, 1912-12-12
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
|rbe Difference in Psopls-Thsir Methods
and Their Ways. Etc.
Oakland, Calf, Dec. 5, 1912

49,
Editor Sun:
presume you are having prett
frosty mornings along about thi
time. Well, We have frost here oo
casionally now, sufficient to whittier
The roofs of the houses, but it 500
disappears and leaves no trace o
damage to vegetation. A rose busl
or a geraueum may be white ant
crisp, apparently, with frost, bu
it will disappear and the flower,
will go right OH blooming withou
the slightest set back. The Mag
nolia trees are now beginning t.
bloom. They have fresh vegata
bles here the year round and plan
them whenever they want them
to come in as the days and months
DO by. Of course there are seas.
sons that they call Spring" when
they break the ground and PLAN
and SOW, but in 80 far as planting
and sowing is concerned they dc
that the year round. Down in the
market yesterday I saw strawber-
ries a nickle a box, not very large
boxes it is true, but each box con-
tained all that one person would
want. Fresh vegetables are brot
TO your door continually and you
fsn keep yourselves supplied with
ripe tomatoes, young potatoes,
celery, (5c a bunch), sweet pota-
Toes, and all such things at reason
bible cost. You can get all these
thinge at the "Free Market" twice
> week, Wednesdays and Satur-
days. The city has built and fur
market buildings, where
lenders of vegetables, meats and
fruits can display their wares and
buyer and the consumer come in
Direct contact, doing away with
The "middle-man."
These Californians are eccentric
|people-especially the old miners
of '49 and their decendents. They
do as they please and have a good
time-as good a time as money can
buy. Recently an old residenter
in Berkeley by the name Of Hart,
an old miner, bot a fine automobile
after many years of riding after a
spirited horse, and occasionally
p~atronizing q street car. He sue
combed to the Establishment of an
agent for a particularly fine ma
chine, hired a Chauffeur and thot
he had just about got the world by
the tail and a down-hill pull. His
first experience was discoursging:
He started to a banquet some
distance away, got half way there
and the machine went back on the
chauffeur. After an hour of vain
attempts to coax the machine to
work Mr.. Hart abandoned it and
made the rest of the way on foot,
furnishing his own light and sprin.
king the way with sulphur and
birthstone. The machine was re.
paired and put in commission, only
to play just the same kind Of /,
trick on the owner very shortly
afterward. 1t was a fine car ane
as it had cost $500 to begin with
lis owner was willing to spend
little more money in making it o
service. After using up something
ike $1,000 on it in the way of re
pairs, ETC., he lost patience. 81,
conceived a violent dislike for tn
car and determined to "get even
with 1t, He ordered the chauffeu
10 take it down to the Southern
facihc Mole load it onto a ferry
boat and when the boat was at tn
deepest point of the Bay, to show
'he thing off. The chauffeur want
Ell TO buy the car and went so ia
as TO offer $1,000 to Mr.. Hart, bu
no Sill! that a was going to tn
po,'om OF the Bay. Mr.. Chauffeu
u'u as he was directed. When tn
o'a' was In mid channel he tire,
'ne reverse lever in, turned ON tn
se''-s'arter and the beautiful an