Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-03-17

l thought of the battle of Lookout
Mountain of Civil war days, which
was said to have been fought above
the clouds, according TO page 24S OF
Barnes U. S. history. The reality
of being above the clouds and still
being on earth is a glorious thought
and a fine sight. We ate dinner on
the very summit, left our names on
tree up there, and as l went to
sleep that night in Long Beach, only
forty feet above the sea, l said l
was far below the folks in Iowa, but
my name was waving In the wind
three-Quarters of a mile above the
town of Audubon. Another place
of special interest on the mountain
side was Echo Canyon. Here, by
talking or calling through a horn
your words seemed 20 strike the
mountains some distance away and
came back perfectly plain. 1t seem
ed like someone mocking you back
in those lonely mountains. Inspir-
alton Rock was another point of in
terest for here since 1916 they have
held Easter services at sunrise.
How beautiful, l said. up there
among those mountain peaks at
sunrise on an early spring morn
ing. All nature would indicate the
Resurrection. Another nice thing
was the absence of autos. Just like
our country used to be, for you
could walk wherever you wanted to
and there was no danger of being
run over.
Recently while at the San Gabriel
mission l purchased one-dollar
bill for only a nickel Not much of
a bargain at that, for it was not
U. S. money, but the money that
was used in Mexico while Villa prac-
tically controlled that government.
Should Villa have remained in pow
er this money would have retained
it's face value, but as it stands today
it is only worth the paper it is
printed on-or at the most is only
worth five cents on the dollar to
sell to suckers who go to California
and buy ii for souvenirs. Queer
how a little piece of paper will buy
so much one day, then probably the
next day by the defeat or an army
become almost worthless. But the
glory of our money lies in the fact
that it is good in every civilized
country. The only difficulty is in
getting hold of enough of it. One
old fellow told me yaat ne worked
like a dog during the nine months
of the year, so as to make enough
to live in Long Beach the other
three and revel in flowers and sun
shine. Could not blame him much,
for his home was in the old Panhan-
die region of Texas where the wind
blows like hurricane at times.
The farms, or ranches as they
are called in the west, are of various
sizes. Where they have orchards or
do truck farming they vary in size
from a garden spot up 20 many
acres. For instance, up north of
Fresno 1 noticed there were 10000
acres of figs in one locality and I
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
AT HOME-TWO ...-.. 1900. -....- 49,.
comparison would be almost from
our home in Cameron 10 the Mis-
souri, river west. / 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 var
les in price considerably, with most
Of it running from $3.50 to $500
per acre. OF course such a big
range of price is rather indefinite,
but it varies so much in value ac-
cording to location and the use that
is made of it that those extremes
are about as near correct Jas any /
could give.
I do not know exactly how the
weather was here on Washington's
birthday, but in Long Beach It was
81 above zero-an unusually warm
day for the time of year. In fact,
one of the most beautiful days /
ever saw. The day following we
spent in Los Angeles, at the Expo
sition park, Lincoln PARK, and the
Selig geological gardens. At the
Exposition park there is a collec-
ton of California resources and a
museum, each housed IN a very fine
building. Also a race track here,
and with the horses training it look
ed 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
practically all of the more import