The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-10

Plumed and artful dodgers there
reside. No locality in America can
boast 0 greater abundance Of
quail than southern California I
was wintering in California with
my friend and shooting companion,
Frank Gotch, peace to his ashes.
Apropos, the only mat artist who
was able to ever avert the finger
of suspicion" was never accused Of
staging a ''hippodrome" or crooked
match and came clean" with the
public as long as he played the
game. We had wearied of tar
hawk" shooting and arranged for
a quail hunt with San Diego our
objective point. Leaving Los An
geles before the sun topped the
horizon, we headed south over a
cement road in Franks roadster.
He was an excellent but speedy
driver and an adjacent line Of tele-
phone poles looked like a fine
toothed comb. Few machines were
on the road. Many Japanese gard
eners, on Bonded knees, an appar-
ent attitude of supplication, juggled
short handled hoes, cultivating
their truck gardens. Skirting the
road were orange. lemon, peach, al
,mond and walnut groves, an occa-
sional vineyard, alfalfa or sugar
beet field was interspersed to re-
lieve the eye of the tourist. Pas
lures were planted to Burbank's
anti-spinous cactus, a delicacy to
the feeding herds. Long rows Of
immense eucalyptus trees shaded
the road, while acres OF wild flow
ers of assorted varieties and cOlors
carpeted the hillsides and valleys.
We passed beautiful private
homes with attractive settings OF
roses, scarlet poinsetta, purple wis
taria, an occasional magnolia tree,
or the old-fashioned but ever ap-
'preciated lilac, hollyhock and tut
ips. On through the one hundred
and five thousand acre ranch OF
James H. Irvine Lima Bean King
where twenty thousand acres are
planted to lima beans and diyersi-
fled crops are bouteously grown
SwinEng a curve in the road, San
Juan Capistrano Mission tnow in
ovcel,eut state OF preservation
bursts into view. Built in 1776 by
Indians, under the direction oil
Franciscan Fathers, the original
cathedral bells remain in those ar
tistic arches Of the most elabor-
ately decorated and largest mission
church in California. We then
enjoyed a sixty mile drive along the
shore line of the Pacific ocean, con-
coded by some Californians to be
the greatest body Of water adjacent
to their coast line. Floating on the
waters of the placid Pacific were
ducks and geese. undisturbed IN
their morning siesta, while many
"waders" meandered the shore line
in search of food, collecting q lib.
eral toll from mullusks and peri.
wrinkles washed ashore. Quail hot
footed back from the road. hiding
In the grease wood or red berried
banzanita underbrush.
Over TORY Pines trail down into
the old town OF San Diego. there w
found our shooting guide awaiting
Us at the tEstudillo House" low
one story adobe with tile roof sup
ported by rafters held in place BY
rawhide thongs. This old Spanist
home Ii described BY Helen Hun
jackson ~ the marriage place o
Ramona Old San Diego contains
many points Of historic interest
Father Junipero Sierra here erects(
| ths first cross. A monument mark
the SPOT where General Fremon
planted the first American flag
Caiiforn!a's oldest church. Mission
Indian school. Wishing Well" AMI
jail are here tDund