The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-06

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II attempting III wfrrits snythinR
about the Golden West, Il fssl like ths
one-lap- behind orator Who reels duty.
bound to open his remarks with: As
the gentleman preceding me stated, etc.
etc. But. everybody doesn't see every
thing and different eyes see things from
. different viewpoint. Sol have sdecid.
led to briefly reflect Whist has appeared
to me. In coming I3have not been like
. stranger in q strange land, inasmuch
as I have had the advantage 81 ..meet.
ling up with" three uncles, some cousins,
and . goodly sized and very congenial
"Pembina Colony III. u i,
4 With . search. for health motive fail
to see where could have bettered my!
self this side Of heaven; and we have no
record to indicate that any brand Of
therapeutics has ever been adopted OF
considered necessary up there. Having
heard Of the hail, rain and general back.
ward weather experienced there this sea-
son, I don't want you to think it is my
desire to rub it in" in telling how nice
!. have found this country. Nix, fur
frumit. And having once stated that
Virginia is peach Of state, must re.
frain from comparison in that direction
also; at the same time California does
grow dandy peaches. This is fruit har-
west time and I'm wide openly glad Of it.
I've had a regular steam-roller appetite
ever since arrived, with deep bass &C.
cent on fruit diet.
Aside from visiting the various sur
burbs Of San Jose, especially enjoyeda
trip to Sacramento. returning by boat
down the river to San Francisco. An
Underwood typewriter hasn't half
enough machinery to describe half the
pleasure of it. The boat left Sacrament
to at p. m. and arrived at Frisco at z
next morning. AS it was moonlight
night haven't felt quite forgiven for
wasting part of it sleeping, since that
time. In passing through Frisco the
effects of the earthquake are not MOTTO
ible, or were not to me at any rate. 1t
is some city and no mistake, with brisk
business spirit that is essentially vest
ern. When San Francisco, Oakland and
Berkeley unite and form Greater San
Francisco, and the Panama canal is
"open for business, there'll be some
thing doin'.
1 took in "wild and woody" rodeo at
Salinas couple of weeks ago. The pro-
gramme consisted of broncho busting,
rough riding, etc. It was very good and
more interesting on account of the sur
roundings being more appropriate than
"a Buffalo Bill bunch in Chicago. But
it lacked the excitement exhibited at
motorcycle race attended here in San
Jose shortly after I came, where they
killed quarter of a dozen racers. They
had burro 'clown" however, that did
it's un.level best to make tumbling weeds
out of dozen or so would be riders. 1t
resulted in more of an aviation m ee
than anything else. don't know much
about burros in general way, but this
was an interesting specimen, dressed up
in schedule K wool outside with cas-
tor oil disposition. 1t may have been
for sale but didn't ask the price.
One of my cousins and spent week
camping in the Congress Springs can
yon. Our camp was located on the bank
of a creek trimmed with poison oak.
When we broke camp I was all swelled
up with the good time we. had had, and
after scratching around for about week
looking for expressive words in the Car
negie library, | began to quit looking
like a spoiled lobster. Gordon Knee.
shaw and Dr.. (Fred) Ryan went deer
hunting about the same time, ana Cor
don took postgraduate course in nature
study in similar school to the one
attended. 1t he, wants to go into details
describing what he learned, he can, but
the subject is distasteful to me. But 1
surely have enjoyed everything else
have come in contact with here, and es-
pecially the visits have had with the
people from the old sod of Pembina.
They are seemingly in the best of health
and are the picture of happiness and
contentment all in one group. can't
say just how long I will remain here, as
have fallen in love with one Elizabeth
Ryan, and as yet / have been unable to
win her undivided affection.
Ispent one day at Santa Cruz, on the
beach. Swimming in the old Red on a
nice cloudy day just before the ice gets
SO thick it won't slush, is about as near
ly as can describe my experience of
something over an hour in the s'swim-
min hole" at Santa Cruz. No more
ocean breezes for yours truly unless
equipped with fur-lined overcoat and
mitts. Talk about the sad sea waves.
! don't know just how sad they are but
they gave me the blues for twenty -four
hours or SO after separated myself from
them. II any Of your would-be friends