The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-17

Los Angeles Jan. S.-Today the
temperature is about seventy. The
sky is beautifully clear. There has been
plenty of rainfall during the month of
December, and as a result the hills and
valleys are splendidly green-a soft
rich green that is appealing to the
traveller from the northland at this
time of the year. The air is full of
the scent Of orang blossoms when
you drive out into the country, and
it's the only country 1 know of where
they supply you with delightful air
and scent it for you with orange blos-
sons. But that Is the reason the Cali
fornia people are so loyal to their
state. and why they tell you with all
frankness n ysi4carity that 5 they,
would sooner hetfn Jail out here in the
winter than enjoying the best of the
world in the east. OF coursea that's
exaggerated a little, but it reflects the
spirit of California. They are all
boosters. =.
This city is still growing like a
weed. Since I was here two years ago,
skyscrapers have gone up in every di-
rection. At the corne of Fifth and
Broadway. about as busy as there is
i'll the city, a s~kyscraper has just been
erected and the value of the land for
the purposes Of the lease has been
placed at $4,000 a front foot. I don't
expect to buy any of this property,
but it shows what they consider it
worth for business purposes.
Climate is an asset. People come
here from all over the world to buy
it and they are willing. to pay for it.
AS a consequence you find magnificent
hotels all owe the country peopled
with tourists. They. pay well for ac-
Communications and r willing to pay
we'll for they enjoy the country. I
don't blame them. Its like paradise
in he winter. No snow, no cold,
warm days and cool nights-every
night you sleep comfortably beneath
blankets. The. folks out here have
made every. possible provision for the
comfort. Of travellers for they recog-
nize them as their great assets and
they believe in treating them well. No
tourist need complain Of the treat
ment he receives in California if he
will exercise the same horse sense in
obtaining accommodations that he
does in any other line of business.
To give you an%1dea Of the way the
country is growing, L vent up yester-
day to see my oldfriend, J. H. Francis,
VI LiAS IoSoA ~
schools. When / was here before I
read to. SOME 1000 high ;schooF pupils
I--aH there were In the schoois.of the
city. Next week he. and.I are going
out to make the: rounds Of the high
schools, n he tells me there are now
$4,000 high school pupils. They erect
magnificent new buildings every year
but they can hardly Keep. up with the
demand. Francis lisa big. broad fell
low, full Of the spirit of the west. ]
look forward to much enjoyment next
900 youngsters will enjoy the little
verses I have to offer. When / get
through with the week will have
q pretty wide acquaintance.
!, On the. way here I stopped over a
day at the Grand Canyon OF the Ariz-
ona. It's me of the wonders of the
world and as a natural wonderlI 1. think
without question it's the greatest. Ev-
cry American citizen should see It IL
he happens put this way. There's no
pie have tried andSmerely provenstheir
incapacity. 1t can't be descriged. It's
a cash in the earth. 2tS miles long,
twelve miles wide andif9a mile deep.
filled with m~ountaint. streams and
valleys tumbled in tndtscriminately.
The c%olorings r tonderful-ver
changing and with ~ shades Of the
rainbow. / Went OUT nfty feet from
the porch Of the n Tovar hotel and
got my first view sty4m the rim: I
looked a minute aShd turned: back.
somewhat thoughffn1ly. 1E~;rAlnInded
me Of the fellowsat the circus when
they showed HIM the hippdp6tamus.
He looked at it wonderfully for q min
ute and then said-H-" there
amt no such animal"
I did not make the jackass trip
down the trail into the. canyon because
It takes all day. it'saa tlaboriops, and
.fatiguing Journey sndsfrankly. ! new
Of saw the jackaisyyHEsT I'd b, willing
to trust my life sreat many
people SO down. o9ifflj9GsthSSSsEp149la
ton thats;a :5ackaHsfant k.:makasa6ints-
takssI don't OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ESxs sof, but. + didtfsss SHssssnMptst them
h.tep might meahsGenldsAf descent Of
half q mile down . precipitous clifY.
and l know that after that I should