Show LETTER FROM OALI california FORNIA john S whito of farmington tells ells odthe of the beauties of houth ern Oalif oraie sun diego cal jun jull 20 1909 A trip trill to the ho anany places of iut orest and ulso also places of natural beauty in california Culi califor fornia cm can not no nil fall to bo be of great educational value coall thus inclined and to most observers no doubt se tu diego with its horseshoe bay and jand locked together with tho artilly many places of historic as well as Is apo diflo bitle interest will vill impress them thein us lis being unusually endowed with sights to sou set and things ta to learn on laud aud pea from si ii seat in ili tho the contra pirt of the liwo 1400 li WO aero acre park rc i whish is situa situated td on oil an all emin abobo tilt tho city ono has spread mi oat t boboth him a u uro that is a as I 1 r are as it is beautiful ul tile to ID ono who is ii lover of of baturo jh is thrilling aud inspire bui jm mediately immediately in ii front of au city ciry a short distance out into atio water is the island city of coronado with it its magnificent hotel and resort grounds rou tid covet u with th ds of ulilis and ill full bloom its city of palm touts e etc tc near by is a part of uncle navy cou si sistina asistin stin of large bouts also a flotilla flo till a of if fourteen torpedo bouts boats and torpedo boat destroyers e tu to the right is ti the famous point loina where lire arc situated the old li light lit house louse the U S search light house the government military reservation fort the wireless telf telegraph 41 graph station quarantine station I 1 a and nd the bennington Beun ington monument und and cemetery also the theosophical institute of madam tingley to the left is the sawmills of the benson lumber company here things are done on quite it a mammoth scale lar large lare t e rafts raft of logs which areta are taken keti from the forests of oregon aro are towed down tho the colu columbia pa bla river into the file pa bige and thence a distance distie cc of 1000 miles to san diego tons of chain aro are used to b bind nd one of liese these huo huge I 1 rafts to together n ether which contain feet 0 of f lumber when in sawed reaching 11 tile the milt mill the raft is down in the milt mill pond or enclosure wl alir where ir the logs are floated near it a little floating buzz saw which like it a hash flash lops thu end off or cuts them to tile the tf de sired length chonan eh elevator ivator carries them thein t to tile the carrier platform here they are grabbed by tho the carrier onu one at a time while in ili motion which speeds like lightening to tile the baud band SI saw I 1 W thelo the log being ad adjusted jasted weilu the carrier is in ili motion tho the ards from tho saw drop onto thelise the live roll currier carrier lon length vi ia which drops them onto the chain car rier on tipiti tin contrivance me two ada stable bw buz saws which catch tile the boa board rd at each end ah w it il 1 parses cutting it to thu length desired it thun then passes down tile the yard to be stacked stac iced on either side of the lons iong chain carrier to dry the mechanism of a L torpedo boat is wonderful anu torpedo craft is 0 50 feet lung long 0 uyi bout 40 40 feut wide und and lii IS 11 mane of if 1111 ilmi OLI ci eighth litt men armor lot plait lf ic bowels uta ora vun idUn bow hive of intricate machinery it play may b bu 0 o interesting 41 to know liow how h a torpedo is sent out on oil its deadly mission A luhti is in reality y an ai air r 6 compressor oni and is rubout thirty f fut 4 ot long it if occasion requires it tho swo steel cap is screwed oaf the end of the tube tuba and it a torpedo cap aap is put on oil and thon then a torpedo is put lit in place thu the machinery below deck is put in ili motion and lit in it a lew few seconds tho the torpedo is discharged chang ch arg d into ilia ihu water A torpedo consists of a steel caso case of tit the most costly stool in s aide of which is an all engine which s by compressed air tho forend having baving it a chamber containing pounds of gun I 1 cotton against 1 which is placed it a percussion cap before leaving the tilbe tilts this stool caso is char ell alv i 1 ed I with air compre compres compressor sod to t thu lie densia dondit don sit nf if 2000 pounds to tit tho inch whon when this punt iu it is reached tile nt fit thy tho rear real end I 1 is closed and tile tho torpedo is ro leased irom hooi alo th 0 tubo into tho the ty by weans of it ligh L chargo charge of powder tho the compressed till air inside of tile the torpedo which as a explained above is a highly tempered steel caso case with tin till engin inside of it begins beo his to work crork tilt the ch gitle which works tho pro PO just its the propeller prop ollor of in all ordin ordinary axy bout boat is worked thu the torpedo goo goes laelia dire direction i desired and when it strikes tin nn cuoi enemies nies craft craf t woe bo ba to I 1 its ts crew As the cap on oil tile the end Col comes liLls in in contact with ally anything thill solid it explodes into tho the gun cotton blows tho ilari hard stool steel eluo in ili a thotis thousand and diorec ili cc eions before tho torpedo is released release d Us im rudder is ii LL to eithol oil tile of tho batur or 01 any lly apt depth desind from gnutti uno ti aid a feet lc it will be soon seen it 4 ht ha L two ifo things in ill com won with or erdl hiltry boats boat it propeller and ti 11 it travels tri ivela in ili tile the dirce tion lion 6 ut et or indicated by tile iho rud mid dyr der which also rt yuli itus US lyeth ath until chmir sl it nir is exhausted when it stops unless it ii strikes soui ething or is set sel to explode tit nt it curtain cartain ihno it costs uncle sam sain 2000 ovi cry timo time ono one of these liuio death laden is sent out A torpedo boat can 1 rum ahead like d lih dis di chato its tube and straight bade back without turn we vo next n ext visit port fort As wo we enter the grounds ground wo we wore were hold held up by one of tho the boys in blue and told to leave all cameras there getting a permit f from rom ali the 3 regent ameer we take a IL kap at the guns 10 euils guils the largest be aug a 11 ten inch till all bein being digap af after ter being 11 aired red they drop down behind the protecting walls to bo be reloaded they art are manipulated up or down ready 1 til ip ti l bo be sighted by th the e gu gunner n net or reloaded eloa dd ded by two men ghesu lire atre not machine guns but long iong range single tire fire breechloaders breech loaders they ar are 0 able to load and tire lire ono one ball every thirty seconds A short distance from liere here wo visited the spot where the air was first girnt inide to blossom blosso n 1 with the stars and stripes it will be remembered that thai out our mexican war wal vote vete ralls through many hardships made this spot hallowed whon they placed this blessed land upon the map ot ol our country and our ilag in tile western ii nii i Sta striding tiding C neat the marker are a number of if old spanish miNi nii iiii hawes priest appart ments and a gravu gravo yard allin all in dilapidated delapi dated condition bu be in ab by tho the ards hiim took tuo possess 1 ion I we vu alj ul fi through tl alin I 1 3 olive tilt nil fm auri tilt iho theo nih J a jiing aiu ILA fining Ahll if ift 1110 lio his history tiry and ana ri I 6 tn this ansti aution |