The Lincoln County herald., 1873-03-05

Los ANGELES, CAL., Feb. 3, 1873.
JouN NJ. HUNTER, ESQ:
4 X will endeavov TO suswef
your inquiries iu reference to the country
here to The best Of my ability, but do
not think that you could get correct
impression of the country from any de.
,cription that might be given. In fact,
everything is so different hero from what
you have been used to, that TO under
stand il, il is necessary for one to see and
live 10 il.
California is made up OF mountains and
valleys, and there Is q general similarity
in the climate and seasons but l prefer
the southern portion Of the state on &c.
count CT the mildness of the climate.
That portion Of country usually known
as Los Angeles Valley is about eighty
miles long up and down the coast, and
probably twenty miles wide on an aver
age from tie ocean TO the mountains bus
Los Angeles proper is that portion OF
country drained by the river Of that
name. South and east Of Us is San GA.
braol vally, and still further south Of u,
is Santa Anna river, all containing 6uo
settlements and towns.
The climate here is the chief charm Of
the country, and in answering your ques'
ton, "Whether this climate will cure
your complaint?" can soy that iu my
opinion you cannot find, anywhere in ne
United States, o climate more favorat 10
to diseases Of that nature than this.
Persons die here of disease of the lungs,
but the disease is not contracted here.
Neither myself nor any Of my family
have ever suffered to any extent fro m bad
colds, so prevalent in Missouri. l have
never known q case Of pneumonia, but
am told the country is not entirely ex.
empt from it. We have no ohills aud
fevers, ague or bilious fevers. except
sometimes q rare case in swamps or low
damp places. The reason is that the sea
winds. fresh from the Pacific ocean every
day. drive all malarious matter away.
If you were here to-day, you would
see the valleys and plains covered with
green grass and vegetation, the roses u. d
other flowers blooming, the orange trees
loaded with ripe fruit, and you could SEQ
on my place volunteer potatoes growing
Cwill have new potatoes in week or two),
tomato plants growing and bearing, and
oil uninjured by frost; iu fact, We but sci.
dom have any frost-in some localities
mono at all. The air in winter is too
chilly at night aud morning to be pleas
ant, and in damp, rainy weather; nor DO
We have that warm, sultry weather in
summer SO common n Missouri, aud when
We do have warm day We invariably
e d relief at uisht-ior the nights are
always cool.
, You could 6nd 10 the Los Angeles
market green peas, ripe tomatoes, ripe
Strawberries, aud nearly al kinds Of
vegetables, grown in the open Dir. All
! this, no doubt, sounds very nice to you,
while sou are frozen up 10 Missouri, bu,
it will 7ot do to imagine tho country =
D paradise, for, since the expulsion OF ou,
e 6rst parents from the far famed garden
! NO such place has been found on earth
/ This country, IS we'll ss all others, ha'
some unpleasant features. Perhaps th,
0 chief objection 10 the small amount o
rain that falls, some seasons causing ,
', failure Of grass sufficient to support th'
J. stock, and also Of grain crops on the d.,
r lands. However, but little attention &
d paid at present to dry lands for farming
purposes, the only lands considered o
= much value, except for stock, being thor
with facilities for irrixa.ing, aud the dam,
: lands. Lands moist enough to proluc
crops Of dry year without irrigation
h aud lands naturally dry with water to il
o rieate the same, are generally held q
st from SIS to 500 per acre outside Z
the city. th,uk $50 to $50 about o
n average prico Il mean without improv,
10 ments),
p In answering your question, "Wh'
4 can . man make living aty"' I woul
a. say, great many things. here as els,
~ who're, that a man 10 health can NAL
enough to live on; but you know ,h'
tho time for picking up fortunes hs'
st hes passed long ago. In fact, l thin
" for Q man without some money. witbo,