Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-17
R. c. PLAUT SEES
 SOME SIGHTS IN MEXICO


 Some of his interesting experiences in Mexico are given by R. c. Plaut of this city in letter written from Los Angeles to a Norwich friend MT. Plaut. with Julius W. Cadden and the Misses Gladden., eis on a trip through the west and had expected to go on to Honolulu and Japan, but this had to be cancelled as Mir. Cadden was too sick to start on the sailing date from San Francisco.
 MT. Pfaut writes as follows:
 While in San Diego the tourist naturally desires to spend few hours upon the soil of Old Mexico and note, as he can, the manner of living of our next-door neighbors. The San Diego and Arizona railroad, a new venture since the first of this, year when it was opened, runs an excursion train through National City, Chula Vista and Otay. Across the national bor der. Tis Juana, the first little town under the authority of the Mexican government, attracts many many yis- itors and one can spend d short time on foreign soil, not saying anything of the money one can spend here. The race track is run for one hundred days every day in the week except Wednesdays. Large amounts of
 
 vorite horse under the Paris Mutliap' system. The horses arc all runners and no harness racing at all. Here 1t seems that women do more betting than the men. The Monte Carlo" is large hall about the size of the Exhibition hall at the Norwich fair grounds and here, Oh, boy, some gambling going on. never saw any thing like it. I-eould not believe it and would motif I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. You can imagine how at tractive it was. I was willing away some time and money at the faro bank" They tempted Gladden. to play ] little on the Roulette" He said Oh. no, he wouldn't. go up against hose sharks" but he fell just the tame. they all do and they all, mostly tll, leave their money behind them Then there is the Bull Pen.' where hey stage the bull fights. They are Eoing to have fight between a lior md bull. I don't care to see it. The town of Tia Juana was destroyed by ! disastrous flood a few years ago anG has only been rebuilt with few scat. .ering 'dobes. and one block of one story buildings as the business sec. lion. We crossed a river in an au- lomobile, Miss Rose Kronig and hel friend, Miss Mayer. with the watel over the mud guards. We did no realize. how dangerous it was unti en our way back we were told tha the bed of the river was quicksanC md there in/the center where we .haC .rossed an hour before was a seven seated Buick slowly. sinking iron sight. All that We could see wer, he mud guards. The owners offer ed the machine as it was for one hun fred dollars and we understood som one took him up; but it was still il The river up to our last trip to ri; Iuana. We came back via a foo bridge that was some trick to ge over but at least we felt safe. Tn nld town of~Tia Juana is now com mon place hamlet but withal it. i we'll worth seeing as something diff ;erert.t If I were to describe to yo what I saw in public places at ri Junana Uncle Sam's federal officer would get me for writing and send Ing indecent literature through th mails. so I guess enough of that
 The city of San Diego, is growth and rapidly making strides commer cially. There is an air of prosper ity and the hotels, cafes, ,grills an restaurants are pronounced. exceller