The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15
CALIFORNIA
Mamie II. Harrison)

II. one never forgets II is not dill
cult to- understand why Callforniani
have n patent right on boosting. the,
have the goods.
My first stop was at Los Angeles
Appropriately called "The City OF thu
Angels" for truly with Its wealth o.
flowers, It's wonderful fruit. cllmrte
beaches, parks and boulevards. On,
can have an earthly Eden. 1t is thu
mecca for poets, artistic. dfeqmers
and motion picture stars.
! next visited Santa Anna Thu
home OF the Orange, also most pr
tlstIc ana literary town. Through th'
courtcsy Of my relatives here visit
ed the beautiful beaches. Newport
Balboa and Lcgunn The latter is {
rock bound coast and my fayorlte Of
all ocean beaches. Quite a rendezvous
for artieis. From Santa Ana. with
Mrs. Judge Montgomery ind daugh'
ttrs. I visited San Diego. The quaint
city Of old Spain. so new and yet SO
old In appearance,
Here Is found the most wonderful
development In the growth Of yege'
tation, in fact. the San Diego Exposi.
ton is the most complete hcrticul-
ltural display that America has ever
seen. Added to this. the music of old
Spain, the birds, the flowers and the
Iaoft sea breezes and you have pic
! turo that will ever llnger. Mr.. Folk,
of the publicity department is n for
mer Texal end In every way worthy
the name "Texan."
From San Diego back to Los An
gele and after a few days stay Wis
tied san Fernando and saw the enc
acre farm land district. Orange, Lem
on. Olive and English Walnut groves
and miles and miles CT roses and
geraneums.
My next move was to MERGED. This
is the point from which tourists take
the Yosemite Valley trip. Here | was
the happy guest of my cousins, Judge
T.. n. Rector ana family and after a
few days In their home made that
wonderful Yosemite Valley trip and
the Tuolumnu big trees. II has been
said that Yellowstone park is most
wonderful scene. Grand Canyon the
most awful scene and Yosemite Val
ley the most beautiful scene In the
world. The latter am prepared TO
say must be correct ! can't describe
1t. No one has done IL, but can
say that the very atmosphere OF the
valley lifts your spirits like the great
shafts Of granite walls surrounding
you.
First the III Captain rising per-
pendicularly to a height Of $500 H.
Then Cathedral Rock. Half Dome
North Dome and Glacier Point. The
colorlng Of these falls n exquisite
We climbed the verdant canyon to
the vernal and Nevada Falls and
stood Mt the foot OF the reinbows and
gathered bags OF geld In beauty. We
gazed into the depths Of Mirror Lake
and longed for power to portray the
witchery Of all this handiwork OF
the Great Artist. In Yosemite Valley
We lived more in dey than In any
other place we have yet seen.
We were entertained at beautiful
Camp curry and the memories OF
that night Of bliss shall never from
us part. The entire trip up the Mer-
eed Valley and through the giant for
ests Is so replete with enchantment
your heart aches at the thought Of
u farewell
From MERGED ! visited San Fran
CLEO. the climax and the great Pan
aiaa Exposition The very setting OF
tbs, world wide Fair is beautiful. As
I looked out from the Airlscope $50
feet above the sea level at the Worlds
Fair buildings, the Tower Of Jewels
the beautiful Colonades In their col