Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-09-03
From California.

DEAR EDrroR REGIsTER-Of course
everyons takes a vacation nowadays,
and if the friends of the REGISTER all
wrote o. that particular section Of
this glor ous country which they Wis
it, and their renewed inupiration, you
would have to add a page ot-"How
I spent ray vacation" etc. Neverths-
less long to share with the REGISTER
friends glimpse of the good things
which CO. ne my way.
My hus band and left Los Angeles
on Sunday morning for few days at
San Diego, the Fair City, sailing ON
one of our largest Pacific Coast
Steamships, and as the sky was clea
and the sta calm it was indeed a de-
lightful trip. The great cargo of
humanity were all tourists, seeking
pleasure, which lends a kindred spirit
to a company on a boat, and as our
good ship glided out upon the bosom
of the blui sea, out of sight OF land,
we could scarcely realize that just te-
yond that ,lue line, our horizon, there
was world of strife, turmoil and
bloodshed for on board all was hilr-
mony, laU ghter and music. There
was not even the usual discussion of
sea sickness and its preventatives, for
no one "fel the fishes" and by the
way, we saw school OF whales in ;te
distance, spouting water high iato
the air. l nope when you all arrange
your route to the Expositions next
year you win plan to go by boat from
Los Angeles to San Diego.
We arrived in the evening to find
wide awake, up-to-date City of good
hotels and Ill of the attractions of
coast towns accustomed to entertain
ing travelled, pleasure loving public.
We have visited Coronado Beach,
just across the Bay from San Dipgo,
and aside from the famous Cororado
Hotel, there is quite town, and the
"Tent City, which covers point
separating the Ocean from the Bay
consisting OF about one hundred acres.
There are more than five hun dred
tents. TheF have city conveniences.
The streets are all laid out and each
tent house numbered. Nearly all
these tent ouses are covered, roof
and sides, with the huge leaves of the
palm tree such as orlr old fashioned
heat and fly 'swatter" is made OF.
San Diego has other good beaches
and a great section of interesting
country col tiguous, and you can
not imagine more delightful, nalmy
summer ever ing than this climate
the year arc md.
The Fair 10 going to be, simply
colossal Syish could describe and
give to you ome idea of its grandeur
and immenFity. The site is ideal.
From its hej ghts we could look away
on one side to the vast expanse of the
the blue Pacific and on the opposite
side to the rugged peaks OF the
Rockies.
The buildin gs are fast nearing COM
pletion and Il ey expect to open by
Christmas Day. The architecture is
all on the Mis- sion style with massive,
plain arches, the beamed ceilings and
red tile 'roofs. The simple elegance
of it all is ver, restful,
The parkin g of the grounds is
beautiful. There are vines and flowers
in trellis and overs, color and sym
metry carried out as only skilled gar
deners can design from semitropical
material and climate. Everywhere
the sweet perfume Of rare blossoms
greets you. As l looked upon it all,
said with you nf last weeks is in
deed good W orld to live in.
We had the pleasure of visit with
Walter Newman yesterday. ,He gave
us the REGIsTllR of the goth iyst. 1--WE
having missed ours en- route) and as
we read familiar names of these who
were at extreme opposite points we
appreciated thu medium which made
our world smaller.
We are telling you q little OF Sar
Diego, but we herewith reserve the
privilege of showing you in person
some of the attractions of our own
City of the An gels, which you mas
visit en- route to the Exposition il
1916.
We return | ono by steamer to-
night and will spen6 couple of week.
at one of our nearby beach es; ther
back to the IL sadrnill of our daily
existence for an other year.
NE TIE O'NEAL BELLS.