Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-11-13
VISIT "EX|LES" IN
THE GOLDEN WEST

terestingly of his California trip and
his visit to "~exiles" from here in the
far west.
The LEDGER
Leaving Los Angeles | came up
the coast route of the Southern Pacific
railroad and was interested coming
into Atascadero to see the settlement
of small ranches as laid out by E. G.
Lewis-he of University City, St.
Louis, and Woman's Magazine fame.
A California real estate dealer told
me of Lewis methods of operation.
Most Of his dealings are with m
Passing through San Jose | would
have liked to have stopped off to see
the Frosts, Murrays, Coons, DR.. Hab-
lutzell, Dodsons and other former
Mexicoans, but couldn't. l arrived in
San Francisco and reaching my hotel
room on the ninth floor at II p. M, |
observed | had quite a fine view Of
Market street and the tall buildings
by electric light so | opened the shutter
of my camera after pointing it out
the open window and went to bed. l
arose before daybreak and shut it of,
about four hours exposure-and ! got
a novel night picture of San Francisco
taken by electric light.
Next day l arrived in Stockton ana
there visited Will II. Morris and fam
lily. How they have grown since last
I saw them-bigger, prettier and
healthier. had a fine ten days there,
driving out and getting peaches, the
fruit this time-not the ones on the
Establishments, grapes, the seed
less variety Of which the seedless rails
ms are made; tokays that were just
ripcnins-and black beauties. Otis
Morris took me to his vineyard and
gathered two boxes of the last two
kinds, also some almonds for me to
bring back. Verify these people load
one down with kindness and good
things.
Will Morris told income on our WV.
johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson Wis
tied him a year ago when apricots
were ripe and the trees were loaded.
This is Mr.. Johnson's favorite fruit
and he had never seen so many. He
was afraid he would never have sucn
a chance again so he tried to eat the
whole crop before he left. / suspect
they are telling something like that
on me and peaches (the fruit) and seed
less grapes. They were luscious.
Early one morning VIII Morris and
l started on an auto trip for Lake
Tohoe. North up the Sacramento Val
ley past all kinds of fine orchards,
vineyards, farm and garden scenes.
Past Sacramento and the dredges
Tearing up good fertile land and wash
ing out the gold leaving great piles of
rock on both sides of the roadway, too
high to see over. On through Auburn
and we began to climb. Up through
Colfax, Emigrant Gap and we began to
feel tightness of the eardrums, with
once in a while a popping in the ears;
but that was because we were rising so
rapidly. Through Soda Springs, $3.50
feet elevation, we pass through the
Southern Pacific snow sheds, then on
to the summit, 7,0l8 feel elevation and
down past Bonner Lake, near which
the Bonner party persisted from cold
and starvation in the '49 gold rush
DAYS. Passing through Truckee, we
turned south up the Truckee river and
camped right at the edge of this dandy
stream-cooking supper - watching
the little wood burner engine 60 by
with its small coaches on the narrow
guage rail road for Truckee. Fine
trout leaping from the water would
tempt a nimrod like Frank Parker, DR.
Wallace or c.. c. Heller, but we turn
in and are luIled to sleep by the in
comparable music of that mountain
torrent. Early next morning we are
up, b~reakfasted and on our way. Fol.
lowing the river 7 miles we arrive a;
rustic built Tahoe Tavern on Lake
Tahoe. It's the second largest lake al
it's altitude. $500 feet, in America. i
is certainly beautiful, with mountain.
all around. We roo along it most Of
the day stopping at the various re
sorts. Emerald Bay with its camp:
interested me very much. Leaving tht
lake we passed Myers and climbed VI
to Echo Summit, 1894 feet elevation
not far from which we camped on
small stream in the big pine woods
Next day we followed the American
River all along the old emigrant trai
through Placerville, an old tim
miners Quitting town, Folsom an
into Sacramento. I kept thinkin.
how different We made the trip in gu
auto from those old days with o
teams. Then they Travelled at a snail
mace and had to some times take thei