The Harrison times., 1915-05-22
STILL IN THE WEST
Los Angeles, Cali, May II,

LDll Oh lMESi
Dear Sir.
Since writing last ! have met ",
X. Zeiglar, remembered at Harrison
as Willie Zeiglar, who boarded with
me while attending school there at
the age of 10 years, He took me
and his younger brother who is here
from Harrison on a visit, to and
through Bushes, Sunken Garden, FL
esian and Griffin Parks, all were very
interesting, and either one ofinterest
sufficient to justify seperate letter,
In company with the younger bro
ther l also visited Universal City.
where the county has +S0 acres in a
mountain region all appropriately
arranged and improved for their ex-
elusive use Here we met Charles
Manley, commonly called daddyJ
Mr.. Ford,-director; Miss Grace
Conard writer; Mr. Worthington,
in Black Box" Messrs Leonard,
Archer and many other noted mo-
tion picture performers and saw
them perform before the camera to
our hearts content.
have also been to San Diego, and
Bula Vista since writing last, Here
! met warm personal friends, both
old and new, among them Mrs,
Keith Cary, who was a resident OF
Harrison before marriage, they took
me in an auto over what ! consld-
er the most interesting part of Cali
fornia, that have seen, Here on
the San Deigo Bay they have in my
opinion, the most even temperat-
ure of any place on the Pacific Coast
and is more reasonable in price than
any part Of the state that have
visited, the soil is not nearly as san
dy, but mixed with clay, it gets a
little muddy in rainy weather, but
the surface is rolling and that makes
me feel more at home,
Clenla Vista is only seven miles
from san Diego with street car con.
nectlon, water works, Electric Light
and in fact all the conveniences OF a
modern city, and land that looks
good too me that can be bought
for $500 per acre, This little city
has two banks, several stores, and
three or four packing houses which
hadles mostly lemons and grape
fruit, both OF which seem particular
ly adapted to this section,
visited the Fair in company
with Mr, and Mrs Cary, 1t is
good and the location and grounds
are very picturesque, but are much
like all the rest 50 there is not much
to comment on to any who have
seen an exposition.
My last venture was to a Socil.
ist Llano, pronounced Hanno il
having the sound ofY in SPANISH
colony 50 miles from Los Angeles,
by road 40 miles in q direct line,
Three Autos lett Los Angeles at 7 in
the morning, arriving at 1880, On
the state highway on which we
Travelled for about half Of the dis.
tanee, we passed through one tun.
mel, several gulches and over mum.
erous bridges,
The colony struck me as the fulfill
ing Of a dream, purely cooperative,
All meant Of production owned
collectively and wages paid all
workers at $500 per day and they
draw their pay from the Comersary,
where is stored the product of their
labors, and all the neeessares not
now produced by the colony, There
are now 400 members which means
1900 souls most of them living in
tents until houses can be built,
will be Of pressed brick, uniform in
size and construction, They have
SIS dairy COWS, 1870 head Of hogs,
$50 chickens, an aparie, fishery and
other industries started, me for this
colony # it want for the fact that
every member must be a worker
and you know won't work,
Much more could be written on
the above topics, and better writer's
il time and space would allow and
necessary brains were behind the
pen, but ! will close before my com.
muheation, become So lengthy that
it will find the waste basket,
am now arranging to return to
good old Arkansas in June, With
kindest regards TO all, ! am,
l., II, ScHWBlfzER,
5s3j Bousally A, Los Angeles Cali