The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-12-08

for this time Of the year. The
real rains hardly ever come before
January, February or March. AS
result of the recent rains the
hill-tops and fields are quite green.
Even the mountains are showing a
slight tinge of it. The weather
now is about like the choicest
Minnesota summer weather, and
you know that is about perfect.
There is one exception, however,
and that is the cold nights and the
stingingly, cold, snappy mornings.
The cold is very penetrating and
have not felt it quite the same
way anywhere else. 1t seems as
though some one were trying to
grab your rear collar button via
the oral cavity.
There are beautiful flowers every
where and also in such abundance,
very soon the orchards will be very
pretty.
California is certainly growing
very rapidly. So many crowded
trains bringing tourists every day
from everywhere. Los Angeles is
spread over a very large area,
buildings are hurriedly put up
and there is no end to subdivisions.
The San Fernando Valley near
Burbank, which only a few years
ago was a large area of ranches,
with only house here and there,
is nearly all sub-divided now,
houses are going up rapidly and !
suppose within a few years, will
be quite densely populated. That
is true of many districts of similar
growth.
The climate of course is the
chief asset-people like the out Of
door life every day of the year.
There is a very decided reason
why a tourist should be SO favor
ably impressed with California
when he arrives. He leaves his
home in the east, usually at a time
of the year when everything is
cold and bleak. That is the last
impression before leaving. Prev
iously having heard and read SO
much about the wonders of Cali
fornia the mind has quietly and
very effectively made room for a
new scene and unconsciously plac-
ed itself in a very receptive mood
AS the tourist crosses the desert
and sees miles and miles of unculti-
waited lands-sparse vegetation
and such large area of waste, he
| begins to wonder what it is all
about, and yet there is something
very fascinating about the desert
The sage brush and cacti are not
as attractive as the fine green fields
in Minnesota in the summer time
but, you see the tourist has for
gotten all about the beauties left
behind. His mind is full of a spirit
of adventure, he is looking only
| ahead, preparing for new scenes
to come, and he is obvious to all
else.
Very soon the mountains appear
in the distance, one does not real
ize how far away they are. Every
one has read of the grandeur Of
the mountains and now comes the
realization. They present a grand
view, and likely it is mostly be
cause of their enormous size, pc
culiar arrangement and freakish
appearance that they make such a
strong appeal. After getting into
them, the canyons and winding
streams are quite enchanting. al
seems so undisturbed and in its
natural state. The water in the
streams is clear like crystal and
appears so pure-it has travelled
for miles and miles all the way
down the mountains. There are
many beautiful wild flowers, trees
and other vegetation. In some of
the larger canyons, that are in
habited, and fields cultivated, the
fertility Of the soil is very appar-
ent. One cannot judge the soil
from its appearance. It doesn't
look fertile, but it seems the mo-
ment water is provided and irrigat-
ed the crops are bountiful.
One of the grandest scenes is