The Delta independent., 1912-01-19
DELEGATION OF DELTAITES
ON "PIKE" AT LONG BEACH
District Attorney Logan Tells Of
Meeting Them at the Noted
Seashore Point.

X. M. Logan, the pubic prosecut-
or for this district, who with his
wife concluded TO take a much
needed rest and vacation at sea-
shore points, has written lengthy
letter to Delta friends from san
Diego, California. giving some OF his
experiences since leaving home, and
from this letter we quote as fol-
lows:
I'VE went to Denver three weeks
ago last Thursday and remained un-
I'll the following Tuesday and then
started for Los Angeles, arriving in
that city on Thursday. We remained
there until the next Sunday, when
we went to Long Beach. On Mon
day morning CChristmasJ about 10
which they call Amusement street,
or the Pike" and within ten min
utes we ran into the following dele
cation of Delta people, which we
OF course were glad to see: Mr.. and
Mrs. r H. Mower, Doc and Mrs
Wade. MIR. and Mrs. 5. H. Mcbride,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Williams, Mr..
ami Mrs. Carl Doughty. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Hubbard. Mrs. Resdon, Mrs.
NJ. Patterson and Guy Blair. A lit
tie later We met MIR. and Mrs. EN-
met Mostyn and Lille Wilson.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert. The next
day we met an old friend of mine.
w. A. Thomas and his wife, who
formerly resided at Montrose. They
took us in their automobile and
drove us not only all over the city
fact we drove until we were complete
ly tired out The country around
Long Beach does not seem very
prosperous This condition is claim
ed to be due to the shortage of wat
er. The next day We went back TO
Los Angeles and then to Whittier,
a town of about 5000 people, and
there we found my old friend Sis
by and the Gibbs family. We
found everybody well there except
MIR. Silsby, who is suffering about
as he did when he left Delta nearly
two years ago. Reward looks fine
and as natural as an old shoe. This
town of Whittier is certainly locat-
ed in one of the Grandest counties
on earth. and while ! was always
very sorry to see these people
leave Delta. II cannot be said that
they did not locate in a good coun-
try. After visiting there all day we
took the train for our original des-
tination, San Diego, and have been
here ever since.
Had written to you about ten
days ago. / would have doubtless
given yop scathing denunciaton
of this greatly overestimated country
and wonderful Italian climate that
we hage been told so much about,
as the first two weeks ! was here
tn.v kept me lowering over two b,
four coal oil or gasoline stove to
keep from freezing to death. 1t did
not look good to me to get up ana
20 out anu nuHA Shhb "s
then wait for natures sun to get
around and warm my carcass. That
seemed to be about the only saliva
ton. The last week, however, ma
ture has been more kind and the
weather more comfortable.
This is a great city. 1t is one
of the prettiest places l ever saw
1t has trebeled in population in the
last three years and now has about
$4,000 people and nothing on earth
to back IL up that l can see put
hot air and suckers like us, They
have more genteel name for them.
They call them tourists
Mr.. Logan further stated that
his catarrah, for which he made the
trip, was greatly improved. and that
even though 1t proved only tempor-
ary relief. he felt well repaid. AT the
time of writing the above, he was
not sure just when he would start
on his return.