The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-03-04

for from sc to 10 per dozen so oneg cal
eat oranges as freely as apples.
The most excitement in the city now
is kidnapping They kidnap anyone
from children to women and old men and
hold them for ransom. Sometimes they
get caught and quite often they get away
but what is one to expect with 10000
people here that can't get work. They
must devise some way to get a living.
suppose if it is rather uncomfortable to
the kidnappers and their families
| think when some of the eastern people
(who are here to get rid of the winter
months, 90 back home there will be more
openings for work. The real estate men
seem to be pretty busy here, and if one
does not buy lot and put up a house or
buy q bungalow, it certainly is not the
fault of the real estate man and as Los
Angeles has grown from II 600 inhabitants
in 1880 to 576,673 inhabitants in 1920, it
shows that some of the real estate peoples
efforts have not been in vain. gE
Twenty-siX years ago Los Angeles did
not have a single paved street, to-day it
has over twelve hundred miles of i'm
proved streets. Within a few miles Of
the city nearly one-fourth of the entire
vi supply VI NAlt - - - lllbhuAiAs SNIP
ment of lubricants and by-products from
this port is greatest of any in the L. 5.
and in return the port of Los Angeles
receives more lumber for distribution
than any other nations waterways
Mr. Crafts and / went to Los Angeles
Harbor the other day and saw the i'm
mense work they are doing there. The
city is spending ten million dollars on the
further Improvement of this great port
San Pedro is the seaport for the city of
Los Angeles and is part Of the city by
an act OF annexation. The inner harboris
lined with mammoth warehouses, fac
tories, cannerics and ship-building plants
We saw one large ship most ready to
launch.It is said Los Angeles imports
more lumber than any other port in the
world and it has been chosen as a perma-
nent Naval Base Fort Macarthur one
of the latest and strongest Of coast
defences with its ii in. guns and a pro-
tecting radius Of p miles is located here.
Protecting the Outer Harbor is a massive
rock breakwater more than two miles
in length, begun by the L. ;. government
in 1896 and completed in 1910. At the
seward end is a concrete lighthouse
with an acculting light Of $500 candle
power. los Angeles also has the longest
Aqueduct in the world. IL was started
in 1908 and completed in 1913 and brings
an abundance of fresh water supply TO
the city a distance OF 25Q miles from the
snow clad slopes Of Mt. Whitney the
highest mountain in the L. :. outside Of
Alaska. The Aqueduct has a capacity Of
2j0,0O0,000 gallons There is a National
Soldiers Home here Of 1900 War Veterans.
They have a park Of 200 acres and is
termed the Old Peoples Paradise. Ii
certainly is very beautiful and the old
vets look very comfortable and happy.
We have seen the homes Of Clara Kimbal
Young, "Fattie" Arbuckle. Charlie Chap
man, Mary Picldord and Others. We had
a call the first Of the week from Lawrence
Hardy. ] was some surprised as | did
not know he was out here. He saw our
address IN the Opinion so came to see us.
He works not very far from our home.
milking test COWS on a ranch. IL seemed
good 10 visit with one iof our Bradford
boys. II seems a good number Of my
friends in Bradford as well as a large
number from other towns where I have