Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-21
EVIDENTLY TAKES LIFE EASY
Comrade Stevens Writes of Pleasures
in the Golden State

PASADENA, CAL, June 80, 1915.
FRIEND MUNSoN: Will you permit
me to say few words through your
paper to my friends in the old homer
left Lacrosse on the 9Th day of De-
cember last, with the intention of put
ting in the winter here. When spring
came my wife and made I'D our minds
that we would spend the summer here
also, we liked the winter 80 well. In
fact we did not have any winter. In
the month of February it was rainy
and it seems as If it rained mostly
nights, and in our rooms all the heat
we had was gas stove. don't think
my heating bill was over 50 for all win
ter, and we had all the heat we want
ed. We had nice 5.room fiat fun uish-
ed for SIS per month, everything we
needed. That was winter rates. On
the first day of June our landlord came
and told me summer rates would not
be so high; for the next five months
the rent would be SIS per month. We
have nice place, and from our back
porch we can see Mount Lowe, Mount
Baldie with its snow caps in the long
distance. 1t looks five miles, but it is
fifty. At the same time in February
and March one can step down in the
back yard, pick oranges and lemons,
roses and flowers. Everything looks
so beautiful and 80 many grand homes
and yards, and time goes so fast here.
ist club and the work is playing check
ers, chess. pitching, horse shoes. It is
not unusual 20 see twenty or thirty
games Of checkers going on at one time
and three or four games of chess. We
have a building 40x40, one stary high,
nice grounds This afternoon ten or
fifteen men came up from Long Beach,
played gsme of horse shoes They
put il all over the Pasadena cllb. On
the 14th of June my wife, son and my
self visited the San Francisco exposi-
tion for two weeks. Will say they
have very nice fair, fine grounds, $40
acres, all made land. Our tourist club
men are from every state in the union.
| saw two from Richland Center. They
said they were well acquainted with
80. G. M" | see by the CENSOR that
Otto Davis and wife are visiting the
fair. ! saw young John Casson. He
Is running a store about five miles from
here, at West Alhambra He is doing
fine business. | was surprised when
he introduced me to his wife, for | Gid
not know he was married Ilearn from
the CENSOR that Harold Proctor is To-
Gated in Los Angeles.
forgot to tell how we went 10 Fris-
CO. We sailed on the Congress ocean
steamer. 1t carried 700 passengers.
We had delightful trip, and Itel! you.
my friends, that is the way to travel
also notice that the long battle for
the postofiiee was about to end That
was hard thing to decide, for all APP
plicants were good men. / see my
friend Jens Davidson, my partner on
the county board. was recommended
for postmaster at Westby | am glad
to learn that my friend, Col. Morley, is
getting along we'll saw him in La
Crosse at his sons last fall. ] never
thought he would be himself again, for
he was very sick man,
VI sleEins w8At 20 kagW h-a' mary
of my comrades are thinking of going
to Washington to the National G. AR
Encampment? | have been appointed
on the staff Of the national commander,
David j. Palmer. | met him here when
he was visiting thesGrand ARMY. If /
we're back home in Lacrosse / would
like to 90 to Washington, but as ! am
so far from home / will not GO.
o. c. STEVENS,
236 S. Euclid Ave, Pasadena, Cal.