The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-19

crops. They cut eight cuttings of al L
falfa in a single season and dairying S
is a big factor. The Mexicans are |
about the only ones that's stay here '
the year around, as the thermometer I
registers 100 in the summer.
Now we again break camp and I
pass thru Brawley, Imperial, Elcentro
and camp for the night at CalexicoS
lust on the border of Mexico. In
fact Calexico and Mexicall, the Mex .
lean town are only divided by the
width of the business street. Of
course we were curious to see a little
of Mexican life so passed the rev.
enue officers and were now indulging
in an environment so different than
that of the American side. Bozeman
40 years ago was q righteous place
compared to conditions here. It is
habitated by goodly number of Amer
leans who are running the saloons,
gambling and hurdy gurdy houses and
high life, or what / would term a
life of dissipation and rottenness.
l surely gave a sigh of relief when
we returned to this side and escaped
without a cracked cocoa Your car
is examined by revenue officers both
going and coming. l had a full
equipment in the back of my car and
it only took a glance from these Of
ficials to satisfy them that I was
not classed as a bootlegger. We
were warned before entering Calex-
leo against the thug element that
found refuge so close to the border.
We were not disturbed in the least
and found our belongings intact the
following morning. We enjoyed the
experience very much, and of course
INDUCED in a little red wine for SOC
|. for two thimbles full.
The following morning we left
: here bound for San Diego. For 80
. miles out Of Calexico you pass thru
3 a desert waste, then you suddenly
+ start to elevate some 5000 to 5000
+ feet, over a road l never seen equal
! ed. l have crossed the Rocky noun
tains, the Cascades, the High Sierras,
the Sere Madres, but believe me for
the next hundred miles you have a
mountain range that really means all
the word implies. You never quit
! the ups and downs until you arrive
: in San Diego. California may be
rich and millions have been spent on
her roads but l cannot help but won
der if some of the immense outlay
was not secured from Wall Street.
We were caught when the shades of
! night fell on the top and camped fol
the night. / had a fear. Things
kind of looked Gravity, but the only
misfortune that befell us was some
real smart animal that worked his
= way all thru our grub bags and re.
lieved us of our bacon. Never knew
whether it was a bear, mountain rai
= or a tarantula. However, as we wenc
our way down the mountain, and thu
: sun is shining hot against the sum!
slope we spied a tarantula right il
the road. The first rock we heav,
" at him dislocates one of his hair.
= legs, then we proceed to finish hin
up with clubs.
- We lunch in San Diego and tax
it lesisurely up the coast route to
= wards Los Angeles, but owing to tn
congested condition Of the road, be
ing Sunday, we only made Capas
/, tiara, and camp right on the ocea
70 for the night, some 70 miles frOr
"a Los Angeles. We had the beach t
.c+ ourselves after 9 p. m. and was pri7
a eleged to take a dip in the brin
deep without the formality Of dor
;lo ming a suit. Next morning we TAX
an an entirely new route home, leavin
nd the highway at Capastrana we tur
nv along the coast to Laguna BeacI
cd one of the most delightful drive
from a scenic standpoint I have eve
-er had the privilege to enjoy. Arrivin
;ta at our destination about noon, thu
os completing a circuit of some 7C
Is miles, with side trips, that goes dow
$50 in my memory as one Of the mo-
Of. enjoyable I have ever made.
ON When / first saw the light of ds
lgs my father was manipulating a thro
ills tie on the Grand Trunk railway b
ew tween Buffalo and Detroit, term'
not the lightning express, with a sche
ere ule of some 20 miles an hour, so
The will have to contribute my fondne
nv for the road to the environment u
5er. der which l was born, hence / e
&c daavor to nlan ono outing after a