The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-15
Sunny Jim Foley In Sunny California
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Modssty leads me 70 assume that il
Is onlt a coincidence that following
my departure from North Dakota the
state has experienced long and un-
usual cold and that my arrival in
california Has followed by & month
~ sunshine and warmth ,hat mas not
been equaiied for ihe past ~,hirty-ave
Fears. This is the rainv season in
southern California, hut the rainfall
this month and the last is woefully'
deficient. The s~easonabie average up
!" this t!m. i something like nine
!afh.- and 50 far ""e' have had only
Two ana three-QLarter inches. AS a
consequence there IS dust cnough TO
"o!r% the painstaki,.g h~ouSekeeper.
ana the s-ass and foliage SHOW brown
ana iopr. dr.. Lawns are backward,
IN" ieaf"s ~ tae trees are dusty and
suffer IN appearance from the lack OF
moisture. IDoa! weather prophets are
squirting side"!se a. the moon and
a"ra,!cins rar!oys theories 10 account
"H!!e tn" or and sunshiny weather Is
e@"d for the tourist crop IL is bad for
the other crops that. come out Of the
g!ound abou, mere.
Ihe tour!st crop is this country's
uhta!.!ng one. They run as high as a
hundred tncueahd - the winter. so
jHuFnlAs IN Los Angeles Pasadena,
ana tie dozen and one own and re-
sorts apou here. The. leave as high
- s5o,ooo,oo annual; in the counrry.
hats 4 pretty good money crop
eGIa! - ;hs value IF a fifty million
hNSf"i "h"at crop ~ A dollar a BUSH
.. Ana rs IN easier : to handle,
because The tourists plant themselves,
~har:est Themselves. and otherwise
make II easy for native sony and
hauthters. II !sn't rs hig a winter for
tourists as Spne winters have been
nHt tA"rs arc probably fftv o. sixty
thousand u them knocking about
mere. ana mat Is Il tc!y fair addition
!" the population Of a city cf three
hundred Thousand. Some Of them,
the "ealthicr classes, live at fashion,
able hotels. bring out their motor cars
ana idi" AVA the winter months with
motoring and other diversions. The
middle classes live in apartments and
put in the time With Sightseeing and
light housekeeping. The apartments
ar" as numerous and as varied in
character as the tourists who inhabit
them. Probably 10000 winter WISH
tors are living in apartments in Los
Angeles and its env!rons. AT an aver
:" OF hfty people 70 the apartment
mouse, that would moan a thousand
'IN ''Li!IlIIES, Dlg, little, DT1cE,
frame. concrete, and of all sorts and
conditions. At ten apartment build
ings TO the block. 1t would require a
hundred solid blocks to house the win
ter tourists. SO you sec the care Of
tourists becomes the biggest single in
dustrE in Los Angeles. Fifty thousand
visitors VINO spend an average of So
Il day each means $4,000 a day
spent BY this class alone, or Jour and
T. a nHIs "f1lInrs u y,ltth --s =.
q great asSet-in the winter time.
Just a word about the apartment
style Of living: 1t is especially suited
70 the needs n desires of people who
come mere TO get AVA from the Sc
Nerities OF winter weather and want
most OF their time to sec sights, and
YET VINO DO no, want to give 10 AL
1osether TO hotel and boarding house
NE n fare. There are some apart
ment houses here rivalling in con
struction. comfort and service any
iirst class hotel. Built of solid con.
eretc to the height of six and seven
stories they are lire proof. finished in
the finest style of the building arts,
furnished splendidly, and plumbcd,
heated n Mathematical" 10 pcrfec-
tion. The usual apartment consists Of
a l's1hs room and sleeping room com
Dined. a bath room and "~kitchenctte."
The latter is, as its name implied, a
'httln Kitchen The ]kitchenctte is
supplied with every detail and fur
nishing Of the full sized home grown
kitchen. II has its gas stove, it's re-
lrlgerator. Its sink and convenient
drain board, its kitchen cabinet, its
undre and n utensils, it's linoleum
moor covering, its flour bin and hot
and cold water and ~air-cooler and
what not. The bath in the better class
OF apartment has its tiled floor and
snow white fittings. The living room
mas it's easy chairs. Cadillac writing
table, couch, s%ideboard, and ca paciou,
clothes closet. and disappearing into
th1s Is the bed. which swings about or
a central pivot, and when not in use
Incomes a handsome mirror in which
you may admire yourself at will anC
note how the climate agrees with You
me conom of space is marvellous ir
these apartments. You fold up every.
thlng ana shove it away somewhere
ana when You have everything folded
up, you have room and to spare. Tn
disappearing bed is the feature OF
California apartment and bungalow
HE. The bed disappears, sometime,
into a closet, sometimes into what an.
pears to be a solid mahogany side.
board, sometimes into the noor-ant
when YOU go to find it at night Vol
are likely to encounter 1t in the mos
unexpected and out of the way plac &c
After YOU get it suhdued and tanned
IT Is really a comfortable and likeablt
PIT OF furniture. and affords you man,
hours OF restful and comforting sleep
Upon an eininence within n block o,
two from the business heart of the cit,
IS "A swarm of apartment houses, fol
the convenience of those tourists whit
want to be within easy walking dis.
lance of the business center, and these
are filled to overlowing. The apart.
ment in which We are domiciled is the
newest and probably the beet, al
things considered, in Los Angeles. 7,
is seven stories high. of reinforced
concrete construction. and is not vel
oflcially opened. although a few Of us
We're fortunate enough to get located
before the time set for the opening. I,
mas 2O2 rooms, divided among eighty.
six apartments. and 1t is two-thirds
occupied or tn" space arranged for he.
TORE the doors are open, proving the
demand Tor comfortable, modern and
desirable quarters. The rents range
from $50 a month. for n single living
room. k~itchcnettc and bath. to $3.50 a
month for two n three-room suites
with k~itchcnettc and bath in addition
Rents depend also upon the sun OK.
posure. and various other particulars
with which the %soiourner becomes ia.
miIiar in n little time. The buildins
in which we are-The Wcstonia-cost
some 100000 to build and $4,000 to
furnish. and rents for something like
100000 q month. The rental incom.
from apartments will he something
like $1,000 a month. I should say
Each apartment has q china. silver
and liner supply for six persons. rro.
vided n plat. n cup. one saucer
and one knife. fork and spoon is made