The Republican journal., 1912-04-25
Scenes from Nature.

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eence of personal friend and neighbo
who is.vice president of our local banl
and president Of prospective railroad
He tells of some accidents in the earl,
part of his travels, resulting from tn
hotel furniture not being intended TO
men Of his weight; and of collision will
a moter cycle. At Frisco he met an OLE
friend who wished to show him arount
the city. AS it was Sunday the min
and museum were closed and they tool
an auto trip with 80 in the car. They
were first shown one of the most beauti
full parks in the United States, which
was once desert. There are very few
fruit trees among the 800 varieties il
the park, but an abundance of grass, ano
no signs keep of the grass"
They saw the first oranges on trees al
San Jose. The great fields of onions anc
vegetables, large cattle ranches anc
grain fields made him think of his ole
Kansas home. 1t is so dry in February
that they are about to begin irrigating.
The many railroad side-tracks indicate a
great shipping point. Almonds are in
bloom. They produce grain and hogs, as
well as prunes, peaches and grapes. At
Gilroy they saw large stock ranches and
large straw stacks, indicating that large
quantities of grain are raised. They saw
many wild ducks in the swamps about
Delmonte. 1t must be stagnant water,
for river beds are dry and smooth enough
for race tracks this 18th day of February,
At San Margarita are many chicken
ranches. At Oceano they got the frs.
view of the ocean, while on the left were
mountains of sand. These mountains
are high and preclpitous, while the fer
tile valleys between are free from sand.
AT shutdown, the surf, the ocean and the
sky blend as beautifully as the colors of
the rainbow.
AT Santa Barbara, where there is one
fof the Oldest missions in the country NV
friend took his first salt water hath Re-
fore reaching the Fernando VALLEY thew
passed through tunnel three miles long
oranges, lemons and walnuts are nro-
duced here and they saw the largest
ollve grove in the world. The oranges
and lemons looked luscious, but a large
share OF them had been injured by frost
and some growers were thereby ruined.
Ihere Is large ostrich farm between
Los Angeles and Pasadena, In the lat.
ter place there are said to be more mil
llonaire homes than in any other city in
the west. This is doubtless due to the
clause in the deed forever prohibiting
the sale of intoxicants. In Siskivou
county are IS saw mills, one of which
employs $500 men. This should have
been mentioned at the beginning, as it is
In the north end of the State. The larg-
est box factory in the west was also over
looked. 1t is located at Weed, among the
sage brush on the sand plains, with no
timber in sight, yet it uses $50. 900 feet
Of lumber daily.
While taking a trip in imagination
with my friend am reminded that had
1t not been for his influence I should
probably have been living on one of the
highest mountains close to the ocean, in
stead OF here in the most delightful CHM
ate on earth. l bad my claim all picked
out there, but remained here to teach
term of school to get little money to
start in the forest. He, as county super
lntendent of schools, persuaded me to
make the change. Together we have
tried to solve many of the problems con-
Aected with human development. In
common with many others we find a
good book is worth reading more than
once, Those who spend much time read
ing books not worth second reading
may develop big mind for pleasure but
a small mind for business.
In building large building, spikes
must be driven in the right place, the
right number and the right direction.
The reader of light and trashy books
lacks judgment and cannot be relied on,
out the student of philosophy is all right
anywhere. The preference for one or
the other class of reading depends some
thing upon inherited tendencies, but more
upon early influences. Parents have only
themselves to blame for rebelious chill
dren. In the Christian Herald we read:
'.sRarents have the little ones under their
hand from the hour Of earliest conscious
ness, and gentle authority, never inter-
mitted and always loving, would make
the child's world what it ought to be,
place Of fullest sunshine" Children live
IN an enchanted atmosphere. They cher
ish lofty ideals and enjoy life, building
huge air castles. Disappointment are
shaken off as shaggy dog shakes the
water from his coat.
Early in married life lady complain
ed TO her husband of being poor spell
er and of having inherited tt e disability
from her mother. Her husband replied
that it was impossible to inherit such a
disability, though she was somewhat I'M
fortunate in being educated at time
w hen the blue speller was out of fashion.
@'Still, you do spell very we'll except when