Putnam patriot., 1916-09-15
At Sumner Camp in California

Rev. James A. Brown, now pastor al the Baptist church in Fullerton California writes entertainingly of his vacation which he is spending at Cold Brook icamp. The beautiful mountain resort on the fee cold head waters of the North Fork, San Ga oriei, Canyon. lis letter may inter- est his many friends in this vicinity. James Brown was graduate from the Putnam Highrschool
 Cold Brook, California, July 2S, 1916
 We arrived here at this camp July Is. We are 2l miles from the railroad. Came some seven miles by auto, the rest by stage This is Il marvellous canyon and while we are only 3500 feet high the mountains run to some 5000 feet high. Beautiful mountain streams run down from all the canyons and there is an abundance of trout, but they are hard to catch
 We came here to chaperone the young people Of our churches who come into this camp for 10 days study of Sunday school and B \. P. U. work. We have had the finest talent from Los Angeles and from our min lstry at Redlands. We have had a choice lot of young people and a ] mighty fine time. We all live in tents and during the Assembly take our f faI from our church. One of the mem i beFs of MT Garst' $ church at Alham- ] bra is now in this camp. 1 frequently meet MT. Gafst who is paslor at Al hanibrd.
 i We have rented furnished tent Qfor three weeks and will do our own cooking. We hope to go on the mount ain trails each day and renew our strength.
 The climate here Is simply perfect, no raiR, pure air and fiRe mountain water You cannot appreciate the ex- tent of these, California mountains. It ] is the mountains that make the val | Ieys ,ot California to be of such great worth. Valley land in California is very rich and expensive. Mt is the water from mountains like these tha is earried down to water the tens of thousands aef oranges and lemons. l Tkese mountains are iU. 5. foEest re sefGes and U. t. rangers guard them and put signs every where to prevent fires. If the fire spreads tover the mouatain the mountain cannot retain the water as we'll. The rsnchefs de pend oo the moantsins for water to irrigate. Also water is usedsto geneC ate electricity. The electric spOwe, generated from mountain lwater is worth millions of dollars.
 There is a beautiful Yucca plant that grows in these mountains. After seven years it blossoms once. A tail stalk rises out of the plant some II or more feet high. The whole stalk nearly is one beautiful white blossom. They are sometimes called HGQd's eandlesn 1t is against the law to cat them down.
 "Climb the mountains.
 Get their good tidings!
 And Natures peace will flow
 Unto you ss sunshine flows unto bees The winds will blow their own fresh
 ness
 Unto you, and the storms their energy And cares will drop oil ike Autumn
 leaves"
 All church problems here are eX- eeedingiy hard As people here'live the out of door life in autos and do not re. member the Sabbath day to keep il holy. Wealth, pleasure, autos and fine roads change the character of people.
 Rev. James 4. Brown.
 INT. J. x. Garst mentioned by NIT. Brown will be remem oered as the tal ented and popular young pastor few years ago at the Central Baptist church sl Thompson. MT. 'Gsrst has been in California since he was gradu- atcd from Newton Theological Semi nary in 1913. He is pastor al present of the Baptist church at Alhamora, California.