River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-11
Continued from last week.
AS The TOURIST SEES THE
PACIFIC COAST
By Mrs. E. B. Armstrong

points of interest. First Coronado
across the Bay on Coronado peninsu-
la. Here the business man dWells IN
Elysian bowers by the sea, screened
from every reminder of business
cares, vet barely mile distant from
the office. Locking up in desk at
evening all the prosaic details OF bank
or factory, of railroad rates, OF the
price Of stocks and real estate and
waves, in twenty minutes ne is az
home on what is in effect South Sea
Island On the ocean side, just be
yond reach Of the waves, stands the
hotel whose magnificence has given
it leading rank among famous nos
telries Of the world. 1t is built around
QUadrangular court or patlo-a
dense garden Of rare shrubs and flow
ering plants more than an acre IN ex-
tent. Upon this patio many sleeping
rooms open by way Of the clrcumadJa-
cent balcony, besides fronting upon
ocean and bay, and a glass-covered
veranda, extending nearly the entire
length of the western frontage, looks
over the sea toward the peaks of the
distant Coronado Island. The bather
may choose between surf and huge
tanks of salt water, rooted with glass,
ITIIgeu
devices to enhance his sport. In ad-
dition to the manifold attractions OF
Coronado is the summer tent city on
the cool beach, where neatly furnish
ed cloth houses may be rented by
those who desire to get into closer
touch with nature than they would IN
a modern hotel. 1t is the home OF
John @. Spreckles.
La Jolla is situated fifteen miles
north Of San Diego. 1t is a residence
suburb and seaside resort of about
1900. Tt is a bungalow colony built
on the rocks, cliffs and sands with a
miniature bathing beach tucked IN be-
tween the cliffs and a wealth of flow
ers that fairly made me hold my
breath. 1t is one Of the most fas-
chatting beauty spots, SO picturesque,
it has long been known as haunt for
artists. The caves that indent its
shores are known the world over.
They are the only rocks in the world,
except at the bay of Fundy, where
the vegetable strata are below the
mineral, showing that there has been
wonderful upheaval at some time.
1t has fine churches, library, golf
links, club house and all the attrac-
tinos for enjoyment The Scrip
sisters have given many thousands OF
dollars toward the uplift of La Jolla.
The Woman's club house, built at a
cost of $4,000, was one of their re
cent gifts. Standing like a sentinel
between the gently rolling country
around La Mesa and the incompara-
BILE valley Of FL Cajon, is Grossmont,
veritable lookout mountain" 1t
is the homeofMme. -Heink.
Twenty minutes ride from the bust
ness heart Of the thriving, bustling
city Of San Diego, lies the sleepy
little hamlet known as "Old Town."
Yet this very "Old Town" was the
beginning Of all California, for here
the brown-robed Franciscan Junipero
Sierra planted the cross in 1869 and
established the first of the chain of
twenty-one missions that dot Ell Cam
mo Real, "The Kings Highway" from
San Diego to Sonoma. Here Gen
era Fremont in 1916 first planted
the United States flag in southern
Californian soil. Here is the old
church with it's mission bells, brought
from Spain. The first palm trees,
the old graveyard with the crumbling
walls and faded headboards, the first
brick house in California, the church
of the Immaculate Conception start
ed in 1869 by Father Gaspara and
which was not completed until 1914,
the first jail, the Sierra cross built OF
old tile, and the marriage place of
Ramona-theSe are reverenced relics
of the place. Santa Catalina is a
picturesque mountainous island a
bout thirty miles in length and about
twenty-five miles from the mainland.
The water here is remarkably calm
and clear, so that marine growths
may be seen at depth of fifty feet
or more.
Santa Ana, the Orange county me-
tropolis, is beautiful city with a
population of 10000. In Orange
county at Santiago canon is the home
of Modjeska. At San Gabriel is the
Mission play, which is the same to
California as is the Oberammergau
Passion play to Europe. The play is
a pageant drama in three acts, de-
picting the fascinating story of early
Mission days; the building of the
missions; the Characterization of the
Indians; the missions in the zenith;
the missions in ruins; Indian and
Spanish song and dances.
1t is seldom that mountain of solid
granite is found within the limits of
a city and its base within five min
utes' walking distance of the civic
center. Yet Mount Rubiaoux is so
located in relation to Riverside. Thus
was planted a cross for out-of door
worship. Accordingly on Easter
Day and Christmas Eve of each year
pilgrims have gathered from wherev-
er they would and made the ascent of
Rubidoux, there to join in solemn
worship. The first Easter service
WAS 1909 eesa a on S eKaetv at 0 5ag n m
the hour of unrise-the exercises be-
gan.
The Mission Inn at Riverside is a
modern hotel, combining the pictur-
esqueness of the eighteenth century
with the luxlrV of the twentieth 1t