The Gavelyte, June 1907

CEDARVILLE COL I.EnE. 102 Mexico through Colorado to Montana, pr sents to th y a picture that is attractive and beautiful. On the afternoon of March 12th, we again resumed our journey. 'l'he mountain Qcenery in New Mexico and Arizona, of urs does not equal that to be seen in Northern Colorado; but, nevertheless, · it is very pictur qu . Snow covered the ground in Arizona, and we realized that we had not as yet reached the warm air we were seeking. About 7:00 p. m., on th 13th, we crossed the California line, and at 10:. 0 p. m., we ste>pped at The N edles, but it was too dark to get a view of the city. At 6 :30 t·he next morning we came to Barstow, the · home of "Scotty" the gold miner of Death Valley. From the train, nothing was visible of the towns except a few residences, and quite a number of saloons. At about 10 :00 o'clock, we drew into an rernardino, which is a very pretty city. After making a stop at the depot, the train was pulled up and halted beside a packing house. Here all the pas 'engers numbering nearly 200 people, were treated to oranges, nice, large, juicy or.es too. We realized that we were indeed in the orange c )untry, and from there on to Los Angeles, we could see numbers cf orange groves on either s:de of the railroad track. We anived in Los Angeles at noon on the 14th, and proceeded immediately to the home of relatives. Los Angeles is a flourishing city, and I like it better than any other place I have seen in southern California so far. It has grown from 102,000 popula– tion in 1900, t'.) nearly 250,000 in 1907. Residents, who are conversant with the situation, predict a great future for Los Angeles, at the c mpletion ,,f the Panama Canal. A{ter resting from our brip, we prJcee:lei to investigate the country in which we had arrived. While we were enjoying warm weather,we .could _ hok to the east, and see snow upon the mountains, thus reminding us of the climate we had left. What impresses an Easterner most upon his arrival in California is of course the flowers, especially the roses and the orange blossoms. There were flowers of all kinds everywhere, and such a profusion of roses. It is nothing uncommon to see in the residence portion of a town, - · flower beds on both sides of the side walk. The orange blossom is a deli– cate white flower, very sweet-scented. The variety of trees to be seen is very great, all tropical plants being represented. One sees so rriuch that is different from that to which he has been accustomed in the East that he is bPwilderecl for the first few days.