The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-21

tered Santa Clara county members OF the
party read the sign you are now enter
ing the county in which you will find /
500 600 acres of beans which have made ,
Boston famous.
For the greater part of the way down
the Pacific coast to Los Angeles rose
bushes bordered the road on either side,
and the Coast range mountains formed !
beautiful panorama When three miles !
south of Salinas they saw the mandatory |
of the Sprcckles Sugar Co, one Of the |
largest in the world, and the immense
tracts of sugar beets tributary to it. Here |
also were the immense alfalfa fields. Elk |
eeilent roads were found along the Pa !
citic highway to Santa Barbara, which is |
one Of the handsomest cities of the West, |
where they arrived III time to see the |
Pacific feet come in. The city was beat
tifully decorated, and great celebration
was carried out. During their stop in this
city many seaplanes were seen. For many
miles al intervals along the coast, bridges
were built to project over the ocean. The
party camped several nights by the sea.
Hollywood was a beautiful city OF bun
gaiow homes and Strawberries are III sea
son the year around. Between Los An
eeles and San Diego the party stopped
along the ocean. visiting Redondo Beach
| The lakes and in outlying sections, and
camped at Oceanside Then through the
redwood section to LaJolla many large
trees-GO feet through and 300 feet high
attracted the wondering eyes OF the tour
| lists. All through the California trip long
established missions and old mission bells
! added to the interest of the sections IN
which they were located
| Two DAYS were spent in San Diego and
the beautiful Santa Fe railroad station
was visited. They crossed the ferry to
Coronado, where they saw the wonderful
| odd-shaped hotel with round rooms.
| In lower California passports were Sc
! cured for Mexico. but they arrived in
| Tia ,Juana. a Mexican city, one day too
late to witness a bull fight. They re-
| turned by the inland route TO San Diego.
Gong through a large lemon orchard and
grape fruit section, they picked their first
grape fruits and paid 80 cents a dozen
i Tor them. After passing through many
Crane vineyards they reached San Diego
i lust in time to hear the great outdoor
organ recital ON the Sprecl>les pipe organ
; which is the only outdoor organ in the
world. After the recital they met one of
the late Ex-Governor Fletcher Proctor 5
: serving the automobile license plate and
Immediately making inquiries as to wheth-
err the tourists were acquainted in Rut.
land and Proctor While in the city the
Hamilton party was entertained by their
newly formed acquaintance an entire day
T and were taken about the city They saw
; the Bennington monument, similar to that
) in Bennington (Ntl. erected in memory
+, of those who lost their lives in the ex-
nlosion OF the L s s. Bennington in San
Diego harbor.
On the way from San Diego where
many apricots were seen growing they
were told that before the war apricots
: sold for Sll ton and the pits were ex-
ported to Germany This year they sold
for $50 ton and the pits We're sold fol
So ton and were used in America
From them a different articles, including
DYES, are made Some of the orchards
, yield as much as seven and one-half tons
to an acre.
The inland route took them then
through wonderful mountain scenery and
winding, narrow roads, some of which
We're verv rough, to Los Angeles. thence
to Pasadena, where their homeward triT
began.