Catoctin clarion., 1917-11-29
Locate In The Sunny South
1900 C Street, San Diego, Cal.

1900 C Street, San Diego, Cal.
Editor Clarion:
Although your mailing list has not
shown it, yet the CLARION has been fol,
lowing US since last July through Colora.
do, Yellowstone Park, Glacier Park, Ca
madam Rockies, Vancouver, Victoria,
Seattle, Portland, Salem, Frisco, Los
Angeles, and finally here, where we start
ed for, to spend the winter. We are af-
ter climate, and think this will suit US.
During our trip we took about 300 pic
lures, and some of them, particularly in
Glacier Park and Canada, are.beyond the
average in results.
On this trip we have met three boys
from Thurmont. Going from Omaha to
Denver We met a young man about q
who turned out to be the son of Mamie
Rouzer Brown, who was going to Dem
yer to visit an uncle. Having to pass
through Salem, Oregon, l remembered
Frank Willman used to live there, and,
being State Fair there that week we
proceeded to stop over day. Frank
was away on a Government job, but we
found his brother Charlie was hotel
clerk there and we had one grand even
ing together, not having met for over 80
years and neither one recognized the
other. Someone told me the late Rev.
w. l.. Martins son, Victor, was secre-
tary Of the Y M. C. A. in Los Angeles,
and although never knew him, l called
on him for his fathers sake and had
very pleasant visit.
Billy Sunday was standing Los Angeles
on an end for eight weeks, and we went
to hear him several times, tickets being
hard to procure, although the tabernacle
held $1,000. No matter whether one
agrees with him or not, yet he surely has
personal magnetism and is a whirlwind
of speaker.
We, as everyone else, like movies, and
naturally paid Universal City visit, and
saw a fine looking actorine playing with
a kitten, so told her she needed her pic
ture taken and she agreed and l now
have Miss Marian Menard's picture in
my album of western celebrities.
After fishing for Tarpon in Florida all
last winter. we naturally wanted to see
what Santa Catalina was like when we
got close, having read of this greatest of
all fishing resorts of the world from the
time l used to stick type on the CLARION
and walk to Owings creek to fish. This
island is rs miles from mainland in the
Pacific ocean and has wonderful subma-
rine gardens which can be viewed from
glass bottom boats, showing beautiful
sub-tropical plants and deep sea animals
and fishes more than one hundred feet
below the surface. This is not their
Tuna or Swordfish season, but fishing is
is an all-year proposition out there, so
we had some fine yellowtail fishing, get
ting seven one morning on light tackle
weighing Is to 20 pounds each. This
would be poor place for Charles Root
or Elmer Black. Also had the good for
tune to spend several days there with
Charlie Chaplin, end took his picture with
his fish and other ways. He is quite
English in mannerism as well as by birth
and is younger looking than one would
suppose by his picture. l inclose pic
ture of Charlie and his catch.
San Diego is nice. up-to-date tourist
town of 10000, as far south as you can
get on the western coast, where it does
not get cold in winter nor hot in summer,
and where the grass is greenest and the
roses bloom in January. Having been
without home for nearly two years and
Travelled about l9, 900 miles, we think we
will Eight" here for the winter, with
the exception of trip to Chicago and
back in December, and if we like it by
that time, we may continue to call it
home.
E. F. HARMAN.