Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-03-25
Peoples Forum
Reached Journeys End.

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vloaSant 10 get back to good old Ash
land town after an absence of nearly
three months. What we have seen
and heard only strengthens our con-
yie,ion that the Granite City is one
Of the very best places in the world
10 live. The financial problem here
is not an easy one to solve, but it is
a pretty knotty proposition anywhere
YOU go. Not only southern Califor-
MIA but most of the rest of the state
is suffering from over-booming,
which resulted in an unhealthy infla-
ton of real estate values.
While visiting at Rev. ]. S. Smiths
in San Diego one day recently we
were somewhat surprised to see Prof.
and Mrs. H. G. Gilmore. They have
not enjoyed the best of health since
leaving Oregon, and Prof. Gilmore
says his heavy overcoat has been his
best friend in that semi-tropical clim-
ate.
At Chula Vista, lemon suburb,
we found the Hickorys living on
lonely little two-acre place. Miss Ada
is attending high school and loaded
US down with oranges, loquats and
flowers from their garden.
We succeeded in locating the Swim
giles about ten minutes after they had
started back to Ashland.
At Lemon Grove, another suburb
devoted to the lemonade industry, we
visited Mrs, Kirkpatricks cousin,
Mrs. Mabel Hastings, whose brother
has worked for several years in Mex
leo as a mining engineer for the Gug
genheims. Before leaving our sister
republic he had charge of extensive
relief work, paying out to refugees
$4,000 a week. In lengthy article
in the New York Sun he tells of the
deplorable conditions south of the
Rio Grande, which are far worse than
are commonly supposed. Mrs. Hast
ings accompanied us as far as Los
Angeles on our homeward journey
and is now visiting in Pasadena,
At Santa Ana we found Miss Ger
trude Eastman and her mother in
their new home, a cozy little house
which the former is paying for out
of her salary as manager of the art
department of the Rankin depart
ment store. This is the finest store
in the city, and Miss Eastman does
all the buying for her department,
making occasional trips to Los An
geles for that purpose.
Mrs. Harris, who used to live at
Ashland and is special friend of
Mrs. KS, came to see us while we
were in Los Angeles. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Phelps, with
whom she is making her home and
who is personally acquainted with the
kaiser, her husband having been a
consul in Germany.
Miss Jessie Hathaway, who is at
tending the Friends School for
Christian Workers in Los Angeles,
working hard but happily, accom-
panied us on a visit to one of the
most wonderful homes in that city of
beautiful residences. 1t is located at
the head of La Brea street, Holly
wood, and is the home of Mrs. Keeler,
to whose gardener, Mr.. Gilbert, we
carried note from the landscape
artist who planned the place, Mr..
Howard Lack of space forbids a de-
scription of this miniature fairyland.
o. E Deibert's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Deibert, came to see Mrs.
Barnhill and me. taking us out to
San Pedro, where they are building
a new bungalow on Cabullo street,
assisted by Mrs. Deiberts brother,
Frank Greaser, a former Ashlander
Mr.. Deibert sold his farm near Yuma
for $3.50 per acre. His other son
George, is clerking in a drug store
at Long Beach. impatiently waiting
for a chance to get at Kaiser Will
helm.
Met Mr.. Millner, who was planning
a trip to the Imperial valley with Mr..
Schneider, expecting later to visit his
old home in Iowa and perhaps come
to Ashland after returning to the
coast. We also met Mr.. Whited, who
is attending an optical school in Los
Angeles. 0. II. BARNHILL.