Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-01-19

Old Mexico to British Columbia. It
is known by the bells which hang
along the road, symbols of the oIf
missions. The road is modern III :
| ment, the longest of it's kind in the
world. One may start at Tia
Juana, "Aunt Jane in English, and
continue all that beautiful distance
until he arrives at Vancouver He
Will then have had one continuous,
movie picture Of ocean views, such
as will never be seen again on this
planet. 1t is picture over 1900
miles long, and it is nearly all at
sea level.
The beaches of Southern Calffar-
ria are nearly everywhere dotted
with homes and cities. In fact one
little town is followed by another all
Barbara. Beach homes are often
summer homes, but they range all
the way up to the rich and costly
homes Of wealthy magnates and
movie people. The beauty is SO en-
ticing, one wishes to linger. San
Diego has a most beautiful harbor,
and the United States Naval Train
seen with the San Louis Rey Mis-
sion nearby. Laguna has an art col
cny, and picture gallery Long Beach
has Signal Hill, one of the greatest
oil sections in the whole world. San
Pedro is the harbor of Los Angeles,
and has the T. S. battle fleet. We
saw so ships, and 500 airplanes
Redondo has the largest salt water
bathing pavilion in the world Santa
Monica has palatial homes, and Ven-
ice picturesque canals. Ventura is
the home of lima beans, and Car
penteria was the home of r. L.
Stevenson.
Beverly Hills is now the home of
the smarter set Of Hollywood, which
has lost some of its distinction as
the nome of the movie stars. The
recent forest fire came within mile
Of Shirley Temples home, and
guards remained a long time to re-
move the furniture, if the fire came
nearer. Nearby Bel Air has homes
finer and richer than any, unless 1t
IS Brentwood, which comes next.
ted to enter some of the homes.
Westwood is the home of the Uni
versity Of California at Los Angeles,
as it is styled Gu. c.. L. Al and one
is amazed to see the character of
its buildings, all new, costly and
built recently after the same order
Of architecture. The immense cost
of public buildings does not seem to
be worry to state like this.
They pour out money like water.
The fire was only mile from these
buildings and cities. If they had
burned, one wonders how soon they
would have been rebuilt, in COM
munities 50 rich and energetic.
We seem to have visited every
place where the fire ragged. Mulhol-
land Drive goes right through the
Santa Monica Mountains. following
the crest of the range for 21 miles,
a wild, grand, sinuous highway.
From this can be seen Santa Ynez
where the fire started, Sui
livan, Vaudeville and Temescal can
yons, where it ragged. We passed
through Topango canyon where
of homes We're burned.
Now | wonder about the great dair-
les there We visited Brant Rancho,
which has the greatest herd of pure
bred registered Guernseys in the
world, and the Adohr dairy which
has the greatest herd of AyrshIres
md Holsteins, 5000 Of them, sup
,lying Los Angeles with milk. Hun
lreds of trained youth wash the feet
and udders of the COWS, before the
milk is drawn mechanically. three
ines day. wonder if they es-
:aped the fire? And the beautiful
grounds, stables AND pa
atial es.-Howard H. Scott