The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-03-09
A LETTER FROM
CALIFORNIA
Hand County Well Represented
at South Dakota Picnic

w. Coqulllette, published IN the
PRESS. and must say there was a
great deal more of it. and to IT, than
the n sent some months ago, | was
glad to see it in your columns.
think you have been pretty well
served with California e WIS this
winter. Glad that you kept my
identity out of sight. The nearest
they could get was written by an
old gentleman fir up north"
Good for you. We are having the
rainv season, it commenced the lat
ter end of January. 1t often COM
mences in November. Makes it
rathertrying to get about. But we
have been on the go consider.
able. Visited Covina, Santa Mon
lea, Venice, Ocean Park. Playadel,
Kings play grounds) Huntington
Beach. Newport, Los Angeles a
times. Had the pleasure of hearing
DR.. Brougher and DR.. Bob Bur-
dette, at the Auditorium Beautiful.
land it is as beautiful as a dream)
surLliced choir, wonderful organ
and crime Of bells. bells and organ
out of sight, except the manuals and
kew boards Tremendous audience,
immense ground floor and four gal
leries. Had to be there thirty min.
utes before time to get in at all.
Brougher is splendid. but | enjoyed
Bob Burdette a lot. He is almost
worn out speaks quietly. His sur.
mon was very tender and withal
humorous. He said near the close.
you don't like my appearance, nor
nv manner, MOI my voice tthe peo-
pie all laughed. he has such a squea-
Ky, thin voicel but you love me-"
The people told me this was the
exact truth. We also heard DR..
Edward Locke, First M. f. church.
he is magnificent. Such a crowd .
We also heard Bishop Harris. He
especially touched on japanese and
Chinese themes, and assured the
congregation that there was no
danger of war with japan. He
could tell them this with confidence
from many years knowledge Of af-
fairs there. He had said the same
at the White House. lie could say
it from conferences he had enjoyed
with the Emperor of Japan. His
words certainly came with a great
deal of persuasion, and left a deep
impress sion upon those that heard
him.
There are at the present but few
flowers the early peaches have bios
somed and plums and apricots are
just breaking into bloom, but it is
nothing to what it will be in a
month, then plums and apricots will
be grand and orange and lemon
trees will be throwing their per-
fume on the air, and all garden
flowers will have put en- their sum.
mer dresses. The mos Of the grain
has been sown and potatoes planted.
Certainly if rain will bring on crops
there will be a good return this
year in California, for it rains al
most every day.
We have been twice at Long
Beach. 1t Is the most beautiful
beach CITY, | have ever visited, and
so quiet, and yet the people are en-.
terprising. 1t is dry, the law well
enforced. On the municipal pier
there is a magnificent sun parlor.
1t will accommodate hundreds of peo-
pie. Then near the shore end of the
pfSi tiitit 10 q SISdI
will seat 5000 people, the down
stairs for picnics, lp stairs with
hugh gallery, for concerts. conven-
tIons, etc. The city maintains a
first class municipal band at an ex-
pense of $4,000 per annum and they
give concerts every day, afternoon
and evening all free.
The last occasion | was there was
the day of the South Dakota picnic.
Heard of if at 9 a. m. and wife and
myself got ready at once, took the
electric cars, twenty miles. and was
on hand in good time. | tell YOU
Mr. Editor 1t was good to be there
1t was one of the times of our lives.
Open hands, glad hands. and smil-
ing faces, everywhere. Why. you
knew everybody. if you did not know
them-you will know what ! mean.
There were about forty posts in the
picnic room, and every post repre-
sented a county, with a blotter mail
ed to it to register on. Around