The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-13
NJ TRIP 10 CALIFORNIA
(MACDE ELAA BARRETT)


We went over the Southern Pacific
railroad.
pass over the trip until We come TO
California. We opened the windows.
This was our first view of orange,
lemon and palm trees. The air was
filled with the odor of orange blos-
SONS. I was delighted with the seem
cry. The snow-capped peaks, the
pines growing in the valley and on the
mountain side made me feel that life
MAS worth living after all. We went
through tunnels. The going through
tunnels made everything dusty. We
saw immense olive groves, and also
stretches of vineyards. The little
farms and the big farms too along the
mountain side were very picturesque.
Ne crossed the Sacramento river We
went through Sacramento, the capital
Of California, and saw the capital in
tie distance. We crossed the great
wheat belt. We saw the smudging
process. We also saw the great Bur-
bank estate. where Burbank expert
lnants with fruit and such things.
The depots in California are built
some what after the fashion of the old
Spanish Missions. They have lawns
aid palm trees on either side. We
went through cities and towns each
quaint in its own way. We changed
cars at Los Angeles and visited the
city awhile.
AT last we came to our journeys
chd, Riverside California. We were
very, very tired. We went into IA Jap
3ntse restaurant for dinner. Every
thing was Japanese. japanese wait
ers waited on us. The dishes served
were Japanese. There was a large
picture made of beads. 1t was hand
some in the eyes of the Japanese, but
~ me it didn't mean anything.
One day while the Sells-Floto show
WAS in town the oil tank exploded.
The oil spattered on the elephants.
This made them mad One big ele-
l.,ant got out and killed several peo-
Die. He broke the heavy plate glass
c. a furniture store. This caused the
price of furniture to go down consid
crably. They at last got the elephant
cornered
There is beautiful noun
tain in the outskirts of Riv-
erside. The name of this mount
ain is Mount Rubidouix. On the main
mountain is large cross. On the
TWO little mountains adjoining there
are bells. Tourists that climb up the
mountains always ring the bells. We
would often gather wild California
poppies on this mountain. remember
once we were gathering them and a
guard came and told us they were
going to blast near where we were
gathering poppies. This made us
scared. We began to run down the
mountain. We stumbled on rocks and
sage brush. Quite few of US fell, but
this cid not stop us from running. We
came to an alley and we ran down it.
The alley ended in chicken yard.
OF course we had to get out of that.
AT last we got home.
The Italian vineyard north of River
side is supposed to be the largest
vineyard in the world.
The longest avenue in the world is
Magnolia Avenue. 1t is very beauti-
fd!, being lined on either side with
Magnolia trees.
We lived in Riverside for some time
tier we started for Santa Monica
California. We started in the morn
ing and went on street car from Los
Angeles. At last we began to smell
tie salty sea breases. 1t was balmy.
Then we saw the ocean. How beauti-
iul it was. Santa Monica is built on a
cliff. There are one hundred steps
from the cliff to the ocean. The next
morning we went down to the sea-
shore and gathered sea-shels. Among
the shells and curiosities we found
were star fish, oblong shells and
cpaIs. About three days after we
arrived we went bathing in the surf
We went bathing nearly every day af-
Ter that. The ocean was wonderful
The great waves were splashing and
rolling.
We saw the longest wharf in the
world where the steamers anchor and
| where the trains go out to get the
steamers cargoes. We went out on a
pier that was not very long, perhaps
:. half mile. This is where you get a
boat to go riding in or fishing. The
PIE. got SO shaky that we thought 1t
safel to go on land again. AT the time
we left they were building the longest
concrete pier in the world.
We would look out into the ocean
and il seemed as if there were ranges
of mountains. Some miragcs are very
beautiful
The Fourth of July we went to
Ocean Park The city was crowded
| We went bathing as soon as we got
there so as to refresh us for the res,
of the day. In Ocean Park there is a
beautiful bath house. 1t has large
plunge. Over the plunge there is q
large balcony where you can watch
! the people swim. The plunge is made
of cement. There are steps leading
down into the water. The number OF
feet is marked at the side.' If yo'
wan, to swim in 10 feet YOU can, if q
YOU can, if 80 you can, and so on.
On our return trip we saw various
! things OF interest
| FINALLY we came to .Julesburs
Colorado. We think we were forum
ate not to have any accidents on such
4 long trip.