The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-08-12

tom boats at that place for visit to
the wonderful submarine gardens,
along the coast. These gardens con-
tain many rare and peculiar as well as
beautiful and richly colored specimens
Of plant life which grow entirely sub
merged, As we passed over them, we
could look down through the glass
bottom of the boat. into the water,
which was as clear as crystal, and see
the plant life in all its rare beauty and !
tish Of many varieties swimming among
it. Proceeding a little farther on our
way, we came to bed of Abelone
shells and submarine diver, who made
regular trips with the boat dived under
the boat and gathered up an armful of
the shells, bringing them to the surface
and selling them to the passengers as
souvenirs This diver could stay under
the water as long as three minutes and
in passing under the boat would look
up with his eyes wide open and salute
his watchers. He diyed without any
appliances, being clad merely ir flights.
At Catalina there were number of
divers who came out in skifrs to meet
our boat. Passengers kept them busy
dying for coins which were thrown
into the water. They never failed to
get the money. Diving with the eyes
open. seemed to be quite the fad.
While at Los Angeles, we had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Il. Fields, former residents of Beaver
but who now reside at San Dimas.
California, 20 miles from Los Angeles
We spent one day at their home, going
out on the interurban, which runs
within block of their house. A fine
houlevard leading direct to Los Angeles,
passes their door. They haye fine
orange ranch right In the heart Of
Southern California. the best part OF
the state, and they both assured us that
they were more than delighted with
their new home and had found the
climate and conditions there unsur.
passed. We saw no part of Calirornia,
and we saw the greater part of it, that
we liked better than that section. 1t
was just simply great. Our day spent
with Mr.. and Mrs. Fields was most
delightful one. After dinner, and
speaking of dinner, those who know
Mrs. Fields and her ability to prepare
a delicious repast will understand how
much we enjoyed that meal after hav-
| ing been on the hotel and dining car
list for two weeks. We were right
glad our friends understood the situa
tion otherwise they might have thought
we had been cutting down expenses by
not eating recently. Anyway, the
dinner was splendid, our appetites
were keen, the fine climate made us
feel like school kids and we ate accord
ingly. After dinner Mr.. Fields took
us for drive in his car. We drove
over much of the San Dimas section
and into Los Angeles seeing many fine
orange and lemon ranches but none
which eXcelled Mr.. Fields lie has a
splendid l0-acre tract OF full-bearing
Valencia oranges, nice bungalow
right among the oranges, aud other
Improvements for which he has re-
peatedly refused an offer of $25, 900 90,
which by the way, gives one some id ca
of the value of California orange lands
Our time was limited and we did not
see as much of that section as we would
have liked but we saw enough to con
vince us that it is an ideal place in
which to live.
CONTINUED next week.