The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-08
MODERN DON JUAN
IN THE GOLDEN WEST
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going on to Los Angeles but l
Showed her where she could stop IN
Frisco from 8 in the morning till
four in the afternoon and take the
San Joaquin Valley Flyer and still
get to Los Angeles at the same time:
This suited her alright provided l
promised to supply the amusement
while in Frisco. Of curse l read
ilv sssented to this. We went out
to the Fair Grounds and strolled
around awhile-looked at a few
shows until she got tired and then
we went back down town and had
lunch and went to a moving picture
show and then to the Oakland Ferry
and kissed her goodbye and God
speed.
I was in Frisco Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. l saw
as much as could be seen in that
time but came away disappointed
because l hadn't got to see more
than a tenth of it. 1t was simply
TOO much. Met quite a bunch Of
friends from Manila, among them
being a Mrs. Bell from Spartan
burg, a sister of Joe Cooley of New
berry. Her husband is Bell, who
was a surveyor in the Bureau Of
Lands, but came home on vacation.
Says things have been getting stead
lily worse since | left. So after al!
it wasn't a mistake on my part. Ut
course l saw my friend, Mace, from
Marion. He is in charge of the Ag-
ricultural Exhibit from the Philip
pines and is the fellow l told you
about that they asked to %chaperone
two dozen Filipino girls from Manila
to Frisco.
1 left Frisco Thursday afternoon
and got to Los Angeles the neXt
morning. Didn't have anything to
do there for the time being and as
l had been in Los Angeles once be-
fore l decided to go out to Pasa-
dena to see what it was like. 1t
was very pretty but I imagine it
would be lots prettier in Spring.
There were plenty of flowers. i
passed an Ostrich farm on the way
out but didn't think 1 cared to stop
and see it.
Left Los Angeles at $3.50 in the
afternoon and arrived in Phoenix,
Arizona, by way of Yuma and Mari
copa at eleven o'clock Saturday
morning. I reported to the office
just after dinner but the Assistant
Supervisor of surveys was out of
town so they told me to loaf around
and come' back Monday.
Phoenix is q funny kind of place.
All drug stores, real estate Offices,
kodak finishing stores, and auto
mobiles. And dust, of course And
dry? 1 drank buttermilk all the
time I was there and it was good too.
That's a new one on me. A but
tershop. They serve all kinds of
sandwiches and cold buttermilk. 1t
was a little place, but was clean and
was doing a thriving business. But
then all the drug stores serve
Light Lunches" such as sand.
witches, and pie. One thing l no.
ticed in particular about Phoenix,
all the girls seem to have gone on
a vacation. On the streets there
you will see fifty men to one wom-,
an, and most all of the mer go in
their shirt sleeves and everybody is
3unburned a dark tan, almost the
color of the Indians. | went to all
;he moving pictures in town iprices
1915 and 20) and then for want
Of something better to do, stopped
md attended a salvation army meet
ing, that was Sunday night. tTke
movies run all day Sunday.)
Monday morning I went to the Of
flee and was told to report here.
Left Phoenix Monday afternoon n
came back over the same route as
far as INLAND where I had to wait
from two in the morning till seven
and it was an awful wait too. There
wasn't SO much as q cup of coffee
to be obtained Got on the "Los
Angeles Side Winder" and came
down as far as Ell Centre. From
81 Centre to Dixieland by a branch
inc. Dixieland is just a few houses
out on the desert. We left Dixie
and about three o'clock in the al
:ernoon and got elk miles out by
dark. The first thing of interest
we saw was a tarantula about as
wide across as your hand. I decid-
ID right then I wasn't going to sleep
on the ground. You see all summer
in Idaho I have been sleeping on the
rround because we couldn't afford
10 pack cots on the mules and never
2nce thought to get me a cot while
in town. I slept on the dining
table We pitched camp about sun
down and got supper. We had two
wagons and six mules. Two bar
rels of water we had with us, be"
cause there is no water here in the
desert except in widely separates
spots. We got here before dark
Yesterday afternoon and got
;traightcned out. Our other wa
gon got in later on. We are
camped around a mud puddle q:
miles west of Dixieland in the mud
nils. 1t is dry and dusty and sandy.
l am sleeping out in the open but
though it is blazing hot in the day
time and my arms have already
blistered, three blankets are very
comfortable at night. There r
several coyotes off on the hills sere-
nading us but they r not danger
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boyon,t aaan any snakes vet.