Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-13

n great TOURIST point ana III WOH-
der. Such a beach for length,
width, swelling ocean waves, break
ers murmuring surf, ebb and flow
of tide. And the people, bathing in
the surf, swarming on the sand,
people as far as the eye can see
along the water edge. There are
said to be from ten to fifteen thou
sand tourists in the city OF Long
Beach. On special days and Sunday
this number is increased sometimes
by twenty thousand. On the Fourth
the electric cars brought 5000, and
10000 were estimated ito have come
in by automobiles. The summeG
sun is hot there, but a cool breeze
constantly from the ocean tempered
the air.
Speaking of drives, Mr.. Wilbur and
wife took us for an auto ride to
Belmont beach where he has a bath
ing house and surfboats of his own
make, thence along the ocean side
to Naples, and Seal beach, so named
from the seals, we saw lots in the
inland bay and on shore. Further
north was Huntington where is
drilling for oil. Indeed oilwall
frame work for drilling is a very
common sight around Long Beach
and Los Angeles.
Two side trips added much to our
views of California. One to San
Diego, south thirteen miles from the
Mexican border. Relatives there
invited us, and with auto gave us
rides over Balboa park, famous as
the exposition grounds of the Cali
fornia-Panama fair. Many of the
landmarks, the California stone
building, gate approach, drives
~iowerbeds, the Indian camping
ground, remain. A large natural
tree and flower covered ground Of
hills and valleys and drive ways
make Balboa park the third largest
in America. Within the park we
saw the Polytechnic high schoo.
and its stadium which has a seat
ing capity of thirty thousand.
We visited the old building with
missionary relics, made amous az
the house where Ramona was mar.
ried, the heroine of Helen Hum
Jackson's book, Ramona. We reat
the book as in opportune time. w,
saw the old cross standing on the
spot of an old mission. We had
forty mile ride around the SaI
Diego beaches of La Jolla, ccear
Beach, Sunset Cliffs, past th'
grounds and temple of the Interna
tional society of Theosophy, tt
Point Iona, one of the cliff points
narrowing the channel to SAL
Diego deep water bay with its war
ships laying at anchor. On TN
shore we passed the extensive work
of the government naval and marin
base. We picked and ate fresh fig.
from a tree in our cousins yard
Raymond Kirle, his name, formeri.
Of Rock Springs, helped to man sub
marines in wartime.
Our other side trip was to tn
north of Long Beach, at San PEDRO
an hours boat ride on regula
launch line. We visited Poina Fer
min, a cliff overlooking the ocean
We went down the winding STAIR
way to the waters edge some ~
feet below. There happened to be
moving picture outfit taking a pic
ture for films, an interesting slght
On the cliff bench is a beautllu
, park and a Lighthouse. Anothe
lighthouse was out from shore a
the end of a long pier. A gunboa
and submarine lay at anchor.
We visited the shfpbuilding plan
of 70 acres. A nephew who Work
in the yards showed us four OF IN
five government freighters OF IN
same pattern, one completed an
i launched July 30th, and the other
In progressive stages of building