Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-07-26
BEARS ENTHUSIASTS OF YOUTH
Lee Frazier, Now On EASY Street, :"
Writes From California

LoSANGELEs, CAL, July II.
DEAR MUNSoN: Have been in this
glorious climate since last September
and we sure have been going some.
Mrs. Frazier, Miss Alice, Earl, wife
and two babies are all here; in fact
the whole Frazier tribe from Verndale,
excepting the dog and he is anxiously
awaiting our return. All hands are
much improved in health and expect
to return to Minnesota next month.
Have motored some 10000 miles and
have seen much of Southern Cali
fornia. The roads are a dream and
we nave travelled almost entirely on,
cement. The past winter was great
and the summer, thus far, cool and
delightful. This is veritable Gard
en- of Eden and what surprises us most
Of all is the summer weather, neither
too hot nor too cold. No rain from
May until November. 1t is apt to be
right smart wet, reckon, during the
months of December, January and
February, although the past winters
rain was confined almost entirely to
the month of January, and it rained
p days in that month. Such perfect
days as We are having and so many
of them.
They irrigate,of course, and the coun-
try is beautiful in spite of the dry
weather Coolies and coolies of flow
ers, orange and lemon groves and
vineyards. Vegetables and berries of
all kinds, alfalfa, barley, sugar beets,
walnuts, apricots, olives and the dan
diest boosters" that ever hung a
knocker to a telephone pole. The
sky is said to be very high, the ocean
very blue, and the sunshine very ''li-
quid." The people are also very
clever and always receive the tourist
with open arms keep the change
please.) LosAngeles is now claiming
some 100000 people, and pretty good
people for the most part. at least
that has been our experience. Some
folks make a big roar about erafters,
but we haven't been grated, as yet,
and | rather guess if a man wants to
be grated he will be accommodated
in any city.
There is one thing these Californi-
ans are very 'touchy" about and that
is the climate. You say anything
against the Climate and there will be
a fight or foot race right off the
reel. A native son" was talking
"climate''in the lobby the other even
ing and he talked it up one side and
down the other until the tourists were
all very tired. Finally fellow ten
der-foot butted into the oratory with
the rather startling statement that
they were building a twelve story
building down town without any ele-
vators or stairs and the native son
'nibbled" and wanted to know how
they got up and the answer came very
sweetly, climate" tclimb it, That
may be an old one but it isn't half
bad at that.
Am mailing you herein the editori-
al page of the LasAngeles Evening
Herald as of date July l2-l6. If you
examine carefully you will discover
short article by yours truly. Have
had the honor of being on the staff of
editorial contributors for the past
few months and am going fine, as
have not been turned down or any
thing yet. Am in pretty good COM
pany, DR.. Hirshberg, DIR. Parkhurst,
DIR. Rayburn and Ella Wheeler Will
cox, and am hoping to get in the class
alongside Dorothy Dix and Beatrice
Fairfax soon. The Herald is the
leading evening paper on the coast
with circulation of 125,000.
Yours truly,
S. LEE FRAZIER.