The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-12-11
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journey around the U. s. A. two Ne
perce boys are making)
Dwight and / rolled out early I'll
next day-about nine o'clock-an
tuned the bug up for tour of sa
Francisco. Although Los Angeles
becoming the real metropolis of Cal
fornia and is blessed with growing il
dustry and marvellous climate,
has yet to equal Frisco when it come
to downright business activity. AND
too, San Francisco is veiled in re
nance. It's very streets and district
are legends, and it's builders of Al
earlier day occupy prominent space
in the Hall of Fame. There is onl,
one Barbary Coast, with it's rough
shod inhabitants and it's s'migh
makes right code; there is only ON
real Chinatown, and they are both il
San Francisco. These places may
have prevented the city from being
immaculate, but their stories of ad
venture, of tragedy and romance, have
made known to the world that there
is city of over half million peo-
pie on the southern shore of the Gold
en- Gate.
Primed with enthusiasm and the
invigorating California atmosphere
which is just like any other atmos-
phere-we started out to see for our
selves the many pictures novelists and
newswriters had drawn.
We had to cross over to Frisco from
Oakland by ferry and so enjoyed the
experience of coming into the city by
water. The view from the boat was
wonderful--the many boats quietly
steaming up and down the bay, the
skyline of the city, with it's many
sky scrapers, Goat Island off to our
right, San Quinten up the Bay, Berk
eley back OF us, and way in the dis
tance shone the tower of CampaniIe-
and right away we felt that the trlp|
was justified. Dwight said he en-
joyed this life on the water and
thought he would sign up on boat.
l informed him that he was already
master of one schooner and to handle
that would keep him more tnan busy.
Going up Market Street we saw SO
many pretty women that more than
once had to grab the wheel to keep
from running down cop. This unex
pected pleasure somewhat handi-
capped intensive sightseeing and we
thought it best to go over to another
street. AS we were about to make
the turn John Law hailed us and
started toward the car. We wondered |
what traffic ruling we had violated
hen, and in the fraction of second
preceding the interview our opinion
If the city had made drastic changes.
Bring your umbrella next time
,oys,' he said as he approached. We
we're so dumbfounded we couldn It
make him for a minute, but when he
glanced at the car we understood, for
t did look as though she had wealth
red bit % storm-some Of that
oregon mud. We managed to gasp
syesn and then moved on before he
ad an opportunity to assume more
attitude. We discovered
ater that the police force was en-
eavoring to have a law passed in the
oming election whereby they would
Q the recipients of a heavier salary.
# course this explained the unac-
ountable geniality.
After many inquiries and unsuccess
ul runs up blind streets we finally
merged through the western portals
{ Golden Gate Park to the waters of
he Pacific Ocean. We found it as
id Balboa, peaceful and calm, idly
waiting the necessary gales which
ould transform it's mirror-like sur
ace into seething mountain of wa
IT. The magnitude of this scene madel
) feel most insignificant for a mo-
ciit, DuC Uucu VIC TcdueZu LnaJ lL
as man who had forced this giant
ito submission and even now had it
lained to some nearby cliff our spir-
$ were again bouyed with the con
iousness of our superiority. We
rolled along the beach watching, as
'es an employer his employe, the ,
ayes splash upon the sand, ever Z
ieptical, however, as to their inward )
tent. i
Further on up the hill we came to +
e Cliff House. 1t was just about 4
at time SO we decided to have lunch n
} there where we could look out upon "
e water.
From the Cliff House, so called be-
use of it's lofty perch, we could L
g and hear and almost feel the tr
can as it splashed upon the rocks dl
low. 1t WASH t rolling so very high in