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Show J"'- .... a . 0 a.ltlOA.tv, 01 9 co v'.nuoua '(,0 gar-den ,1rui\, trees a:r'e on. all d S I f:\n(; fields of fr- in ar e lmost ready to harve:·t. ':'0 :l. ri v c at ,Qa, l ngeles a 11 t.,tle l. p t .up" at th3 (ltter:- 3 p. r,1.. £\ ':' 1O.t! :-i:ouso ,"', "', ',' ,',' · em . ... .. , . . ' , ," .. ,. ' ' ; " lot{C" "'abcHlt""town ,8. 'lit,tle"thisf aftH,·nQt)n. Lori 'Anm;;leb 'is a bGalltloJ "ts 'plesan*' gardens' :and ehade 'tr(;os, flmrers etc. add t o ppear c, ,ry:mucho lej i a toal. of ,1 ,ho01$,in thu,ctyo i 'covers 36' ' r , . ':·.l 01 ty, ls .... I , Th square,' 'rdles" ." !.Io d"'y. Apr., 20.:: I went., '.bout.· .town s'om 'to 'see ,8. fet,v O.Hl·:t'aSe '!I en that 'wG we e, clc;d11g' business \Vi th. 'In the, a.fternoon I went. dO\V!l ·to S1.nti.4 r:onica. 'f,fnd spent a 'few' hours on the 'beach of ,the "'''and 'old Ooeano> ! picke. up shols',dnd wlked along'the smdy beach oontern?lat1n3 tha votnts f 'the' body If wBto tht sp-eAd,out before mao There was and it WB t Grand a lttle 1nd; slBt to me tO,see the wavs coe rollilg in) _dashins their foam up6n the beach. Aftyl" mymeditationa .upon the atght I took the train Md. r e.t-ur-ned toy ",' - ... ' , - ' ' to ".; city. the ",. 21. \,r·r Tuesday_' I "went up to f\qr. Barmore's off).oo (the mall tom whom we'took the' freiht last year.) W talked my matter over about the freight 'but he'could not help me much so about 10 minutes before the bids were tic) be opened' I filed out, my bid at )1.03' fOlIO t.he ireigh"-ing fro Holbrook ,to Apache pr. lOO,lboe I went up 'to Major Kimball's office nnd pt it in. sat and chttd few minutes. When the ' .. , .. opened, Sohustra got it by two'centn. wore 1 spent.' the purche se s '.r '. bid Apr. '22. not were cep"tion bids, some , looking ,apout, in , • ' , . ,1.05. ,There wer ' ar t or-noon ", was the o.i ty and others, but I mclting a "tali'J, few thigs mostly groceries. The etres' much this' forenoon as all wer-e preparing tx»: 'the roe of pres H:l'rrison' who was expe o t ed j.n the _fternoon(Q The I doing, bbueht . ... ' stres'wo fil1ed'1th pcople,'nll having ori their holidey attire. Harrison and part,y arrived at, 3 P.4. I got'f very f;ood position ft6 that-they'onssed TIithin'six teet of me. The 'procession wae The bande , guards, oar r t age e , and all Viere gr and decorat(';ed h1ehl wi th fIn.gs and flowers.:'::, ", '''" 'To say that it 'I.''/B,S ,t'and is !10t enough The streets were full of spectators, the windows were an1 floers _. p"s. , , full, were thrcH".rrl tmti l' the who Le r.:treet Was covered wi t,h flovnrs. for mi les. Tl-e hor-se s and Etreet cars wer-e (J.ll decor':1.ted wl th flr.;.es and flowers aa were the hous'e s , which made the whole cd.ty look beaut1:r'Jl in j_-(, holiday : attire. California Ls a land o '$;" flo\",,;rers: and its peop i e were not, slo\ll'! to use them on this 6ccns1on. The and party wer e d1Vel''l to the Cit<y' Hall wher-e t:!. in front has been Sho!"t spechNl were made G'Jv. al""ranged. ' president ' rroa, Barr-teon, .rost ,.aoter General rrnlma:'l1ncl:er and plattOr'f1 ti1tH'·Kham" by , .. Sec. Rusk. the fifet Prs. of the U. S. 'that I had ever seen Pres. Harrison in size is a little below the medium_ His hair is quite gray, and he-has a s1160 look that would inicate that he was n,t a very He spoke ell, 'but his voice.as not strong strong man. enough for a public epealcer-, a s 'he co u l.d not b e her-crt} .t a. greet d i s t.anc o He vnu a very pleaollnt and kind lor)!..:tng man. rttlsk was a larGe, powerful far!TIe-lUte looking 'men rfither common in He apok e well and had n po\verful vo t ce for pub t i e appep r ance spealti.ng. He 'Y!n:..::; qui to gray: Wanna.maclcer looks like a good plenEt;\r.1t merchant and is not nearly as old as the ")thcrr.:.' This was , .. Gov , .lTarkh8.n1 (Gov. of Colo.) is a bricht looki'ng man tll and Ie is Co' Good type- of a. 'fIles'tern man of enerGY· The aple of 'Los Ansa,les and vcinity came out end spared no pio'AO make the ceution a grand one. It was the greatest aay that 1.)' U 1 0''''. California ever wi tnessod. • , powerfuL' . . ... I i |
