The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-25
1.-THE HARBOR or THE SUM-"
A Few Observations About An Ancient
City That Is Coming to the front.

WfSlluily gazing lrdIH the WINDOWS
of a stuffy and dusty tourist coach at
a succession of desert valleys and
barren cactus-covered, grotesque
hills and mounds, but O, what an
awakening yesterday morning. when
the train entered the land of flowers
and citrus fruits at San Bernardino.
Strange sights have been greeting
us since then in rapid succession,
and here are a few features:
All the way to Los Angeles, a sue
cession of orchard tracts and cult
waited fields, many of the orange
groves displaying overlooking boxes
of the golden globes and in not a
few cases, the ground under the
trees yellow with the fallen fruit.
The charm of the mountains had
palled somewhat after Colorado and
Salt Lake, but everywhere they are
around about US here in California.
Instead of tarrying at Los Angeles,
we went on yesterday morning to
the end of our route-San Diego.
And here and now we are going to
return thanks to Billy Bramer for
suggesting that the coast rates took
in San Diego as well as the more ia
miliar coast cities, and for the bene-
fit of future tourists from Redwood
county, would advise them to begin
their Investigations of California at
the bottom, in this most beautiful.
most interesting, old new city of
San Diego.
For San Diego's first promoter
was Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and
he brought two shiploads of bucca-
neer tourists here in 1912, or fifty
years after Columbus sailed the
ocean blue. But unfortunately for
San Diego's development at that
time, there were no real estate
agents around this beautiful thar
Dor of the sun" to put brave Ca
brillo of the ships wise to the fact
that if he would lay out a townsite
and wait 400 years or so, there would
be millions in it for his successors
and assigns. All that he is credited
with is putting San Diego on the
map, and giving it the name of Sar
Diego, which in plain English would
be st. James.
The trip to San Diego was made
pleasant at the beginning because
the railroad runs through the flower
bedecked and fruit-laden little cities
of Anaheim and Santa Anna, where
the Barnes, Quarton and Morton
families have their homes. Late
the blue Pacific came into view. an(
for forty miles or so the write
Toasted his eyes for the first time Oh
the mystical waters which separate
; the occident from the orient.
Like other California cities, Sal
Diego is good to the tourist. Tn
mere commoner can live here cheap
, er than in Minnesota towns, if he S
| elects. The luxuries of style an
obsequious service come high, | pre-
sumo, but for those who choose t
cut out the style and wait upo
themselves, one can get good be
and all that is good for them to cal
at a cost of little more than a dolla
2 a day-and no questions asked. Ar
stopping at new hoteI-the Bal
z ston-with comfortable bed, a te
ephone and good service, for whic
| pay only rs cents a day. Restau
rant prices are even more reasonabl
than at Minneapolis, the choice q
$ places to feed is limitless and tn
: service good. AS every other Rec
: wood Fails citizen does. | soon foun
s Charlie George. and was pleased
observe that his lunch rooms al
Q crowded at least twice a day, mo-
t of his patrons lining up as thong
/. they were very much at home an
n sure of getting what thew came fo
S C. w. has retained his smile of GOO
f fellowship and welcome for all WI
0 come from Minnesota land other
One of his boarders assured me tn;
George was regular old kid,
n and that he kept his hold on his O
5 boarders. many of whom got Il
# habit of coming to his place yea