The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-02-04
FROM VERNON
LETTER WRITTEN BY E. w.
WASHBURN
He and His Party Are Enjoying
Themselves In Sunny
California

Vernon Center, January 29.-E. W..
Washburn ana party have migrated
from Long Beach to san Diego which
will be their headquarters for the
remainder Of their stay in Sunny
California, so a letter received yes
terday states.
Frances Apartments, Corner tenth
and Broadway. San Diego, Cal.
Moved again and this time to our
previously planned destination, San
Diego. We left Long Beach last
auto stage line instead of the steam
car for two reasons. First the smooth
roads for travel and affording the
traveller a more satisfactory seeing,
view Of the new and to us a strange
country. Leaving Long Beach We
went out eastward through the
prosperous little city Santa Anna,
surrounded by rich orange, lemon
and walnut groves. and not least
and acres. About one o'clock we
came to the very quaint stopping
place for dinner, the old mission San
Juan capistrano and il you ever
pass this way for lunch as l can re-
commend it a good place to eat.
Dinner over We spent a little time
looking over the old mission build
ings they show the ravages of
time and neglect. reminding you OF
passed out from here through the
hills and cultivated fields and sandy
waste, soon to come out and by the
old ocean still piling up its water in
long wind rows in it's hurry to get
ashore, then break into a beautiful
spray and foam, and so for some
forty miles We followed down the
ocean shore to San Diego, arriving
there at p. m. Friday morning we
Was almost discouraged as every
place the landlady would come to
the door and reply mo apartments
left. But just in the shank of the
evening we happily secured very
comfortable apartments handy to
church, theatre, reading room, mark
ct, store and eating places, when we
wish to go out for it. San Diego has a
very beautiful park OF 14OO acres,
not all yet in the highest and best
development, but take it they are
consistent with labor and money
voted. We were out Sunday after
noon to this Balboa park and it GER
tainly was a pleasure roaming
through the beautiful setting OF
flowers, vines, shrubs, velvety carp
ct of green grass and the blooming
cassia trees, all joining to fill the
air with fragrance, peasing to the
olfactory nerve: This park, with
many of it's buildings and large pipe
organ which is played by an expert
free for the entertainment and
pleasure of San Diego people and
the tourists as well, was donated by
the Spreckles people. Surely a SPLEEN
did gift to this city. There was prob.
ably two or three thousand people
sitting out there listening to the
music and then strolling through the
various walks of flowers and trees
my thoughts went back to the story
how foolish of Adam and Eve to
have sinned or disobeyed, and why
they should have been created with
the bent or desire to go wrong. Some
men Of theology seem to think they
can see why it was,-but l am d.
crossing and getting into deep water
so will try to stop this line of
thought. We are going back to the
park some day, take lunch and
spend the day and soak in as mucl
as we can. We shall also, while here
take in some of the trips of interest
in and about the city. The places to
be seen around San Diego are older
in history than many others places
and therefore more interesting. I
think l will stop right here or you
may think l wish to be heard for
much speaking. AS l look out of my
window can see the airplanes soar
ing high up in the sky, remind ng
me OF the buzzards lazily soaring
round and round in the balmy spring
time or early fall days in the good
old summer time" in Minnesota"