The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1911-12-19
NORTH DAKOTAN
in CALIFORNIA
8. E. kEPLER WRITES OF MEET.
ING FORMER FARGO PEOPLE
IN THAT STATE - COLONEL
BENTON, suNDBERo AND DR..
CAMPBELL MENTIONED.

Coronado. Cal, Dec. 1s.-To The Fo-
rum: s. q KepIer and family Of
Dawson, N. D.. are spending the winter
in Southern California and are per-
manently located at 1926 East avenue
and Isabelle street, Coronado. Cal. an
islnad just across the bay from San
Diego where the latcn string wiz al
ways be out to their friends passing
this way and especially any North pa
kota people that may De living in this
vicinity.
saw ]. ID. Benton on the streets of
san Diego the other day. He is look
ing we'll likes the climate and is liv-
Ing In suburban city National City,
eight miles out from San Diego. I
was talking with e. p. Sundberg over
the phone teh other day and passed
the residence Of DR.. Campbell who lives
at La Jolla, sixteen miles out from San
Diego. all Of these are former residents
OF Fargo and are permanently located
In this state Coronado Is a residence
district surrounded by the ocean and
bay. Some lovely homes are here and
1t is quiet restful place for one de-
string home life. We are located just
one block away from the ocean and the
exhilerating air can always be felt on
this island, There is only one car line
In town but the streets are very beau
tiful and ideal for autoing.
The sunshine fthis part of the
state of California is something won
derful, the official weather man says
that San Diego is characterized by uni
form temperatures and invariabiIity
of sunshine. The temperature GOV rs
more constant7S90$S9Os 890$ga0ss9o$
short range and the sunshine is even
more constant in winter than in sum-
mer and 1t can truthfully be said that
San Diego has the shortest thermom-
eter in the United States,
We have garden vegetables for the
pulling and variety Of flowers. All
our windows throughout the house are
up giving us the beautiful sea breeze
and one can sit in the sun and enjoy
its warmth without the burning SEN
sation, though this would not apply to
North Dakota at this time of year.
Plainly speaking, by my short OBJ
servation and the above record one
can readily see the advantages that
this state offers as a congenial climate
giver. OF course, we cannot all live
in California though we find many
people here from Portland, Seattle.
Vancouver and other northwestern
cities and states that from conversa-
tions are very wei pleased with this
climate.
Rents are reasonable as is also 1iv-
ing. however, meats are higher here
than in the north. A good steak costs
80 cents per pound, creamery butter AZ
cents and fresh eggs so cents per doz-
en-. Vegetables are very cheap. 9th
er living expenses are not much high
er here than in the north.
San Diego has abe second port on
the Pacific coast for freight. and her
building permits for 1911 amounted to
over $500, 900.
Our trip from Portland to San Diego
was made on N. P. S. s. Roanoke
which leaves Portland for San Diego
every Wednesday evening at O'Clock.
1t is steamer of $500 tons capacity,
well equipped for both passengers and
freight The trip Of 1900 miles is
made in six days with twelve hours
layover in San Francisco and twelve
hours at San Pedro( CLOS Angels har-
borl These stops enabled us to see
both cities and call on friends. San
Francisco has improved very much
since our visit there Of two years ago.
San Pedro's harbor. through Uncle
Sans donation has been very greatly
improved in the past few years and the
largest vessels are now able tolandat
its wharf.
We happened ODE in Los Angeles
the day after the confessions of the
McNamaras, the official socialistic
dynamiters who confessed to the blow
ing up of The Times building In that
city about one year ago. They, how
ever, are now living at San Quentin,
suburb OF San Francisco and are
near neighbors to Abe Reuf, who about
two years ago was granted perma-
nent fourteen year residence in this
same unsolicited town. Socialism is
strong on the coast but Detective
Burnes is devoting more time to their
case than they seem to appreciate,
however. Hartman was not elected
mayor OF Los Angeles, but in his
stead the good government candidate,
Alexander s. r.. KeDlAr.