The Greeley tribune., 1912-02-22
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Los Angeles. Calf.
Feb. IA, 1912.
To The Tribune

Los Angeles, SdIii.
Feb. IA, 1912.
To The Tribune:
Well, we are back in Los Angeles
again after three days trip over
what is called the Orange Belt
route, up through Pomona. River
side. Redlands, Ontario and other
towns, going by the Salt Lake road
and returning via the Southern ia
eitic. | suppose we saw the best that
can be done in the state In the way
of oranges and lemons. walnut
groves and vineyards, and to tell the
truth the miles and miles sOlidly set
in these products is pleasant slght
TO see. What. Tor instance, could be
a stronger phenomenon to a Gree
Jeyite than a 1000 acre vineyard in
one solid block, which We saw on the
trip.
in the papers played sad havoc with
the oranges and lemons. however.
and over a large part of the route
il is admitted by all that the loss
in this years crop will be enormous.
and even great injury to the trees Is
expected in addition as one result.
one finds Greeley people all over
the state. as many OF you know. Al
Riverside lives Mrs. Carver. who In
sisted on entertaining us. and where
we met also Miss Emma Buckley.
who teaches there. While at the IL
brary and at her home we met Mr..
Daniels and his wife, formerly OF
Greeley. MIR. Daniels you will all
remember was librarian at the Nor
NAL school, later librarian at the
Agricultural college at rort Collins
and is now librarian in the Carnegie
library at Riverside, with half
dozen able assistants under his di-
rection Six interested citizens told
me he had in short time since his
acceptance of the position brought
the institution out of comparative
chaos and worked wonders in its
organization and management. He
SAYS he is in fair health, but it looks
to me as though he is working him
self towards breakdown and l can
didly told him so. The library has
some $1,000 volumes and Is sup
ported by county and city to the ex-
tent of nearly $4,000 year.
Riverside has many other objects
of interest, among them the famous
"Glenwood Tavern, large build
ing facing the street with mission
style arches in front and built
around an old mission building in
the center of its court. Its base
ments are filled with expensive Mexi-
can curios and old paintings. The
newly rich. | infer. patrOnize It.
Rooms "$5 per day and up. We
did not put up. There Is the Sher-
man Indian school nearby, which we
visited. Five hundred pupils were
in attendance and a small boy Of
their number showed US through all
their schools. shops. laundries and
their printing establishment. The
pupils publish class paper. and
read a copy which would compare
favorably with the average produc-
tion of our own schools. l never
saw SO much straight. inky black
hair since was a boy, born among
the WinnebagO Indians in Wiscon-
sin.
There is also Rubidough noun
tain. considered. believe, one OF
the show places of the city.
climbed 1t. There is an auto drive
winding three or four times around
its sides. like the spiral of a screw
and reaching to Its top, where a fine
view OF the city below Is obtained.
But a Colorado man with any pride
must despise what they call noun
tains near here and l decided to go
straight up its side on foot. over
took younger pilgrim half way up
who had stopped to catch his breath,
and he managed, with some diffi-
Guilty. ! thought, to follow me from
there on and kept me company to
the top. There is rude cross there
on some huge boulders to mark the
summit. They have crosses every
where in this ancient Catholic land.
and putting one arm around it's base
to assist me, | drew myself to an
upright position beside It, Figura-
lively speaking, have been mailed
TO the cross many times in my ca
reer, but this was the first time
ever embraced 1t cheerfully. said
as much to Mrs. Satiricus and Mrs.
Carver on my return but to my sur
prise they seemd to think my lang
uage lacking in seriousness.
Redlands has public library
which is unique In one respect. 1t
10 not a Carnegie library but was
erected and presented to the city
free OF cost by a wealthy eastern
publisher who makes his home here
during a portion Of each year in his
stately mansion on Smiley Heights"
out on the principal residence street.
Being an old newspaper man l am.
OF course compelled to make an ex-
ception in the case OF MIR. Smiley's
residence as not being built by one
OF our nations big or little thieves,
20 unkindly referred to in my last
communication. The library build
Ing Ia of red brick. is finely arrang-
ed inside, has 10000 volumes and is
supported by an eleven mill tax on
city property
Il alluded to the fact few minutes
since that one meets Greeley peope
everywhere one goes In this state:
now for an instance aa Cnl una NJ,