Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-01

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ground attracts attention. 1t goes
into the mountains and appears
again crossing the valleys. This is
FLos Angees's fresh water supply
Little wonder it is warm when you
drink it at the faucet. #.
Having a sister in Los Angeles
and a brother at Long Beach on
the coast made the weeks stay a
very happy one to us. The city of
Los Angeles Or "lost angels" is de-
serving of all the good things that
can be said of it. Located on a dry
river 20 miles from the ocean, Los
angeles is an oasis in. the desert
Surrounded on the south and west
mountains, it is in a zone practical
ly frostless, and therefore semi
ange groves plainly show the ef-
feet of the severe freeze which visit
ed this section the winter previous
Many of the palm branches are all
dead except tn new growth which
gave them a green top above the
brown leaves. In orange groves
half Of the limbs were dead; in
others the entire top was removed
and new head was commencing to
grow out Of the old trunk. A.,
Los Angeles is divided by a
river having deep banks, but without
water. In this one respect the city
is gone dry and the ':lost angels"
were digging out of it's bed gravel
and sand for building purposes.
There has been an over supply Of
water there this winter, but in the
summer many systems of irrigation
upstream coaxed away all it's water
and turned it into the farms and
orchards for nothing grows without
water. The city lawns and gardens
get their drink from the hose, else
the ground is brown and bare The
orange groves must have their drink
or they refuse to produce. Even
the. English Walnut must be plowed
and watered else there would be
few nuts. Off to the north on Mt.
Lowe and Mt. Wilson, one afternoon
hung a dark thunder cloud and I
said it looked like rain. My bro
this way" Neither did it, but the
papers next day said that at River
side the rain had wet down 6-S
inches, something very unusual for
August. The season was about it's
hottest and Gryest, the thermome-
ter running from 9296 degrees,
"About''-I said, for after we left
the government report made it 112-
ia degrees. The nights were not
cool either, and blankets could be
joyfully dispensed with.
On a very hot mid summer day
we all visited the public gardens of
Brewer Busch at Pasadena. The
spacious mansions Of Adolphus and
Anheuser face the street, while down
the hillside in the rear is a valley
planted to garden, fru' flowers
and rare schrubs. The hillside is
parked with winding paths and
watered by artificial springs and
fountains. Even Busch's bushes
must have a drink, but it is insipid
water.
Scattered throughout this hillside
park are several groups of half siz-
ID human figures illustrating nursery
rhymes and children's stories. Here
are the characters of Mother Goose.
here is Little Red Riding Hood
and yonder Robinson Crusoe.
One group true to the brewers
business and life is seen where a
nan with goblet in hand is
holding it out coward
group Of companions as if suggesting |
hat they have drink.
said the afternoon was hot, but
Town in the sunken gardens there
vas suggestion of the lower reg
ons from which the business sprang,
Ind to which public sentiment is
asst consigning again. After sew
raj attempts at locked gates, and
private paths to find another way |
tut we went down through the
unken garden and were glad to be
ut again. In Pasadena are. lovely
,alms filing up whole front yard
Without a dead branch. beautiful
copper trees growing up to perfec-
ion for pepper trees are CALIFORNIA;
'rettiest shade tree, the branches
lied with pepper berries, not the
commercial pepper, but of a very
retty sort.
The much talked of Eucalyptus