The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-03-30
HEAT is BAD BUT HUMIDITY
is SOMETHING ELSE YET
IN SUNNY FRISCO

cisco, and had it not been for tn
color of the decorations n nigh
have thought it was the Fourth O
July. ut amt the heat, it's tn
humidity" When I first hear,
that expression years ago, | didn'
know exactly what it meant blu
it sounded real elegant, so | lait
it away in my mental cupboard
to be brought out and use on some
fitting occasion. / think the oc
casion has arrived. Surely il
wasn't the heat in San Francisco
that made us swelter, for the re
port was that the thermometer
registered only "A that day. We
don't know anything about it in
Montana, but it seems that humid.
ity can make a liar out of any
self-respecting, reliable thermo.
meter. So sit wasn't the heat but
the humidity" in San Francisco
that day that made me think it
was 80 in the shade.
There were flower stalls every
block or so in the main business
section, roses, violets, daffodils,
narcissus, tulips, etc, protected
from the sun by huge umbrellas,
for sale at little more than the
price of a song. Lovely daffodils,
two dozen for a quarter; long
stemmed pink roses, soc a dozen,
fragrant boutonnieres made up of
a combination of two or more var
ieties of flowers.
But to return to the green trim
mings which one saw everywhere
window decorations, novelties
for sale in the shops, scores of
green dresses and green hats par
headlines, proclaiming Hickman's
safe arrival at St. Quintin, were
printed in green ink in letters big
enough so hal even those who
fastened might read the news
without the trouble of buying a
paper. At the restaurant where
we had dinner, the mattresses all
had green ribbon bands across the
fronts of their white caps. The
menus for the day were printed in
green ink, and there was cream
of spinach soup, spinach as a side
dish, potato balls in which one
found green peas and pieces of
olive cut up to carry out the color
scheme. How Guild Saint Pat
would have beamed could he have
known the honor that was being
done him!
After luncn we went to the
Ferry building at the end of Mar
ket street where we enjoyed look
ing at an immense relief map of
California. 1t is said that the en-
tire length of this map is 600 feet.
Part of the picture is indicated by
a painted-in background. Begin
ming at the north of the state the
counties are shown n by one, /
hills and valleys and important j
and towns are placed in s
their natural setting. On a chart t
in front of the section shown 1
there is data giving the name of
The county, county seat, popula-
ion, valuation, industries, etc. A +,
'ibbon runs from the chart to the
own that represents the county
seat. In the larger cities and
the outline of the cities are
,onformed to and the principal
buildings are shown in miniature.
Palo Alto, although that is not
he county seat, it was easy to
lick out the veterans hospital
nd the red rooted buildings of
University.
Seeing this map one appreciates
he extent of the Sacramento and
Joaquin valleys-and also the
tier %flatneSs.. In the Bakersfield
nd Los Angeles sections there
ere dozens of tiny towers set up
} represent oil derricks. The
lap was right up to date, for the
tie of the ST. Francis dam was
dictated in white, and the loca-
of Saugas, Newhall and other
WINS mentioned in the news
.ories were put on the map in
hite ink. The course taken by
lie waters released from the dam,
indicated by a white ribbon.
peaking of that, the valley of the
Clara river in southern
.alifornia, is not the same as the
nous Santa Clara valley, known
e world over for its fruit. Palo
Ito is at the head of the latter
llley, 'the valley of hearts de-
as it is called by reason of
e loneliness of it's blossoming
uit trees.
We had a glimpse of the Yose-
lite valley in miniature, though
detail considerably larger than
own on the relief map. This
owed Ell Captain and Bridal Veil
lis in the foreground with the
Hey and various other noun
ms shown. 1t would be impos-
Die to describe in all its entirety
is wonderful mar of the state,
t it is something which anyone
sitting San Francisco should not