Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-22

went quietly at it and bought every foot
of land in all these two valleys and all
the mountains lying between and ber-
derinS upon them. Then. happily for
the seeker for homes in Southern Cal
if"r.,ia, Toms oil land speculation proved
n failure: and so lie began selling the
acres which he bought by the tens of
leagues for a dollar an acre or less
to the pioneer farmers and health
seekers and sheep rangers at prices
all the way between three and tven-
ty dollars per acre; and so it hap
pens that poor Tom has again got off
without actually becoming impover-
ished. and the country is rapidly filling
up with the Cape Co0ders and Left
Wingers aforesaid.
Twelve or fifteen miles. as the coast
sweeps round to the southwark, lies the
little seaside village OF Hueneme (pro-
nounced N the bastard Spanish Of the
coasters, Wy-nay-me). l rode down
there the other day. It is the port of
delivery, or wharf, for the Santa Clara
valley. The said valley was, until a
few years back, all covered with wild
mustard and q big Spanish grant. This
latter WAS the Coionia grant, ard it was
& fraction of the domain which fell into
the possession of Tom Scott aforerlen-
toned Now this beautiful valley is all
cut up into handsome farms and sheep
RANGES. and vatered. far and wide and
incomparably. by arteaian wells. l saw
at least six, that l can remember. The
corceouses. of the lot is on the ranch of
Mr. William Rice, a vigorous, intelligent
vo11no farmer from enc of the New
ENGLAND States. I never saw ANYTHING
in the wav of water works as an artificial.
or half artificial adjunct to poor mans
farm. that began TO compare Win thls.
The well IS loi feet IN oepth, seven
inches III diameter, cost just SiOo, ejects
-0,cCJ gallons Oh soft water per hour,
and creates a repetition OF the Brook
which the voice of inspiration tells rs
:. goes on forever Further down the
valley is Patterson ranch with well
50 feet deep. 1--WE inch discharge (the
water comes Ike that from the nozzle Of
e steam fire engine) and constructed at
the cost OF S9t. Further along is the
farm OF one Donion where our bottle
nose friend shot himself to death the
other day. and there is an artesian well
there; and at Hueneme. right in the
Sanu at tUe lOHU-GuO VI Tue NIdil, Is
another one, powerful. magnificent
fountain of living water by which the
ships are supplied. We saw all these as
we went down the valley. We came back
by another road and saw as many more.
I sincerely believe this to be the most |
promising valley (the facilities with
which artesian water can be got being
consldered) that ever sa" on any part
OF tins coast-not excepting the Deaatl-
ful vale III winch San Jose Is sltua'eo.
But have let nv note book fill up so
fast that l am away behind hand and
must take more frequent sittings at the
desk epistolary or l shall never catch
up. There are many more things must
tell Of. as for instance: The sheep: the
sheep feed; the ditto ranges and contin-
sencies, and the wool and mutton inter
ests generally; the surf, and the neces-
sity for more breakwaters along this
coast; the squatters and the Tom Scott
ers and their freaks, trays and fribbles;
the blind fish of the artesian wells and
other (probable) lies; the nettles; the |
mustard forests; the ''jimson' weed;
the rabbits and the gophers; and the
prices of barley and wheat and the sacks |
for the same; then the vegetable wonders |
and the marvels OF the Ojai, (Oh-high, |
the perverted Yank calls it,; the rayases |
Of the gophers and the cotton tails; the |