Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-13

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from June or July. And the people
live largely out of doors anyway, and
the having of any house at all is per-
haps largely matter of sentiment.
: or as shelter in the rainy weather.
Some observations and reflections
upon southern California l must save
for another letter, and devote a part
Of this one to some things Of per-
sonal nature. A bit of tragedy linked
with my coming here was in the sud.
den death of George w. McCaskey,
formerly agent Of the Northern Pa
cific at Grand Forks, and brother
in-law of Sumner E. Streeter, who
will be remembered as Job foreman
of the Bismarck Tribune way back in
the early nineties. had a letter to
McCaskey from r. w. Clark, secre-
tary Of President Elliott Of the North
ern Pacific, and presented my letter
and enjoyed an hours chat with Nc.
Caskey shortly after l arrived here.
Three days later picked up the Even
ing Herald and read notice of his
sudden death from apoplexy. So goes
the world, and so little We can fore
see the future. McCaskey was about
| AZ years Of age, clever and likeable.
and had made good here. 1t was all
very sad.
Judge Morgan, formerly chief JUS
tice of the state supreme court, who
was compelled to resign because OF
| i'll health, is in a sanitarium just out
of Pasadena. 1t Is in beautifully
wooded area, and Judge Morgan and
Mrs. Lewis have one of the santa
rum cottages. The Judge is under
the care of DR.. Barlow, leading ply
stefan here, and his friends hope the
restfulness, open air and quiet will
work an improvement. He has in
vested in a horse and phaeton and
will enjoy drives, about the country
which is all dotted.with orange groves,
yellow acacias, pepper trees and much
that Is beautiful and restful. e. II.
Kent. formerly editor of the Lakota
Herald, is in a cottage Of the same
sanitarium and a few doors from
Judge Morgan. He is suffering from
a pernicious anaemia, and is In a
rather serious state, although it is
hoped the rest, and treatment may
benefit him.
Florence Bosard Lawrence another
Grand Forks resident Of the olden
days, is dramatic editor of the Herald,
and her husband, Sidle Lawrence, for.
merly Of the Minneapolis Journal, is
real estate editor Of the same publ
cation. Both are hard working, pop
ular and happy. They have a pretty
home out on Council street. and once
d month she keeps open house ana
entertains many interesting people.
DR.. and Mrs. Webster Mortified are
residents of. Pasadena, and have just
completed a beautiful home on the
arroyo, overlooking Pasadena from a
slightly eminence. They have five
acre tract which slopes down into the
arroyo, and is beautiful with live oaks,
shrubs. vines, and will be laid out in
beautiful landscape gardening. Their
home is the scene of many interest
ing gatherings, and DR.. Mortified is
busy with much in the way of char
table and philanthropic work, in
which Mrs. Merriefield takes an active
part. They are close friends Of DR..
and Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, and we
met them at a reception given by DR..
and Mrs. Burdette on February 1, at
which Mrs. Mortified assisted. A day
or so before we had luncheon with DR..
and Mrs. Merrifield at their home, !
and there met Mr.. and Mrs. Withheld
of Grand Forks, who are visiting them
for a month. And on the last day Of
January we sat out on the broad piazza
at their home, breathed the balmy air
and looked across at the blue noun
tains that border Pasadena's horizon.
We saw Mount Wilson and Lowe and
between us and the ridge was an end
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ering shrubs and vines, green lawns
and natural beauty and delight. 1t is
an inspiring view and full of ten.
dency to philosophical reflection.
Hollywood, a residential suburb Of
Los Angeles, numbers a number of d.
kotans among it's residents, past and
present. L. E. Booker. formerly treas.
urer of North Dakota, owned a home
here for a time. Whitley, a former
of territorial days, plated
one of the additions to the city. A.
+. Patterson, formerly states attor-
ney of Burleigh county and a former
Sargent county attorney, is in the lum-
Der business at Hollywood, and the
family has a handsome home on
Hawthorne avenue. Mrs. c. w. Wag-
zoner, widow of C. w. Waggoner. a
veteran Of the CT II war. lives at Hol-
ywood, with her daughters, Elizabeth
ind Ara Miss Elisabeth Waggoner
s a teacher in the Hollywood schools
md enjoys q wide acquaintance and
with the cultured and de-