Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-03-24

or at the most is only worth FIVE
cents on the dollar to sell to suck
ers who go to California and buy it
for souvenirs. Queer thing how a
little piece Of paper can buy SO
much one day, then probably the
next day, by the defeat Of an army,
become almost worthless. But
the glory of our money lies in the
fact that it is good in every civil
lied country. The only difficulty
is in getting hold of enough of it.
One old fellow told me that he
worked like a dog during nine
months of the year so as to make
money ENOUGH to live in Long
Beach the other three and revel in
flowers and sunshine. Could not
blame him much for his home was
in the old Panhandle region of
Texas where the wind blows like a
hurricane at times.
The farms, or ranches as they
are called in the west, are various
sizes. Where they have orchards
or do truck farming, they vary III
size from garden spot up to
many acres. For instance, up
north of Fresno [ notified there
were 10000 acres of figs in one To-
cality and l called that a pretty
good sized patch. Then on the
road down to San Diego you run
for fifty miles through one ranch,
which, by way Of comparison would
be almost from our home in Cam.
eron to the Missouri river west. l
could mention many other items of
this nature, but SIMPLY give these
to show the variation IN size of the
ranches in California. The tillable
land varies in price considerably
with most of it running from $3.50
to $500 per acre. Of course such
a big range in price is rather in
definite, but it varies so much in
value according to location and
the use that is made of it that
those extremes are about as near
correct as any l could give.
do not know exactly how the
weather was here on Washington's
birthday, but in Long Beach it
was 81 degrees above zero, an I'M
usually warm day for the time of
the year, in fact one of the most
beautiful days ever saw. The
day following we spent in Los An
geles at the Exposition park, Lin
coin park, and the Selig Geological
Gardens. At the Exposition park
there is collection of California
resources and a museum, each
housed in very fine buildings. AL
so a race track here and with the
horses training it looked like the
Audubon county fair was on. The
Geological Gardens are far superior
to what | had anticipated and
there is a wonderful collection of
birds and animals including prac-
tically all of the more important
; kinds. Some of these are used in
. motion picture work, for this
J southwestern country is the great
movie theatre Of our land today.
A few days back l met Bob
[ Roberts and Ed Baxter, both OF
, Los Angeles. Mr.. Baxter told me
!, he walked down to the business
part Of town nearly every day, and
: the distance being about -four
!, miles, it shows he is pretty gooo
: man yet. Other Audubonites whom
: | met there and have not men
! toned as yet We're Elmer Bailey
: and Jake Byers. / called at tn.
: residence of Mrs. Clark Cross ant
e daughter, Ada, the evening befor,
y we started for home. 1t will b,
s remembered that the Cross famil,
e were early residents of Audubon
r I also met E. j. Freeman again a
i this time and he had just returne,
e from playing in the martial ban,
n at the Veterans Union. That b
e is feeling well enough to take hi
! old place in the band again will b