The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-11-06
TELLS OF fine
TRIP TO HOME IN
GOLDEN WEST.
MISS CLARA MOULTON, NOW A
RESIDENT OF PASADENA, CAL.
WRITES TO LOCAL FRIEND.
CONTINUED From Last Week. J

IOiH LdSL w eek.J
hats off to a people who had the
courage in face of all the difficulties
which were before them, that could
stick it out and who have literally
made "the desert blossom like rose"
because as l have said before it was
a question of bringing water from
the mountains to irrigate this valley
that has made it what it is TODAY. I
would not dare attempt to tell you
how many gallons, of water they use
every day in Salt Lake City; if they
did not everything would be as brown
as 1T is in the desert; now it looks
as green and fresh as any city.
Our train was over an hour late,
owing to the fact there was no bag
gage car on; guess they had to wait
Tor another train to arrive and unload
one. The trip from here on was
mostly through the desert; that too,
has its beauties but it is not easy for
one to describe them; every little way
you would see a green oasis that was
refreshing to the eyesight and how
much more so it must, be to the peo-
pie who live around there.
! believe l told you that going up
the mountains did not seem to affect
me much but in Salt Lake City we
did not wake up until quite late and
| never had such headache in my
LIE; In fact never have what other
people call headache. Emma had
1t also; got out of bed quickly to
see what time it was and I thought I
would topple over; had to 90 back to
bed again; it gradually wore away SO
think it must have been the altitude
as Salt Lake City is dry city. 1t
is rather quite there at the present
time owing to the fact, / presume. it
is an inland city and there is nothing
doing along the war work. They
tell us that pologamy is a thing Of
the past. Our driver said in part of
his speel, 1--WE compare our city to
the Holy City; there they had the
river Jordan; we have our river Jor-
dan; they had their Holy temple, we
have our Holy temple; they had their
Mount Olives, we have our Mount
Olives; they had teir High Priests,
we have our high priests" etc.
l remember one place where we
stopped several minutes there was a
cabin right side of the track. one
could, almost reach out and touch the
ift sidss off OFF stthfe the bqnsfe nsffe rfserHhhjar -ad
with me; the woman stood in the
door, l imagine she would have en-
joyed them.
We arrived at Los Angeles about
4:30; had to wait an hour for the
train at Pasadena; we could have
come on the electric but wanted to
see about our trunks; thought we
would have good stiff storage bill
to pay but only had to pay for one
day; that was not bad. Mrs. Connor
was not here; her niece met US; Mr6.
Connor had gone to Point Iona to
visit her sister, who is an inmate of
Madame Tingley's Cult, suppose you
have read about it, Tehoposy, guess
can't spell very good and have no
dictionary just now, well she is doing
some sewing for her sister and is not
home yet.
/ will let you make your own. cor
rections as l am not going to read this
letter over; / have written about the
same thing about four times, three of
those / made carbon copies of, but
thought while / had a little time l
would write it once more, perhaps you
and your mother would enjoy it. You
will know when l have left letter
off it was a mistake. We have been
having rather cool weather but today
is very warm again. This is the
23rd of August. Emma has gone
down to sew at Red Cross today.
was some tired and did not get up un-
til 10. / have sure been some lazy
since we came out here, but why not?
We do not have much housework to
do. Tell John he should have gone
on the hike / did the other day, walk
ed about five miles or more; it was
over three miles there and we walked
back to the city limits before we took
a car; bought few peaches to eat,
2 1-2c a pound; they were 6 Ia by 10
inches and my. they were sure good,
lots of fruit here now except oranges
are at a standstill just now, melons
by the million, yet their fruit and
melons are quite high / think con-
sidering the quantity of them.
I should write this on the install
fment plan and scatter it out through
the year but / might not feel in just
the mood for it again so guess ! Will
keep on, of course your feeling don't
count, no matter how tired you are OF
reading / am keeping right on, one
thing you don't need to read it all at
one sitting if you do not care to.
Last Saturday we started at little
after ten to go to Santa Barbara; we
went by auto; there was a man, who
has been very sick with heart trouble,
= his WlIe, tn0 QIlNCA aitu ASAAA4Al1 cat<A -
It was a perfect day for such a trip.
The first place we came to was Eagle
.. Rock SO called because of the large
, rock just outside the city on which is
|, plainly seen If the light and your
.. imagination are both working at the
,, same time, with outstretched wings.
In leaving the city we cross the new
Arroyo Seco bridge; it is a winding
bridge and l should Judge over a half
mile long, it is the highest and long
| est bridge in the country; there pre
: longer bridges and there are higher
: bridges but not the two combined in
, one. The view from this bridge il
beautiful to look down on tor. Of the
) trees and gardens. After leaving
: Eagle Rock we pass through Univer-
, sal City where movies OF that name
I are made; they have wonderful lit.
) tie city all Of their own; one could
: see the castle on the hill which pre-
: sumo il the scene Of many o. theil