The Coconino sun., 1922-01-20

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 each of the young fig trees was
 planted by first blasting out hole
 in the ground with a stick of dyna-
 mite, because of the hard pan under
 meath. The lands thus planted are be-
 ing sold in acreage to suit purchaser
 with guarantee of producing trees within five years.
 After figuring out the figs we passed on and eventually came to the thriving city of Stockton. It was not named Stockton because they roll their own there, but after man who was mighty well thought of in that section. Leaving Stockton, as the train eventually does after the train men visit their friends and talk the passengers over, there was evidence that we were rapidly approaching a sea food country. To the right of you and to the left of you were huge signs advising that 10000 acres of delta lands were being reclaimed for settlement. You could see sea weed also see why the land had never been claimed before.
 It was rich looking black loam similar to what we used to play in back in Illinois and will undoubtedly be the best producing land in the state in a few years. The whole section had been under water not many years ago but the people started building up the rivers until now you may see steamboats and even large ships sail ing along some forty or fifty feet above the land. Odd, isn't it? | haven't found any rivers crossing each other as yet, but from a casual view of what is being done now, they will be tying knots with these streams soon.
 The shades of night had fallen when we reached Oakland and were invited out. We had noticed the shades slip ping for couple of hours back and felt we could slip into San Francisco across the bay without notice, but they have large flash light erected on hill close by with which to sweep the bay and from the way it smells it isn't swept any too often. | However, so far prices here do not in- dicate for certain whether they "saw us coming" or not.
 San Francisco is real live city-like | city. You can tell the moment you ar | rive that you are not in Los Angeles, l for not half the people you meet start | in at first to speak of the climate. | Many will even first ask where you are from.
 The city is rather peculiarly laid out, but whoever did it must have had | large interests on Market street, for | he made all the streets of the town | empty into it on down grade. He | put fine edge on every street too, for Market street runs anti-godlin', nor'-east by sow'-west and empties at the Ferry. l don't know who Mir. Ferry is but he has his name on a good many automobiles here which look to me as though they had been stolen from Henry. Still he may be D.. M. Ferry, the seed man, who also comes from Detroit and may be a partner of Henry Ford's.
 Anyway, the corners here where they midge Market street are so sharp you have to skid some to make it if YOU are walking fast. It's a bad place for fellow with bunions on both feet they interfere, but warped legged man seems right at home. There are many hills here and the women all wear hobbled skirts.
 I noticed couple vacant lots here. so am sure there will be a couple | picture show-houses or a garage 20 up soon.
 The burning question here now is not the Jap question nor like that of 1906, but whether to reduce wages. raise prices or enlarge the picture show houses to accommodate the peo- pie. Evidently the matter will adjust itself for even now there are some who rarely attend over three or four shows day and those who get up at sunrise to stand in line are fewer. There is now seldom line over three blocks long waiting for a chance to buy ticket and get into the other line block or two long who are waiting for seats. However, we will sail Tuesday, leaving this hopeless question for San Francisco people to settle and hope our own rising ques- tions will be settled without. coming up too often to be settled on the way over to Honululu.
 Very respectfully,