Gunnison news-champion., 1923-11-09

=i a admission Zee Of IL
cent charged San Gabriel, itself
IS ; -.- pretty town
rlaI = es - San Jose after
la Los Ange,es, visiting with q
hrC;Ea- Of Mr.. Winters. d. J. Ma.
hone The brother and sister had
not f-r Ior1y-two years, ard W,
adm that hen the Pullman porter
anng-lre4 what sounded Ike Than
VII IEIg, We were filled with
cur o. n to how the two relatives
ECU .e1o n-Ee each other. Strange
20 a.. there was 10 difficulty At ali.
" .J-L Ike 20 live in San joe
II j. q pretty city and with any num-
Der aE iHtersi.ng points. Ia route
frOu Los m ses the Southern Poci-
fe F.ruzi runs along the ocean for
mil md miles. affording a splendid
We Of the ga, which on pleasan.
d. indeed a thing Of beauty, but
whs q storm comes up, the old girl
mo and ToarS. We would like 10
hays topped a. Santa Barbara. br,
did ra. have tine. There i a poauti.
fu' s. son there. also and one in San
10 Seventy miles ou; Of Santa
Barr, we passed Point Honda, the
plar where seven L. 6 destroyers
wen on the rocks early in Septem-
be sd p sailors were drowned. The
bat. red skeletons Of four Of the
We ..7 c-n TIL be scCn near rhore.
one ut them elinging halfway up a
gre rock.
~ san Jose we were shown how
III oa.iy prune is prepared for mar
k, iir. Mahony and his son owning
a teu-acne prune orchard II was
YER intererting. After coming from
tn trees, the fruit Is spread upon
large trays and left to dry: then
shipped in boxes 20 the packing plant
who're the pruncs are graded. and
parEad for shipment TO market. The
puCrs paid was a surprise 10 US, be-
Ing in large figures.
rom San JoFe we went TO Oak
land, the trip being made in our
uuc'c's car-and n most enjoyable ride
il was, lasting some two hours and
III route extending past beautiful
or-hErds and prosperous towns.
AZ Oakland, We visited with a sis
trr of Mrs. Winters, Mrs. Margaret
UUderwood. and her son, James and
wife. IL was just % years ago that
N~- Underwood and little son were
guests of Mrs. Winters in Gunnison.
A Accompanied by our relatives IN Mr.
[ Underwood's car, we enjoyed some
OF the finest auto rides we ever x
pect 70 have. The California auto
mobile roads resemble glass topped
tables, so smooth are they, with not
a tiny pebble to cause a jolt A de-
lightful ride over Oakland, Auneda,
and San Francisco was taken during
our stay. At Berkeley we drove in
and around the scene of the recent big
fire, in which so square blocks were
consumed. besides the timber on near
by hills. l. presented tragic picture.
Crossing the bay between Oakland
and San Francisco on the ferry was
n decided novelty in transportation II
US, our car. with hundrd others run
ming up on the ferry and close to the
rail, whre from our auto seats we
viewd the passing landscap as we
floated across. Ships, boats and
craft of all description met our gaze.
and we had to laugh at the sight Of
n huge oil tanker bing towed by a
small boat, looking for all the world
like hug barn being dragged along
by n washtub.
Our first glimpse Of San Francisco
rather surprised US, as the streets are
very narrow and up and down hill.
But the half-hour spent at Cliff House
and the Seal Rocks was vry interest
ing, altho we cannot say much for
the personal beauty of the seals. A
driv in and around beautiful Golden
Gate park, thru the grounds of the
U. S. Military Barracks and various
other places were enjoyed. At one
point our car was held up in a traf-
fc jam for FIVE or ten minutes right
in front of the PPalace Hotel, where
Presidnt Harding died. One could
could picture the scene there as tn
body Of the chief executive was borne
thru the magnificent entrance of the
hotel.
An auto ride over some of the
mountain roads above Berkeley and
also over "Twin Peaks" above San
Francisco were great fun" and one
got splendid view of the surrounding
cities and country, looking like toys
in the distance, with the ocean and
the Golden Gate resembling mere
specks.
The owner of car in California,
HIS NsfitduiS pdIudsc Uciotc uiut
in which to wonder at his hearts
content. The magnificent roads and
beautiful scenery on all sides makes
living a pleasure.
We were downright sorry when We
had to leave for home-but then, one
can not always piay-and besides, we
saw several of the Ku Klux Klan or
ganization in San Jose the night OF
the Klan's public initiation. The pub
lie was invited, but we We're not among
those present. However we saw a
number of the members in full re-
gala on horseback. and that was near
enough.
Signature Of the cnoss.