The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-03
MOSCOW PIONEER
LIKES THE SOUTH
DAD" BARTON WRITES OF THE
CHRISTMAS DINNER IN THE
GROVE AT SAN DIEGO

R. H. Barton, one of Moscow's very
earliest settlers and identified prom
inently with the early history of the
town and of Latah county, has written
the following very interesting letter
for this paper ,andit will be read with
! interest by Mr.. Barton's many warm
friends here. His letter follows.
| Thinking a word from the extreme
southwest corner of Uncle Sans
domain might be of some interest to
many of the readers of your very ex
cellent journal who are also friends
of mine, / am going to jot a few
thoughts taking the chance of having
lit published in the columns of your
paper. I am very glad to say that
1 am enjoying the winter very much
ineed, having my son, Earl and fam
lily, with me in our neat little cot
tage. We are on the go almost every
day in his car and as the weather here
is like summer in Idaho we sure do
have a jolly time. On Christmas day
we took our launch and in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Hibbs, went
out to his beautiful camp, "The Oaks"
about 20 miles from San Diego and to
say we enjoyed every moment of the
time under the shade of the live oaks
would be putting it very mildly in
deed. l thought of friends in Idaho
who were lowering around the stove
with perhaps not enough coal to keep
warm while we were hunting the
shade with the thermometer regis
tering "a in the sun. In San Diego it
was only II degrees. Back from the
coast it gets warmer in the day and
cooler in the evening.
San Diego is on the eve of tre-
mendious period OF prosperity, mil
lions of dollars being spent by the gov
ernment, San Diego has one of the
best harbors to be found any place
and nature has done much to protect
it with Point Iona extending into the
ocean with Fort Rosencrans with it's
immense disappearing guns capable of
sinking vessel 20 to 80 miles out to
sea. The government has designated
three marine bases on the Pacific |
coast, San Diego, San Francisco and |
Seattle. San Diego has two advant- |
ages, if not three. 1st Climate, I'd San |
Diego is the first port of entry in the !
U. S. north of Panama, Sd it is the |
best naturally protected harbor on the |
Pacific coast. There are now 78 war
vessels In port and more coming. The
completion of the San Diego and Ari-
zona R. R. gives us direct route
through the rich Imperial valley and |
to Chicago and the east, being the
shortest transcontinental route and |
never blocked with snow These ad-
vantages are bound to make this a
great city.
Many Moscow people are here. T. /
Brown arrived a few days ago and is
hunting a house to buy and l believe
now is the time to buy as property is
changing very rapidly and increasing
in value. | had very pleasant sur
prise last month. When my only sis
.er walked IN on me. / had no idea
she was anywhere near. She and her
laughter and son-in-law were touring
Alaska and California and were on
heir way to New Orleans and Panama,
80 she is still here and her son-in-law
md daughter are in Panama but will
'eturn in February and then they will
'eturn home to Honolulu, Hawaii Is
ands. I expect to return to Moscow L
n the spring when Earl returns but
'nly for the summer. I never expect l.
o pass another winter in any frigid (
climate, as much as I love Idaho and i
IS people. |
Respectfully,
R. H. BARTON, /;
767 Albatros St., San Diego, CAL