Barton County democrat., 1913-10-10

they hope to see all Barton county
people move out there. | wrote TO
Our daughter a little squb IN verse
which | thought a graphic descrip--
ton Of Pasadena. which squib the
Democrat editor had me hardih0od
TO infhct On his readers last week.
Pasadena is fine city to live in
II you happen TO have lots Of money.
Unless you can count your sponduix
BY the hundreds of thousands you
cut no none figure there than the
flotSam and jetsam Of the continuous
stream Of sight seers from other
parts Of the land which constantly
WINDS in and out of that sun kissed
spot.
While the climate there-and all
through that part of Southern Cali.
fornia is mild, with little change
between summer and winter, 1t is
not-we found-as utterly superfine,
magnificently salubrous, reliable and
Interchangeable as We had been bed to
expect. Honestly, people, 1t thun-
ders there 1--WE heard IT. and the
lightning flashes 1--WE saw IT. and the
winds do sometimes blow in hurri-
canes. We wormed this about the
winds out Of several confiding peo-
pie who said they longed for Kan
sas breeze or an Iowa snow storm
just for relief.
The greatest attractions AROUND Pas
adena and Los Angeles-and attrac-.
tons that will continue to draw
many thousands Of visitors annually
Are the beach towns. Wife and
sported I'm the briny surf at differ.
emit times, but did not drink up
ALL the salt water nor cause any
commotton with our bathing costum.
es. The most pleasant of the beach.
es. in our opinion, Is Long Beach.
It is an elegant little city. Its
beach is the longest and It's bathing
facilities and accommodations the fin
est along the entire coast, Dan Dow
ney, Lee Crebbs, L. c. Miller, Ber
Swartz, Mrs. Don Dodge and Mrs
Hat are all located at Long Beach
The whole country for 80 or 100 mile
along there is covered with a net
work Of electric raflways-the Pacif
ic Electric, owned by the Southern
Pacific-and travelling Is mot so ex
passive. --- az
I One of our trips out of Los Angel
es is worthy of special nOtice-tht
Catalina Island "trip. We rode abou
20 mixes ON the electric to San Ped
70 harbor, where We boarded a lRrgt
ocean-going steamer for the Island
We made the trip across-26 miles
-and back without being called on
to feed the fishes, which was do
ing pretty well for Kansas land-lub
Ders on their first ocean voyage
Catalina Island is a beautiful resort
and the excursion in Avalon Bay il
the glass bottomed boats, where ont
sees the wonderful submarine fer
ests, beautiful fishes and deep see
life, is a trip to dream about. W,
; saw school of three whales spout
ing and sporting in the big pond OF
the way over to the Island.
The most Of the farming lands n
That country ane owned by larg,
land companies, as are also the wat
: er rights, without which very httb
OF the land is productive. OF cours.
there are some small land holders
having their own pumping plants
who are making good money raisin,
fruits, vegetables, alfalfa or othe,
farm products. Land that can b,
; watened sells for from $500 to 5000
: an acre, according TO location O
: proximity TO market. At some plac
es where there are flowing wells th'
( tiow has stopped. Big irrigation
: pumping stations have been put b
J. and taken away the waite. pressure
b Some day the water supply will al
be monopolized, and then there vii
= be no more fancy prices for acr
C property. At the present, however
e the California real estate men seen
e to be able to emulate the first grea
e promOter-Father Noah. You kno,
e Noah fIoated his Ark Investment Co
when all the rest of the world wa
t. in liquidation.
. II was hard to publ out from Cal
fornia. Not so much because Z
s our being mashed On the country
d but because wife's aged parent
e and sisters and brothers are Their
and it was hard to come so far ava
E. from them.
g We returned via the Santa r