Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-02-17
NOW LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA
E. Il. Bailey Writes Interesting Let
ter About Meeting Former Audu-
bonites I'm Sunny Cline.
Los Angeles Calf,


Dear Friend Hoogenakker:
/ will write you a few lines to lei
you know / got through all right.
left Omaha on Wednesday, Jan. 10th
arriving at Salt Lake City at D. m
January 20. Visited there a couple
of days, then came over the Western
Pacific to Oakland and San Francis.
co. Calf, where / spent a week with
friends and relatives.
The weather was fine all the way
and from Omaha through Nebraska
Wyoming and eastern Utah there
was no snow at all, and for a thou
sand miles you could see the Lincoln
highway most of the time, and IL was
like a pavement. -
The trip was ideal and the only
thing to mar the pleasure along the
way was when we left Altamont. Wy.
oming, the train ran over a laborer
killing him instantly. They took che
body to Evanston, where ii was re-
moved from the train.
While in Salt Lake City / met Ger
son Laubender and again visited the
many places Of interest in the quaint
old city, and it's a beautiful place,
nearly surrounded by mountains and
il in the copper mining belt. After
leaving Salt Lake we travelled about
rs miles through the Great Sat Lake
with water on both sides of the rail-
road, then for another hundred miles
we went. through the Great Salt Des-
ert and the potash fields of western
Utah.
In western Utah they are planning
to build a 100000 potash plant
and are making great strides toward
developing western Utah. We trav-
eled over night through the desert
and into the Sierra Nevada noun
tains and at daylight we entered the
Feather River canyon, one OF the
most beautiful scenes / have ever
witnessed. think 1t Is much more
Interesting ride than through the
Royal Gorge.
In western Nevada and eastern
California we found plenty of snow,
sometimes 3 or feet. About ten
o'clock in the morning we descended
from about 1900 feet elevation to
117 feet--some drop-and entered
the valley above Sacramento, found
the grass green and flowers blooming
everywhere. The orange and lemon
trees were loaded with fruit, and all
different fruit trees were loaded with
blossoms.
You ought to have seen people
who had never made the trip before.
We stopped 20 minutes for lunch and
people were wild with delight with
the climate. No wraps. and bare
headed they paced the platform and
many forgot to lunch.
We travelled from 10 a. m. until
,. m. in this atmosphere, and landed
in Oakland on Jan. "a. l drove two
days over Alameda county and
through adjoining towns, making
over 200 miles. visited Oakland
Alameda, San Francisco, Richmond
Hayward, San Jose and Palo Alto
and 1t was beautiful drive.
While / was in Oakland, the great
naval base site was chosen at Ala
media, and when the news was spread
they blew whistles and rang bells,
and Alameda property advanced a
thousand per cent in an hour. They
plan on spending S25,000,000 to be-
gin with, and over 500, 100000 be-
fore the base is completed. But AL
aneda is not alone, for they are max
ing preparations to spend $4,000
coo in San Pedro for the submarine
base there.
The Moore ship yards in Oakland
is a wonderful place, running about
5000 men. and launching a big boat
every week.
I came from Frisco to Fresno
where I spent one day. Did not see
any Audubon people but telephoned
several around there Mr.. and Mrs
A. Segel. formerly from Audubon
are in Fresno.
/ landed in Los Angeles January
goth, and found everything quite
lively, but only about half the tour.
lists that are usually here. No tents
on corners or any place else that
can see, to house the people, as re-
ported. Plenty of rooms available,
and apartments also. They have had
about 20 inches of rain around San
Francisco, but only about inches
here The weather is sure fine here;
everything green, and as wonderful a
place, / think, here in California
They seem better fixed financially
than the middle west, although the
orange and lemon crop is about like
the corn crop in Iowa. You can buy
as many as three dozen nice oranges
in wagons on the street for 20 cents.
was at Long Beach two days;
saw several Audubon people: Mes
srs. Buckner, Baur. Perrine, Free
man, Chas. Elliott, Clyde Stevens and
the ]. w. B. Coles. four families in
all. All seem to be doing well and en-
joying the sunshine on the pier.
was in Glendale and saw Ed Cot
ton, from Extra, and Will Eckles,
from Audubon, and one day in Van
Mugs meeting several families.
could write you more of this beauti-
full country. but for fear of space
had better close. Have not seen Geo
Viewer and family, but hear they are
enjoying things.
Net Bird and Byron Phelps and
Let. Hill. All are well.
e. E. Bailey.