Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-02-22
THE NEW AGE.

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| When the dove shall warm her bosom
| Beneath the eagles wings;
] When memory of battles
| At last is strange and old,
| When nations have one banner
| And creeds have found one fold;
When the Hand that springles mid
night
With it's powdered drift of suns
Has hushed this tiny tumult
Of sects and swords and guns;
Then Hates last note of discord
In all Gods world shall cease,
In the conquest which is service,
In the victory which is peace!
Frederick Laurence Knowles.
Dear Aunt Madge:
When we planned our trip to the
Pacific coast, this niece" of yours,
who has been most remss in atten
ton to the column, said Now, I'm 60
ing to write the NJ BIS nearly every
week" That was over four weeks
ago-some time since, but not as long
since as another promise made. We
had wonderful auto camping trip of
about 1900 miles last August up along
the north shore of Lake Superior, into
Canada, with detours to lovely little
lakes and delightful camping sites.
promised to write that up, but did not
From now on, Aunt Madge, I will try
to make amends for my remissness.
Susan's interesting letters, in former
days, furnished us with valuable in
of
country. My letters will consist of
little incidents of travel and bits of in
formation gathered by a transient
This being our fourth trip to Cali
fornia and our third visit in the
city of the angels" we did not feel
like entire strangers, and yet we
might almost have been,N so great is
the progress Los Angeles and the sur
rounding country has made since our
last visit, ten years ago Los Angeles
is one of the few cities that has
doubled it's population in the past
decade. Judging from building
activity in whatever part of the city
you ride, it is evident "ole Hard
Times hasn't come a-knockin' at de
door" out here In 1921, over 10000
building permits We're issued, and in
the value of it's buildings Los Angeles
ranks third, being exceeded only by
New York and Chicago
Once it was said that CALIFORNIA;
best crop was that of the tourist
This does not hold true now, when one
takes into consideration the great
strides Los Angeles has made in
manufactures. With it's natural gas,
it's cheap electricity developed from
water power furnished by streams
from nearby mountains and it's mild
climate, one can readily see how it is
destined to become great manu-
featuring center.
Situated fifteen miles from the sea-
coast, it seems to the uninitiated
rather absurd to consider it seaport
city. But since San Pedro, with its
excellent harbor, has been annexed
Los Angeles possesses wonderfully
hne harbor We made a trip to this
port and steamed down the harbor
several miles, giving us a fine view of
the great breakwater erected by the
government.
We also learned, first hand of the
immense amount of dredging being
done to deepen the water so that yes
sels drawing thirty feet can safely
come and go We We're told by one
interested in this development. that
Two years ago four lines of steamers
entered this port. Now sixty lines
show tremendous increase in traffic
A snip had lately entered bringing
from Pensacola cargo of water
pipes, manufactured at Birmingham,
Ala One had lately left with it's
cargo of walnuts and oranges for the
New York market, while third
brought raw rubber from the head
waters of the Amazon river
These evidences of progress, as
well as the great buildings erected bv
the transfer companies, prove beyond
doubt that Los Angeles is no longer
an inland city, but seaport. making
bld for the ocean transportation of
the world. New York and Boston
would do well to sit up and take
notice"
y Our ride from Los Angeles to this
delightful city of Riverside was quite
unlike that of other years. as the
mountains along the way now present
the unusual spectacle of an entire
covering of snow. Many oranre
orchards show the effect of the killing
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hoped thecrop is not seriously dam
aged.
riverside is situated in a valley
some thirty miles in diameter, almost
surrounded by low mountains. Yester
uay we climbed to the highest peak of
TINS range, Mt. Robidoux, about 1000
feet above level Here on Easter
mornings service is held at 400.
rom far and near hundreds gather
ior this unique service. At the foot
Oh cross, erected in memory of
FRA jumpers Sierra, first missionary to
the Indians in these parts, are built
cement seats for the accommodation
OF those who are early enough to Sc
cure them. In order to secure a seat
was told, one must be there close to
O'Clock. Think of this early morning
service on mountain top, overlook
ing the beautiful verdure clad yallev.