Milford chronicle., 1927-06-17
MISS BROWN WRITES FROM
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
Spokane, Washington
June 7, 1927.

spokane, washington
June 7, 1927.
Dear Mildred, Carrie and All:
l have so little time to write, l
hope you will excuse this partner
ship letter.
Your letter arrived at Los Angeles
/ the day that we left there. 1t was
forwarded to me at Portland and
received it yesterday morning. l was
delighted to hear from you. Your
letters are so nice and newsy, but
almost passed out when l read that
Mr.. Reynolds had come after my let
ter to publish in the Chronicle.
certainly hope you censored it be-
fore you gave it to him. Which one
was it?-the one written during the
storm in Kansas or the one 1 wrote
after we arrived at Los Angeles?
Please send me the clipping from the
Chronicle to Chicago, ILL.,, general
delivery.
You must be having some severe
electric storms at home. l received
a letter from Mamma and she said
our house had been struck by light
ming and papa knocked down. l am
so glad they were not injured.
We are seeing so much of this old
U. S. A. l have actually forgotten
what 1 wrote you last, but think it
was up to our arrival at Los Angeles
except postal cards that 1 sent
from different places.
We had very nice time during
our ten day stop at Los Angeles.
We were on the go nearly all the
time. Will tell you a little of our do
ings while there.
We went to Long Beach, and spent
one day with some of MabeIs rela-
tives, had lovely time, also went to
see Mrs. Roy Cannon's brother at
Chino. He is full of fun just like his
sister. We called on some of Mr..
| Joseph Hollands friends, they were
fine.
1 One day, Uncle OIL, Irene and l
went out on real estate tour. They
drove us through Hollywood, saw all
the motion picture places and many
of the actors and actresses homes.
l have never seen such variety of
architecture as is in Los Angeles
and Hollywood. Most all the homes
are of the bungalow type. We then
drove to Girard, new section they
are developing. We were given our
lunch and then some man lectured
on the growth and possibilities of
Girard. After the lecture, we were
each assigned to a representative
who showed us the different lots.
Well, l was assigned to Mr.. Girard's
son. never heard such streak of
talking as he did. Of course 1 had
to pretend l was interested, even
though l wasn't, after had gone out
there. He showed me couple of
lots and told him didn't doubt his
word but l could not afford to buy.
a lot but he kept right on talking.
After spending the afternoon there
we finally got back to the hotel. Ir-
enc and l have decided that we miss
ed our calling, that we were cut out
to be real estate agents. We had lot
of fun with Mabel, we pretended we
were agents. Such line as we did
give her.
We took in several shows, one was
at the new Granman's Chinese The
atre at Hollywood. 1t has only been
open couple of weeks. 1t is the
most beautiful building inside
have ever seen.
One day we took a boat trip over
to Catilina Island. 1t reminded me
very much of the trip you and 1
took from Niagara Falls over to To-
ronto. We saw Zane Grey's home,
also saw P. w. Wriggley's home
(you know Ed. Messick's friend).
We took the glass bottomed boat
trip which passed over the subma-
rine gardens, which are unique
attraction of Catilina. We saw great
trees (kelp or iodine plants) 5eauti-
full ferns, MOSES and strange fish.
The water was as clear as could be.
There was lecturer on board who
explained the different things We
saw.
The water of the Pacific is so calm
and blue compared to the Atlantic.
We saw a swordfish, it was about s.
feet long. My but it was pretty, so
many colors.
Some distant relatives of mine
gave dinner party on the oath in
honor of my birthday. The decora-
tions were beautiful as well as the
food delicious.
We also went to La Jolla, and
several other beaches, Soronado and
San Diego. 1t is shame my little
sailor boy is no longer stationed
there. 1 think it would have been
great to have seen him.
We were over to Tijuana, Mexico.
1 think most everyone else was there
or on their way. Such a crowd, just
like over at Harrington Fair. have
never seen such a place before. A
lot of gambling dens and saloons.
Some were half shot and others
ready to get shot. We stayed only a
| couple hours-that was enough for
us.
We went to Warmers Hot Springs.
These boiling springs just bubble UP
out of the ground. They are consid-
cred to possess every mineral but
salt and are used extensively for
/ medicinal purposes. We took bath
in them, certainly makes you feel
| fine.
We stopped at Hemet to call On
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Heebner. They
were as glad to see us, as we were to
see them. They have a chicken and
apricot farm. They were anxious to
hear about everyone around Milford