The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-01-08
THE ELKO INDEPENDENTS
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"a Disge. And How 10 Draw InniEration.
A correspondent Of one of the San Francis
CO papers writes very roseate colored letter
from s~n Diego. Among other fanciful NOR
sells Is the following:
have just returned from . ride In the country ana
rrouas s,;ns p, ,s,Ss e. ao.r lnsass seo.e ths
bearing In All stages Of adsancemeft frurn the boo
so 70 the ripe fruit: tho ae.ciA t-o add inches
growth o. seven months from the Sod the apple in
osoesom aud barring npe fruit: the orange. lemon.
deep green foliage Irish and srset potatos Sro-ins
Erssa and rank To the iee-boapd md snOs.ualsd
seem nePeaoe; hai II they vlil carefully sI.nine The
thermoPsir,oai table -hsch have furnishsd them.
they VII be satisned Of their truth
One would imagine that little Paradise had
been struck in that country. If We depended
solely upon writer's of this sanguine tempera-
ment for information. Just think of those
groves Of orange, lemon and 6g trees growing
10 luIuriantly, in mid winteri The picture
appeals very temptingly to the in,aginations
Of men whose vision is bounded BY ranges of
barren hills. sagebrush and snow, and whose
blood is CONCEALED by the stormy blasts of
the mountainous rssions Of the North.
But, reader. dou't be in a hurry to rerel in
those Paradisiacal delights We have been
there- We have seen their orange, and apple
blossoms, or rather. we looked for them
where they ought to have been, but did not
ind them. Who would imagine that the COL
umn Of fervid descriptive eloquence, of which
the extract above is only slight sample. uas
written in just such a country as we will find
anywhere here among the sagebrush! San
Diego is horrible desert, without any redeem
ing qualities except good eli nate and Good
harbor-neither of which is OF any accom-,
without country of some resources to back
it. Standing upon the bluffs on the cas-,
side OF the harbor, TO which the CORRESPONDENT
invites the visitor. the eye extends over
bleak and barren expanse of plain and rugged
mountains. There is not single tree of any
kind in sight. There is but one tree within
miles Of either Old or New San Diego. and
that is but a broken trunk nearly covered nm
In the drifting sands. A few choice spots have
been located for gardens. but as for orchards.
and the deep green foliags" Of orange, lem
on, olive. ag and almond trees, there is no SUCH
thing in that neighborhood. Further north.
the valleys Of the San Gabriel and Los An
geies are green With these fruit trees, but i,
must require an unusual amount of hardened
brazsnness for writer to entice immigration
with . similar attraction for San Diego.
The fact is, San Diego is speculation.
There Is land in the market, ranches on dried
up n.sses, and lots on the beach. Specu.
lators and whar-rats have congreested there.
They must live. and most Of them are not
particular how they get their living. Their
treasury is supplied by taking strangers in
and rolling them" in genteeI way. A fresh
supply OF unsophisticated victims is needed
every week to keep up the eommissary. The
papers are filled with magnificent delineations
OF nsSitous Injuries served up in a style t5at
would ornament the pages Of The Arabian
Nights Entertainment. The green pastures,
doSeTy meadows and noble forests, are pleas
ant to read about, but when the enterprisinr
settler starts ont to find them, he generally
lies down at night among the cactus and mes
quit. settlero who ieave the well.watered
valleys Of the North, where they have a con-
Tenient market for all they can mise, do a very
foolish thing to exchange them for the fictions
OF life on the bay of San Diego. II they must
emigraie, they will do better in one of these
northern mining States OF Territories. They
viii find in Nevada a scenery ns inviting a
climate as salubrous, and resources of pro-
ductive wealth whose letters Of recommends
non are written upon the solid bricks"
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