The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-02-03


Dear Sir:
Mrs. Bodine has been urging me
for the last three or four weeks TO
remit you for "The Messenger" but
as / was entertaining few mental
reservations have put off until now.
We surely don't want to miss copy
of our old home paper. When 1t ar
rives we leave all else until we thor
oughly peruse it. So please extend
our subscription according to the IN
closed P. o. order.
We are now very comfortably sit
uated in our California home and we
all like it here very much. 1t sure
ly is nice to be able to get out OF
doors every afternoon. Have been
to the Ocean three times and each
day there is some new place to go
to. We drove to San Francisco via
Devils Gate dam coming back by
way of Burbank, Glendale and Eagle
Rock yesterday The country is
beautiful at this time and will con-
tinue to look better from now on.
Everything will be in full bloom
shortly. In our yard we have some
twenty-one or two rose bushes and
rose trees, ferns and are collecting
some beautiful foliage plants for the
porches. / used to be some plant
grower when | was in Clio and am
going to try to show my neighbors
out here how to grow real plants. We
have an orange, lemon, grapefruit,
apricot, fig, plum, peach and pear
tree in our back yard also, black
berry, strawberry and grape vines
and pie plant Two big English Wal
nut trees on vacant lot next to ours
furnish us with all our winters
supply of walnuts. Just had to help
ourselves. Had to get them early
in the morning as everybody was af-
ter them. Have a nice little flock of
hens and the boys are all taken up
with everything we do. Are having
young onions, lettuce, and radishes
from our garden and have a variety
Of other garden truck growing.
Would say that this is the rainy sea-
son and everybody is interested in
the amount of rainfall as large fall
insures an abundance of water for
use during the long dry summer. We
have had two light hail storms and
lots of snow on the mountains. The
mountains are all green now with
verdure and after big fall of snow
they look very beautiful. Lots of
people go up on them just for the
Sake of getting into the snow.
shall wait until summer for mine.
They can't tell me anything about
snow-I think. We have every
thing else out here but cold weather
that we had East-bandits, burglars,
hold-ups, robbers, murders, divorces
galore and II. C. of L. However
we notice the H. c. Of l.. is gradual
ly receding. Very gradually.
Probably the finest sight we have
enjoyed here was the Tournament or
Roses Pageant at Pasadena on New
Years day. Some parade. Floats
were complete masses Of roses of all
colors and descriptions, said to have
eclipsed all previous efforts. We are
all fine. Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers who
are with us are feeling fine and are
able to go with us on forty and fifty
mile rides. We all have great appe-
tites and our grocery bills climb. 1t
may be interesting to you to know
that / am now a licensed pharmacist
Of California, having gone before the
Pharmacy Board at Los Angeles
about two weeks ago and underwent
an oral examination. The Board as
sued me that l would receive my
certificate in a short time. Don't
know as yet just what l will settle
down to but have no fear but I can
strike something when want it..
Now | will send you some literature
a little later that will paint this
country in such fine colors that if
you can imagine one blemish you will
do well. | being on the grounds have
discovered some already among which
are some fair sized cemeteries. l
presume they are only used to make
it look more like things back home as
nearly everybody here are Fasteners
anyhow. So l am not anyways de-
pressed as yet.
Now Charlie--we are very much
interested in the news from dear old
Clio 40 please do not fail to send
til EMessenger" Kindest regards
ourself and family.
I am yours trulv