Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-06-30


seen along the pass.
While in camp at san Bernerdino
we met Jesse Yonally on his way
back home. They were camped just
a short distance from us. He heard
that we were coming and when he
heard that two cars from Abilene. had
come In he was over In a little while
and we had quite long talk with
him.
Our next stop was nj San Diego.
We had beautiful drive right along
the ocean from OceanSide to San
Diego. There we stopped with Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Edmundson. On
Sunday Mr.. Edmundson took us
aboard his destroyer, the Sinclair, for
dinner. We were served to baked
chicken, dressing, gravy, mashed
potatoes, creamed peas. coffee, cake,
ice cream and fruit. We certainly
enjoyed the novelty Of dining aboard
ship. While there we went to the ex-
positi0n buildings In Balboa park.
Heard the afternoon open air pipe
organ concert which is given every
afternoon free. Among the numbers
were "Mendelssohn's Song Without
Words" Robin Adaire" and L.
mares Transcription"
We went into the Natural History
Museum and saw specimens Of fish
bones, serpent bones and the teeth
of a monstrous elephant taken from
a chalk deposit In Lane county, Kan.
Also saw the Science Of Man build
ing which would be very interesting
for anyone who cared for our pre-
historic ancestors In the monkey
and ape family. All races Of people
are portrayed from infancy to old
age, in the form Of statues. 1t is
very nice to see the perfect statues
but did not care for all the connect
ing links between us and the monkey.
Our next place Of interest was the
Mission Cliff Gardens short dis
lance from Balboa park. This con-
tains the deer, ostrich farm and
pheasants, peafowls and guienies.
Here are the beautiful flower gardens
and on the way out we passed the
wild animal cages. We went over to
Coronado and North Island and on the
island we visited the hangers In
which the dirigibles and arplanes
are kept. One dirigible was inflated
and measures 1874 feet long and 40
feet in diameter. 1t contains about
$4,000 cubic feet of gas The free
balloons carry 80 cubic feet OF gas
and carry six men in the basket.
These free balloons are used to train
the men to handle the drigibles. 1t
teaches them to land and all condi-
lions of the air Every time dirigi-
BILE goes up it carries wireless out
fit and wireless telephone and carrier
pigeons. These pigeons fly at the
rate of mile per minute from San
Francisco to North Island.
In the afternoon Of this day we
drove from Coronado to Tia Jauna,
Old Mexico. Well l must not say we
went to Tia Jauna either because we
stopped on the state line and mailed
some cards of the Mexican side. 1t
costs 81 per person to cross the line
SO as there were no sightseeing or
amusement but booze we did not go
over. 1t just looked about a mile over
to Tia Jauna. There is a narrow
neck of land connecting Coronado
with the mainland. This strip Is
about a quarter Of a mile long and
has a paved road the whole length. AS
YOU drive along one can see the bay
on one side and the ocean, on the
other.
On our way from San Diego to
Long Beach we passed through Irvine
Station and right here we passed
through the largest ranch we had
seen yet. 1t contained 129,OOO acres
Of land, $4,000 acres Of 1t was sowed
to beans and 600 acres Of oranges. 1t
also raises some cattle, hogs and
sheep.
At Long Beach we camped on the
beach right in sand about ankle deep
and about 800 feet from the water.
It roars like thunder rolling all the
time. At Long Beach we called on
Glenn Fry, formerly Of Acme. Had a
very nice visit with them. At Los
Angeles we called up Jess Folk ana
they came out to the camp ground
and spent the evening.
At Los Angeles the camp Is dlvld-
ed into stalls and is cut out In stair
steps. There are steps or tiers with
81 stalls in each tier. It costs 5Oc
per car a day and that pays for the
use Of the gas stoves, tables, laundry
and shower baths.
From Los Angeles we drove out to
Whittier and called on Hugh Kirk
wood, also from Abilene. He has an
orange grove so we had the oppor-
tunity to pick our own oranges. on
the way out we passed boxes OF
lemons with sign saying Hep
your self. Lemons 10c per Dozen
Grape fruit 80 cents per dozen. Inc
fruit looked very good and large.
We have bought oranges as large as
a closed hand for cents per dozen.
When you enter the state OF Cali
fornia it is necessary to make appn-
cation for a new auto license, which
Of course we did at San Diego and
they informed us that we must pro-
duce q bill of sale Of our car or some
thing TO show that we were the real
owner of the same. SO as we mad
neglected attending to that matter
before leaving Abilene 1t was up to
us to get busy. However they were