The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-02-01
CUNNING WRITES
OF CALIFORNIA

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bailey have re-
ceived an interesting letter from i. j.
Cunning, who with Mrs. Cunning is
now a resident Of Long Beach, Calf.
Extracts from the letter telling of
the southland follow. eve have found
the Peughs. Hamblets. Parkins and
Nichols q better flavor since seeing
them here and / don't believe it is all
on account of the much boasted Gil
mate Of California. have found that
climate is very spotted even here.
People Of Los Angeles believe that
their city is the hub Of climatic intlu-
ence, but Long Beach thinks their eli
mate is par excellence and much ahead
of anything out OI doors. Pasadena
knows that they alone have the exclu-
sive heavenly rays, and Santa Monica,
Venice, ROdenda and San Pedro think
they are away ahead Of anything. ]
don't see much to cuss about when
see the same tokens of frost on the
pumpkins or oranges, the same shriv-
eled leaves on the roses at all thesa
places. But all the same, il is a good
country and very nice place to have
a bad cold in because they are so easily
captured. No trouble to catch one and
everybody can give remedy. How
fortunate are We? We never realize
all our blessings or the number Of
times we have saved our lives by not
swallowing pins. We get tired seeing
folks work and then 90 to the park and
see the men pitch horse shoes. Long
Beach has many prize winners at this
game.
Then when we get tired Of seeing
such hard work we 60 out on the pier
and watch all hands. and the cook, fish.
Among the two or three hundred en-
gagged at this sport it is great event
to see a fish caught, and if it should be
a fish weighing three or four pounds |
believe the steam whistle would be
used 10 herald the event. don't know
positively about the whistles as | have
never seen a fish of such dimensions
caught. There is said 10 be a whale
mar0oned on a submerged island that
parties are taken out in boats, for a
quarter, to see-and crowds 90, but
can't dig up quarter for sight of a
llHu ludb may nave oWhiiuWGu JOHdHt
and kindly beached him.
Long Beach is a nice quiet place and
still there is a little excitement, as
when Rodgers flew over the
city on or in his bipane. He was too
high 20 recognize ana he played tune
ON his horse fiddle as he passed over.
And the day before man walked out
in the ocean and sat down on the sand
so hard that his heart ceased to beat,
and be was dead
Oh, there is a lot of excitement here
II you only look for it, but this is
clean place almost too clean, 1 there
isn't drink of beer to be had in the
city. There are lots of old soldiers
here and if there should happen to be
a glass of beer here-oh, its no use to
talk, it couldn't be. The old soldiers
and W. X. G. met out in the sun par
ors on the pier and had an interesting
program. That is better drawing
,ard than climate, for the Old veterans
rear of it and go into camp at Long
Beach.
We have had nothing to do but call
N our acquaintances and receive calls
rom them. | like Long Beach as it is
10 quiet and but few here except tour
SITS and those who feed on them. Los
ANGELES is the circulating center and
Iou have to go there to get anywhere,
wen to Heaven or II r., but that place
las been drowned out so we can't 90
here even from Los Angeles. A week
'go Thursday, January 4, we went to
he Soldiers Home to see a Joint in
tallation of Uncle Sans Post and w.
(. G. and had dinner at SawteIl.
There we met the Nichols, who came
rom Santa Monica, to attend the same
how About dark we separated, they
N Santa Monica car and we on a Los
Angeles car. We got home at 6l4t w.
'ico street
The sun shines warm and pleasant
eW hours each day and that gives us
rope that if this is winter we can
tand it. 1t is necessary to have fire
n the morning and evening, using
sollon of wood for each fire, and have
all the labor of carrying it in and
each fire. | am getting fat
lown here since | have so much eXer-
Use handling wood. Two gallons a
lay is very laborIous work, but can
rest walking to the beach or visiting
)ur Hood River neighbors. The morn
ngs and evenings seem cold as zero
weather in northern climates but we
see lettuce, cabbage and all kinds of
garden growing and even tomatoes and
corn are promising.