Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
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OF grapes tooC long, leulohs' OAohSSS'
peaches, apples and pears eff immense
size. This building also contained
large free dance hall.
The Palace of Fine Arts was some
thing that ! shall never forget. The
paintings and sculpture were so natural,
that one could scarcely believe, that
they were not the real thing.
The Canadian building was one of the
most beautiful In it could be seen the
Aurora borealis, the natural woods and
streams, together with its wild animals,
domestic animals, fruits and geains.
They had tree in the Oregon building
twenty feet in diameter, and 300 feet
tall. 1t took seven cars to haul it there.
All the state buildings were magnifi-
Gently furnished, and afforded nice
comfortable place, suitable for resting.
The foreign buildings had grain scufp-
ture, and handiwork, peculiar to their
country. A few of the novelties that l
took in was the Airoscope, 295 feet
above the street, the U. S. submarine,
for a trip under the ocean, and an
Egyptian dance on the streets of Caro-.
1 saw a girl with four legs, one girl
weighing $50 pounds, and another write
on the typewaiter with her toes.
At the Saint Diago Fair, l saw cows
MIXED by electricity. The stages of
development frd i'm the monkey to man,
sculptures of ali the different tribes of
men. The rest resembled the Worlds
Fair on a smaller scale.
Next, | went to Los Angeles, and
visited the orange, lemon and grape
orchards of California Among the
curiosities there, was single pear tree
that made for its owner, $27OO in one
year. The surrounding country around
Los Angeles is the most beautiful place
have ever seen. 1t hardly seems pos
sible that such place could exist.
Talk about Washington being beauti-
full, it can't be compared with Holly
wood or Passadina, Cal. Extending
from the streetlt Ito the magnificent bun
galows, are palm, orange and almond
trees, together with beautiful flowers
in artistic beds, green grass and white
walks.
While there, visited University City
and saw them make moving pictures.
Another trip out in the Pacific Ocean
for thirty miles to the Catalina Islands.
There we viewed the bottom of the
ocean, sixty feet deep, from glass bot
tom boa1s. / saw trees in blossom,
huge flowers ten feet tall with large
leaves, and beautiful blossoms, and
smaller ones of every description anc
color, all swaying to and fro, just as il
they had been on land. Saw goldfish
ID inches long. Shells, fossils ant
stones of every description, all dowr
there in sixty feet of water, just a.
plain as l could see the letters of
book, that had been reading. We haC
a diver on board the ship that went t.
the bottom, and we could see him picl
up the shells under the boat Also Oh
the island, we saw hundreds of will
goats, Ialso seals, some of them quit
tame. 1t is the greatest fishing groun,
in the world. caught one weighing L
pounds. On cur trip in the in tn
steamer, we saw two whales and severa
flying fish. Several on board were sea
sick for chair would tip over with yol
unless you held on to something.
Leaving there, left for Salt LAX
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Mormon Temple and grounds, then tool
a sight seeing trip to the city, an
finally ended up in Great Salt Lake
where it is impossible to sink. You ca
sit on the water, or lay on it for as lon
as you please, without moving. stage
in for four hours. When l came out
my hair and body were white with salt
Had to indulge in a shower bath.
next went to Colorado Springs owe
the mountains, passing through Roya
Gorge, and in some places to a heigh
of 10000 feet above sea level.
At Colorado Springs, also visited tn
Garden of the Gods, Cripple Eric, tn
Cave of the Winds and Pixies Peak, a
were exceedingly interesting. On Pike
Peake, made snow balls, being at
height of 1900, 1874 feet above sea leveI
They say it SHOWS every two weeks u
there. From its top you can look owe
a space of go, 600 acres of land.
After spending a few days in tn
beautiful city of Denver, sightseeing,
went to Des Moines, and saw the Stat
Fair, thus taking in all three fairs
The races were good, and | saw som
very large animals, among them a no
weighing 1857 pounds.
left Des Moines, and next arrived i
that beautiful city of Rodman, afte
travelling over a, ,534 miles.
With these few remarks about m
trip, l will close and say a few word
about our new school house, which whe
completed will have nineteen rooms an
the heating system will be steam.
With love and best wishes to all, ar
Your loving brother,
Harold