The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-10-17
MAKES IS DAY TRIP
THROUGH GREAT WEST
N. Y. LIFE ENTERTAINS
ITS ACCREDITED AGENTS
Mr.. L. H. Randall Runs Across Sew
eral Medina Boys. All Making
Good in the Golden Gate State

L. H. Randall, local agent for tn,
New York Life Insurance Co., arrived
home from trip to the Pacific Coas
October s, after an extended journey
lasting for IS days. He went west tt
attend the annual conference and ban.
quet of his company, held this veal
at the Del Monte Hotel, at Monterey
Cal. Four days were spent in discuss
ing business and receiving instruction
and advice from men in their own
class, the main features of the dis
cussion being tales of successful meth
ods employed in individual cases.
The company bears the expense of
its agents given credentials to the
convention. To secure these creden-
tials one must write 100000 of in
surance within a year; 726 out of
upwards of 5000 having qualified.
Mr.. Randall made the most of his
opportunity and took several side trips
at his own expense. He stopped at
Denver, Colorado Springs and Salt
Lake City on his way out. He visited
Los Angeles, traversed Lower Cali
fornia and the Yosemite Valley, after
which he went to San Francisco for
short stay,
On one of his side trips he visited
Herman Clark, at his prune ranch in
the Santa Clara Valley. Mr.. Clark
was Medina boy, graduate Of Me-
dina high, and grew the largest crop
of prllnes on his ranch this year in it's
history; he sold them. at $3.50 a ton,
a price double that usually paid. In
this valley they raise oranges, prunes,
lemons and raiSins.
From Frisco Mr.. Randall went over
land to Portland, making the pic
turesque trip over the mountains. At
one place they ran into a cave-in in
one of the tunnels through the noun
tain. Three car loads of poles and
timbers had Jared loose and in run
ming through the tunnel they had
torn things up and caused cave-in.
This made detour over the noun
tains-a trail of three or four miles
necessary. MeXicans were furnished
by the railway to carry ones baggage
and in the cases Of a few invalids un-
able to make the climb the company
carried them on stretchers. While
this made a hard jaunt for all, and
there was considerable language
tinctured with sulphur fumes, it
proved an experience many will never
regret, Mr.. Randall said.
Points of geographic interest aside
from the cities of Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver and Banff,
Canada, were Pixies Peak and Mt.
Shasta. Several days were spent in
each city and on the way home over
the Canadian Pacific short stops were
made at several points of interest in
the Dominion.
Mr.. RandalPs trail crossed that of
the Prince of Wales at several points
and he found much interest among
the Dominion people over the honor
conferred by this visit from the heir
to the throne.
Mr.. Randall made the trip over the
Oregon trail which is eventually to
form a part of the Lincoln Highway
one of the handsomest boulevards in
the world and overlooking the Colum-
bla River for many miles, giving peo-
pie who traverse it glimpse of the
most wonderful river and mountain
scenery to be found anywhere in the
world.
A visit was made to the mouth of
the Sandy river, a tributary of the
Columbia. Thousands of salmon enter
this stream to go up into it's shoal
waters to spawn. At one of the
rifles on this stream great salmon,
and Topping in an effort to
get across the shallow waters, were so
.hick, and trying to navigate such
shallow waters, that anyone could
each down and lay hold on these red
beauties weighing Is to 20 pounds.
3ut let alone it was but short time
until they were able to wiggle across
he shoal waters into pools suitable
or planning for their young.
At Santa Monica Mr.. Randall ran
lcross A. W. Mallery, another Medina
1igh graduate, a lad reared west of
his city. He has lived there for II
ears and is an officer on the Santa
lonica police force. +
Mr.. Randall reports that he had the
nost enjoyable trip of his life, and he
eels that he has renewed his pep for
good, hustling next twelve months.
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