Abilene weekly reflector., 1921-08-04
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: The Rowland family, travehne
west in their car, write from Sc'o'
Oregon:
ave arrived here last night and
had the pleasure Of meeting ban
Stoddard and family, In fact we are
rie6 now, camped in their front
var3. We find them very nicely To-
CATH on a little farm and doing we'll
ThG have a fine family Of children
IND Oldest one, George. Is bank
clefk in Scio. We were very proud
to meet such bright and energete
yotfhs man. Their Oldest GIRL May
has: tust finished her first term teach
ingsin Shedd where she had the
thifh and fourth grades. She mas
accented the fourth. fifth and sixth
grades for this year at salary OF
S1dO per month. Both George ana
Mag graduated from the Scio high
scbbol where they won one year
scholarship to the Willamette UNI.
yersity at Salem. May at present
ia Intending state Normal at Mon
month so we will not be able to meet
her The other two children are stiii
in Achool. 1 think you all know Mr..
Stdddard as he Is an old-tlmer from
Abilene.
IL will now 60 back to Los An
seres and give an account of the
people we have met and the places
we have visited. We looked up Mr..
and Mrs. Frank vanDOren and their
daughter Mrs. Winecoup. Also found
ME-. and Mrs. Frost there. They are
ALI wen and like California very
much. We left Los Angeles the
morning Of June Fl, headed FOR
Bakersfield. We went over what Is
called the ridge route and over the
lyon Pass which Is rivaled In
beauty only by the Grand canyon.
Ae Mcfarland 1t was 112 In the
shade. All the way from Los An
geles to Linermoore 1t was hot as
any hot old south wind that ever
blew in Kansas. Bakersfield Is the
hottest place this side of-well,
YOU know where. Claim 12O In the
Shade most any old day. We heard
something about the natives there
Some people claim that the people In
Bakersfield hang piece OF ice on
the thermometer to keep from
bieaking It. Maybe they do we
ddn't know for sure.
;"About 20 miles south of Fresno
wh camped at Wards park, low
plhce along the river. We had driv-
ed till about 8 o'clock and had only
found this one place to camp so paid
our tw bits and drove In. Had sup
per amid a rainless electric wind
stbrm, put up our tents and some OF
us went to bed. 1t was hot and the
mosquitoes were so bad we had to
get up and move at midnight. Mr..
Chase said they were two inches
with biters on both ends. They sure
fet that way, Well we drove all
night till $3.50; then had breakfast.
Through this valley are immense
fields Of grapes, apricots, oranges
ahd few lemons. We missed see-
idg part Of the country right at Fres-
NIB on account Of having to drive at
night. Our next camp was at Liver
moore and as we had crossed over
afother range Of mountains we found
II; delightfully."- cool there. We left
Mr.. and Mrs. Chase at Linermoore.
They were to come here to Mr.. Stod-
dbrt's while went went to San Fran
dsco, then we met here last even
i3g.
. i"we liked San Francisco very
much. It was very cool there. We
3uld wear our heavy winter coats
With comfort. While there we went
tt visit the Hurst building in which
the Examiner is printed. I will go q
little in detail about this place. First
We went to the elevator control room
On the 18th story. !. This was al
Greek to me as 1t is all run by elec
tficity and huge dynhmoes. Their
4re fou releavtors in this building
they operate go linotype machines
/ and keep 5 linotype mechanics be
sides. They use $50 tons of pape
Der week. There. is about 10 pc
eeht waste to these rolls which ar
made in three sizes, ~ inches wild
and weighing 1,100 to 1880 pounds
E4% inch rolls. weighing $50 to 95
pounds and the 38A inch roll
Weighing about $40 pounds. W
saw all three sizes threaded on on
kreat press. They use four presse
the largest of these will print 260,
900 copies Of 10 page paper. Speak
Tag Of these heavy rolls Of paper.
want to speak of how they ar
handed. They are lifted up b
cranes and an axle is slipped throug
1fle center Of the roll, then it is els
waited to position on the press. tn
largest press is run by 1S0-horst
power motor, the Others by 5(
Horsepower motors:y The cylinder
:on the presses af each provide
sMith a plug and the press cann'
move until every man has inishe
:his work. This is a precautiO
saganst accident. If one man cam,
work as fast as another the prei
cannot be started until he is read,
There il, 2smiIiiop dollars worth
: zSachind Il III bud iins q &
..Fof - sahitefs. parpJsess ut
pumped from q well $50 feet dee
into a sump or storage tank und'
the boiler room. From this sump 1t
Spumped to the roof OF the buildtH
Into three storage tanks and the
piped to all part. OF the building an
fows By gravity force. These thr'