The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-18
MEETS WISCONSIN FRIENDS
Many People Formerly Residing in This
and Surrounding Counties are now
Living in California-Former Resi-
dent Tells of Japanese Residents.
Riverside, CAL, Sept. 4, 1913.


a number Of occasions, had the neces-
sity of making the trip to Arlington
A greater part of the journey is on
Magnolia avenue and as this is one
Of the advertised creations of South
ern California, | thought it possible
your readers might be interested in
making the trip with me. Riverside
derives it's name from being located
along the banks of the Santa Ana.
The name of the city calls up pleas
ing mental picture which is rudely
shattered when the fact is made known
that it is a river without water. To
the north of the city the river bed is
absolutely dry and sand is hauled from
it's course by hundreds Of wagon loads
to be used in making mortar and
concrete.
Further on its course, there is some
water in the Santa Ana, this because
Of irrigation drainage or because the
water which sunk in the sands in the
foothills Of the San Bernardino noun
tains, where the stream has it's source,
comes up to the light again. The
water is a very thin stream and here
the bed Of the river is overgrown with
willow brush. What little water there
was in the stream above has been di-
verified into canals for irrigating pur-
poses. These canals carrying streams
of water, perhaps twelve feet wide and
two or three feet deep, run through
the city and further up on the slopes
of the valley so their waters may be
available for irrigating. It is along
side of one of these canals that we
make our start.
As we mount the electric car on
Main street, we see close at hand, the
Woman's Club building and the Ma
sonic Temple, two structures of con
siderable pretensions. Across the
street is the county court house, a
beautiful structure which with its sur
rounding park, occupies arr entire
block. To the right quarter of a
mile away is Mount Rubidoux, razor
back shaped eminence which is notable
E
because there is an automobile road
leading to it's summit. On its highest
point there is large wooden cross and
scattered along its crest are old mis-
sion bells. On Easter morning a sun
rise service is held on this mountain.
Last Easter this service was led by
Rev. Henry Van Dyke.
The street over which we ride has
an asphalt pavement and the parking
space between the sidewalks and the
pavement is given over to grass and
shade trees of many varieties, notably
palms, the date palm and the umbrella
palm. The latter we see frequently on
the trip and is worthy passing no.
tice. 1t is characterized by huge
ter and the foliage grows in little
top knot at the top and the tree looks
q little like an elongated pineapple.
In some places tie withered and dry
branches are allowed to hang along
side the trunk and which makes the
tree look like a withered patriarch.
For in al these evergreen trees the
processes of destruction and building
are carried out at one and the same
time and while old leaves lose their
color and drop or droop, new leaves
and branches are constantly coming in.
This gives the trees curious appear
ance in marked contrast to spring
foliage in Wisconsin.
The eucalyptus tree is probably the
worst offender for it sheds its bark as
well as leaves and unless steps are
taken to clean away the falling bark
the tree crotches are soon filed with
stringy mess which is anything but
pretty.
Turning the corner on fourteenth
street we pass the Grant school, the
largest in the city, and which with its
red brick rurrets looks like a German
castle. We soon turn into Brockton
avenue, crossing the arroyo, a depres-
sion which here is taken up by Chinese
quarters, small shacks built tight to-
gether to its neighbors Once more on
the upland we enter the orarge dis
triet. A thrifty orange tree IS about
as pretty a tree as know of and a
well kept orange orchard is rest TO