Manchester Democrat., 1921-03-09

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This is not going to be piece
Of literary work, but If you care TO
publish it, its all right with me, in
fact it suits me fine and dandy. l
wish you could show it to Ram and
although it won't come up to any
of his works of art, I'm safe In say
ing, that It is the real goods and that
am going to send clippings along
to substantiate what say in this
letter.
AS a state for old people who want
to come here in the winter and live
in a steam heated flat It's all right
Some tourists made holler that
all of the apartment houses and hotels
should be steam heated, and after
talking the matter over between them
selves, the proprietors laughed at
them. But notice that a lot OF pieces
are fixed up with steam heat, and
nearly every house has either tire
place, stove or some means OF heat.
They call it Sunny California, but
say boy. Old Iowa has more nice
sunny days in winter than Sunny
California, or at least it did this year.
They say this was an exceptionally
cold winter out here, but know OF
several parties that say that they
have had enough of Sunny California.
They say advertising pays. 1t sure
does, but you can fool some OF the
people some Of the time, but not all
the people all the time. My mother
has been sending me the Press and
Democrat all the time / have been
out here SO / know pretty near how
things have been at home and you
can bet I'm going to pick on Old
Iowa for mine.
I complained Of these meat market
men about their meat being tough,
strong and tasteless They said where
are you from? said, Iowa. They said
that explains 1t. Out here they feed
them, the horses, on cactus, back
there on corn.
Every time strangers come through
the camp grounds my boy yells out,
"I'm from Iowa. and that starts
everyone talking.
There are only q few good strips
Of land in California and the best one
is around Whittier. All the land in the
orange and lemon countries are the
best in California, but they are all for
sale.
AS for the swell roads you hear
talked about, just glance at this clip
ping am sending. They built them
for tourists to look at, but they won't
stand up under traffic. tell them
that when Iowa does build her roads
the taxpayers will be satisfied that
the Job was done right. VA
Long Beach is known all over as
the Iowa town. One merchant told
me that some day they would call 1t
Long Beach Iowa. It is the Eastern
business men that have made the real
business houses in California. A man
from Iowa is spoken to with whole
lot OF respect, and am glad that l
have taught my boy to say, I'm from
Iowa" ...s. g..
BY California paper, statistics say
that Texas is first and Iowa second
in agricultural line. II Iowa farmers
would spend as much time tilling
their lands as they do in California, no
other state in the u. S. would come up
to it in agriculture, Land that is class
ed as practically worthless in Iowa
and Delaware County would be near
ly priceless in California.
Men in Manchester that are classed
as shopkeepers would be called mer-
chants Of high standing In California
and they also could show them tnat
they were. am not saying this to get
them out here because they can show
what they are at home, and the whole
Of Iowa will get the benefit ls /
Things are getting cheaper out here,
but Manchester, by the prices quoted
in your papers have been cheaper
right along. If you want to get any
where you have to make them think
you are a Native Son. won't, l tell
them am Native Son of Iowa. Then
they turn around and say, That's
where the tall corn grows"
Well can't think of anything more
so will close, 49,.
Yours truly,
sC HENRY A, ACERS.