Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-22
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
SAX BUENAvESTURA. Cal, !

survey tAe newly tAIauNiuo aSiItuiteisil
resources of this portion of California
The San BuenaventUra River on the
north and the Santa Clara River on the
south drain the largest and handsoInest
Valleys that are to be found lying be
IS because these broad acres Of arabic
land have fallen into the hands of men
Of ANGLO Saxon extraction that tie little
city of San Buenaventura is already be-
ginning to be q formidable business rival
TO the older and larger town CT Santa
Barbara. And right here is quite as
good place as any other to record my
predictions relative to the near future OF
the two places: see the signs Of the
coming OF that peculiar sort OF wealth
10 Santa Barbara which has come upon
Newport ard Saratoga IN the United
States; Bath and Brighton in England,
and Hamburg and Baden-Baden in
Europe-a surface wealth proceeding
iron, the abundance of extravaganza and
the expensive appearance OF opulence
wLich fashion bestows upon the places
where is votaries mostly do consregate.
I expect that the Eext generation will
ind that pleasant and now retired city
Of modest demeanor somewhat pltifuiiy
given over to worldly gayeties and
leartless cosmopolitalisin which viii
contrast most claringiy with the simple
manners and primitive tastes OF It's Older
and less preteEtioGs settlers. On the
other hand, San BucnaventUra Will be
the depot Of vast stores of grains and
wool and fruits of the vine and orchard:
and commerce, duly sheltered behind
the adequate break-waters and ample
wharves which am going to bespeak
for this now too Unprotected port OF
entry, will rear upon these squirrel
haunted bluffs and along these surf
beaten sands, the store houses and eleva-
tors which a wide and thrifty agricul-
tural population are going. before many
years, to render necessary.
In order to understand the status of
the agricultural interests of this county
Of Ventura it is nesdful, first, to be
made acquainted with the history OF the
ownership of the lands and their present
relationship to the seeker for a home
thereupon; secondly, the causes which
have SO long couspired to keep these
valleys out of the market, and finally,
what they and the contiguous mountain
lands are good for. This town of San
Buenaventura, was originally like all
the old coast towns OF Upper California,
a Mission. The old church and its
adobe houses; its court yard; its water
works; Its olive and pear orchards, and
its other peculiar Surroundings, still
stands as the most notable object in the
place. Il will describe this church and
its interesting parts and incidents when
l get to it. In common with its sister
church settlements. this mission had Its
quota of lands. These lands, IN this
instance were along the plateau facing
the ocean. Itso happened, forty or fifty
years ago, or SO, that there WAS revo-
Luton IN Mexico and that as result OF
that tide in the affairs of Greaserdom
government came into power one of
whose distinctive and unrighteous but
Characteristic performances 1t was to
confscate these mission lands and then
sell or grant away the same. That is
how they now come to be known as sex
lands, with title which viii
he perfected when the paten. (which is
merely writing the recurrence OF its own
share of red tape and official sealing
wax is issued from the bowels of the
Interior Department at Washington. 1t
IS upon these lands that the town,
proper, is situated, and upon the surface
Of which it is expanding. But the na-
tive Californian, with that lord!y con-
tempt for thrift, hustle, energetic action,
Yankee shrewdness and modern progress |
which once did possess itself Of the |
minds OF our deluded Southern bretheren |
looked not with favor upon the pale |
faced intruder from the sands of Cape |
Cod and the asue breeding swamps |
where erst did rest the traditional left |
wing Of Prices army, and SO he, Don |
Santa Maria de Carthagena y Huevos de
gallo, he and his associates and fellow |
in the fiesta, the tortt!ld, the |
fyij0lc and the flea haunted delights of |
he fan9ango and the pulqueria. he and |
they preferred to starye and smoke Gig |
.rritos and sleep ON raw hide IN a |
;moke choked adobe hut with dirt |
ioor, to disposing of any of their lands |
o any of the pale faces aforesaid; and so
{ happened that until some quite recent |
vents the bustling Yankee and the fes-
i've Missourian were practically exclud-