Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-02-01
CURSORY COMMENT
ABOUT CALIFORNIA

49, $500
BY The Former Editor Who Is En-
joylng the Winter In That
Sunny Cline.
Dear Old Republican:-We fully ex-
pected to write you before but we have
been 90 busy with nothing to do that we
have neither time or inclination to do
90. We have ENJOYED your visits and
viii look forward with pleasure for your
coming each week while we remain in
this land OF sunshine, and sand, of
flowers and fieas, of climate and
calamity. We haven't met with any
calamity yet, nor felt any Heas, but
Sam Gardner assures rs the fleas are
plenty in the summer time. We are
highly pleased with the success of your
contest, which will take you into many
new homes during the coming years.
Your now form will be great advant-
age because Of the additional space it
furnishes for advertising and local news.
Our journey here was not unpleasant.
The veritable blizzard we encountered
at Omaha quickly CONCEALED all the
tears that had trickled from our eyes
when we left Audubon the day before.
Our train ct Audubon was an hour late,
every train We took by the way was
late, and we arrived at Los Angeles
Sunday evening three hours late; and
we aFe still two hours behind the time
back ct home. Our visits in the cities
by ~ way were pleasant and worth
the time and the expense. Aside from
the R0yal Gorge. which i majestic and
wonderful. the scenery h at little &C.
count 70 any one ct I'll familiar with
mountains. About ninsty.nine per
cent q all the land between Denver
and San 1ernarlino h At no value
whatsoever % Or . any ono csn ssstEom
The train. We were III plssssd with
SIT Laks City. bat our sugesgtion that
" might renain there Wa pronptly
and positively vetoed by the manager Of
our excursion. Tho one place however
that made the most favorable impression
upon our party was the town Of Helper,
Utah. While we slept, tho train was
bisected for climbing the mountains.
BY this action we lost the dining car
and with it all hope Of any breakfast
went glimmering. But about eleven
O'Clock the train stopped at Helper with
tho cheerful announcement Of twenty
1ninntss fnss manner. =, = xnd how they
did help M to ham and eggs, bacon and
chicken, and other good thurs in pro-
portion; and che way we helped our.
selves indicated there was no one in
that company seeking health by q pro-
cess Of elimination at the dinner table.
Long shall we remember the good peo-
pie of Helper, who came to our help in
time of need. '
The railway train is good place to
study human nature, because it carries
all kinds Of people. The people of this
country are on the 90. They are either
resting from trip they have taken or
they are getting ready to go on another.
The most interesting parsonage we met
on our way was Major Gantz Of Fair
field, Iowa, who boarded our car at
Salt Lake City. He is As years of age.
rs inches high, weighs 80 pounds. wears
. No. Z hat and No. 8 child's shoe.
Az he has never been able to walk he is
accompanied by an attendant who
wheels him In baby cab or carries
him In his arms like child. He is
intelligent. educated. and quite enter
tanning in conversation. AS evidence
We give one Of his conundrums for the
bene6t Of our lady friends. I'm what
respect is an umbrella unlike womans"
because you can shut it up without
breaking it, ribs.
Becarae we arrived at Eos Angeles
three hours late. we remained there
over night. but we came 10y early
the next morning. We e. "a q hurry
- Get here and just bo@ as much Of
. hurry to get away from there. We
didn't care to hang around there just
q that time. Only three blocks from
the Broadway hotel At which we were
stopping was the site Of the Times
Building before it was blown up by
dynamite on the night Of October l.,
1910. And one Of the twenty-one VIC
Tins of that dastardly outrage was q
young man who had learned his trade
In our Office at Usage. Then only a few
blocks away the McNamara's who COM
mitted the deed were inprison awaiting
their sentence. Then too the sky was
lurid over city election which attract
the attention Of the whole country.
But the notorious prisoners are within
the walls Of San Quentin. the Good
Government" ticket was elected by q
large majority. and Q new Times
building Il being erected. So we now
venture to visit that city about once a
week without feeling unnecessary alarm.
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