Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12


they told us that, after the year 1920
the people of California will drink
nothing stronger than grape juice.
One hundred and twenty thousand
acres along the coast are devoted to
the culture of the Lima bean. The
crop of 1915 being valued at So, 940,
600.
Saw hundreds of acres devoted to
the cultivation Of celery, which is
shipped east by the train load, and |
don't think any other section of the
United States can produce vegetables
to equal those grown in Southern Cal
ifornia Most varieties can be obtained
on the market fresh any day in the
year.
A Riot of Flowers.
And the flowers. Saw fields covered
with the golden poppy. Saw acres of
carnations and violets, raised for the
market, and plants that we try to coax
along indoors, flourish in the open all
the year round, and they grow to an
immense size.
The trees-the live oak, eucalyptus,
magnolia palm, pepper, and different
NdfleIl0S Ol dCCdCId -dI6 USduClIuA.
Some Submarine Gardens.
After a two-hour ocean trip from
San Pedro (some of us were seasick),
we visited the Catalina Island. Went
out in the s-bottOmed boats and
view the wonderful submarine gard
ems. Saw plants and also fish Of
, many varieties, moving in and out
, among the foliage. Divers descended
for our entertainment and brought US
shells, which we saw him gather
from the bottom of the deep.
An Expensive Garden.
. Made several trips to Pasadena, a
beautiful city situated at the foot Of
the Sierra Madre mountains, having
. a population of $4,000, and the home
, of les millionaires. Visited the fam
Gus Busch's gardens, comprising Al
! acres laid out in the most picturesque
manner, and costing for upkeep ST.,
900 per month This property is own
, ed by the widow of Adolphus Busch,
| of St. Louis, and 80 expert garden
ers are employed to care for it Here,
also, we witnessed ON New Years Day
! the beautiful Tournament of Roses"
Old San Gabriel Mission.
! Visited San Gabriel Mission, found
! ed in 1771. and one of the original his
! toric monuments now remaining on the
Amer lean continent. The Missions
+ were twenty-One in number, and were
, connected by great road 700 miles
! long, and known as the "El Canine
Real or Kings Highway, stretch
. ing from San Diego Mission, founded
, in 1859, to SOn0ma, founded in 1928.
. Between this span of years, a savage
race of $4,000 Indians were converted
to Christianity, and taught forty-eight
trades by the Franciscan Fathers.
The mission we visited contained
many ancient relics and paintings
Where They snake" Movies.
We spent a day at Universal City
, and saw the movie films produced,
: which was a very interesting sight.
! Saw them taking the lions in the jun
giles. They have three and one-half
{ acres Of stage space and on a bright
day pictures are being taken continu-
! ally. They have $500 employees, and
| a payroll of $347 900 per month. Sat
at dinner with the great actors dress
: per cent of the movie films are pro
duced in Southern California.
Climbing Mountain Peaks.
Climbed to the top of Mt Lowe, a
peak. 5000 feet high, from the top OF
| which we could look for miles and
! see the different mountain ranges in
: the distance. Saw the twin peaks of
the Catalinas, seventy miles away.
At San Diego we visited Point Iona
Old Mexico, Coronado, LaJolla and
! Ramona's Marriage place. Called on
! the Lancaster people there, and found
them well and doing well.
On Monday morning, March goth,
7 we left Los Angeles, on our journey
home.
From Desert to Wheat Field.
Shortly after leaving San Bernar-
dina we entered the great NOjave
desert. and saw nothing but desert
: for over 1000 miles. Say many IN
: dian villages in New Mexico. houses
built of adobe or sundried brick, and
saw large herds of goats belonging to
the Indians Nothing looked good to
us until we reached Kansas, and this
5 did look good. The farmers were
1 busy seeding and blowing. Large
2 areas were planted to wheat. and the
: beautiful farm buildings tnot found
2 in California; looked good. Arrived
3, at Kansas City Wednesday evening,
passing through Missouri at night.
= Found snow at Galena. Reached
! home Friday noon, March "A, exactly
four months from the day we left
Home. Sweet Home Again.
Disli1ing to take up more space in
D your paper, 1 have only given you a
brief account of our travels. for it
! would take a heap Of talking to tell
! you all I know about this land of
flowers and sunshine, where 1 went
/ to dodge the snow.
A. ZFNZ.