard of. At Pasadena we visited with
cousins of Mrs. Woollett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Kehm and visited points of in
terest, chief among them being Mr.,
Busch's home and grounds, any de-
scription of which would be pale and
colorless compared to the reality,
which must be seen to be appreciated.
Mr.. Busch expends in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 per annum keeping the
place up and 1t is certainly kept IL, to
the minute and the public are invited
to use the grounds freely but are not
allowed to abuse them. The aim seems
to be to attain as near perfection as
possible in landscape parking. The
whole tract covers in the neighbor-
hood of 80 acres. While at Pasadena
we had the pleasure of seeing the
three alleged dynamiters Of the Los
Angeles Times building, who were
taken from the train there and with
their captors were driven in automo-
biles to Los Angeles, each one chained
arm and leg to an officer There was
great excitement over their arrival.
From Pasadena we went to San
Bernardino, Redlands and other nearby
orange shipping points and were much
interested in the wonders of the fruit
which have such peculiar traits.
Actually we saw ripening oranges, lots
Of them, on the same trees that were
In almost full bud. We saw them be-
Ing assorted by machinery, packed
and shipped to the eastern market and
were informed by one of the large