Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-12-23
ENJOYING LIFE ON THE COAST
Audubonites in California Find Many
Places of Interest to Entertain
Them for the Winter.

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write again and as l have plenty of
time now, will give a few items
which might be of interest to those
who are not here. We spent only
short time in Los Angeles before
coming down to Long Beach. While
there we viewed the town a little,
also Venice, Hollywood, San Monica,
Ocean Park, the residence district of
Beverly Hill, etc. Many of the sub
urbs around Los Angeles are now
practically a part of the great city
! itself.
If you are lover of the movies,
a trip around here would be of inter-
! est to you. We saw studios where
! 80 per cent of the films are made,
! among which are VIM. Hart, VIM.
/ Fox, Jesse Lasky, Thomas H. Ince,
| and Goldwyn. Saw the former home
| of Mary Pickford and also the pres
ent residence, / believe. Were at
| Beverly Hills district, near where
Chevrolet, Jolls and O'Donnell were
killed in the automobile races on
Thanksgiving day. Saw the home of
| Gillette, the safety razor man. Near
| by here is the temporary homo Of
| Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and his
wife. / am not mentioning these be-
cause / am in their class, but on ac-
count OF their being so well known.
Other persons and places Of interest
might be mentioned, but lack Of
space forbids it now. And while Los
Angeles is a wonderful city, am too
much of a lover of the quiet country
to enjoy life in the crowded city per-
manently.
We came down to Long eBach and
decided to remain here for the win
ter. We rented a nice home in a
beautiful section of the city, handy
to bus line, street cars, church, IL
brary, school and the ocean. The
cost OF living here is not far differ
emit from that at home. Garden
truck, fruit and meat are for sale in
abundance at reasonable figures.
Rent, however, is high, the property
we have costing $4,000 per month.
This is a furnished house, all mod
ern, with a garage and garden addi-
tional. There are all kinds of places
to live in, from the mansion to the
little canvas tent along the sea
which correspond to the "Old Sod
Shanty on the Claim"
The weather has been beautiful
since arriving. Our warmest day
was November 2Sth, when the Their
mometer reached "a degrees
pretty fair summer day for good old
Iowa. The nights are cool and fine
for sleeping. This ought to be a
healthful climate to livG in, for one
can be out in the open, pure air so
much, and then, too, 1t is great
place for walking-the best of all
exercises. Only two light rains or
mists since we have been here. AL
most continuous sunshine, with the
white cloud-banks drifting around
like they do in Iowa during the good
old summer time.
/ note many items of interest oc-
curing here from time to time. For
instance, the noted breakfast-food
man died here some time ago. Then
off to the south of here, on the Cat
lima Islands, Wrigley, the chewing
gum magnate, has magnificent
home. On last Friday the funeral
of Eugene Chain was conducted
here. He will be remembered as
twice being the presidential candi-
| date of the prohibition party.
This is a city of churches, and any
| one so inclined may be we'll satisfied.
| We attend one church regularly each
| Sunday morning, and different
/ church on Sunday evening. There
are special numbers during the week
at various churches, and numerous
places of particular interest, such as
the colored church, the missions,
and the Salvation Army. Every town
and community ought to be proud or
its churches, for they are our great
est factor for good.
The garden which we planted on
our arrival here is coming up nicely,
and I am counting on vegetables
from our garden soon after New
Years day. The open air market
here is a wonder. 1t consists of a
large number of automobiles and
trucks loaded with fruits, vegetables,
meats and other products. Today l
noted there were one hundred and
three of these located about the city
park. The price OF what they have
to sell is clearly displayed in plain
figures and you can step Up and buy
whatever you wish at very reason
| able price. All you need is a market
basket and some money
In fact, money will get you
| through most anywhere. l do not
like, the idea of always spending and
| not earning anything. But here in
| Long Beach ! imagine 1t would be
difficult to secure work, for this Is
a city of tourists. Every effort Ii
made to make it agreeable for the
visitor. They fully realize that the
success of their beautiful city de-
pends on Iowa and the middle west.
And the hundreds of dollars rolling
into the Long Beach treasures daily
is an example of an easy way to get
corn, small grain, hogs and cattle
across the Rocky Mountains and in
to the coast trade. For nearly every
dollar an Iowa man spends here sim
ply represents its equivalent in value
of farm products back in the old
home state. No matter where you
go, when the roll of honor for the
states is called, Iowa is always up
among the first.
/ Just as l wrote the above lines
the windows ratified and the house
Jared. ! did not know what was
happening at first, but ! soon guess
ed it was a miniature earthquake.
The guess was correct. 1t quakes
here occasionally, they tell me, but
never severe enough to do any dam
age. There is not much lightning,
consequently but little thunder, and
very little wind. Joseph Trigg once
said that there was no prettier sight
than the big, fleecy clouds in Iowa
during July. I think he was about
correct.
Audubon Shelley.
1877 East Sd St
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