Show EDWARDS WHITES t 0 t hotel clark los angeles dec 27 editor ot of the box elder news A few lines to your paper this m morn 0 K i ing we are s till still at this hole bote the h longer wo we stay here better wei ewelike ii ii it and harder it Is to leave at I 1 was conversing with a gentle gentleman ala lc in the lobby ile ho was asking where I 1 was from I 1 told him utah and how bow long I 1 been there ac then no ne told me his bis history that he had been tho the city attorney of los angeles and aad vas assistant attorney general ottha it arta tate e I 1 of california calif orala an and d that this he hoesl tel w ith its roods rooms with private bahrle bai ie liked the beet of any hotel in iti the city that he had watched the building 0 of it from top to bottom and th there e was nothing in it but steel and concrete he asked me it if I 1 had evor cvar met mr air f T i Di tho the mana gerof this oils I 1 ll 11 cotol a tol I 1 told hini no ile he said for me t to a stop there ald he would allm up so we were introduced top to him ile hc seems s to be a very nice nice sociable gentle gentleman map c another jent gentleman leman he here ie 1 chati that I 1 hav havo fit got acquainted L ted with by the name mameor ifa of i aa doone boone from toronto canada anada ile iia ts tai S here foghis health ile he tells me hla his only ch child ild he has Is a major in the army arms and is is the front he has haa his secretary secreta r y here her e alth him a young man inan that has traveled considerable in europe and while con 4 i I 1 with him I 1 mention cometh Bo in g about utah A gentleman sitting close to us said T doi you live in utah 1 1 yes sli sir what part wm ard box elder county I 1 did jive live dt at ogden 1 41 2 r PU 8 y years e ars 1 he ae saad his bam a was waa 1 I 1 4 had a sister come out from new york and he took her up to willard and she said the willard peaches were the best on the new york market and he said he was the one that put in the safe and lining work in the first national bank of brigham city last summer and that he had a store two blocks away from there and gave me an invitation to go there and said that eugene snow had the charge of it I 1 one of oliver snows hoys boys well the first two weeks we were wera here the weather was fine but a little chilly night and morning and an overcoat came handy for aged people but last sunday it rained rained rained all day long the papers say the heaviest rain they had tor for 16 years but that evening it cleared up and my friend joseph M jenson came to see us and we had a very pleasant visit with him and I 1 ask him if they still had that estate that I 1 looked at last year and he said yes and that he has been planting trees both early and late or lie ho would have been down dawn before to tee see us I 1 ask him what kind bind of trees he was planting orange lemons and grapes that thal estate I 1 is one of the most natural beautiful places that I 1 have seen ln in this part of the country central park paik here is a nice place to go and sit down in tho the middle c boo tha cay I 1 see people passing ai 0 all nations and color A good rl T rf cf to judge of human nature nerl q i ite amusing to hear them talk so sop P 11 it Is war and peace we tle the of the united states say president wilson rind P nd hl h cc ciach eha ald bo be the mediators tors to bring uirt n r act aar about while the people or the i ari isles canada end australia want lloyd george and the en english ush parliament arment to bring them to victory and peace I 1 tell them it Is immaterial with me how it is brought about but I 1 would luw 0 to see something lone done that would stop this shedding of blood and so much sacrifice J L EDWARDS |