Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-22
To THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAPTER
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Huntington Park, California, Jan.
9th, 1914.-When elected historian
of our Chapter l wished to decline
the honor, as felt that would not
be able to collect many historical
facts out here, but our President said
you can at least tell US something of
what you see and this l will try to
do: Huntington Park, where | am
at present located. is beautiful SUI
burban town Of the City of Los An
geIes with about 5000 inhabitants.
The wide streets and boulevards are
bordered on either side with palms,
acacia and graceful pepper trees, the
latter full of small crimson berries.
In the spacious lanes are orange and
grape fruit trees with their branch
es laden with golden fruit Roses,
geraniums and many other kinds of
flowers are blooming here now, as
they do at home in May and June.
We have fine view of the noun.
tains Sierra Madre range). one of
which is always covered with snow.
The boulevard leads direct to the sea
and hundreds of autos are constant
ly passing over its smooth surface.
We have here fine schools, churches,
stores, groceries and the ubiquitous
picture show. Have two lines of
street cars and when we wish to go
up town, as they say out here, we
have only to step on the car and in a
few minutes we are in the city. 1t is
a big one too, with a population of
800, 900. There's alwaysa vast crowd
there, a policeman stands in the CEN
ter of the street and at the sound of
the whistle, which he carries, you
may know when it is safe to cross
over to the other side; you are to go
rather hurriedly then with the crowd.
When in the city you can see almost
everything you want to, even go to
Panama in imagination, for if you
will step into large establishment
on West 9th street you will be met
by courteous young man who will
show you a reproduction of the canal
as it looks and explain everything
concerning it. Watching the blue
waters of the two oceans, for it is
shown on a large scale, you will al
most feel when you leave the room,
that you have really seen this Won
derful achievement of human skill
and industry. The most pathetic,
as we | as interesting, scene that |
have ever witnessed was at the HIP
podrome shortly after | came out
here. Morey's production of the Ii
tanic disaster 1t was not moving
picture. There were over 1000 me-
chanical miniatures displayed and
manipulated with startling realism
1t showed first, the initial prepare
lions and departure of the vessel
from the harbor of Southampton,
England, up to the time and includ-
ing the climax of the terrible disas-
ter. When the ship struck the ice
berg and the wireless signals of dis
tress were seen and later the sky
rockets. the people almost held their
breath. and then as the band played
Nearer my God to Thee, the low
strains seemingly to come from the
distant ship which was sinking fast,
knowing how true it all was | could
not suppress my tears. Sunday we
went to the auditorium to hear Han
dels Messiah. sung by a chorus of
three or four hundred well trained
voices; it was grand. | have only
been 10 the ocean once since my ar
rival here. Went to Long Beach to
see old Neptune in his wrath, the
ocean at high tide; how l did wish
for my friends in old Kentucky to
see the grand sight, the white capp-
ed waves lashing the shore in their
fury, There were other curious
things there too, if not grand A
cow with five legs. one of which pro-
truded from her shoulder and which
was as long as either of the other
four but had five hoofs; another with
the heart in the neck, every pulsa-
ton of which could p'ainly be seen;
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