Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-24
The City Of Angels
nv Frederic y. Haskin

proudes, moment of its very proud lifo.
This was when the late United States
census estimated the city's population at
SIS. 900. thereby proving it to have about
10 200 more people than San Francesca.
For there II painful and prodiglous
rivalry between these two cities oi the
Pacific Coast, which is most bewildering
20 the visitor. Ii is surprising enough to
find California n self-appointcd Eden, far
removed bv climate and other superior
attractions from the rest of pitifui and
henighted world. but to find one-half of
California claiming superiority over the
other hall is really too amazing. At least
Il IL Tor mere humble castcrner. un-
acquainted with the glorious wonders OF
the State, and permitted only brief
respite from his haplcSs home IN winch TO
Ind them.
"Oh, you wont like the northern part
az the State you are informed IN men
tioninr that tNur travels are not to end
here in the City of Angels. Its windy,
and Il rains most Of the time and the
pcople M 70 more like easterners. No, II YOU
want 20 see the best Of California, you'd
better make Los Angeles your hcadquar-
tc,s and take various trips 10 the sodth
whore YOU can enjoy the true Caliorh'a
climate
p,,t u,,on the same day that YOU receive
,h,s advice vou are apt 10 meet hoth
Californian. unacoountahly strayed south
who chcrishes an entirely different opih,
iOn. 4, r
"The real California is IN the north oi
,ba state he will tell YOU soornfully,
,nfering that only misguided easterner
would need 10 be corrected on thus point.
The climate here is too warm and ener-
voting IL needs little wind TO stir things
~ And All of the scenery is in the north -
mo Yosemite. Del Monte, Lake Tahoe,
NJ, shasta and san Francisco. Why. this
,su u.ta CITY. ia only country town. And
,hc country is So dry that they havC "a
water il constantly 20 keep It from drying
un and blowing away They even have 10
l'fignte their harhor here
TuF HARBoR
Ru. the subject of the los Angeles
harhor is sufficient 10 keep north-Cnll-
forpau talking IN scathng accents tor
an hour 'It's not really theirs he Will
Toll Won. hut belongs { e San Pedro. San
Pedro - An ,ndependeut town. but they
rnaJe II ioin their township hy refusing 70
SUNNY Il with water ii II didn't That
how thcy got their population. tooo
making All the little towns about here
to,n Int now that they've got the har-
bor. what will they do with i i not
even on aInCntal
Nes los Angeles has 10 stand an Cnor-
mons amount of chatting about its new
harhor frnm Othcr harhorN Of California,
kut Il y rxccriirClv good-natured ~ dc
G.nd,rr itself Il Is true that Nature.
vla.b has h,cu 81 generous ia hcstov ing
eifts or This section did not give u
harl,or ana that therefore orc had ~ hc
made AZ great cNpor~c ~ the CITY. but
I,s 4, sclss believes that this enterprise
la necessary ~ it, development, and
Nat even now Il Is beginning 60 pay dIvl-
dcuds :
You scr. tho city is entering an era ot
frrlncudou> development. eNplalncd one
II - pr,mirc,t cltiycrs. who conducted
tile reporter about the c'ty In - WS
,,cr,, only a sleepy NpNlcAn pcuho. WITH
j. few American perouisites and = Popuia-
t,on ~ only I2O0O Now there arc ,2carly
ena QnO ~ us. and we re Attracting the
Iar,-asf Industries IN the country because
N ,,ur splcndid resources and facilities
Nrhin few milcs ~ the city, rcaflv
cr,. .t.1rth 81 the entire oIi supply Ct the
ln.t,3 states is produced Tho ship
.,ft. .,t lubricants and hV-pretucts from
te,- p,rt 4 the greatest of any N the mt
ri Statc~ II turn the port receives more
glrphcr for distribution throughout the
s,athNc-i :hsn aay other ~ the nation
harhorS
rom sea to mountains are vast
orchards gram Solids, cattle rarcheSS'
&c groves snd truck gerdnns' when
iu-rish metcrlal for fhe greatest canIliF :
.,,.f,.s,r, n The world Large shiphuiid-
l,r trfoyes,s ave located hero there IS q
l,rr, carmen. industry. tire tactores and
,hsn,cal rlsits = we'll as the motion
urture industry
MOVIES ACCFSSORY INDUSTRIES
i, confcctlon with the last, the pron}I-
won't ciflzeu eNplaI1 el that rearly every
tlire reoulred hv the industry, H1ih the
e,ccp,ior' cf the cclluloid films, IS also made
m - Angeles The lumber. palf1t, eiec-
trIc mower. clothrg properties ard art
v.rL reedeA ~ MOVE productions are all
furnished here Many small industries
have grown l!t lii he wake ot this hlg ore
some II hich arc unique here IS o''
shoe store. for instance, where footwear
81 cvcrv nationality ard Pe-lod 81 history
made 10 order Another shop supplies
crockerv ware of light porous material
tfst breaks easily and hnrmiessly over tht
conedlan head stn another shop pro
dDces artificial food Of AL varieties Tor the
scYee'
Yes YOU can find lots Of interesting
local color Ike that here concluded tht
tfITcii, IFt.atitt'c WIN tl'A4t''7'''
We 70 roing 10 have q lot more III few
vea-s The harbor will
.sl on are native, them interrupted
the reporter quickly, having heard almost
enough about the harbor.
,'<o." replied the citizen, VI m from
Illinois the southern part OF limos
but ] We lived here eight years.
one Of the curious things about 10;
Angeles. ~ tins faci that most Of her cItl-
zens have coiac from Illinois or milwaukee,
~ Massachusetts OF Iowa. Iowa espt-
.iellv. seems 10 have furnished the largest
fercent age of the population. During tht
ertIrc time that we nave been here. calling
~ hanks. chamber of commerce. NOV
ING plrture concerns and such, we hsve
me- only one native Californian, and he
ans pof native of Los ANGELES.
But lnasmuch as many Of the Middle
Vcs,erners who como here are extremely
wealthy. havi ng had the good taste u make
their money before seeking a more salub-
nous climate. Los Angeles l. rather partial
~ the sons Of that section II often
nrovrs profitable Tor the citizen o!
Illinois or Iowa who retlro- IN ms middle
aye 70 Calhor.a remembers the few
good points Of hls nome State and Is
anxious for California 20 possess them,
too so, having plenty Of time on his still
mildly energetic hands lie proceeds t.
start a movement for the building Of some