The Republican journal., 1916-11-02

foothills, where a friend took the trio
for forty mile drive through groves of
citrous fruits, wonderfully attractive
with the glossy green foliage, wax-like
blossoms and yellow and orange fruits
combined.
A week end at Long Beach with its
pier 1900 feet in length, its beautiful
flowers and all-the-year bathing beach
proved enjoyable. A trip given by a
real estate company, consisting of troll
ley and boat ride, lunch, lecture and an
other trolley ride, making an all day
trip, interested the family. 1t certainly
seemed queer to give all that for the
possibility of selling few lots of land
Yet that was what the company did.
Soon came the trip to San Diego, and
a pleasant week it was for there is much
of interest there beside the exposition
1t was early and the three had to be con-
tent with seeing the outside of many
buildings, but the marine drills. the COM
pleted exhibitions and concerts on the
great Spreckel's organ proved we'll worth
seeing and hearing,
A most memorable day was spent in a
visit to Point Iona, our most southern
point. Here were seen the old Spanish
lighthouse, the monument to the soldiers
and sailors lost in the wreck of the Ben
nington, and Madame Tingley's Theo-
sophical School, which is as beautiful in
its detail of grounds and buildings as art
and the flora of Southern California
could make it.
l. pony polo game at Coronado inter-
ested the trio. because it was new to
them, and day at Old Town, the scene
of Mrs. Jackson's Ramona, was most
enjoyable. Most interesting was the
old Spanish House, with its square inner
court of flowers, pavement and fountain,
and Ramona's well, over which these
words: "Quaf ye the waters of Ra-
mona's well. Good luck they bring and
secrets TELL" made all pause to wish and
drink.
At Old Town, too, the party visited
the factory where ripe olives and olive
oil are canned, and had their first taste
Of the ripe fruit. The trip to San Diego
was made by water and was enlivened
going down by movie play, which was
being made on the boat, and coming
back by the seasickness which rough
weather caused. The family discovered
that the Pacific is lighter blue than the
Atlantic and can produce just as rough
seas.
All too soon the visits with friends
must be ended and once more the trio
set out on their travels. This time the
route led northward, through the pictur-
esque Joaquin valley with its tunnels and
wonderful feats of engineering skill.
Most interesting of these was the place
where the track makes complete loop,
passing directly across the place just
gone through bv tunnel.
A few hours at Fresno in the peach
country, and then on through groves of
peach, cherry and plum in full bloom,
with here and there grape vineyard
and San Francisco was reached. During
this trip fellow passenger explained
some of the governmental experiments
which he was employed to make with
fruits, and the three were much inter-
ested in the two types of orange he
showed. One was as large as grape
fruit and the other no larger than a
grape; yet each perfect orange.
Not an earthquake while in San Fran
cisco, but the family visited the mint,
beautiful Golden Gate Park, Chinatown
and the Exposition grounds, which were
being dismantled. All three thoroughly
enjoyed the trip by steamer to Sacra-
mento, for very bee"tiful is the Zuyder
Zee of America; narrow, sluggish, and
bordered with fiat fields of asparagus and
kindred vegetables, and dotted here and
there with house-boats.
Sacramento proved friendly, and after
making few visits, viewing the Capitol
with it's pretty grounds Ia magnolia in
full bloom, the most attractive thing
there) and spending an hour in an as
paragus packing house, the journey was
continued to Chico.
Two weeks with relatives here on q