The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-01-29

cents straight with no discount for
cash,-but it must be admitted they
are good and served in AL style.
Andy Wymore told us one day last
summer that he one time stepped off
a sand bar in Skunk river and had
narrow escape; another time the
bank caved in with him and if it had
not been for help at hand, he would
have been a goner; but with all his
experiences he never came as near
being drowned as he did when caught
out in a rain in Los Angeles. Andy's
experiences came home to us the 9TH
er day when we got caught a mile
from home in Pasadena, without an
umbrella. The rains here are gentle
in the main, bringing little wind or
thunder and lightning, but We are
sure they are wetter than they are at
home. Even a guaranteed Craven
cite is inclined to throw up the job.
And what torrents rush down from
the hills! We are inclined to believe
that the small rainfall in Southern
California is providential.
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II. J. Vail is a close observer of the
weather, but he is no weather proph-
ct. He has noticed that the breeze
will invariably follow the sun about
all day, being from the east in the
morning, winding around to the south
at noon, and to the west in the even
ing. AS a rule the coolest tempera-
ture comes shortly after shutdown, the
warm air from the desert creeping
hn Oft
midnight making a very perceptable
change in the atmosphere. And by
the way, Mr.. Vail is no doubt as well
posted on the physical characterize
les and the history of Pasadena as
is any other man. He came here
nearly thirty years ago when the city
was not as large as New Sharon is
now, and after a residence here of a
number of years, returned to Iowa,
but came back last year, expecting to
make Pasadena his permanent home.
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Mr.. Vail established the Pasadena
Star about % years ago, naming it
after his other baby, the New Sharon
Star. Even before he sold the plant,
it had grown wonderfully, being away
ahead of the town at the time. 1t
has remained in the foremost ever
since and is now a metropolitan
sheet. Rumor has it that the own
er refused $4,000 cash for the plant
only a short time since. There are
only two papers here, the Star and
the News. Both are evening papers
and are primarily local newspapers.
popular and well supported. The city
depends on Los Angeles for its morn
ing news.
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We have not been able to go about
much yet, but up to date, in addition
to the lormer Oskaloosa people al,
ready mentioned, we have met Miss
Kinley Mr.. Elmer White, have talked
by long distance phone with the Hub.
ers at Los Angeles, and had a very
pleasant chat with Hon. A. F. N
Hambleton. Mr.. Hambleton is locat.
ed in South Pasadena and is Secre.
tary of the Malone Water and Land
Company, of Los Angeles. We are
settled, now and hope to be able to
do little more gadding. And speak
ing about being settled: How jolly
it is to have part of the family sleep
ing in the buffet and the other part in
the bookcase with the kitchen door
a large swinging mirror, more sugges-
tive of a boudoir than a culinary de-
partment. But sarely one half of the
world never knows how the other
half lives, until they take a turn at
California.
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Wehrever you go, and whether
other things are equal or not, you
can get more for your money when
you buy newspapers or streetcar
rides than in any other way. One
cent here will buy newspaper that
would take you a week to read, that
is If you peruse the advertisements
as we'll as the news of the day. The
Californians are all good advertisers
and they know by experience that it
pays. 1t costs Is cents to ride from
Los Angeles to Pasadena, or 25 cents
for a round trip. Other trips by troll
ly cost more than this. But in either
city you can go anywhere for a
nickel, and anywhere may mean a
rs or so mile ride. The Los Angeles
and Pasadena electric lines, which
include a net work, covering all
Southern California, are said to be the
finest street car system in the world.
The equipment is all kept up-to-date
and the cars are operated for the ac-
comodation of the public. All en-
ployes must be courteous and oblig-
ing to hold their jobs. There are ov-
err 1000 miles of track in the system,
and while Mr.. Huntington has made
several fortunes out of the business,
everybody has a good word for him.
And reverting to habitation, we
thought we had seen some of the
smallest ones ever, in Pasadena. But
they are not a patching for some we
encountered on the road from Pasa-
dena to Long Beach via Los Angeles.
We are sure II Frank Novels, or
jerks Davis would send some of their
vacation cigar boxes out here, set
them on good foundation and grow
palm or two about them, that the
real estate agents here could readily
sell them to tourists from Iowa.
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Down at Long Beach they do not
ask strangers what state they are
from any more, 1t Is what county?"
1t passes without question that all
are from Iowa Long Beach is surely
.tss Ia. l..