Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-03-04
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California

After our arrival in Los An.
geies we spent several days in
visiting with t e immediate
relatives and in getting our
physical systems in condition
to withstand the radical change
incident to the climate. We
have had more rainy and
cloudy days than we have had
of the golden sunshine variety
80 widely advert ised, but we
are not surprised at this, for
we had expected just such 9
condition. The rain here dur.
ing January and February is to
the farmers what the SHOWS are
to the farmers in Iowa. The
farming here ia very different
from that in Iowa for the soil
is such that work cannot be
done here as it is there. !
! think / may have something t.
say about farming here later on
after / have seen more of it for
az yet the rains have interior
ed 40 that little has been done
The first thing we did after
getting settled was to buy a
Ford touring car so that we
might get around over the
country and cities in a way
that might suit our inclinations
Some joker is credited with
saying that the Ford car will
take people anywhere excep'
into aristocratic society, but as
we are not trying to be aristo
Gratis who depend on thei,
wealth instead of their real
characters for their standing
with their neighbors, it is NO
source of humiliation to us to
hike around in a Ford car. We
might also console ourselves, if
we felt in any degree humiliat.
ed, with the fact that there are
more Ford cars to be seen in
service every day than there
are of all other makes of cars.
So we feel that we have plenty
of company and that we are
seeing the country at a reason
able expense. II any of our
readers are planning to be here
this coming season l suggest
that they will find it much
more satisfactory in every way
to have a car for their personal
use.
Our quartet is doing duet
stunts most of the time at pres.
ent, as Mrs. Lahman and Mrs
Henderson are staying with
Mrs. G B. Russell in her ele-
CANT home in Huntington Pafl,
an excellent suburban TOW Ii
south of the big city, while
Mrs. Isle and myself are m L
ing our home with s M. Greene
and family in Inglewood, an
enterprisiDg suburban town
west of the city. We have
been dividing our time among
relatives and the wonder is
that we are able to get around
on account of the high living
we have been enjoying | have
been wondering whether or not
the folks live this way all the
time and if they do how long
they will be able to keep it up
With such a splendid supply of
fresh vegetables of various
kinds I see no reason why any,
one should worry about the
high cost of meats. | am sur
prised to find that all kinds of
meats, eggs ard butter are no
higher in price than here in
!, Iowa and really there is no rea-
son why one cannot live just as
cheaply here as in Iowa. The
people do not say much about
their eats but they make it up
on climate. They can come
nearly making the visitors be-
glieve that the climate is all that
is needed to make life here a
lcontinued round of pleasure
and contentment. So far | do
.Ipot feel that am one of the
victims of deception as | am
thinking more of what | am to
eat than l am of the climate
for as vet l am not in love with
it. When the clouds have roll
ed by may feel better salts
fed and l may become a COM
mon sssucker" and buy lot to
hold as a relic of our visit here
Speaking of buying lot sug-
gests the fact that there are
plenty of them as the country
all around the city in all direc-
tions as far as we have been is
parceled out in town lots or
acre tracts. No one need be
uneasy about these lots al be-