Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-02-10

or bars are required to keep them
in an Enclosure. They mate off
when quite young-that is, one
bird will pick out another for his
wife and if she dies, as a rule ne
never makes up with another bird
again. Two fine ones we saw
were Woodrow Wilson and his
wife. However, it was Woodrow's
first wife One old ostrich dlsre-
garding the usual custom had two
wives and was we'll named Brig
ham Young. The farm is located
among wild oaks, orange and palm
trees, with scattering flowers and
is place Of beauty.
In a beautiful valley to the
southeast of Pasadena is a famous
old grape vine planted in l775 1t
covers 10000 square feet which
would be nearly one-fourth OF an
acre. 1t bears about one and a
half tons of grapes annually.
Think of a grape vine with body
as large as big tree, covering a
city lot fifty by two hundred feet,
4 and bearing good truck load OF
fruit each season and you then
know why it is called the big old
grape vine Of southern California.
| saw rose tree near this vine
which was between ninety and a
hundred years old and had a lot OF
interesting history back of it, da-
ting to the old days Of Indian war
fare. How | wish some of cheese
old things could talk especially
the grape vine and tell us the story
of this fair land even before the
signing of American Independence.
Since last writing have had the
pleasure of meeting at least a part
of the members of the following
Audubon county families: w. W..
Perrines', Joe Nedrows', Peter
Nissens', Charles Rentfles' and al
Clarks'. Joe Nedrow conducts a
rooming house here and also has
land interests in the northwest and
is doing fine. Peter Nissens' are
here to stay and have a nice home
in northeast Long Beach. The
other families mentioned are tour
lists and the most of them at least
are here temporarily. Residents
. of this city say that the lure OF
Long Beach gets the best OF every
, one. They tell us that tourists
: come to Long Beach the first win
9 ter, go to Florida the second win
q ter, then come to Long Beaci
: about the third WIN er to stay to
= good. Be that as it may, there il
q a place called Iowa back in thu
q middle west somewhere that re
ceives the highest of honors wher
4 ever mentioned. A tourist meet
! ing was held at one of the Baptis
. churches here few evenings ag'
q and the roll of states was called
n In the fine audience present NOR
=, people were from Iowa than an.
h other state. Only eight OF thos
y present were born in California AM
y they were all children as yet. A
Il one speaker put it, southern Cali
:, fornia is not the real California bu
" simply the middle west trans
planted. At lecture which | at
:, tended last week the speaker sal
u that he wished all Iowa woul
II move out here, they were such
70 fine class Of people. And so it
ID everywhere. Nearly every publ
10 speaker refers to Iowa before b
in gets through talking and it neve
fails to bring the house down fe
m there are always enough lowar
in present to make it interesting. NJ
~ prediction is that this part OF tt
as country will continue to grow ma
ar velously, for there is SO much oth'
rs lcountry, but there is only OF
), southern California. In concl'
be sion, good wishes are extended
~ all the old friends.
4. AUDUBON SHELLEY.